Madaleine Rubin

2 days ago | post-gazette.com | Madaleine Rubin

Some of Pittsburgh’s most iconic bridges and parks could soon become official historic landmarks. The Historic Review Commission on Wednesday recommended that Schenley Park and all three of the city’s parallel “Sister Bridges” — the Roberto Clemente on Sixth Street, Andy Warhol on Seventh Street and Rachel Carson on Ninth Street — receive historic designation. The status does not prevent future alterations to a property, but subjects exterior changes — including demolition — to a city review.

3 days ago | mahoningmatters.com | Madaleine Rubin

The Richard King Mellon Foundation pledged more than $2.6 million to help prepare Allegheny County's workforce for jobs in emerging industries, from artificial intelligence to advanced manufacturing. The foundation in August issued a request for proposals that called on nonprofit and public-sector organizations to "create or enhance" partnerships with employers that train workers in necessary skills to enter new industries.

3 days ago | post-gazette.com | Madaleine Rubin

The Richard King Mellon Foundation pledged more than $2.6 million to help prepare Allegheny County’s workforce for jobs in emerging industries, from artificial intelligence to advanced manufacturing. The foundation in August issued a request for proposals that called on nonprofit and public-sector organizations to “create or enhance” partnerships with employers that train workers in necessary skills to enter new industries.

3 days ago | post-gazette.com | Madaleine Rubin

A sweeping new neighborhood plan could shape development in the Hill District for the next 10 years — part of the city’s ongoing push to right the wrongs committed decades ago in the community. In the late 1950s, the Urban Redevelopment Authority tore down over 1,000 homes in the Lower Hill District while building the former Civic Arena, displacing over 8,000 residents, most of them Black, and cutting off the Upper Hill from Downtown.

3 days ago | post-gazette.com | Madaleine Rubin

A Butler County man was sentenced up to 34 years in prison on sexual assault charges, the state attorney general’s office said Tuesday, marking the latest development in the nation’s most sweeping investigation of sexual abuse in Jehovah’s Witness congregations. Shaun Sheffer, 46, was found guilty in January of three counts of rape, three counts of indecent assault and one count of corruption of minors after a four-day trial that drew dozens of onlookers in Butler County common pleas court.