Rick Earle

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Rick Earle

11 Investigates has learned that the City of Pittsburgh is scaling back its Juneteenth celebration. It was just last year that the city pulled funding from a long-time promoter’s popular festival and hired a marketing firm with ties to Mayor Ed Gainey to produce the first city-run event. The city still plans to hold a celebration this year, but the Department of Parks and Recreation is putting it together. AdvertisementAdvertisementAnd the one-day celebration will be the week before B.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Rick Earle

11 Investigates found out that brand new electric recycling trucks purchased by the city of Pittsburgh have been sitting at a dealership for nearly a year. With a broken and aging refuse fleet, the city is in desperate need of these new trucks. So what’s the holdup? Why haven’t they been put to use yet? Chief Investigator Rick Earle got a tip about this, found the trucks and then went to city officials.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Rick Earle

11 Investigates has exclusive new details about the rash of gun store burglaries in the Pittsburgh region since the beginning of the year. More than half of the approximately 80 stolen guns are still from shops in Pennsylvania are still on the streets. While a number of juveniles have been linked to the crimes, 11 Investigates has learned that so far, only one adult is facing charges.

1 month ago | wpxi.com | Rick Earle

PITTSBURGH — 11 Investigates spoke exclusively to residents who live at the Wood Street Common on 3rd Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh. They are speaking out for the first time about living conditions at the apartment building downtown that provides low-income and transitional housing for the homeless. “Paint is bubbling off the walls, my ceiling, you know what I mean, water, is water damage,” said Dewayne Young, who’s been in the apartments for two years.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Rick Earle

11 Investigates spoke exclusively to residents who live at the Wood Street Common on 3rd Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh. They are speaking out for the first time about living conditions at the apartment building downtown that provides low-income and transitional housing for the homeless. “Paint is bubbling off the walls, my ceiling, you know what I mean, water, is water damage,” said Dewayne Young, who’s been in the apartments for two years.