Duquesne University graduate Kendra Whitlock Ingram has been named the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s new president and chief executive Officer succeeding Kevin McMahon, who is retiring. Ingram will be the first person of color and just the second woman to become president and CEO in the Cultural Trust’s 38-year history. She
Pittsburgh police took custody of a loaded handgun found Wednesday on private property near Allderdice High School in the city’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood. The gun was discovered by Pittsburgh Public School Police in a Nike shoulder bag. It was under a blue grocery bag on a driveway in the 2000
Now, as Pittsburgh finds itself with higher artistic representation nationally, “Who is a Pittsburgh artist?” is asked more often, especially when checks are being cut. For Tereneh Idia, there are no borders to Pittsburgh creativity and no timeline that can take the title away from a local artist regardless of where they were born, where they reside, or create.
Brandon Short knows first-hand the pain of losing a loved one to gun violence. The McKeesport native and former NFL player’s 26-year-old daughter Karli was shot and killed last September in the Christy Park section of McKeesport. She had been shot in the head and was dead at the scene.