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For more than 20 years, Valerie Dixon was a fixture in Pittsburgh’s fight against gun violence. Whether comforting victims and their loved ones in the Allegheny County Courthouse, lobbying politicians in the City-County Building, or doing outreach on Pittsburgh’s streets, it was Dixon’s life’s work — but not a job

In the early days of theater, lit candles posed quite a threat to actors, props, costumes, curtains — anything flammable.

In the early days of theater, lit candles posed quite a threat to actors, props, costumes, curtains — anything flammable.

Gloria Gilmer was a trailblazer in mathematics and broke several glass ceilings.

More than 30 local community organizations will split about $1 million in grant money from Pittsburgh’s Stop the Violence Fund, city officials announced this week.

Over 30 Pittsburgh organizations received nearly $1 million in Stop the Violence Grants, according to city officials. Organizations could get funding for a variety of community initiatives, ranging from academic supports and sport programs to family-strengthening activities and mental health counseling for high-risk individuals. “These grants are valuable for the

Pittsburgh City Council members on Monday met with outreach workers to discuss possible solutions to help quell the uptick in homicides and protect the city’s youth. “We’re attempting to treat this disease of violence,” said Talia Thompson, director of Operation Better Block’s Violence Prevention Initiative. Thompson and others who are

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Pittsburgh organizations have until July 5 to apply for city grants to use for violence prevention programs, according to Mayor Ed Gainey’s office. Applicants can request grants ranging from $15,000 to more than $90,000 through the city’s STOP the Violence Office, officials said. “It’s time to address violence as a