There's something new to put on your calendar along with the Arts Festival, Oktoberfest, the Holiday Market in Market Square and Picklesburgh. A new festival called The Thaw is coming to Downtown to help shake off the winter blues.

Drivers are endangering the lives of children. According to Pittsburgh Public Schools data, there are more than three dozen daily incidents of people illegally driving by extended school bus stop arms.

A man was taken to a hospital after being shot in a Pittsburgh neighborhood. The shooting happened a little before 3:30 a.m. Friday on the 400 block of Jonathan Court in Point Breeze North. The victim was in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety.

An outage has brought some Pittsburgh Regional Transit T services to a halt. Officials said three different trolleys in different places became stuck. Channel 11′s Gabriella DeLuca is in Arlington trying to learn more.

At the organization’s annual meeting at the Playhouse, PDP CEO Jeremy Waldrup detailed the efforts underway to shift the identity of downtown from an underperforming office market to a more balanced neighborhood of residents and visitors.

Attendees at the dinner will also select a ceramic bowl made by local artists and students to take home as a reminder of our neighbors facing hunger.

The city of Pittsburgh plans on expanding a program to help homeowners fix their dilapidated sidewalks. John Wong says the sidewalk in front of his home on North Matilda Street in Garfield is uneven, filled with cracks and in urgent need of repairs.

Black artists in Allegheny County are making their mark in the creative world, using their work to inspire and connect with their community. Among them is Dominique Swift, a 23-year-old multimedia art

Disability-rights advocates stood alongside federal, state and local Democrats Friday to rally against potential Medicaid cuts. A congressional budget resolution passed this week calls for $880 billion in cuts to the agency that oversees the health insurance program.

Mitch Keller, the longest-standing member of the Pittsburgh Pirates' starting rotation, tossed 3.0 scoreless innings against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday.