Over 100 employees to be affected after Pittsburgh Post-Gazette files closure notice
PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT FIVE STARTS NOW. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT FIVE. I’M SHANNON PERRINE I’M ANDREW STOCKEY. AND YOU SAW THIS AS BREAKING NEWS LAST NIGHT AT 11. DISTURBING MESSAGES MADE OVER EMS SCANNERS AND SOME OF THEM ALLEGED THREATS TO PITTSBURGH MAYOR COREY O’CONNOR. WE HEARD MORE OF THEM AT OUR ASSIGNMENT DESK IN THE NEWSROOM TODAY. AND NOW PITTSBURGH MAYOR RESPONDS. REPORTER YASMIN RODRIGUEZ JOINS US LIVE TO BREAK DOWN THE LATEST DETAILS ON THIS. SO LET YASMIN, WHAT DID YOU LEARN TODAY? WELL, SHANNON, THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES HERE AT ALLEGHENY, TAKING THE BULK OF THAT INVESTIGATION. BUT THEY DID REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM BOTH COUNTY POLICE AND THE FCC. AND THIS AFTERNOON, MAYOR COREY O’CONNOR, RESPONDING TO THE SITUATION, NOT GETTING INTO THE DETAILS OF THE INVESTIGATION, BUT SAYING THAT THIS WILL NOT HINDER HIS APPEARANCES. WE’RE DOING OUR JOB FOR THE RESIDENTS. YOU KNOW, WE’VE BEEN IN CONTACT. A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT TOP LEVEL ALL THE WAY DOWN. WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, BUT JUST THIS MORNING, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR HEARD ONCE AGAIN THESE MESSAGES THROUGH THE POLICE SCANNER. YESTERDAY’S INVESTIGATION BEGAN AFTER MESSAGES MADE THROUGH THE EMS SCANNERS DETAILED RACIST THREATS AND ANTI-SEMITIC LANGUAGE AIMED AT MAYOR COREY O’CONNOR. OFFICIALS SAY THE SYSTEM WAS NOT HACKED, AND THE UNKNOWN USER WAS ABLE TO ACCESS THE ANALOG RADIO SYSTEM AND TRANSMIT THOSE MESSAGES. THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH DECLINED TO SPEAK ON CAMERA, BUT THEY DID TELL US THEY ARE, QUOTE, AWARE OF THIS TROUBLING INCIDENT. WE HAVE FAITH IN THE INVESTIGATION AND WILL MONITOR ITS PROGRESS. AND WHILE THE MAYOR SAYS SOMETHING LIKE THIS HASN’T HAPPENED TO HIM, THE SITUATION IS ALL TOO FAMILIAR. PERSONALLY, NOT TO THIS EXTENT, BUT BUT I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU YOU HEAR ABOUT THESE THINGS, YOU SEE WHAT HAS OCCURRED, YOU KNOW, JUST WAS A YEAR OR SO AGO. THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION. NOW WE HAVE SPENT THE DAY ASKING TOUGH QUESTIONS TO BOTH COUNTY AND CITY, TRYING TO LEARN HOW THIS HAPPENED. AND IF THESE POLICE SCANNERS ARE INDEED SAFE AND SECURE. THOSE ANSWERS COMING UP AT SIX, COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN MOUNT WASHINGTON. YASMIN RODRIGUEZ. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. YASMIN THANK YOU. NOW TO AN ALARMING SIGHT IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON TODAY. AN EXCAVATOR FALLS INTO A TRENCH. TAKE A LOOK. YOU CAN SEE THAT VEHICLE TIPPED OVER IN THE HOLE AT COURTHOUSE SQUARE. THIS ALL OCCURRED AROUND 930 THIS MORNING. A WITNESS DESCRIBED THAT MOMENT TO US. I WAS RIGHT ACROSS FROM WHERE IT FELL. AND I JUST HEARD THIS REALLY LARGE CRASH. AND I LOOKED BACK AND I JUST SAW IT JUST FALL RIGHT INTO A SINKHOLE. I GUESS. WOW. A COUNTY SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE BUILDING IS BEING TORN DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER. THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE WAS CHECKED OUT THE SCENE AS A PRECAUTION, BUT WAS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT. COUNTY LEADERS HAVE REQUESTED A REPORT FROM THE CONTRACTOR TO LEARN MORE DETAILS ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. TURNING TO PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER ON THIS IMPACT DAY. THAT RAIN STARTING TO PICK UP THIS EVENING WITH HEAVIER DOWNPOURS ARRIVING FOR YOUR EVENING COMMUTE. WE’RE JOINED NOW BY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MIKE HARDING, YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. AND MIKE, JUST THE BEGINNING OF A VERY RAINY WEEK FOR US. IT CERTAINLY IS GOING TO KIND OF BE OFF AND ON AS WE GO THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IT’S ON RIGHT NOW WITH THE RAIN THAT’S STEADY OUT THERE AND HEAVY IN SOME LOCATIONS. YOU CAN SEE MOST OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IS UNDER THE GUN FOR THE WET WEATHER THAT IS PUSHING THROUGH. CURRENTLY, HEAVY RAIN IN SOME AREAS, EVERYBODY SEEING THE WET WEATHER MOVING THROUGH AND WILL BE WITH US FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A LITTLE CLOSER LOOK FOR YOU HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE HEAVIER RAIN MOVING JUST PAST CONNELLSVILLE, UNIONTOWN, FARMINGTON AND CHALK HILL DOWN TOWARDS MORGANTOWN. DEEP CREEK SEEING SOME OF THAT HEAVIER RAIN. WE DO HAVE A LINE OF HEAVIER RAIN THAT WILL MOVE INTO GREENE COUNTY HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES, AND ALSO UP TOWARDS SOUTHERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY. HEADING FOR INDIANA COULD SEE JUST A BRIEF PERIOD OF A LITTLE BIT HEAVIER RAIN THERE AS WELL. NOW, AS WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY SOUTH, WE’LL HAVE RAIN LATER THIS EVENING. WE GO INTO TOMORROW AND OTHER THAN THE MORNING WITH SOME RAIN DOWN TO THE SOUTH, CLOUDY, BUT WE’RE NOT GOING TO EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAIN SHOWERS UNTIL WE GET INTO LATE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AS WE WILL BE SEEING THE SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH AND OUT OF THE AREA, AT LEAST FOR A LITTLE WHILE. TEMPERATURE WISE, IT IS GOING TO BE A WARM ONE. TOMORROW. WILL TOP OUT IN THE MID 50S AND THAT’S JUST THE START OF TEMPERATURES THAT ARE ON THE WAY UP UPPER 60S ON THURSDAY, BUT WE’LL HAVE SHOWERS, THE POTENTIAL OF THUNDERSTORMS. 70 DEGREES ON FRIDAY AND THEN ON SATURDAY IMPACT DAY WE WILL HAVE SHOWERS, THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS, BUT A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 74 DEGREES. ALL RIGHT, MIKE, THANK YOU. THE CONFLICT WITH IRAN CONTINUES TO ESCALATE. TONIGHT, AT LEAST SIX U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS ARE DEAD. EMBASSIES OVERSEAS HAVE COME UNDER ATTACK. AND THE U.S. IS NOW PREPARING EVACUATION FLIGHTS FOR AMERICANS IN THE REGION. OUR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, CHRISTOPHER SALAS, WAS ABLE TO ASK PRESIDENT TRUMP QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STRIKES TODAY. AND HERE HE IS NOW TO BREAK DOWN HIS RESPONSE. TODAY, THE PRESIDENT DISCUSSED WHY THE UNITED STATES ATTACKED IRAN. AND HE ALSO SAID THE CONFLICT IS ABOUT TO ESCALATE. THE BIG SCALE HITTING GOES NOW. THEY NO LONGER HAVE AIR PROTECTION. THEY NO LONGER HAVE ANY DETECTION FACILITIES AT ALL LEVELS. TAKING QUESTIONS PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE STRIKING IRAN. YOU SEE, WE WERE HAVING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THESE LUNATICS AND IT WAS MY OPINION THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ATTACK FIRST. THEY WERE GOING TO ATTACK IF WE DIDN’T DO IT. THOSE NEGOTIATIONS CENTERED ON IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM. SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SAY TEHRAN WAS NOT NEGOTIATING IN GOOD FAITH AND WAS NEARING WEAPONS CAPABILITY. FOUR DAYS INTO THE CONFLICT, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED. IRAN, MEANWHILE, IS TARGETING U.S. EMBASSIES IN SAUDI ARABIA AND KUWAIT AND DECLARED THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ CLOSED. THAT ANNOUNCEMENT SENT FINANCIAL MARKETS PLUNGING AND OIL PRICES SOARING. AND FOR AMERICANS IN THE REGION, THE URGENCY IS GROWING. U.S. CITIZENS IN 14 COUNTRIES ARE BEING TOLD TO DEPART. NOW, THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT’S NOW SECURING MILITARY AND CHARTER FLIGHTS AFTER NEARLY 3000 AMERICANS REACHED OUT FOR HELP. THE PRESIDENT WAS PRESSED ON WHY EVACUATION EFFORTS WERE UNDERWAY SOONER. WELL, BECAUSE IT HAPPENED ALL VERY QUICKLY. DEMOCRATIC LEADERS, MEANWHILE, ARE CRITICIZING THE PRESIDENT’S DECISION TO STRIKE IRAN. DONALD TRUMP, WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION AND WITHOUT COMING TO CONGRESS, HAS GOTTEN AMERICA INTO A MIDDLE EASTERN WAR THAT WE KNOW WILL NOT END WELL. THE PRESIDENT, SIGNALING THAT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY IS PREPARED FOR A PROLONGED FIGHT, EVEN AS LAWMAKERS DEBATE THE SCOPE OF HIS AUTHORITY AND HOW FAR THIS CONFLICT COULD SPREAD. AT THE WHITE HOUSE ON CHRISTOPHER SALAS, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. AND ONE MAJOR IMPACT OF THE CONFLICT HERE AT HOME GAS PRICES. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE’S LOOKING TO TRY TO CREATE ACTION TO KEEP THE PRICE OF OIL STEADY. BUT WE ARE SEEING A RISE. LET’S GET TO REPORTER SHELDON INGRAM RIGHT NOW. LIVE WITH US. SO SINCE 4:00, SHELDON, YOU’RE HEARING FROM BOTH AN EXPERT ON GLOBAL OIL MARKETS AND PITTSBURGHERS JUST TRYING TO FILL UP THEIR GAS TANK. EXACTLY RIGHT. SHANNON. TONIGHT WE’RE HEARING FROM OIL AND GAS ANALYSTS WHO SAY THAT THE ATTACK ON IRAN HAS DEFINITELY CREATED A VOLATILE REACTION WITH GAS PRICES. AND THEY SAY THAT THESE PRICES AT THE PUMP HAVE RISEN DRASTICALLY SINCE THE WEEKEND. I WAS JUST TELLING HIM IT WENT UP $0.20 THE LAST TIME I GOT GAS. THAT’S NOT GOOD, MAN. I MEAN, I KNOW THE WAR IS GOING. THEY’RE GOING OVER THERE AFFECTING THE GAS AND EVERYTHING, BUT IT’S GOING TO BE A HARDSHIP ON PEOPLE, MAN. YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. AND THAT’S THE SENSE OF ANXIETY. MANY PEOPLE SHARE AT THE PUMP. ANALYSTS SAY THAT GAS PRICES WILL CONTINUE TO SEE A STEADY RISE BECAUSE OF THE AMERICAN AND ISRAELI ATTACK ON IRAN. THEY SAY THAT IRAN REPRESENTS A THREAT TO THE OIL SUPPLY THAT COMES OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST. THAT’S BECAUSE ABOUT 25% OF THE GLOBAL OIL SUPPLY COMING FROM THE MIDDLE EAST HAS TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. IRAN HAS MADE THREATS TO ATTACK THE SHIPS THAT ARE CARRYING THAT OIL, AND THAT HAS BROUGHT THE TRANSPORT TO ALMOST A STANDSTILL. SO THE DISRUPTION TO THE SUPPLY IS DRIVING UP GAS PRICES. AND NOW, SINCE IRAN HAS ACCESS TO THAT, THE THREAT OF POTENTIAL ATTACKS ON THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AS IRAN RESPONDS TO U.S. ATTACKS HAS REALLY SLOWED DOWN VESSELS THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. ALSO TONIGHT, GAS AND OIL ANALYSTS SAY THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH MORE GAS PRICES WILL INCREASE OR WHEN THEY WILL FLATTEN OUT. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN EDGEWOOD, SHELDON INGRAM PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. SHELDON, THANK YOU. AND THOSE GAS PRICES, JUST ONE OF THE MAJOR IMPACTS ON THE STOCK MARKET. IT HAS NOW BEEN JUST AN HOUR SINCE THE FINAL BELL, WITH THE MARKETS CLOSING DOWN ACROSS THE BOARD. AS YOU CAN SEE. RYAN RECKER BACK NOW TO BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE NUMBERS FOR US FROM TODAY. RYAN. ANDREW, CERTAINLY SO MUCH FOCUS ON THE MARKETS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OIL PRICES THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING AMID THE CONCERNS THERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE CLOSING NUMBERS. ONCE AGAIN, THE DOW DOWN MORE THAN 400 POINTS. IT DID BOUNCE BACK AS IT WAS DOWN 1200 POINTS EARLY IN THE DAY. THERE WAS ALSO A BOUNCE BACK THAT WE SAW YESTERDAY. THE NASDAQ OFF MORE THAN 200. THE S&P 500 WAS DOWN 65 POINTS. AND BACK TO THE OIL PRICES, CREATING THE CONCERN WITH THE GAS PRICES THAT SHELDON JUST MENTIONED. CRUDE OIL UP 3.8 POINTS, OR A LITTLE MORE THAN 5%. NOW, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS TRIED TO COOL CONCERNS ABOUT OIL PRICES BY ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD ENSURE THE FREE FLOW OF ENERGY TO THE WORLD. HE ADDED, IF NECESSARY, THE NAVY WILL BEGIN ESCORTING TANKERS THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, WHICH, AS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, SITS ON IRAN’S SOUTHERN BORDER AND IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SHIPPING ROUTES IN THE WORLD. SHANNON RYAN RECKER, THANK YOU. A RESTAURANT OWNER IN AMBRIDGE, BEAVER COUNTY, ASKS FOR YOUR HELP IDENTIFYING A SUSPECT WHO BROKE IN AND STOLE FROM THE BUSINESS. YOU CAN SEE IT HERE. MAPLE RESTAURANT ON MAPLEWOOD AVENUE SHARING THIS VIDEO ON FACEBOOK. IT HAPPENED ABOUT 130 IN THE MORNING MONDAY. YOU CAN SEE THE SUSPECT THROWING A BRICK THROUGH THE GLASS DOOR, JUMPING THROUGH IT, AND THEN STEALING FROM A CABINET. THE RESTAURANT OWNERS SAY THEY’RE STILL OPERATING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS. THEY ASKED NEIGHBORS TO CHECK THEIR DOORBELL AND SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. WE’VE REACHED OUT TO POLICE ABOUT ANY INVESTIGATION INTO THIS. WE’RE GOING TO BRING YOU THEIR RESPONSE WHEN WE GET IT. A FEDERAL JUDGE REJECTS THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REQUEST TO FORCE UPMC TO TURN OVER RECORDS FOR MINORS RECEIVING GENDER AFFIRMING CARE. THIS FOLLOWS ANOTHER RULING FROM THAT SAME JUDGE REJECTING A SUBPOENA. THE DOJ DOJ SENT TO THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM BACK LAST SUMMER. NOW, IN DECEMBER, THE JUDGE GAVE BOTH SIDES A MONTH T
Over 100 employees to be affected after Pittsburgh Post-Gazette files closure notice
Updated: 6:23 PM EST Mar 3, 2026
Over 100 employees will be affected as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette plans to close in May, according to a WARN notice filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 On Tuesday, the notice said the closing, which is said to take place on May 4, will affect 171 employees. The notice is not listed as a layoff but, rather, a “closure.” The WARN Act, according to the department’s website, protects workers, families, and communities — mandating that employers give a 60-day notice before closing plants or conducting mass layoffs. In addition, the notice lists the newspaper’s address as 300 Corliss Street in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood, not the address of its former longtime office on the North Shore, according to the filing. Last month, signs from the North Shore office were removed. Action News 4 was there after the signs were fully taken down. The owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced back in January that the paper would be shutting down its operations, with a final edition slated for May 3. Post-Gazette staff learned about the closure during a Zoom meeting. In the video, which Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 has seen, the president of Block Communications called it extremely difficult news as she made the virtual announcement that will end nearly two centuries of the P-G in Pittsburgh.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
PITTSBURGH —
Over 100 employees will be affected as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette plans to close in May, according to a WARN notice filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4
On Tuesday, the notice said the closing, which is said to take place on May 4, will affect 171 employees. The notice is not listed as a layoff but, rather, a “closure.”
The WARN Act, according to the department’s website, protects workers, families, and communities — mandating that employers give a 60-day notice before closing plants or conducting mass layoffs.
In addition, the notice lists the newspaper’s address as 300 Corliss Street in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood, not the address of its former longtime office on the North Shore, according to the filing.
Last month, signs from the North Shore office were removed. Action News 4 was there after the signs were fully taken down.
The owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced back in January that the paper would be shutting down its operations, with a final edition slated for May 3.
Post-Gazette staff learned about the closure during a Zoom meeting. In the video, which Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 has seen, the president of Block Communications called it extremely difficult news as she made the virtual announcement that will end nearly two centuries of the P-G in Pittsburgh.
Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.