North Side

It was early on Easter Sunday when gunfire erupted at a party of mostly high schoolers packed into an Airbnb on the North Side, sending many of them rushing ...

“My goal is really to try to figure out what we can do as city council to stem some of this violence,” she said. “And I am not seeing that reduction. “They actually have groups that they work with already,” Ms. Kail-Smith said. "We're all talking about putting more money into this program and more money into that program. He’s also found success with a wearable device developed at the University of Pittsburgh that uses sound waves to relieve anxiety. "We're all talking a lot about what we need to do in terms of violence reduction," Ms. Kail-Smith said. Jaiden attended Woodland Hills High School, and Matthew was a student at Grace Non-Traditional Academy. Ms. Coleman said disruptions in school life that began during pandemic lockdowns have remained despite classrooms reopening to in-person learning. And we've put a lot of money into a lot of programs over the years, and we've had a lot of social services in over the years. “They’re bombarded with questions, work, all these different things, when in reality life is just hitting them really hard at this specific moment.” “They were just so unmotivated.” You’re like 17, your phone is destroyed, you just lost your whole life.