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Tarentum police now have about a dozen reports of caltrops on First and Brackenridge avenues in Brackenridge. They continue to investigate the origin of the small multispiked metal objects, said police Chief William Vakulick, whose department covers Brackenridge. They haven’t had any reports since Tuesday evening. Vakulick said the caltrops...

Duquesne University Athletics has teamed up with Helltown Brewing to launch a beer that blends school pride with craft flavor. The result, Bluff 78, is a lager wrapped in Duquesne’s signature red and blue, offering fans a crisp, refreshing way to toast their team. “Bluff 78 is more than just...

The Roberto Clemente Bridge in Pittsburgh will be closed for inspection from 6 a.m. Monday through 3 p.m. on Aug. 8. It will close gain the following week. The closures are required for crews to safely conduct routine inspection activities. Traffic will be detoured using Fort Duquesne Boulevard, the Andy...

The Woodland Hills School District administration is moving its operations from North Braddock to the Woodland Hills High School on Greensburg Pike in Churchill. The new administration is set to be in place at the start of the school year. The move comes after the Woodland Hills School District approved...

The University of Pittsburgh was recently recognized for having the best dining hall food in the country — but do students agree? The National Association of College and University Food Services awarded The Eatery, Pitt’s largest dining facility, the Loyal E. Horton grand prize, naming it the best residential dining...

A new supermarket in Pittsburgh’s East End has reopened after the Allegheny County Health Department ordered its closure earlier this month. Enson Market, an Asian American grocery store in North Point Breeze, is one of 32 locations nationwide offering food products from over 28 countries. Before failing to meet food...

Allegheny County health officials are advising people to discard raw milk products from a Chambersburg farm after some residents became sickened with salmonella. Since July 1, the Allegheny County Health Department identified four residents who got sick after consuming raw milk products from The Family Cow. Raw milk is milk...

The parents of a junior varsity baseball player are suing the Hampton Township School District for negligence, alleging that poor conditions on the baseball diamond led to a season-ending injury for their son. Jason and Joy Midgley claim their son, Holden Midgley, was hurt while playing second base during a...

An Allegheny County criminal defense attorney caught in a sex sting in 2023 had his license to practice law temporarily suspended on Wednesday. Paul Luvara, 34 of South Fayette, is a registered sex offender who is currently in state prison. Luvara voluntarily sought the suspension in a joint filing with...

A former Beaver County police officer pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and other offenses just as his trial was set to begin, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday. John J. Hawk, 38, was charged after assaulting Kenneth E. Vinyard, 48, of Industry at the scene of a shooting outside...

Sewickley’s Chocolate Boutique held the grand opening of its new location on June 27, overlapping with the Sewickley Valley Chamber of Commerce’s popular Night Mart. That evening, owner Tracy McCoy and five employees darted around the chocolate shop, passing out free samples and serving chocolates, ice cream and milkshakes. As...

Weeks before a Homestead man was acquitted Wednesday in a 2022 slaying on Pittsburgh’s North Side, prosecutors charged their main witness with the same homicide. After deliberating for three days, a jury Wednesday found Jason Woodall, 31, not guilty of killing Meiko Devaughn in the Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood. Now prosecutors will...

The split verdict Wednesday against Sean “Diddy” Combs has sparked controversy — and the reactions on social media have been just as swift. Some of the fastest responses came from celebrities who knew the music mogul personally. Rapper 50 Cent, who has had an over 20-year feud with Diddy, took...

The Fourth of July weekend brings a surge of cookouts, fireworks and celebrations — and with it, a busy stretch for fire safety and health officials preparing for the holiday’s potential hazards. Brad James, fire chief at Eureka Fire Rescue in Tarentum, said the holiday weekend tends to produce numerous...

At the height of the covid-19 pandemic, Chris MacTaggart and his friends had no problem following federal guidelines for outdoor recreation. In May 2020, he and two other cyclists started riding around Pittsburgh to get coffee once or twice a week. It was typical of covid-era social distancing in many...

The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium received a $10 million donation Wednesday that will pay for new zoo facilities and programs. The donors have decided to remain anonymous, according to a statement from the zoo. “This tremendous gift really serves as a catalyst for other gifts and growth at the Zoo,”...

The Peach Truck is rolling back into town this summer, delivering fresh produce just in time for Pittsburgh’s peak farm-to-table season. The Nashville-based Peach Truck will stop at 11 locations this summer throughout the Pittsburgh region. Stephen Rose, owner of the Peach Truck, got the idea for the company after...

Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton apologized for her recent DUI arrest in West Virginia and was ordered to pay a $100 fine. Retton appeared in court Tuesday and pleaded no contest in connection with her May 17 arrest in Fairmont, W. Va. Her attorney Edmund J. Rollo said in...

Pennsylvania State Police this week exhumed the body of a woman killed in a Fayette County motor vehicle crash nearly 40 years ago, hoping to finally identify her through DNA. The woman was killed May 2, 1986, in a tractor-trailer rollover in Springhill Township, about 15 miles south of Uniontown....

The Dollar Bank Pittsburgh Three Rivers Arts Festival may have shifted its point of view, but that doesn’t mean it’s lost its color or long-time contributors and attendees. Set up along the riverfront lots at the 15th Street Plaza in the Strip District, the annual celebration of art and music...

The covid-19 vaccine will no longer be recommended for pregnant women and healthy children, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday. Kennedy announced the update in a video posted to the social media platform X, alongside Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary and National...

Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton was recently arrested and charged with DUI after an incident about 100 miles south of Pittsburgh. Online court records say Retton, 57, was arrested on May 17 in Fairmont, W. Va. She was charged with one count of driving under influence of alcohol, controlled...

Vitalant, a nonprofit blood and biotherapies health care company based in Pittsburgh, is planning a series of community donor drives to help boost blood supply in the region. The company has declared an emergency shortage of type O blood — the most transfused blood type. While O blood types are...

Jessica Hickey had just completed her first season as manager of the Greensburg Night Market in 2019 when she was struck by devastating news. Her mother had suffered a brain aneurysm that would lead to her death in September of that year. In 2020, less than a year later, her...