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Eric Crosby has been appointed The Henry J. Heinz II Director of the Carnegie Museum of Art in Oakland. Previously the Richard Armstrong Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, he served as museum’s acting director since January 2019. “Eric has a deep commitment to the mission of Carnegie Museums...

Earthlings looking for something to take their minds off the coronavirus now have a giant asteroid to think about. While experts say there is no cause for alarm, the asteroid was classified as a potentially hazardous object because it passes near Earth’s orbit. However, it’s not currently on NASA’s list...

Butler County is one of the last strongholds in the state for a mellow and seldom-seen rattlesnake that government agencies and a local conservation group are trying to save. A century ago, the eastern massasauga rattlesnake called 19 areas in Pennsylvania home, living between Allegheny County and Crawford County. Today...

Aaron Dinzeo has competed in many distance races in his life, but not many were like the one he ran recently with a unique prize on the line. The Monroeville native and former track and field and cross country standout at Cal (Pa.) joined a select group of 260 at...

A male suspect is accused of firing a gun toward a person and instead striking a parked car near an elementary school in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood, officials said. No one was injured, Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman Maurice Matthews said. Police officers responded to a report of a domestic dispute in...

Pittsburgh’s Fourth Avenue, Downtown, will be closed for the remainder of March between Smithfield and Wood streets for underground utility work, according to the city Department of Mobility and Infrastructure. Vehicles will be detoured during the closure from Wood, to the Boulevard of the Allies, to Smithfield Street and back...

Allegheny County Jail officials are working with the county health department and emergency services to prepare for a potential coronavirus outbreak at the jail, Warden Orlando Harper and Chief Deputy Warden Laura Williams said during a Jail Oversight Board meeting. “As we know, a confined environment is something where we...

As travelers worldwide place their plans on hold because of the growing threat of the coronavirus, officials at Pittsburgh International Airport said Friday that things there are business as usual. Bob Kerlik, a spokesman for the Allegheny County Airport Authority, said the airport has not received notice of flight reductions....

There is a fall sports season, a winter sports season and a spring sports season at most colleges. At California University of Pennsylvania, there’s a fourth sports season: robot season. The state university in Washington County, which broke ground more than a decade ago when it began hosting high school...

Frank Dittig’s two careers have just one thing in common — they’ve both been jobs he has loved. And that’s where the similarities end. Dittig, 79, owned an office supply store in North Versailles for decades before commanding the mic at radio station WKFB-AM, playing oldies tunes for listening ears....

A Derry woman is accused of physically abusing a 23-month-old toddler and smoking crack cocaine as the child sat in her lap. Crystal N. Steele, 28, was arraigned by Hempfield District Judge Tony Bompiani on charges of aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children, harassment, possession of drug paraphernalia, reckless...

Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. is encouraging residents to clean out their medicine cabinets this weekend to coincide with changing their clocks. “The beginning of daylight saving time is the perfect time for people to identify unused or expired prescription and over-the-counter medications in their homes, medications...

Apple Castle harvests about 10,000 bushels of apples every year. And many of them go to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Steve Johnston, the sixth-generation owner of Apple Castle, joined Brian Gulish on the Food Podcast to discuss his company’s commitment to support Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s mission...

The show must go on and so must the fundraisers. The Penn Trafford Drama Guild’s cast of “Footloose” will host a Royal Sing-A-Long with your favorite princes and princesses on Friday, March 13, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Penn Trafford High School cafeteria. The event will feature...

Monroeville police filed these charges Feb. 24-28 in District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst’s office: Dennis E. Mancini, 65, of Delmont with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, possession of marijuana, possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia and failing to stop and yield to signs. Charges were filed Feb....

Beginning last weekend, all children under 18 won’t be able to go to the movies in Monroeville without a parent or legal guardian. The Cinemark Monroeville Mall and XD, a Monroeville Mall tenant, posted signs around the theater that said the new policy will be in effect March 6. “No...

Freeport officials have decided to move forward on a new sewage treatment plant without neighboring South Buffalo, as was once the plan. For several years, South Buffalo officials expressed interest in having Freeport’s plant serve at least part of their township. However, there has been no commitment from South Buffalo,...

Legal concerns surrounding Vandergrift’s website and email system could make it difficult for borough council members to communicate with the public. Solicitor Larry Loperfito warned council to stop doing official business through their personal email addresses. At a meeting this week, council discussed the need to update the community’s website...

St. Bernadette’s in Monroeville has a new parish name and new faces at its fish fry. The parish at 245 Azalea Drive is now called Christ the Divine Shepherd. The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh formally changed the name this year. It’s a merger of St. Bernadette, North American Martyrs in...