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Spring is in bloom, and so is the Pittsburgh-area restaurant scene. Here are six new eateries around the region to try. ••• Alta Via, O`Hara Diners salivating for the opening of big Burrito’s modern Italian restaurant in Fox Chapel Plaza must wait no longer. Alta Via, the intimate eatery, which...

Abraham Lincoln hopes to return to his perch overlooking the Lincoln Highway in Wilkinsburg. The Wilkinsburg Historical Society announced plans to raise $70,000 to build a bronze, life-size statue of the 16th president of the United States. It would replace the old copper Lincoln statue that stood at the intersection...

If you’re missing some of the cuisines from Market Square’s now-closed Poros or the Cultural District’s Six Penn Kitchen, you’re in luck; because you’ll be able to relive the dishes and cocktails at Scratch Food & Beverage starting next month. Scratch Food & Beverage’s owner Don Mahaney and the restaurant’s...

As a child, comic books gave Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez an escape. Reading about the power of superheroes helped him see a way out of poverty and discrimination because of his heritage. “When I was a child, my mom was a single mother raising us and we grew up poor and on...

There won’t be Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week this year, but a similar week of events is still brewing. Caliente Craft Beer Week will be held April 26-May 5 at all five locations of Caliente Pizza & Draft House in Bloomfield, Hampton, Mt. Lebanon, Aspinwall and Monroeville. The pizza and beer...

Democrat Pam Iovino will be the new senator for Pennsylvania’s 37th state Senate district. Republican D. Raja conceded the race at about 9:30 p.m., when unofficial vote tallies showing Iovino leading by almost 4,000 votes with more than 87% of precincts reporting. With all 214 Allegheny County precincts reporting, Iovino...

A Wilkinsburg man faces four years behind bars for conspiring to sell heroin and fentanyl after officials caught his drug-dealing crew operating out of a Monroeville hotel, federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh said Tuesday. Termane Thomass Eleam, 33, was sentenced this week after pleading guilty in October, U.S. Attorney Scott W....

Senate Democrats are marking the 51st anniversary of Martin Luther King’s assassination with what they are calling a tribute to King’s fight for poor and working people. On Thursday, the senators say they will kick off a Call to Action on the Crisis of Poverty and Economic Insecurity with events...

A McKeesport bus driver is accused of sending sexually explicit messages and photos to a Massachusetts police officer posing as a minor, leading to his arrest Monday by agents from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office. Todd Murray, 55, faces five felony charges, including corruption of minors and unlawful contact with...

A new HBO documentary relies on Dr. Cyril Wecht, the renowned forensic pathologist, to provide medical support for the idea that stress is dramatically reducing the life expectancy of Americans. “One Nation Under Stress,” which premiered on HBO on March 25, opens with a bird’s eye view of Western Pennsylvania...

The Allegheny County Health Department reported two flu-related deaths, bringing the total this season to 12. Both were males in their early 80s, with one death occurring in mid-January and the other in late February, health officials said Tuesday. The county receives its data on flu-related deaths from the Pennsylvania...

Pittsburgh public TV station WQED on April 20 will air an abridged version of the new documentary “The Rock: The Therese Rocco Story” about Pittsburgh’s first female assistant police chief. Rocco and the film’s producer, Sharon Liotus, will appear on the WQED program “Filmmakers Corner” at 10 p.m. April 13,...

Pittsburgh police continue to search for a man they say caused a fender bender last week in Bloomfield and then robbed the other driver. The incident happened March 25 near the intersection of Baum Boulevard and Liberty Avenue, according to the police report out of the city’s Zone 5 station....

New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman will speak Wednesday at Chatham University. The lecture, titled “The President and the Press: What a long, complicated relationship it’s been,” is part of the 2018-2019 Elsie Hillman Chair in Women and Politics series. Established by the Hillman Foundation in 1997, the...

The U.S. Postal Service Network Distribution Center remains closed more than a week after a mercury spill suspended retail services at the Marshall facility. The mail processing plant mainly handles packages mailed to and from Western Pennsylvania and some customers are still waiting to receive their mail. “We still don’t...

Tony and Grammy Award-winning actor and singer Leslie Odom Jr. is returning to Carnegie Mellon University. And the 5,800 graduates of CMU’s class of 2019, including those receiving bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees, will be in the room where it happens. Odom, who is best known for playing Aaron Burr...

A group that assists people with disabilities and others who face issues gaining employment is hosting a job fair Thursday. Life’s Work of Western PA is hosting the job fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1323 Forbes Ave., across from the Duquesne University campus. More than 30 employers...

Pittsburgh Public Schools police are investigating a reported burglary that occurred at Pittsburgh Montessori in Friendship over the weekend. The school’s principal reported that three iPads, two pairs of headphones and a lantern were stolen, district spokeswoman Ebony Pugh said. Pugh said city police were called to the school on...

Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday voted to approve a package of controversial bills aimed at banning certain weapons in the city and keeping guns out of the hands of people deemed public threats. Council voted 6-3 to send the bills to the desk of Mayor Bill Peduto, who said he...

Go see your Bucs for a buck and wash away that foul taste after the Pirates’ home opening day loss. Buc Night is back. The Pittsburgh Pirates announced the return of the Buc Night promotion for Wednesday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals at 7:05 p.m. at PNC Park. Fans...

Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority customers could experience temporary water discoloration as the authority adds a lead control chemical to drinking water, officials said Tuesday. PWSA started adding EPA-approved orthophosphate to the Highland Park II reservoir in Highland Park, which feeds approximately 25 percent of the authority’s system. The chemical...

A Wilkinsburg man, who pleaded guilty to firing shots at two North Braddock police officers last year, was sentenced Monday to three to eight years in a state prison, according to court records Dejon Howard, 20, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, tampering with evidence and a weapons violation,...

Pittsburgh police said a woman who has been missing since Sunday has been found and returned home safely. Shurontaya “Tay Tay” Festa, 22, was last seen in Oakland. Police said she was located Tuesday. Authorities did not specify where she was found....

A missing Hazelwood man has been found. Aubay Germany, 19, was last seen March 24. Pittsburgh police said Germany was found and safely returned home Tuesday. Authorities did not specify where Germany was found....

Nick Bogacz is happiest when he’s wearing his official work uniform: a black T-shirt covered in flour. “This is my passion,” says the Hampton resident, who runs Caliente Pizza & Draft House with his wife, Angie. Since 2012, the couple has turned one, small shop into a Pittsburgh pizza empire....