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Allegheny Health Network limits visitation at hospitals
Allegheny Health Network is making changes to its visitation policy at area hospitals in response to the rising cases of the novel coronavirus across the United States. The temporary restrictions were announced Wednesday and limit the number of visitors for a patient to one person at a time in the...
1 person hurt in fire near marina along Ohio River
A man was taken to the hospital for treatment of serious burns after a fire broke out in a trailer near a marina Wednesday morning in the city’s Chateau neighborhood. The fire erupted in a trailer in the 900 block of Beaver Avenue near the Newport Marina along the Ohio...
Western Pennsylvania school districts prepare for coronavirus
Western Pennsylvania school districts are making plans to continue instruction in the event schools close temporarily because of the spreading covid-19 coronavirus. “We are not in a position at this point to say that there’s a need to send kids home,” said Jenny Webb, spokeswoman for South Butler County School...
Original ‘King Kong’ coming to Pittsburgh area theaters on Sunday
That big film star “King Kong” is coming to a big screen near you. The original movie version of the story of the giant monster premiered this week in 1933. To celebrate the occasion, Turner Classic Movies is presenting “King Kong” on Sunday in theaters around the country — including...
Pittsburgh zoning change would eliminate parking spot requirement for row housing
Pittsburgh’s proposal to eliminate a parking requirement for new row houses would help stimulate affordable housing, promote sidewalk safety and preserve the historic integrity of neighborhoods, officials said. City Council on Tuesday introduced a resolution crafted by Mayor Bill Peduto’s administration that would eliminate a zoning requirement for single-family row...
Phipps’ Center for Sustainable Landscapes earns new top-level designation for green buildingVideo
The Center for Sustainable Landscapes on the campus of Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Oakland is one of a kind. It is the first facility in the world to meet four of the world’s highest green construction standards — The Living Building Challenge, WELL Building Platinum, SITES Platinum and...
Pittsburgh Council to consider legislation aimed at eliminating racial inequalitiesVideo
Pittsburgh’s two black councilmen Tuesday continued efforts to combat racism in the city by introducing legislation that would create an equity commission and commit the city to a 10-point plan for erasing inequalities. Councilmen Ricky Burgess of North Point Breeze and R. Daniel Lavelle of the Hill District said the...
Pittsburgh shops set for Friday the 13th tattoo specials
March 13 falls on a Friday this year, and that means a couple things. Most importantly, some Pittsburgh tattoo shops are running Friday the 13th flash tattoo specials. Here’s a list of shops participating in the “holiday” festivities. • Pittsburgh Tattoo Company, 103 Smithfield St., Downtown. Tattoos are $40 on...
Pittsburgh’s St. Patrick’s Day parade to go on despite coronavirus fearsVideo
Organizers of Pittsburgh’s St. Patrick’s Day parade said Tuesday the parade will go on as usual Saturday, despite the worldwide coronavirus outbreak that’s prompted similar events in other cities to be canceled. “We’re a hardy group,” said Jeffrey “Mac” McCafferty, the chairman of the Pittsburgh parade. “We want people to...
Pittsburgh International Airport makes Fast Company’s top 10 in travel
Sensory-friendly spaces and innovative technology to help the blind landed Pittsburgh International Airport on Fast Company’s list of the 10 most innovative companies in travel. Fast Company, a monthly business magazine focusing on innovation, called the airport “an ideas lab for concepts that make flying easier for people with disabilities.”...
Coronavirus prompts Carnegie Mellon to go to online-only classes at Silicon Valley, Qatar campuses
Carnegie Mellon University has moved to online classes only at its Silicon Valley and Qatar campuses, university officials announced Monday night. In a letter to the university community, CMU Provost Jim Garrett said although there have been no cases of coronavirus at the school’s Silicon Valley campus, CMU decided to...
Man critically wounded in McKeesport shooting
Allegheny County police detectives are seeking information from the public about a shooting in McKeesport early Tuesday morning that left a man in critical condition. The shooting occurred shortly after 2 a.m. in the 600 block of Evans Avenue, according to county police. Investigators say McKeesport police responding to a...
Pittsburgh man pleads guilty to running meth pill-pressing operation
A Pittsburgh man has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he ran a methamphetamine pill pressing operation. Zachery Hyde, 27, pleaded guilty of one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and other related charges. Investigators say Hyde obtained large quantities...
Police seek help identifying driver who fled after hitting 2 people in Hill District
Pittsburgh police are seeking the public’s help locating the driver of a vehicle who fled after striking two pedestrians in the Hill District on Monday night. The crash occurred shortly before 10 p.m. near the intersection of Bedford Avenue and Chauncey Drive. Investigators say officers from the city’s Zone 2...
Heart to heart: West View man embraces a 2nd chance at life
Bob Lancia has felt heartache twice. One time the hurt was healed — with a heart transplant last year at UPMC Presbyterian in Oakland. But the other pain will ache for the rest his life — grieving the loss of his oldest son, Zach, 30, in 2017. Lancia of West...
Penn Hills town hall echos pleas for discipline at Linton Middle SchoolVideo
Penn Hills School District officials are developing a new security model at Linton Middle School to help address fights and other student behaviors. Superintendent Nancy Hines said the district is exploring adding youth engagement specialists next school year. They are specially trained to deescalate situations and build rapport with juveniles....
McKeesport man charged with DUI after crashing into Pittsburgh police cruiser
A McKeesport man was charged with reckless driving and other offenses after allegedly crashing into a police cruiser in the Strip District. Pittsburgh police said Dontel Sayles, 29, was driving under the influence when he rear-ended an officer’s marked car near the intersection of Railroad and 23rd streets early Monday...
See eagle, osprey, red-tailed hawk nests on a 13-mile-plus bike ride in Pittsburgh
So many predatory bird nests, so little time. The fourth annual Raptor Row Ride will feature viewing stops for cyclists for bald eagle, osprey, hawk and American Kestrel nests on April 25 starting in West Homestead. The Raptor Row Ride traverses the Steel Valley Trail section of the Great Allegheny...
SouthSide Works new owners to close cinema, add office space, apartments in renovationVideo
After operating as a movie theater for nearly 20 years in the heart of the former of J&L Steel works, the SouthSide Works Cinema will soon be office space. SouthSide Works’ new owners, Somera Road Inc., a New York-based commercial real estate investment and development firm, announced plans Monday to...
Pittsburgh police detective shot in gunfight that left Mt. Oliver parolee dead is ‘doing fine’
The Pittsburgh police detective who was shot last week in a gunfight that left a Mt. Oliver man dead is recovering at home, Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich said. “He is doing well,” Hissrich said. Allegheny County police are investigating what happened Thursday night when the detective, who was shot...
Pittsburgh regatta promoter testifies his business was a ‘sinking ship’
The man who’s blamed for cancellation of last year’s Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta told a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee that his business was failing from the time he formed it three years ago. “I was on a sinking ship from the beginning,” Derek Weber, 44, of Ross, told Rosemary C. Crawford...
Ex-Pittsburgh priest accused of sexually abusing child has conviction tossed
A judge on Monday tossed out the conviction of a retired Catholic priest for sexually abusing a child training to be an altar boy nearly 20 years ago. The Rev. Hugh Lang, the former schools superintendent of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, was sentenced Feb. 6 to nearly two years in...
Veteran officer hired to lead North Hills School District’s police department
A retired municipal police officer who has been working for the North Hills School District Police Department since it was launched in 2018 has been hired to serve as its new chief. The school board voted unanimously March 5 to hire Charles “Chuck” Bossong to lead the district’s five-member police...
Kennywood to drop Garfield, restore Old Mill rideVideo
At long last, Kennywood’s Nightmare is over. The park revealed Monday that after 16 seasons, the park will be ditching Garfield’s Nightmare and restoring the ride to the iconic Old Mill theme. In a video posted to the park’s Facebook page, Kennywood spokesman Nick Paradise broke the news. Paradise said...
Coronavirus cases in Pa. up to 10; Carnegie Mellon researchers to work into summer forecasting spread
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University will be working to forecast the spread of covid-19, the university announced Monday. The Delphi Research Group, one of two Influenza Forecasting Centers of Excellence designated last year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, typically does most of its work forecasting the flu...
