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PWSA receives $24 million state loan for sewer line repairs
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority has been given a $24 million low-interest state loan for wastewater infrastructure repairs. City officials announced the loan Monday. It’s part of a nearly $100 million Pennsylvania Investment Authority (PENNVEST) funding package for clean water infrastructure projects in 19 counties. The PWSA will put...
Enough to make you go ‘Wawa’: Sheetz isn’t coming to Oakland as sign indicates
Not yet coming to Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood: A Sheetz store on Forbes Avenue. But a sign that appeared on chain link fencing surrounding a former Marathon gas station appeared to indicate otherwise over the weekend. It had the Sheetz logo on it and “Coming soon!” The site is set to...
Pittsburgh police identify teen charged in South Side shooting
Pittsburgh police on Monday identified the teenager charged in connection with a shooting last week on the city’s busy South Side. Taiden Harvey, 15, of Clairton, is charged with two counts of attempted homicide, aggravated assault, firearms violations and two counts each of criminal mischief and reckless endangerment. He is...
Empty South Side Burger King prompts police response
Pittsburgh police responded to a fast food restaurant Sunday night after they received reports there were no employees in the restaurant. Public Safety spokesman Maurice Matthews said police responded and found the Burger King on East Carson Street empty. He said police attempted to find someone to lock the door,...
Lawrenceville’s indie Row House Cinema set to reopen with themed film series
Lawrenceville’s indie movie theater, Row House Cinema, will reopen Sept. 3 after an 18-month, pandemic-driven closure. “Our whole staff is basically relearning how to run a movie theater this summer, and we’ve got some fantastic programming lined up for the remainder of 2021,” owner Brian Mendelssohn said. Film club members...
Pittsburgh firefighter dies while on family vacation
A Pittsburgh firefighter who died on a family vacation in Ohio over the weekend has saved dozens of lives even in death, his family said Monday. Lee Weber, 38, drowned in Lake Erie on Saturday in Conneaut, Ohio, according to Pittsburgh fire and public safety officials. Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire...
Police: Man in stable condition after East Allegheny shooting
A man was in stable condition after being shot multiple times Sunday night in Pittsburgh’s East Allegheny neighborhood, police said. Pittsburgh police responded to the 400 block of Cedar Avenue around 8:25 p.m. and found the man with multiple gunshot wounds to the lower body, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety...
Man, whose wife stole millions from Pittsburgh firm, gets 18 months for false tax returns
A man who lived a life of luxury off of nearly $13 million his wife embezzled from her Pittsburgh employer over more than a decade will spend 18 months in federal prison. Gary Mills, 61, was found guilty in 2019 of three counts of filing a false tax return following...
Pittsburgh cocaine dealer gets 10 years in prison
A Pittsburgh man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for dealing cocaine, federal prosecutors said. Raymond Erfort, 45, was convicted of possessing nearly 500 grams of cocaine with the intent to distribute the drugs in Western Pennsylvania, Acting U.S. Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman said. Erfort will serve six...
Aliquippa teen’s 2019 shooting death was a homicide, medical examiner rules
An 18-year-old Aliquippa man who died in May as a result of being shot in the head in Pittsburgh after a July 4 fireworks display was a homicide victim, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner said Sunday. Keyari A. Wynn died May 14 in Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh as a result...
Police investigating shooting of woman in Homewood
Pittsburgh police are investigating the shooting of a woman in the Homewood area late Friday night, city police said. Police said the woman was hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in the leg and hip area in the 7700 block of Monticello Street shortly after 11 p.m. She told...
Laugh out loud: Pittsburgh Improv in Homestead has a full funny lineup
Laughter is back. After more than a year, the Pittsburgh Improv in The Waterfront in Homestead has reopened, giving guests a reason to giggle and smile. “The year and a half that we were closed felt like forever,” said Paul Tebbets, Pittsburgh Improv general manager. “It is wonderful to be...
‘Hold my beer,’ ‘Hold my pizza’: East End Brewing in Larimer selling pizzas to complement its brewsVideo
The pizza box incorporates a little humor. Just look on the side: “Hold my pizza.” And across the bottom: “If you can read this the toppings fell off.” Incorporating lightheartedness into food containers – just like with beverage packages — is what people associate with East End Brewing Co. in...
Nesting success at U.S. Steel Irvin plant: 2 juvenile bald eagles take playful flightsVideo
Two juvenile bald eagles raised at a nest on the property of the U.S. Steel Irvin plant in West Mifflin have been putting on impressive aerial displays around the plant. “Our employees have enjoyed watching from a distance as these eagles, ‘Irvin and Claire,’ as our team named them, continue...
1 dead in South Side Slopes shooting near youth football fieldVideo
One man died early Friday evening in a shooting near a youth football practice in the South Side Slopes, authorities said. The shooting happened near Quarry Field off of South 18th Street less than 12 hours after Pittsburgh Public Safety officials held a media conference to discuss an uptick in...
Mosser Casting is looking for paid extras on the film ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’
Wanted: children ages 11-14 and adults, 18 and older who want to have a part in a movie. Nancy Mosser Casting is seeking the individuals to portray bar and bat mitzvah guests for the film “Cha Cha Real Smooth” starring Dakota Johnson, directed by Cooper Raiff, who is also starring...
Carnegie Mellon researchers teach autonomous vehicles to navigate narrow, car-lined streets
Driving through Pittsburgh’s narrow, car-lined streets can pose a challenge to even experienced drivers. It’s a particularly difficult situation to teach to autonomous vehicles without a human driver behind the wheel. A team of Carnegie Mellon University researchers at the Argo AI Center for Autonomous Vehicle Research developed an algorithm...
Crack’d Egg loses appeal of closure order, plans to continue court fight
A Pennsylvania appellate court ruled in favor of the Allegheny County Health Department on Friday, finding that the forced closure of the Crack’d Egg restaurant in Brentwood was appropriate given its owner’s refusal to follow covid-19 mitigation measures. The decision has no practical effect because Gov. Tom Wolf lifted safety...
Teen charged with attempted homicide as Pittsburgh officials look for ways to curb South Side violence
A violent night on Pittsburgh’s South Side led to attempted homicide charges against a 15-year-old boy, assault charges against two others, and the announcement of coming changes to traffic flow on East Carson Street, officials said Friday. Three people were shot early Friday near East Carson and South 18th streets....
Pittsburgh-area woman decries use of force at Allegheny County JailVideo
An Allegheny County Jail officer ought to be investigated and possibly terminated for her unnecessary use of a Taser on an incarcerated woman two years ago, a corrections expert has concluded, and attorneys for the woman are pushing for a federal review. The Abolitionist Law Center, which represents Kimberly Andrews,...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: July 23-25
We’ve almost reached the end of July. Besides the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix in Schenley Park, which is back on track Saturday and Sunday after missing last year because of the pandemic, here are five other things to do while it’s still summer. Taking it to the streets “OpenStreetsPGH” visits...
3 men injured during overnight shootings in South Side
Pittsburgh police officers found three men suffering from gunshot wounds in separate locations after hearing a volley of gunfire ring out early Friday morning while on patrol in the South Side. Officers from the Zone 3 station heard gunfire in the vicinity of East Carson and South 18th Street shortly...
FlyBy 5K back on at Pittsburgh International Airport
People will again have a chance to run or walk on the tarmac at Pittsburgh International Airport. The fifth annual FlyBy 5K and 2-Mile Fun Run/Walk presented by CNX Resources, a natural gas development production company, is Oct. 2. It is back on course after a yearlong hiatus because of...
Man pleads guilty to throwing brick through Pittsburgh police car window during 2020 protests
A man charged for throwing a brick through a Pittsburgh police cruiser during protests last year pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court. George Allen, 32, of Pittsburgh, pleaded to one count of obstructing law enforcement during civil disorder. Allen was charged in July 2020, accused of throwing a hunk of...
Greensburg doctor pleads guilty to taking kickbacks over fentanyl spray
A Greensburg doctor pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to taking kickbacks, health care fraud and conspiring to distribute controlled substances. Thomas Whitten, 71, will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge William S. Stickman IV on Dec. 7. According to prosecutors, Whitten received kickbacks from Arizona-based Insys Therapeutics from May...
