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Pittsburgh Carnegie Science Center’s Buhl Planetarium reopensVideo
See craters on the moon in a much clearer picture. That’s just one of the close-ups you can view inside the Carnegie Science Center’s updated Buhl Planetarium on Pittsburgh’s North Side. A multi-million dollar renovation was unveiled Tuesday. The attraction — the country’s fifth-oldest planetarium — will show more realistic...
The Rink at PPG Place in Pittsburgh opens for a 20th season
It’s 2020 for the The Rink at PPG Place. It opens at 11 a.m. for its 20th season on Friday on what would have been Light Up Night. The pandemic halted the annual kick-off event to the holiday season. But gliding on outdoor ice is still happening. “We are glad...
5 things to do this weekend in and around Pittsburgh
If you’re looking for some fun for the weekend, here are a few suggestions: PPG Ice Skating Rink The popular ice skating rink at PPG Place, Downtown is back for the holiday season. The ice skating rink will be open Friday through Jan. 3 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m....
Hill District residents, firms tapped to guide $1B redevelopment of former Civic Arena in Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Penguins and a private developer behind the $1 billion redevelopment project in Pittsburgh’s Lower Hill District have tapped four Hill District residents and firms to guide the years-long project’s final planning stages. The additions come as the long-discussed project on 28 acres of the former Civic Arena site...
Ex-Pitt star Dorin Dickerson ‘can’t wait to start working’ for Penguins on Lower Hill project
Since his NFL playing days ended, Dorin Dickerson has been building a balance between two budding careers that ultimately led to the union of a perfect position for him with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The former Pitt All-American, who has worked as a weekend and pre-game host for the Panthers and...
Allison Park cancer survivor, 5, lights up Christmas tree at PPG Place in PittsburghVideo
Nora Misencik has the smile and energy to light up a room. On Thursday, the 5-year-old cancer survivor from Allison Park lit up a city as she and her older sister, Heidi, 8, turned on the power and charm of the Christmas tree at the Rink at PPG Place in...
Developer revises plans for new building at Wholey’s warehouse in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Planning Commission members aren’t saying what they think of a revised design at the site of a former cold storage warehouse in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. New York-based JMC Holdings paid $8.1 million for the former Wholey’s cold storage warehouse at 1501 Penn Ave. in 2018. The windowless building was...
Pittsburgh cuts without pandemic relief would be ‘disastrous,’ council members told
The personnel cuts that will be needed July 1 if further federal pandemic relief funds aren’t approved “may prove to be untenable,” Pittsburgh Council Budget Director Bill Urbanic told council members Thursday. The city needs an infusion of at least $26 million by then to avoid making the cuts, which...
Workshops will help women interested in serving on Pittsburgh’s civic boards
More than 60% of the people who serve on civic boards and commissions in Pittsburgh are female. “That is exceptional. We absolutely commend Mayor (Bill) Peduto for that progress,” United Women’s Empowerment President and CEO Wendy Doyle said. But it isn’t good enough, Peduto said. The mayor’s office announced Tuesday...
Streets closed in Oakland to repair water main break
Several streets in the Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood are shut down this morning because of a water main break. The break was reported about 4 a.m. along South Bouquet Street, according to the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority. The road is shut down between Sennott and Joncaire streets so crews can...
Police: Beltzhoover man sprays police dog with stain remover before South Side arrest
A Beltzhoover man ran from the site of a shooting on Pittsburgh’s South Side, forced his way into a family’s basement and sprayed a police dog with fabric stain remover before he was arrested Tuesday night, officials said. Deonte Donald Kidd, 26 was charged with criminal trespass, resisting arrest and...
Sunnyside public school closes after 2nd staffer tests positive for covid
Pittsburgh Public School’s Sunnyside campus in the city’s Stanton Heights neighborhood will close for the next two weeks after a second staffer tested positive for covid-19, officials said Wednesday. The employee at the Stanton Avenue school — which enrolls pre-schoolers through eighth-graders — was last at the Sunnyside building on...
Convicted felon obsessed with Nazis sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison
A convicted felon who authorities say has an obsession with Nazis and mass shootings was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for having guns when he wasn’t allowed to, federal officials said. Dennis Alan Riggs, 51, of Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill neighborhood, previously pleaded guilty to one count of...
Report outlines struggles of Pittsburgh Public Schools’ tech distribution during pandemic
A report shared Wednesday by City Controller Michael Lamb lends more detail into how devices and internet are being provided in Pittsburgh Public Schools amid online learning. The controller’s audit report reflects the results of an investigation requested by the school board following an August meeting. According to the report,...
Tom Hanks, Billy Porter, Joanne Rogers join honorary Tree of Life cabinet
Award-winning actors Tom Hanks and Billy Porter, along with Joanne Rogers, the wife of legendary children’s TV host Fred Rogers, will serve as honorary cabinet members for the Tree of Life Congregation in its efforts to establish a new home. Hanks, Porter and Rogers are joining elected officials and business...
PWSA pleads guilty to violating Clean Water Act, pumping sludge into Allegheny RiverVideo
For seven years, employees and supervisors at the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority dumped sludge into the Allegheny River from the Aspinwall treatment facility, violating the Clean Water Act and sending plumes of rust-colored chemicals into the river, U.S. Attorney Scott Brady said Wednesday. The authority pleaded guilty to eight...
Kennywood introduces chaperone policy for guests under 18
Kennywood Park announced a chaperone policy beginning with the opening of the 2021 season. Anyone under 18 years of age who enters after 4 p.m. must be accompanied by someone 21 or older, who is also a paying customer. In the past few years there have been incidents — from...
Pittsburgh’s Mattress Factory sues insurer over pandemic closure claim
The Mattress Factory museum in Pittsburgh filed a federal lawsuit against its insurer last week, alleging that the company refused to cover the museum’s “catastrophic losses” caused by the covid-19 pandemic. To date, the complaint said, the contemporary art museum on the North Side has lost more than $600,000. “The...
Pitt chosen to lead NIH trials in covid-19 care for patients with blood clots
One of the many ways in which covid-19 wreaks havoc on the human body is by helping to cause abnormal blood clotting. A new study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) suggests that SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes covid-19, seems to release mysterious antibodies that mistakenly attack the...
Carnegie Science Center unveils latest model for its miniature railroadVideo
Dr. Earl Douglas Childs recalled visiting the Carnegie Science Center’s Miniature Railroad & Village as a young boy, when it was located at the Buhl Planetarium. The trains mesmerized him. On Tuesday, the grown man was drawn to something else. The miniature model of his childhood home was unveiled at...
Police: 1 killed, 1 injured after being shot in Pittsburgh’s Hill District
One person was shot and killed and a second person was injured Tuesday morning in the city’s Hill District. Police and medics responded to 911 calls about a shooting and a ShotSpotter alert in the 2500 block of Bedford Avenue at about 11 a.m., Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman Maurice Matthews...
Community partners to broadcast free Wi-Fi for schoolchildren from top of Cathedral of Learning
Students in New Kensington, Coraopolis and Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood will soon have access to free, at-home internet. Four community partners — Meta Mesh Wireless Communities, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh and the Keystone Initiative for Network-based Research (KINBER) — have formed Every1online, a program to provide high-speed internet...
About 100 Pittsburgh police officers in quarantine over covid-19 concerns
At least 100 Pittsburgh police officers are in quarantine because of possible covid-19 exposures, and one Public Safety employee has been hospitalized, officials said Tuesday. Nine officers, nine firefighters and three EMS employees are currently positive for the virus, spokesman Chris Togneri said in a statement. He said others –...
‘Marshall Plan for Middle America’ calls for billions to be spent to help Western Pa. go greenVideo
More than a year ago, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto called for a massive investment in middle America the likes of which hasn’t been seen in recent memory. He testified before the U.S. Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis and called for what he called a “Marshall Plan for...
Steelers stars distribute holiday meals to area families
Thanksgiving is over a week away but Steelers defensive tackle Cam Heyward and center Maurkice Pouncey are distributing holiday meals to area families in need this week. On Tuesday and Wednesday, a total of 400 families will receive holiday meals through a partnership between the Steelers and the Greater Pittsburgh...
