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Iron City Beer ad returns to Mt. Washington billboard for 1st time in 66 years
Old is new again. At least when it comes to the billboard atop Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington. For the first time in roughly 66 years, an ad for Iron City Beer is being displayed on the Lamar Advertising Co.-managed billboard that overlooks the city. The ad went up Saturday and will...
Man in stable condition after shooting in Pittsburgh’s North Side
A man shot in the arm Saturday night in Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhood was hospitalized in stable condition, city police said Sunday. Police said they received a report that a man, who was not identified, was shot about 7:25 p.m. in the 3500 block of Brighton Road. Officers applied a...
3 Pittsburgh police officers, 3 residents suffer smoke inhalation in Perry South home fire
Six people, including three police officers, suffered smoke inhalation in a fire in Pittsburgh’s Perry South neighborhood Friday night, according to police. Police, firefighters and medics responded to the one-alarm fire in the 2000 block of Drum Street around 10:30 p.m. Police arrived first and saw smoke coming from the...
Annual Christmas Tree delivered to City-County Building in Downtown PittsburghVideo
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Downtown Pittsburgh as the delivery of the City-County Building’s 105th Christmas Tree took place Saturday. The towering evergreen was removed from Nona Lee’s residence along Rowley Street in the Hill District’s Crawford-Roberts neighborhood. It was strapped to a truck and transported...
Grand jury indicts Pittsburgh man accused of extorting minors for nude photos
A federal grand jury has indicted a former Pittsburgh resident who confessed to threatening to kill the families of minors around the country unless they sent him sexually explicit photos via Instagram. Markell Smith, 24, formerly of the city’s Hill District faces charges of child sexual exploitation and making threats...
1 hospitalized after van strikes Port Authority bus in Pittsburgh’s Strip District
A minivan crashed into a Port Authority of Allegheny County bus Friday night in Pittsburgh’s Strip District, sending the van’s driver to the hospital in serious condition, officials said. The crash happened shortly before 6:30 p.m. in the 1600 block of Liberty Avenue, a couple blocks from the 16th Street...
Back to the Foodture restaurant expanding to Pittsburgh’s South Side
The “Buggie” is two 8-ounce burgers in between two grilled cheese sandwiches with two layers of egg, bacon, tomato, lettuce and sauce. And an extra slice of bread in between. The signature item on the Back to the Foodture menu in Pitcairn might expand one’s waistline. Sales of the burger...
Pittsburgh Public Safety: 6 police officers have recently tested positive for covid-19
Six Pittsburgh police officers have recently tested positive for covid-19, a Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman reported Friday. Other officers are also in isolation or quarantining due to possible exposure. Spokesman Chris Togneri said the department continues to take steps to safeguard against the spread of the virus. Those measures include...
Documentary ‘Crutch’ about Pittsburgh native Bill Shannon has success in first weekVideo
“Crutch,” the documentary about Pittsburgh’s Bill Shannon, made the Top 10 list in the Arts & Culture category at DOC NYC, a documentary film festival. “We are so excited,” said Sachi Cunningham, the film’s co-director. “Tickets are selling fast.” Twenty years in the making, the 98-minute film premiered Wednesday. It...
Pittsburgh Public Schools returning to all remote instruction next week
Pittsburgh Public Schools will close all school buildings and return to fully remote instruction next week, district officials confirmed. The district had reopened for in-person instruction — for a small number of students — on Nov. 9. Those students included those with special needs and English learners. The majority of...
Pittsburgh Creche installed at U.S. Steel Plaza
As Mary Lou Setzenfand help set up the creche Friday, she had a wise observation. “Make sure Joseph has undergarments,” she said, referring to the statue of Joseph in the stable for the Pittsburgh Creche, being installed Friday at the U.S. Steel Plaza, Downtown. Setzenfand, of Ross, and more than...
Pittsburgh fugitive on the run for nearly 50 years arrested in MichiganVideo
After nearly 50 years on the run, a Pittsburgh man who escaped authorities in 1971 was done in by $43. Leonard Rayne Moses had been working as a traveling pharmacist under the name Paul Dickson in Michigan since at least 1999, according to federal authorities. He’d served two years of...
Pittsburgh lawyers seek to withdraw from Trump federal suit
The Pittsburgh-based attorneys representing the Trump campaign in a federal lawsuit challenging the election results are seeking to withdraw from the case. Ronald L. Hicks Jr. and Carolyn B. McGee, who work for Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, filed the motion Thursday. The firm filed a lawsuit in the...
Giant pickle ornament among Pittsburgh’s holiday attractions
There’s a big dill in Pittsburgh this holiday season. The giant custom-made Heinz pickle balloon, a recognizable sight above the Clemente Bridge during Picklesburgh festivals, has been transformed into a super-sized ornament. It will be unveiled Nov. 27 (the Friday after Thanksgiving) in EQT Plaza, Downtown, a project of the...
5 Things to do this weekend in and around Pittsburgh
Looking for weekends plans? Here are a few fun things to do in Pittsburgh: Fall Foliage Yoga Hike with Elevate Yoga Pittsburgh Elevate Yoga Pittsburgh is hosting a hiking and yoga event at Settlers Cabin Park in Collier, North Fayette and Robinson at 12 p.m. on Saturday. The Fall Foliage...
Schindler’s list survivor, Pittsburgh cantor Moshe Taube dead at 93
Moshe Taube, an accomplished cantor and successful recording artist who famously survived the Holocaust by having his name on Schindler’s list, died Wednesday after being hospitalized with heart problems. He was 93. Taube, a Squirrel Hill resident, was a cantor for more than 40 years at Congregation Beth Shalom in...
Charles Morris nursing home in Squirrel Hill set to close in January
Confronting financial woes exacerbated by the pandemic, the Jewish Association on Aging announced Thursday that it plans to close Charles Morris Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood. The nonprofit nursing home — among the highest-rated such facilities in Western Pennsylvania — is set to shut down permanently...
URA approves funding for housing projects in Pittsburgh’s Observatory Hill, East Hills neighborhoods
Affordable housing projects in Pittsburgh’s East Hills and Observatory Hill neighborhoods were given a funding boost Thursday by the city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority. The board approved more than $850,000 in funding for the projects. Some of the money will help pay for renovations at five homes on Bonvue Street that...
Charity ride through Frick Park raises money for family of mountain biker who died in May
The untimely death of a mountain biker from Pittsburgh hit close to home for Dave Brown. Brown, 47, of Plum started coaching on the Pittsburgh East Composite Mountain Bike Team earlier this year when his 12-year-old son joined the team. The biking team comprises around 40 athletes from school districts...
Pittsburgh police reform task force members call on city officials to act on report
Members of the Pittsburgh Community Task Force on Policing Reform had a singular message for City Council members Thursday: They want the recommendations in their 47-page report implemented. The 15-member task force met regularly since it was formed in June by Mayor Bill Peduto. They disagreed on many things during...
Thomas Solich is the piano man at the Pittsburgh Opera’s saleVideo
Thomas Solich learned to play the piano by reading Braille, a system of raised dots that can be read with the fingers by people who are blind or who have low vision. He can’t see the more than 100 stunning instruments in the room as they sit idle, waiting for...
Pittsburgh and Glasgow sign Sister City agreement
The City of Pittsburgh added Glasgow, Scotland, to its long list of Sister City relationships with a virtual signing ceremony on Thursday. Given the Steel City’s Scotch-Irish heritage, the partnership appears to be a natural fit, especially considering that Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie made his fortune here founding what became...
Woman killed in East Liberty had PFA against suspected shooter
Makeida Thompson was set to have a final hearing Friday on the protection from abuse order she’d taken out against the father of her youngest child. She never got the chance, Pittsburgh police said, because the same man allegedly walked into a home in East Liberty on Tuesday and shot...
Pitt researchers find Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansions led to earlier detection of cancer
Preventive health care options ushered in by the Affordable Care Act helped doctors detect cancer in more patients earlier and may have reduced the number of late-stage cancer diagnoses around the country, University of Pittsburgh researchers found in a study released Thursday. “The thing that is sort of potentially groundbreaking...
Man pleads to killing 3-year-old on the North Side
A North Side man will serve eight to 16 years in prison for killing a 3-year-old boy. Jamal Williams, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree murder and one count of reckless endangerment before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Randal Todd on Thursday. Williams was accused of abusing Major...
