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A story by Myron Cope about a Brentwood bar where Steelers players and reporters hung out stirred Stu Emry’s imagination. Emry was a corn syrup salesman living in Chicago, dreaming of working in radio or television. When he was transferred to Pittsburgh in 1965 to service his biggest client, Heinz,...

July 2, 1932, was the beginning of the end for an automobile industry legend. On that day, Frederick Duesenberg, a German immigrant who helped to create the same-named line of early 20th century luxury cars, was involved in a wreck along the Lincoln Highway — modern Route 30 — in...

Influenza cases now outnumber covid-19 cases in some areas of Western Pennsylvania, though they remain far below pre-pandemic numbers, experts say. “Over the last couple weeks, there has certainly been a surge in noncovid-related illnesses in the region. Chief among these pathogens has been the yearly influenza virus,” said Dr....

The good news for fans of Mountain Playhouse is that the two-year pandemic intermission will end with a new season starting May 25. News that patrons may find disconcerting is that actors won’t tread the historic boards at the company’s longtime home in the converted gristmill theater in Jennerstown, Somerset...

SOMERSET — Since its debut 15 years ago, Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium’s International Conservation Center near Fairhope has often made great strides with little fanfare toward the preservation of the African elephant. Somerset County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ron Aldom noted Wednesday that people often don’t believe him...

The Pittsburgh region has the slowest employment growth coming out of the pandemic among the nation’s 40 largest metropolitan areas, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Pittsburgh’s labor force participation remains nearly 5% below what it was before the pandemic and is well below the U.S....

Last month, Pennsylvania State Police filed sexual misconduct charges against a former high school softball coach. She was arrested by state police in Kittanning on Wednesday. Jane Woodside, 29, is a former coach at West Shamokin High School in Armstrong County and was accused of having sexual contact with a...

A Washington County man has pleaded guilty in Allegheny County Court to bilking 16 Pittsburgh area victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars through uncompleted construction projects and payments owed to subcontractors and suppliers. Daniel Michael Bull, 39, of Washington pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of theft by...

A 15-year-old boy is expected to survive after being shot Wednesday in Stowe Township. The Allegheny County Police Homicide Unit responded to reports of a shooting at 3:50 p.m. on Ninth Street and Bennwood Avenue, according to a press release. Police said first responders found the victim had been shot...

The Transportation Security Administration will extend its requirement that passengers wear masks on all airplane flights as well as public transportation, including buses, trains and transit hubs, through May 3. The order was set to expire on April 18. The TSA’s decision was a foregone conclusion after the Centers for...

A selection of the best photos from Tribune-Review photographers from around the Pittsburgh region from the week of April 4-10....

The national average price for a gallon of gasoline is likely to fall under $4 this week, an industry analyst said Monday. “Gas prices have continued to move in the right direction — down — saving Americans approximately $100 million every day compared to when prices peaked about a month...

Police are investigating after a shooting in Aliquippa early Sunday left one man dead, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. The victim, a 21-year-old man, was shot multiple times just before 3 a.m. Another person was also shot and was taken to Allegheny General Hospital in stable condition. There were...

As lawmakers determine Pennsylvania’s 2022-23 budget, some Republicans are reconsidering their support for the University of Pittsburgh’s state funding. The university has drawn fire from Republican representatives for its fetal tissue research and what they call a lack of transparency in usage of state funding. Anti-abortion activists, including local and...

When Greensburg police charged two men with a downtown shooting outside The Rialto bar, in which a bystander was wounded in late January, video footage helped investigators identify one of the suspects. “Without the surveillance video, that may not have been the outcome,” police Chief Shawn Denning said. “With the...

An Indiana University of Pennsylvania graduate now shares his name with a new species of dinosaur, discovered in 2017 in China’s Yunnan province. Molecular biologist John J. Kopchick is now the namesake of Yuxisaurus kopchicki, an armored dinosaur that is a distant cousin of the Stegosaurus. It lived between 174...

The graphic novel “Persepolis” might be back on the list of approved books for freshman honors English students at Franklin Regional, but the parents and residents pushing for its removal do not plan to stop there. “That, I believe, is only the tip of everything going on,” said Gretchen McGee....

A 13-year-old boy died and two others were injured in a car crash on Friday in Washington County. At around 4:30 p.m., the driver lost control of their car while going around a curve on Sunset Drive, West Pike Run Township, according to the Washington County Coroner’s Office. The boy,...

The family of a Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center employee who died from covid-19 after they said he contracted the illness at work filed a wrongful death suit against the owners on Thursday. Kevin Carroll, 54, worked as part of the housing and laundry staff at the facility in Brighton...

The tiny footprint is protected by wings. It belongs to Molly Rose, whose mom and dad have memorialized her making a mark in this world on the back of a black T-shirt. She will never walk on this earth, but her parents hope the image will become part of the...

History was made Thursday as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and will become the nation’s first Black woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. The confirmation was met with applause from many across the country, including many Black leaders in the Pittsburgh region. Jackson...

Pennsylvania’s commercial poultry has remained untouched by highly pathogenic avian influenza for nearly 40 years, but poultry producers in the area remain on high alert because of the devastating effects it can have on flocks once it begins to spread. “A lot of chickens and turkeys have been depopulated this...

Work on the Interstate 70 corridor will detour motorists in Washington County and restrict traffic to the east in Westmoreland County. A full closure of I-70 in both directions in Speers is scheduled Thursday and Friday, beginning at 8 p.m. each day and continuing until 6 a.m. the following morning....

It’s been a winter of discontent for Pirates fans. It started Dec. 1 when the Pirates traded catcher Jacob Stallings, a player beloved by fans and his teammates, not long after he won a Gold Glove award for his excellent 2021 season. It was perceived by the Pirates faithful as...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced a series of measures Wednesday to combat Russian criminal activity, including an operation to disrupt a malware program that officials said would have allowed the Russian government to control thousands of infected security devices around the world. The operation to disrupt the “Cyclops Blink”...