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DePasquale: Pennsylvania nursing home oversight improves, but aging population threatens progress
The state Department of Health’s oversight of the 700 nursing homes in Pennsylvania has improved since the 2016 performance review by the auditor general, according to a follow-up report released on Tuesday. But Auditor General Eugene DePasquale warned that progress is threatened by the looming gray tsunami of baby boomers...
10th Street Bridge, Armstrong Tunnel among closures for OpenStreetsPGH
Thousands of people are expected to stroll and bike through Pittsburgh’s Downtown, Uptown and South Side neighborhoods on Sunday during Bike Pittsburgh’s popular OpenStreetsPGH program. Bike Pittsburgh said drivers should expect road closures in all three neighborhoods from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The 10th Street Bridge and Armstrong Tunnel...
O’Hara’s Stage Right theater unveils new name
It’s a big year for Stage Right Performing Arts & Education. The group marked 55 years of community theater with a move to a new home at Aspinwall Riverfront Park and announced this week that there will be a name change as well. The new moniker — Riverfront Theater Company...
Pittsburgh man killed, state drug agent wounded in Ross shootout
An undercover officer with the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office was wounded early Tuesday afternoon in a shooting at a Ross shopping plaza that left the suspect in a drug investigation dead, police said. The narcotics agent was conducting a drug sting in the parking lot in front of the Big...
Tennessee man caught with pistol at Pittsburgh airport checkpoint
Federal Transportation Security Administration officers for a second time in three days discovered a loaded handgun in a carry-on bag as a passenger was going through a checkpoint at the Pittsburgh International Airport on Tuesday. Allegheny County police detained the Tennessee man for questioning after confiscating the 9mm pistol loaded...
Watch how Triangle Bar’s Battleship sub is builtVideo
The rule at the Triangle Bar & Grill in Swissvale is this: “If you wouldn’t serve it to your mom, don’t serve it to anyone else.” Owner Tom Crombie repeated those words Tuesday as he discarded a few rogue tomato slices while creating the famous “Battleship” sandwich. What’s inside this...
Barb Feige named executive director at Tree of Life
Barb Feige is the new executive director at Tree of Life * Or L’Simcha Congregation in Squirrel Hill. She was chosen this month to help guide the synagogue, the site of the tragedy in October where 11 people were killed, into the future. Feige has more than two decades of...
Pittsburgh on pace to set another annual rainfall record
The Pittsburgh region could be on track to smash last year’s record-setting rainfall total. The National Weather Service in Moon said rainfall recorded this year at Pittsburgh International Airport is more than 2 inches ahead of 2018’s pace. Pittsburgh set a new annual rainfall record in 2018 with 57.83 inches...
Audience spots limited for Pittsburgh broadcast of ‘Good Morning America’
“Good Morning America” fans who were hoping to be part of the live audience when the show films in Pittsburgh on Thursday could be out of luck. An ABC spokeswoman said Tuesday morning that “due to an overwhelming” response they are advising all interested audience members space will be very...
Karen Hacker reflects on tenure as Allegheny County Health Department director
After six years of working to rebuild the Allegheny County Health Department, Dr. Karen Hacker departs with the hope that the county is better equipped to continue work in areas like air quality, combating the opioid crisis and studying health inequities among residents. “I do feel that I’m leaving the...
Slain Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall remembered as a peacemakerVideo
Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall lived to make a difference. In death, he was remembered as someone who did so daily through his work and the way he lived. Even though he wasn’t wearing a uniform when he was shot, an important part of the uniform was something he never...
Superior Motors marks 2 years in Braddock with ‘street food’ party
To mark its second anniversary in Braddock, Superior Motors will host a “street food” party. The 5 to 11 p.m. July 30 celebration at 1211 Braddock Ave. will feature foods from chef Kevin Sousa’s past, according to party planners, including burgers, hot dogs, poké and tacos. Since its establishment, the...
Big Lots program to help Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania
The discount retailer Big Lots will kick off a campaign to benefit Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania on Friday at its store in Ross Township. The donation program is being launched to mark the chain’s unveiling of a new store layout and design for its 17 Western Pennsylvania locations, which...
Reward offered in case of cat who lost leg to firecracker abuse
An animal rights group is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of suspects who severely injured a cat by strapping firecrackers around its paw and setting them off. The cat — a gray 3-year-old female tabby that was named Pickles by...
Ex-WPXI anchor Darieth Chisolm victorious in revenge porn case
After two years of waging an international court case against revenge porn, former WPXI news anchor Darieth Chisolm can claim victory. Chisolm’s ex-boyfriend, Donovan Powell, 53, of Jamaica pleaded guilty in Jamaican court to three charges related to distributing nude pictures of the journalist, according to The (Jamaica) Gleaner. The...
Pittsburgh man nabbed by FBI wiretap gets 5 years for fentanyl conspiracy
A Pittsburgh man nabbed in an FBI wiretap investigation into a three-county drug ring was sentenced to five years in prison for plotting to sell more than 40 grams of fentanyl, federal prosecutors said Monday. Adrian Jordan, 29, who lives near where Pittsburgh meets Mt. Oliver, took a plea deal...
2 Pittsburgh men plead guilty in West End drug trafficking
Two Pittsburgh residents pleaded guilty in federal court to their role in drug trafficking activity in the city’s West End neighborhood. Jaamiyl Dean, 42, admitted guilt to one count of conspiracy to possess firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking. Tyree Davis, 35, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to...
McKeesport man sentenced for role in fentanyl distribution
A McKeesport man was sentenced in federal court to 30 months imprisonment for his conviction of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. Michael Henry, 37, also was sentenced to six years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Mark R. Hornak. Authorities said the charges stem from a wiretap investigation conducted by...
Pittsburgh resident Alex Shabalov wins U.S. Senior Chess Championship
World Chess Hall of Famer and Squirrel Hill resident Alex Shabalov emerged victorious at the inaugural U.S. Senior Chess Championship last weekend in St. Louis. The competition is for elite players over the age of 50. Shabalov beat out a field that included four other Hall of Famers, including fellow...
Oaks Theater to host discovery session on bald and golden eagles
Wishful Wednesday Productions will present an evening of live music, local eagle photography and a discussion on the presence and differences between bald and golden eagles in Pennsylvania on Wednesday at the Oaks Theater, starting at 6 p.m. in Oakmont. The featured guest lecturer Chris Kubiak, education director for the...
Recent court ruling bodes well for Pittsburgh’s controversial gun bills, officials say
Last week’s Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision upholding Pittsburgh’s paid sick leave ordinance provided some hope that the justices could rule in the city’s favor if called on to decide its controversial firearms regulations, officials said. Justices were split 4-3 in allowing the paid sick leave ordinance to stand. Four of...
Caliente giving away T-shirts to go with award winning pizza
As if the pizza wasn’t enough, Caliente Pizza and Drafthouse is giving away an “I ate the Mee-Maw” T-shirt with any order of their award-winning pizza. The “Mee-Maw” pizza was conceived by Caliente chef Eric Von Hansen, who named his creation in honor of his grandmother. Earlier this year, Von...
Pittsburgh’s Triangle Bar makes list of best sandwich shops in U.S.
It’s always good when folks outside of Pittsburgh recognize just how great we have it here. Thrillist acknowledges our fortune by including Swissvale’s Triangle Bar & Grill on its list of the 33 Best Sandwich Shops in America. “Western PA loves their sandwiches — this is the land of Primanti’s...
Man charged in fatal shooting of Pittsburgh officer Calvin HallVideo
There are no words Eugenia Hall-Miller can say to comfort her mother. “Her heart has been ripped out of her,” Miller said Monday, during a respite from a daylong visitation for her slain brother, Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall. “And I have to watch her suffer every day for the...
$4.1M Match 6 ticket sold in West Mifflin
Pennsylvania Lottery officials are waiting for the holder of a winning Match 6 Lotto ticket worth $4.1 million to come forward. The ticket drawn Friday was sold in Allegheny County at the Mifflin Social Club, 4025 Irene St., in West Mifflin. It correctly matched all six winning numbers, 25-32-34-36-47-48 to...
