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Tickets on sale for annual Steel City Big Pour
The annual Steel City Big Pour beer, food, art and music festival returns this year with new times. The event offers guests an opportunity to sample varieties of craft beer and food on Sept. 28 at Construction Junction in Pittsburgh’s East End. Some of the brewers include All Saints Brewing...
Truck crashes into Southwest plane at Pittsburgh International Airport
A Southwest Airlines plane parked at a gate was struck by a provisioning truck Monday morning at Pittsburgh International Airport. The ramp agent who was driving the vehicle was taken to a hospital, a Southwest spokesman said. No further information was available on the driver’s condition. There were no reports...
Clairton Coke Works pollution control systems back on line after Monday morning fire
Pollution control systems at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works were back on line Monday night after being shut down because of an electrical fire at the facility Monday morning. In an emailed statement, U.S. Steel said it made repairs and environmental controls, including desulfurization, were operating by 8:15 p.m. The...
Pittsburgh’s free summer food program kicks off
The City of Pittsburgh’s free summer food program for kids kicks off June 17 at more than 75 sites. The program, which provides free breakfast, lunch and snacks to children 18 and younger and adults with intellectual disabilities, runs until Aug. 23. Last summer, more than 142,000 meals were served...
$6.5 million restoration of Wilkinsburg train station to be completed by OctoberVideo
Warren Bechhoefer might just have to make the 2,000-plus-mile drive from his home in Phoenix to the historic Wilkinsburg train station. It will be a chance for the 93-year-old to show off the car he restored and check out the restoration of a Western Pennsylvania landmark he helped finance. “I...
Patients seek clarity as UPMC-Highmark split looms
The latest clash of Pittsburgh health care titans UPMC and Highmark made for a stressful several months for patients like Evie Bodick. Not only has the 74-year-old Springdale woman been dealing with several health problems, including heart and lung issues, diabetes and cancer, but she was told last fall that...
Allegheny River Boulevard reopens after debris that shut road down cleared
A stretch of Allegheny River Boulevard that was closed through most of the morning has reopened, according to PennDOT. The busy roadway was shut down in both directions shortly before 6 a.m. between Washington Boulevard in the city’s East End and Nadine Road in Penn Hills when trees fell into...
Pittsburgh police investigating alleged attack, robbery that sent man to hospital
Pittsburgh police are investigating an alleged robbery that left one man injured after he claimed he was pistol-whipped by two people. Officers responded to an initial report of a man stabbed in the 200 block of Reifert Way around 12:40 p.m. on Sunday. When officers arrived on scene they found...
Crews battle fire in Wilkinsburg, no injuries reported
Crews are on the scene Sunday afternoon of a fire in a commercial building in the 1000 block of Wood Street in Wilkinsburg. An Allegheny County 911 dispatcher said calls for the fire came in around 3:40 p.m. There were no reports of injuries, the dispatcher said. Crews were still...
Smallman Street reopens after water main break closed it for 3 weeks
Smallman Street in Pittsburgh’s Strip District reopened Saturday evening after a water main break closed a portion of the street for three weeks. Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority spokesman Will Pickering said the street reopened at 5 p.m. Saturday. The $1.5 million project included the water main replacement, paving the...
Penn Hills man killed in Interstate 79 crash in Washington County
A Penn Hills man was identified as the driver of a dirt bike who was killed on Interstate 79 this week in Washington County, according to Coroner S. Timothy Warco. Steven F. Macauley, 33, was riding northbound in North Strabane Township at 8:20 p.m. Thursday when he began to get...
Pittsburgh officer fatally shoots dog attacking him during call
A Pittsburgh policeman fatally shot a dog that was attacking him Sunday while the officer was trying to help an unconscious man in Sheraden, according to police. First responders were called to Ashlyn Street about 12:25 a.m. for a report of an unresponsive man who may have been having a...
Clairton air quality remains an ongoing concern
John Macus fell in love with his fixer-upper on First Street in Jefferson Hills, just over the Clairton border, when he moved in about nine years ago. The backyard was perfect for his two dogs, with plenty of space for his exercise equipment, too. “You know it’s there, it’s a...
How residents grapple with life in the shadows of U.S. Steel’s Clairton Plant
Johnie Perryman retired to Clairton 12 years ago, hoping to settle into a cheap home near an old friend in Pittsburgh. With a wide front porch and oversize windows, the spacious, $72,900 Mitchell Avenue home about a mile from the Clairton Plant is full of artwork and mementos from a...
5 ducklings rescued by Pittsburgh officials at The Waterworks
Five little ducks went down a grate. Mama duck left, she could not wait. The little ducks chirped and men arrived. They rescued the ducks and kept them alive. It wasn’t a nursery rhyme — just another day in the lives of Pittsburgh Animal Care and Control officers, who spent...
Parkway North HOV lanes set to open Monday after being closed 2 1/2 months
The High Occupancy Vehicle lanes along the Parkway North will reopen on Monday after being closed since April 2, PennDOT announced. The HOV ramp to Perrysville Avenue/Park and Ride will remain closed while improvement work continues. The ramp is expected to reopen July 3. Minor improvement work also will require...
Bethel Park black bear on the move, residents warned to keep away
The black bear in Bethel Park is on the move. Police on Friday said the bear was spotted in the area of South Park in the area of South Park and Drake roads. On Saturday morning, the bear was seen in the area of Montour Trail near Washington Elementary School,...
Marshall-Shadeland ShotSpotter alert leads police to man shot in the face, back
Pittsburgh police responding to a ShotSpotter alert in Marshall-Shadeland late Saturday morning found a man who had been shot in the face and back, according to authorities. Officers from the North Side and detectives from the Major Crimes Unit responded to the alert in the 2700 block of Plough Street...
Police: Driver flees after crashing car into Hill District home
A woman fled the scene after a vehicle crashed into a home in Pittsburgh’s Hill District on Saturday morning, according to city police. Officers were called to Bentley Drive at about 7:30 a.m. and found a red car that apparently had slammed into a bay window. The car was empty,...
A free beer for dad at The Porch at Schenley and The Porch Siena
Cheers to dad! The Porch at Schenley in Oakland and The Porch at Siena in Upper St. Clair are offering a “Draft for Dad”, to all dads dining at either restaurant location on Sunday. A spokesman said the restaurant wants to recognize the men who have taught their children the...
Launch snowballs in June at the science center
It might feel a little like winter on June 21, the longest day of the year. Snowballs will fly on the North Side outside of the Carnegie Science Center for the annual Snowball Day. Visitors who bring snowballs they created over winter and stashed in their freezesr, can name their...
Officials: McKees Rocks woman jumped to her death from Homestead Grays Bridge, left 3 kids in car
A McKees Rocks woman jumped to her death in the Monongahela River on Friday evening after stopping her car on the Homestead Grays Bridge with three children inside, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office and Pittsburgh police. Chris Togneri, spokesman for Pittsburgh Public Safety, said the initial investigation...
Black bear spotted in Bethel Park, Upper St. Clair
Bethel Park police are warning residents to be aware of a black bear that was spotted Friday in the area of South Park Road and Drake Road. Residents are being advised on the police department Facebook page, “to STAY AWAY from the animal,” according to information posted at about 9:15...
Peduto, Fitzgerald, city kids welcome ‘Sesame Street’s’ Elmo
Elmo from “Sesame Street” dropped by the Carnegie Science Center Friday to the delight of kids from the Training Wheels Child Care Center. “Elmo,” they shouted in unison when Angelica Miller, one of the science center’s early childhood educators, introduced the popular puppet to children from the Manchester preschool. Elmo...
16-year-old shot, exchanged gunfire in Homestead
Police are searching for the suspects involved in a gunfight in Homestead on Friday afternoon in which a 16-year-old boy was shot. The victim was treated for a gunshot wound to the right leg, which was not life-threatening, according to Allegheny County Police. Medics took the victim to a nearby...
