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‘Manhunt’ to film at old Penn Hills administrative building
The former municipal building in Penn Hills has a new, short-term tenant. Manhunt Productions Inc. has agreed to pay the municipality $10,500 for a three-month lease while the company films scenes inside the building at 12245 Frankstown Road. Those scenes will be featured in the American true-crime miniseries’ second season:...
Antonio Brown back in Pittsburgh for reckless driving hearing
Former Steeler Antonio Brown returned to Pittsburgh on Tuesday to appeal a reckless driving charge from last year when he sped down McKnight Road at more than 100 mph. “To all my fans in Pittsburgh who never got to say goodbye, I’m here today in the Downtown Pittsburgh courthouse,” Brown...
Steel Curtain roller coaster cars arrive at Kennywood
Kennywood Park took delivery of some new cars this weekend — they came in black and gold and with a familiar logo. The amusement park posted to a photo to their Instagram page of the new Steelers-themed cars for their soon-to-open Steel Curtain roller coaster, with the “A special delivery...
Averting crisis, Kennywood restores classic cheese sauce on Potato Patch fries
Some changes are welcomed at Kennywood. Take, for instance, the highly anticipated Steel Curtain roller coaster set to open this summer. Other changes aren’t. Social media began buzzing with chatter that the cheese sauce on Kennywood’s Potato Patch fries is different this year. “Heard the fries and cheese at the...
Peregrine falcon chicks banded at Pitt’s Cathedral of Learning
Two peregrine falcon chicks got a medical checkup and were fitted with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service leg bands Tuesday morning. The chicks are less than a month old. Their parents Hope and Terzo have been nesting on the 40th floor of the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning for...
Dolly Parton library opens in Pittsburgh providing free books to kids
The Pittsburgh branch of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is open and looking for young readers. Parents of Pittsburgh kids age 5 and younger can now sign their children up to receive one free book per month through an online portal. The portal for Pittsburgh’s Imagination Library is now online —->...
Jewish teen choir HaZamir to hold free concert in Pittsburgh
A free concert to show support of and solidarity with Pittsburgh’s Jewish community in the wake of the Tree of Life shooting will take place Sunday at Temple Sinai in Squirrel Hill. The event is being organized by HaZamir: The International Jewish Teen Choir. Molly May, director of the Pittsburgh...
Master herbalist to speak at Pittsburgh event
Sara-Chana Silverstein went through a range of feelings after finding herself sitting at her daughter’s hospital bedside and then for months in a rehabilitation facility. The young girl had been hit by a tow truck, which doctors thought might have caused an undetected blood clot in her spine months later...
Iconic Pittsburgh classic rock DJ Sean McDowell to retire from WDVE
Sean McDowell has been spinning records on the radio for so long that when he started, he was one of the disc jockeys who actually played vinyl records. After more than four decades of bringing classic rock ‘n’ roll to Pittsburgh radio listeners, McDowell has announced that he is retiring....
Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office spent $500,000 prepping for Rosfeld trial
The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office spent nearly $500,000 on crowd control training, overtime and preparing for violent protests and riots that never happened in the aftermath of the trial of former East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld. The trial, related training and overtime cost the county sheriff’s office, police department...
Pittsburgh 2nd best U.S. city to launch your career
There’s something to be said for being second best. That’s where Pittsburgh landed in a new study of the nation’s best cities for graduates preparing to launch a career. That’s right, the city that gained national headlines when it was profiled in Forbes as the worst place for young singles...
Vinyl Remains record store moving to Mt. Lebanon
Vinyl Remains is moving a few miles south on Route 19 to a new location in Mt. Lebanon, the store announced on social media. The record store, opened by Greg and Jennifer Anderson, transplants from New York City, set up shop on Glenmore Avenue in Dormont in 2017. The Dormont...
Homestead Grays Bridge down to 2 lanes during overnight construction
The Homestead Grays Bridge will be down to two lanes overnight this week as work continues on a $2.5 million project. The bridge will have one lane open in each direction from 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. Work is expected to end Sunday. Police will be directing traffic. The will...
Police: Bullet fired in Hazelwood drive-by hits school, no one hurtVideo
A bullet fired during an apparent drive-by shooting in Hazelwood on Monday afternoon went through the side door of an unoccupied school, according to police. Pittsburgh police from the Zone 4 station responded to a ShotSpotter report near the intersection of East Elizabeth and Gertrude streets around 4:10 pm., according...
Firefighters prevent blaze from spreading to nearby homes in Wilkinsburg
Firefighters were able to prevent fire from spreading to nearby homes after a blaze broke out in an abandoned building in Wilkinsburg late Monday night. The fire at the home in the 8000 block of Susquehanna Street was reported at around 10:15 p.m., according to a department of public safety...
1 dead in crash on Fort Duquesne Bridge rampVideo
A man died early Tuesday morning after losing control of his car and crashing on the ramp to the Fort Duquesne Bridge, according to police. At about 1:30 a.m., Pittsburgh police, fire and EMS crews responding to a report of a single-vehicle crash on the bridge ramp near the intersection...
Capezzuto’s Pizza opens in Greenfield, at site of old Conicella’s
This piece of advice stuck with Matthew Capezzuto when he opened his own place – Capezzuto’s Pizza — on Tuesday in Greenfield. “Concentrate on one pie at a time.” “I remember Joe Aiello telling me that,” said Capezzuto, who had worked at Aiello’s Pizza in Squirrel Hill since 1996. “You...
13th person this year caught with gun by Pittsburgh airport security
A Crawford County man tried to take a loaded handgun through security Sunday at Pittsburgh International Airport, security officials said. It is the fourth firearm found in carry-on luggage at the airport in the last three weeks, according to the Transportation Safety Administration. Security agents stopped the Cochranton man after...
Pittsburgh will waive fines, pay towing cost for cars towed before marathon
Pittsburgh took blame Monday for a towing fiasco that erupted in the hours before last week’s marathon and announced it would waive parking fines and pay towing costs for any vehicle removed from the route between 11 p.m. and midnight the night before the race. Mayor Bill Peduto met with...
‘Burden of Genius’ doc returns to Carnegie Science Center for 1 day encore
A documentary about pioneering transplant doctor Thomas Starzl is returning to Pittsburgh. “Burden of Genius,” which tells the story of the doctor that performed the first liver transplants, will have an encore showing at the Carnegie Science Center on Sunday at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. The documentary sold out...
Western Pennsylvania’s Shirley Jones to receive Pittsburgh Opera honor
Shirley Jones has dedicated her life to the arts. The Pittsburgh Opera will honor Jones’ devotion on May 18 when it presents the Charleroi native and former Smithton resident with a Renaissance Award at the 35th annual Maecenas Gala at Downtown’s Benedum Center. “I’m thrilled to be receiving the Renaissance...
Labor Relations Board to hear objections in Pitt graduate workers union election
The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board will hold a hearing Tuesday to weigh unfair labor practice charges and objections the United Steelworkers filed in conjunction with a union election last month among University of Pittsburgh graduate student workers. Graduate student organizers charged that Pitt officials acted illegally to influence the outcome...
Uber driver accused of trying to kidnap 2 women arrested
Police arrested an Uber driver accused of trying to kidnap two women early Saturday in Pittsburgh. Richard Lomotey, 36, of Monaca, picked up the women and then disregarded the GPS directions and locked them in his Ford Fusion, according to police. The women requested a ride home to Penn Hills...
Open house Friday at Southwestern Veterans’ Center
The Southwestern Veterans’ Center in Allegheny County will have an open house Friday from noon to 3 p.m. Members of the public are invited to the center at 7060 Highland Drive in Lincoln-Lemington, near Highland Park. Tours will be available and visitors can meet staff at the center and participate...
Police seek public’s help in search for suspect in Wilkinsburg stabbing
Authorities are seeking the public’s help in their search for a suspect who stabbed a man in Wilkinsburg on Sunday evening. Borough police responding to a call of two men fighting at about 7:21 p.m. in the 800 block of Holland Avenue found a 38-year-old man who had been stabbed,...
