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Fox Chapel Plaza's Alta Via offers a food tour of northern Italy 
Traditional Italian food step aside. The newest addition to Pittsburgh’s impressive Big Burrito Restaurant Group whisks one off to the Dolomite region in northern Italy. Alta Via is a globally recognized walking trail through the Italian Dolomites, hence the name. “The food is simple, clean, fresh and ingredient driven,” says...
UPMC-Highmark split to take center stage in state Supreme Court showdown
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro balked at claims that his legal fight against UPMC is a ploy for political clout under the guise of acting in the public interest. “This has nothing to do with my career, and everything to do with the good people of Western Pennsylvania who deserve...
Greensburg lawyer remembered for his dry wit and loving heart
George Conti needed help. It was 1973. His Greensburg law practice was growing, and then he learned his secretary needed a vacation. When he mentioned he was going to be shorthanded, a friend suggested he knew someone who might be willing to help for a week or two. Kate Bauer,...
Pittsburgh stabbing victim shows up at Monroeville hospital
A man was stabbed overnight Saturday near a club on Pittsburgh’s North Side, according to police. Investigators said a man walked in to UPMC East in Monroeville with a stab wound to his torso. His injuries were not life-threatening, said Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri, and he was transferred to...
Pittsburgh first responders save infant in cardiac arrest
Pittsburgh first responders saved an infant in cardiac arrest Saturday in the city’s Hill District, authorities said. Authorities responded at about 7 p.m. to a home on Bedford Avenue in the Middle Hill for a report of a 1-month-old in cardiac arrest, according to Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri. Togneri...
Authorities identify Carnegie man killed in double stabbing
Officials on Sunday identified a Carnegie man killed in a double stabbing earlier that day. Luke Connolly, 51, was pronounced dead just before 8 a.m. in an apartment on Third Avenue, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. County police said he’d been stabbed multiple times in the chest....
Off-duty police officer injured in West Homestead crash and shootout 
An off-duty police officer was injured Saturday evening in a vehicle crash during a shootout in West Homestead as he was driving home from work. Allegheny County Police said authorities found the 27-year-old officer shortly after 7 p.m. at the scene of the crash along the 1000 block of Forest...
Uber driver accused of trying to kidnap female passengers
An Uber driver allegedly kidnapped two women early Saturday morning, taking the women to a Point Breeze intersection and trying to lock them in the vehicle, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers responded about 1:30 a.m. to the intersection of South Homewood and Penn avenues where two women reported their Uber...
Thousands gather, raise money for Highmark's Walk for a Healthy Community
Thousands of walkers converged on Pittsburgh’s North Shore on Saturday to raise money for dozens of non-profits across the state. More than 7,500 walkers participated in Highmark’s Walk for a Healthy Community, which celebrated its 17th year of raising money for health and human services charities. Pittsburgh’s is the first...
Victim in Brighton Heights shooting identified
A man shot several times Wednesday in Pittsburgh’s Brighton Heights neighborhood has died, according to the medical examiner’s office. Tre Valorie, 26, was pronounced dead about 6:45 p.m. Thursday, less than a day after he was shot while driving on Woods Run Road with a female passenger, according to police....
Search warrants reveal clues, evidence in case of missing Whitehall woman
Elizabeth Wiesenfeld made it partway through her morning routine April 30 before something brought the day to an abrupt halt, and police believe mounting evidence points toward the woman’s former handyman. Wiesenfeld, 67, was reported missing April 30 by her daughter after she failed to go to work that morning,...
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto creates new Office of Equity
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto on Friday issued an executive order renaming his Bureau of Neighborhood Empowerment and requiring it to have a greater focus on eradicating all forms of inequity across the city. Majestic Lane, Peduto’s deputy chief of staff, will head the newly created Office of Equity. The office...
Celebrate being a pet owner at 'Pittsburgh Dog Mom's Day' event
Calling all dog moms. On Saturday, Tori Mistick, who writes the blog “Wear Wag Repeat,” a multi-media brand created for stylish dog moms as hosting Pittsburgh Dog Mom’s Day event from noon to 4 p.m. at Mellon Park in Shadyside. The free event will have photo installations, lounge areas, a...
Dive Bar & Grille opening in Indiana Township, Regent Square
Timing is everything. For Clint Kuskie and Gordon Judge, it was double timing. They were searching for a fourth location for the Dive Bar & Grille and found two – one in the former Ryan’s Pub in Regent Square and the other in the current Gators Grille in Indiana Township....
Man caught on bus with stolen, GPS-tracked cash admits to robbing Pittsburgh bank
A Pittsburgh man caught by police on a public bus with GPS-tracked, stolen cash sticking out of his pants pocket admitted to robbing a bank at random in an attempt to fuel his drug addiction, federal prosecutors said Friday. Jonathan Owens-El, 56, pleaded guilty to one count of federal bank...
Crash prompts traffic backup near Highland Park Bridge, Freeport Road in Aspinwall
A crash involving a Port Authority of Allegheny County bus and a pickup truck snarled traffic Friday afternoon near the Highland Park Bridge in Aspinwall, initial reports indicate. Dispatchers received a report of a two-vehicle accident between the bridge’s exit toward Freeport Road about 5:50 p.m., an Allegheny County 911...
This is what mama does: Hays eagle brings live catfish to startled young 
Being good parents, the Pittsburgh Hays bald eagles have been bringing food daily to its two young eaglets, carefully feeding them small morsels — fish, mice, other birds, carrion. But on Friday, the young birds got a real taste of the wild. CSE Corp., the company the operates a live...
Big rig hit by train in Cheswick, bounced into apartment wall 
No one was hurt when a Norfolk Southern train hit the rear of a tractor trailer in Cheswick, sending the big rig skidding sideways into the front wall of a man’s apartment. David Woods said he was asleep at about 4 p.m. Friday when he heard a commotion outside his...
Jeff Goldblum becomes 'voice' of the Buhl Planetarium
If you have been to the Carnegie Science Center’s Buhl Planetarium & Observatory recently and have been greeted by a voice that sounds familiar, it’s not your imagination playing tricks on you. The voice that bears a striking resemblance to West Homestead native Jeff Goldblum’s mellifluous tone is in fact,...
Consumer alert reissued at Crafton Family Dollar as rodent infestation continues
A consumer alert that was lifted for the Family Dollar in Crafton on April 29 has been reinstated after Allegheny County Health Department inspectors found evidence of a continued rodent infestation during an inspection May 9. Rodent droppings — “too many to count throughout the facility” — were found under...
Claddagh Irish Pub closes down on Pittsburgh's South Side
The green beer and Guinness won’t be flowing any longer at Claddagh Irish Pub & Restaurant in SouthSide Works. The Irish-style pub is closed, according to the establishment’s website. A message on the home page reads: “Thank you for your patronage over the past 14+ years and allowing us to...
North Shore parking lots to open 5 hours before Garth Brooks Heinz Field show
Country music fans will have plenty of time to tailgate before Garth Brooks takes the stage for his sold-out Heinz Field show May 18. The parking lots surrounding the football stadium will open at 2 p.m., 5 hours before the scheduled 7 p.m. start of the concert, according to information...
AHN says it's unsure how LifeCare bankruptcy will impact Harrison patients
A Texas company that operates a long-term skilled nursing unit at Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison has filed for bankruptcy, but officials with the hospital’s parent company are unsure how it will affect operations there. New LifeCare Hospitals LLC of Plano, Texas, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday. The...
Intense Etna fire melted steel, cracked concrete, fire chief says
The dense, dark smoke that filled Butler Street in Etna during Wednesday’s fire in the heart of the borough’s downtown was a small indication of the magnitude of the blaze that raged inside the store facility, the borough’s fire chief said Friday. The scene inside the 110,000-square-foot building, formerly a...
Police: Car suspected in crash that killed Penn Hills man found in McKeesport
Allegheny County police said they found the car they believe hit and killed a Penn Hills man in April. Police said Friday they received a tip the car was in the parking lot of the Hi View Gardens housing complex in McKeesport. They intend to release more information later Friday....


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