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Juke Records to close in Bloomfield
Juke Records announced Sunday it will close its Bloomfield store before its lease is up this summer. “Fortunately, Pittsburgh has a lot of record stores. Unfortunately, our time is up,” the store noted on its Twitter page. It wasn’t immediately clear when or why the Liberty Avenue store is closing....
Star of The Bachelor visits Pittsburgh’s children’s hospitalVideo
Colton Underwood took a break from handing out roses Sunday and instead visited kids at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. The current star of ABC’s The Bachelor and a former NFL player with the then San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders, Underwood spent time with the kids as part of...
Century III Mall granted $5M line of credit to keep operating during bankruptcy
Owners of West Mifflin’s struggling Century III Mall have been granted a $5 million line of credit by a bankruptcy court to keep operating during its case even as it remains closed by order of the borough code enforcement office. West Mifflin ordered the mall’s closure on Feb. 6 and...
More than 4 tons of deli meats, cheeses donated to Pittsburgh food bank
The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank is getting a sizable donation Thursday — about four and a half tons — from a Philadelphia company specializing in deli meats and cheeses. This is the third year that Dietz & Watson Inc. has donated to the Duquesne-based food bank at the suggestion...
Tube City Center opens in storied Daily News building in McKeesport
The storied Daily News building in downtown McKeesport came back to life Monday with the grand opening of Tube City Center, a multi-use, co-working space that will bring, among other things, media coverage back to the city. Trib Total Media donated the building to the city in late 2017, about...
Poems about Pittsburgh neighborhoods will be displayed in Port Authority vehicles
A Pittsburgh nonprofit literacy organization is sponsoring a poetry contest designed to bring people together and help heal wounds left by violence in the city, including the October murders at Tree of Life synagogue. Crossing Limits has partnered with Port Authority of Allegheny County on the contest dubbed I Too...
Future of Penn Plaza site in East Liberty about to be finalized
The Pittsburgh Planning Commission has scheduled a hearing and vote for Tuesday on final plans for the controversial redevelopment of the former site of Penn Plaza Apartments in East Liberty. Pennley Park South, a subsidiary of Downtown-based LG Realty Advisors, is seeking to build a $100 million retail and office...
August Wilson Center celebrates its 10th anniversary with some exciting changes
The August Wilson Center has a star-studded gala and a new name planned for its 10th anniversary celebration in April. The party and name change to the August Wilson Cultural Center were announced at a news conference Monday. After a tumultuous first decade where the Downtown Pittsburgh center nearly faced...
Past president of Riverlife named new president of Pittsburgh Foundation
The Pittsburgh Foundation’s Board of Directors has named Lisa M. Schroeder as the philanthropic organization’s new president. Schroeder becomes the sixth president of the foundation and the first woman to lead the organization in its 75-year history. She succeeds Maxwell King, who is retiring in September after serving a five-year...
Truck driver charged in fatal Route 28 crash headed to trial
A tractor-trailer driver involved in a fatal crash on Route 28 in O’Hara more than a year ago is headed to trial, but his lawyer hopes the case won’t make it that far. Arther Wells, 70, of Mississippi, is charged with homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, recklessly endangering another person,...
Attorney for Robert Bowers hopes to resolve Tree of Life case without trial
Accused Tree of Life gunman Robert Bowers pleaded not guilty Monday to new hate-crime charges filed against him, and his renowned attorney, Judy Clarke, expressed interest in a plea deal rather than a trial. Bowers — with his feet shackled and his wrists chained to his waist — wore a...
Potomac Avenue reopens after 3-car crash in Pittsburgh’s Banksville neighborhood
No one was injured in a three-car crash that closed Potomac Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Banksville neighborhood Monday morning, according to Allegheny County 911. All three vehicles slid off the road, Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV reported. The crash happened just before 8 a.m. The steep, icy street was closed for more...
Demolition of Pittsburgh buildings makes way for North Side development
Demolishing three vacant buildings in Pittsburgh has generated considerable controversy in recent years over plans for redevelopment of the North Side’s Garden Theater Block. The latest plan for the block, along North Avenue between Federal and Reddour streets, includes demolition of the three buildings and construction of a new one...
Crashes reported as ice and snow coat roads
A sloppy mix of snow, rain and ice caused numerous crashes and shut down several roads Sunday night and Monday morning. Mt. Pleasant Road in Hempfield Township was closed because of two early morning crashes, according to Westmoreland County 911. A vehicle crashed into a utility pole knocking down power...
10th Street Bypass reopened as floodwaters recede
The 10th Street Bypass between Ft. Duquesne Boulevard and 10th Street in Pittsburgh reopened to traffic Sunday morning, PennDOT District 11 has announced. The section was closed Friday due to flooding along the Allegheny River. On Saturday, PennDOT also reopened the “bathtub” area of the Parkway East and the southbound...
$1,500 fine announced for disturbing nesting bald eagles at North Park, viewing area created
Allegheny County Parks announced public viewing areas, restrictions and a $1,500 fine for disturbing a pair of bald eagles that recently built a nest on a wooded hillside near the park’s ice skating rink. The North Park nest is among only a handful of bald eagle nests in heavily populated...
Rachel Carson Bridge scheduled to close Monday for 18 months
Motorists are reminded that the Rachel Carson Bridge, which links downtown Pittsburgh with the North Shore, is scheduled to close Monday through summer 2020. The 97-year-old span, also called the Ninth Street Bridge, will get a new concrete deck, structural steel repairs and a fresh coat of Aztec Gold paint,...
Pedestrian struck in Pittsburgh hit-and-run on Jan. 23 dies of his injuries
A 75-year-old Pittsburgh man who was struck by a hit-and-run driver last month near the South Side Slopes has died of his injuries at UPMC Mercy Hospital, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. John J. Kulinski died Friday of multiple injuries suffered Jan. 23 about 9:40 p.m. as...
Parkway East ‘bathtub’ section and Parkway North ramp in Pittsburgh reopened to traffic
PennDOT District 11 reopened the “bathtub” area of the Parkway East in Pittsburgh this morning. The area was closed Friday evening due to flooding. In addition, the southbound Parkway North, I-279, ramp from the Fort Duquesne Bridge to the eastbound lanes of the Parkway East were also reopened to traffic....
Hair raising: Donate your locks to help Wigs for Kids
It all began with a casual conversation about wigs during a hair appointment. Christina Wonnacott and Jess Arnone, her stylist at Cardamone’s Salon in Downtown Pittsburgh, talked about how women with cancer often struggle with having to cut their locks because of the effects of chemotherapy and other medical issues....
$530 million investment in Aurora Innovation could create Pittsburgh jobs
A $530 million infusion into a self-driving startup could mean dozens of new jobs in Pittsburgh. Announced this week, Aurora Innovation raised the money from a group of investors that includes the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, Amazon and T. Rowe Price Group. Founded two years ago, the...
Pittsburgh police: Resident, suspect in Knoxville home invasion shot; suspect critical
Pittsburgh police are investigating an alleged home invasion in the Knoxville neighborhood in which two people were shot Friday night. Soon after arriving at the 300 block of Moore Avenue about 7 p.m., police found “multiple shell casings and a male resident with a gunshot wound to the hand,” spokesman...
Pittsburgh man sentenced to 9 months in prison, ordered to pay back nearly $422K for federal tax and Social Security fraud
A Pittsburgh man was sentenced to nine months in prison and ordered to pay nearly $422,000 in restitution for federal tax and Social Security fraud, federal authorities announced Friday. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark R. Hornak imposed the sentence on Robert Alan Seth Sr., 58. He was also sentenced to...
Flooding closes both ‘bathtub’ on Parkway East and nearby Parkway North ramp, detours announced
Flooding has closed both the westbound “bathtub” section of the Parkway East (Interstate 376) and the southbound Parkway North (I-279) ramp to the Parkway East outbound in Pittsburgh. The closures occurred at about 8:20 Friday night. The dip in the Parkway East known as “the bathtub” was expected to close...
Bridgeville suboxone clinic owner gets federal prison sentence, fine
An Upper St. Clair woman was sentenced Friday to serve more than a year in federal prison and pay a fine for violating federal drug dispensing laws and defrauding an insurance company. U.S. District Judge Nora Barry Fischer sentenced Terri C. Brown, 53, of Morrow Road to a year and...
