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Phipps conference to explore connections between cancer, environmental hazards
A conference exploring the connections between cancer and environmental hazards will be held at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens on Tuesday. All the registrations are filled. “Cancer and the Environment: Priorities for Research, Clinical Practice and Policy” will feature experts discussing the latest science on how cancer develops and...
Roaches cited in consumer alert for Las Palmas in Oakland
The Allegheny County Health Department has issued a consumer alert for Las Palmas #2 in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. A Jan. 24 inspection report said that the Atwood Street store was infested with live and dead roaches. Sewage leaked from a bathroom toilet onto the floor. According to the Food Safety...
Man claims he was carjacked, stabbed with screwdriver in Pittsburgh assault
Police issued an arrest warrant Monday for a woman who allegedly repaid a favor by beating and carjacking the man who gave her a ride, leaving him with no shoes and a series of stab wounds. David Legrande told police he lent the woman $50 and gave her and another...
Dad’s Pub & Grub opens a new location in Braddock HillsVideo
It’s called the “Yinzer Burger,” 8 ounces of ground beef cooked to your liking, piled high with gooey macaroni and cheese and smothered in bacon in between a warm homemade roll. Fresh cut fries are a side option. That’s just one of the tasty choices at the newest location of...
Pitt waives $5,546 security fee for Ben Shapiro appearance
The University of Pittsburgh has agreed to waive the security fee it charged the Pitt College Republicans for the Nov. 14 campus appearance of conservative commentator Ben Shapiro. The decision was made “in light of the confusion over this issue and the difficult position the College Republicans would be in...
Month-long lane restrictions on Elizabeth Bridge start Monday
Motorists will face single-lane restrictions in both directions on the Elizabeth Bridge along Route 51 through late February for installation of bird screens, PennDOT announced. The restrictions will not be in effect simultaneously. Plans call for a southbound lane on the bridge to close weekdays from 7 a.m. to 3...
Mon Wharf reopens after weekend shutdown
The Mon Wharf parking lot in Downtown will reopen today after being closed over the weekend because of a flood advisory, the Pittsburgh Public Parking Authority announced. The parking authority issued an alert on Thursday telling motorists to remove their vehicles from the lot before 7 p.m. or face having...
Cinderella Ball welcomes 13 young ladies into Pittsburgh society
Each young woman dressed in a gorgeous white gown emerges from behind the curtain, curtseys, reaches for her father’s hand, walks down the steps and makes her formal debut into Pittsburgh society. The 93rd Cinderella Ball, Pittsburgh society’s debutante ball, is the oldest charity event in Pittsburgh and the second-longest...
Woman, dogs rescued as firefighters face frigid temps, ‘hoarding’ to battle McCandless blaze
Firefighters battled bitter cold outside and difficulties getting around the inside of a McCandless home to rescue a woman and several dogs Sunday afternoon, according to authorities. The fire began at the home on Parkedge Drive just before 3:30 p.m., according to a 911 dispatcher. Multiple dogs were pulled from...
37th State Senate special election pits Democrat Pam Iovino vs. Republican D. Raja
Democrat Pam Iovino and Republican D. Raja will face off during the April 2 special election for the empty state Senate seat in the 37th District. The seat was left empty when Guy Reschenthaler, 35, of Peters Township, Washington County, bested retired auto industry executive Bibiana Boerio, 64, of Unity,...
Police investigating pedestrian incident in South Oakland
A man was hospitalized after being hit by a car in South Oakland early Sunday, according to Pittsburgh police. Authorities were called to the Boulevard of the Allies and Juliet Street at about 3:30 a.m. and found a man who appeared to have a leg injury, a police spokeswoman said....
Millvale-based craft brewery finds Cold War home in Collier
The potential names for varieties of beer seem as endless as a Millvale craft brewery’s new home in a rambling Nike missile command site that was also a concrete bunker built to withstand a nuclear explosion. The Grist House’s new location at the former Cold War missile defense site in...
State representative from Pittsburgh holds forum on legalizing marijuana
Navy veteran Derrick Clark suffered a traumatic brain injury during his time serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, but he hasn’t had a migraine in three years, he said, thanks not to opioid painkillers, but rather medical marijuana. He said he doesn’t have nightmares anymore either, and the cannabis has helped...
Authorities identify 2 men killed in fall from Parkway East onto Second AvenueVideo
Authorities have identified two men who died Saturday when they either fell or jumped from the Parkway East near Oakland during a traffic crash, plummeting to Second Avenue below where they were struck by a passing car. The incident shortly before 4 p.m. involved three vehicles on the Parkway and...
Aliquippa teen convicted of arranging parents’ 1996 slayings resentenced
A man convicted as a teenager of hiring a pair of classmates to kill his parents in their western Pennsylvania home more than two decades ago could have a chance of parole beginning at age 76 following resentencing. Brian Samuel, 39, was sentenced in 1997 to two consecutive life terms...
Verona man fatally shot outside of Penn Hills lounge
A Verona man was fatally shot outside of a Penn Hills lounge early Saturday, according to Allegheny County police. Authorities were called at 1:03 a.m. to the parking lot of The Lounge on Verona for a report of numerous shots fired, according to a news release. Paul McMillan, 48, was...
Amendments planned for Pittsburgh proposed gun restrictions
Pittsburgh City Council got a feel this week for what people think about its proposed ban on certain semi-automatic weapons, ammunition and firearms accessories. More than 100 people signed up to speak at a public hearing on the restrictions Thursday that went for hours. So what’s next on the gun...
Carrick fire death in August classified as homicide
A 53-year-old man’s death in a house fire last August has been classified as a homicide, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said Friday. Martin Thomas Boehm died Aug. 21 — four days after he was injured in a house fire along the 1600 block of Leolyn Street in Carrick....
Police: Boy, 10, slips on ice under moving van on Polish Hill, critically injured
Pittsburgh police said a 10-year-old boy was pulled from under a loaded passenger van at the West Penn Rec Center on Polish Hill just before 8 p.m. Friday. He was in critical condition in a local hospital, a city public safety spokeswoman said in a news release. Police, medics and...
Water main break in Collier affects Baldwin Road intersection
Pennsylvania American Water crews were working Saturday in Collier after a water main break. Flaggers were directing traffic on Baldwin Road at McMichael Road, which previously had been closed. County dispatchers said the closure began around 7:30 p.m. Friday. Michael DiVittorio is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Michael...
Students perform, learn from cast at Pittsburgh ‘Hamilton’ programVideo
The story of Alexander Hamilton was brought to life on Friday as more than 2,500 students from the region were given the opportunity to attend a special matinee performance of “Hamilton” at the Benedum after spending weeks in their classrooms learning about the statesman and other Founding Fathers. The students,...
PWSA awards $35.9 million in contracts for lead line replacement in 2019
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority board of directors on Friday approved contracts totaling $35.9 million for the replacement of lead water lines in 2019. PWSA plans to replace up to 3,400 lead lead lines this year. Board members unanimously approved the following contracts for construction and construciton oversight:Independent Enterprises...
Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority aims to replace 3,400 waterlines in 2019
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority will replace at least 2,800 lead waterlines this year and try to finish an additional 600 before year’s end, the executive director said Friday. Authority board members during a meeting unanimously approved construction contracts totaling $35.9 million for the lead program this year. Executive...
Residents argue for and against Pittsburgh gun ban during public hearingVideo
Scores of people stood for hours Thursday night in a reconfigured first floor of Pittsburgh’s City-County Building to argue for three minutes each for or against the city’s proposed firearms ban. They included military veterans, attorneys, moms, dads, friends of people killed in Squirrel Hill’s Tree of Life synagogue on...
Mattress Factory art museum taps Hayley Haldeman, wife of Conor Lamb, as interim director
The Mattress Factory contemporary art museum has tapped Jones Day attorney Hayley Haldeman for its new interim leader as the popular tourist destination in Pittsburgh’s North Side rebounds from allegations that supervisors retaliated against employees who reported sexual harassment. Haldeman is a litigator based in Pittsburgh who specializes in complex...
