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Come on down for ‘The Price is Right Live!’ at Heinz HallVideo
Game show fans will want to come on down to Pittsburgh’s Heinz Hall at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 25 for “The Price is Right Live!” The hit interactive stage show gives eligible individuals the chance to win prizes that may include appliances, vacations and maybe even a new car. The stage...
New Cranberry liquor store first to feature tasting room
The first state liquor store that includes a tasting room opens Friday in Cranberry. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board will hold a grand opening for the new Fine Wine & Good Spirits Premium Collection location at 4 p.m. Friday at the Cranberry Mall, Phase III Shopping Center at 20111 Route...
Michelle Wright, fellow beekeeper tend to hives high atop Pittsburgh
Jim Fitzroy is attempting to give away his recipe for something called hot honey as his friend Michelle Wright tries hard (with a wink) to keep the ingredients a closely guarded secret. Wright is a WTAE-TV news anchor, as well as a beekeeper who shares a love of all things...
Bob Seger’s farewell tour adds PPG Paints Arena dateVideo
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band have added an Oct. 17 Pittsburgh date to their Roll Me Away Tour. Tickets to the show at PPG Paints Arena will go on sale at 10 a.m. June 21 at bobseger.com. Seger fan club members will have access to purchase advance tickets...
Kennywood to bring back Heinz ketchup
The Kennywood ketchup controversy is over. Heinz is returning to the West Mifflin amusement park, along with Sandcastle and Idlewild & SoakZone. “Kennywood has had the honor to be in business for the past 120 years because of our guests,” park officials said in a statement Wednesday. “We value and...
Tankers targeted near Strait of Hormuz amid Iran-U.S. tensions
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz were damaged in suspected attacks on Thursday, leaving one ablaze and the other adrift and forcing sailors to evacuate in the latest mysterious incident involving tankers amid heightened tensions between the U.S and Iran. The...
Earthquake rumbles parts of central Pennsylvania
MIFFLINTOWN — A small earthquake has rumbled parts of central Pennsylvania. The United States Geological Survey says the epicenter of Wednesday night’s magnitude 3.4 quake was about 11 miles southwest of Mifflintown at a depth of nearly 17 miles . No damage has been reported. Some people reported hearing a...
Police: Man with stun gun steals cigarettes from Point Breeze gas station
Pittsburgh police are investigating an armed robbery at a Point Breeze gas station Wednesday night. Officers responded just after 10:30 p.m. to a call of a fight and then later a robbery in progress at the gas station in the 7500 block of Penn Avenue, according to Cara Cruz, public...
Cheaper summer gas in Allegheny County continues as EPA extends fuel waiver
The federal Environmental Protection Agency has extended an emergency waiver that will keep gas costs lower in Allegheny County. State and federal regulations have long required the county to sell a low-polluting, more expensive blend of gas during the summer. However, due to damage to the Buckeye Partners Laurel Products...
Irwin OKs liquor license for taco/tequila restaurant
Irwin officials gave the green light to transfer a liquor license from West Newton to a proposed restaurant on Main Street that will feature tacos and tequila. Council on Wednesday unanimously approved the request of Greg Olszewski, a Penn Township businessman, and Matthew Mitchell of North Huntingdon, to transfer a...
Study: Pennsylvania in lower half of states for life expectancy
Pennsylvania ranks in the lower half of states in life expectancy, and is in third place when measuring the rate of drug overdose deaths, according to a new study. “Life Expectancy In Every U.S. State,” released this week by SeniorLiving.org, is based on reports issued last year by the Centers...
Greensburg man charged with federal drug possession
A Greensburg man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of methamphetamine possession. Authorities said Ryan Mason, 39, possessed the drug with the intent to distribute it. He is accused in incidents on Dec. 20 and Jan. 25, according to the two-count indictment. The U.S. Postal Inspection...
Trump says he’d ‘want to hear’ foreign dirt on 2020 rivals
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Wednesday that if a foreign power offered dirt on his 2020 opponent, he’d be open to accepting it and that he’d have no obligation to call in the FBI. “I think I’d want to hear it,” Trump said in an interview with ABC News, adding,...
Monroeville pair accused of scheming to sell heroin/fentanyl mix
Two Monroeville residents are accused of conspiring with a Somerset County man to sell a mixture of fentanyl and heroin to addicts in Western Pennsylvania, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. A grand jury in Pittsburgh indicted the three defendants: Harvey G. Hicks, 49, and Breanna M. Bane, 27, both of Monroeville,...
Democrat Tay Waltenbaugh announces state Senate run in Jeannette
On a sunny June afternoon, a group of about 60 people gathered in the 300 block of Sixth Street in Jeannette amid two dozen tidy, new two-story homes that occupy a street once dominated by crumbling row houses. They came to celebrate the resurrection of a neighborhood of homeowners. They...
Kennywood to bring back Heinz ketchup
The Kennywood ketchup controversy is over. Heinz is returning to the West Mifflin amusement park, along with Sandcastle and Idlewild & SoakZone. “Kennywood has had the honor to be in business for the past 120 years because of our guests,” park officials said in a statement Wednesday. “We value and...
Leave roaming bear alone, officials advise, ‘don’t try to take a selfie with it’
The young black bear spotted Tuesday in Penn Hills along Frankstown Road likely is the same one spotted later that evening in Turtle Creek and Monroeville, according to social media reports and the Pennsylvania Game Commission. It is hoped the young bear, which is looking for safe territory, will find...
It’s lift-off for Pittsburgh Hays bald eaglet No. 9
It’s the season for well-fed eaglets to leave the nest and learn to fly under the tutelage of their parents, and one of two young bald eagles in the Pittsburgh Hays nest apparently cleared for take-off Tuesday. Robert Bevan of Pittsburgh’s Lincoln Place captured a photo of one of the...
Historic Allegheny City public works stable to become apartments
The last municipal building still standing from the days when Pittsburgh’s North Side was its own separate city is destined to become an apartment building. North Side-based Go Realty is restoring the old Allegheny City Stables — vacant for more than a decade. The estimated project cost is $7.5 million...
Pittsburgh’s ‘Amazing Race’ contestant heads to Croatia
Pittsburgh native Becca Droz and her teammate, Floyd Pierce, are back on their worldwide adventure in Croatia at 8 p.m. Wednesday on CBS’ “The Amazing Race.” Droz and Pierce, aka “Team Fun,” are among only six teams left vying for a $1 million prize on a 25,000-plus mile journey around...
Man accused of breaking into Excela Health employee lockers, cars
Security at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg used hidden cameras to identify a janitor accused in a series of thefts in a locker room area and a parking lot, according to city police. David M. Frank, 32, of Latrobe was charged with counts of theft in connection with the...
Some Pa. residents receiving ‘unexpected’ medical bills, organization says
When Emily Christian-Michaels went to UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh for a regular scan at 20 weeks pregnant, she didn’t expect to get hit with a $1,900 bill. The now-31-year-old Bellevue resident said hospital staff performed an extended scan without letting her know — a procedure that was not covered...
National Aviary introduces new pair of Toco ToucansVideo
A new pair of Toco Toucans has been introduced to visitors to the National Aviary in Pittsburgh’s North Side. The male and female, a new breeding pair for the aviary, are at home in the redesigned TreeTops habitat, presented by Peoples. Currently 1 and 2 years of age, respectively, the...
Man hit by car, killed on Saltsburg Road in Penn Hills
A 66-year-old man died Wednesday afternoon after being hit by a car while crossing Saltsburg Road toward a McDonald’s restaurant in Penn Hills, police said. Allegheny County police said in a news release that a man, who has not yet been identified, was crossing Saltsburg Road when he was hit...
Pa. Gov. Wolf to veto $100M private schools bill
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf plans to veto legislation passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature to substantially expand taxpayer support by $100 million for private and religious schools in Pennsylvania. Wednesday’s statement from Wolf’s office comes a day after the Senate approved the bill on a party-line basis. The bill was sponsored...
