Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Nov. 14:

Road closures set for Christmas tree transport

Lawrenceville’s Leslie Park will supply a towering Norway Spruce for the annual Christmas display outside of the City-County Building in Downtown Pittsburgh.

The 40-foot tree will make its journey to Downtown on Saturday and be decorated Sunday, bringing several traffic restrictions with it.

Drivers can expect delays and rolling traffic closures from about 7:30-9:30 a.m. Saturday starting along Butler Street where it meets 46th Street and heading toward the 62nd Street Bridge.

From there, the tree will travel along southbound Route 28 toward the Veterans Bridge to Crosstown Boulevard before exiting onto Grant Street.

Both lanes of Grant Street in front of the City-County Building will be closed as the tree is installed Saturday. On Sunday, the street’s northbound lane will be closed from 6:30 a.m.-2 p.m. to allow for decorating.

A tree lighting ceremony is set for 5 p.m. Nov. 22 as part of Light Up Night festivities.

Prior to this year, Springdale had supplied four of the last six trees selected for the Downtown display. From 2022-24, the trees were harvested from the former St. Alphonsus Church campus.

Winfield mobile home park face water issues

Residents of Bernie’s Mobile Home Park in Winfield have be dealing with discolored and possibly toxic water for nearly a month, according to TribLive news partner WTAE.

On Oct. 16, property manager Stackhouse Management told residents not to use tap water — even after boiling it — because of high levels of manganese, the station reported.

The mineral can give water a metallic taste and dark hue, the Water Quality Association says on its website, and may cause neurological issues in children at high doses.

Families living at the mobile home park have had to rely on bottled water to drink, cook and bathe since then, WTAE reported.

Stackhouse has provided several cases of water to homes, though residents say it’s not enough.

“We’ve received eight 32-packs of water for a family of four in the last month, which is not feasible to live on,” resident Chelsea Christy told WTAE.

The company recently sent a message to residents informing them the community’s water system has been fully restored after experiencing “an unexpected mechanical failure.”

It’s still waiting for sample results from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, but its own testing shows compliance with state and federal standards, the company wrote.

The update does not say if the water is safe to use, however.

“There’s not a whole lot of transparency when it comes to communication with them,” resident John Green told WTAE.

The property manager declined to comment to WTAE.

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