Trib Lunch Box: Hobby Lobby coming, dog shot, missed snow, lab-grown diamonds
Here are some noon headlines from TribLive, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024:
Monroeville Convention Center is closing
The Monroeville Convention Center will be shuttered this summer to make way for a Hobby Lobby, a national art and crafts retail chain.
Owners Oxford Development confirmed Monday the 100,000-square-foot expo center will close. The center’s website does not list any events beyond March, and several of its regular clients are seeking new venues for their conventions.
“We are excited to welcome Hobby Lobby as a new business to serve the needs of the local community and region,” said Oxford spokesperson Megan Stearman.
Several expo organizers are significantly less excited.
Family’s dog shot by Allegheny County sheriff deputy
The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Department is conducting an investigation after a deputy shot a dog in North Braddock on Monday night.
A family’s 5-year-old pit bull was shot once in its right hip, TribLive news partner WTAE reported.
The sheriff’s department told the station that the deputy was serving legal process on a property before the shooting.
A weather system that was expected to bring rain changing to snow in the Pittsburgh area early Tuesday morning took a hard right toward the east coast.
The forecast changed Monday afternoon, said Ashley Dougherty, a meteorologist with TribLive news partner WTAE.
When it comes to buying diamonds, a growing number of consumers are opting for lab-grown stones.
According to co-owner Jeff DePalma of J & J Jewelers of Jeannette, about 80% of his customers now pass by the displays of naturally mined diamonds and make a beeline for the less-expensive lab-grown ones.
Carnegie Mellon boosts tuition to $64K per year
Undergraduate tuition will soon cost more than $64,500 at Carnegie Mellon University under new rates for the 2024-25 academic year that boost overall undergraduate charges by 3.72%.
A bullet on note in IUP classroom causes angst and reflects reality of college life
The handwritten note found in a classroom on the Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus seemed harmless at first: “Hello student. Hope you have a good day!”
But it ended cryptically with the initials “JK,” “lol” and an acronym for foul language.
Then came something more ominous: A bullet was placed on top of the paper.
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