Bob Bauder stories, Page 19
Pittsburgh City Council hears concerns about driverless vehiclesVideo
A panel of experts expressed a range of concerns Tuesday about potential negative impacts of driverless vehicles during a meeting hosted by Pittsburgh City Council. Council members noted that the autonomous vehicle industry in Pittsburgh has created numerous jobs in the city, but they said they wanted input from all...
10th Street Bridge, Armstrong Tunnel among closures for OpenStreetsPGH
Thousands of people are expected to stroll and bike through Pittsburgh’s Downtown, Uptown and South Side neighborhoods on Sunday during Bike Pittsburgh’s popular OpenStreetsPGH program. Bike Pittsburgh said drivers should expect road closures in all three neighborhoods from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The 10th Street Bridge and Armstrong Tunnel...
Tennessee man caught with pistol at Pittsburgh airport checkpoint
Federal Transportation Security Administration officers for a second time in three days discovered a loaded handgun in a carry-on bag as a passenger was going through a checkpoint at the Pittsburgh International Airport on Tuesday. Allegheny County police detained the Tennessee man for questioning after confiscating the 9mm pistol loaded...
Recent court ruling bodes well for Pittsburgh’s controversial gun bills, officials say
Last week’s Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision upholding Pittsburgh’s paid sick leave ordinance provided some hope that the justices could rule in the city’s favor if called on to decide its controversial firearms regulations, officials said. Justices were split 4-3 in allowing the paid sick leave ordinance to stand. Four of...
Pittsburgh’s East Ohio Street has bright future, businesses and officials sayVideo
A four-block business district along Pittsburgh’s East Ohio Street is slowly inching away from its reputation as a habitat for panhandlers, drug abusers and prostitutes. Cory Hughes sees opportunity everywhere he looks. Hughes and partner Alex Feltovich are in the process of opening a wood-fired grill and restaurant. They expect...
Aggie Brose, longtime activist for Pittsburgh neighborhoods, dies
Aggie Brose, a relentless advocate for positive change in Pittsburgh’s downtrodden neighborhoods, died Wednesday. Brose, 84, of Stanton Heights, lived in Garfield for decades and was a founding member of the Bloomfield-Garfield Corp., a nonprofit community development group. She remained with the organization for more than 40 years, advocating for...
Bill Peduto to seek third term as Pittsburgh mayor
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto confirmed on Twitter on Wednesday night that he plans to seek a third term as mayor. The announcement comes as no surprise as Peduto, 54, who is serving a second four-year term, has repeatedly said he would consider a third campaign before ending his political career....
AHN, Riverhounds planning $16M sports/health complex in CoraopolisVideo
Allegheny Health Network and the Pittsburgh Riverhounds outlined plans Wednesday for a sports complex and health clinic on the site of a former railroad yard in Coraopolis. The $16 million, 78-acre facility will feature 10 synthetic FIFA-regulation soccer and multipurpose fields, two of which will be indoors, and a 20,000-square-foot...
Court rules that Pittsburgh’s paid sick leave law can stand
Pittsburgh went 1-1 in cases before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday with justices ruling the city has authority to require paid sick leave for workers employed in the private sector and striking down an ordinance requiring training for security guards. Pittsburgh City Council in 2015 approved both ordinances and...
Lawrenceville added to National Register of Historic places
The U.S. Department of the Interior has added Lawrenceville — one of Pittsburgh’s oldest and trendiest neighborhoods — to the National Register of Historic Places. Sarah Quinn, the city’s historic preservation planner, said the designation carries no restrictions for private property owners. Certain eligible buildings being rehabilitated or redeveloped would...
Mark Wolosik, long-time Allegheny County elections chief, dies
Mark Wolosik, who served in the Allegheny Elections office for nearly 50 years and headed the department for 17, died unexpectedly Sunday, county officials said. Wolosik, 65, of Shaler, was well known and respected in the region and the state for his temperament and knowledge of elections law. He retired...
What’s causing Route 28 to flood? PennDOT might have found the reason
PennDOT is investigating the possibility that illegal dumping in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill neighborhood is behind recent flooding along Route 28 near Pittsburgh’s 40th Street Bridge, an official said Monday. Cheryl Moon-Sirianni, PennDOT’s District 11 executive, said crews were in Troy Hill Monday to see whether a report of illegal dumping...
Pittsburgh police officer injured in motorcycle crash
A Pittsburgh police officer was injured Monday in a motorcycle crash, Mayor Bill Peduto said. Peduto said the officer, who has not been identified, was driving his personal motorcycle to work when the crash happened in West Homestead. He could not provide further details. “It looks like he’s going to...
Steel Curtain’s ups and downs are typical for new rides, says Kennywood
Kennywood’s new Steel Curtain roller coaster was again out of service for a brief period Monday so crews could work out initial glitches, a park spokesman said. Nick Paradise said the Steelers-themed coaster had reopened to riders about 2:30 p.m. He said representatives of the ride’s manufacturer — S&S Worldwide...
Man found fatally shot in a car in Penn Hills
A man was fatally shot Sunday night in Penn Hills, Allegheny County Police reported. Police found the man, who was not identified, dead in a car at 21 Sharon Court, according to police. Homicide detectives were responding to the scene around 9:30 p.m. No further details were available....
Pittsburgh police use ladder to rescue woman held hostage during domestic
Pittsburgh police used a ladder Saturday afternoon to rescue a woman who was being held hostage by her boyfriend in a Brighton Heights house, according to the Public Safety Department. Officers pulled the woman, who was not identified, from a second-floor window. Marc Vrane, 47, assaulted the woman and refused...
Water task force rescues 3 kayakers from Kiski River
An Armstrong County river rescue team pulled three kayakers out of the swollen Kiski River on Saturday afternoon after they got hung up in submerged trees in Leechburg and their kayaks sank. Joe Clark, divemaster with Armstrong County Water Rescue Task Force , said a mother and her two daughters...
First riders give Kennywood’s Steel Curtain rave review
Julie Walsh can tell her grandchildren she rode Kennywood’s new Steel Curtain roller coaster with her husband Saturday morning in the front seat on the first trip open to the public. Her hands were still shaking 10 minutes later. “I held his hand going up that hill,” she said of...
Pittsburgh’s McKinley Park to get artistic basketball court
A basketball court in Pittsburgh’s McKinley Park is in line for an artistic makeover. The Urban Redevelopment Authority recently allocated $15,500 for a public art project by New York-based artist Janel Young, who grew up in Beltzhoover. Young said the mural entitled “Home Court Advantage” would be on the surface...
Washington Boulevard undamaged by flooding, reopens to traffic
Pittsburgh reopened Washington Boulevard on Thursday night after clearing the heavily-traveled road of debris left behind by flooding, a city official said. Officials initially believed the road was severely damaged during a heavy storm Thursday and thought the road would be closed indefinitely. Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri said public...
Allegheny Health Network ‘tops off’ new North Side cancer institute
Before iron workers hoisted the last steel beam into place Thursday at Allegheny General Hospital’s $80 million cancer institute set to open in spring 2020, Lydia Mitchell made sure her name was on it. The second-grade reading teacher at Allegheny Traditional Academy in Pittsburgh’s North Side is being treated at...
Local magisterial courts to hear complaints filed by Pittsburgh’s DOMI
All civil complaints filed by Pittsburgh’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure will be heard by district judges with jurisdiction over the neighborhood where an alleged violation occurred, according to a recent Allegheny County court order. DOMI sought a change because it found that judges familiar with a neighborhood had a...
Legacy of fugitive developer’s blighted properties lives on in Beechview
Pittsburgh plans to demolish one of the last remaining blighted buildings along Beechview’s main drag that was owned by failed developer Bernardo Katz. Another Katz building on the same street is under consideration for demolition as well. City Councilman Anthony Coghill, who lives in Beechview and represents the neighborhood, said...
Strip District development will push into the North Side, officials say
With available land quickly disappearing in Pittsburgh’s Strip District, the Buncher Corp. and city officials are eyeing an 11-acre section of the North Side near the 16th Street bridge as the city’s next development hot spot. Buncher owns all but several parcels between the 16th Street and Veterans bridges, directly...
State terminates Pittsburgh’s last fiscal oversight board
Pittsburgh’s last fiscal oversight agency is officially kaput. Dennis Davin, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, issued a letter on Sunday terminating the Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority. State lawmakers created the ICA in 2004 to work alongside coordinators of the Act 47 oversight program to help Pittsburgh...
