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Closed stretch of Nadine Road reopens earlier than expected in Penn Hills
A section of Nadine Road in Penn Hills that has been closed since a collapse in July has reopened to traffic, Allegheny County Public Works announced Wednesday. Nadine between Allegheny River Boulevard and Lincoln Road closed on July 12 after storms caused a retaining wall to fall over and part...
Food Podcast: Big Burrito president commits to ending hunger with healthy options
Bill Fuller grew up in a single-parent home, reliant on school lunches and food stamps. He knows how tough it is to be insecure about food. That’s why Fuller, president and corporate chef of Big Burrito Restaurant Group, is intent on helping those in similar situations. “There definitely were a...
2 men plead guilty for selling heroin, cocaine in Braddock area
Two men pleaded guilty in federal court last week to narcotics trafficking, the U.S. Attorney’s office announced Tuesday. Larry Dandridge, 24, of Monroeville pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin while Damien Franklin, 26, of Trafford, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Two...
Power restored to the Squirrel Hill Tunnel
Power has been restored and all lights are on at the Squirrel Hill tunnels in Pittsburgh. Electrical issues caused the cameras, traffic signals and half the lights inside the tunnels to go out shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday. PennDOT officials announced the issues were fixed shortly before 11 p.m. The...
Man rescued after being trapped under tombstone in Pittsburgh
Emergency responders were called to St. Michael’s Cemetery near Pittsburgh’s South Side Slopes neighborhood around 1 p.m. Tuesday after a man was pinned beneath a tombstone. The 47-year-old man was visiting the cemetery with his mother when he lost his balance and grabbed onto the tombstone, said Cara Cruz, a...
Mayor Peduto: Pittsburgh Center for the Arts must be restructuredVideo
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said the Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media, which announced Monday it would close its main building at year’s end, must be completely restructured to secure sustainable funding for future operations. Peduto, who briefed reporters Tuesday during an unrelated event in Garfield, said the city has...
Drink beer, get a free koozie from Allegheny County breweries
Craft beer enthusiasts can drink their way to a free koozie while exploring Allegheny County’s 34 breweries. A new collaboration between VisitPittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Brewers Guild will offer the free koozie (the insulating covers for a can) to anyone who collects five stamps for buying five beers from guild...
Pair plead guilty in 2003 Pittsburgh shooting turned homicide 15 years later
One man will remain on parole and another in prison for a 2003 shooting in Downtown Pittsburgh that turned into a homicide last year when the man they robbed and shot died of complications from the 15-year-old bullet wound. Marty Allen Armstrong Jr., 35, and Lamont Fulton, 34, both pleaded...
New Module homes a ‘milestone’ for Garfield developmentVideo
Private developers are again eyeing Garfield as a good place to build market-rate homes after years of disinvestment. Module, an East-Liberty-based housing startup, on Tuesday outlined $1 million plans to build two single-family homes and a two-unit duplex along Black Street. One of the single-family homes would be offered to...
7th defendant pleads guilty in alleged $80 million Medicaid fraud case
A Pittsburgh woman pleaded guilty to federal charges of Medicaid fraud and conspiracy. Tionne Street, 48, was accused of defrauding Medicaid for about $70,000 and was one of about 16 people who were indicted on the alleged conspiracy involving about $80 million in overall fraud. Street is the seventh person...
Police: Wallet, iPhones stolen during South Side robbery
Pittsburgh police are investigating a robbery that occurred Monday evening in the 100 block of South 19th Street in Pittsburgh’s South Side. Two men were walking down the street around 11 p.m. when they were approached by a third man asking for directions, according to Cara Cruz, a police spokeswoman....
Point Park grads capture picture-perfect moment with Tom Hanks in Pittsburgh
Danette Levers changed her Facebook profile picture at 7:34 a.m. Friday. There’s a pretty good chance she won’t ever change it again. She waited for months to upload that photo of her standing next to Tom Hanks. She idolizes the actor. She can recite most of his movie lines from...
Pittsburgh man gets 12½ years in federal prison for drug trafficking
A Pittsburgh man was sentenced Monday to 12½ years in a federal prison for distributing crack cocaine in the West End, according to prosecutors. Tyree Davis, 35, pleaded guilty to the offense in July. He was one of several people targeted in an investigation that focused on the GBK street...
Medical examiner: Monroeville woman died of brain injury 4 days after crash
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner determined the cause of the unexpected death of a 41-year-old Monroeville woman four days after a crash this month. Nicole Hilla died from a hypoxia brain injury, the medical examiner’s office said. She died at Forbes Hospital on Nov. 8 while being treated for injuries...
Franklin Regional, Butler, Mt. Lebanon receive grants to help needy families
Three school districts in Southwestern Pennsylvania, including Franklin Regional in Westmoreland County, each will receive $2,500 to help local families with needs like clothing, medical and dental care, eyeglasses and prescriptions along with food, shelter and related supplies. The American Association of School Administrators, or AASA, announced the Murrysville school...
Penn Hills High School to form boys rugby team
Penn Hills High School may soon have a boys rugby team. School directors voted 6-0 Monday night to approve a one-year pilot program at no cost to the district other than transportation to and from competitions. Rugby is a contact sport believed to have originated in England in the first...
State transitional loan for Penn Hills School District’s recovery efforts approved
A $1.24 million loan designed to fund various initiatives in the Penn Hills School District’s financial recovery process has been approved. The 10-year, no-interest transitional loan comes through the state Department of Education. School board members voted 6-0 to approve the loan agreement Monday . Board members Cathy Mowry, Evelyn...
UPMC eyes major expansion in cancer, cardiac care in North Hills
From a robotic surgery tool that helps detect lung cancer sooner, to new alternatives to open-heart surgery, UPMC executives announced Monday a slew of major investments into expanding the health care system’s services, equipment and doctors available in the North Hills. The Downtown Pittsburgh-headquartered nonprofit behemoth is expanding its reach...
Feds bust ‘Hustlas Don’t Sleep’ gang members from Pittsburgh’s eastern suburbs
Federal drug charges were filed against 18 people prosecutors say sold drugs as part of a gang that operated in Pittsburgh’s eastern suburbs from September 2017 until this week. One of the men, Jason Jackson, 26, of Pittsburgh, remains wanted by the FBI. Jackson, whose nickname is “Action,” according to...
Carnegie Mellon scientists read emotions in the brainVideo
A neuroscientist at Carnegie Mellon University is translating science fiction into science fact. And the latest developments in his work are pretty amazing. As recently as a decade ago, CMU professor and researcher Marcel Just made headlines around the world with news that scientists could tap enhanced MRI technology coupled...
Bankruptcy hearing canceled for former Pittsburgh regatta promoter
A Ross company blamed for this year’s Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta debacle was scheduled to appear in federal bankruptcy court Monday, but the hearing was canceled because the company president is out of town. Derek Weber, 44, president of LionHeart Event Group LLC, in September filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy...
Pittsburgh ordinance would regulate reptile ownership
Reptile owners in Pittsburgh would have to register their alligators and snakes with the city under legislation City Council proposed on Monday. The bill introduced by Councilwoman Darlene Harris, an avowed animal lover from Spring Hill, would also require owners to keep reptiles in secure cages and rooms and post...
Shaler Street Bridge to close for maintenance work this week
The Shaler Street Bridge over Route 19 in Pittsburgh’s West End will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, PennDOT announced Monday. Swank Construction Company LLC will do road maintenance from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days, causing the bridge to close. Traffic will be detoured through Grandview Avenue. After the...
Regent Square, Harris theaters shuttered; Pittsburgh Center for Arts closes main building
The Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media on Monday closed the Regent Square Theater and the Harris Theater, Downtown, and will cease operations at year’s end in the Marshall Mansion, its main building at the corner of Fifth and Shady avenues in Pittsburgh’s East End. In a letter to its...
Allegheny Land Trust receives $500K grant for former Churchill Country Club property
A green space project in Penn Hills and Churchill will get a $500,000 boost from state money, state Sen. Jay Costa Jr. announced Monday. The $500,000 grant will go to Allegheny Land Trust, the future owners of the former Churchill Country Club property. “It is exciting to see a partnership...
