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Allegheny County Health Department issues $361K fine against U.S. Steel
The Allegheny County Health Department has issued $361,400 in fines against U.S. Steel for air pollution and permit violations during the fourth quarter of 2019 and first quarter of 2020. The health department announced the fine in a statement Thursday. Of that total, $325,260, or 90%, will be paid to...
Carnegie Museum partners with TikTok to bring education to social media platformVideo
It started with a snail joke. But making light of mollusks has quickly led to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s TikTok channel gaining nearly 150,000 followers since January, and the museum is partnering with the burgeoning social-media platform to bring users more educational content. The museum received a grant,...
KDKA-TV anchors Rick Dayton, Susan Koeppen let go
Longtime news anchors Rick Dayton and Susan Koeppen are no longer employed by KDKA-TV, the station’s vice president and general manager confirmed Thursday. Chris Cotungo referred the Tribune-Review to a statement from CBS. “We are restructuring various operations at CBS as part our ongoing integration with Viacom, and to adapt...
PETA wants Mark Cuban to turn ‘The O’ into vegan hot dog spot
PETA has an idea for Mark Cuban, should he go through with a big Pittsburgh purchase. The animal rights organization Thursday sent a letter to Cuban, the “Shark Tank” star and Mt. Lebanon native, that suggested turning the now-closed Original Hot Dog Shop in Oakland into a “vegan hot dog...
Allegheny County reports 23 coronavirus cases, no new deaths
Allegheny County reported 23 additional cases of the coronavirus Thursday, bringing the total number of cases countywide to 1,851. No new deaths were reported, leaving the total at 151. The county earlier this week reported three consecutive days with no new deaths. The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 161 deaths...
AHN to conduct mobile coronavirus testing in Duquesne
Allegheny Health Network’s mobile covid-19 testing unit will be in Duquesne on Friday as part of its initiative to reach underserved communities. The testing site will set up outside Duquesne Elementary School at 300 Kennedy Avenue from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This latest round of testing is part of...
Pittsburgh’s Mon Incline turns 150 years old
Here’s one birthday celebrant that can do its own drive-by parade. One of Pittsburgh’s most iconic symbols — the Monongahela Incline — has turned 150 years old. (And it doesn’t look a day over 125!) The city’s first funicular — the technical name for an inclined transit system powered by...
Cops seek tips on suspect who stabbed 70-year-old man in neck in McKees Rocks
Allegheny County police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man suspected of stabbing a 70-year-old man in McKees Rocks late Wednesday. Borough police responding to a 911 call for a shooting in the 100 block of Jane Street found a man suffering from a stab wound to the...
Completely kosher Baskin-Robbins open in Squirrel Hill
The first completely kosher Baskin-Robbins opened this week in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood. While ice cream is kosher, visitors won’t see certain toppings such as gummy bears. All menu items have been certified by the Vaad Harabanim of Greater Pittsburgh. The store is located at the intersection of Forbes and...
11-year-old Pittsburgh boy killed in Parkway crash
An 11-year-old Pittsburgh boy who was killed in a multi-vehicle crash along the Parkway East — Interstate 376 — Thursday morning has been identified. Jaiden Childs, 11, was pronounced dead at a hospital after the vehicle he was a passenger in was stuck by a truck shortly before 6:30 a.m.,...
Animal Friends resuming public services suspended during statewide shutdown
A local animal shelter that was forced to suspend most of its operations in late March to comply with the state-mandated shutdown order to help slow the spread of coronavirus is resuming operations with some restrictions. Animal Friends in Ohio Township announced that while patrons cannot “drop in” as they...
Pittsburgh Women’s Music Festival aims to flip typical concert narrativeVideo
An online music event to support and showcase Pittsburgh-area women musicians and other traditionally underrepresented musicians and artists will livestream from Mr. Smalls Theatre in Millvale on Saturday. Organizers say the festival is designed to be “inclusive, open to non-binary and trans individuals, and will be centering around women, regardless...
North Shore police memorial vandalized for 2nd time this spring
The word “deceit” was spray painted on a police memorial on Pittsburgh’s North Shore Wednesday night, police said. Officers found the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial on North Shore Drive near Heinz Field defaced with white spray paint around 9:45 p.m., according to Maurice Matthews, spokesman for the Pittsburgh Public Safety...
Police: Pittsburgh man wanted in Brookline shooting in custody
A Pittsburgh man wanted in connection with a shooting in Brookline turned himself in to city police Wednesday morning. Authorities said Edward Phillips, 44, came to the city’s warrant office around 5:30 a.m. He was charged with recklessly endangering another person, person not to posses a firearm, carrying a firearm...
West Mifflin man convicted of stealing $250,000 in taxpayer money
A former subcontractor at the Bettis Atomic Energy Laboratory in West Mifflin was sentenced to 18 months in prison after being convicted of stealing $250,000 in taxpayer money, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady announced Wednesday. Robert Lazur, 31, was working for BWXT Technical Services Group performing a subcontract at the...
Gateway’s 2020 grads mark their day in Monroeville Mall parking lotVideo
Gateway High School graduates made history Wednesday as they graduated from a mall parking lot during a “hybrid commencement ceremony,” as the school’s principal put it. Traditionally, the high school graduation ceremony marks finality – a last hurrah before parting ways. But this year their last day was effectively March...
Bishop Zubik: 61 Catholic parishes to merge into 15 in Allegheny, Washington counties
Sixty-one Catholic parishes in Allegheny and Washington counties will merge into one of 15 newly created parishes, Bishop David Zubik said Wednesday. The mergers — which don’t yet call for any church building closures — advance a years-long restructuring effort by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh to make the...
Friends group hopes $25K donation will help Dormont Pool open in 2020 season
The Friends of Dormont Pool organization is donating $25,000 to the borough in the hope the money can be used to open the community’s popular swimming pool this summer, which would mark its 100th anniversary. It remained unclear this week whether the financial contribution would prompt borough officials to reconsider...
No cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome reported in Allegheny County
Allegheny County officials are not yet aware of any cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in the county, a severe condition that has been spotted in areas that have been hot spots of the coronavirus. “Which is a great relief, but we are watching this closely,” Allegheny County Health Department Director...
Pittsburgh police union says city overcharged members ‘millions’ for medical benefits
Pittsburgh is seeking to recover more than $250,000 it mistakenly provided police officers for 2019 uniform costs, but a union official on Wednesday said the city should first reimburse officers “millions” it has overcharged since 2017 in co-pays for medical benefits. On Tuesday, the city reported its Human Resources Department...
PWSA repairing Pittsburgh’s infamous Downtown sinkhole
Pittsburgh is finally filling the sinkhole that swallowed a bus and nearly ate a vehicle last year. Contractors for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority were on the job Wednesday working on the hole that has closed 10th Street, Downtown, between Penn and Liberty avenues since October. The city and...
Gym patrons ‘not worried,’ flock to open Penn Hills gym
Build it and they will come. Fortunately for patrons using Webb’s World of Fitness in Penn Hills, the gym is already built. All its owners had to do was open its doors. Earlier in May, that’s what owners Linda and Monty Webb did. And their members, and more, came. “I’m...
Kayak Pittsburgh to open in June
Kayakers, the wait is almost over. Kayak Pittsburgh, with rental sites in North Shore, North Park and Aspinwall, has announced its opening dates for the season. “Thank you for your continued support during this time. We are working diligently to ensure the safety and enjoyment of all participants as we...
Allegheny county adds 12 new coronavirus cases, 1 death
Allegheny County on Wednesday reported 12 new cases of the coronavirus and one additional death. This brings the total number of confirmed and probable cases in the county to 1,828 and deaths to 151. The county previously reported three days in a row with no new deaths. The state reported...
Mail-in ballots expected to drive high turnout in Allegheny, Westmoreland
Allegheny County is on track to see high voter turnout as mail-in and absentee ballot applications for the June 2 primary exceeded expectations. The county has processed more than 280,000 ballot applications, with a little fewer than 5,000 applications coming in just before the deadline Tuesday, said Elections Division Manager...
