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Iron City Beer ad returns to Mt. Washington billboard for 1st time in 66 years
Old is new again. At least when it comes to the billboard atop Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington. For the first time in roughly 66 years, an ad for Iron City Beer is being displayed on the Lamar Advertising Co.-managed billboard that overlooks the city. The ad went up Saturday and will...
Woman dies in Washington County motorcycle crash
A woman died in a motorcycle crash in Washington County Saturday afternoon, according to the Washington County Coroner. The coroner’s office said the crash happened around 2:30 p.m. on Old Steubenville Pike in Robinson Township. According to the coroner, Kristine Irvine, 48, was a passenger on a motorcycle traveling west...
North Hills School District announces full remote learning for 2 weeks
All students in the North Hills School District will learn remotely from Nov. 23 through Dec. 4, the district announced Friday. That effectively means students will work online for six days — Nov. 23 and 24 and Dec. 1 through Dec. 4 — because there is no school Nov. 25...
Allegheny County reports 370 new coronavirus cases
Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 370 new coronavirus cases, an eight-case reduction from the day before, but still the third-highest single-day amount for the county. Officials reported a single-day high of 412 cases on Wednesday. No new deaths were reported, leaving the county’s toll at 458. There were 11 deaths...
Allegheny County Elections Board accepts provisional ballots missing 1 signatureVideo
Hundreds of challenged provisional ballots will be accepted, the Allegheny County Board of Elections decided during a hearing Saturday. Most of the ballots, numbering an estimated 600, had been challenged because the voter had not signed in one of two boxes on the provisional ballot envelope, elections officials said. County...
Boy shot in Clairton on Friday night in critical condition
A boy who was shot in Clairton late Friday night was reported hospitalized in critical condition, the Allegheny County Police homicide unit said. Police said they were notified of the shooting at Sixth Street and Large Avenue at about 10:40 p.m., police said. They were assisting Clairton police in the...
Annual Christmas Tree delivered to City-County Building in Downtown PittsburghVideo
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Downtown Pittsburgh as the delivery of the City-County Building’s 105th Christmas Tree took place Saturday. The towering evergreen was removed from Nona Lee’s residence along Rowley Street in the Hill District’s Crawford-Roberts neighborhood. It was strapped to a truck and transported...
Homestead heroin dealer caught laundering drug money while behind bars
A former Homestead man has been sentenced to an additional three years and five months in prison for scheming to launder drug money while behind bars on a prior heroin trafficking conviction, federal prosecutors said Friday. Thomas Hopes, 29, already was serving a decades-long sentence when he was caught committing...
Rep. Davis to chair Allegheny County Democratic Delegation; Rep. Miller to helm Pa. House Caucus
State Rep. Austin Davis said Friday that after addressing the pandemic’s impact, he plans to prioritize investing in infrastructure and economic development in his new role as chair of the 2021-22 Allegheny County House Democratic Delegation. The 31-year-old, third-term lawmaker from McKeesport told the Tribune-Review that he will focus on...
Braddock Community Library to receive $750,000 for major renovationsVideo
The Carnegie Library in Braddock is so old it predates its counterpart in Oakland, which just turned 125 on Nov. 5. Braddock’s branch is 131. And in need of repair. On Thursday the Braddock community received good news: The library’s major renovation campaign has been selected to receive a $750,000...
4 libraries in Westmoreland, Allegheny counties will split $2.3 million in state grants
Four local libraries received a helping hand in their renovation efforts thanks to $2.2 million in collective grants from the state Department of Education. “We’re just so excited about this grant, we’re over the moon,” said Jamie Falo, executive director of Greensburg Hempfield Area Library, which received $748,145. The money...
Allegheny County elections board to hold hearing on provisional ballots
The Allegheny County Board of Elections will convene Saturday for a hearing on hundreds of provisional ballots challenged during review this week. In all, authorized observers from both parties challenged 705 provisional ballots out of the approximately 17,000 provisional ballots returned. Each ballot will receive a hearing, though ballots challenged...
WQED celebrates Cardigan Day with drive-up celebration complete with King Friday’s castle
Today is Friday the 13th and World Kindness Day, which just happens to be coincides King Friday the XIII’s birthday, which made it a perfect time for WQED to celebrate its third annual Cardigan Day. “King Friday’s birthday is celebrated every Friday the 13th, no matter how many there are...
Allegheny County sees 2nd highest jump in coronavirus cases
Allegheny County on Friday reported 378 new cases of coronavirus, the second highest increase since the pandemic began. The record was set yesterday with 412 cases. Of the new cases, 296 are confirmed from 1,673 new PCR tests, according to the Allegheny County Health Department. Two of the new positive...
Overnight Turnpike work tonight may slow traffic between Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh (Monroeville) exits
Motorists may want to allocate extra time when driving along the Turnpike between the Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh exists tonight and tomorrow. Officials said travelers may experience delays due to intermittent, 15-minute traffic paces in both directions from 11 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday as crews work to run...
Schindler’s list survivor, Pittsburgh cantor Moshe Taube dead at 93
Moshe Taube, an accomplished cantor and successful recording artist who famously survived the Holocaust by having his name on Schindler’s list, died Wednesday after being hospitalized with heart problems. He was 93. Taube, a Squirrel Hill resident, was a cantor for more than 40 years at Congregation Beth Shalom in...
Allegheny County officials plead for ‘wake-up call’ amid rising covid numbers
Allegheny County officials and medical experts from across the county delivered a dire and pleading message Thursday as the number of covid-19 cases continued to rise, with this week’s new case count likely to top 2,000. “These data concern me and they must be a wake-up call to everyone in...
Trump supporters to rally in D.C. against voter fraud; evidence has yet to materialize
Len Young remembers the inspiration he felt a decade ago during a Tea Party rally in Washington, D.C. The Monroeville resident said he hopes to replicate that experience Saturday in the same place, this time in support of President Trump, other state and federal races and “real discovery of fraudulent...
Charity ride through Frick Park raises money for family of mountain biker who died in May
The untimely death of a mountain biker from Pittsburgh hit close to home for Dave Brown. Brown, 47, of Plum started coaching on the Pittsburgh East Composite Mountain Bike Team earlier this year when his 12-year-old son joined the team. The biking team comprises around 40 athletes from school districts...
Allegheny County posts new record number of coronavirus cases, 3 new deaths
A steady rise in coronavirus cases in Allegheny County continued Thursday with the addition of 412 new cases, the highest daily total since the pandemic began in March. The county saw 366 new cases on Wednesday, 317 on Tuesday and 270 cases on Monday. There has been an average of...
North Hills School District has had 13 positive tests since Sunday
The latest covid cases in the North Hills School District raise the total for the week to 13 — more than a third of the active cases reported since the start of the pandemic. A teacher at Ross Elementary and a student at the middle school tested positive for the...
Regent Square attorney honored as Shaler Area Distinguished Alumnus
A 2005 Shaler Area graduate who founded Pittsburgh’s pro bono Housing Rights Project and is paving the way for affordable housing in the city’s Hill District has been chosen as the district’s annual Distinguished Alumnus. Jerry Dickinson, an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, was honored...
Baldwin, Whitehall police investigating thefts from unlocked vehicles
Thieves have been getting away with money and electronics from unlocked vehicles in Whitehall and Baldwin, police said. Officers are urging residents to lock their cars and remove coins, phones, laptops, purses, iPods and anything of value. Whitehall police on Nov. 10 posted to social media that officers from both...
Operation Safety Net opening winter shelters for Allegheny County’s homeless population
A Pittsburgh nonprofit community health and wellness provider plans to open two shelters for homeless people in Allegheny County this winter. Pittsburgh Mercy’s award-winning outreach program, Operation Safety Net, will open the shelters on Sunday, Nov. 15. They will be open from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. seven days a...
Central Catholic to close Thursday due to third covid-19 case
Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh will be closed Thursday after a third person tested positive for covid-19. The cases appear to be independent of each other and there is no evidence of internal spread of the virus, according to a statement issued by the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. After...
