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Pittsburgh Mayor Peduto self-quarantines at home
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto will be in a self-quarantine in his home for 14 days after two people he had contact with in Washington, D.C. last week tested positive for the coronavirus. Peduto made the announcement in a video posted to the City of Pittsburgh Twitter account Thursday night. “I...
3 new flu deaths reported in Allegheny County
The Allegheny County Health Department on Thursday reported three new deaths in the county from flu complications. Two of the people were in their early 70s. The third person was in his or her early 60s. All of them had underlying medical conditions, according to a statement from the health...
Police looking for Subaru suspected in Homewood hit-and-run crash
Pittsburgh police Tuesday released new information about the car suspected in a hit and run crash Monday in Homewood. Police are looking for a 2011 to 2012 brown Subaru Legacy with damage to the left side from hitting a man. The man, who has not been identified, was taken to...
4 things to know ahead of President Trump’s visit to Pittsburgh
President Donald Trump will be in Pittsburgh on Wednesday to speak at the annual Shale Insight conference at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. It’s the president’s second trip to Western Pennsylvania this year and his third since taking office. Here’s what you need to know about the president’s visit....
Reviewers slam Pittsburgh attractions on travel site
Pittsburgh is home to many sites to see. But not everyone gives Pittsburgh’s attractions five stars. Users on the travel site TripAdvisor.com have had harsh words for some of Pittsburgh most notable landmarks. The Mon Incline was terrifying. The Duquesne Incline was boring. The Mister Rogers statue is ugly. The...
Peduto wants mini police station in Downtown to quell Pittsburgh crimeVideo
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said he wants to create a mini police station in the city’s Downtown in response to rising violent crime in the area. Peduto said he will look to put money into next year’s budget to build three mini police stations in the city, and one will...
Bell Acres councilman accused of driving through Antwon Rose protesters gets probation
A Bell Acres councilman accused of driving his car through crowds protesting the death of Antwon Rose II must complete 25 hours of community service and a year of probation. The trial scheduled for Thursday for Gregory Wagner, 59, was canceled in light of a deal earlier struck this month....
Watch: Take a ride on Kennywood’s Steel Curtain roller coaster
Can’t wait to ride Kennywood’s Steel Curtain roller coaster? Strap in and take a ride with this video provided Friday by the amusement park. The Steel Curtain takes riders 220 feet above the Monongahela River and then drops them through nine inversions and speeds reaching about 75 mph. The view...
Brew review: Prantl’s Burnt Almond Torte
It smelled like Prantl’s famous cake when I opened the can. I am one of the lucky ones who scored a can of Torte, a beer inspired by Prantl’s Burnt Almond Torte and brewed by Cleveland-based Platform Beer Co. The beer is selling out in stores across Western Pennsylvania. The...
Watch: Pittsburgh Banjo Club remembers its founder at Elks Lodge Banjo NightVideo
The Pittsburgh Banjo Club honored its founder Wednesday just the way Frank Rossi would have wanted them to. They played. Rossi, who founded the club 30 years ago, died Tuesday. He was 83. The club played some of Rossi’s favorite tunes during its weekly performance Wednesday at the Allegheny Elks...
Sens. Toomey, Casey weigh in on what they’d like to hear from Trump tonight
Pennsylvania’s U.S. senators hope that President Donald Trump will point to two Pittsburghers seated as his guests at the State of the Union as part of a message of unity and against hate. Judah Samet, a Holocaust survivor who missed the massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue because he...
Power restored in Mt. Pleasant area after outage as Super Bowl starts
Hundreds of West Penn Power customers in the Mt. Pleasant area may have only caught a glimpse of the Super Bowl on Sunday. A circuit lockout in the area cut power to 500 to 1,500 customers around 7 p.m., just after the game’s kickoff, said Eyad Gheith, a spokesman for...
Conor Lamb upholds promise not to vote Nancy Pelosi as speaker
Democratic U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb kept a campaign promise Thursday by not voting for Nancy Pelosi for speaker of the House. Even without Lamb’s vote, Pelosi secured enough support to reclaim the speaker gavel. Lamb, who won his first full term in Congress in November by beating Keith Rothfus in...
Conor Lamb upholds promise not to vote Nancy Pelosi as speaker
Democratic Congressman Conor Lamb kept a campaign promise Thursday by not voting for Nancy Pelosi for speaker of the House. Even without Lamb’s vote, Pelosi secured enough support to reclaim the speaker gavel. Lamb, who won his first full term in Congress in November by beating Keith Rothfus in the...
