Paul Guggenheimer stories, Page 25
Heinz Endowments awards $5.4 million in grants to local cultural organizations
The Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Hill Dance Academy Theatre and Afro American Music Institute were the big winners among 16 cultural organizations chosen Thursday to receive grant money from the Heinz Endowments. The 16 groups are the first grant recipients through the Pittsburgh’s Cultural Treasures program the Endowments launched last summer....
Charlie Batch’s ‘Stuff the Trolley’ toy drive returns to Pittsburgh
An annual toy drive headed by former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch is returning to the Senator John Heinz History Center Friday. The “Stuff the Trolley” event is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the history center’s Great Hall on the first floor. The idea is to fill...
Raising Cane’s chicken tenders coming to Pittsburgh region
Pittsburgh, like most cities, has its share of fried chicken chain restaurants — KFC, Chick-Fil-A and Popeyes, to name a few. But now another very specialized fried chicken entity is ready to flock to the Steel City. Raising Cane’s chicken tenders is planning to open its first restaurants in Pennsylvania...
Feds: Pittsburgh restaurant illegally took workers’ tips
A Pittsburgh restaurant illegally forced workers to share tips with managers, supervisors and other employees not usually tipped by customers, federal investigators said Wednesday. The actions violate the Fair Labor Standards Act, officials said. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division said Provision PGH LLC, operator of the...
Holiday decorations return to Port Authority buses after covid hiatus
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas on some Port Authority of Allegheny County buses and trains. As part of a tradition that began over a decade ago, several Port Authority bus drivers and T operators are exhibiting their holiday spirit by festively decorating their vehicles. There are currently...
Gainey, Fitzgerald, Peduto to serve Thanksgiving dinners at Light of Life mission
The preparation part of Thanksgiving dinner begins early in most households and Pittsburgh’s Light of Life Rescue Mission is no exception. In fact, volunteers will be showing up to cook as early as 4 a.m. on Thursday morning. The mission is planning to serve over 1,000 turkey dinners between noon...
Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate drops in October
For the second month in a row, Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate has dropped two-tenths of a percentage point. The state’s unemployment rate for October was down to 6% according to the PA Department of Labor & Industry’s preliminary employment situation report released Friday. It’s the eighth consecutive month the state’s unemployment...
5 questions with Pittsburgh doctor on rethinking covid mitigation measures
Dr. Amesh Adalja, a Pittsburgh-based infectious disease expert and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, has said it since the beginning of the pandemic — that covid-19 was a respiratory virus and we were going to be living with it for a long time. In a...
Duquesne to hold discussion on local journalism as trust in media declines
Between communities no longer covered by newspapers and declining trust in media, some people believe local journalism has reached a crisis stage. The question of how best to pursue balanced and trustworthy journalism in an age when the public’s perception of the truth is sharply divided is the focal point...
Pittsburgh doctor on pandemic: ‘We will be living with this virus, there is no covid zero’
Pittsburgh-based Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease expert and critical care and emergency medicine physician, wrote in a opinion piece this week that it is impossible “to eliminate or eradicate covid-19.” “This is not possible with an efficiently spreading respiratory virus that has an animal reservoir and can spread from...
5 Questions with incoming bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh
Ketlen Solak can remember a time when others were taken aback by her telling them she would one day like to lead the Episcopal Church. But on Saturday, Solak’s wish will be fulfilled when she succeeds Bishop Dorsey McConnell at a consecration ceremony making her the ninth bishop of the...
Beaver Falls 6-year-old cancer survivor to light PPG Tree
It’s been a rough couple of years for Zoey Ward, a 6-year-old cancer survivor from Beaver Falls. Diagnosed at the age of 4 with stage 4 Neuroblastoma, Zoey has spent the last two years undergoing multiple rounds of chemotherapy, immunotherapy and radiation, two stem cell transplants, and major surgery to...
Wilmerding’s Westinghouse Castle coming back to life with new purposeVideo
The lights were back on in the old “Westinghouse Castle” in Wilmerding Wednesday night. A few of the folks who gathered on the lawn in front of the stately Romanesque/Renaissance Revival building probably swore they saw George Westinghouse waving from his old office. The property of the General Office or...
Snow possible as weather turns chilly this weekend
For the first time since last spring, that four-letter weather word — snow — is being mentioned again. And it’s not one bit unusual for this time of year according to Jenna Lake, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Moon Township. “It’s very typical for this time...
Billy Joel to play PNC Park in AugustVideo
Elton John isn’t the only Piano Man coming back to Pittsburgh next year. Billy Joel will host a concert at PNC Park on Aug. 11, 2022. The Pittsburgh Pirates, along with former Pirate Steve Blass, made the announcement Thursday at home plate of the ballpark with a grand piano and...
Jon Kolb’s role in Steelers’ dynasty just one of his life’s adventures
Jon Kolb has four Super Bowl rings he earned as an offensive lineman for the Steelers during a 1970s run of four championships in six years. But it’s the “ring” he got from Steelers owner Art Rooney in 1969 that Kolb thinks about the most. An Owasso, Okla. native, (his...
Veterans Day parade begins in Downtown Pittsburgh on Thursday morning
One year after being drastically scaled back by the pandemic, the City of Pittsburgh’s annual Veterans Day parade is returning in full force Thursday morning. Representatives of the six units of the U.S. military — Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard and Space Force — will be taking part....
Kelly Frey shares love of Pittsburgh in farewell message
Former WTAE anchor Kelly Frey in a Facebook post Friday said she and the station could not agree to terms as she thanked viewers for their support as word spread of her departure. “I love you Pittsburgh,” she wrote. “Truly. From the bottom of my heart. And I won’t deny...
‘Marisol and Warhol Take New York’ is taking Pittsburgh
The decade of the 1960s brought with it a pop culture explosion that enveloped music, fashion, film and visual art. In one sonic boom, a new multi-dimensional world of creation opened up and two artists in particular — Venezuelan-American Marisol Escobar, otherwise known simply as Marisol, and Pittsburgh native Andy...
Pittsburgh’s Light Up Night moves to a Saturday
What had seemingly been a perfect night for ushering in the holiday season in Downtown Pittsburgh has proven to be a headache for some Friday evening commuters trying to get in or out of the city. For that reason, and to make it easier for more families to enjoy the...
Woodland Hills students to be part of historic public library card giveaway
Woodland Hills High School and its students will be making history Friday in a very positive way. The Woodland Hills School District has partnered with the three public libraries that serve the students for the “Library Cards for All” initiative. The libraries — the Braddock Carnegie Library, the C.C. Mellor...
Bethel Park elementary school students launch ‘pumpkins’ to learn science
Students and even adults have been figuring out ways to launch pumpkins since about the time trick-or-treating became an integral part of the Halloween scene in the late 1930s and early 40s. No doubt inspired by past flying pumpkin feats, on Oct. 26, students at Ben Franklin Elementary School in...
Northbound Route 28 weekend crossover scheduled in O’Hara Township
A busy last few months of road construction work on Route 28 continues this weekend. PennDOT District 11 has announced work requiring a weekend crossover on Route 28 North will begin at 8 p.m. Friday and continue through 5 a.m. Monday, weather permitting. Northbound traffic will be crossed over into...
University of Pittsburgh issues non-sexist language guidelines – including term ‘yinz’
What’s in a name? Enough to lead people to be unintentionally dismissive and disrespectful of someone by misgendering them, according to the University of Pittsburgh. But now, Pitt has published a gender-inclusive language guide that includes a set of “non-sexist language guidelines and resources” to help students and faculty avoid...
Biden calls Tree of Life attack ‘an assault on our country’
Three years to the day after a lone gunman killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill, President Biden acknowledged the “indelible scars of grief” in a brief statement from the White House Wednesday. Biden referred to the deadliest act of antisemitism in American history as...
