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Trailer released for Pittsburgh-area filmed Tom Hanks movie ‘A Man Called Otto’Video
A trailer for the filmed-in-Pittsburgh Tom Hanks movie “A Man Called Otto” was released Thursday. The movie, filmed at numerous locations across the Pittsburgh region, will be released in New York and Los Angeles on Christmas and will go into wide release, including Pittsburgh, on Jan. 13, said Joe Fucci...
2 residential developments proposed for Pittsburgh’s Strip District
Plans are in the works for two separate housing developments in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. Developers on Tuesday presented their proposals to the city’s Planning Commission, which is expected to vote on the plans when they meet again in two weeks. The first proposal calls for a seven-story, 85-foot-tall apartment building...
Biden to visit Pittsburgh to talk infrastructure funding
The campaign trail is bringing President Joe Biden to Pittsburgh on Thursday, part of his efforts to sway voters in the battleground state of Pennsylvania ahead of the November midterm elections. The president plans to visit the Fern Hollow Bridge and discuss the importance of infrastructure funding, according to the...
Pa. casino revenue jumps to $448 million in September
Pennsylvania casinos saw an increase in revenues last month, state regulators said, a jump from the gradual decrease felt across the industry since the record-breaking month of March. In all, casinos generated $448.4 million in September, according to a report from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. That’s one of the...
TV Talk: Tamburitzans show debuts on WQED; Pittsburgher competes on Netflix’s ‘Drink Masters’Video
A year after he spearheaded the WQED-TV special “Tamburitzans: Prism,” producer/editor Frank Caloiero delivers another special featuring the music and dance group with “Tamburitzans: Symbols” (7:30 p.m. Oct. 27, WQED-TV). Caloiero, a former “Tammie” dancer/singer and Tambura player (1988-92), said this new special taped at the Pittsburgh Playhouse at Point...
Pittsburgh police investigate shooting in Larimer
A man was shot in the leg early Thursday in Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood. Zone 5 police officers said they responded around 1:30 a.m. to an incident in the 6400 block of Shetland Street, where they found the man with a gunshot wound to his leg. Paramedics took the man to...
Pittsburgh to install speed humps on Homewood South’s Kelly Street
Pittsburgh’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure said it plans to begin installing traffic calming features in Homewood South on Thursday. The work on Kelly Street between La Schall and Collier streets will include placing eight speed humps to reduce vehicle speeds. The city said signs and pavement markings would be...
Critics of Move PGH pilot program say it’s not adequately serving disabled, low-income residents
Move PGH and Pittsburgh’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure recently lauded a two-year pilot program that brought Spin e-scooters to the city, but some critics say the effort isn’t doing enough to serve disabled and low-income residents. “This is the most extreme example of marginalizing the disability community I’ve seen...
Pittsburgh City Council looks to give organizations $1.2M to combat homelessness
Pittsburgh City Council is considering a proposal to give nearly $1.2 million to local organizations that work to address homelessness and provide emergency shelter. Auberle, a McKeesport-based social services agency, would receive the largest contribution — nearly $340,000 — to use for homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing services. Pittsburgh Mercy...
Dozens of Post-Gazette workers cross picket line as newsroom strike enters Day 2
Dozens of journalists, photographers and editors have crossed the picket line to continue working at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Newsroom workers, represented by the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, launched a strike at noon Tuesday in protest of what they consider unfair labor practices by the company. This comes after Post-Gazette employees...
Police investigating fatal crash on Parkway East
State police are investigating a fatal crash involving multiple vehicles that happened early Wednesday on the Parkway East. Police said the crash happened as traffic was slowing down because of an overturned vehicle. At that time, a three-vehicle collision happened involving a tractor-trailer. One of the drivers in the crash...
Allderdice teen killed at North Hills Village recalled as good kid who made others smile
It seems that anyone who knew Christopher X. Lucas remembers how the young man made them laugh. Christopher’s sense of humor and infectious smile are the things that stood out for friends and family when asked what they remember most about the 15-year-old ninth grader at Taylor Allderdice High School...
2 people shot, hospitalized in Pittsburgh
Two people were hospitalized after after being shot Tuesday night in Pittsburgh. At around 10 p.m., police found a man shot in the leg near Brownsville Road and Laughlin Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. Paramedics took the man to a local hospital. Shortly after, one...
Pittsburgh police: Man shot in Homewood, 3 suspects detained
Three men are under arrest after a Homewood shooting that sent one person to the hospital on Tuesday. Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman Maurice Matthews said city police responded to ShotSpotter alerts for a total of 13 rounds fired around 10 a.m. in the 7200 block of Kelly Street. Officers found...
Pittsburgh pro-life activist could face 11 years in prison after 2020 abortion clinic blockade
A pro-life activist from Pittsburgh could face up to 11 years in prison after a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., indicted him for blocking access to a D.C. abortion clinic. Herb Geraghty, 25, is charged with conspiracy against rights and Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act offenses after...
Etna man gets 6 years in federal prison for threatening FBI agents online
Khaled Miah told a federal judge Tuesday that when he directed online threats of violence at the FBI agents investigating him, it was out of frustration and anger. “I wanted them to feel the same sense of being under a microscope that they made me feel,” he said. “I only...
Pittsburgh man who killed another man with a table leg gets 3 to 6 years in prison
A Pittsburgh man who killed another man with a table leg last year will spend three to six years in state prison. Walter Jones, 55, of the city’s Knoxville neighborhood, pleaded guilty in July to one count of third-degree murder. Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Alexander P. Bicket also ordered...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalists go on strike
Labor strife at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette escalated Tuesday, with most of the newsroom’s unionized employees going on strike to protest what they consider unfair labor practices by the company. This comes after Post-Gazette employees belonging to unions representing production, distribution and advertising workers went on strike earlier this month and...
Mayor Ed Gainey to hold town hall meetings to gather feedback on proposed budgets
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey has scheduled a series of town hall meetings and is offering online tools to help city residents provide feedback on his proposed 2023 capital and operating budgets. The Mayor’s Office will host three in-person town hall meetings. Each meeting will include a brief explanation of the...
Faster than a Steeler or Buccaneer, a flock of pigeons stayed in the game Sunday
A herd of 200-plus-pound men running around Acrisure Stadium on Sunday for the Pittsburgh Steelers game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was no match for a flock of pigeons. In case some fans were concerned about the birds’ persistent boldness, they did not impact the game, said Steelers spokesman Burt...
2 women killed in North Side shooting were innocent bystanders, police say; 3rd victim ID’d
A 33-year-old mother of four was among three people killed Saturday night when a gas-station parking lot argument escalated into an exchange of gunfire. Jacquelyn Mehalic was on her way to work as a waitress around 10 p.m. Saturday when gunfire broke out in the 300 and 400 blocks of...
Oliver Citywide Academy students to resume in-person classes
After spending the past two weeks learning remotely, students at Pittsburgh’s Oliver Citywide Academy were scheduled to be back for in-person classes Monday. Students were sent home Sept. 29 after school officials said an attack on a teacher was carried out by a 15-year-old student in an empty classroom. Pittsburgh...
Woman found in Pittsburgh residence in August died of accidental drowning, medical examiner says
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner on Sunday released a cause and manner of death for a woman whose body was discovered in a Pittsburgh residence in August. Lori Bohn, 54, died of an accidental drowning, the medical examiner’s office said. Bohn had been found around 3:30 p.m. Aug. 15 in...
Snowflakes Tuesday morning could tie record for earliest snowfall in Pittsburgh region
Say it ain’t snow. The first snowfall of, well, fall could happen early Tuesday across the Pittsburgh region. According to the National Weather Service, snowflakes then would tie the record for the earliest snowfall of the season in Southwestern Pennsylvania. On Oct. 18, 1972, 1.8 inches of snow was recorded...
Carnegie Mellon’s African campus works to foster digital transformation
It started with about 30 students, half a world away, getting a Carnegie Mellon education in Rwanda. Eleven years later, the number of students has increased tenfold as CMU-Africa aims to be a key player in the digital transformation of the continent, according to CMU College of Engineering Dean Bill...
