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Edgeworth doctor leading AHN team honored with a 3-star recognition
Dr. Benny Weksler is helping patients breathe a little easier. As system chief of thoracic surgery at Allegheny Health Network, the Edgeworth resident leads the lung cancer lobectomy surgery program, which recently was recognized for its work. Lung cancer is by far the leading cause of cancer death among both...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 5-7
It’s the first weekend of November and daylight saving time ends Sunday. Here are some choices of how to take advantage of that extra hour of sleep. Go for a long run The EQT Pittsburgh 10 Miler is at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday. More than 3,500 participants from 36 states...
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...
Pittsburgh activist Nique Craft has died
Nique Craft, an activist who became a fixture at the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in Pittsburgh, died Tuesday at home on the South Side, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Craft was 36. Craft organized and participated in countless demonstrations in and around Downtown Pittsburgh after the...
Pittsburgh’s Roberto Clemente Drive could be renamed to also honor legend’s late wife
Pittsburgh City Council could vote as early as next week to rename Roberto Clemente Drive in Oakland as Roberto and Vera Clemente Drive to recognize the baseball legend’s wife, who died two years ago. Roberto Clemente, a beloved icon in Pittsburgh, was a Hall of Fame outfielder for the Pittsburgh...
Pittsburgh City Council OKs composting pilot program
Pittsburgh City Council has authorized spending $90,000 in grant money to launch a two-year pilot program on composting. The program will focus on educating the public about composting and supporting organizations that provide composting services. It also will include efforts to incorporate composting into the city’s farmers’ markets and parks....
Crafton man charged in George Floyd protests in Pittsburgh gets time served on federal count
A Crafton man already serving time in state prison for his actions during the May 30, 2020, George Floyd protests in Downtown Pittsburgh was ordered Thursday to time served in his federal case. Raekwon Blankenship, 25, appeared before U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab via video conference. In addition to...
Pittsburgh couple plead guilty in federal court to conspiring to distribute steroids
A husband and wife from Pittsburgh with ties to the fitness and bodybuilding industry have pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiring to distribute steroids and other performance enhancers, the government announced. Thomas Mouton, 34, and Sara Mouton, 36, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan to conspiracy...
Literary giants clash in Kinetic Theatre’s return to Pittsburgh stage
A meeting of two literary giants is the subject of Kinetic Theatre Company’s return to live performances, with the American premiere of Donald Steven Olson’s award-winning play, “Oscar & Walt.” Oscar Wilde encounters Walt Whitman in the production running through Nov 20 at City Theatre’s Lester Hamburg Studio Theatre, 1300...
Black Pittsburghers hopeful Ed Gainey’s mayoral win marks new day
Ed Gainey is poised to become Pittsburgh’s first Black mayor, something community activists and residents say they hope will lead to more representation for the city’s minority residents. Gainey, a Democratic state representative from Lincoln-Lemington, handily defeated Republican challenger Tony Moreno. Gainey garnered about 70% of the vote, according to...
Renovations proceed at city-owned 412 Blvd. of the Allies in Downtown Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh officials said this week that progress is being made on renovating 412 Boulevard of the Allies, which the city bought three years ago to house offices for several city departments. The city bought the nine-story Downtown building so it could relocate several offices and services there from the John...
TV Talk: Kelly Frey exits WTAE after 2 decades
Viewers had a hunch something was up. They’ve noticed the more frequent absence of anchor Kelly Frey on WTAE’s morning newscasts in recent weeks. This week, her absence was particularly notable given that it’s November sweeps, and usually that’s not a time news anchors take vacation. Wednesday morning, Channel 4...
Gus & Yia Yia’s cart joins Carnegie Science Center’s railroad display
November isn’t traditionally a month to think about a refreshing ice ball. That’s not stopping the Carnegie Science Center from honoring a traditional Pittsburgh favorite. It announced Wednesday that Gus & YiaYia’s Ice Ball Cart is the latest model to be added to the Miniature Railroad & Village. The familiar...
City Theatre/Pittsburgh CLO premiere invokes pop superstar Justin Timberlake
The play title invokes the name of Justin Timberlake — but will the pop superstar actually be there on stage? Playwright Matt Schatz isn’t telling. Audiences will find out as City Theatre premieres Schatz’s “An Untitled New Play by Justin Timberlake,” in a co-production with Pittsburgh CLO. The piece will...
Pittsburgh City Councilman Anthony Coghill declares victory with wide lead in reelection bid
In the only contested race for a Pittsburgh City Council seat this year, first-term Councilman Anthony Coghill led challenger Connor Mulvaney by a wide margin late Tuesday. Coghill, 55, a Democrat from Beechview, and Mulvaney, 28, a Green Party candidate from Brookline, are vying to represent District 4, which includes...
Ed Gainey to make history as Pittsburgh’s first Black mayor
Democratic state Rep. Ed Gainey declared victory Tuesday night while holding a commanding lead in the Pittsburgh mayoral race. With more than 96% of precincts reporting unofficial results shortly before midnight, Gainey had collected nearly 71% of the votes counted compared to nearly 29% for Republican nominee Tony Moreno. Gainey,...
Pittsburgh police sergeant dies after covid complications
A third Pittsburgh police officer has died from covid-19 complications, officials said Tuesday. Sgt. Timothy Werner died Tuesday morning at UPMC Mercy with fellow officers by his side. He was 49. Werner worked for years in Zones 4 and 5, said Chief Scott Schubert, and he’d most recently been assigned...
Registration opens for Pittsburgh’s annual gingerbread competition
Get the gum drops, candy canes and powdered sugar ready. Add in some imagination. Registration opened Monday for the 19th annual City of Pittsburgh’s Gingerbread Competition. The city’s office of special events invites people to create structures from a standard gingerbread house to pretty much any building they can imagine....
Retired Pa. Superior Court Judge Justin Johnson dies at 88
Retired Judge Justin Morris Johnson, who served on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, has died. He was 88. Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto confirmed the death in a statement. Mayor Peduto statement on the passing of Judge Justin Johnson pic.twitter.com/2U1aadGHru— Daniel Gilman (@danielgilman) November 2, 2021 Johnson, of Pittsburgh, had a...
Pittsburgh man found guilty of dealing fentanyl, meth out of Hazelwood home
A jury deliberated for less than an hour before convicting a Pittsburgh man of dealing fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine out of his home in the city’s Hazelwood neighborhood, federal prosecutors said Monday. James Weldon Johnson, 36 — who goes by the nickname “300 Blocc Knocc” — was found guilty on...
Resolution would name park over Pittsburgh’s I-579 after activist Frankie Pace
A park being built over Interstate 579 in a $32.3 million project linking Pittsburgh’s Hill District to Downtown would be named after community activist Frankie Pace, under a City Council resolution proposed Monday. Born in 1905, Pace was a longtime community activist and head of the Hill District Community Council....
Pittsburgh City Council approves requiring registration, inspections of rental units
A proposal to create a rental registration and inspection schedule for Pittsburgh’s rental units gained final approval by City Council on Monday, advancing a measure that had been stopped by a judge when officials previously tried to implement it. The proposal, approved by all six council members present Monday, would...
Isaly’s chipped ham, Klondikes celebrated in new historical book
Is there a Western Pennsylvanian who hasn’t eaten Isaly’s chipped chopped ham or sung along to the advertising jingle, “What would you do for a Klondike bar?” Now they can learn how Isaly’s grew from horse-drawn milk wagons to become the world’s largest dairy storechain in the Senator John Heinz...
Pitt will require covid-19 vaccination by Dec. 6
The University of Pittsburgh will require its students, faculty and staff to be vaccinated for covid-19, effective Dec. 6. The requirement applies to all Pitt campuses. Students, faculty and staff must be vaccinated or have received an approved vaccine exemption, university officials announced Monday. Those who fail to comply with...
Pittsburgh requiring city employees to be vaccinated against covid-19
Pittsburgh is requiring all city employees without medical or religious exemptions to be fully vaccinated against covid-19 by Dec. 22, officials announced Monday. Employees are considered to be fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving a second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or two weeks after one dose of...
