Paul Guggenheimer stories, Page 58

Most people in and around Pittsburgh look forward to the city’s annual Light Up Night. But there is one down side to the event: the road closures that come with it. The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership announced the list of road closures slated for this Friday. From 7 a.m. to midnight,...

Friday’s opening of “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” starring Tom Hanks as Latrobe native Fred Rogers is fast approaching. In the highly anticipated movie filmed in Pittsburgh, actor Matthew Rhys plays Lloyd Vogel, the fictional version of journalist Tom Junod, who is not quite ready to buy into the...

When Ozzy Osbourne makes his 2020 return to Key Bank Pavilion, he’ll be joined by special guest Marilyn Manson. Ozzy’s camp made the announcement Thursday. Manson is best known for his 1990s releases “Antichrist Superstar” and “Mechanical Animals.” He’s been nominated for four Grammy Awards. “Marilyn is killer live,” said...

When 27-year-old Beechview resident Dustin Gabler was a child, he watched a lot of game shows and frequently played Trivial Pursuit with his mother. Little did he know that those childhood experiences would pay off in the form of a run of wins in an online trivia game called Givling....

Elton John has seemingly been everywhere lately. Last summer his life story in movie form “Rocketman” hit theaters. Last month his autobiography “Me” landed on bookstore shelves. A big part of the book is John’s brutally frank descriptions of how substance abuse messed up his life. Wednesday night he was...

Drainage work on Route 28 and Route 65 in Allegheny County will restrict traffic to a single lane in some areas Thursday. Northbound motorists on Route 28 will encounter single-lane restrictions between the 40th Street Bridge and Etna interchange from 9 a.m. to noon. Single-lane restrictions will affect northbound motorists...

Lane restrictions will occur in the Squirrel Hill Tunnel from 9:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, according to PennDOT. PennDOT said crews will be doing antenna work on Tuesday night, restricting eastbound traffic in the tunnel to a single lane. Intermittent, short-term stoppages could occur, PennDOT...

Pittsburgh physician and health care analyst Lindsey Shultz, a Connellsville native, will be featured on Wednesday’s “Jeopardy!” Tournament of Champions telecast. Shultz finished second to record-setting champion James Holzhauer in the quarterfinals broadcast Nov. 6. But she scored high enough among the week’s non-winning players to earn a wild card...

It may not be curling the way it’s played in the Olympics, but what’s being billed as the Pittsburgh area’s first “competitive, bar-style ice curling rink” is opening in Millvale. Sliders Curling, a seasonal offshoot of popular axe-throwing business Lumberjaxes, is opening its rink on Nov. 27 and will operate...

Interstate 376 will be reduced to a single-lane in each direction in various locations between the Fort Pitt Bridge and the Squirrel Hill Tunnel next Monday through Thursday nights. The restrictions will be in place from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. on those nights. Crews will conduct barrier repairs, delineator...

Legislation passed in response to attacks against the Jewish community, including the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, was signed into law this week by Gov. Tom Wolf. The new law establishes a $5 million fund designed to assist nonprofit groups, institutions and individuals considered possible targets...

It’s time to sharpen up your blades. The Allegheny County Parks Department said the North Park and South Park ice rinks are scheduled to open Friday. The 2019-2020 ice skating season will run through mid-March, weather permitting. Both rinks will have Family Skate Fridays from 4:30 to 7 p.m. During...

Inspection activities on the McKees Rocks Bridge will restrict traffic from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday. To allow the inspection to occur, single-lane restrictions and lane shifts are scheduled. One lane will remain open in each direction during the inspections. Crews from the Larson Design Group will perform the work...

Carnegie Mellon University announced Thursday that it will build a new student health, wellness and athletics center on its Oakland campus, thanks to a $35 million grant from Highmark Inc. The 160,000-square-foot building will, for the first time, unite student well-being services under one roof, according to a Highmark press...

A traffic restriction on the New Kensington Bridge begins Saturday in East Deer and New Kensington, weather permitting. A routine inspection will restrict traffic to a single, alternating lane on the bridge. Crews from the Markosky Engineering Group will perform the inspection. The traffic restriction will be in place from...

Two major players in Pittsburgh’s food and beverage scene are joining forces to open a Winter Pop-Up Taproom in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood. Hitchhiker Brewing Co. and chef Kevin Sousa of Superior Motors will celebrate the grand opening on Saturday at the warehouse space set up like a beer garden at...

Former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Gerald Feierstein spent over four decades traveling around the world. His nine overseas postings included three tours of duty in Pakistan, as well as assignments in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Lebanon, Israel and Tunisia. But when Feierstein addressed an audience of 100 people at a World...

Connellsville native and Carnegie Mellon University graduate Lindsey Shultz will face record-setter James Holzhauer in the “Jeopardy!” game show’s Tournament of Champions next week. Earlier this year, Shultz was a four-time winner on the top-rated trivia-based game show, earning $101,002, placing her in the top 10 for the year. She...

A former Pittsburgh Police officer was sentenced Monday in federal court to one year of probation with 90 days of home confinement for lying to the FBI, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady announced. Antoine Cain, 50, of Brookline, pleaded guilty last March to two counts of making false statements to...

Now that the Washington Nationals have clinched the pennant, the Pirates are the National League team with the longest wait since their last World Series appearance. But if Pirates fans are forced to live off a memory of the team’s last appearance, Pittsburgh’s thrilling come-from-behind-victory over the Baltimore Orioles in...

Steve Blass remembers sitting in the backyard of his Upper St. Clair home at 4 a.m. during the summer of 1973 with tears running down his face. He knew he wasn’t going to be pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates much longer. After winning 19 games and earning a spot on...