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Ed Asner made his mark in Pittsburgh with ‘The Soap Myth’Video
Ed Asner was no stranger to Pittsburgh. The seven-time Emmy winning actor, who died Sunday at the age of 91, appeared in the Steel City just over two years ago in a staged reading of Jeff Cohen’s play “The Soap Myth.” Asner played a cantankerous Holocaust survivor named Milton Saltzman...
Red Cross volunteers from Pittsburgh headed to Louisiana to assist in Hurricane Ida relief
Two volunteers from the Red Cross in Pittsburgh are among 14 volunteers from across Pennsylvania heading to Louisiana Sunday to aid in Hurricane Ida relief efforts. Volunteers Charlie Williamson and John Breitweiser will depart from the Red Cross office on Liberty Avenue just before noon Sunday, according to Red Cross...
Police: Man found with multiple gunshot wounds in South Side Flats
Pittsburgh police detectives are investigating a shooting early Sunday that critically injured a man in Pittsburgh’s South Side Flats neighborhood. Police reported just prior to 2 a.m., police officers from Zone 3 responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the 80 block of S.13th Street and reports of a gunshot victim...
Lawrenceville’s Row House Cinema to host drive-in movies at The Strip District Terminal
Make it a movie night. Row House Cinema announced Friday that its drive-in film experience is back, starting Oct. 1 in the Strip District. The theater is collaborating with The Terminal in the Strip District for a second year of outdoor viewing. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Films begin around...
Ellwood City man arrested for DUI, fleeing charges after crashing SUV into building on South Side
Police say a drunken Ellwood city man crashed his car into a Port Authority bus, hit a utility pole head-on, and then fled through Pittsburgh’s South Side, hitting several cars before crashing his car more than halfway into a building. Despite the trail of damage, police said no one was...
Squirrel Hill seniors are extras in bingo scene for longer version of film ‘Thanks To Her’Video
A flyer was posted at Weinberg Village and The New Riverview Apartments — both housing seniors — in Squirrel Hill. Extras were needed for a bingo scene for a longer version of “Thanks To Her,” first released in March as a short film. It’s the story of a pair of...
Police: 1 man stabbed, another arrested in connection with an incident at Greyhound bus station Downtown
A man was hospitalized with stab wounds Friday evening and another was arrested in connection with an incident near the Greyhound bus station in Downtown Pittsburgh. Public Safety officials said officers were dispatched for reports of a stabbing around 6:45 p.m. Friday near the intersection of 11th and Liberty avenues....
87-foot-long mural in Oakland raising awareness for gun violence
An 87-foot-long, bright orange mural in Oakland will be hard to miss. That’s exactly what Kyle Holbrook — an artist who founded Moving the Lives of Kids Community Mural Project — had in mind when he began painting. Holbrook, a Wilkinsburg native, is hoping to spark awareness of gun violence...
Kennywood introduces Phantom Fall Fest
Kennywood on Friday announced a new Halloween-inspired experience. Phantom Fall Fest debuts on Oct. 1. It combines two events the park has held in the past – Phantom Fright Nights and Happy Hauntings. There will be daylight activities for families and scarier experiences for others at night. “Phantom Fall Fest...
BBQ, Bourbon & Brews festival comes to Monroeville
Remember Isaly’s ham barbecue? The one of a kind chipped-chopped ham in a tasty sauce served on a fresh bun. A Pittsburgh favorite, it will be one of the items on the menu at BBQ, Bourbon & Brews. The food festival is from 2 to 7 p.m. on Saturday at...
Civil War cache on auction block chronicles Allegheny City veteran’s 2 tours of duty
Allegheny County Civil War veteran Alfred W. Kredel was granted an invalid pension of $6 per month in 1884, for wounds he received 22 years earlier during action at Gaines’ Mill in Virginia. On Sunday, the record of that pension, other personal effects related to the Troy Hill resident’s Union...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Aug. 27-29
It’s the final weekend of August. Here are some ways to spend it. Party at the Pier The Riverlife Party at the Pier is Saturday at a new location – The Highline on the South Side, a converted train terminal. The open space encompasses a 500-foot long elevated park overlooking...
Woman accused of hitting Pittsburgh motorcycle officer with her vehicle
A Wilkinsburg woman was arrested Friday for allegedly driving into a Pittsburgh police motorcycle officer with her vehicle on the city’s South Side Thursday night, police said. The suspect, Teaira C. Green, 25, is charged with aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, reckless driving and accidents involving death or personal...
UPMC touts growing North Hills hospital hub, $12B in midyear revenue
UPMC executives boasted Thursday of “transforming” the health system’s North Hills footprint into a hub of innovative, high-demand health care services — such as robotic lung cancer detectors, more options for women and children, and a new mobile unit set to hit the streets next week. “We’ve added an extremely...
Pittsburgh Public Schools, teachers union approve new contract
Pittsburgh Public Schools and its teachers union have a new four-year contract that’s retroactive to July 1, 2020, when the last contract expired. Superintendent Anthony Hamlet described the negotiations as “long and delicate” and said the covid-19 pandemic played a role in the delay. Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers President Nina...
Pittsburgh hiring for labor, other jobs frozen amid pandemic budget cuts
Pittsburgh has begun hiring for a slew of labor-related positions that have gone unfilled under a pandemic-driven hiring freeze for more than a year, officials said Thursday. Around $22 million from the money the city received from the American Rescue Plan has gone to restore around 100 jobs that have...
Oregon man canoeing across country makes a stop in PittsburghVideo
Neal Moore is traveling 7,500 miles from Oregon to New York City — in a canoe. He will cross 22 bodies of water, two of those in Pittsburgh — the Ohio and the Allegheny rivers. As of Thursday, he had traveled 6,600 miles to date. His goal is to document...
Commission: Pittsburgh schools Superintendent Hamlet violated Ethics Act
Pittsburgh Public Schools Superintendent Anthony Hamlet violated the state’s Ethics Act with regard to travel expenses, accepting cash for speeches and failing to make required disclosures of financial interests between 2016 and 2018, the Pennsylvania Ethics Commission said in a report issued Thursday. At a news conference Thursday morning, Hamlet...
Reporter David Kaplan leaving WTAE after 6 years
Reporter David Kaplan is leaving WTAE after six years as a journalist in Pittsburgh. Kaplan made the announcement on his verified Twitter account. “This town cares deeply about the neighborhood, (and) it was always a priority for me to capture that,” Kaplan wrote Wednesday evening. “Not quite ready to say...
Rep. Mike Doyle announces positive coronavirus test despite being vaccinated
Congressman Mike Doyle has tested positive for coronavirus, the U.S. representative announced Wednesday evening via his Twitter feed. “I’m feeling okay and only have mild symptoms, but I’ll be quarantining in DC (sic) for a 10-day period, as the District of Columbia requires,” wrote Doyle, D-Forest Hills. Doyle added he...
Court action threatened over Franklin Regional school mask policy, as debates rage in Pa.
An attorney representing a group of parents in the Franklin Regional School District sent the superintendent and board of directors a letter this week threatening litigation if masking is not made mandatory. It is one of many lawsuits being considered by parents on both sides of what has become a...
JCC of Greater Pittsburgh to require covid vaccination for members and staff
The Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh will require its staff, members and guests to be fully vaccinated within two months. The requirement is effective Oct. 18 at the center, based in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood, with facilities also in the South Hills and Monroeville. The JCC board unanimously approved...
Pittsburgh partners with JCC to get app for first responders wellness needs
Pittsburgh police, firefighters and paramedics will soon be able to use a mental health and wellness application on their smartphones to get the help they need. The city is working out the details of an agreement with Cordico Inc., a Frisco, Texas-based company that works with municipalities and organizations to...
Pittsburgh police eye $52K in grant money for cold case project
City and Public Safety leaders want to use a chunk of grant money to focus on some of Pittsburgh’s unsolved cold cases, officials said Wednesday. Legislation introduced this week to city council would set aside $52,000 from the Department of Justice’s Byrne Justice Assistance Grant to go toward the cost...
Pittsburgh City Council returns to in-person meetings
After more than a year of virtual meetings, Pittsburgh City Council returned to in-person meetings this week at the City-County Building Downtown. People can also continue to participate online. Councilwomen Erika Strassburger and Deb Gross are continuing to join meetings virtually because of concerns for the health of their families...
