Paul Guggenheimer stories, Page 62
Western Pennsylvania to see first stretch of prolonged heat
If you’ve been lamenting the lack of hot weather in Western Pennsylvania, you’re in luck. The next week features the warmest stretch of weather so far this year, with high temperatures well into the 80s each day, according to the National Weather Service. There have been only 15 days so...
Allegheny County launches air quality dashboard on website
A new air quality dashboard on the Allegheny County Health Department website will help users monitor air pollution in real time. The new interactive site launched Wednesday. It takes information from the county Health Department’s air quality monitors and is intended to be more accessible for users, officials said. Users...
Duquesne University pharmacy on Centre Avenue sold to UPMC
Duquesne University has sold its pharmacy to UPMC’s Rx Partners, Inc. The pharmacy will continue to operate at the same location under the name “UPMC Community Pharmacies” and remain a community pharmacy, offering services to local residents as well as a teaching facility for Duquesne students and pharmacy residents. The...
Kiefer Sutherland discusses ‘very personal’ songs, inspiration ahead of Pittsburgh-area show
When Kiefer Sutherland was on the verge of releasing his debut album “Down In A Hole” a few years ago, a lot of people might have assumed he would be delving into alternative rock, heavy metal or grunge. After all, while he has shown tremendous range over his decades as...
Brew Gentlemen in Braddock to host ‘Creole Cookout’
A lot of foods go good with beer and Brew Gentlemen is betting that you think Cajun and Haitian inspired dishes are among them. The popular Braddock craft brewer is holding a “Creole Cookout” Saturday at its new outdoor venue BG Open Air, a collaboration with the Blue Sparrow which...
Widespread web outage in Northeast traced to Pittsburgh, report says
Did your Verizon service go out Monday? Well, you’re not the only one. A widespread outage affecting Verizon customers as well as thousands of websites serviced by Cloudfare in the Northeast hit at about 7 a.m. The problem that caused it all can be traced to a small commercial internet...
Fort Pitt Museum celebrates 50th anniversary with throwback weekend
The Fort Pitt Museum is celebrating its 50th anniversary by rolling back prices. On Sunday, the museum is offering admission prices of 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children, the original admission prices charged when the museum first opened on June 30, 1969. A part of the Smithsonian-affiliated...
Mid-Atlantic Police Motorcycle Rodeo comes to Pittsburgh
It has precision courses called Beehive, The Rattler and The Three Rivers and timed event courses with names like Mouse Trap and Snowman. It’s the 41st annual Mid-Atlantic Police Motorcycle Rodeo. Pittsburgh hosts the event this weekend. The main competition takes place on Saturday with 20 police departments and 78...
Pa. commemorates anniversary of women’s vote with document display
One hundred years ago this month, on June 24, 1919, Pennsylvania became the seventh state to ratify the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. As part of Monday’s 100th anniversary commemoration of that event, Pennsylvania’s document ratifying the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution will be on display...
Extras wanted for Denzel Washington movie filming in Pittsburgh
The only August Wilson play in his Pittsburgh Cycle that isn’t set in Pittsburgh will begin filming in Pittsburgh next month and background actors are needed. Mosser Casting is looking for people of all ages to appear as extras during filming for Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” An open casting...
Fort Pitt Bridge celebrates 60 years as part of Pittsburgh’s grand entranceVideo
In a place that has more bridges than any other city in the world, it’s hard to pick one that stands out from the other 445. The ornate Smithfield Street Bridge, built in 1881, is the oldest through-truss bridge in the United States. The Sixth Street Bridge, now called the...
Peter Noone (of Herman’s Hermits fame) never tires of classic hits
Fans of the British Invasion group Herman’s Hermits never get tired of hearing the group’s iconic ‘60s hits. And thankfully for them, front man Peter Noone never tires of singing them. One can only imagine how many times Noone has belted out those catchy, chart topping tunes like “I’m Into...
Scott Blasey and The Clarks just keep on rockingVideo
Like Mister Rogers, Andy Warhol and Primanti’s sandwiches, The Clarks are one of those Pittsburgh institutions that the people of the Steel City continue to embrace. The band has been playing straight-ahead, guitar-based rock ’n’ roll with the same four members for more than three decades now with no signs...
Jeni’s Ice Cream to bring free scoops to Pittsburgh area
Free Ice Cream! Now that we have your attention, Columbus, Ohio-based Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams is bringing its “Jeni’s Makes Summer Better 2019 Truck Tour” to Pittsburgh this weekend. The company, which has 10 locations spread throughout the country from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles, but none in Pittsburgh, is...
Some charges dropped against former Canon-Mac wrestler shot by police
Some charges against a former Canon-McMillan wrestler have been dropped, but the most serious accusations that he pointed a gun at police who shot him four times remain. Logan Macri, who won the state championship in 2018, is recovering as his case winds its way through the Washington County courts,...
Truck crashes into Southwest plane at Pittsburgh International Airport
A Southwest Airlines plane parked at a gate was struck by a provisioning truck Monday morning at Pittsburgh International Airport. The ramp agent who was driving the vehicle was taken to a hospital, a Southwest spokesman said. No further information was available on the driver’s condition. There were no reports...
Denzel Washington-produced ‘Ma Rainey’ seeks to shoot at Deer Lakes Park
Oscar and Tony winning actor Denzel Washington plans to shoot scenes for his televised version of the August Wilson play “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” in and around Deer Lakes Park. Washington, 64, is producing the television adaptation for Netflix, and it is in preproduction, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Allegheny...
Heinz Endowments donates $1M to Pittsburgh Promise
The Heinz Endowments announced Wednesday it is making a $1 million contribution to the Pittsburgh Promise scholarship program, bringing to $19.4 million the total donated over the program’s decade of existence. The Pittsburgh Promise awards high school graduates in the city up to $5,000 annually to assist with tuition, fees,...
Western Pa. soccer coaches split on U.S. women running up score in World Cup
Athletes in all sports at all levels are told to play hard and not give up. In 1969, the Minnesota Vikings football team had a famous rallying cry of “40 for 60” which meant 40 men playing together for 60 minutes. It got the Vikings to the Super Bowl that...
Seth Meyers doubles down on Pittsburgh love with 2 stand-up shows
It’s no secret that NBC “Late Night” host Seth Meyers is a big sports fan, especially when it comes to the Steelers and Pirates. So, it comes as no surprise that Meyers is taking inspiration from baseball great Ernie Banks who famously said, “Let’s play two,” as he approaches his...
John Dean’s testimony on Mueller report questioned by Western Pa. legal experts
Testimony before Congress this week related to the Mueller report from a key witness during the Watergate hearings raised eyebrows across Capitol Hill and in Western Pennsylvania. John Dean, the former White House counsel to Richard Nixon who gave some of the most damning testimony in 1973 before the Senate...
The Clarks’ Scott Blasey: ‘We still love playing on stage together’Video
Like Mister Rogers, Andy Warhol and Primanti’s sandwiches, The Clarks are one of those Pittsburgh institutions that the people of the Steel City continue to embrace. The band has been playing straight-ahead, guitar-based rock n’ roll with the same four members for over three decades now with no signs of...
Experts say new laws needed after Pittsburgh alligator encountersVideo
It’s perfectly legal to own an alligator in Pennsylvania. However, the permitting process for obtaining such a reptile may need to change, said Sarah Shively of Humane Animal Rescue in Pittsburgh. “Unfortunately this is something that has been happening for years all over the state, and now we are seeing...
D-Day Pittsburgh commemoration: ‘I served my country, so I’m proud’
The beaches of Normandy, France, during the D-Day invasion 75 years ago have been called a “killing zone.” No one perhaps understands that better than Army veteran Glenn Kempf who as a medic during the invasion helped establish the first hospital on Omaha Beach for which he received the French...
CMU sending rover, art project to moon in 2021
Carnegie Mellon University plans to send a robotic rover and an arts package to the moon in July 2021. The four-wheeled robot is being developed by a CMU team led by William “Red” Whittaker, a professor in the Robotics Institute. Whitaker described the rover as a “shoebox with wheels.” It...
