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Carnegie Science Center unveils latest model for its miniature railroadVideo
Dr. Earl Douglas Childs recalled visiting the Carnegie Science Center’s Miniature Railroad & Village as a young boy, when it was located at the Buhl Planetarium. The trains mesmerized him. On Tuesday, the grown man was drawn to something else. The miniature model of his childhood home was unveiled at...
2 Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh schools temporarily closing
Two Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh schools are temporarily closing as coronavirus cases continue to spike across the state. Northside Catholic Assumption Academy, located in Brighton Heights, will close for one day after a person associated with the school tested positive for covid-19, officials said. According to Rosanne Kwiatkowski, Northside Catholic...
Pittsburgh’s city-operated farmers’ markets set final days of operation
The four farmers’ markets operated by the City of Pittsburgh will be closing for the season in the next two weeks. The final days of operation for the markets, operated by the city’s Office of Special Events, are:Friday (Nov. 20) at Allegheny Commons Park on the North Side.Sunday (Nov. 22)...
3 Pittsburgh police officers, 3 residents suffer smoke inhalation in Perry South home fire
Six people, including three police officers, suffered smoke inhalation in a fire in Pittsburgh’s Perry South neighborhood Friday night, according to police. Police, firefighters and medics responded to the one-alarm fire in the 2000 block of Drum Street around 10:30 p.m. Police arrived first and saw smoke coming from the...
URA approves funding for housing projects in Pittsburgh’s Observatory Hill, East Hills neighborhoods
Affordable housing projects in Pittsburgh’s East Hills and Observatory Hill neighborhoods were given a funding boost Thursday by the city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority. The board approved more than $850,000 in funding for the projects. Some of the money will help pay for renovations at five homes on Bonvue Street that...
Man pleads to killing 3-year-old on the North Side
A North Side man will serve eight to 16 years in prison for killing a 3-year-old boy. Jamal Williams, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree murder and one count of reckless endangerment before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Randal Todd on Thursday. Williams was accused of abusing Major...
Neighbor charged in fatal Brighton Heights shooting
A SWAT situation on Wednesday ended with the arrest of a man accused earlier in the week of opening fire on a couple as they walked to get a bite to eat on Pittsburgh’s North Side, authorities said. The shooting happened about 3:30 p.m. Monday near the intersection of Brighton...
Pittsburgh allocates $1.8 million for Riverview Park landslide repairs
More than $1.8 million will be allocated to address landslides around Riverview Park on Pittsburgh’s North Side, Mayor Bill Peduto’s administration announced Wednesday. The money will come from the Regional Asset District’s capital fund and the first area to be addressed is the hill near Riverview Park’s Chapel Shelter. “Residents...
Veterans Day bike tour in Pittsburgh rides on despite the rainVideo
Rainy weather wasn’t going to put the brakes on for these cyclists. The 20-mile ride Wednesday — Veterans Day — went on as planned with a few adjustments. The first Veterans Day Bike Tour was to include stops at the Southwestern Pennsylvania World War II Memorial, the Korean War Memorial,...
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh puppet karaoke jam to spotlight homemade videosVideo
What do you get when you combine puppets and karaoke? The BOOM Jam Puppet Slam, of course. The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh invites kids of all ages to tune in to the Nov. 14 celebration of puppets and the ways in which they can inspire us to tell stories and...
Prime Stage production explores private side of Albert Einstein
The personal, private side of Albert Einstein, the genius who developed the theory of relativity, is the subject of an upcoming Prime Stage Theatre online production. Matt Henderson will portray Einstein in the award-winning dramalogue, “Einstein, A Stage Portrait,” streaming at 8 p.m. Nov. 13. The one-man play first developed...
Dancer takes steps to open The Movement Factory on Pittsburgh’s North Side
Dancer Maria Caruso is taking steps to reach beyond the performance stage. The founder of Bodiography Contemporary Ballet in Squirrel Hill, a performance space for ballet dancers, Caruso is turning a renovated warehouse on the Ohio River on Pittsburgh’s North Side into Maria Caruso’s The Movement Factory. “I had been...
Joe Biden, Lady Gaga expected to visit Pittsburgh on election eve
Former Vice President Joe Biden is expected to visit the Pittsburgh metro area on Monday while other members of his campaign fan out across other parts of the state. Biden is expected to canvass in Beaver County and participate in drive-in events in Pittsburgh. The Biden campaign did not provide...
Pittsburgh neighborhood real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 5
7th Ward Jonathan Fingeret sold property at 1 Ellsworth Place to Gierad Laput and Elizabeth Carter for $650,000. Estate of Sheila Schugar sold property at 736 Summerlea St. to Maguire Holdings LLC for $375,000. 10th Ward Edward Weisser sold property at 1663-1665 Jancey St. to Grant Alonso Partnership LLC for...
Behind the scenes at the Allegheny County elections warehouseVideo
A combination of high-tech machinery and old-fashioned paper pushing will be used to process and tabulate election results on Election Day in Allegheny County. Workers from the county’s election division will be joined by scores of others from 17 other county departments to process votes this year at the warehouse...
Self-driving trucks from Pittsburgh deliver food to needy in Ohio, Michigan
Two self-driving trucks delivered more than 40,000 pounds of food last week from the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to needy families in Toledo, Ohio. The delivery was part of a test drive featuring two human-guided, self-driving trucks produced by Locomation, an autonomous convoying startup located on Pittsburgh’s North Side....
California-Kirkbride house condemned after vehicle crashes into it
A 24-year-old man was in stable condition after crashing his car into a house in Pittsburgh’s California-Kirkbride neighborhood Wednesday, according to police. The crash happened near Brighton Road and Brighton Place shortly before 5 p.m. Police said the driver crashed into a home where Brighton Place branches off Brighton Road,...
See 30,000 pounds of jack-o’-lanterns at Pittsburgh Monster Pumpkins displayVideo
The champion pumpkin weighs 2,111.5 pounds. An Atlantic Giant, this breed of pumpkin will be part of the orange mass at the Pittsburgh Monster Pumpkins Pop-Up Festival on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. The Halloween-inspired event opens Friday and runs through Nov. 5. Because of the pandemic, it will be a drive-by...
Pittsburgh Exxon station operators, clerk guilty of reduced charge in fight with womenVideo
Three men accused of assaulting a woman after a dispute over spilled gasoline at an Exxon station on the North Side last year — resulting in a viral video, days of protests and the store being shut down — were found guilty on Tuesday of a reduced, summary count of...
Building condemned, driver flees after stolen vehicle drives into East Allegheny home
A house in East Allegheny was condemned after being struck by a stolen vehicle Sunday afternoon. Pittsburgh Police, Fire and emergency medical services responded to the report around 2 p.m. The driver and occupants fled in an unknown direction, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. The vehicle was towed away from...
National Aviary’s new $4M Garden Room has bird-safe wall of glass overlooking parkVideo
The National Aviary has opened its $4 million Garden Room for special events with features such as fireplaces and a bird-safe glass wall that opens into Allegheny Commons Park. The nonprofit has been fundraising and planning for years to bring the dream of the room, kitchen and large entryway to...
Pittsburgh Steelers to walk virtual runway in fashion event
Steelers Cornerback Joe Haden has all the moves — off the field too. Just ask his teammates. “In the locker room, we all joke that Haden is always styling,” said linebacker Bud Dupree. “He is on another level. We watch and emulate him.” “Joe is Mr. Fashion,” said wide receiver...
From Pittsburgh’s Manchester to the moon: Astrobotic pioneers new lunar missionsVideo
Ground control for the first commercial trip to the moon will be at a nondescript building on Pittsburgh’s North Side near the Manchester neighborhood. A group of federal, state and local officials on Monday celebrated a private ribbon-cutting for Astrobotic’s headquarters at the 47,000-square-foot complex at 1016 North Lincoln Ave....
Police: 3 people in stable condition following shooting in Brighton Heights
Three people were taken to the hospital in stable condition after a shooting in Brighton Heights Tuesday night, Pittsburgh Police said. Officers responded to the area of Fleming Avenue and Kalorama Way around 10:50 p.m. after receiving multiple Shotspotter alerts, according to police spokesman Maurice Matthews. While investigating the scene,...
Driver killed in wrong-way crash on Interstate 279 North in Pittsburgh
One person was killed following a wrong-way crash along Interstate 279 North early Tuesday morning, according to state police. The crash, which happened around midnight near Chestnut Street, occurred when a vehicle traveling south in the northbound lane collided head on with a tractor trailer that was driving in the...
