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This file photo shows the crumbling Kenmawr bridge when it had a 6-ton weight limit. It has since been increased to 12 tons, but buses and large trucks cannot use it . The bridge will be replaced next year.

Kenmawr Bridge between Rankin and Swissvale will be replaced next year

Port Authority wants the new bridge to be longer and wider so buses can use it and the Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway can be expanded.

11 minutes ago

From left, Eli Kurs-Lasky, Jessica Benham and Cori Frazer cover their ears while a public announcement is made during a recent disability conference. The three young adults with autism share a sensitivity to loud sounds. Ms. Benham and Mx. Frazer, who prefers the gender-neutral title, are co-founders of the Pittsburgh Center for Autistic Advocacy; Mr. Kurs-Lasky is project director.

Getting ready for work: Programs aid transition for young adults with autism

New programs to help young people with autism hit the job market running are gaining momentum.

about 3 hours ago

The scene of a fatal fire at Westwood Apartments in Port Vue.

Fatal fire in Port Vue ruled a suicide

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said the man killed during a November fire inside his Port Vue apartment died as a result of

about 20 hours ago

Aspinwall park recognized by state department

Aspinwall Riverfront Park celebrated for its efforts at stormwater management and natural landscaping.

about 20 hours ago

Allegheny County lawsuit joins other complaints about Bayer's birth-control device

More than 16,000 women across the country have filed complaints alleging the implanted device causes severe adverse effects.

about 17 hours ago

According to a health report, mouse dropping "too numerous to count" were found and a large amount of old food, old popcorn and debris were present throughout the food preparation area at the Phoenix Big Cinemas Chartiers 18 in Bridgeville.

Peters Place and Phoenix cinemas in Bridgeville cited for rodent infestations

The inspection reports from the health department indicated that both inspections were triggered by complaints.

1 day ago

An Eat'n Park restaurant on April 19, 2018, along Ohio River Boulevard in Bellevue.

Why is Eat’n Park such a Pittsburgh staple?

While all-you-can-eat salad bars are dead in the rest of the country, it’s driving profits as the No. 1 seller at this local chain — Eat’n

1 day ago

After testing positive for marijuana, Samson Bailey spent 10 days in jail, even though he had a medical marijuana certificate. He was photographed Downtown on Monday, April 23, 2018.

He was qualified for medical marijuana but was jailed anyway

Samson L. Bailey Jr., 24, of Spring Garden, spent 10 days in jail after Judge Mark V. Tranquilli revoked his $1,000 bond on April 10, court

1 day ago

Altoona woman attempts to revive sexual abuse lawsuit against diocese

A Blair County judge threw out the woman’s lawsuit, claiming that it was not filed within the statute of limitations.

1 day ago

The Beaver Valley Nuclear Plant in Shippingport.

Shutting down nuclear plants would erase decades of clean energy progress, report warns

Closing four nuclear plants would be like wiping out all wind and solar energy in the regional power grid, a nuclear advocacy report said.

1 day ago

Lesely Crawford plays with 5-month-old Breonn before bedtime on Friday at the ABK Learning & Development Center in the Hill District.

Learning center aims to fill need for child care outside of 9-to-5 hours

Parents who work odd hours celebrate the opening of a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week learning center in the Hill District.

1 day ago

Megin Harrington, owner of the Century Inn, recently finished renovating after a catastrophic fire severely damaged the historic inn in Scenery Hill, Washington County. After the 2015 fire destroyed most everything except the stone walls and few wooden beams, Harrington updated the building with improved safety and fire protection while keeping the historic legacy of the inn built in 1794.

Historic Century Inn, destroyed by fire in 2015, recently reopened

Nightmare becomes blessing as the famous inn now is safer while more accurately replicating its original 1794 architecture.

1 day ago

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Elizabeth Borough man's death in January fire ruled accident

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office has determined that a 54-year-old man whose body was found in a burned-out house in January

1 day ago

Robert A. Weimar, PWSA's executive director, said the water utility may need to boost its total 2018 operating budget by about $13 million to pay for regulatory requirements set by state and federal agencies.

PWSA approves midyear budget increase as PUC oversight begins

Pittsburgh’s biggest water utility may spend around $7 million this year for compliance-related efforts under the Public Utility Commission.

1 day ago

Port Authority is starting its largest class of drivers in recent memory. Thirty-four drivers started the 10-week training program.

Port Authority begins largest driver training class in memory

A total of 34 students are training as Port Authority drivers, which the agency said should reduce overtime and fill 1,202 of 1,224 jobs.

2 days ago

The Mylan pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Morgantown, W. Va.

Generic drug manufacturer Mylan plans to lay off hundreds at Morgantown plant

After the layoffs, up to 3,000 employees will continue to work at the plant, the company said in a statement.

3 days ago

Joe Domaracki, center, of Bethel Park, participates in a yoga class taught by Sterling Painton that is exclusively for Parkinson's patients on Tuesday at Sterling Yoga and Wellness in Mount Lebanon.

Better movement through yoga for people with Parkinson's

“These guys are inspiring. If they can push themselves, you can.”-—Sterling Painton, yoga instructor

about 23 hours ago

Republicans in PA: Everything is fine

Polls suggest Democrats could make huge gains in November. But according to the GOP's top officials in Pa., there’s nothing to worry about.

3 days ago

Ex-Donora councilman charged with food stamp fraud at his deli

Authorities said Jimmie Coulter would illegally give cash for food stamps and split the money with recipients at 50 cents on the dollar.

3 days ago

A contractor is on a lift, to the right, as the back of a house is demolished first, below the landslide on Route 30 and near Electric Avenue on Friday in North Braddock. The demolition crew was trying to spare the warehouse below from the damaging debris.

PennDOT awards contract to rebuild Route 30 in East Pittsburgh

Golden Triangle Construction was awarded a $6.54 million contract to rebuild part of Route 30 in East Pittsburgh that collapsed April 7.

3 days ago

Allegheny County Police want to speak with the owner or operator of the vehicle, possibly a dark gray Ford Focus, seen here in Stowe. The image was captured by a municipal surveillance camera. Police say homicide victim Robert Monti, who was killed Jan. 28 on Broadway Avenue, was seen getting into a similar vehicle just before he was shot.

Police seek vehicle in connection with Stowe homicide

Detectives are looking for a vehicle similar to the one homicide victim Robert Monti got into before he was fatally shot Jan. 28.

3 days ago

Bill Swoope Jr., owner of Coffee Tree Roasters, checks on the beans being roasted at the company's facility in West Mifflin.

Obituary: William I. “Bill” Swoope IV / Co-founded Coffee Tree Roasters with his father

Co-founder of local Coffee Tree Roasters franchise helped to revolutionize coffee scene in Pittsburgh.

3 days ago

Post-Gazette reporter Rich Lord addresses questions during the “Health Care Forum: Search for the Opioid Solution” sponsored by Highmark April 19, 2018.

Top Ten: Your opioid questions put into context

On Thursday the Post-Gazette and Highmark hosted “Health Care Forum: Search for the Opioid Solution” and filled Heinz Field's Hyundai Club

3 days ago

KDKA-TV GM Chris Pike to retire

The top executive at the local CBS-owned duopoly, KDKA and WPCW, worked in Pittsburgh for 14 years.

3 days ago

A Victoria crowned pigeon looks around in its temporary home at Canary's Call at the National Aviary on Friday, April 20.

More than 3,000 'bird-friendly' glass panes to adorn renovated National Aviary

While architects often work to keep UV rays out of high rises and homes, the birds, plants and trees at the National Aviary need the sun

3 days ago

Students from Pittsburgh CAPA School observe 13 minutes, 47 seconds of silence to mark the 20th anniversary of the shooting at Columbine High School after marching from the school on Ninth Ave. to Market Square. The march followed several Gun Control Teach In activities. Photo made Friday, April 20, 2018.

Pittsburgh-area students protest for tougher gun laws on Columbine massacre's anniversary

A number of Pittsburgh-area school districts and students are participating in the National School Walkout Friday to coincide with the 19th

4 days ago

Allegheny County Public Works employee Terrance Montgomery.

'Things were going bad again' - then a job-training program refocused a young man's life

“No one is going to give you a handout unless they see the things you’re supposed to be doing.”

3 days ago

Police search for one of two cousins charged with kidnapping, rape in Homewood

Police charged Jeravn Paolucci and Tyisha Ramsey with the gunpoint abduction of a man and woman held from March 31 to April 1.

4 days ago

Marijuana war brewing between growers, teaching hospitals

Eight teaching hospitals can contract with a cannabis producer, granting the producers a "super-permit" to open retail dispensaries.

4 days ago

Rev. David Bonnar, of St. Bernard Catholic Church, give Communion during morning Mass on Friday in Mt. Lebanon.

Pittsburgh Diocese Catholics brace for parish changes

Bishop Zubik to announce consolidations across Diocese of Pittsburgh to enable them to live within their means and renew mission work

4 days ago

Skeletal remain found in Penn Hills were identified as Zackery Sheets, 19, according to the Allegheny County homicide unit on Tuesday, April 17, 2017.

Death of Plum man whose remains found in Penn Hills ruled homicide

The man whose skeletal remains were discovered by a hiker last week in Penn Hills died as a result of homicide, according to a report made

4 days ago

Truck crash on turnpike slows traffic between Irwin, New Stanton

A driver of a tractor-trailer was injured Thursday when truck lost control and flipped on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

4 days ago

Dr. Karen A. Hacker, director of the Allegheny County Health Department.

We are strengthening air quality standards, Allegheny County says

The county Health Department notes several improvements but says there’s still work to be done to improve air quality.

5 days ago

Desi-Rai LaPrade in front of a home she has been pre-approved to purchase in Garfield. She has been participating in Circles East Liberty and has used the help of people in the program to get financially stable and start saving.

Circles of Greater Pittsburgh has hit high marks despite rocky start

Inadequate funding and a need for more allies hamper greater improvement in local Circles’ efforts to fight poverty.

5 days ago

In this Feb. 22, 2018, file photo, an opioid overdose reversal kit is shown at Mt. Lebanon High School. The school district is keeping one such kit at every school in the district.

Overdose deaths are up overall in southwestern Pa., but some counties are seeing signs for optimism

In some counties, cooperation is reducing overdoses even as lethal fentanyl-and-cocaine combos increase deaths in others.

5 days ago

From left, panelist Janera Solomon, Alisha Wormsley and Jon Rubin participate in a public forum at Kelly-Strayhorn Theater on Wednesday in East Liberty to host a discussion centering o a billboard that reads "There are Black People in the Future."

'Black People in the Future' billboard in East Liberty is still not back up

The April 5 removal of the “There Are Black People in the Future” billboard in East Liberty caused a massive outcry.

5 days ago

In this March 1, 2018, file photo, workers remove debris after a landslide along Forward Avenue in Squirrel Hill.

Traffic restrictions to continue on Forward Avenue, Commercial Street after landslide

Pittsburgh city officials have imposed on-again, off-again closures amid landslide activity and hazards along the East End roadway.

5 days ago

Workers clear the section of Route 30 in East Pittsburgh that was destroyed April 7 by a landslide in East Pittsburgh.

View from Route 30 — what's left of it — shows enormity of collapse, landslide

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials took the media on a tour Wednesday where Route 30 collapsed in East Pittsburgh.

5 days ago

West Mifflin teacher James Horgan leaves the office of Magisterial District Judge Richard D. Olasz Jr. after his arraignment on April 10.

West Mifflin teacher waives preliminary hearing in sex assault case

A student told police she’d had sex with the teacher about four times in the past month, according to a criminal complaint.

5 days ago

Driver hospitalized after leading police on high speed chase with child in car

Adam Rattay lost control of his car on Indian Hill Road in Rostraver.

5 days ago

IRS pushed tax deadline back a day, but tired accountants took the day off anyway

A rare extra, extra extension didn’t change the plans of many exhausted tax advisers, who had already planned a day off.

5 days ago

Pittsburgh orders plainclothes detectives to prep for problems if Trump fires Mueller

Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich downplayed the move as precautionary and not based on any specific intelligence.

5 days ago

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Man pleads guilty to armed robbery of Westwood pharmacy

Joshua Williams entered his plea in federal court to the May 29, 2017 robbery of a Rite Aid on Noblestown Road.

5 days ago

Two dead, one hospitalized after Connellsville triple shooting

Two people were killed and another wounded in a Fayette County shooting Tuesday night.

6 days ago

Auction for Pennsylvania casino licenses lacks bidders

State gaming board received no bids for a sixth mini-casino license.

6 days ago

The U.S Steel Corp.’s Clairton Coke Works on the Monongahela River is the Pittsburgh region's major polluter.

Pittsburgh's air quality among worst in nation, study says

Pittsburgh’s air quality is among the worst in the nation and not improving, according to a new study from the American Lung Association.

6 days ago

Man beaten by police outside PPG Paints Arena sues city

Daniel Adelman also is suing Aramark Sports & Entertainment Services, claiming vendors soldl him alcohol even though he was intoxicated.

5 days ago

State police investigating possible suspects in Somerset County double homicide

Pennsylvania is seeking to extradite Jasmine Browning, 24, of Columbus, who is being held in the Franklin County Jail.

6 days ago

Saccone posts military records after Reschenthaler called on him to release documents

Rick Saccone released military documents Tuesday that were demanded by his opponent in the 14th Congressional District Republican primary.

6 days ago

National Transportation Safety Board investigators examine damage to the engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

Bank VP dead after Southwest plane makes emergency landing in Philadelphia

The plane flying from New York to Dallas apparently blew an engine in midair, sending smoke into the cabin.

6 days ago

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