Emergency responders reported minimal damage from high winds and storms that swept through the region Wednesday night, though some communities fared worse than others. Mary Queen of Apostles School in New Kensington lost a portion of its roof around 8 p.m. That forced the elementary school to switch to a
Allegheny County authorities have identified a man who was seen on the porch of a home in Plum’s Rustic Ridge neighborhood days before it exploded last year. Allegheny County Police on Monday asked for the public’s help in identifying the man, who was captured on a doorbell camera Aug. 9
John Wells, a 1979 Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama grad, will executive produce “THE PITT,” a Pittsburgh-set medical drama to star his “ER” alum Noah Wyle that received a straight-to-series order from streaming service Max. R. Scott Gemmill, another “ER” grad, will serve as showrunner of the series that
A couple of months after the departure of weekend morning meteorologist Kasey Reigner, WTAE-TV hired Butler native Jill Szwed to join its weather team, which will again be back up to five forecasters. Szwed is currently at the Albany, N.Y., ABC-Fox duopoly affiliates WTEN-TV/WXXA-TV, as a weekday morning meteorologist until
On Monday, Pittsburgh’s first 8 p.m. newscast launches on WPKD-TV, Channel 19, also known as KDKA+. KDKA news director Shawn Hoder has a ready response to anyone wondering why they’d put on another newscast when there’s already local news that airs on KDKA from 4-7 p.m. and again at 7:30