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Penn Avenue partying leads neighbors to question new building
A development company received approval from the City Planning Commission to demolish the facade of an old Downtown Pittsburgh office building and replace it with a mixed-use residential building with the caveat that the project takes into consideration noise concerns from surrounding neighbors. The approval allows iPenn Ventures to replace...
Habitat for Humanity's celebrating former President Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (KDKA) -- The Allegheny Valley chapter of Habitat for Humanity will be among those across the country celebrating former President Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday Tuesday.Carter, our nation's 39th president, has lived a life of service since leaving office in 1981. His most prominent contributions have been to Habitat for Humanity. Carter and his late wife Rosalind donated more than just their fame to the Habitat cause and were no strangers to the swing of a hammer from their first encounter with the organization in 1984.The former president turns 100 years old Tuesday and to mark the day, the Allegheny Valley...
Donegal Township lays off road maintenance crew
DONEGAL TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) — Donegal Township is without a road maintenance department after the township laid the crew off.Kathleen Miller is a native of Donegal, Washington County, and she thinks the township's move to ax the road and maintenance workers is not going to go well."It's going to be a disaster," Miller said. "It already is a disaster."On Sept. 12, the board voted unanimously to lay off the four-member detail, telling taxpayers the road crew was not getting the job done."We asked the supervisors at the last meeting what's your plan because they laid off the road crew off,"...
WPIAL clinched: Boys soccer playoff qualifiers through Oct. 1, 2024
Oct. 1—Section play in the 2024 WPIAL boys soccer regular season is down to the final week and a half. Already, 24 teams have qualified for the district postseason. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie all qualify for the postseason. Here is the latest list of district teams that ...
Final steel beam placed on new UPMC Presbyterian tower
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Work on the largest health care construction project in Pennsylvania reached a turning point on Tuesday. There's still more to be done on what will become the largest hospital in Pittsburgh's history, but UPMC is celebrating each major step in the process.The health network "topped off" the new UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Oakland with a ceremony at The Oaklander Hotel on Tuesday. Crews placed the final steel beam atop the structure and marked a milestone on the $1.5 billion project."There are hundreds of tradesmen that come to this site every day. We celebrate them, we honor...
Pennsylvania fire companies assisting first responders impacted by Hurricane Helene
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. (KDKA) -- Axes, oxygen tanks, and hoses are just some of the equipment needed by fire companies in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina devastated by Hurricane Helene.Flooding from what was Helene dropped over two feet of rain in some places across the south. In some locations, like Butler, Tennessee, raging rapids washed away an entire firehouse with its engine.The Fire Department Relief Mission of Western Pa. is now mobilizing to assist those first responders affected by the disaster.New Kensington Fire Chief Ed Saliba is helping to spearhead this response."We are taking collections of fire equipment such...
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