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Cokeburg gardener wins big at Washington County Fair with massive vegetables
CHARTIERS TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- Even a backyard gardener takes great pride in their crops, and one man from Washington County has some veggies that are so large you have to see them to believe it.At the Washington County Fair, you can see all kinds of different vegetables, with many of them winning awards, but Justin Lint's vegetables stand out from most of the others.Sitting on a low platform in one of the fair's buildings, they're impossible to miss.A pantheon of positively prodigious produce featuring goliath gourds, onions the size of bowling pins, and an eggplant of biblical proportions, they...
Cross Creek County Park in Avella, PA
Cross Creek Country Park is located in Avella, PA and is totally worth the drive from the Pittsburgh West area. Cross Creek County Park is open year round and offers picnic shelters, nature trails, playgrounds, a bike park, fishing, boat launching and various other recreational activities. My kids had an...
Harris-Walz campaign announces bus tour in western Pennsylvania
In anticipation of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next week, Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz are kicking off a bus tour to meet western Pennsylvania voters. According to their campaign, the duo are kicking off the tour — deemed “On The Road To Chicago” —...
JD Vance speaking in Pennsylvania this morning
LOWER BURRELL, Pa. (KDKA) -- Vice presidential nominee and Ohio senator JD Vance will be speaking this morning at an event in Lower Burrell. This will be Vance's first visit to the Pittsburgh area since he was named the vice presidential nominee alongside Donald Trump. Vance's remarks are set to...
Pittsburgh Mayor Gainey writes praises of director who resigned after signing petition, but walks away from talking with reporters
PITTSBURGH — Mayor Ed Gainey released a written statement Thursday praising his former communications director, Maria Montano, who resigned after she had signed a controversial referendum petition seeking a city boycott of Israel and those who do business in or with Israel until the war in Gaza ends. Local...
Ribbon cutting held for major project in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It's a new day in Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighborhood, as a decades-old problem there has been solved. The problem? An old roadway that circles the business district chokes off hundreds of businesses, leaving most of them shuttering their doorsOn Thursday, that roadway, known as Penn Circle, was completely reimagined. According to businesses in the area, the roadway was re-imagined into a success. East Liberty's The Suite Spot Barber Shop is one of those success story. The owner knows that well. He started here as a barber 21 years ago and now owns it. He and...
Get a Rare Look Inside a Mormon Temple in Pittsburgh
You have a little more than two weeks to get a rare glimpse of the inside of a real Mormon Temple. The Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — the second temple of its kind in the state — will open its doors to the public at its Cranberry site from Friday. Aug. 16 to Saturday, Aug. 31, excluding Saturdays. Tour hours are from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. No tickets are needed; admission is free.
Pittsburgh Mourns the Loss of Esteemed Judge Jeffrey Manning at 77
Jeffrey Manning, a former judge of Allegheny County who wielded the gavel for over three decades, has passed away. Manning, 77, retired from the bench in 2021 and departed on Monday at his residence in Mt. Lebanon, confirmed by the chambers of Court of Common Pleas President Judge Susan Evashavik DiLucente, as reported by CBS News Pittsburgh. Throughout his career, Manning presided over high-profile cases, leaving a significant mark on Pittsburgh's legal history.
Drought conditions in Western Pennsylvania cause low water levels
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Parts of Western Pennsylvania are still in a drought, which has been lowering the water where people might like to boat, fish or swim.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District said the conditions aren't life-threatening, but people need to watch out while they're on the water."We are seeing low water across our entire district within Pittsburgh. And so that encompasses the Allegheny River, the Mon River, the Youghiogheny River, even over into Ohio where we have the Shenango River and the Beaver River," said Megan Gottlieb, water management lead engineer of the U.S. Army Corps of...
PennDOT briefs public on Commercial Street Bridge replacement
The best aspect of the new Commercial Street Bridge along the Parkway East approaching the Squirrel Hill Tunnel may be that it won’t have to be replaced for 100 years. The second best may be that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and designer HDR found a way to replace the bridge without creating an extended traffic nightmare for the 100,000 vehicles a day that use the highway to get into and out of Pittsburgh.
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