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Only 17% of Pittsburgh's garbage gets recycled. Here's why.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Is recycling working? We all assume it is when we put our recycling bins out on the curb every week. But the truth is much of it, especially plastic, is ending up in our landfills and polluting our lakes and oceans. It's called it wish-cycling. We put stuff out on the curb and we hope it's being recycled, but you might be disappointed to learn how much of it actually goes to landfill. Every morning throughout the Pittsburgh region, recycling trucks pick up the plastic, glass and cardboard that's put on the curbside and haul it to recycling...
Lucky the stolen dog featured on billboards around Pittsburgh area
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Several billboards are going up around the Pittsburgh area in an effort to find Lucky, the dog that was inside a veteran's car when it was stolen in Westmoreland County last month. The Lamar Advertising Agency donated space to help get the word out about Lucky. There are seven billboards across the Pittsburgh area in places like Forbes Avenue, West Liberty Avenue, Route 19 and Route 28. Lamar says they'll be up until Sunday. It's been two weeks since police said Kenneth Crider stole 87-year-old Willard Martz's car, taking the 10-year-old Airedale-terrier mix with him. Martz told police that after he...
West Virginia store manager who had shop raided after selling THC to 13-year-olds cuts deal and pleads guilty
Hamdan Alhawshabi pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. Hamden also promised to not sell CBD and THC products and to check IDs on customers buying alcohol, tobacco, and lottery tickets.
Runaway sheep captured about 12 miles from home in Plum
BRACKENRIDGE, Pa. (KDKA) -- First responders completed an unusual rescue mission to capture a runaway sheep who hoofed it about a dozen miles from his home.Storm the sheep became a crafty adventurer. His journey started in Plum and ended in Brackenridge, but another sheep is still on the run. "He was a smart guy. He kept everybody on their toes for three weeks," said Rick Borowski, the owner.Storm is a 10-year-old sheep and the first sheep Borowski raised since birth. He said three weeks ago, dogs got into the sheep enclosure on his property in Plum and pushed Storm and another...
Black-owned pizzeria in Homewood becoming a community staple
Oct. 7—The scent of bell peppers and tomatoes tickles your nose from the steps of the East Busway and Homewood Avenue Station. The aroma of pizza wafts down the block, ushering any passerby to the doorstep of North Homewood Pizza on the corner of North Homewood Avenue and Susquehanna Street. It's the first Black-owned pizza shop in Homewood and the revival of pizza in the neighborhood, where ...
Should you rake your leaves? A Pittsbugh-area arborist weighs in
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- As cooler fall weather settles in, it won't be long before the leaves start changing and falling into yards. So should you rake them up or leave them?Arch Autenreith, who owns Northwood Tree Care in McCandless, says this fall, don't feel bad about leaving raking off your chore list. "Ecologically and for the environment and for the trees themselves, the answer is to leave the leaves," Autenreith said.Autenreith says when leaves are left on the ground long enough, they make your trees stronger and healthier. "With the nutrients that leaves do get to trees, it's going to...
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