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NEW LIST: Which NJ & PA Big Lots Stores Are Closing Permanently?
I filled you in a few weeks ago that a beloved retailer was in financial trouble. Big Lots, a discount chain, with over 1,000 locations across America has fallen on tough times because of what the company is calling, "elevated inflation." Not as many Americans are shopping because paychecks aren't...
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: World of Outlaws Set for Three Pennsylvania Races, 2024’s Lone New York Stop
BAPS and Williams Grove rekindle the PA Posse rivalry before a Sunday visit to Weedsport. The summer stretch continues with another busy week of action for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars. First, Sprint Car racing’s fiercest rivalry resumes with three races over four nights in Pennsylvania...
Celebrity app ‘Cameo’ settles lawsuit with Pennsylvania, other states
(WTAJ) — A popular app that allows people to get custom videos from celebrities and other figures has settled a lawsuit with 30 states over issues with paid endorsements, Attorney General Michelle Henry announced. Baron Inc., which owns and operates the celebrity app Cameo, agreed to settle with Pennsylvania and 29 other states that joined […]
Buffalo Township Honors Fallen Fire Chief Corey Comperatore with Statue and Tributes
The small community of Buffalo Township is in collective mourning, paying homage to one of its own, Corey Comperatore, at the Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company. Comperatore's legacy is now eternally encapsulated by a statue standing where he once served as chief, an area now laden with American flags and fresh flowers, CBS News Pittsburgh reports.
Sounding Off on Soccer: Robbie Mertz on midseason turnaround and work that remains to be done
In his sixth season as a professional, Pittsburgh-area native Robbie Mertz has taken a leadership role with his hometown club, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC. The former Upper St Clair, University of Michigan standout joins Pittsburgh Soccer Now’s John Krysinsky to talk about the Riverhounds’ challenging 2024 season, the ups and downs, how he’s and the team have persevered and work that remains to be done as the club pushes to contend for a postseason spot and more!
Interview: Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker discusses 'Little Rope' and more before Pittsburgh concert
In the course of 30 years touring the world with Sleater-Kinney, singer/guitarist Corin Tucker has learned that things don’t always go smoothly. Take, for instance, Thursday night, when the band’s bus lost power and air conditioning on the drive from Nashville to Michigan, requiring a late-night vehicle exchange.
Why can't planes fly when it's too hot? Meteorologist Ray Petelin explains.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- One thing I love getting is questions from people wondering how things work, or in today's case, why things don't work!David asks: Hey Ray, why is it when it gets too hot, airplanes cannot fly? This is a great question because it can actually become too hot for some aircraft to fly.Thinking of hot air balloons, that may seem counterintuitive, but when temperatures get too hot, planes start to lose their ability to take flight. Just to calm fears, those temperatures are exceptionally high.Before we get to temperatures, we need to talk about the big thing that keeps...
Frackers Are Spraying Toxic Wastewater on Pennsylvania Roads Despite Seven-Year Ban
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Siri Lawson and her husband live on a stamp of wooded, hilly land in Warren County, Pennsylvania, nestled in the state’s rural northwest corner. In the summer heat, cars traveling on the county’s dirt roads cast plumes of dust in their wake. Winter’s chill can cause a hazardous film of ice to spawn on paved roads. To protect motorists from both slippery ice and vision-impairing dust, communities across Pennsylvania coat these roads with large, cheap volumes of de-icing and dust-suppressing fluids. In Lawson’s case, her township had been using oil and gas wastewater as a dust suppressant, believing the material was effective.
Pitt Adds Another Opponent to 2024 Schedule
Radford – Nov. 4. Pitt will open the season with a home game against Radford on Nov. 4. Jon Rothstein reported this news in May. According to Rocco Miller, VMI will be traveling to the Petersen Events Center to take on Pitt as part of the Greenbrier Tip Off Event’s on-campus series.
Gov. Shapiro’s Democracy Summer Camp raises questions for GOP lawmaker
Gov. Josh Shapiro took a break on Thursday from traveling around the state ducking questions about the veepstakes and promoting legislative accomplishments, to participate in a Democracy Summer Camp bearing his name. The low-profile, invitation-only camp designed for digital content creators and held at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, is...
Hot weather is on tap for Pittsburgh's weekend. Here's when rain chances return.
By: KDKA-TV's Trey Fulbright and Carl LamPITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Saturday morning begins with clear skies and seasonable temperatures across western Pennsylvania. High pressure has settled over the Great Lakes and will linger across the region the rest of Saturday and Sunday before slowly dissipating and moving east. This will keep the largely inactive weather pattern persistent across our region for the weekend. Highs on Saturday will likely reach the mid to upper 80s, especially for lower elevations. Temperatures increase even further on Sunday as a light southerly wind aids in transporting warmer air into the region. The air on Sunday will be...
Pesticides as big a cancer risk as smoking; study identifies risk in PA counties
(The Hill) – Pesticides may cause cancer on a level equivalent to smoking cigarettes, a new study has found. The widespread use of pesticides may lead to hundreds of thousands of additional cancer cases in major corn-producing states like Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Ohio — even for Americans who don’t work on farms, according to findings published Thursday in […]
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