FOOD & DRINK
The Penguins' official pastry shop is celebrating 20 years and four generations
When Kathy Battis imagined opening a bakery, she wanted it to look and feel like a house. She and her husband John had been selling cakes, cookies, and other sweets out of their home for five years, and Kathy wanted that sense of neighborliness to carry over. “I didn’t want...
Jeremy Renner visits Kennywood while filming in Pittsburgh
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (KDKA) -- Actor Jeremy Renner visited Kennywood while filming season three of "Mayor of Kingstown" in Pittsburgh over the weekend. The park shared a photo of Renner on Facebook on Saturday, writing, "Special thanks to Mayor of Kingstown star Jeremy Renner, his family and fellow crew members for hanging with us today!"Pointing out that "Mayor of Kingstown" films locally, Kennywood said you can even see the park in a few shots. The Paramount+ show has been filming its third season in the Pittsburgh area. The Pennsylvania Film Office is giving its producers a $27 million film tax credit, saying the...
Spotted lanternflies have begun hatching around Pittsburgh
Andy Amrhein, owner of Evey True Value in Bethel Park and host of the True Value Home Improvement Show on KDKA Radio says due to the warmer weather this past few days, lanternflies are hatching just a big ahead of schedule.
Pittsburgh area lottery winner to share Treasure Hunt jackpot
A Pennsylvania Lottery player in the Pittsburgh area will split a jackpot of $138,457 after a drawing over the weekend. Two Treasure Hunt tickets sold for Friday’s drawing matched all five numbers drawn, 2,3,4,11,22 to win $69,228.50 each.
SportsNet Pittsburgh launches direct-to-consumer streaming TV service
Fans of Pittsburgh professional sports can now watch their local baseball and hockey teams without a traditional cable or satellite subscription. On Monday, Fenway Sports Group announced the launch of SNP 360, a direct-to-consumer streaming television service for its regional network SportsNet Pittsburgh that will offer live access to Pittsburgh Pirates and Pittsburgh Penguins games for $18 per month.
ARCHIVES: New enclosures introduced for monkeys at Pittsburgh Zoo in 1991
Back in 1991, the Pittsburgh Zoo got a refurbishment to help better the lifestyles of its tree-loving primates. These new enclosures featured plants, high ceilings and heavy-duty “vines” to make the zoo’s monkeys feel more at home. The exhibit featured data around the destruction of rainforests and...
Caught on camera: Goslings take leap of faith
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. — A remarkable moment in nature was caught on video in the Pittsburgh area. A U.S. Steel bald eagle nest camera captured six tiny goslings taking a leap of faith Thursday. The video shows them jumping to mom and dad below, making little gosling splashdowns. The...
Vincent Chianese discusses Vincent's Pizza in Forest Hills in 1977
Hungry for a slice? Vincent’s Pizza Park in Forest Hills has been a popular haunt for decades, as this archival footage from 1977 shows. The report was part of a series of features about Pittsburgh after dark (sound familiar?) We talked to Vincent Chianese — the original Vincent — about the odd folks that popped up at his place at night, including one fellow who wanted walnuts on his pizza pie.
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