Pittsburg, PA
Runaway steel drum kills woman walking in US
Crews work at the scene of a fatal construction accident in Oakland, Pennsylvania. Photo / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP
A steel drum weighing thousands of pounds somehow rolled out of a construction site in Pittsburgh and eventually struck and killed a woman who was walking on a nearby sidewalk, police said.
The accident occurred around 10.40am Friday local time in the city’s Oakland neighborhood, where the University of Pittsburgh’s new sports performance centre is being built.
The drum was either knocked over or dislodged from a piece of heavy equipment, police said. It then rolled several hundred feet as it went down a hill, through a fence and onto the sidewalk where the woman was walking with co-workers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre’s Western Psychiatric Hospital. The drum then went across a road before it came to rest against a pickup truck.
The woman, who suffered a head injury, was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later. Her name has not been released, and no other injuries were reported in the accident, which remains under investigation.
Pittsburg, PA
Main Access To Major Pittsburgh Mall To Close
MONROEVILLE, PA — The long-term closure of the Monroeville Mall Bridge over William Penn Highway/Business 22 will begin on May 28 at 6 a.m., PennDOT announced. The span provides the primary access to the mall.
The bridge connecting Business 22 and Don Drive will be closed around the clock in both directions through mid-August. Crews from Golden Triangle Construction will conduct bridge deck replacement work.
PennDOT’s suggested detours:
Eastbound
- Prior to the bridge, traffic on westbound Business 22 will turn left onto Mall Boulevard
- Turn right Mall Circle
- Follow Mall Circle to Don Drive
- End detour
Don Drive to Westbound Business 22
Pittsburg, PA
Trader Joe’s reportedly looking into opening location in Pittsburgh’s Strip District
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Another Trader Joe’s could be coming to the Pittsburgh region.
According to a report from our news partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the grocery store chain is scouting locations in the Strip District.
It’s believed that the site they are looking to put a new location possibly between the Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge and I-579 near the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.
As of now, there are three Trader Joe’s locations in Pittsburgh – East Liberty, South Hills, and McCandless Crossing.
“We’d love to see Trader Joe’s in Downtown or on the periphery,” Jeremy Waldrup, President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership told the PG.
Meanwhile, Trader Joe’s did not confirm to the Post-Gazette if they are actively looking into a Strip District location.
“We are actively looking at hundreds of neighborhoods across the country as we hope to open more neighborhood stores each year,” spokeswoman Nakia Rohde said to the PG.
Trader Joe’s, according to their website, has opened locations in Massachusetts, California, Washington, and New Jersey this year alone.
Pittsburg, PA
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey talks hosting 2026 NFL Draft:
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Mayor Ed Gainey is predicting a million people will attend the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh.
He spoke one-on-one with KDKA-TV hours after being joined by Governor Josh Shapiro and Steelers owner Art Rooney at an Acrisure Stadium press conference.
Speaking directly with KDKA, we asked the mayor about the impact the draft will have on the city, what he’s learned from past drafts.
“Today is a great day,” Gainey said. “It’s extremely exciting. I think it’s great for the city.”
Bringing the draft to Pittsburgh has been Gainey’s dream for some time. He’s made it a priority, he said, sharing he brought the idea to Art Rooney during their first meeting after Gainey took office. Gainey said the Steelers have six Super Bowl Titles, and are due to host a draft.
Gainey has watched the growth of the draft from an event inside of Radio City Music Hall to the massive outdoor event that travels to a new city each year.
“I think it explains the phenomenon of football in this nation and in this city, we are a football city we are a football county, we are a football region,” Gainey said.
It’s part of the reason he is predicting the 2026 Draft will be the biggest-ever. He thinks it could be especially popular for Pittsburgh natives who have moved away.
“This will give people the opportunity to come back and see the new Pittsburgh, see the new city, see how we are doing things nowadays,” Gainey said.
He thinks they’ll be impressed.
Also helping attendance reach those new heights is the proximity of Pittsburgh to other NFL cities, he said.
Asked by KDKA what he learned from his trip to the NFL Draft in Detroit, Gainey said collaboration with public safety services is critical.
That goes along with making people can move around without human gridlock.
“I think going there and and listening to them having it in downtown and the impact it had for businesses inside the city was critical for me to hear and know,” Gainey said.
We asked Gainey about if the city made any commitments to the NFL to land the draft.
He responded saying everyone involved has been able to talk about the services they would deliver.
When pressed for specific, Gainey said it’s something that could be discussed later.
The NFL did not require any tax breaks or incentives for the draft, Gainey told KDKA.
Gainey said the NFL is working out any logistical commitments they’d be making with the city.
Governor Shapiro said at the press conference earlier in the day that Pittsburgh would have the state’s support.
“The commonwealth will make the investment,” Shapiro said. “We’re prepared to make this an awesome experience for everybody.
The 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit brought 775,000 people to the city over the course of 3 days. Gainey said Pittsburgh can hit a million.
Visit Pittsburgh told KDKA last year that Allegheny County has 18,000 hotel rooms.
When we told the mayor about that figure, and asked if the city has the space for the million people he predicts will attend the draft, Gainey said he believes we do.
When pressed to learn where, Gainey said he doesn’t know if the 18,000 number includes Airbnbs. In addition he said he does not know if it includes the instances where people stay with family members.
He said counties around Pittsburgh, like Westmoreland, Washington, and Butler counties will all benefit as a lot of people will stay in hotels outside Allegheny County.
“As long as they are close they will stay at those hotels,” Gainey said.
During the early afternoon press conference, Visit Pittsburgh CEO Jerad Bachar said the NFL has spent a considerable amount of time in Pittsburgh figuring out logistics.
“They’re satisfied with everything that we have on offer, including the number of hotel rooms,” Bachar said.
Gainey said there is a lot of work ahead, but it will all be worth it.
“It’s all city, it’s all football, it’s all team. Let’s go get it,” Gainey said.
We also asked the mayor about the specific location of the draft stage and how Point State Park would be used.
He said the NFL hasn’t finalized those details yet so they don’t have anything they can share.
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