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  • Grant Street in Pittsburgh reopened to 1 lane after being closed due to popping manhole covers

    04/03/2025 7:42:40 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 4 replies
    TribLive ^ | 4/2/25 | Julia Burdelski
    Pittsburgh police have reopened Grant Street to one lane after it was closed to traffic in Downtown Pittsburgh as at least two manhole covers along the thoroughfare popped loose, one with a thunderous boom, around noon Tuesday. The cause was traced to a fire affecting high voltage wires under Grant Street, according to Emily Bourne, a police spokeswoman. Pressure built up beneath the street and dislodged the manhole covers, she said. People could feel the initial blast a block away at the Allegheny County Courthouse. No one was injured, according to Public Safety Director Lee Schmidt.
  • Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder under arrest in $60 million bribery case

    07/21/2020 7:45:53 AM PDT · by chuck allen · 106 replies
    Fox19 ^ | 7/21/20 | Jennifer Edwards Baker
    CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder is under arrest in connection with a $61 million federal bribery case, a source close to the investigation said Tuesday. An FBI spokesman confirmed Tuesday FBI agents are on scene conducting law enforcement activity in the area of Householder’s Glenford Farm in Perry County, and it’s connected to an announcement coming this afternoon from federal officials involving $60 million in bribes paid to a state official and associates. He also confirmed it is connected to an announcement earlier this morning from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio related...