Pittsburgh Mills has spent much of its 20-year existence as part of the discussion about dying malls around the area adn the country.

But lately, it’s potholes — not vacancies — that have people talking. These are not ordinary potholes — we’re talking three-foot-wide, one-foot-deep, bone-rattling holes that have damaged cars and deterred shoppers. For years, owner Namdar Realty has done little to fix roads.

It wasn’t until Monday that a crew hired by the mall appeared to patch the worst of the potholes. However, a full repair job is estimated to cost $4.5 million.

TribLive followed the story as it snowballed into code violations, a civil suit, and even criminal charges against the mall’s owners.

TribLive reporter Jack Troy talks with fellow reporter Shaylah Brown about the story.

Since the Springdale smokestacks fell in the summer of 2023, the Cheswick Generating Plant’s boiler structure has stared down its final days. For almost two years, lawsuits, weather conditions and delays have hindered the final deconstruction efforts.

That changed on March 8 when the remaining portion of the structure was pulled down.

Kellen Stepler joins host Zac Gibson to discuss the details of the Springdale plant structures from their inception to their impending demolition.

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 1 out of every 365 Black people has sickle cell disease and the sickle cell trait affects 10% of Black people, compared to .3% of white people.

Although the disease disproportionately affects Black people, it also has been seen in Hispanic people and those of Middle Eastern descent.

Nearly 4,000 Pennsylvanians were reported to be living with sickle cell disease by the end of 2020, according to the state Sickle Cell Disease Community-Based Services and Support Program.

But recent medical achievements have made the mission of treating and even curing the disease a little more hopeful.

TribLive reporter Shaylah Brown brings a look inside the experience of a Pittsburgh family living with the effects of Sickle cell disease, the hope of a new treatment, and the barriers many will face while pursuing them.

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In the American latchkey era, if a child went missing, law enforcement and the local community utilized tools of the time, milk cartons, print publications and a community network, to gain and share information to help find the missing child.

Time has since afforded progressions in culture and technology that have prove invaluable as tools to track and recover missing children today. Biometrics and social media are helping to locate some of the 460,000 children reported missing each year.

TribLive reporter Jack Troy discusses how law enforcement hope these advancements will aid in solving the 40-year-long case of Cherrie Mahan, the 8-year-old who disappeared Feb. 22, 1985, from a bus stop near her home in rural Winfield.

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Flu cases are spiking in Western Pennsylvania and hospitals are dealing with increased patient traffic.

Some people have tried to fight the flu by turning to alternative practices. While most homeopathic remedies are ineffective, there are some practices that can shorten your sick time, experts say.

Megan swift joins host Zac Gibson with more details.

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Marc Fogel, the 63-year-old Butler native and former Oakmont teacher, was released Tuesday and is back in the United States.

Fogel, an American history teacher, spent 1,278 days in a Russian penal colony after being was arrested in Moscow on Aug. 14, 2021, for taking prescribed medical marijuana into the country where he was about to begin his tenth and final year teaching at the Anglo-American School.

He was left behind in a prisoner exchange in August during the Biden administration. He finally received “wrongfully detained” status from the U.S. government in December.

Now, a month into the second Trump administration, the White House secured Fogel’s release.

TribLive community editor Lori Falce and reporter Megan Swift spoke with host Zac Gibson about the stunning turn of events.

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Seton Hill University in Greensburg has decided to place its student-run newspaper on indefinite hiatus.

While the Setonian’s shuttering came as a surprise to some students, university representatives and the organization’s longtime adviser said the newspaper needs to change and the journalism major needs to regain student interest.

TribLive reporter and former Editor-in-chief at Penn State’s The Daily Collegian, Megan Swift, discusses the story and looks at traditional journalism’s adaptability in today’s digital age with host Zac Gibson.

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President Donald Trump made his return to the White House when he was sworn in last week.

In his first week, he signed more executive orders than any other president. These swift actions signaled the beginnings of the second Trump administration’s attempts to make good on promises made during campaign season.

The executive orders range in variety and focus from “ending illegal discrimination and restoring merit-based opportunity,” which ended federal DEI programs and identified them as illegal, to withdrawing from the World Health Organization.

During the inaugural prayer service on Jan. 21, Washington’s Bishop of the Episcopal church Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde took time during her sermon to give advice and remind Trump of his duty to all the people of the country.

TribLive Community Engagement Editor Lori Falce and Zac Gibson discuss Budde’s sermon and the new tone in Washington.

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It’s been brutally cold this week in Western Pennsylvania.

But, for some people, the job doesn’t stop just because the temperature drops.

Justin Vellucci joins host Zac Gibson bringing the experience of Western Pennsylvania’s winter weather workers. This episode centers on stories and strategies from those workers to survive and thrive in the elements.

This is ‘From the Newsroom.’