On February 27 and 28, Pittsburgh based H.J. Heinz Company announced the closure of two plants in Europe and the selling and closure of a factory in Canada. Since becoming a private company, Heinz has taken steps in becoming a more efficient, sustainable, and cost saving company....

Giant Eagle, a Pittsburgh based and regional grocery store announced last week of plans to expand into the Indianapolis market. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Giant Eagle has signed an agreement to build and open a Market District grocery store with a GetGo convenience...

According to local news sources the new American Airlines, which recently merged with U.S. Airlines has decided to close the local Moon Township flight operation center.  According to various news sources, the closure and eventual move of the center to Dallas/ Fort Worth Texas,...

In a city that used to be dominated by football, Pittsburgh has finally become a hockey town.  The city has been home to a National Hockey League (NHL) team since 1967. The Pittsburgh Penguins joined the NHL with the California Seals, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota North Stars,...

Pittsburgh has been the home of a National Hockey League (NHL) team since 1967.  The Pittsburgh Penguins joined the NHL with the California Seals, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota North Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, and St. Louis Blues in 1967 as an expansion team. The 1967 expansion...

The Christmas and Holiday Season in Pittsburgh is unique just like numerous other cities and towns.  It is a season when the city of Pittsburgh and numerous destinations seem to capture magic that is the air. Below is a short list and description of popular destinations in...

Pittsburgh is known as the Golden Triangle because of the land the city sits on.  It is at the famous ‘Point’ where travelers coming out of the Fort Pitt Tunnel see the signature fountain, the city skyline, and two rivers that meet to form one. The name given to the Fort...

Love him or hate him, Andrew Carnegie was a pioneer who help shaped the modern day United States. The Carnegie family immigrated to Pittsburgh from Scotland in 1848.  At a young age Andrew Carnegie was a worker who searched for the best but also the most efficient solutions...

The name Westinghouse is known worldwide.  Founder of 60 different companies, George Westinghouse, was an entrepreneur who became a pioneer in the manufacturing and technology field starting in the 1800s. The name Westinghouse is still around, but most of the companies he...

In 1968, Carneige Mellon University graduate George Romero, along with two friends John Russo and Russell Streiner, put Pittsburgh on the map as the setting for a soon to be cult classic film Night of the Living Dead. “Up through 1967, zombies were controlled until Romero...