Episode Details

You better think twice before grabbing your cell phone on PA roads. New distracted driving rules take effect in June, and you could face $200 in fees if you get caught texting or talking — even while stopped at a red light. City Cast Pittsburgh’s Megan Harris & Sophia Lo share some new news about the mayoral election (turnout wasn’t all bad?); why the South Side was transformed into an 1800s movie set (and how you can get involved); why Dick’s Sporting Goods is on a spending spree (sneakers and Skenes!); and how to get an Uber Eats coupon just for ordering Heinz.

Notes and references from today’s show:

• Analyzing the voting data behind O’Connor’s Pittsburgh mayoral primary win — and Gainey’s loss [90.5 WESA]
• O’Connor routed Gainey in 14th Ward and consolidated opposition to unseat Pittsburgh mayor [PublicSource]
• Pennsylvania’s distracted driving law set to take effect [90.5 WESA]
• PA Law: Distracted Driving [pa.gov]
• New Pennsylvania law bans all handheld devices behind the wheel [WPVI]
• How Well Do You Know Pittsburgh? Take This Quiz! [City Cast Pittsburgh]
• Pirates Mac Miller celebration [MLB]
• Dick’s Sporting Goods to acquire Foot Locker for $2.4 billion in effort to corner Nike market [CNBC]  
• 'Broken everything': Kavan Markwood hasn't watched his fall from Clemente Wall during Pirates game [TribLive]
• Kraft Heinz and Uber Eats Team Up to Launch HEINZ Verified: A New Program That Shows Consumers Which Restaurants Serve HEINZ [Kraft Heinz] 
• Production of Milton Hershey biopic comes to Pittsburgh's South Side [KDKA]
• Hershey – Pittsburgh Feature Film Background Casting [Pittsburgh Film Office]
• Summer Concert Series [Allegheny County] 
• Movies in the Parks [Allegheny County]
• Dollar Bank Cinema In The Park [City of Pittsburgh]

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