Nebby News

Hey Pittsburgh! Yinzy here with Nebby News Now, your quick local pulse from the Burgh. Here is the context behind the stories worth your attention this week. First up, Penn State fraternities face drug charges, hazing accusations ahead of 2026-27 school. Penn State fraternities face drug charges, hazing accusations ahead of 2026-27 school year With just a week to go before classes start at Penn State University, several of the school’s fraternities have become the subjects of investigations. Next up, Pennsylvania's Falling School Vaccination Rates and Enforcement Failures. A six-month Pittsburgh Post-Gazette investigation reveals that thousands of Pennsylvania children are attending school without required vaccinations, despite no legal exemptions, due to widespread enforcement failures by school leaders. The report includes a searchable database of vaccination rates for over 3,000 schools and highlights the risk of measles outbreaks in communities like Pittsburgh. A six-month Pittsburgh Post-Gazette investigation found that school leaders have allowed thousands of children into schools without all the required vaccines even though they had no special exemptions that let them forgo the shots on religious. Our next story, NFL Draft worth $1.5 billion to Pittsburgh in global exposure, report claims. A new set of studies totaling the impact of the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh claims the event was worth more than $1.5 billion in economic value for the city. The report released Monday by VisitPittsburgh said the draft strengthened the Steel City’s brand well beyond what paid advertising could have achieved, positioning Pittsburgh to attract future visitors, conventions, and business investment. “The visibility, reputation and momentum generated over the past two years have fundamentally. Also this week, Red-Alert: Pittsburgh begins use of automated red-light cameras. Automated red-light cameras are being introduced to some of Pittsburgh’s busiest intersections. Two years after city councilor Erika Strassburger introduced the bill , the city implemented their Automated Red-Light Enforcement (ARLE) program. “While we have worked for over a decade now to make our intersections safer through engineering, through traffic calming, through other methods,” said Strassburger, “what's really been lacking here has been enforcement.” This program intends to limit traffic incidents by changing driving culture through increased enforcement. All. And for our final story, Pittsburgh's Panther Hollow Bridge reopens after 2 years. A key bridge connecting Oakland to Squirrel Hill will fully reopen for the first time in two years. While the Panther Hollow Bridge temporarily allowed cars for July’s Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, the Schenley Park roadway has been closed since Oct. 2024 . Reported concerns during a safety inspection prompted the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to assess the structure. The department then worked with inspectors. That is the week in the Burgh. Take a look at yinzider dot com, and we will be back next Monday with another Nebby.