Salem's Market agrees to sell closed grocery store to Macedonia Church of Pittsburgh
The church plans to reopen a full-service grocery store in the Hill District.
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Lauren Linder is a passionate, Emmy Award-winning journalist, who joined KDKA in December 2022. She wanted to report in Pittsburgh for a long time and is thrilled to do so at such a historic station as KDKA.
It's an honor for Lauren to inform people about what's happening in their community. She's dedicated to the craft of journalism, loves to dig into stories, hold officials accountable, and personalize her storytelling through the eyes of those most impacted. During her time in Pittsburgh, Lauren played a major role in reporting on the shooting death of Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntire and the East Palestine toxic train derailment, which earned her an Emmy in 2023.
Before moving to the Steel City, Lauren sharpened her reporting chops in different parts of the country, most recently, for WTNH-TV in her home state of Connecticut. Prior to returning to the East Coast, she reported for WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee, WI. There, Lauren led coverage on multiple stories of national interest, including the mass shooting at Molson Coors, the Kenosha police shooting of Jacob Blake, and the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 presidential election.
Lauren is proud of her award-winning, investigative work from her time in Milwaukee, that's sparking positive change. After months of analyzing documents, she revealed a loophole in Wisconsin's motor vehicle agency, which allowed a man to get a legal driver's license despite a record of drinking and driving. Her reporting influenced state lawmakers to draft legislation to close the gap.
Previously, Lauren worked as a reporter for WTEN-TV in Albany, NY. Stories spanned far and wide from city life in New York's Capital Region, up to Saratoga Springs and Lake George, and to the Berkshires in Massachusetts and Bennington County in Vermont. She was committed to uncovering a history of sexual misconduct at Emma Willard School, and seeking answers on the nationally-covered Christmas quadruple homicide in Troy. Lauren also broke the viral news of a young girl getting stuck on a cable ride at Six Flags.
She started her professional career as a multimedia journalist, producer and fill-in anchor for WSAW-TV and WZAW-TV in Wausau. There, Lauren reported on the investigation into the overprescribing of opioids at the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 2016 presidential rallies and the Antigo High School prom shooting.
Lauren graduated from the Indiana University School of Journalism - Bloomington, IN, specializing in broadcast journalism. During her time at IU, she interned for the news departments at WCBS-TV in New York, NY and WBNS-TV (10TV) in Columbus, OH. Lauren also reported for the PBS/NPR station in Bloomington, IN, WTIU/WFIU, and worked for more than three years as a multimedia journalist and anchor at IU's student-run station, IUSTV.
What she loves about being a broadcast journalist is having the opportunity to meet and talk to new people and the unpredictable nature that comes along with the job.
When she's not working, Lauren enjoys exploring the city, working out, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.
The church plans to reopen a full-service grocery store in the Hill District.
Sources close to the investigation of a school bus crash in Economy Borough told KDKA-TV that two people remain hospitalized.
The crash remains under investigation.
Several members of a Pittsburgh-area junior high school football team were injured when their bus was involved in a crash Saturday morning.
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a house fire on the same property where an explosion took place last month.
A former leader of a longtime community club in New Kensington is accused of stealing from the very organization he once helped run.
The social media post showed people taping fireworks to the backs of mice and igniting the fireworks.
Court records reveal a 2-year-old boy was walking alone for about two blocks in McKees Rocks in a dirty diaper last week.
Two weeks after police charged an alleged drunk driver for killing a West Mifflin man, the victim's family is taking action.
Troopers on scene told KDKA that the public was not in any danger.
A family in Upper St. Clair was displaced after a fire at their home on Wednesday morning.
A missing 5-year-old boy with autism from McKeesport was found dead on Monday, officials said.
The explosions at the U.S. Steel Clairton plant on Monday not only rattled homes across the area, but they rattled nerves.
A man who died following multiple explosions at the U.S. Steel Clairton plant on Monday has been identified as Timothy Quinn.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio is calling for answers and more transparency when it comes to ICE.