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Peduto Barroom Scuffle, Pgh. News Anchor Babies & More: Weekly Wrap

Time to catch up on last week's top Pittsburgh Patch posts, presented as always in a convenient linkable format.

Former Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto (file photo).
Former Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto (file photo). (Getty Images)

PITTSBURGH, PA — Former Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto has kept a relatively low profile since leaving office in December 2021. But he found himself back in the news last week for a reason few probably would have anticipated.

Peduto was sitting in Cappy's, a bar on Walnut Street in Shadyside long known as his favorite watering hole, when a group began to heckle him. Next thing you know, Peduto pushed one of the hecklers and then suddenly found himself on the floor of the bar.

Not the most dignified way for the former mayor to spend a Saturday night.

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