{"id":78972,"date":"2026-01-06T04:35:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T04:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/78972\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T04:35:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T04:35:19","slug":"pittsburgh-city-council-swears-in-new-representative-for-district-2-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/78972\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh City Council swears in new representative for District 2 \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH  \u2014 It wasn\u2019t only Mayor Corey O\u2019Connor who was sworn into service on Monday. Four Pittsburgh City Council members were sworn in, too. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">RELATED COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/its-time-become-city-hope-corey-oconnor-sworn-pittsburghs-62nd-mayor\/3O3DUD7WUFBONO2AFJC6KYWE64\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/its-time-become-city-hope-corey-oconnor-sworn-pittsburghs-62nd-mayor\/3O3DUD7WUFBONO2AFJC6KYWE64\/\">\u2018It\u2019s time to become a city of hope\u2019: Corey O\u2019Connor sworn in as Pittsburgh\u2019s 62nd mayor<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The newest city council member, Kim Salinetro, will be representing District 2. She\u2019s taking over for Councilwoman Theresa Kail-Smith, who retired at the end of her term. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">RELATED COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/theresa-kail-smith-reflects-nearly-17-years-pittsburgh-city-council\/DBZWWV3LLVHWRHXZB6J5UAPT6I\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/theresa-kail-smith-reflects-nearly-17-years-pittsburgh-city-council\/DBZWWV3LLVHWRHXZB6J5UAPT6I\/\">Theresa Kail-Smith reflects on nearly 17 years on Pittsburgh City Council<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cDistrict 2 is a very special and unique place, as is our city,\u201d Salinetro said. \u201cI\u2019ve lived in this district my entire life, and I am honored and proud to be able to continue to serve and move this forward.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Council members Anthony Coghill, Erika Strassburger and Daniel Lavelle were all sworn in as well. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/local-firefighter-killed-by-complete-stranger-while-date-state-police-say\/PDO3SQOZ4NAHDL6II5EE4VF3WE\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man accused of shooting, killing complete stranger without saying a word <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/high-school-student-allegedly-grazed-by-bullet-duquesne\/L6D24I2RV5FQ3BJQGJR2CJKRBQ\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">High school student \u2018allegedly grazed\u2019 by bullet in Duquesne <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/man-hits-north-huntingdon-police-cruiser-head-on-during-multi-county-high-speed-chase\/5JM7IBFD7BDVJIFVVOUVSCREIA\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man hits North Huntingdon police cruiser head-on during multi-county high-speed chase <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/station\/attention-verizon-fios-customers-you-could-lose-access-wpxi-tv\/RDWO7VMUKRHCJNB2S7UXZ2HZFM\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Verizon\/Fios Blocks Viewers Access to WPXI-TV 11<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/part-parkway-east-closed-due-police-activity\/L3PWOUXHVFCQRJZEIACWOSZTPQ\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Part of Parkway East reopens after police activity <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 It wasn\u2019t only Mayor Corey O\u2019Connor who was sworn into service on Monday. 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