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How to vote in Election 2020: A user’s guide
This guide will be updated as Election Day approaches. If you have questions not addressed here, please contact Tribune-Review staff writer Julia Felton at jfelton@triblive.com. Editor’s note: An earlier version contained incorrect information about mail-in ballots. Voters sign the back of the mailing envelope, not the ballot itself. The basics...
Allegheny County sends out 1st batch of mail-in, absentee ballots
Allegheny County officials on Thursday announced that they have begun sending mail-in and absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 election. The first batch of ballots — approximately 20,000 of them — were delivered to the post office on Wednesday, officials said. On Thursday, an additional 50,000 ballots were delivered to...
Tony’s Pizza Cafe renovates, expands menu during covid-19 closuresVideo
Not even a pandemic could hinder Andrea “Tony” Coppola’s passion for his restaurant. Coppola owns Tony’s Pizza Cafe in Buffalo Township. The restaurant offers an assortment of house-made gourmet pizzas, including Hawaiian, Greek, buffalo chicken and Philly cheesesteak. “We are a very gourmet pizza style,” Coppola said. The fan favorite,...
Freeport Area School District Foundation golf outing to raise money for classroom grants
The Freeport Area School District Foundation is hosting a golf outing Sunday to support classroom grants for teachers in the district. The annual event raises money to support teachers’ initiatives in the classroom, said Bobbi Jo O’Shell, Freeport Area School District Foundation executive director. Teachers in any of Freeport’s schools...
Freeport Renaissance Association hosting free outdoor concerts
Freeport Riverside Park will be filled with the sounds of music Friday and Saturday. The Freeport Renaissance Association — a community organization that works to beautify and promote Freeport — will host this weekend’s outdoor concerts. Let’s Duet, a classic rock show, will start at 7 p.m. Friday. Saturday’s Country...
Gov. Wolf urges legislature to give $225 million to frontline workers’ hazard pay
Gov. Tom Wolf urged the legislature Thursday to allocate an additional $225 million to the Hazard Pay Program, which offers temporary pay increases for frontline workers during the covid-19 pandemic. Wolf announced the first wave of Hazard Pay Program funding in July. The program distributed $50 million in hazard pay...
Allegheny County arts community to get more than $3M in state grants
Thirteen arts and cultural entities in Allegheny County will receive more than $3 million in state grant funds. They include (figures rounded): • National Aviary: $221,000 • The Andy Warhol Museum: $263,000 • The Mattress Factory art museum: $80,000 • Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh: $302,000 • Pittsburgh Symphony: $500,000 •...
Giant Eagle pledges $500K to feeding students, with $125K for Greater Pittsburgh food bank
With many schools beginning virtual instruction, some students and families are facing the dilemma of how to provide healthy meals for their children this year. Businesses and local organizations are coming together to help ensure those students are fed. Giant Eagle pledged $500,000 to regional Feeding America food banks with...
Freeport school board votes against quicker return to in-person instruction
Freeport Area School Board on Thursday voted against changing the district’s back-to-school plan to allow students back in the classroom sooner. At a meeting Thursday, several parents asked the school board to reconsider having students do remote learning only until at least Sept. 21. The back-to-school plan could allow for...
At least 1 injured in crash involving car, tractor-trailer in Buffalo
At least one person was injured Friday afternoon in a crash that involved a tractor-trailer and a car in Buffalo Township. The crash was reported at 1:16 p.m. on Sarver Road, according to a Butler County 911 dispatcher. The person in the car was temporarily trapped in the vehicle. That...
Landmark train caboose moves to new home along Butler-Freeport Community Trail
The caboose that stood outside of the former landmark Cooper Station Restaurant in Winfield moved to a new home along the Butler-Freeport Community Trail on Friday. The caboose had been at the restaurant since 1994, according to Chris Ziegler, president of the Butler-Freeport Community Trail Council. The restaurant closed early...
Lernerville Speedway expects 1,000 people for Back-to-School race event
Lernerville Speedway is gearing up to host about 1,000 people at its annual Back-to-School Bus and Kids Bike Races night on Saturday. The facility, which can seat 12,000, has enough space for social distancing with 1,000 people in attendance, said Lernerville owner John Tomson. “We are absolutely, totally covid compliant,”...
Pittsburgh Public Schools have technical difficulties on 1st school day
The first day of classes at Pittsburgh Public Schools on Tuesday morning was marred by technical difficulties. Parents took to social media to inform the district of their technology’s shortcomings. Some parents said their students couldn’t log in on the laptops the district provided. Others cited issues with specific platforms...
South Side bar closed by Allegheny Co. for crowd of ‘too many to count’
The Allegheny County Health Department last week ordered the South Side bar Oddballs to close for seven days after it was found violating covid-19 mitigation orders. Officials observed more than 200 people inside the East Carson Street establishment, according to a Food Safety Assessment Report. There were “too many to...
Mutt Strut event providing medical service dogs to veterans moves to online platform
For retired Army Captain John Kelly, dog is much more than man’s best friend. His dog, an 88-pound German Shepherd named Ranger, is “a doctor with four legs and a coat of fur.” Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs — a national nonprofit that trains and donates service dogs to veterans...
As covid-19 changes political campaigns, airport stops are nothing new
Covid-19 has changed the landscape of political campaigning as the presidential election draws near. President Donald Trump, who is scheduled to visit Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity on Thursday evening, has been forced to trade in his large-scale Make America Great Again rallies for simpler, smaller stops. Thursday’s airport...
Pittsburgh expert: 6 important things to know about covid testing and going to sporting events
As the covid-19 pandemic continues, questions regarding testing, vaccines and quarantine are constantly evolving. Dr. Amesh Adalja, a Pittsburgh-based infectious disease and critical care physician and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, answered a range of questions from the Trib today. Trib: There’s been a lot...
Allegheny Health Network announces latest covid-19 testing schedule
Allegheny Health Network has released its latest covid-19 testing schedule for the mobile clinic and community sports through Sept. 12. Testing locations will be closed on Sept. 7 for Labor Day. To receive a covid-19 test at an AHN testing site, patients must be experiencing covid-19 symptoms — including fever,...
Freeport Area School District to play fall sports
Freeport Area School Board unanimously voted to approve fall sports with covid-19 guidelines in place. The school board opened its Tuesday meeting with several messages from parents who said their children needed sports for their mental and physical health, college recruitment opportunities and socialization. “Kids are not as resilient as...
Pittsburgh Public School employees who distributed laptops showing covid-19 symptoms
Two Pittsburgh Public Schools employees from Montessori PreK-5 are experiencing covid-19 symptoms after participating in a technology distribution event at Montessori on Friday. The district said both employees were wearing personal protective equipment and abiding by social distancing guidelines during the distribution. Both employees have been tested and are awaiting...
Car crashes at shooting scene in New Kensington, 2 days after another daylight street shooting in Arnold
Officials were investigating a shooting in New Kensington on Saturday, two days after a similar incident in the same area just over the border in Arnold. A Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher said the incident occurred at about 4:30 p.m. in the 1300 block of Leishman Avenue, near Catalpa Street and...
New Kensington man rescued after falling 60 feet over steep hillside
The New Kensington Fire Department and EMS crews rescued a man who fell from a hillside Saturday afternoon. The man fell over a hillside in the 300 block of Fernledge Drive. He was doing yard work when he lost his balance and fell about 60 feet, according to New Kensington...
Pittsburgh journalist reflects on encounter between Chadwick Boseman, Ben Roethlisberger
There was a special guest at the Pittsburgh Steelers Family Fest at Heinz Field in August 2019. Chadwick Boseman, the actor best known for his starring role as T’Challa in “Black Panther,” was in Pittsburgh and stopped by to watch the Steelers practice. Boseman died of cancer on Friday at...
North Hills School District teacher, student test positive for covid-19
North Hills School District announced Saturday that a third-grade teacher at Highcliff Elementary School and a student at North Hills High School tested positive for covid-19. The teacher was in the school Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, before symptoms appeared Wednesday evening. She was not in the building on Thursday or...
Police: New York man steals school bus in Buffalo Township, drives it back home
A man was arrested in New York after allegedly stealing a school bus in Buffalo Township. The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office announced on Facebook that they had arrested Justin M. Preedom, 30, of Avon, N.Y., on charges of felony possession of stolen property. Last Monday, Aug. 24, sheriff’s deputies responded...
