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Allegheny County health officials on Sunday reported a new highest single-day jump in new coronavirus cases as well as one new hospitalization and no new deaths. The county reported 96 new cases, six more than the previous high of 90 that were reported on Saturday. Health officials held a news...

Port Authority of Allegheny County on Thursday reported that another of its employees has tested positive for covid-19. Fifteen employees have tested positive for the coronavirus since the first case was reported on March 26, spokesman Adam Brandolph said. This is the first case involving a Port Authority employee since...

Leechburg Area School Board adopted a $15.3 million budget for the coming school year that increases taxes for West Leechburg property owners by 3.8%, but decreases taxes for ones in Leechburg and Gilpin. Board members voted 7-1 to adopt the budget during a virtual meeting Wednesday. Because Leechburg Area School...

Allegheny County health officials reported 37 new covid-19 cases, six new hospitalizations and no new deaths on Thursday. Covid-19 cases have been rising locally this week. The county on Wednesday reported 45 new cases, matching the number of new cases reported on Monday. The 45 cases reported Monday and Wednesday...

Allegheny County officials said there has been a community spread of covid-19 among young people, which could be detrimental to those most vulnerable to the virus. The county on Wednesday reported 45 new covid-19 cases, matching the number of new cases reported on Monday. The 45 cases reported Monday and...

A car crashed into a telephone pole in East Deer on Wednesday afternoon, bringing down wires, an Allegheny County 911 dispatcher said. The crash occurred just before 1:45 p.m. in the 200 block of Baileys Run Road. The location is by the entrance to southbound Route 28. The road was...

Allegheny County on Wednesday reported 45 new covid-19 cases, matching the number of new cases reported on Monday, and five new deaths. On Tuesday, the county reported 19 new covid-19 cases. The 45 cases reported Monday and Wednesday were the highest daily totals reported in nearly two months. During a...

Sue Wadsworth got a furry surprise Tuesday morning. A 1-pound kitten managed to get inside the engine of her SUV and take a four-mile ride from Allegheny Township to Leechburg, where it was pulled out unharmed after an hourlong rescue effort. “It was so cute,” Wadsworth said of the kitten....

Allegheny County reported 19 new covid-19 cases on Tuesday, a significant decrease from the 45 new cases that were reported on Monday. That brings Allegheny County’s total number of cases to 2,239. Of those, 2,100 are confirmed and 139 are probable cases. Five new coronavirus-related hospitalizations and one new death...

Allegheny County officials on Monday reported 45 new cases of covid-19 — the highest daily total in nearly two months — and warned residents to remain vigilant. County officials attributed the increase to people traveling outside the state and lowering their guard after the state eased lockdown restrictions. Too many...

A 58-year-old man who Allegheny County Police said was severely beaten in South Fayette has died. The victim was identified as Jeffery Harouse of Bridgeville, according to the county Medical Examiner’s office. He died Monday at UPMC Presbyterian after being assaulted the day before, according to police. South Fayette police...

Allegheny County reported 45 new coronavirus cases Monday, more than twice as many from the previous day. County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and Health Department Director Dr. Debra Bogen plan to hold a news briefing at 3 p.m. to provide information about the jump in new cases and what steps the...

Westmoreland County on Sunday reported 11 new covid-19 cases and no new deaths, increasing the total number of cases to 530, according to state health officials. Of the total number of covid-19 cases in Westmoreland County, 513 are confirmed and 17 are probable, state health officials said. No new deaths...

Pennsylvania state health officials on Sunday reported four more covid-19 deaths and 464 additional cases, bringing the state’s total number of cases to 81,730. A total of 6,423 people have died from the virus. There are 631 patients who have a positive serology test and either covid-19 symptoms or a...

Allegheny County health officials reported 17 new covid-19 cases, two new hospitalizations and no new deaths on Sunday. That brings the county’s coronavirus total to 2,175. Of those, 2,038 are confirmed cases and 137 are probable cases. More than 300 Allegheny County residents have been hospitalized for coronavirus-related issues since...

A 33-year-old man was shot in the stomach in Clairton late Saturday night, according to Allegheny County Police. Police said county 911 was notified of a shooting in the 500 block of Farnsworth Avenue shortly before 11:30 p.m. When first responders arrived, they found a man that had been shot...

Allegheny County Police say a man was critically injured after he was severely beaten in South Fayette on Sunday morning. Police said county 911 was notified of a unconscious 45-year-old man who appeared to be severely beaten in the 300 block of Ridgepoint Circle just before 7:30 a.m. The man...

Allegheny Township officials said they would be willing to explore a merger with neighboring West Leechburg, where residents are frustrated because Leechburg Area School Board is proposing a tax increase for borough property owners but not in other district municipalities. Combining with Allegheny Township would place the area that is...

Allegheny County health officials on Thursday reported nine new cases of the coronavirus in the county, three additional hospitalizations and no new deaths. The increase in cases brings the county’s total to 2,122 covid-19 cases since the first ones were identified March 14. The county reported no new cases Wednesday....

West Leechburg residents will sign a petition asking the Leechburg Area School District not to raise their property taxes this year and will look into the option of potentially being absorbed into Allegheny Township. These are some of the solutions borough residents came up with to address an ongoing taxing...

Police said a Butler woman stabbed her boyfriend to death in their apartment on Sunday. Butler City Police on Monday charged Shaina Ann Helen Grush, 31, with criminal homicide in connection to the death of Robert Wagner, 43. The two lived together in an apartment on the city’s West Jefferson...

Residents of Pittsburgh’s Highland Park got a visit Tuesday from a large black bear who decided the neighborhood was a good place to take a nap. Public Safety officials first tweeted about the bear, which weighs at least 250 pounds, around 1:15 p.m. At the time, it was calm and...

Allegheny County health officials reported 27 new covid-19 cases, one new death and no new hospitalizations on Tuesday. That brings the county’s total number of coronavirus cases to 2,113, including 1,979 confirmed cases and 134 probable cases, county health officials said. The total number of deaths increased by one to...

An annual Leechburg event that raises money for breast cancer research will not happen this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. This would have been the ninth year for Leechburg’s Pink Day, which since its inception has raised about $110,000 for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. “We could take a...

Allegheny County health officials reported seven new covid-19 cases, no new hospitalizations and no new deaths on Monday. The county’s coronavirus total now stands at 2,086, which includes 1,953 confirmed cases and 133 probable cases. Health care workers account for 14% of the county’s total cases. The total number of...