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Giant Eagle to limit number of people allowed in stores
Giant Eagle said Monday it will begin limiting the number of customers who can shop at each store at one time. “As supermarkets, convenience stores and pharmacies remain in operation as essential community resources, we believe it’s vital to heighten our social distancing and sanitization procedures throughout the store,” company...
Pennsylvania jobless claims exceed 1 million since outbreak
More than one million people filed unemployment compensation claims in Pennsylvania since March 15, state Department of Labor and Industry officials told reporters Monday. The exact number — 1,134,053 — eclipses any surge in unemployment in memory. It also represents a 2,735% increase in the number of claims (40,000) from...
Pittsburgh zoo announces furloughs for more than 40 employees
The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium is temporarily laying off one-third of its workforce because of the covid-19 pandemic, zoo officials announced Monday. “This was an incredibly painful and challenging decision,” zoo President and CEO Barbara Baker said in a statement. “Every effort was made and avenue explored in an...
Robocalls dwindle during coronavirus pandemic
Even the robots are listening to worldwide recommendations to keep our distance from each other. Although robocalls are automated, call centers where they’re managed are closed or have otherwise reduced their operations, Los Angeles Times business columnist David Lazarus noted last week. Lazarus heard from a couple who noticed a...
Former East Carnegie fire chief accused of stealing $84K from department
The former chief of the East Carnegie Volunteer Fire Department is accused of stealing more than $84,000 from the department between 2012 and 2019, according to a criminal complaint filed this week. Adam Kauer, 38, of Bethel Park, turned himself in Wednesday to detectives from the Allegheny County District Attorney’s...
Giant Eagle in Shadyside offers special curbside pickup hours for health care workers
The Market District in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood will be offering reserved curbside pickup time slots for health care workers in the area, Giant Eagle announced Wednesday. “We are extremely aware of and grateful for the sacrifices health care workers make every day in order to provide much-needed care for our...
Lawrenceville's Restaurant Depot not just for restaurant owners during coronavirus pandemic 
With restaurants open only for takeout and delivery, the wholesaler that supplies them is opening its doors to everyone during the covid-19 outbreak. Restaurant Depot’s location in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood became open to the public this week, company president Richard Kirschner said. “Imagine Costco and then just amplify that entirely”...
United Way, PA 211 helpline now offering text service to provide reliable covid-19 information
Phones are ringing day and night and staffing has been doubled to deal with the volume of covid-19 related calls at a United Way helpline established here nine years ago. Bobbi Watt Geer, president and CEO of the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania said calls to the regional 2-1-1 helpline...
Analyst: Egg prices jump as demand increases during pandemic
The price of an 18-pack of large eggs was $2.59 Monday at the Giant Eagle in the Edgewood Towne Centre. On Sept. 21, 2019, a similar package of eggs from the same store was $1.99. Nationwide, sales of eggs have doubled since January. People are buying more when they shop...
PNC, Eat'n Park team up to provide food with United Way of Southwestern Pa.
The charitable arm of Pittsburgh-based PNC is teaming up with the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania to create a fund to help feed families in the region during the coronavirus pandemic. The PNC Foundation made a $1 million donation to the United Way to create the Students and Families Food...
Shapiro: Pennsylvanians can't be evicted during covid-19 pandemic
Landlords are not permitted to evict tenants during the state of emergency spurred by the covid-19 pandemic, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said Tuesday. All courts have been closed to eviction proceedings since March 18 through at least April 3 as part of a statewide shutdown to halt the spread...
UPMC: Employees will be paid at current rate through May 9
UPMC employees will be paid at their current rate for their normally scheduled hours even if they are assigned to a different job during the covid-19 pandemic, officials said Monday. UPMC said it is implementing a staffing and pay protection program so that staff who may be assigned to do...
Police: Woman grazed by gunfire after shots fired on border of East Liberty, Garfield
A woman refused to be taken to the hospital after she was grazed by gunfire Sunday evening on the border of Pittsburgh’s East Liberty and Garfield neighborhoods, Pittsburgh public safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said. City police were alerted to the gunfire by ShotSpotter and 911 calls shortly before 6 p.m....
Inmate at state prison in Montgomery County diagnosed with covid-19
An inmate in the state prison system tested positive for covid-19, according to Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Sec. John Wetzel. “An inmate at SCI Phoenix (Montgomery County) with underlying health conditions has tested positive for COVID-19,” Wetzel said in a statement. “The inmate is in the prison’s infirmary and is...
Priest who serves in Pittsburgh's Oakland-area grouping tests positive for covid-19
A priest who had been in isolation as a result of being exposed to someone else who tested positive for covid-19 has himself been diagnosed with the disease, the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh said. The Rev. Adam Potter, who served as an assistant priest for the parishes in the city’s...
Attorney visits suspended at Allegheny County Jail
Attorney visits have been temporarily suspended at the Allegheny County Jail because of covid-19, county officials announced Thursday. Instead, attorneys can confer with incarcerated clients over the phone , court administrator Christopher Conners said in a statement. The jail has created a form for attorneys to apply to receive authorization...
911th Airlift Wing modifies operations because of coronavirus
The commander of the 911th Airlift Wing in Moon has modified base operations because of covid-19. The 911th, adjacent to the Pittsburgh International Airport, will allow service members to work remotely, limit access to the base and limit off-base travel to essential needs, according to a news release. There are...
Jewish Community Center hosts blood drives, provides take-home meals in Pittsburgh 
The Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh is working to find ways to help the community during its closure. The JCC has been closed to normal operations since March 14, the center’s Squirrel Hill buildings on Darlington Road were bustling Wednesday as it hosted a blood drive and worked to...
Need food? There's a stocked pantry on a porch in Dormont
A Dormont woman is doing her part to help those who need it, while continuing to practice recommended social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. Carla Chugani has a food pantry on her porch stocked with necessities donated by others who want to help. The pantry, on the porch of Chugani’s...
Self-quarantined Pittsburgh cops were not exposed to coronavirus, officials say
Pittsburgh police officers who were self-isolating after they responded to a Monday call where a person had symptoms of covid-19 are back on duty after test results confirmed the person didn’t have the disease, city Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri said. The officer responded to a two-vehicle crash at noon...
Police: Missing Mt. Oliver teen found safe
A 14-year-old Mt. Oliver girl who had been missing since early Monday was located by police, authorities told Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. London Rutherford was thought to be with a friend in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood, police said. Officers announced Wednesday morning she had been located and was back home....
Port Authority to reduce bus, light rail service by 25%
Bus and light rail service will be cut back because of decreasing use during the coronavirus pandemic, Port Authority of Allegheny County officials said Monday. The service will be decreased by about 25% starting Wednesday. The reduction comes after Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday that Allegheny County was among...
PLCB: Wine, liquor sales set record day before state stores closed
Pennsylvania’s decision to close its Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores on March 17 because of the coronavirus pandemic triggered the highest single-day sales in at least a decade, according to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. The PLCB reported about $29.9 million in sales on March 16, the day the...
Officials team up to combat secondary outbreak of fraud, price-gouging amid coronovirus pandemic
The Pittsburgh region’s top state and federal law enforcement authorities announced Thursday they are teaming up to form the Western Pennsylvania Covid-19 Fraud Task Force to investigate and prosecute those committing fraud during the coronavirus outbreak. “Our goal is simple: We seek to ensure there is no gap between the...
Hempfield man charged in theft scheme involving 2 Allegheny County school districts
A 45-year-old Hempfield man turned himself in to Allegheny County detectives Wednesday on charges he stole about $31,000 from two area school districts last year, according to the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office. John Trageser is accused of theft, forgery and other crimes for allegedly devising a scheme where two...


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