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With new mitigation orders, operational changes made at Allegheny County parks
The Allegheny County Parks Department is the latest entity to announce operational changes after Gov. Tom Wolf this week issued new orders to help curb the spread of covid-19. According to the parks department, all indoor facility rentals and sports and fitness programs including flag football, hockey leagues, hockey lessons...
Allegheny County sets record for new covid cases for 2nd time in a week
Allegheny County set a record for new covid-19 cases Friday. There were 1,322 new covid cases reported, breaking the previous record set Dec. 5 by 125 cases. This is the fourth time that new reported cases have eclipsed 1,000, all of which have come this month. New patients range in...
Man charged with homicide, robbery in November shooting in Wilkinsburg
Allegheny County Police have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a fatal November shooting in Wilkinsburg. Elyzah Cecil King-Bradley is charged with criminal homicide in the death of Emanuel Deshawn Johnson, 35, who was found dead inside a vehicle after county police responded to the shooting shortly before 8...
Gov. Tom Wolf halts indoor dining, suspends school sports as part of new restrictionsVideo
After weeks spent imploring Pennsylvanians to stay home as much as possible, limit their in-person interactions and wear a mask, Gov. Tom Wolf and the state secretary of Health issued new orders shutting down indoor dining, gyms, school sports and more as cases and deaths across the commonwealth continue to...
Port Authority leadership urges prioritizing transit workers for covid-19 vaccine
Port Authority of Allegheny County leaders have asked Pennsylvania’s governor and Secretary of Health to prioritize transit workers when the covid-19 vaccine becomes available, according to a letter sent earlier this week. The letter, addressed to Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine, comes days after the Port Authority...
AHN appoints vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion
Allegheny Health Network on Thursday announced the appointment of a vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion. Veronica Villalobos will fill the position, working closely with AHN’s recently hired Chief Clinical Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Dr. Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew. Together, they’ll strive to build an inclusive workforce and address health disparities...
Allegheny County commits another $2M to programs for needy
With covid-19 on the rise again and more help needed for those impacted by the pandemic, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald has announced the county is committing an additional $2 million to programs through the United Way. The United Way’s Students and Families Food Relief Fund will receive $1 million...
Retired Air Force B-52 navigator honored for decades of service to veterans
It all started by glancing up for Richard Narushoff. Narushoff, 75, of Monroeville remembers being 3 years old when he saw his first airplane flying through the sky. “I figured I’d fly someday,” he said. “I guess it’s always been in my mind.” Those memories came back recently after he...
Allegheny County reports 1,166 new covid cases, 2nd-highest daily tally
Allegheny County on Thursday reported its second-highest number of cases recorded in a single day with 1,166. This raises the total cases since March to 36,707. The county’s seven-day case average climbed to a record 881, and the seven-day case total recorded a new high of 6,164. Of the new...
Ross OK’s Port Authority’s plan to double size of park-n-ride facility
Ross commissioners have approved the Port Authority’s plan to double the number of spaces available at its park-and-ride lot in the township to relieve congestion. But the unanimous vote on Dec. 8 to green-light the project comes with a hitch — if traffic near the lot spikes because of the...
Hundreds of toys gathered at Plum’s sixth Stuff-A-Bus eventVideo
Awesome. It was the only word Shari Klein could find as she participated in Plum Borough School District’s sixth annual Stuff-A-Bus event Dec. 9. “There’s no other word for it, except awesome,” she said. She was one of several teachers and staff who helped transfer the donated toys from vehicles...
Gunshots fired near Crafton house
No one was reported injured when multiple gunshots were fired in the direction of a residence in Crafton on Wednesday night, the Allegheny County Police said. The shooting at 10:40 p.m. Wednesday at a home on Union Avenue near Sidney Street was reported to Allegheny County 911 at 10:40 p.m.,...
East Liberty woman reported missing
A 25-year-old East Liberty woman who was last seen the day before Thanksgiving, was reported missing on Wednesday, Pittsburgh City police detectives said. Maquallah Alford Bey was last seen walking in her neighborhood the night of Nov. 25. She was described as 5 feet 5 inches tall with brown eyes,...
Goodwill program designed to help young adults go from jail to a job
Most adult ex-convicts know how tough it is to adjust from being in prison to being back in the real world, especially when they can’t find a job. It can be even tougher for young adults with a prison record but no job experience. But now Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania...
Pittsburgh woman gets probation in multi-million dollar home health care fraudVideo
A Pittsburgh woman involved in a multi-million dollar fraud home health care fraud scheme was sentenced to four years of probation and ordered to pay more than $94,000 in restitution to the state’s Medicaid program, federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh said Wednesday. The sentencing of Terra Dean, 46, in U.S. District...
Former business manager at Upper St. Clair church pleads to federal tax charges
A man already convicted in state court of stealing more than $1 million from the Upper St. Clair church where he previously worked pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to tax charges. David Reiter, 51, will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donetta Ambrose on April 12. He pleaded...
State Senate seat winner to be determined by federal lawsuit
A pending federal lawsuit is likely to determine who represents residents in the state’s 45th Senatorial District. Incumbent Jim Brewster, a Democrat from McKeesport, currently holds a 73-vote lead over New Kensington lawyer Nicole Ziccarelli, a Republican. But a federal judge in Pittsburgh is considering a lawsuit Ziccarelli’s campaign filed...
Allegheny County officials: State covid restrictions are neededVideo
Allegheny County officials again said they are expecting new covid-19 restrictions from the state to be announced soon. “We thought today there were going to be some announcements around mitigating strategies,” County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said during a virtual news conference Wednesday. “Obviously they are needed. … These numbers are...
Donora company provides holiday warmth for Elizabeth Township veteranVideo
An act of generosity has left an Elizabeth Township veteran and his family with a warm feeling this holiday season. When the electronic controls failed in Austin Large’s 11-year-old gas furnace, he had to make repeated trips down to the cold basement to manually turn on the vital appliance. He...
Church members, community contribute to Plum Food Pantry with ‘Christmas bags’
The covid-19 pandemic has altered traditions, but in some cases, perhaps it has created new ones. Plum Creek Presbyterian Church had to change plans for its 17th annual Christmas nativity walk-through event. Initially the event was changed to a drive-thru but Gaye Mallisee, a congregant and member of the church’s...
Owner of Studio Raw Elite salon honored with Citizen of the Year Award
The owner of a Ross Township hairstyling studio has received the Citizen of the Year Award for his contribution to the community. Dan Burda, owner of the Studio Raw Elite salon on Babcock Boulevard, is this year’s recipient of the Durachko-Gottfried Ross Township Citizen of the Year Award. The award...
Longtime Allegheny County Human Services Director Marc Cherna announces retirement
On the first Saturday in March, people might have a tough time reaching Marc Cherna. It’s the first day Cherna, who will be 70 by then, won’t be the leader of Allegheny County Human Services department. “After 39 years of dealing with crisis after crisis, it will be good to...
O Cannoli Tree, O Cannoli Tree: Harmar baker has new holiday confection
Forget about those sugar plums dancing in heads this holiday season and make way for a new Yuletide treat: the Cannoli Christmas Tree. A cannoli tree may seem like something out of a debaucherous dessert dream. But Char Hixson, proprietor of Char’s Creative Confections in Harmar, is baking them up...
Allegheny County reports 34 new coronavirus deaths, passes 35,000 cases
Allegheny County on Wednesday reported 34 new coronavirus deaths, a record for a single day, and 727 additional coronavirus cases. The death toll for the county stands at 619. There have been 105 deaths this month. The Allegheny County Health Department said the new deaths occurred between Nov. 20 and...
Sharpsburg Neighborhood Organization awarded tax credits to help with employment programs, flood insurance costs
Sharpsburg Neighborhood Organization is among several groups selected by the state to receive tax credits to assist with employment programs and training for residents, officials announced on Dec. 8. The nonprofit along South Main Street will receive $75,000, a portion of which will be used to reduce costs for flood...
