Allegheny County News category, Page 327
New glass recycling station in Ross open to residents of any community
Ross commissioners were livid last year when the township’s waste hauler asked that residents no longer put glass to the curb for recycling. So they decided to take matters into their own hands. The township has partnered with the Pennsylvania Resource Council to set up a dumpster at the public...
Allegheny County adds most newly reported covid cases in over 2 weeks
Allegheny County on Tuesday reported 405 additional covid-19 cases, the most cases reported in a day in about two weeks. Tuesday’s reported cases were the most since Jan. 23, when 464 covid cases were added. Dates of positive tests range from Nov. 19 to Feb. 8. The county Health Department...
Commonwealth Court hears argument on challenge to 2nd-degree murder penaltyVideo
An attorney for the Pennsylvania Parole Board argued Monday that Commonwealth Court is not the right place to hear a challenge to the state’s mandatory life-without-parole penalty for second-degree murder. Six people serving that sentence filed a petition against the state Board of Probation and Parole in July, arguing that...
Crack’d Egg seeks stay to injunction while appeal is heard
The owner of Brentwood’s Crack’d Egg restaurant has filed a motion for a stay pending an appeal to Commonwealth Court. The motion filed Friday said that a decision by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge John McVay last week is contrary to a federal court ruling in September that found Gov....
Keystone Oaks students return to classes this week as teachers’ strike ends
Classes in Keystone Oaks School District will resume Wednesday following a teachers’ strike, the district announced. The date when students and teachers must return was revised after the state Department of Education reviewed the district’s calendar. The department determined that the Keystone Oaks Education Association strike can last up to...
Pittsburgh’s Jimmy Sapienza, front-man of Five Guys Named Moe, dies at 71
Pittsburgh singer Jimmy Sapienza – front-man of Jimmy Sapienza and Five Guys Named Moe – died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. He was 71. “It is with the deepest regret to share with all of you that my husband Jimmy Sapienza unexpectedly passed away this afternoon with immediate family,” his wife,...
Thousands of AHN patients get 1st dose of covid vaccine at PNC Park
More than 2,000 high-risk Allegheny Health Network patients 75 and older on Saturday got the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. Health system spokeswoman Candace Herrington said AHN is planning to hold additional clinics as vaccine supply increases. That will include events similar to one...
Allegheny County reports 271 covid cases, 30 deaths
Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 271 new coronavirus cases, as recent daily numbers continue to decline. Reports haven’t reached 500 cases in nearly three weeks and the county hasn’t reported any 1,000-case days in the past five weeks, according to data from the Allegheny County Health Department. Thirty deaths were...
West Mifflin woman killed in Fayette County crash
A West Mifflin woman was killed Friday in a one-vehicle crash in Fayette County, according to state police and the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Hope Marie Derry, 29, was a passenger in a vehicle that crashed on Route 51 in Perry Township at about 9:45 a.m., troopers said. Police...
Man hospitalized after being hit by vehicle in Homewood
A man was hospitalized Saturday after Pittsburgh police said he was hit by a vehicle in Homewood. Police were called to the intersection of Frankstown Avenue and McCombs Street around 12:30 a.m. The man was taken by ambulance to a local hospital in critical condition, police said. The suspect vehicle...
Police: Man burned to death in his Penn Hills home
A Penn Hills man burned to death inside his home along Southern Avenue, police Chief Howard Burton reported. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office on Friday identified the victim as Herman Hill, 74. Burton said Hill’s girlfriend had come by the house around 5:10 p.m. Thursday to pick him up...
Voters to decide fate of reducing governor’s emergency powers
Pennsylvania voters will be able to decide in the May 18 primary election the fate of the Republican-backed proposed constitutional amendment to rein in the governor’s power to extend future emergency disaster declarations beyond 21 days without approval by state legislators. The General Assembly on Friday gave its final approval...
2nd gun spotted this year at Pittsburgh International Airport checkpoint
A Beaver County man with a loaded handgun was stopped Thursday at the main security checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport, but Allegheny County police determined he’d inadvertently left the weapon in an inner coat pocket. County police said they don’t expect to charge the Aliquippa man, who had a concealed...
Chartiers Valley School District inoculates 120 staffers with covid-19 vaccine
Chartiers Valley School District’s head janitor showed up about 10 minutes before the district’s first wave of covid-19 vaccines were administered on Friday. Richard Parenti, 67, of Bridgeville has been with the district for around 40 years. He’s swept the hallways, cleaned the classrooms and knows just about everything there...
Port Authority asks to stay injunction permitting Black Lives Matters masks while it seeks appeals
The Port Authority of Allegheny County on Friday filed a motion seeking to stay a federal court injunction while it appeals the decision that found prohibiting employees from wearing Black Lives Matter masks was unconstitutional. In the filing, the agency wrote that the court “disregarded Port Authority’s interest in protecting...
Allegheny County’s 7-day covid case average continues to fall
Allegheny County on Friday reported 334 additional cases of coronavirus, the highest daily tally in a week. But the county’s seven-day case average continues to trend downward, according the latest data released by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The seven-day average sits at 286, the lowest since mid-November. Of the...
Family launches online petition to make Verona police cars more identifiable
Zachary Rutherford loves police and plans to get into law enforcement when he gets older. “They can help people, and it’s like a cool job,” said Zachary, 11. It is because of that admiration and respect that he wants people to know when officers, or at least their vehicles, are...
Allegheny County Police Superintendent McDonough to retire
The head of the Allegheny County Police Department will retire at the end of March, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said Thursday. Coleman McDonough, who has led the 225-person department as superintendent since 2016, is set to retire. Assistant Superintendent Chris Kearns will take over, Fitzgerald announced. McDonough, 65, called...
Allegheny County reports 1 additional covid death as signs of virus leveling off continue
Allegheny County on Thursday reported one additional death attributed to the coronavirus — a day after reporting nearly three dozen. Meanwhile, the number of newly reported coronavirus cases in the county mostly held steady. The county added 313 covid-19 cases to its tally, according to the latest data available from...
Scams, high demand shut down Allegheny County phone lines for vaccine appointments
A phone line meant to help seniors and those without internet access set up covid-19 vaccination appointments lasted less than four hours Thursday before appointments were full — but it was long enough for scammers to begin intercepting calls and asking for money, according to Allegheny County officials. Beginning at...
Crack’d Egg owner vows to ‘keep up the good fight’ after court loss
The owner of the Brentwood restaurant ordered to comply with covid-19 masking orders said in a Facebook Live video Wednesday night that “it is not over by a long shot.” Kimberly Waigand told those watching that she was not backing down, but she would not break the law. “We’re going...
Burgettstown man faces homicide charges, accused of beating 3-year-old boy who later died
Police have filed homicide charges against a Burgettstown man in connection with the alleged beating death of a 3-year-old boy in Coraopolis. Aiden Lombardi was pronounced dead late Wednesday night, according to a report from the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. The office indicated he died from head trauma, and...
First Black Bellevue council member paves way for social justice
“Please come out and join me in my quest to make this a better planet 1 square mile at a time!!” Those are more than the words of Val Pennington, Bellevue borough council president and its first Black council member. “Bellevue is 1-square mile so that thought popped into my...
Duquesne names Jennifer Padden Elliott to inaugural holistic health care position
Jennifer Padden Elliott, a pioneer in health equity and director of Duquesne University’s Center for Integrative Health, has been named the inaugural Ed and Karen Fritzky Family Chair in Integrative Medicine and Wellbeing. Created by a gift from the Fritzkys, the role is designed for a medical practitioner and member...
Western Pa. lawmakers sound off on Gov. Wolf’s budget proposal
Local lawmakers’ early reactions to Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed budget fell along party lines Wednesday, with Republicans condemning the proposed personal income tax increase, while Democrats praised the increase in school funding and proposed minimum wage hike. Here’s what they had to say: Rep. Jessica Benham (D-Allegheny): “I’m happy that...
