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Bridgeville Rehabilitation and Care Center reports sharp rise in covid-19 cases, 2 deaths
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 12:23 Nov. 17 with the latest numbers from Bridgeville Rehabilitation and Care Center. A long-term care facility in South Fayette has seen a substantial increase in covid-19 cases among staff and residents since Nov. 4. Bridgeville Rehabilitation and Care Center reported Tuesday that...
Food Podcast: Pittsburgh food bank partners with Aaron Donald’s foundation
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank is partnering with the AD99 Solutions Foundation as part of the organization’s Food Justice is Social Justice campaign. The AD99 Solutions Foundation was founded in 2019 by two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year and Pittsburgh native Aaron Donald. The Food Justice is Social Justice...
Pittsburgh doctor: Moderna vaccine may have logistical advantage over Pfizer’sVideo
With the alarming rise of covid-19 cases in Allegheny County and throughout Pennsylvania comes the good news surrounding another vaccine. Moderna said Monday its experimental vaccine is 94.5% effective at preventing illness, according to preliminary data from the company’s still ongoing study. Last week Pfizer Inc. announced its own covid-19...
Allegheny County adds 500 new covid cases, 1 new death
A day after posting a record number of new covid-19 cases Sunday, Allegheny County added another 500 new covid cases Monday. The county’s health department reported 450 of the new cases were confirmed through 2,397 PCR tests conducted from Nov. 9-15 — a 18.8% positive new-PCR-test rate. In the state,...
Where do you want to go in 25 years? Port Authority of Allegheny County wants to knowVideo
In normal times, people take about 230,000 trips per day on the Port Authority of Allegheny County’s bus and light-rail system. That’s decreased by about 70% during the covid-19 pandemic to between 65,000 and 70,000 trips daily, authority spokesman Adam Brandolph said. “It’s a huge deal,” Brandolph said. “It’s affecting...
Possible covid cases shut down 2 Thomas Jefferson sports teams
The West Jefferson Hills School District has shut down the girls swim team for two weeks and the girls basketball team indefinitely after learning that several players may have been exposed to coronavirus. In a letter to parents on Nov. 12, Superintendent Michael Ghilani outlined the reasons the district took...
North Allegheny temporarily switching 2 high school buildings to remote learning
North Allegheny Intermediate High School will temporarily move to full-remote learning today and Tuesday for all students who were previously scheduled to attend in-person classes. The intermediate high also will be on a two-hour delay today to give staff more time to adjust to the schedule change. The district announced...
No injuries reported in Kennedy condo fire
All the occupants of a home in Kennedy were able to escape after a fire broke in their condominium early Monday. The fire was reported shortly after 4:30 a.m. along Castle View Drive. The fire was elevated to two alarms to summon more firefighters to the scene after first responders...
State seeks to add Pittsburgh-to-New York City Amtrak train
Amtrak’s proposal to add another Pittsburgh-to-Harrisburg daily round-trip train in about three years is good news to Sharon Calloway of Uniontown, a frequent traveler on the Pennsylvanian train from Greensburg to New York City, where she works. “It would be nice to have more than one option,” said Calloway, who...
Glassport man accused of assaulting nurse
A 30-year-old man at Torrance State Hospital in Derry Township for a court-ordered mental health evaluation was arraigned on charges of sexually assaulting a nurse there. William Thornhill of Glassport is accused of assaulting the nurse in the Greizman Building as she was taking temperatures of other patients at the...
2 men found shot in McKees Rocks
Two men were shot in McKees Rocks Sunday night, according to Allegheny County Police. The shooting near Island Avenue and Churchhill Street was reported to 911 at about 7:25 p.m., county police said. McKees Rocks police found the men with non life-threatening injuries near that location. Their ages were not...
Allegheny County reports ‘beyond concerning’ record 527 new coronavirus cases
Allegheny County added a record 527 new coronavirus cases to its total on Sunday, shattering the previous high by more than 100. The new cases bring the county’s total to 20,026, becoming the second county in the state with more than 20,000. (Philadelphia has the most with 48,817 and surpassed...
Iron City Beer ad returns to Mt. Washington billboard for 1st time in 66 years
Old is new again. At least when it comes to the billboard atop Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington. For the first time in roughly 66 years, an ad for Iron City Beer is being displayed on the Lamar Advertising Co.-managed billboard that overlooks the city. The ad went up Saturday and will...
Woman dies in Washington County motorcycle crash
A woman died in a motorcycle crash in Washington County Saturday afternoon, according to the Washington County Coroner. The coroner’s office said the crash happened around 2:30 p.m. on Old Steubenville Pike in Robinson Township. According to the coroner, Kristine Irvine, 48, was a passenger on a motorcycle traveling west...
North Hills School District announces full remote learning for 2 weeks
All students in the North Hills School District will learn remotely from Nov. 23 through Dec. 4, the district announced Friday. That effectively means students will work online for six days — Nov. 23 and 24 and Dec. 1 through Dec. 4 — because there is no school Nov. 25...
Allegheny County reports 370 new coronavirus cases
Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 370 new coronavirus cases, an eight-case reduction from the day before, but still the third-highest single-day amount for the county. Officials reported a single-day high of 412 cases on Wednesday. No new deaths were reported, leaving the county’s toll at 458. There were 11 deaths...
Allegheny County Elections Board accepts provisional ballots missing 1 signatureVideo
Hundreds of challenged provisional ballots will be accepted, the Allegheny County Board of Elections decided during a hearing Saturday. Most of the ballots, numbering an estimated 600, had been challenged because the voter had not signed in one of two boxes on the provisional ballot envelope, elections officials said. County...
Boy shot in Clairton on Friday night in critical condition
A boy who was shot in Clairton late Friday night was reported hospitalized in critical condition, the Allegheny County Police homicide unit said. Police said they were notified of the shooting at Sixth Street and Large Avenue at about 10:40 p.m., police said. They were assisting Clairton police in the...
Annual Christmas Tree delivered to City-County Building in Downtown PittsburghVideo
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Downtown Pittsburgh as the delivery of the City-County Building’s 105th Christmas Tree took place Saturday. The towering evergreen was removed from Nona Lee’s residence along Rowley Street in the Hill District’s Crawford-Roberts neighborhood. It was strapped to a truck and transported...
Homestead heroin dealer caught laundering drug money while behind bars
A former Homestead man has been sentenced to an additional three years and five months in prison for scheming to launder drug money while behind bars on a prior heroin trafficking conviction, federal prosecutors said Friday. Thomas Hopes, 29, already was serving a decades-long sentence when he was caught committing...
Rep. Davis to chair Allegheny County Democratic Delegation; Rep. Miller to helm Pa. House Caucus
State Rep. Austin Davis said Friday that after addressing the pandemic’s impact, he plans to prioritize investing in infrastructure and economic development in his new role as chair of the 2021-22 Allegheny County House Democratic Delegation. The 31-year-old, third-term lawmaker from McKeesport told the Tribune-Review that he will focus on...
Braddock Community Library to receive $750,000 for major renovationsVideo
The Carnegie Library in Braddock is so old it predates its counterpart in Oakland, which just turned 125 on Nov. 5. Braddock’s branch is 131. And in need of repair. On Thursday the Braddock community received good news: The library’s major renovation campaign has been selected to receive a $750,000...
4 libraries in Westmoreland, Allegheny counties will split $2.3 million in state grants
Four local libraries received a helping hand in their renovation efforts thanks to $2.2 million in collective grants from the state Department of Education. “We’re just so excited about this grant, we’re over the moon,” said Jamie Falo, executive director of Greensburg Hempfield Area Library, which received $748,145. The money...
Allegheny County elections board to hold hearing on provisional ballots
The Allegheny County Board of Elections will convene Saturday for a hearing on hundreds of provisional ballots challenged during review this week. In all, authorized observers from both parties challenged 705 provisional ballots out of the approximately 17,000 provisional ballots returned. Each ballot will receive a hearing, though ballots challenged...
WQED celebrates Cardigan Day with drive-up celebration complete with King Friday’s castle
Today is Friday the 13th and World Kindness Day, which just happens to be coincides King Friday the XIII’s birthday, which made it a perfect time for WQED to celebrate its third annual Cardigan Day. “King Friday’s birthday is celebrated every Friday the 13th, no matter how many there are...
