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Allegheny County adds 173 new covid cases, 7 new deaths
Allegheny County announced 173 new cases of covid-19 on Friday, according to the Health Department. Officials said of those new cases, 110 have been confirmed, based on 1,376 PCR tests conducted from Oct. 16-29. There were 63 probable cases, of which 37 came from positive antigen tests. The new cases...
Former Verona cop pleads guilty in sex case involving minor
A former Verona police officer will serve probation after pleading guilty Thursday to having a sexual relationship with a teenager. Anthony Ogline, 35, pleaded guilty to corruption of minors and furnishing alcohol to a minor before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jill E. Rangos. She ordered him to serve a...
Voters in 11 Allegheny County precincts receive incorrect polling place information
Voters in 11 different precincts across Allegheny County will receive letters in the next few days updating their polling places after a mistake was made in the statewide database. The affected communities include Bethel Park, Braddock Hills, Brentwood, Green Tree, McCandless, Plum, West Mifflin and West View. County communications Director...
Moon Area High School, middle school closed until Nov. 5 due to covid-19 cases
Moon Area High School and middle school will be closed for about a week after someone from the high school tested positive for covid-19, Superintendent Barry J. Balaski announced Thursday. Balaski posted the message on the front page of the district’s website, moonarea.net. Students from both schools will continue learning...
Behind the scenes at the Allegheny County elections warehouseVideo
A combination of high-tech machinery and old-fashioned paper pushing will be used to process and tabulate election results on Election Day in Allegheny County. Workers from the county’s election division will be joined by scores of others from 17 other county departments to process votes this year at the warehouse...
4 injured in multi-car crash on Parkway East near Squirrel Hill Tunnels
Four people suffered minor injuries in a multi-car accident involving 12 crashes on I-376 near the Squirrel Hill Tunnels on Thursday night. The westbound lanes of the Parkway East were shut down for a half-hour as state police began their investigation of the crash, according to Tpr. Melissa Bondarenka. The...
Allegheny County posts 149 new coronavirus cases, 2 deaths
Allegheny County on Thursday reported 149 new coronavirus cases with two new deaths. The county has seen an average of 131 new daily cases over the past seven days, while adding 920 new cases in that time. The county’s total number of cases stands at 15,449 with 10,695 recoveries. According...
10-year-old Shaler student stops spotted lanternfly in its tracks
Ten-year-old Ludi Aguera didn’t realize the significance of the bug she squashed at the Shaler Area Elementary School track – she just thought it was a cool-looking moth. “I had no idea what it was,” said Ludi, who stumbled across a spotted lanternfly — an invasive insect with the potential...
Pine-Richland alum working on team searching for covid-19 vaccine
Kathy Strauss has always pretty good at math and science. But the 1974 Pine-Richland graduate didn’t necessarily envision a career in the medical profession or ever imagine that she would someday work on groundbreaking research in the mission to find a vaccine for the coronavirus. But Strauss, 64, recently was...
Charges filed in traffic crash that led to Jefferson Hills policeman’s death
A Homestead man whose June car crash led to the death of a Jefferson Hills police officer has been arraigned on three homicide-related charges, borough police Chief Gene Roach said Wednesday. Zachary W. Foltz, 23, of Homestead was taken into custody and arraigned Wednesday on charges of homicide by vehicle,...
Allegheny County officials: There is ‘no pattern’ in new cases
Covid-19 cases in Allegheny County are tied to a variety of sources, officials said — but most are tied to individuals conducting everyday business. “I’m asking you all to be careful, especially when you’re around people you know well, like family and friends,” said Health Director Debra Bogen at a...
Allegheny County reports 2nd-highest new covid-19 case total in nearly 3 months
Allegheny County reported its second-highest daily total of new coronavirus cases in nearly three months Wednesday. The Allegheny County Health Department added 199 new cases (137 confirmed and 62 probable) out of 1,577 PCR tests. Of the probables, 42 are from positive antigen tests. Since August, the county has had...
Food Podcast: Food insecurity rates rise during covid-19 pandemic
A new report from Feeding America projects a 42 percent increase in food insecurity rates during the year 2020 in Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s service area. On this week’s Food Podcast presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union, host Brian Gulish discusses why the increase is happening, which includes changes...
Duquesne University, Housing Authority team up to battle health care inequities
Duquesne University is working with the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) and Live Well Allegheny to narrow the health care gap between white and Black people in the Steel City. They are offering health care services to underserved communities during the covid-19 pandemic. The team is providing...
West Mifflin Area High School to be closed through Nov. 11 because of covid-19 cases among staffers
West Mifflin Area School District officials have closed the high school for the next two weeks due to a rise in covid-19 cases. A letter informing parents about the closure, which starts Wednesday and is expected to be through Nov. 11, was posted on the district’s website. The message was...
St. Louise de Marillac closure extended due to more covid-19 cases
The closure of St. Louise De Marillac Catholic School in Upper Saint Clair has been extended due to more covid-19 cases, Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh officials announced Tuesday. Officials closed the pre-K through eighth-grade school earlier this month, as well as suspended its football program, after three people tested positive...
Democrats encourage mail-in ballot voters to drop off Downtown, and skip the mail
Prominent local Democrats led by Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner and County Council member Bethany Hallam have released a video, with a rocking guitar soundtrack, urging voters to get their mail-in ballots turned in on time. The 90-second informational video, called “Bring It,” refers to mail-in ballot packages still in...
Allegheny County covid-19 cases pass 15,000
Allegheny County reported 106 new covid-19 cases Tuesday, according to the county Health Department. One new coronavirus-related death was reported, as well. Total cases increased to 15,101 and total deaths are now 422. Allegheny County coronavirus by dayInfogram In the county, there are currently 154 covid-19 patients hospitalized, with 22...
Whitehall resident retires after nearly 4 decades of military service
One of the U.S. Army Reserve’s most distinguished general officers culminated his 39 years of military service during a retirement ceremony at Fort Lee, Va., on Oct. 24. According to a release from The Army School System, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Bruce Hackett, a Whitehall resident, served honorably in nearly every...
Free covid-19 testing in Millvale, Penn Hills, Squirrel Hill
Free covid-19 tests will be offered in Millvale today through a mobile unit of the Squirrel Hill Health Center. Tests will be available from 9 a.m. to noon in the municipal building parking lot between Butler and Black streets. No doctor’s referral is necessary. Anyone that has symptoms is encouraged...
Lawsuit: Clairton landlord would not terminate lease for woman who feared domestic abuse
A woman who said she was the victim of domestic violence is suing her former landlord, claiming that he discriminated against her by failing to let her terminate her lease early when she became fearful of her husband. Ashley Butler, with assistance from the Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh,...
Allegheny County Health Department investigating tuberculosis case at Brentwood High School
The Allegheny County Health Department is investigating a case of active tuberculosis in a student at Brentwood High School, department spokesman Aaron Aupperlee reported Monday. “The student has attended school remotely from the beginning of the current school year, is receiving medication to treat the illness, and is expected to...
TSA agents catch 19th gun this year at Pittsburgh airport
Security agents at Pittsburgh International Airport caught a man with a gun in his carry-on bag Monday, authorities said, marking the 19th firearm caught so far this year. Transportation Security Administration screeners spotted the 9mm handgun shortly before 1:30 p.m., according to Allegheny County Police. Authorities said the 52-year-old man...
Allegheny County adds 177 covid cases over past 2 days
The Allegheny County Health Department announced Monday there have been 177 new covid-19 cases over the past two days. In a report, the department said there were 73 new cases added Monday, while 104 new cases were added Sunday. The results come from 2,402 tests conducted from Oct. 15-25. Among...
Vehicle crashes into creek outside outbound Fort Pitt Tunnel
One person was taken to a hospital after a three-vehicle crash outside the outbound Fort Pitt Tunnel Monday morning, according to state police The crash was reported shortly after 7 a.m. According to state police, Patrick Totten, 44, of Pittsburgh was driving in the right lane behind Loredo Norales Derickson,...
