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Safety concerns loom as Allegheny County trials resume during covid-19 pandemic
Seven months after the Allegheny County Courthouse shut down because of the covid-19 pandemic, criminal jury trials are about to start again with masks and plexiglass and social distancing — to the chagrin of many of the attorneys who practice there. Although those lawyers appreciate the steps being taken, some...
Allegheny County reports 138 coronavirus cases, 2 deaths
Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 138 new coronavirus cases and two new deaths. The additional deaths bring the county total to 405. The county now has accumulated 13,959 cases of covid-19, according to data from the Allegheny County Health Department. Of the new cases, 113 are confirmed, while 25 are...
Pa. health departments expands covid testing sites through faith-based organizations
The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced Friday an aggressive plan to deal with disproportionately higher rates of covid-19 in African American communities. In order to reduce the spread of the virus in areas where people have a greater chance of contracting it, beginning Saturday testing sites will be opened in...
Pittsburgh Symphony, Comcast play sweet music together
Hear the sounds of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra throughout the city — from your home. Comcast will offer “Front Row: The PSO Virtual Experience” On Demand for Xfinity customers in Pittsburgh and throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania. The first of five episodes, “Our Love for Pittsburgh” premieres at 7:30 p.m. Monday. “The...
Virtual beer festival hosted by Pittsburgh-area women will bring performances from G. Love, Flavor Flav
Alyssa Smith and Michelle Dangelo Arnoni are best friends. They were having a girls’ night, drinking and laughing, when they came up with an idea. Fill a box with 24 beers and have a virtual beer festival during the pandemic. “We really want to connect people and bring a little...
Alle-Kiski Valley area fire departments get cash infusion from state
Eighteen volunteer fire and ambulance companies in the Alle-Kiski Valley and western Westmoreland County will share in $386,000 in newly announced state grants. State Rep. Rob Brooks, R-Murrysville, said the grants are being doled out from the Fire Company and Emergency Medical Service Grant Program. “These volunteers put themselves in...
Republican congressional candidates seek poll watchers at Allegheny Co. satellite election offices
Two Republican congressional candidates in Western Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit in federal court Friday seeking permission to post poll watchers at seven satellite election offices that were approved last month in Allegheny County. The complaint contends that poll watchers in the satellite offices are necessary to preserve the integrity of...
Unemployment rate in Pa. drops to 8.1%, but economists remain wary
The state Department of Labor & Industry reported Friday that Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.1% in September, down 2.3 percentage points from August. The current figure is nearly double the unemployment rate of September 2019, which was 4.6%. Still, Chris Briem, a regional economist at the University of Pittsburgh...
News that Wabtec will anchor Pittsburgh area development comes as company lays off 150 in Erie
The same ideas that propelled companies like the Westinghouse Air Brake Company to flourish during the Gilded Age are being used more than a century later by the company’s successor, Wabtec Corp., in its latest venture near Pittsburgh International Airport. In the 1880s, Westinghouse pioneered the railway airbrake and its...
Allegheny County reports 149 new cases of covid-19
Allegheny County on Friday reported 149 new cases of coronavirus. Of those, 107 cases are confirmed from 1,385 PCR tests. The remaining 42 are listed as probable, with 28 of those resulting from positive antigen tests. The county has a total of 13,821 cases since the pandemic began in March,...
Phil Bourque serves up Dunkin’ in Avalon for World Food DayVideo
Former Pittsburgh Penguin Phil Bourque had 111 assists in his NHL career. He added another one of a different nature Friday morning. The left winger was invited to help man the drive-thru window from 7 to 9 a.m. at the Dunkin’ in Avalon. He worked overtime because he was having...
Split decision on motions in misconduct case against Allegheny County Judge Tranquilli
The judge presiding over the upcoming misconduct trial of an Allegheny County judge accused of making racist remarks issued rulings on Thursday adverse to both sides of the case. Conference Judge John H. Foradora heard argument on various motions on Wednesday in Brookville, Jefferson County. He issued his order in...
Gisele Fetterman won’t press charges against woman in verbal assault
The woman who berated Pennsylvania second lady Gisele Fetterman outside a Forest Hills grocery store will not be prosecuted at the request of the Fetterman family, which includes Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman. The incident happened Sunday at the Aldi on Route 30. Fetterman said she was waiting in line...
Pittsburgh barber cutting into profit to help raise money for Lemieux Foundation
When Dave Peters was 10 years old, his father, William Peters died of a heart attack at the age of 50. The youngster found comfort at the Highmark Caring Place, a Pittsburgh center for grieving children, adolescents and their families. Pittsburgh’s most welcoming neighbor, Fred Rogers, was honorary chairman. “That...
Allegheny County creates online search tool for incorrect ballots
Allegheny County voters can now go online to check if they’re among the nearly 29,000 voters who received the wrong ballot for the Nov. 3 election. County officials on Wednesday said they received word late last week that some voters received the wrong ballot. Midwest Direct, the company contracted to...
Westmoreland Municipal Authority to upgrade McKeesport water intake
The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County will dam off a section of the Youghiogheny River next year and dig below the riverbed to install new pipes needed as part of a $7.8 million project to build an upgraded intake system in McKeesport. Authority board members this week approved the project,...
Swissvale bar closed again for covid violations
A Swissvale bar is shut down for the second time for violating covid-19 restrictions meant to safeguard against the spread of the virus, Allegheny County records show. Wilson’s Nite Out, on Denniston Street, can reopen Friday if owners and management submit a covid-19 safety plan. Owners had previously submitted a...
Details emerge on suspected Taco Bell bandit charged in Southwestern Pa. burglaries
An Ohio man accused of burglarizing more than 30 Taco Bells across four states now faces charges for similar crimes in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Joshua John Logue, of Columbus, Ohio, is accused of hitting Taco Bell restaurants in the Waterworks Mall complex, Scott and South Strabane in Washington County. All of...
Army Corps of Engineers gives tour of Emsworth Locks and Dams in advance of major rehabilitation projectVideo
Army Corps of Engineers officials are inspecting the Emsworth Locks and Dams’ primary lock chamber as part of a major project at the 99-year-old site along the Ohio River. The 110-foot-wide and 600-foot-long chamber was recently dewatered, meaning about 14 million gallons of water was pumped out into the river...
Allegheny County sees highest number of new coronavirus cases since July
Allegheny County on Thursday reported 139 new coronavirus cases with no new deaths. It’s the highest single-day report since July. The county’s total number of cases stands at 13,672 with 9,792 recoveries. According to the Allegheny County Health Department’s covid-19 dashboard, 196,641 individuals have been tested for the virus. The...
Part of Perry Highway closing for work, motorists face 11-mile detour
Motorists traveling along a section of Perry Highway in Marshall Township will face a nearly 11- mile detour around a major road reconstruction project on the turnpike. Perry Highway will be shut down in both directions between Thorn Hill and Warrendale Bayne roads beginning at 8 a.m. on Friday. The...
Police investigating abduction of 2 girls from Penn Hills, juveniles safely returned
The two teenaged girls abducted at gunpoint in Penn Hills on Oct. 14 and found later that evening were not targeted randomly, Allegheny County police said. After the girls, both age 17, were found unharmed in Brighton Heights around 5 p.m., a car was found in Oakland by University of...
2 more Port Authority employees test positive for covid-19; overall count reaches 54
Two Port Authority of Allegheny County employees have tested positive for covid-19 in the past week, officials said Wednesday. The employees, based at garages in Collier and in Ross, bring the public transit agency’s coronavirus total count to 54, according to Port Authority spokesman Adam Brandolph. The majority of workers...
Allegheny County officials attribute slowed covid rise to mask cooperation
Allegheny County officials on Wednesday said they are keeping an eye on the local increase in covid-19 cases, but they aren’t panicking. “This slow increase should remind us that things aren’t getting better in Allegheny County,” Health Director Debra Bogen said Wednesday. “But they also aren’t getting substantially worse, as...
Freshman lawmaker Brandon Markosek faces John Ritter for 25th State House District seat
First-time Democratic state Rep. Brandon Markosek has a challenger going into the general election in November. John Ritter, 66, a Republican from Monroeville who is a Gateway School Board member, has plans to fill the historically Democratic seat that represents a large chunk of Pittsburgh’s east suburbs. Markosek, 27, cruised...
