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Covid-19 numbers tallied for Murrysville-Delmont-Export area
The most recent state data shows 267 people in the Murrysville area have had confirmed cases of coronavirus since the start of the pandemic in March, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The confirmed cases show an increase of 52 since Oct. 27. The health department on Monday released...
No property tax increase in Penn Hills’ proposed municipal budget
The Penn Hills manager has proposed a 2021 budget without a property tax hike, according to a draft published on the municipality’s website. For the second straight year, Scott Andrejchak, the municipal manager, has proposed using $3 million from the budget’s carryover funds to balance the $34 million spending plan....
Irwin’s Victoria Piekut feels like a winner even without Miss USA crown
Victoria Piekut didn’t come home from Memphis with the Miss USA crown, but she said she still feels like a winner. The Irwin resident and reigning Miss Pennsylvania USA competed in pageant activities that culminated Nov. 9 with Asya Branch, the first Black woman to be crowned Miss Mississippi USA,...
Baldwin, Whitehall police investigating thefts from unlocked vehicles
Thieves have been getting away with money and electronics from unlocked vehicles in Whitehall and Baldwin, police said. Officers are urging residents to lock their cars and remove coins, phones, laptops, purses, iPods and anything of value. Whitehall police on Nov. 10 posted to social media that officers from both...
Jeannette aims to demolish 4 blighted homes
The tall brush, broken windows and loitering at four abandoned West Jeannette homes soon will be a memory. City council unanimously approved on Thursday spending $34,500 to demolish four blighted buildings on an otherwise well-kept street. The South 12th Street homes have been targets of break-ins recently after a Murrysville...
Some Seneca Valley students on 2-hour delay; nearly 500 without power in Evans City
Some students in the Seneca Valley School District will have a two-hour delay because of a lingering power outage caused early Thursday. Evans City Elementary and Evans City Middle School will operate on a delay, according to a message posted to the district website. About 500 homes and businesses in...
The Stroller, Nov. 12, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your church or organization going to host a community holiday event? Send information to The Stroller as soon as possible to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Annual West Deer toy drive underway West Deer Police Department is sponsoring its 24rd annual Toys for Children drive to benefit...
Pitt researchers find Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansions led to earlier detection of cancer
Preventive health care options ushered in by the Affordable Care Act helped doctors detect cancer in more patients earlier and may have reduced the number of late-stage cancer diagnoses around the country, University of Pittsburgh researchers found in a study released Thursday. “The thing that is sort of potentially groundbreaking...
Man pleads to killing 3-year-old on the North Side
A North Side man will serve eight to 16 years in prison for killing a 3-year-old boy. Jamal Williams, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree murder and one count of reckless endangerment before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Randal Todd on Thursday. Williams was accused of abusing Major...
Sewickley officials approve new police services contract with Glen Osborne Borough
Sewickley officials have finalized a new police services contract with Glen Osborne Borough. Council unanimously approved a five-year contract on Nov. 10. Glen Osborne signed off on the deal last month. Sewickley officers have patrolled their neighboring community’s streets for about a decade. The current five-year deal was set to...
Plum Community Center closed to the public, most programs moved online
Plum Community Center may be closed to visitors, but its programs are still very much open to the public. Center Executive Director Karen Hochberg said her facility, which serves between 70 to 80 seniors a week, has been closed since mid-March due to the covid-19 pandemic. That means no cafeteria,...
Plum School District celebrated Veterans Day with a virtual program, various activities
With not having guests in buildings due to covid-19, Plum School District students found different ways to honor the military’s men and women on Veterans Day. The high school honored veterans throughout the day on Nov. 11 via virtual ceremony. Principal Joe Fishell and cadets from the Plum Air Force...
Region’s veterans support praised by Army artificial intelligence director at CMU — a Norwin gradVideo
s The military’s efforts to incorporate artificial intelligence in military operations is focused on developing capabilities to support the soldiers, the director of the Army’s Artificial Intelligence Capabilities said Wednesday during Veterans Day ceremonies in North Huntingdon. A graduate of Norwin High School, Ret. Col. Douglas Matty spoke Wednesday to...
Operation Safety Net opening winter shelters for Allegheny County’s homeless population
A Pittsburgh nonprofit community health and wellness provider plans to open two shelters for homeless people in Allegheny County this winter. Pittsburgh Mercy’s award-winning outreach program, Operation Safety Net, will open the shelters on Sunday, Nov. 15. They will be open from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. seven days a...
Central Catholic to close Thursday due to third covid-19 case
Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh will be closed Thursday after a third person tested positive for covid-19. The cases appear to be independent of each other and there is no evidence of internal spread of the virus, according to a statement issued by the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. After...
Local coronavirus surge triggers virtual learning for Avonworth students
The Avonworth School District is switching to full-time virtual learning for all students Thursday through at least Tuesday, Nov. 24. Superintendent Thomas W. Ralston indicated that decision was driven by rising coronavirus cases among district students and staff and in communities the district serves. In a letter and video message...
Penn-Trafford School District reports 7 new coronavirus cases
Penn Trafford School District has reported seven new coronavirus cases among staff and students this week, bringing the total number of cases in the district this year to 41. Here’s a breakdown of the new cases: • Two students at Penn Trafford High School; • Two student and one staff...
Hempfield to reexamine attendance policy
Hempfield Area school board members could change their attendance policy in an effort to ensure students are engaged in real-time learning after several teachers reported a higher number of students failing courses, district officials said. As the policy stands, if a student is engaging in their work, regardless of whether...
Vandergrift’s 2021 budget does not include tax hike, but garbage fees could go up
Vandergrift residents will not see a property tax increase in 2021 but may be asked to pay an extra $1 for garbage fees each month. Council will vote on the garbage fee increase next month. Balancing no tax increase with some added expenses next year, Borough Secretary Steve DelleDonne said...
Yes, that really is a peanut-shaped vehicle driving around PittsburghVideo
You’ve got to be a little nutty to take this job. These three recent college graduates must be. They’ve been been hired to drive across the U.S. in a peanut-shaped van. The Planters NUTmobile, owned by KraftHeinz, is spending the week in Pittsburgh. Planters hires what it terms “Peanutters,” all...
Mt. Pleasant, Franklin Regional schools register covid-19 cases
Norvelt Elementary students will return on Thursday and Franklin Regional Senior High will remain open after district officials were notified that a student in each building had tested positive for coronavirus. Mt. Pleasant Area School District officials were notified Nov. 9 that a Norvelt student had tested positive. The school...
Lt. Gov. Fetterman seeks claim of $1M voter fraud reward from Texas lieutenant governorVideo
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is asking for his share of a reward after he offered up a case of voter fraud to Republican Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick via Twitter. Patrick had announced that he is giving out $1 million in rewards for information that leads to voter fraud...
Western Pa. hospitals on alert as covid cases surgeVideo
Hospitalizations are on the rise in Western Pennsylvania, but the region’s health systems are projecting confidence in their ability to maintain capacity as covid-19 cases surge again. “We’ve been planning and preparing for a variety of surge situations over the past many months,” Dr. Rachel Sackrowitz, chief medical officer of...
Pittsburgh-area Pilgrim descendants celebrate 400th anniversary of Mayflower Compact
Four hundred years ago, a group of 102 people, all hoping to start a new life on the other side of the Atlantic, left England and sailed to the New World. Fleeing religious persecution, they left behind everything they knew as they boarded a small boat named the Mayflower. They...
Arnold assistant fire chief and his son face kidnapping charges
An Arnold assistant fire chief and his teenage son are accused of kidnapping the son’s pregnant girlfriend and holding her against her will for over a month, according to court records. Brian James Gouza, who has been suspended from Arnold Citizens Volunteer Fire Company No. 1, said the allegations are...
