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Fawn plans to continue hearing for suspended police officer in wake of federal lawsuit filing
Fawn officials announced that a hearing for a suspended township police officer will resume this month. Earlier this week, the officer filed a federal lawsuit against the township, three of its supervisors and the police chief. An attorney representing Officer Keith Lazaron II said he does not agree with the...
Input sought for riverfront plan at Hazelwood Green
Terri Shields remembers when the Hazelwood neighborhood was the heart of Pittsburgh’s industrial base. The steel mill, operated by Jones & Laughlin and later LTV, was on the shore of the Monongahela River there. “I remember when it was a stinky mill. All of the stinky air,” said Shields, 59....
Leader of White House covid-19 response team visits Pittsburgh
White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx met privately Thursday with Pittsburgh and Allegheny County officials about the region’s handling of the covid-19 pandemic. She also visited Harrisburg and met with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, according to the Penn Capital-Star. News: White House COVID task force coordinator Deborah Brix...
Mutual Aid Ambulance Service expands coverage in Fayette County
A second rural Fayette County municipality chose Mutual Aid Ambulance Service Inc. as its exclusive provider of emergency medical services for township residents. Springfield supervisors formally made the designation this week. The municipality was previously covered by Connellsville-based Fayette EMS. “We are honored and privileged to expand our service to...
Heavy rains don’t dampen enthusiasm of Trump supporters ahead of Westmoreland rallyVideo
Frequent and sometimes heavy rains Thursday could not keep supporters of Donald Trump from flooding Arnold Palmer Regional Airport hours before the president’s scheduled campaign rally. Drenched crowds stood in line at the Unity airport waiting to board buses to take them to a fenced-in holding area in front of...
Dems blast Trump policies, ‘chaos’ ahead of president’s Westmoreland County rally
Westmoreland County Commissioner Gina Cerilli on Thursday issued a scathing rebuke of President Donald Trump ahead of his visit to Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity. “To put it simply, Donald Trump is simply not up for this job. Pennsylvanians have suffered at the hands of a weak and incompetent...
Trib sports columnist Tim Benz to join WPXI’s ‘Final Word’
Tribune-Review sports columnist Tim Benz is joining the regular lineup of WPXI-TV’s social media-driven Sunday night sports show “The Final Word.” Benz will become a regular panelist on the 11:30 p.m. program on an every-other-week basis. He joins Trib columnist Mark Madden among others. His first show is Sunday. The...
Covid vaccine will not end pandemic, UPMC doctors say
A safe, effective vaccine for covid-19 will not be the end of the coronavirus pandemic, UPMC doctors said Thursday. The disease is “incredibly dynamic,” said Dr. Oscar Marroquin, UPMC chief health care data and analytics officer. The ways people respond to the virus and how doctors treat it keep changing....
Westmoreland County reports 14 new covid-19 cases
Westmoreland County on Thursday reported 14 new cases of coronavirus. That brings the county’s total cases to 1,851. There were no new deaths attributed to covid-19, leaving the total at 49 since Aug. 19, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Westmoreland County coronavirus by dayInfogram Of the...
Allegheny County reports 105 new coronavirus cases
Allegheny County on Thursday reported 105 new cases of covid-19, bringing the total to 10,549 cases. The total reported cases in the county is now 10,549 with 10,211 of those confirmed and 338 probable. The county reported one new death from Sept. 2 for a total of 344. That patient...
As covid-19 changes political campaigns, airport stops are nothing new
Covid-19 has changed the landscape of political campaigning as the presidential election draws near. President Donald Trump, who is scheduled to visit Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity on Thursday evening, has been forced to trade in his large-scale Make America Great Again rallies for simpler, smaller stops. Thursday’s airport...
Upcoming events in Murrysville Star coverage area
Rec department hosting kickball, Wiffle ball The Murrysville Recreation Department is hosting weekly kickball and Wiffle ball games at Kovalczik Park on Koval Court just outside Delmont. Kickball games will be held at 6 p.m., Tuesdays from Sept. 8 to Oct. 13. Wiffle ball will be at 6 p.m., Thursdays...
The Laser Loop, a former Kennywood favorite, is for saleVideo
Are you loopy enough to buy a roller coaster? Now, you can. The Laser Loop, an attraction at Kennywood Park in West Mifflin from 1980 to 1990, is for sale. You’ll need to negotiate the $490,000 asking price, which does not include the cost of dismantling the ride, transporting it...
Sewickley boys, 7 and 4, bicycled more than 300 miles this summer with their dad
A Sewickley resident and father of two young boys came up with a way to safely keep himself and his kids active during the coronavirus pandemic this summer — cycling. From the beginning of July to mid-August, Barry Bunnell, 68, and his boys biked more than 300 miles on the...
North Hills communities aim to trim deer population
The herds of roaming deer causing vehicle accidents, spreading Lyme disease through the ticks they carry and gnawing away at expensive landscaping may soon have one less place in the North Hills to escape the hunter’s snare. McCandless council has given town planning commission member Dan Kortum the green light...
FBI investigating embattled Brighton Rehab nursing home in Beaver County
Investigators with the FBI served search warrants Thursday morning at Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center, the Beaver County nursing home that was the site of one of the nation’s deadliest covid-19 outbreaks. U.S. Attorney Scott Brady confirmed the FBI executed court-authorized warrants at Brighton Rehab as well as Mount Lebanon...
Pittsburgh cop acquitted in road-rage case could go back to work after city misses deadline
A missed filing deadline by the City of Pittsburgh law department means that it lost an appeal on whether a police officer arrested but acquitted in a road-rage incident can go back to work. In a 10-page Commonwealth Court opinion issued Tuesday, Judge Patricia McCullough did not address the issue...
McKees Rocks man charged with homicide in death of woman who was found in a refrigerator
Before she was found dead May 4 in a refrigerator in the hallway of a McKees Rocks apartment building, Kristy Jefferson told her mother that if anything ever happened to her, Daryl Jones would be the man to blame, according to court documents. Jones, 41, was charged Thursday with homicide...
Ex-West Penn employee accused of videotaping coworkers faces more charges
A former West Penn Hospital employee already accused of surreptitiously recording coworkers in the bathroom now faces 83 additional charges, some of which allege he recorded unsuspecting patients in an MRI room, according to court records. Guy Caley, 52, of Canonsburg, was originally charged in July, months after a co-worker...
Pittsburgh expert: 6 important things to know about covid testing and going to sporting events
As the covid-19 pandemic continues, questions regarding testing, vaccines and quarantine are constantly evolving. Dr. Amesh Adalja, a Pittsburgh-based infectious disease and critical care physician and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, answered a range of questions from the Trib today. Trib: There’s been a lot...
Etna woman beautifies neighborhood by painting fire hydrant
How do you turn something ugly into a work of art? For Ruth Brannigan, a little paint can do wonders. Brannigan is seen here in these Sept.2 photos, painting a fire hydrant outside her home on Elm Lane in Etna....
Food Fights Club offers monthly challenges, Pittsburgh dining discounts
Food Fights is cooking up some friendly competition among local restaurants. The new online subscription club will offer exclusive member discounts and host competitions to determine the best restaurants in Pittsburgh. The initiative was created by Diana Rua, a 25-year veteran of the service industry and event producer of Pittsburgh...
Girl Scouts from North Hills earning top award with camp for challenged adultsVideo
Three Girl Scouts from the North Hills knew that earning the highest honor a Cadette can receive — the Silver Award — would take lots of work. But the trio of 13-year-old girls learned that the right service project needed to earn the award can help make the work a...
Drive-thru pasta dinner fundraiser on tap to benefit Glenshaw Century Club’s scholarship efforts
Shaler Area seniors could benefit from a pasta dinner fundraiser hosted Sept. 11 by the Glenshaw Century Club. Proceeds from the dinner will benefit future scholarships for area seniors, Century Club’s Susan Ball said. The event, catered by Heavenly Cuisine, will be 3 to 7 p.m. and available for pickup...
Student news: Fox Chapel Area students receive accolades
Three Fox Chapel Area School District students and one recent graduate placed in the 2020 Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Teen Media Awards. Graduate Anzu Sekikawa was awarded first place and an honorable mention for her 2-D art; junior Alexa Berman won second place and an honorable mention for her 2-D...
