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Greater Latrobe proposes return to classrooms in green or yellow pandemic phasesVideo
Greater Latrobe School District reaffirmed its preference for returning to in-person instruction for all students and clarified mask-wearing requirements in an updated plan for reopening its schools this fall. The school board approved the plan Tuesday. It will be submitted to state officials and posted on the district’s website. Under...
La Roche prepares to open for fall semester
La Roche University announced the health and safety plan for reopening its McCandless campus this fall, with officials guaranteeing a reduced number of students in classrooms and daily temperature checks for all. Despite covid-19 and its challenges, the university is prepared for the 2020-21 academic year, La Roche President Sister...
Police seek help to ID men they say threw objects at officers in Downtown protest
Pittsburgh police are seeking help to identify five people they said threw objects at officers during a Downtown protest on May 30. Some also are suspected of burglarizing and damaging businesses during the event at Fifth Avenue and Smithfield Street. Police provided the following descriptions of the individuals and their...
Man rescued from Mt. Washington hillside
Pittsburgh first responders were able to rescue an elderly man who fell down a Mt. Washington hillside Tuesday. Authorities said police, fire and EMS were dispatched to the 600 block of Olympia Road around 5:45 p.m. for a man who had fallen about 20 feet down the hillside. They found...
Duquesne University ‘agreeable’ to requests of mother of student who fell to his death
A mother’s determination can go a long way. Dannielle Brown has been searching for answers since her son, Marquis Jaylen Brown, fell to his death from the 16th floor of Duquesne University’s Brottier Hall on Oct. 4, 2018. She began a hunger strike on Freedom Corner in Pittsburgh’s Hill District...
State grants will expand alternative-fuel fleets in Western Pennsylvania
Companies in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties will collectively add 32 alternative-fuel vehicles to their fleets with the assistance of state grants. • Noble Environmental, which operates the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill and County Hauling, received $600,000 from Pennsylvania’s Alternative Fuel Incentive Grant program. It will add eight compressed natural gas garbage...
Freeport International Baseball Invitational returns for 26th year despite pandemic
Some things don’t change in a small town, and, apparently, baseball is one of them in Freeport. Players and fans on Tuesday dodged raindrops and assembled at James E. Swartz Sr. Memorial Field for the opening day of the 26th annual Freeport International Baseball Invitational. About 23 scholastic-age teams from...
Nearly half of Ross police officers deploying new body cameras
Nearly half of Ross Township police officers have been equipped with body cameras after completing training. “The officers have been training extensively on the policy and the use of the cameras,” Chief Joe Ley told the Ross board of commissioners on Monday. Ross commissioners voted unanimously June 15 to approve...
Penn Hills police chief receives new contract despite mayor’s strong objection
Penn Hills Council narrowly approved a contract July 20 with the municipality’s police chief, a role that has remained unchanged since 1999. Council voted 3-2 to approve the agreement, which runs through the end of 2021, with Police Chief Howard Burton. Mayor Pauline Calabrese and Councilman Frank Pecora dissented. In...
Westmoreland offering signing bonuses to beef up Manor nursing staff
Westmoreland Manor will again offer bonuses to attract new nurses to the county-owned nursing home. Officials said there are 23 nursing vacancies at the home — and with hospitals, independent care facilities and other health care institutions looking to hire — officials said the additional cash is needed to attract...
VoteSafe Pennsylvania aims to help voters access safe options for election
VoteSafe Pennsylvania has launched a statewide bipartisan campaign that aims to ensure every Pennsylvania voter has access to safe voting options for the November election. The coalition is led by former Republican House Majority Leader Dave Reed and former Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, who also served as undersecretary and...
Westmoreland County jail reports 2nd covid-19 case, tests 17 more inmates
A second inmate at Westmoreland County Prison has tested positive for coronavirus. Warden John Walton said Tuesday that routine testing of newly booked quarantined inmates confirmed the positive result on July 17, a week after that person entered the Hempfield facility. “This person was asymptomatic,” Walton said. Prison officials confirmed...
Death of woman found in McKees Rocks refrigerator ruled a homicide
A woman whose body was found May 4 in a refrigerator stowed in the hallway of a McKees Rocks apartment building was slain, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office said Tuesday. The woman, Kristy Jefferson, 38, of McKees Rocks was inside a refrigerator that was sitting in a second floor...
Tree of Life hires firms to help congregations in rebuilding Squirrel Hill synagogue
Leaders with Congregation Tree of Life-Or L’Simcha took another step toward rebuilding with the hiring of two consulting firms that will help with logistics of getting back inside the Squirrel Hill synagogue. “It’s a next step to returning physically and spiritually to the building,” said Barb Feige, the congregation’s executive...
East Boros Sports Hall of Fame banquet canceled for 2020
The Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, East Boros Chapter, announced Tuesday it has canceled its annual induction banquet scheduled for Oct. 8 at Edgewood Country Club. The covid-19 pandemic and the logistics of hosting a ceremony of that size, East Boros president Bob Ford said, was the main reason for...
Voters will decide whether to strengthen Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Board
Voters in the City of Pittsburgh will decide in November whether the city charter should be amended to strengthen the powers of its Citizen Police Review Board. City Council on Tuesday passed the legislation that will put the question on the ballot in November. The bill has the support of...
Carlynton to begin school year with remote instruction
Carlynton School District has decided to begin the school year with remote instruction for the first four and a half weeks. Superintendent Dr. John Kreider said the district will monitor local and state data early on to make the appropriate determination as to whether to continue being fully remote, move...
Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix taking a road less traveled this year
The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix is traveling a different road this year. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the annual event that encompasses most of Schenley Park “shifted gears,” according to organizers. There will be some smaller happenings on various roads in the region instead of the large 10-day gathering, which...
Car, Port Authority T car crash in Dormont; 1 hurt, spokesman says
A Port Authority of Allegheny County light rail train and a car collided Tuesday afternoon in Dormont, officials said. The car and the train crashed at about 1:45 p.m. at the Red Line crossing near the Hillsdale crossing in the 1500 block of Hillsdale Avenue in Dormont, according to Port...
Shaler residents can register for yard waste collection
Shaler residents must register by 3 p.m. Wednesday for the township’s yard waste collection on July 25. According to the township website, items that can be picked up include leaves, garden residue, shrubs without dirt, tree limbs and trimmings, and similar items. Items have to be placed inside a biodegradable...
Warrendale-based rue21 plans to open 3 new stores amid pandemic
Warrendale-based rue21 found a way to make it through a trying time for retailers during the coronavirus pandemic. While some specialty stores filed for bankruptcy or closed, rue21 will open brick-and-mortar stores in South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas this month, according to a press release. The company sells casual apparel...
4 Ross cops under quarantine for possible exposure to coronavirus
Four Ross Township police officers who may have been exposed to coronavirus are self-quarantining, according to the police chief. Chief Joe Ley told the township board of commissioners on Monday that the officers may have been exposed to the virus during a SWAT incident on Friday. The officers have not...
Citing declining enrollment, CCAC to end paramedic program
Community College of Allegheny County is ending its paramedic program because of low enrollment, a spokeswoman said. “CCAC has determined that it is not feasible to continue the Paramedic program as a credit program,” said Elizabeth Johnston, executive director of CCAC’s Public Relations and Marketing Department. Students who are enrolled...
Irwin man charged with assaulting girl
A 37-year-old Irwin man is accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl in 2019, according to court documents. Justin M. Hartung of Ninth Street allegedly inappropriately touched the girl, who was younger than age 13 at the time, and exposed himself to her at an Irwin residence during the winter...
Weekend closures, lane restrictions expected with Tarentum Bridge project
PennDOT plans to close the Tarentum Bridge for several weekends while preservation work is being done. The work is scheduled to start in the fall, stop for the winter, continue in the spring and be finished next summer, PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said Tuesday. About 30,000 vehicles cross the bridge...
