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With 450 new coronavirus cases, Pa. eclipses 90,000 in all
Pennsylvania reported 450 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, pushing the statewide total past 90,000. The state Department of Health reported one new death from covid-19. Allegheny County reported 218 new coronavirus cases Monday, accounting for about half of the state’s total new cases. The statewide totals are now at...
McCandless Giant Eagle employee tests positive for covid-19
An employee of the McCandless Giant Eagle has tested positive for covid-19. A Giant Eagle spokesman confirmed Monday that a worker at the McIntyre Center location tested positive. The store remains open. No other details were available. Allegheny County officials reported 218 new coronavirus cases Monday....
Unity man pleads guilty in 2017 fatal drug overdose
A Unity man pleaded guilty Monday to selling a fatal dose of drugs that killed a 24-year-old woman in 2017. David L. Jellison, 28, of the village of Hostetter, entered a general plea to drug delivery resulting in death. He faces a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in...
O’Hara council meeting to discuss community liaison officer program, covid-19 update
O’Hara council is expected to discuss the creation of a community liaison officer program during its virtual meeting Tuesday night. The program, in conjunction with the township’s police department, would aim to develop relationships and better understand needs of minorities. According to Tuesday’s agenda, the program would “engage ethnic minorities...
Allegheny County reports 218 new coronavirus cases, 1 death
Allegheny County Health Department officials reported 218 new covid-19 cases on Monday, one new death and four new hospitalizations. The new death reported Monday brings the toll to 188. This is the second time the daily report has surpassed 200 cases. It ends a trend of declining daily totals since...
Southern covid-19 hot spots continue to draw local air passengers
Officials in Allegheny County have linked local covid-19 cases with travel to infection hot spots such as Myrtle Beach. That doesn’t seem to have deterred passengers from booking area flights to the South Carolina beach mecca or to other destinations in Florida, where cases also have been on the rise....
Where coronavirus experts in Pittsburgh think pandemic is headed
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump called the coronavirus fight a “war” with an “invisible enemy.” While some have argued that may not be the best analogy, no one could blame the health professionals who have risen to the task of dealing with the pandemic for feeling embattled. In Southwestern...
West Mifflin police searching for missing woman
West Mifflin police are searching for a woman last seen in California. Don “Dawn” Leo Dawayne Manson was last seen in San Francisco, but officers believe she may be in the Pittsburgh area. She drives a red four-door Kia Rio with a Florida license plate. The license plate number is...
The Stroller, July 6, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your non-profit organization going to have a fundraiser? Send information to The Stroller at least a week in advance to vndnews@tribweb.com or The Stroller, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Free covid-19 testing available at New Kensington clinic The New...
Final reminder to be sent out to respond to census
Those who have not responded to the 2020 census will receive an additional reminder postcard in the mail later this month. The step is new this year. In place of the postcard, census officials would typically begin visiting homes of people who have not responded to the once-a-decade survey. The...
Outdoor attractions pushed as Pittsburgh region’s tourism industry copes with covid-19Video
Southwestern Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands is known for outdoor activities in scenic settings. Such outings have taken on an even greater appeal for tourists amid the social distancing guidelines of the covid-19 pandemic. During the health crisis, families and friends “really want to stay together as a close group,” said Ann...
Multi-vehicle crash reported along Route 28 in Millvale
The Millvale exit along Route 28 southbound was closed Monday morning following a multi-vehicle crash, according to PennDOT. CLEARED: Multi vehicle crash on PA 28 southbound at Exit 3 B - Millvale.— 511PA Pittsburgh (@511PAPittsburgh) July 6, 2020 Crews responded to the scene near the 40th Street bridge around 5:30...
Fire engulfs Salem home; family makes it out safelyVideo
A Salem family is homeless after a fire that started in a gas grill on the front porch destroyed their home Sunday night. Erik and Melissa Strobel and their four children were home at 193 Roosevelt Way when the fire broke out just before 8 p.m. Family members, including a...
Motorcyclist airlifted to hospital after crash near Route 51 in Aliquippa
A motorcycle lost control and crashed Sunday afternoon where Route 51 meets the Ambridge-Aliquippa Bridge, officials said. The driver of the motorcycle was airlifted to a nearby hospital, a Beaver County 911 shift commander said. The person’s condition was not available. No other vehicles appeared to be involved in the...
Pittsburgh Public Schools warehouse employee tests positive for covid-19; Fulton school employee may have been exposed
A warehouse employee of Pittsburgh Public Schools tested positive for covid-19 on Sunday, prompting the district to keep its service center closed through Tuesday, officials said. The district knows of another employee at Pittsburgh Fulton K-5 elementary school who may have been exposed to covid-19, spokeswoman Ebony Pugh said. The...
Police investigate death of man, 52, found in Etna alley
Detectives are investigating the death of a man who died Sunday morning shortly after police found him in an Etna alley, officials said. The man has not yet been identified. Officials responded to a 911 call reporting a body lying in the alley of South Spring Street near Maplewood Street,...
Penn Hills Shop ’n Save closes after 4th employee tests positive for covid-19
The Penn Hills Shop ’n Save has closed until further notice after a fourth employee tested positive for covid-19 in less than a week. None of the employees who contracted the coronavirus disease have been inside the store since June 29, according to owner Greg Hartley. He said the decision...
Forest Hills closes pool for a week to comply with county crowd size
Forest Hills Mayor Frank Porco Sunday said he moved to close the municipal pool for the next week out of an abundance of caution and to adhere to the Allegheny County Health Department’s order prohibiting gatherings of more than 25 people for a period of one week. “I want to...
Westmoreland County counts 27 new coronavirus cases Sunday
Westmoreland County saw 27 new cases of covid-19 Sunday, but no additional deaths, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported. That makes the seventh time in the past week that Westmoreland County saw double-digit increases in new coronavirus cases. The new cases bring the total number of cases in the county...
Fireworks trigger fights and fires across Pittsburgh
Complaints were popping almost as fast as a string of firecrackers as Pittsburghers celebrated the Fourth of July. According to the city’s Fireworks Taskforce, investigators from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police and the Bureau of Fire, answered 131 fireworks complaints on Saturday and then were forced to triage another 125...
Allegheny County coronavirus cases decline for 3rd straight day
Allegheny County Health Department officials reported 127 new covid-19 cases on Sunday, with four more hospitalizations. The new numbers marked the the third straight day of declines in new cases after a record-setting 233 cases Thursday, followed by 177 cases Friday and 150 Saturday. The county reported no new deaths,...
Kiski Township police arrest man with 150 stamp bags of heroin
An Indiana County man was arrested on multiple drug charges early Sunday morning after Kiski Township Police found 150 stamp bags of heroin in his car during a traffic stop along State Route 56. Township Police said Charles King Sr., 49, of Clymer was charged with possession with intent to...
Turtle Creek man dead in Homewood shooting
A 32 year-old Turtle Creek man died Saturday evening in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, following a shooting in the city’s Homewood neighborhood. Pittsburgh Police who responded to a report of a shooting at about 9:45p.m., arrived at at the intersection of Mohler Street and Ferris Court and found a man...
Westmoreland among the counties that charge inmates a fee to be locked up
Two single beds with semi-private bathroom. Shared shower and gym facilities. A balcony room that overlooks a spacious common area with tables and television. No safe in the room, and sunlight is minimal. Free parking. Meals and outfit included in $10 nightly fee. Book and movie rentals available. Guests may...
Briefly speaking: July 5, 2020
Sale The West Newton Library, 124 N. Water St., will hold a “fill a bag for $5” book sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. July 11. The rain date is July 18. Details: 724-633-0798...
