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Paving to continue across Pittsburgh streets next week
A substantial list of Pittsburgh streets are set to be milled or resurfaced starting Monday. The list of impacted streets is available here. The city is spending nearly $15.7 million in the street resurfacing this year. Included in the work is asphalt street repaving, handicapped-access curb ramp upgrades on paved...
Parkway East ramp to Business Route 22 to close for 3 weeks starting Monday
The ramp from eastbound I-376 (Parkway East) to Business Route 22 in Churchill will close for about three weeks starting Monday. The ramp will close at 7 a.m. Monday and remain closed through Friday, July 10, PennDOT announced. All ramp traffic will be detoured. Crews from Allison Park Contractors will...
Week-in-review: Covid-19 impacts, woman survives beating, talent showcased, bears sightedVideo
Impacts of the covid-19 pandemic continued to be felt in various ways in the Pittsburgh area in the past week, with a major grocer facing lawsuits over requiring customers to wear face masks and a steel company saying it needs to lay off workers as it adjusts to meet slowing...
Southbound I-579 overnight closures to take place next week in Pittsburgh
Southbound I-579 will close to traffic in Downtown Pittsburgh between the Bigelow Boulevard overpass and the Center Avenue exit at night Monday through Saturday morning. The expressway will close from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Thursday nights and from 7 p.m. Friday night to 10 a.m. Saturday morning....
Brighton nursing home put majority of residents in ‘immediate jeopardy’ amid covid-19 outbreak, state survey says
Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center put a majority of its hundreds of residents in “immediate jeopardy” and potentially exposed healthy residents to covid-19 as recently as early May, records show. State health inspectors cited the already-embattled Beaver County nursing home for more than four dozen violations related to improper infection...
Contact tracing IDs more than 4,000 exposed to covid-19 in Pennsylvania
More than 4,000 people who were exposed to covid-19 have been identified through contact tracing efforts throughout the state, the Pennsylvania Department of Health announced Friday. “We are now equipped with hundreds of contact tracers that can help us mitigate the spread of this virus,” Secretary of Health Rachel Levine...
Peduto says cities should be permitted to release police camera footage
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto is calling for a change in state law to permit the immediate release of police camera footage to the public following critical incidents. Peduto on Friday said cities must exhibit more transparency and accountability for police actions as they face increasing pressure to enact far-ranging reforms...
Greensburg YMCA closes after report of covid-19 exposure
After a soft reopening last week, the Greensburg YMCA closed again Friday afternoon and will remain shut down until at least Monday to allow time to sanitize after a person who used the facility tested positive for covid-19, YMCA officials said. The YMCA closed when the state Department of Health...
Men who stole rare books from Carnegie Library sentenced to home confinement
An Allegheny County judge on Friday ordered home confinement and significant periods of probation for two men accused of stealing more than $8.1 million worth of rare books and artifacts from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Common Pleas Judge Alexander P. Bicket said he would have sentenced former librarian Gregory...
Steelers, Pitt sports radio broadcaster Bill Hillgrove charged with DUI in Murrysville
Murrysville police this week charged Steelers Radio Network personality and University of Pittsburgh sports radio announcer Bill Hillgrove with drunken driving, according to a criminal complaint. Hillgrove, 80, received a DUI charge at his Murrysville home after he crashed into Ferri’s ShurSave supermarket located along Old William Penn Highway, breaking...
Allegheny Valley Regional Police to expand; hiring new full-timer
Allegheny Valley Regional Police is adding a full-time officer to fledgling force, that already has two full-time and about six part-time officers. The regional police force was formed last year when the police departments of Cheswick and Springdale Township merged to provide 24-7 coverage in both while saving money. Support...
Son gives dad ‘new life’ with liver donation at UPMC
Michael Huey showed his 2-year-old son, Luke, the bond between father and son by giving his own dad a precious gift. Huey donated a portion of his liver to his father, Louis, a decision the son said was made out of love. “I prayed about it,” said Michael Huey, who...
Kiski Area School District approves guidelines for sports, band to resume
Kiski Area School Board on Wednesday approved a health and safety plan for student-athletes and band members to resume practice during the summer. The guidelines, outlined on the district’s website, include restrictions and safety measures aimed at preventing the spread of covid-19. “We wanted to do it in a way...
R.K. Mellon Foundation funds PPE grants for front-line workers in Allegheny, Westmoreland
A Delmont councilman is continuing the work of the borough’s former fire chief, securing grant funding to supply all Westmoreland County firefighters with face-shield filters to protect against coronavirus. Delmont Fire Chief Rich Balik, who died in late May, was working with the R.K. Mellon Foundation to secure a $10,000...
Pittsburgh-area protests commemorate Juneteenth, demand racial justice and equalityVideo
People across the Pittsburgh area took to the streets Friday to commemorate Juneteenth, a day marking the end of slavery 155 years ago. “This is our Independence Day,” Fawn Montgomery, co-founder of Take Action Mon Valley, told a crowd gathered along the Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway in Wilkinsburg....
Yukon man gets probation, house arrest in DUI crash that injured 2 boys
A Yukon man said he deeply regrets driving intoxicated in December 2018 when he crashed on Interstate 70, seriously injuring two children. “Ever since that happened, basically I just did a complete 360 on my life,” said Andrew Joshua Calvin, 32. “I’m sorry that I made a mistake … but...
Owner of former Hempfield drug testing lab pleads guilty to ‘kickback’ conspiracy
The owner of a now-defunct clinical drug testing laboratory in Hempfield pleaded guilty this week to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, according to U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady. William J. Hughes, 73, of Pittsburgh, pleaded guilty to one count before Judge David S. Cercone. With the...
Greensburg man accused of swiping victim’s phone in road rage incident
A Greensburg man accused of grabbing a woman’s cell phone as she videotaped him June 10 during a road rage incident was charged with careless driving, harassment and theft by city police. Timothy P. Kunkle, 42, is accused by police of grabbing the woman’s phone as she was recording an...
34 million criminal cases now removed from public view under Pa.’s Clean Slate law
More than 34 million criminal cases have been removed from public records under the Pennsylvania’s Clean Slate law, state court officials say. The law, the first of its kind in the United States, was implemented last June and provides for the automatic expungement of public records pertaining to low-level crimes...
North Hills churches plan summer camps, VBS
Salem United Methodist Church, 350 Manor Road, Wexford, plans to hold Vacation Bible School Aug. 9-13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Visit www.Salem-UMC.org to register. A $25 registration donation is suggested to cover costs of activities. For questions, call 724-935-1627 or email CommunityLife@Salem-UMC.org. The Metropolis of Pittsburgh Summer Camp 2020...
Fern Hollow invites families to take a Sewickley Storywalk
Fern Hollow Nature Center, 1901 Glen Mitchell Road, invites area families to Sewickley Storywalk. Take a walk through Fern Hollow while enjoying one of three nature picture books. Pages from a children’s book are placed along walking paths for children and their caregivers to read together while outside. Two Storywalks...
Police: Indiana County woman cited after mask incident at Giant Eagle
An Indiana County woman was cited this week after state police said she yelled profanities at employees and pushed a shopping cart into a produce display after refusing to wear a mask inside a Giant Eagle. Troopers said they were called Sunday to the grocery store on Ben Franklin Road...
Westmoreland County has 8 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Friday reported eight new covid-19 cases and no additional deaths in Westmoreland County. The countywide case total is now 510, with 38 deaths, according to the department. There have been no reported coronavirus deaths in the county since May 18. More than 13,750 county...
Community gathers in East Pittsburgh to remember Antwon Rose II 2 years after his deathVideo
Michelle Kenney said being a mom is all she knows how to be. “I’m not a perfect mom. Lord knows sometimes I wasn’t even a good mom,” she told a crowd gathered in East Pittsburgh on Friday, two years to the day after a borough police officer shot and killed...
Diaper giveaway to be held at PPG Paints Arena
A drive-thru diaper giveaway will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 25 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. Joining forces in cosponsoring the giveaway are the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation, the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Western Pennsylvania Diaper Bank and the humanitarian aid organization Global Links. The event will...
