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PHEAA extends grant application deadline to May 15
Prompted by a sharp reduction in financial aid applications from students who plan to go to college, the state’s Higher Education Assistance Agency said Tuesday it is extending the deadline for applications to Friday, May 15. The original deadline was May 1. The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency is urging...
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation latest to hold virtual fundraiser gala
Gone are the days — well at least they’re gone this spring — when people dress up to go festive galas, joining with family and friends for evening of food and drink, all for their favorite non-profit in need of money. Instead, the typical galas are being replaced by virtual...
Farmers, farmers market vendors can get free equipment needed to join SNAP program
Farmers market vendors and direct-marketing farmers can apply for a grant to get free, wireless point-of-sale equipment to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, the state said. The electronic devices were made available at no cost through a federal grant awarded to the Human Services Department by the U.S....
Man accused of holding up Robinson deli with rifle arrested in Pittsburgh’s North Side
A Thornburg man accused of holding up a Robinson market with a rifle was arrested Tuesday afternoon on Pittsburgh’s North Side, officials said. Tyler Rutherford, 33, was wanted as the suspect in last week’s robbery of Rossi’s Market, a deli and convenience store on Forest Grove Road just west of...
Police seek public’s help to find pair who robbed, assaulted woman on Pittsburgh’s North Shore
Pittsburgh police are asking for the public’s help to find two suspects wanted in connection to the robbery and assault of a 59-year-old woman on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. The suspects, a male and a female, are accused of assaulting the woman at about 5:45 a.m. Saturday in the 200 block...
Pittsburgh Public Schools staff member tests negative for covid-19
A staff member who works out of Pittsburgh Public School’s Service Center has tested negative for covid-19, the district announced Tuesday. The district closed the Service Center over the weekend for a deep cleaning, as a precaution. The building reopened Tuesday and families in the district were notified in a...
Monroeville Foundation launches emergency relief fund
A Monroeville charitable organization was forced to cancel its largest annual fundraiser, so organizers launched a campaign to fund local efforts during the covid-19 pandemic. Monroeville Foundation has set out to raise $5,000 for an emergency relief fund. The money would be available in the form of a grant to...
PennDOT says $800M in federal aid needed to keep non-critical projects rolling
Facing a drop in gas tax revenue from fewer motorists driving at a time when the Pennsylvania Turnpike won’t turn over more than $100 million due in July, PennDOT might delay noncritical bridge and highway projects if the state does not get $700 million to $800 million in covid-19 federal...
Vandergrift Council moves meetings online via Zoom, cancels Artfest
Vandergrift Council’s meeting Monday began with several council members shouting “Hello?” and a few curse words as they learned to turn on their webcams. The council held a meeting via Zoom on Monday, its first public meeting since the covid-19 pandemic began nearly two months ago. Once things got rolling,...
Pennsylvania’s backlog of 3,000 untested rape kits now under 100, auditor general says
Four years after the state Auditor General’s Office found that more than 3,000 untested rape kits were sitting idly in police departments across Pennsylvania, that number has dropped to fewer than 100, the office announced Tuesday. “While important progress is being made, I’m concerned that nearly 100 victims of sexual...
Allegheny Health Network resumes elective surgeries, increases in-person appointments
Allegheny Health Network this week resumed elective surgeries and appointments at all of its medical facilities in response to the region’s decline in new coronavirus cases. The health care provider said it is “returning to a more normalized schedule and protocols for medical appointments and non-emergent surgical procedures after six...
Pittsburgh International Airport to use UV-beaming robots for disinfecting
Robots beaming out ultraviolet lights soon will be disinfecting floors and handrails at Pittsburgh International Airport to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. The airport has been working with Lawrenceville-based Carnegie Robotics to mount ultraviolet lights on robotic floor scrubbers to clean the terminal for more than a year,...
Kane’s Glen Hazel facility up to 12 coronavirus deaths as state weighs releasing nursing home data
State officials on Tuesday said coronavirus case numbers in care facilities and prisons will continue to be a part of a county’s total case count despite some calls for those numbers to excluded. Both Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said those cases are an important...
Sunken boat pulled from Allegheny River at Fox Chapel Yacht ClubVideo
The Allegheny County Fire Marshal will investigate a February boat fire after the sunken vessel was lifted from the Allegheny River on Tuesday. The boat was recovered from its dock at the Fox Chapel Yacht Club, off Old Freeport Road in O’Hara. “Now that the boat has been raised, the...
Excela employees donate $80K to Westmoreland food bank
The Westmoreland County Food Bank has seen an “overwhelming” increase in need with no end in sight, CEO Jennifer Miller said. “Our biggest obstacle right now is the unknown,” she said. But the organization knows for sure it can count on an $80,000 donation from Excela Health employees. “This $80,000...
Pittsburgh food bank plans drive-up distributions at airport, PPG Paints Arena
The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank will host two drive-up distributions this week, one at Pittsburgh International Airport and one at PPG Paints Arena. The event at the airport will run from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday. Parking lots open at 11 a.m., and the distribution can accommodate 1,000...
Pitt and CMU researchers developing low-cost ‘Roboventilator’ for pandemic
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh are teaming up to address the ventilator shortage in the U.S. brought on by the covid-19 pandemic. Ventilators, mechanical devices used to move breathable air into and out of the lungs, are in huge global demand as the coronavirus attacks...
Racial equity task force proposed for coronavirus response in Pittsburgh
Two Pittsburgh city councilmen on Tuesday proposed a task force that would ensure the city’s minority communities receive equal treatment in government initiatives aimed at helping people during the coronavirus pandemic. Councilmen R. Daniel Lavelle and Ricky Burgess, council’s only black members, introduced a resolution that would create the Greater...
Latrobe man accused of assaulting ex-girlfriend found hiding under couch, police say
When police went to a Latrobe man’s home Monday to question him about allegedly assaulting a former girlfriend, they found him hiding beneath his sofa, troopers said. Sean L. Hurley, 35, is charged with harassment, simple assault and terroristic threats in connection with the incident, which police said began in...
Trib offers HSSN services to produce, livestream Western Pa. graduations
As high schools try to plan Class of 2020 graduation ceremonies amid the uncertainty of coronavirus restrictions, HSSN has added its video capabilities to their menu of options. HSSN, the High School Sports Network of Trib Total Media, is offering high school administrators across the region its video production and...
Pittsburgh-area nonprofits develop alternatives as signature fundraisers are canceled
This past Saturday would have been Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy’s annual Spring Hat Luncheon. The event not only has an attendance roster of 600 of Pittsburgh’s fashionable who’s who, it raises more than a half-million much-needed dollars for the nonprofit. With the covid-19 pandemic, the luncheon didn’t go off as scheduled...
Export Council’s May meeting delayed 1 week
Export officials will hold their May council meeting a week later than usual. The May 12 meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Export Volunteer Fire Department social hall, the former American Legion building, 5778 Kennedy Ave. Council did not hold an April meeting....
Gov. Wolf offers little detail on when next areas of Pennsylvania could move to yellow phase
Gov. Tom Wolf on a call with reporters Tuesday remained tight-lipped as to when he might announce which Pennsylvania counties will be next to see pandemic-related restrictions eased. “There is no schedule,” Wolf said of when he will announce more counties. “That would be arbitrary.” The governor reiterated what has...
6 more accused in scheme to get drugs into Westmoreland jail
Six more people have been charged in connection with an alleged yearlong scheme that used fake legal mail to deliver drugs to the Westmoreland County Prison. Five men were inmates at the time of the alleged offenses and the sixth was a girlfriend of one of the defendants, according to...
Fallingwater to offer virtual summer camps, online concert
Fallingwater is closed to the public at least through May 15, as part of precautions against spread of the coronavirus. But the Frank Lloyd Wright architectural gem in Fayette County, and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy that operates the famous rural residence, are offering several online programs. Virtual summer camps for...
