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3rd ‘Civil Saturday’ demonstration takes place in front of Pittsburgh’s City-County Building
People gathered Saturday afternoon in front of the City-County Building in Downtown Pittsburgh for a sit-in. The event, “Civil Saturdays — Strike at the City-County Building,” got under way shortly after 3 p.m. and drew a crowd that filled the street outside the building. Chants called for police reform, and...
2nd Rivers Casino worker tests positive for coronavirus since June 9 reopening
A second employee at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh has tested positive for coronavirus since the North Shore facility reopened from the state-mandated shutdown, company officials said. “This team member has not been on property for the past seven days and last worked on June 13,” said Rivers spokesman Jack...
Driving on Route 28? 2 new eaglets on the wing from Harmar nest
The skies above Route 28 in Harmar just got busier as two young bald eagles made their first successful flights this week from their nest perched high above the busy highway. The Harmar bald eagles are on their second nest on the same steep hillside towering above Route 28 and...
PennDOT now booking appointments for driver license exams
Drivers — including motorcyclists — can begin scheduling exams online to obtain their license, PennDOT announced. The skills test portion of the exam also has been modified to reduce the chances that coronavirus spreads between people taking the exam and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation staff. The agency announced these safety...
Kiski Area tax bills will go up slightly in Westmoreland, but down in Armstrong
The Kiski Area School Board approved a $62.9 million budget for the coming school year that slightly increases the tax bill for the district’s Westmoreland County property owners, but decreases it for ones in Armstrong County. Westmoreland County property owners will see their millage rate go up 0.34 mills to...
Pittsburgh diocese forms new parish to meet spiritual, cultural need of black church members
St. Benedict the Moor Church in Pittsburgh’s Hill District has been designated a “personal parish” that will serve the spiritual needs of Black Catholics in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Bishop David Zubik announced. The decision to return the church’s status to a separate parish comes just six months after St....
Dad’s Pub and Grub closes both locations after employee contracts covid-19
The owners of Dad’s Pub and Grub restaurants announced Saturday that they have temporarily closed both locations after an employee tested positive for the coronavirus. According to a notice posted on the restaurant’s Facebook page, the owners said that locations in Monroeville and Braddock Hills as well as its food...
Jacobs Creek in Mt. Pleasant Township among waterways cleaned up in 6-state effortVideo
Mt. Pleasant brothers Ethan and Carter Mates wanted to help so they donned bright orange vests, gloves and face masks as they walked nearly two miles to collect bottles, cigarette butts, fast food wrappers and other trash left near the banks of Jacobs Creek. “We thought it was a good...
Westmoreland County has 9 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Saturday reported nine new covid-19 cases in Westmoreland County and no additional deaths. The countywide case total is now 519, with 38 deaths, according to the Health Department. There have been no reported coronavirus deaths reported in the county since May 18. More than...
Police seek woman in shooting death outside McKeesport bar
Police are seeking a suspect in the shooting death early Thursday of a Pittsburgh woman outside of a McKeesport bar. Allegheny County Police identified the suspect as Gabrielle Parker, 33. They did not provide an address but said she is known to frequent the McKeesport area. According to police, first...
Allegheny County coronavirus cases rise by 20; 1 new death reported
There was one new death in Allegheny County from the coronavirus since Friday, and there were 20 additional cases, the Allegheny County Health Department reported Saturday morning. The death toll of people who have died from the virus has climbed to 178, the county health department said. The new count...
Saturday marks the summer solstice, the longest day of the year
Fifteen hours, 3 minutes and 49 seconds. That’s how much daylight the Pittsburgh region will see today during the summer solstice — the official start of summer and longest day of the year, when the sun takes the northernmost path through the sky. The result is short nights, early dawns...
The Stroller, June 20, 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. Christopher’s Light children’s charity accepting donations Due to the...
Indiana County man accused of threatening police, workers
A 39-year-old Indiana, Pa. man accused of violating protection from abuse orders was arrested by federal marshals in Ohio on Friday after he allegedly made numerous threatening phone calls to the state police and employees at the Indiana County station. The suspect, Tobias T. Wright, is accused of making 40...
Route 30 greenway in Ligonier Township just got greener
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy has acquired 50 acres of land including frontage along the high quality Coalpit Run, which is a tributary of Loyalhanna Creek in Ligonier Township along Route 30. “Loyalhanna Creek is an ecologically significant stream that is a conservation priority for the Conservancy,” said Conservancy President and...
Standoff in Vandergrift ends peacefully with man’s arrest
A Vandergrift man was taken into custody following a standoff at a borough house Friday night. Officers were dispatched to 331 Chestnut St. shortly before 8 p.m. for a domestic dispute. “Prior to arrival, Westmoreland County 911 advised us the male was possibly armed with a handgun and a shotgun,”...
New Kensington woman accused of threatening Westmoreland County worker
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a New Kensington woman accused of threatening a Westmoreland County caseworker Friday morning after a child custody hearing at the county courthouse in Greensburg, police said. The suspect, Ronica S. Paine, 46, of Leishman Avenue, allegedly threatened the female caseworker by...
Boy, 2, dies a week after being injured in crash that killed 2 adults
A 2-year-old boy has died from injuries he sustained in a June 13 accident that killed two adults in Pittsburgh’s Chateau neighborhood. The victim, Kingsley Hall of Pittsburgh, died of blunt force trauma of the head on Wednesday in a Pittsburgh hospital, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office announced Friday...
Lernerville Speedway holds opening night with pandemic restrictions in place
Racing returned to Lernerville Speedway in Buffalo Township on Friday with thousands of fans eager to see the green flags waving — in spite of the covid-19 pandemic. “It feels great to be back here again,” said Pat Snow of Bruin, Butler County. “We’ll be camping here next week for...
North Hempfield house damaged by fire from lightning strike
Lightning struck at a house in North Hempfield on Friday afternoon and caught the roof on fire. The homeowners, Mary and David Simpson of Downes Road, were home in the kitchen, preparing for supper, when the lightning hit the roof around 5 p.m. “It was real loud. I jumped,” Mary...
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...
