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Forbes Hospital reveals the smiles behind the masks with new ID badges
A smile does a lot of good. But recently, most of those smiles of hospital workers have been totally covered by a protective shield to curb the spread of covid-19. So to make them more visible again, Colleen Scarantine, a manager of patient safety at Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, is...
Public safety officials: Don’t hesitate to call 911 over covid-19 concern
Pittsburgh-area medical personnel and public safety officials don’t want residents hesitating to call 911 if they have an emergency, especially if that hesitation is out of fear of going to a hospital during the coronavirus pandemic. “We don’t want anyone making their personal health situation worse by not calling 911...
Carnegie Mellon braces for coronavirus financial losses, potential delay of fall semester
Carnegie Mellon University is freezing hiring and salaries and will reduce executive pay as the Pittsburgh school grapples with uncertainties created by the coronavirus pandemic, President Farnham Jahanian said Tuesday. In a lengthy letter to the university community, Jahanian said officials also developed an array of contingency plans for the...
Pittsburgh announces millions in funding for coronavirus aid programs
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s Office announced plans Tuesday to distribute about $12.6 million in federal grant money to more than a dozen organizations that are helping cash-strapped residents and businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. The plans include $4.2 million in Emergency Solutions Grants to help fund homeless shelter improvements, homeless...
Road work to resume Friday in Penn Hills, South Hills and Collier
Work is scheduled to resume this Friday on sections of three roads, the Allegheny County Department of Public Works said Tuesday. The department said the work, expected to begin at 7 a.m. May 1, will lead to “short stoppages in work zones” on the following roads: • Nadine Road between...
Uncertainty surrounds hearings for Pennsylvania prison inmates
The coronavirus pandemic could delay freedom for prison inmates scheduled for clemency hearings in June as uncertainty continues over when restrictions will be lifted and how hearings can be held within social-distancing guidelines. Lt. Gov. John Fetterman said in a call with reporters Tuesday that “dozens” of inmates were set...
Greensburg police charge 2 women with promoting prostitution
A Rhode Island woman charged this month with prostitution told Greensburg police a city woman paid for her to fly to Western Pennsylvania for a visit and to “make some money,” police said. Greensburg police this week arrested Nicole Vickers, 28, on charges that she was promoting prostitution following an...
Felicity Huffman’s daughter accepted into Carnegie Mellon after admissions scandal
A year after her parents were at the center of the nationwide college admissions scandal, Sophia Macy announced her new college plans will bring her to Pittsburgh. Macy, the daughter of actors Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy, was accepted into Carnegie Mellon University, People reported late Monday. Her updated...
East Suburban clinic reports data breach affecting 500 patients
East Suburban Sports Medicine Center, an athletic training and physical therapy center with branches in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, announced a data security breach that affected more than 500 Pennsylvania residents. Last spring, two patients told center officials that, when they ran a Google search for their names, the results...
North Huntingdon woman raises money for Excela staff who saved her husband from covid-19
After her high school sweetheart spent 20 days hospitalized on a ventilator, Karyl Nicholas of North Huntingdon was relieved to finally talk to him by phone. The day the tube was removed — April 19 — is a bright spot in what has been nerve-wracking weeks for the family of...
Pittsburgh opens community gardens, asks public to observe coronavirus guidelines
Pittsburgh on Tuesday announced that community gardens and city Adopt-A-Lot sites are open for cultivation, but officials urged the public to observe coronavirus guidelines while working the soil. More information about Adopt-A-Lot sites can be found here. More information about community gardens can be found here. The city released the...
Volunteer at Pittsburgh Public Schools tests negative for covid-19
Pittsburgh Public Schools announced Tuesday that a staff volunteer who had been ill has tested negative for covid-19. The district alerted staff and families of a potential exposure to covid-19 over the weekend. A staff volunteer who had distributed laptops and instructional packets at Pittsburgh Milliones in the Hill District...
Support group, fundraiser updates in Westmoreland County
Support groups Sage’s Army Inc. is hosting these online support groups via Zoom: • Coffee Break, 4-6 p.m. every first Friday of the month, beginning May 1: For women who have family members or friends struggling with addiction. Meeting ID is 946 202 392. Log on at zoom.us/j/946202392. • Grief...
Delmont library organizes ‘May the Fourth Be With You’ virtual trivia night
Delmont Public Library employees will mark the unofficial Star Wars holiday, “May the Fourth Be With You,” with an evening of virtual trivia. Teams or individuals will have a chance to earn a $10 or $20 gift card to Kings Family Restaurant by placing first or second after answering 20...
Mt. Pleasant Area students rally to save prom amid pandemic
As seniors grapple with the idea of missing out on graduation and other end-of-the-year events as the coronavirus spreads across Western Pennsylvania, a group of Mt. Pleasant Area students decided there was one event they weren’t willing to miss — prom. In the days following an announcement that the school’s...
Hempfield Area reschedules graduation, cancels prom
Hempfield Area students will have to wait almost two more months to receive their diplomas after school officials pushed graduation to July amid the coronavirus pandemic. Graduation is rescheduled for July 18 rather than the original May 29 date, according to a letter from the district. July 19 will act...
Westmoreland County adds 6 new coronavirus cases, no additional deaths
Westmoreland County added six more coronavirus cases on Tuesday as the county’s total inched toward 400 cases. The 383 Westmoreland cases are among the now 43,264 covid-19 cases diagnosed across the state since the first cases were reported March 6. Westmoreland County saw its first case April 5. Since then,...
Official: Pennsylvania may have passed coronavirus peak, but surges still possible
The state’s top health official said Tuesday she believes Pennsylvania has passed its coronavirus peak but cautioned that outbreaks and surges remain possible. Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said the data and trends point toward the state being past the highest point for new cases and deaths, but she...
Carnegie Science Center names virtual science fair winners
After virtually judging more than 900 projects, the Carnegie Science Center has announced the winners of this year’s Covestro Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair. The virtual judging plan was adopted after the annual science fair was canceled because of public health concerns related to covid-19. PRSEF named three Carnegie...
Allegheny County reports 8 new deaths, 11 more coronavirus cases
The Allegheny County Health Department on Tuesday reported eight new deaths and 11 additional cases of the coronavirus. Of the total 87 deaths, 78 are listed as confirmed cases of covid-19, while nine are considered probable. The new diagnoses bring the count of total of covid-19 cases to 1,235. Of...
Customs officials: 1,600 counterfeit Roku remotes seized en route to Butler County
Customs and Border Protection officials operate by a simple philosophy: the more popular something is, the more likely that someone in the world is busy creating a counterfeit version. So with millions of Americans streaming billions of television shows and movies amid the coronavirus quarantine, customs officials in Pittsburgh were...
Fire chief: No one inside vehicle submerged in Unity lakeVideo
No one was inside a suspected stolen car found submerged in a Unity lake on Tuesday morning, according to Crabtree Fire Chief Bill Watkins. Firefighters, paramedics and state police responded to Dom Lake near Crabtree shortly before 10 a.m. when the vehicle was spotted, according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatcher....
10th resident dies from coronavirus at Kane’s Glen Hazel nursing home
A 10th resident has died from the coronavirus at the Kane Regional nursing home in Glen Hazel, according to data from Allegheny County. Of 96 residents tested for covid-19 at the county-owned long-term care facility, 62 have tested positive for the virus. Seven residents have been hospitalized, and 22 have...
Westmoreland Community Action survey to gauge coronavirus-related needs
Westmoreland Community Action is seeking input about community needs during the coronavirus pandemic. The results of an online survey will help the organization create services that could help. Nearly 1.6 million Pennsylvania workers have filed unemployment claims since mid-March, when Gov. Tom Wolf ordered closures of some businesses and schools...
Animal Friends seeks donations amid shutdown
A local animal shelter has issued a plea for donations to help it provide services after its regular sources of income dried up because of the coronavirus pandemic. “Despite having to make the heartbreaking decision to cut back our staffing … we remain committed to keeping our most critical and...
