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U.S. Postal Service hiring temporary employees
The U.S. Postal Service is hiring temporary workers to fill mail handling and processing positions at various locations in Western Pennsylvania, the agency announced Monday. People are needed to serve as mail handler assistants, mail processing clerk assistants, clerk assistants and city carrier assistants, according to the postal service. The...
BP offering gasoline discount to first responders, medical personnel
BP is offering a discount on gasoline to first responders and medical personnel to help support them during the covid-19 pandemic. The company is providing a discount of 50 cents per gallon at its BP and Amoco stations. To get the discount, first responders, doctors, nurses and hospital workers need...
Pittsburgh zoo announces furloughs for more than 40 employees
The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium is temporarily laying off one-third of its workforce because of the covid-19 pandemic, zoo officials announced Monday. “This was an incredibly painful and challenging decision,” zoo President and CEO Barbara Baker said in a statement. “Every effort was made and avenue explored in an...
10 new coronavirus cases reported in Westmoreland County as total tops 150
Westmoreland County reported 10 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the county total to 157, state health officials said Monday. Statewide, the death toll stands at 162, and the 1,470 new cases reported between 12 a.m. Sunday and 12 a.m. Monday brings the statewide total to 12,980. The 10 new cases...
Pennsylvania reports 12 more deaths, 1,470 new coronavirus cases
Twelve more people have died in Pennsylvania as a result of the coronavirus as the number of cases neared 13,000, state health officials said Monday. The death toll stands at 162, and the 1,470 new cases reported throughout the day Sunday brings the statewide total to 12,980. Secretary of Health...
Robocalls dwindle during coronavirus pandemic
Even the robots are listening to worldwide recommendations to keep our distance from each other. Although robocalls are automated, call centers where they’re managed are closed or have otherwise reduced their operations, Los Angeles Times business columnist David Lazarus noted last week. Lazarus heard from a couple who noticed a...
Allegheny County reports 37 new coronavirus cases, total reaches 642
Allegheny County reported 37 additional covid-19 cases Monday, bringing the countywide total to 642. County officials reported 53 new cases Sunday and 76 new cases Saturday. That does not include four county residents who have died from complications related to covid-19. The most recent deaths, reported this weekend, included a...
Pennsylvania is getting worse at social distancing, data shows
Despite a growing number of covid-19 cases in Pennsylvania, location data shows residents have actually increased their travel. Unacast, a phone data company, used data from mobile phones to track the average change in distance traveled by individuals in each state and country, starting from Feb. 24. The state was...
Westmoreland court reductions extended through April 30
Most Westmoreland County courts will remain shuttered through April 30. Common Pleas Court President Judge Rita Hathaway on Monday extended the current reductions of court functions as part of the state’s coronavirus response plan. The order cancels all trials in April, as well as other basic court functions such as...
South Hills area real estate transactions for the week of April 5
Baldwin Borough Paul Letender sold property at 3131 Churchview Ave. to William Hazi for $135,000. Jason Ambrose sold property at 301 Tyler Drive to Megan Pantuso for $120,000. Brentwood Anthony Romano sold property at 504 E. Garden Road to Taylor Browne for $131,500. Greta C Ebert Brant trustee sold property...
Peduto seeks extension of disaster declaration for Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto has asked City Council to approve an extension of his disaster declaration until early May. Council is scheduled to introduce a resolution on Tuesday that would authorize an extension of the declaration until May 5. Peduto issued the declaration March 13. It allows the city to...
Police: 2 arrested, teen wanted in Derry Township shooting during bungled drug deal
A 20-year-old man was shot and seriously injured Sunday in a bungled drug deal and robbery outside a Derry Township home, state police said. State police at Kiski arrested Michael E. Sawyer, 28, of Salem and Lorraine Painter, 22, of Greensburg in connection with the shooting and robbery that occurred...
The Stroller, April 6, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Send information of charitable events to The Stroller Is your company or organization making or collecting equipment for health professionals? Is your club or church going to sponsor a community blood drive? The Stroller will publish information about community drives and collections at Triblive.com. Send information to vndnews@tribweb.com. Small Acts...
Coroner’s office identifies teen killed in Allegheny Township ATV crash
A 17-year-old was killed in a rollover ATV crash in Allegheny Township, according to the Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office. Dominic G. DeFalco crashed near his home on the 200 block of McGeary Hollow Road around noon Sunday. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of the crash and...
Derry Borough shooting under investigation
State police are investigating a shooting in Derry Borough. Borough police said the incident occurred around 3:45 p.m. Sunday but could not specify where. It was unclear if anyone was wounded. No information about suspects or victims was released by borough police. State police said the shooting remains under investigation...
Western Pa. cemeteries attract more visitors during coronavirus restrictionsVideo
Cemeteries across the region have sprung to life during the coronavirus pandemic, with more people than usual flocking to them for fresh air and exercise. Some, however, aren’t as serene as they were before the pandemic. Homestead’s John English, a frequent visitor to Homewood Cemetery in Pittsburgh’s Point Breeze neighborhood,...
ER doctor who died of covid-19-like symptoms was Fayette County native
Fayette County native Dr. Frank Gabrin lived his life helping others, all the way up to the end. An ER physician at East Orange General Hospital in New Jersey, Dr. Gabrin generally worked the midnight shift because that’s when sick people would come in, his younger brother, Mike Gabrin of...
Allegheny Valley Hospital explores adding 100 beds if needed to support covid-19 surge
Allegheny Valley Hospital has enough space within its own walls to support as many as 100 more beds by converting the likes of physical therapy areas and family waiting lounges into clinical units, the hospital’s president said. Should the anticipated spike in covid-19 cases overwhelm the Alle-Kiski Valley’s existing options,...
Westmoreland County groups seek coronavirus protective gear
The Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety has teamed with three nonprofit business groups in the county to assist in gathering personal protective equipment for area health care workers and first responders during the covid-19 pandemic. “Resources for this crisis are scarce worldwide, and we are focusing our efforts on...
Members of the 911th Airlift Wing headed to New York City to assist in covid-19 response
About 10 members of the 911th Airlift Wing with medical experience were mobilized Sunday from the U.S. Air Force Reserve Unit adjacent to Pittsburgh International Airport to support covid-19 efforts in New York City, the wing’s commander Col. John F. Robinson said. The airmen left the Moon Township base Sunday...
12 more covid-19 cases reported in Westmoreland County
Twelve more people have tested positive for covid-19 in Westmoreland County, bringing the total to 147, officials announced Sunday. The health department reported 14 more covid-19 deaths in Pennsylvania on Sunday, bringing the statewide death toll to 150. None of those deaths has occurred in Westmoreland County. “The continued rise...
Pittsburgh pulmonologist discusses safety when working with coronavirus patientsVideo
Dr. Jennifer McComb is a pulmonologist who works in the intensive-care unit at UPMC Shadyside hospital, where more and more covid-19 patients are showing up. A pulmonologist is a doctor specializing in treating the respiratory system, the very thing covid-19 attacks. A wife and mother of two children, McComb works...
14 more coronavirus deaths recorded in Pa.; 1,493 new cases logged
Fourteen more people in Pennsylvania died of covid-19 between Saturday and Sunday, bringing the total number of people who have died from the virus in the state to 150. The state reported an additional 1,493 positive cases of covid-19, bringing the statewide total to 11,510. Sixty-five of the state’s 67...
Police: Man shot twice in McKees Rocks
A man was shot in the stomach and hip Saturday night in McKees Rocks, police said. Allegheny County police didn’t identify the man, but said he was shot at about 9:30 p.m. on Rosamond Street. McKees Rocks police found the man and he was taken to a hospital. County police...
Pennsylvania issues safety guidelines for essential businesses
A safety order that provides life-sustaining businesses with direction on how to properly clean and maintain buildings to help prevent the spread of covid-19 was issued Sunday by state Secretary of Health Rachel Levine. The Building Safety Measures order goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. April 6. It outlines measures...
