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Scottdale expands existing curfew to anyone under 18
Scottdale extended its normal 9 p.m. curfew for children during the school year to include anyone under 18, according to borough manager Angelo Pallone. The altered curfew will remain in effect as long as the coronavirus pandemic continues, he said. “It’s going to be enforced as long as the emergency...
Food Podcast: How Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank assists during the coronavirus pandemic
As the coronavirus outbreak wears on and businesses in Pennsylvania and around the country remain closed, staving off hunger is becoming an increasingly monumental task. Brian Gulish of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank gave an update on this week’s food podcast. The organization’s efforts to feed those who need...
North Shore police memorial vandalized
A memorial to law enforcement officers near Heinz Field was vandalized. A profane anti-police message was spray painted in yellow on the Allegheny County Law Enforcement Officers Memorial on North Shore Drive, according to Pittsburgh police. The vandalism was on the part of the memorial facing the Allegheny River. The...
Pittsburgh police seek suspect in fatal Homewood shooting
A woman was found shot in Homewood early Monday morning, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers responded to a 911 call for a person shot in the 7000 block of Monticello Street just before 2:20 a.m. The woman was found inside a residence with a gunshot wound. Medics pronounced her dead...
Gas prices continue plummeting, averaging $2.27 a gallon in Pittsburgh area
Gasoline prices are continuing to fall but, unlike the national average, the average in the Pittsburgh area remains above $2 per gallon, according to price-tracking service GasBuddy. The national average has fallen under $2 per gallon for the first time in more than four years, caused by an unprecedented drop...
Power outages reported across Pittsburgh region
Duquesne Light and West Penn Power were both reporting power outages in the Pittsburgh area early Monday morning. As of 6 a.m., Duquesne Light had about 350 outages. Most were in Churchill, 106; Hampton, 97; and Ross, 68. By 10:30, outages were down to about 170, while still focused with...
The Stroller, March 30, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Send cancellations to The Stroller The Stroller will publish news of cancellations and events that will still occur in the upcoming days. If your non-profit has to cancel or change an event or is helping members of the public, please send information to The Stroller at vndnews@tribweb.com. Leechburg Food Bank...
With an eye on ICU beds, Pa. hospitals prep for surge in coronavirus patients
As coronavirus cases continue to grow, hospitals across the state are doing what they can to prepare for a surge of critical patients that officials fear could overwhelm the health care system. More than half of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties, however, have fewer than 20 intensive care beds, according to data...
Chartiers Valley student makes finals in Pittsburgh Public’s Shakespeare contest
Wesley Madge rolled in a somersault onto the stage at the O’Reilly Theater and arose as Puck in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” For Wesley, 13, a seventh grader at Chartiers Valley Middle School, acting is about much more than repeating lines on the stage. It’s about becoming the character you’re...
Police: Woman grazed by gunfire after shots fired on border of East Liberty, Garfield
A woman refused to be taken to the hospital after she was grazed by gunfire Sunday evening on the border of Pittsburgh’s East Liberty and Garfield neighborhoods, Pittsburgh public safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said. City police were alerted to the gunfire by ShotSpotter and 911 calls shortly before 6 p.m....
Inmate at state prison in Montgomery County diagnosed with covid-19
An inmate in the state prison system tested positive for covid-19, according to Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Sec. John Wetzel. “An inmate at SCI Phoenix (Montgomery County) with underlying health conditions has tested positive for COVID-19,” Wetzel said in a statement. “The inmate is in the prison’s infirmary and is...
9 more residents of Beaver County nursing home diagnosed with covid-19
Nine more residents of a Beaver County nursing home tested positive for covid-19, said the home’s medical director. Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center started testing residents Friday, and 10 positive covid-19 cases were confirmed by Saturday morning. On Sunday, Dr. David Thimons, the center’s medical director, said there were another...
2 residents of St. Barnabas Nursing Home in Richland test positive for covid-19
Two residents at St. Barnabas Nursing Home in Richland are in quarantine after testing positive for covid-19, a spokesman confirmed Sunday. “They’re in a separate section of the building as well as separate rooms,” said Jim Lauteri, a spokesman with St. Barnabas Health System. St. Barnabas has five assisted-living facilities...
Priest who serves in Pittsburgh’s Oakland-area grouping tests positive for covid-19
A priest who had been in isolation as a result of being exposed to someone else who tested positive for covid-19 has himself been diagnosed with the disease, the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh said. The Rev. Adam Potter, who served as an assistant priest for the parishes in the city’s...
2 people hurt in multi-vehicle collision on Route 65
Two people were taken to the hospital following a multi-vehicle collision in Bellevue on Sunday, according to authorities. The crash occurred just after 2:30 p.m. on the 4200 block of Route 65, also known as Ohio River Boulevard, an Allegheny County 911 dispatcher said. The collision closed in the highway...
NWS: Storms produced golf-ball sized hail, flash flooding
Some areas reported more than 2 inches of rain Saturday as thunderstorms drenched the Pittsburgh region, according to the National Weather Service. Flash flooding and golf ball-size hail were reported, meteorologist Myranda Fullerton said. “We saw anywhere from three-quarters of an inch total upwards of over 2 inches in some...
Artist transforms Uptown tiger into ‘Tiger King’ portrait of Joe Exotic
Pop culture is a big part of Jeremy Raymer’s art, and he knows the value of having a finger on the pulse of the cultural zeitgeist. So when a friend mentioned the old tiger’s head, painted on a wall near the intersection of Moultrie Street and Tustin Street behind the...
6 additional covid-19 cases reported in Westmoreland County
Westmoreland County’s covid-19 case count rose by six overnight, as figures released Sunday by state health officials show 47 confirmed cases. That is up from 41 cases in figures released yesterday. There have been no deaths related to the virus in the county, which has been under a stay-at-home order...
Pennsylvania reports 4 more deaths, 643 new cases of coronavirus
Four more people in Pennsylvania have died from covid-19, increasing the statewide coronavirus death toll to 38, state health officials said Sunday at their daily briefing. The state reported 643 new cases of covid-19. A total of 3,394 residents had tested positive as of noon Sunday. Confirmed cases are now...
Allegheny County sees 46 new coronavirus cases, bringing total to 265
Allegheny County health officials reported an additional 46 cases of covid-19 Sunday morning. That figure is down from the 61 new cases reported from Friday to Saturday. In all, county health officials have confirmed 265 cases. The cases are split evenly between genders: 133 females and 132 males. The age...
Pittsburgh garbage collection to resume Monday
Garbage collection in the city of Pittsburgh will resume Monday after being delayed due to concerns about the coronavirus and thunderstorm warnings, city officials said. Collection was halted last week due to concerns about the coronavirus. Crews on Saturday were able to collect most of the leftover trash and recycling,...
Armstrong Township woman killed in Blairsville crash
A 50-year-old woman killed in a Blairsville crash on March 27 has been identified as Christina Anne Roberson of Armstrong Township. Roberson was driving north on South Walnut Street near Old Main Street shortly before 9:30 p.m. when she struck the curb after failing to make a left bend in...
Police: Pitcairn stabbing victim in critical condition
A 67-year-old man was taken into custody Saturday evening after police say he stabbed another man in Pitcairn. Pitcairn police and paramedics were called to a rooming house on the 200 block of Broadway Boulevard just before 5:15 p.m., and arrived to discover a 60-year-old man who had been stabbed...
Covid-19 pandemic provides ‘haunting’ parallel to deadly 1918 global flu infectionsVideo
Hauntingly similar. A little more than a century after a global influenza epidemic that cut a deadly path across Western Pennsylvania, that’s how Thomas Soltis describes the coronavirus pandemic that is spreading rapidly through much of Pennsylvania — having already killed 34 people in the state and more than 30,000...
The Stroller, March 29, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Send cancellations to The Stroller The Stroller will publish news of cancellations and events that will still occur in the upcoming days. If your non-profit has to cancel or change an event or is helping members of the public, please send information to The Stroller at vndnews@tribweb.com. New Kensington-Arnold School...
