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Buffalo Township nurse on working in ‘Covid Country’: ‘You try to save patients, one after another’Video
Denise Skradski could have just stayed at home and waited until hospitals resumed elective surgeries before returning to work. Instead, the nursing independent contractor signed on for a two-week stint at a New Jersey hospital she said became known as “Covid Country” to many of its staffers. “I was sitting...
Going from red pandemic stage to yellow won’t help hairdressers, barbers
David Wien’s customers are stalking him these days. Wien owns John’s Barbershop, a small-town institution his father-in-law, John Krautbauer, opened 56 years ago across the street from the post office in Delmont. The shop closed in March when Gov. Tom Wolf issued a stay-at-home order designed to limit the spread...
Pandemic cancels some National Nurses Week events, celebration takes new forms
The coronavirus pandemic and related social distancing rules have prompted Western Pennsylvania hospitals to cancel a slew of activities scheduled to begin this week to recognize nurses. Plans are still in the works, however, to celebrate the region’s thousands of nurses working on the front lines, hospital officials say. “This...
The Stroller, May 3, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Did your neighbor call and check on you, or bring a face mask or groceries? The Stroller wants to recognize those around us who are performing small acts of kindness for others during this stressful time. Send a short, one-paragraph note highlighting someone and how they helped you, your family...
Lower Burrell funeral home arranges ‘drive-thru’ visitation for former Arnold man, volunteer firefighter
It wasn’t your typical viewing. Nor was it the way Kaye Barnes probably thought his family and friends would have to say goodbye. But it’s something he likely would have enjoyed, his son said. “He loved to have a good time,” said his son, David Barnes. On April 24, between...
Signal Item-area real estate for the week of May 3
Bridgeville Keylink Global LLC sold property at 615 Baldwin St. to Purva Mohnot for $14,500. Estate of Lynette Barr sold property at 1001 Grandview Ave. 803 to Geralyn Dremsek for $85,000. Carnegie Estate of Antonio Perri sold property at 409 Arch St. to NSC Properties LLC for $60,000. Terrence Steiner...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of May 3
Baldwin Borough Estate of Charles Wiedder sold property at 443 Blossom Drive to Bhadrika Phuyel and Guna Subedi for $165,000. Eleanor Popatak trustee sold property at 1122 Edward Drive to Luke Barkhymer for $187,000. Estate of Norene Mears sold property at 615 Jenne Drive to Michael Jugovich and Jacklyn Welage...
Monroeville real estate transactions for the week of May 3
Monroeville Elias Peterson sold property at 1000 Brian Ct to Frederick Otti Boateng and Rita Osei Acheampong for $293,500. Thomas Zorn sold property at 138 College Park Drive to Segavepo LLC for $116,000. Central Penn Capital Management LLC sold property at 811 Garden City Drive to Chester Wheeler for $121,500....
The day ‘all hell broke loose’; local lives lost, forever changed in Kent State shootingVideo
“What if you knew her // And found her dead on the ground // How can you run when you know?” “Ohio” (1970) • Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young The search for justice thrust upon a young Laurel Krause has now reached a half century. On May 4, 1970, a...
No commencement? How about a parade, Deer Lakes community says
West Deer police and fire trucks led about 50 cars filled with graduating Deer Lakes High School seniors in a parade through the residential streets surrounding the high school on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Parents and community members decorated yards, held signs and cheered them as they drove past. The...
Police say 2 fatal shootings in Ross Township are likely to be related
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified one of the two men shot to death Saturday in Ross as Bing Liu, 37, of Ross. Both men were found dead at the The Mews of Town North, an apartment complex near McKnight Road, according to Ross Police Detective Brian Kohlhepp. The...
Giant Eagle limits sale of ground meat; local grocer bucks national trend
Giant Eagle announced it is temporarily limiting the purchase of ground beef and on-sale meat items to two of each per transaction. The supermarket chain had limited some meat purchases before, early in the pandemic in March, according to Dick Roberts, a Giant Eagle spokesman. Meat isn’t disappearing from supermarket...
How Natrona Heights photographer John Filo captured the horror of Kent State killings
John Filo couldn’t get out of Ohio fast enough. It was early afternoon on May 4, 1970, and he was driving with rolls of film he had hidden in his red Volkswagen Beetle. The film contained photos Filo had just taken — images of the killings of unarmed students protesting...
Search at McConnells Mill resumes Sunday for man who fell into creek
A search is resuming Sunday morning for a man who fell from a hiking path in McConnells Mill State Park into Slippery Rock Creek on Saturday, a state park official. Park ranger Supervisor Bryan Moore said early Sunday morning that emergency personnel gathered at the park to resume the search...
Westmoreland County adds 3 new covid-19 cases; coroner’s death tally remains at 30
Westmoreland County’s covid-19 cases have climbed to at least 396 — including three new cases reported by early Saturday, state health data show. About 40% of the county’s cases are linked to nursing homes and other senior care facilities. The state health department cites at least 129 residents and 30...
Pennsylvania reports 64 more covid-19 deaths, total cases top 48K; nursing home cases approach 10K
Pennsylvania health officials reported 1,334 new cases of covid-19 and 64 more deaths as of Saturday morning, bringing the statewide coronavirus death toll to 2,418. Hospitals now are treating 2,673 patients with the disease, and 555 people are on ventilators — six fewer patients than were on ventilators as of...
Giant Eagle converts Parkway Center store to curbside pick-up site
Giant Eagle will temporarily convert its Parkway Center Mall store near Pittsburgh into a curbside pickup center, effective Sunday, May 3. A company spokesman said the move is an effort to meet the increasing demand for curbside pick-up triggered by the concerns over the coronavirus. The site will fulfill next-day...
Allegheny County reports 3 new coronavirus deaths; 10 new cases
The Allegheny County Health Department reported three more deaths and 10 additional cases of the coronavirus Saturday, increasing the county’s total deaths to 102. The new count brings the total number cases to 1,329 since the first case was reported in the county on March 14. Of that total, 1,284...
Westmoreland seeks poll workers for June 2 primary
Westmoreland County officials Saturday put out an urgent call for poll workers for the June 2 primary. Officials said they need to fill positions in Derry Township, Irwin Borough, North Huntingdon Township, Penn Township, Salem Township, Sewickley Township and Sutersville Borough. Poll workers are trained in advance and paid between...
National programs helps Murrysville man loan RV to Ohio nurse during pandemic
Gregory Vincent’s 40-foot recreational vehicle was sitting in storage, waiting for the day he could drive it across country with the car he drives in autocross competitions in tow. But the coronavirus shutdowns closed autocross competitions for the foreseeable future, so much so that Vincent doesn’t believe they will resume...
Week in Review: Pooling resources for covid-19 workers; 20th anniversary of Baumhammers shooting spree; local tie to ancient fossil findVideo
Here are some of the top stories from the week of April 26: • Corporations, foundations pool resources to provide front-line workers with masks Corporations and foundations across the region are partnering with a Duquesne-based textile company to produce more than 360,000 washable cloth masks for essential workers in nursing...
The Stroller, May 2, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Did your neighbor call and check on you, or bring a face mask or groceries? The Stroller wants to recognize those around us who are performing small acts of kindness for others during this stressful time. Send a short, one-paragraph note highlighting someone and how they helped you, your family...
North Huntingdon church taking food distribution to new levelVideo
Phyllis Karasek watched as Calvary Church volunteers stacked 30 boxes of non-perishable food in her garage on Friday, a temporary holding spot until she could deliver the boxes of groceries to her fellow residents of West Hempfield Townhouses in Hempfield. “It’s is a huge help. We have a lot of...
Hempfield plans $1.3 million summer paving program involving 44 streetsVideo
Hempfield crews are preparing to start a $1.3 million summer paving program that will resurface 9 miles of township roads. The project, slated to start over the summer, will cover 44 streets. Areas that are included in the project include Lynchwood, Mt. Vernon, Valhurst, High Park and parts of West...
14th defendant pleads guilty in heroin ring case tied to South Side Street gang
A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty to buying and selling large amounts of heroin and fentanyl as part of a drug ring linked to the “DS44” street gang, marking the 14th defendant convicted in the case since last summer, federal prosecutors said . St. John Williams, 29, who has prior ties...
