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Latrobe Elementary contractor seeks damages for construction delays
The general contractor that completed construction of Latrobe Elementary School in December 2018 has filed suit against the building architect, seeking $1.3 million in damages related to a four-month project delay. Nello Construction of Carnegie filed the civil complaint this week in Westmoreland County Court, claiming that Axis Architecture breached...
Mt. Pleasant Area ratifies 5-year teachers contract
The Mt. Pleasant Area School Board and teachers ratified a new five-year contract Wednesday, even as students and teachers — separated by the coronavirus shutdown — worked from their homes. The board approved the contract retroactive to Sept. 1, 2018, and extending through Aug. 31, 2023, by an 8-1 vote....
Beaver County officials frustrated over tracking of nursing home’s coronavirus outbreak
Beaver County officials said Thursday they are frustrated about differing state reports on how many nursing home residents have coronavirus as they grapple with one agency’s report that Brighton Rehabilitation has more than 100 cases. The state Department of Health is reporting 70 cases total across two of the county’s...
Excela retiree answers the call for personal protective equipment
When covid-19 began spreading across the United States, Excela Health officials looked to someone who had helped in the past to plan for the future. “Our Quality and Safety Departments asked Dave Byers, who retired last year as Excela Health’s director of safety, if he would be willing to join...
Nearly 450K Pennsylvania voters apply to cast mail-in, absentee ballots
Nearly 450,000 people have applied to vote in the June 2 primary by mail-in and absentee ballots, and the number is expected to grow as people look for an alternative to voting in person because of coronavirus concerns, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State. The agency is urging voters...
Police: Boy, 16, shot in arm in Pitcairn
A 16-year-old boy was reported in stable condition after being shot Wednesday in Pitcairn. Allegheny County Police said borough officers responded to a call for shots fired around 7:10 p.m. at the intersection of Fourth Street and Highland Avenue. Authorities said police found evidence of a shooting along the 500...
Pitt student wins Truman Scholarship for establishing gun violence prevention nonprofit
University of Pittsburgh junior Kathryn Fleisher has been awarded a 2020 Harry S. Truman Scholarship, one of 62 students in the country to win the prestigious award and the 13th in Pitt’s history. The Truman Scholarship is awarded to students who excel in their commitment to public service. Following the...
Nurse N’at brings faces of Pittsburgh-area front line workers to the publicVideo
A Pittsburgh-area registered nurse is bringing the faces of the front lines to the community, in hopes that their support will help the region’s nurses push through the daily work related to the coronavirus pandemic. Dena Strano of Plum has been collecting photographs of nurses wearing items from the online...
Duquesne man, 18, charged in Pittsburgh shooting last month
A Duquesne man is charged with attempted homicide and other crimes for allegedly shooting a man in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood. Tyrone Jackson, 18, was arrested Thursday and remains lodged in the Allegheny County Jail unable to post $10,000 bond, according to online court documents. He’s charged with criminal attempt-homicide, carrying...
Judge denies Crystal Belle’s murder appeal for Jeannette killing
The third-degree murder conviction of a Jeannette woman serving up to 30 years in prison for the beating death of her live-in boyfriend nearly four years ago will stand. Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Feliciani this week denied the appeal of Crystal Belle, who contended evidence presented against...
Shell Chemicals to bring back 200 more workers to its ethane cracker site in Beaver County
Shell Chemicals confirmed that it will bring back about 200 employees next week to assist with operations at its ethane cracker construction site in Beaver County. Beaver County Commissioner Jack Manning told the Tribune-Review about the company’s plans earlier Thursday. Shell spokesman Michael Marr said there are currently fewer than...
Broadband internet survey deadline extended for Westmoreland, other regional counties
Westmoreland County planners have extended the deadline for residents to participate in a study of local broadband internet needs until the end of April. The online survey is part of an eight-county assessment of infrastructure needs for the service that has become increasingly relevant as more residents have been routed...
Pennsylvania’s ‘masks in public’ order manifests in a variety of ways in Western Pa.
Alyson Holt’s house in Murrysville is starting to fill up with 3D printers. Her husband, Gary, already had two and recently ordered a third. These days, they are humming steadily, creating moldable face masks using polyactic acid plastic, the most common material for 3D printing. The Holts are using a...
Mayor Peduto: Pittsburgh will feel financial effects of pandemic for 5 years
The City of Pittsburgh is likely to feel the economic effects of the coronavirus for the next five years, Mayor Bill Peduto said in a speech Thursday. He called the city’s financial picture “bleak” and said there will be a budget shortfall of tens of millions of dollars this year,...
Allegheny County asks residents to refrain from open burning during coronavirus pandemic
Allegheny County officials are asking residents to refrain from recreational burning, an activity they said has increased during the coronavirus pandemic. “With more people at home due to the pandemic, we have seen a significant increase in recreational burning,” said Dr. Debra Bogen, Health Department Director. “The resulting smoke reduces...
Monroeville decides against employee furlough
Monroeville council voted down a motion that would have furloughed 17 full-time municipal staffers between the library, senior center, parks and recreation, code enforcement and engineering departments. The motion, made by Councilman Eric Poach, to furlough 17 full-time staff members would have brought approximately $120,000 a month in savings, according...
Cause of Jeannette fire believed to be accidental
Jeannette Fire Chief Bill Frye believes a fire that damaged three homes this month was accidental. Frye said Thursday that he believes the April 9 blaze was electrical and started in the space behind a wall on the first floor of the Gaskill Avenue home. No one was there at...
Police searching for missing McCandless woman
Authorities are looking for a McCandless woman who has been missing for a month. McCandless police began looking into the disappearance of Gale Pearson, 70, on Wednesday. On Thursday, the department asked Allegheny County Police to help with the investigation. Detectives learned Pearson was last seen after picking up her...
Cops: Man charged with assault for intentionally coughing on workers in Unity medical office
A man accused of intentionally coughing on two medical staffers at an outpatient care center in Unity this month was charged with reckless endangerment and simple assault , state police said. Robert M. Williams, 53, of Cherry Tree, Indiana County, was also charged with disorderly conduct, harassment and reckless endangerment...
Allegheny Health Network supplements N95 masks with reusable respirators for coronavirus patients
Health care workers in the Allegheny Health Network have started using protective gear that is expected to replace thousands of N95 masks. AHN has partnered with Pittsburgh-based company MSA Safety to secure a shipment of P100 industrial-grade respirators, the health network announced Thursday. The masks are reusable and can be...
Murrysville to reduce number of monthly planning meetings
Murrysville officials are hoping that reducing planning commission meetings from two to one per month will make it easier for the commission to achieve a consistent quorum to conduct business. The seven-member commission was only able to hold one monthly meeting during at least six months of 2019, according to...
Answering the Call: UPMC worker discusses mental toll of screening front-line colleagues for coronavirusVideo
A month ago, Brittany Murin was a mammographer at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. Now, in the midst of the covid-19 crisis, she is responsible for screening front-line employees as they enter the hospital. Her shift begins at 3 a.m. In this edition of Answering the Call, the Trib spoke with Murin...
Pennsylvania reports 60 more deaths, over 1,200 new coronavirus cases
Another 60 coronavirus deaths were reported across Pennsylvania on Thursday, pushing the death toll above 700 as the case count eclipsed 27,000. The deaths, reported to the state throughout the day Wednesday, bring the total to 707, according to the Department of Health. The 1,245 new cases reported during that...
12 more coronavirus deaths reported in Allegheny County after delay in data
Allegheny County reported 12 more deaths from the coronavirus Thursday, but officials stressed that the increase does not indicate a spike over the past 24 hours. The 12 new reports, which bring the countywide total to 38 deaths, reflect a delay in the data being added to the county’s tracking...
Murrysville will likely delay construction of park amphitheater
With live concerts an unlikely scenario in the near future, and a group of consultant proposals that missed the mark, Murrysville officials are likely to hold off on plans to build an amphitheater at Murrysville Community Park. “We received five (consultant) proposals, and to say the least, I think we’re...
