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Pittsburgh-area nonprofits develop alternatives as signature fundraisers are canceled
This past Saturday would have been Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy’s annual Spring Hat Luncheon. The event not only has an attendance roster of 600 of Pittsburgh’s fashionable who’s who, it raises more than a half-million much-needed dollars for the nonprofit. With the covid-19 pandemic, the luncheon didn’t go off as scheduled...
7 more deaths, 10 new cases of coronavirus reported in Allegheny County
The Allegheny County Health Department reported 10 additional cases of the coronavirus Tuesday, and seven new deaths. The county has had 109 deaths and 1,375 cases in total. The virus is having a devastating toll on long-term care facilities in Allegheny County. The Department of Health reported that 302 residents...
Decorate your own Eat’n Park Smiley cookies at home
Eat’n Park on Tuesday launched decorating kits for its popular Smiley cookies. The package contains six plain, baked Smiley cookies, three bags of colorful icing, sanding sugar and sprinkles. Decorating Smiley cookies has always been a hit at community events with Eat’n Park’s Team Smiley, said Kevin O’Connell, the chain’s...
Dormont Pool won’t open for 2020 amid coronavirus concerns
The 100th season of the historic Dormont Pool will go down in its history as the season that never was. Borough Council voted unanimously Monday to keep the pool closed for the 2020 season because of the complications surrounding covid-19 prevention. The virus “presents unique challenges to municipalities around the...
Pittsburgh’s Nellie Bly gets spotlight in empowerment project
This was a different kind of draft for the National Football League. It featured players who made their mark in the game of life. The draft consisted of 32 iconic women pioneers in American history, honoring the centennial of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. Thirty-two...
Police: McKees Rocks woman found in refrigerator was last seen a week ago; boyfriend charged
A McKees Rocks woman whose decomposing body was found in a broken refrigerator Monday was last seen by a neighbor April 29, authorities wrote in a criminal complaint charging the woman’s boyfriend with abuse of a corpse. Daryl Jones, 41, is being held without bail in Allegheny County Jail on...
Man stable after being found shot in Beechview
A man was in stable condition after being found shot in Beechview Monday night, police said. According to Pittsburgh police, officers responded around 9:50 p.m. to a 911 call of a man shot in the 200 block of Sebring Avenue. The man had been shot in the leg. He was...
Pittsburgh council extends coronavirus disaster declaration another week
Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a seven-day extension of Mayor Bill Peduto’s coronavirus disaster declaration. The declaration is now set to expire May 12. Its provisions include limits on public gatherings and permission for the city to bypass competitive bidding regulations. Peduto declared a state of emergency on...
Pa. Rep. Frankel ‘horrified’ by Pa. lawmaker’s Nazi Party comments
State Rep. Dan Frankel, D-Squirrel Hill, said Monday he was “horrified” by State Rep. Chris Dush’s comments comparing the Wolf administration’s efforts to slow the spread of covid-19 with the Nazi Party. During a committee hearing Monday, Dush, R-Jefferson, expressed his displeasure with what he perceived as Gov. Tom Wolf’s...
Monroeville hotel brings back some workers for food relief effortVideo
A Monroeville hotel has set out to prepare and deliver 240,000 meals to people across Western Pennsylvania by May 15. On Monday, the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh - Monroeville Convention Center was well on its way after beginning the undertaking April 13. “It sounded easier when we started planning...
Carnegie Science Center relays positive message to Pittsburgh on billboards
The Carnegie Science Center has partnered with Pittsburgh-based Chairman of the Boards and Lamar Advertising to post uplifting messages on billboards. The companies offered free space to help get the word out from the science center. There were four digital and one static billboard sharing the words “Think like a...
Police: McKees Rocks teen surrenders in connection with Stowe fatal shooting
A 16-year-old from McKees Rocks surrendered to police Monday in connection with the Sunday afternoon shooting in Stowe that killed a Pittsburgh man, police said. Peyton Wiser is charged with aggravated assault and possession of a gun by a minor, Allegheny County police said. Police said he surrendered Monday afternoon....
Pittsburgh argues it has legal authority to regulate use of firearms
Pittsburgh contends an Allegheny County judge erred when he ruled three controversial gun ordinances were illegal. In briefs filed with Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court, the city argued the ordinances sidestepped Pennsylvania’s superseding law prohibiting municipalities from regulating the ownership, possession, transfer and transportation of firearms. “Public health research is on our...
Pitt coronavirus researcher killed in likely murder-suicide
Ross police say an incident Saturday that left two men dead from gunshot wounds likely was a murder-suicide. Both men were found dead at The Mews of Town North, a condominium complex near McKnight Road, according to Detective Sgt. Brian Kohlhepp. The shootings occurred around 12:15 p.m. The Allegheny County...
Alexander’s Italian Bistro has closed its doors in Bloomfield
Another longstanding Pittsburgh restaurant has closed its doors. Alexander’s Italian Bistro, which has been a staple along Liberty Avenue in Bloomfield for more than 60 years, shut down March 12 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. But it won’t be reopening. Owner Kimberly Colaizzi Ifft posted a heartfelt goodbye on...
Raccoon tests positive for rabies in Bradford Woods
A raccoon picked up in Bradford Woods has tested positive for rabies, according to the Allegheny County Health Department. The raccoon was recently found near the 800 block of Oak Road and brought to the health department for testing. It is the fifth positive rabies case in Allegheny County this...
Body found in McKees Rocks refrigerator identified
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified a woman who was found dead inside a refrigerator in a McKees Rocks home Monday morning Police found the body of Kristy Jefferson, 38, of McKees Rocks inside a refrigerator that was sitting in a second floor hallway of a building in the...
No new coronavirus deaths reported in Allegheny County for 2nd straight day
The Allegheny County Health Department reported 20 additional cases of the coronavirus Monday, but no new deaths. The county has had 102 deaths and 1,365 cases in total. The health department said 14% — 194 cases — in the county are in health care workers. The county also reported no...
Allegheny Health Network expands access to drive-up coronavirus tests
Allegheny Health Network is expanding drive-up covid-19 testing to patients of non-AHN affiliated health care providers. The patients will need a doctor’s order to be tested. The drive-up testing started in March and is now available at seven locations in the region. “At AHN, drive-up testing for covid-19 is part...
Pittsburgh enacts hiring freeze as tax revenues dry up during pandemic
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto, faced with evaporating tax revenue caused by the coronavirus pandemic, on Monday announced a halt on filling 64 vacant positions across city government. The hiring freeze will save approximately $3 million in budgeted salaries, according to the Mayor’s Office. Peduto lauded city employees for their work...
TSA screener at Pittsburgh International diagnosed with coronavirus
A Transportation Security Administration employee at Pittsburgh International Airport has tested positive for covid-19, officials said. The person last worked April 25, according to the TSA website. It is the only covid-19 case that’s been logged by the TSA at Pittsburgh’s airport. Across the country, there are 516 TSA employees...
Pandemics, economic woes: Turner Dairy Farms still ‘figures it out’ 90 years later
Ninety Aprils ago, a young Charlie Turner proposed to a widow who lived on a Penn Hills farm. The year was 1930. At age 25, and after 12 years of working on his dad’s farm in Wilkinsburg, Turner was ready for a life change. He had just five possessions: four...
Fire fills Virginia Manor shops with smoke in Mt. Lebanon
Smoke from a fire filled several stores at a Mt. Lebanon shopping center just after midnight Monday morning. The fire at Virginia Manor Shops at Greentree and Cochran roads was reported around 12:30 a.m., an Allegheny County emergency dispatcher said. The Allegheny County Fire Marshal determined that a delivery truck...
Bells across Pennsylvania Day honored workers and more during covid-19Video
Pulling a rope the old fashioned way, Dale Winning pealed the bells at the First Congregational Church of Etna as part of the statewide “Bells across Pennsylvania Day” Sunday. Churches bells or any bell, even a spoon hitting the pan, sounded for three minutes at 7 p.m. throughout the state....
Police investigate Stowe Township shooting Sunday
A 26-year-old man was in critical condition late afternoon Sunday after he was shot multiple times in the 200 block of McCoy Road in Stowe Township, according to Allegheny County Police. The man was found around 3:37 p.m. on Benwood Avenue, which is near McCoy Road, and taken to an...
