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‘Hail to Pitt’ trending as Twitter users praise potential vaccine development
Praise for the University of Pittsburgh has dominated social media after the institution announced it was close to developing a vaccine for the novel coronavirus. Scientists at Pitt’s School of Medicine announced Thursday that the vaccine, when tested in mice, produces antibodies that could fight off the virus. Testing the...
Drive-up coronavirus testing suspended at Pittsburgh zoo, Aliquippa
The Central Outreach Wellness Center has suspended its drive-up coronavirus testing indefinitely, staff said Thursday. Alexander Young, director of marketing, said that as covid-19 spreads, testing becomes less of a necessity. “As more people become infected, it’s less important to know who has it and who doesn’t and to treat...
UPMC nurse opens up about front-line battle against coronavirusVideo
There is no doubt that Western Pennsylvanians are indebted to the people on the front lines in the fight against covid-19. They include Jonathan Crossett, a nurse clinician who is part of the covid-19 response team at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Oakland. Crossett, a married father of a 4-month-old boy,...
Monroeville firefighter accused of involvement with 14-year-old
A Monroeville dispatcher and volunteer firefighter is accused of involvement with a 14-year-old girl during a fire training event in early March. Gregory Allen Lauffer, 23, of Monroeville was charged with unlawful contact with a minor, a felony, and corruption of a minor and indecent assault, both misdemeanors. Allegheny County...
Pittsburgh Youth Chorus students create ‘virtual choir’ video performanceVideo
The children of the Pittsburgh Youth Chorus aren’t interested in waiting until the coronavirus pandemic is over to begin making music again. And while all 223 members of the organization’s six choirs weren’t able to fit, 18 students had a chance to be part of its first “virtual choir,” performing...
Peoples Gas donating $100K to Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
Peoples Gas will donate $100,000 to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to provide community support during the coronavirus pandemic, the utility announced Thursday. Hundreds of people lined up in vehicles on Mondayto receive free boxes of dried goods and meats from the Duquesne-based food bank. The food bank had...
Allegheny County coronavirus cases jump by 63 as total tops 400
Allegheny County reported 63 new cases of the coronavirus Thursday, an 18% increase from Wednesday, bringing the countywide total to 419. Of that total, two Allegheny County residents have died from complications from covid-19. Over the past week, about 500 people have been tested per day, a significant increase over...
Pittsburgh scientists develop possible coronavirus vaccine, hope FDA can fast-track itVideo
A potential vaccine against the novel coronavirus causing the covid-19 outbreak has been created in a University of Pittsburgh lab. Researchers say the first phase of human clinical trials — which would include healthy volunteers in the Pittsburgh area — could start in the coming months. Scientists at the University...
Pittsburgh pizza shop owner stitching facial masks for employees, neighbors
When Martina Hanoglu saw people in her native Czech Republic making homemade facial masks for possible protection against the coronavirus, she pulled out her small sewing machine. For the past two weeks, Hanoglu stitched together cotton masks and distributed them to employees and Downtown Pittsburgh neighbors from her pizza shop...
Full Pint brewery closing, citing debt and market changes
Full Pint Brewery Co., one of the region’s first craft beer makers, said it is shutting down its operations. Full Pint filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November, seeking protection from creditors while hoping to reorganize the brewery’s debt and possibly attract new investors, according to Barrett Goddard of Ligonier,...
Winchester Thurston closing North Campus, merging to Shadyside
Operations at Winchester Thurston’s Allison Park campus will merge this fall with the school’s sister facility in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood. The board of directors voted to unite the two campuses to provide a more integrated learning experience for its 715 students, according to Scott D. Fech, head of school. “A...
Some locks on Allegheny River operating under reduced hours, staff
Allegheny River locks in Harmar and Aspinwall will operate under reduced hours and less staff during the coronavirus pandemic. The move is an effort to minimize exposure to covid-19 for workers and the public, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials said. Changes affect Lock 2 (Highland Park), which sits near...
AHN turning Pittsburgh auditorium into covid-19 test kit production siteVideo
The Allegheny Health Network is proactively preparing for a local surge in covid-19 cases by producing test kits at its Highmark Health Penn Avenue Place in Downtown Pittsburgh, an AHN official said Thursday. The network aims to produce 20,000 to 30,000 kits in the coming weeks, continuing production through the...
Police looking for man who spit on Edgewood Giant Eagle manager
Allegheny County detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man accused of spitting on an employee at Giant Eagle’s store in Edgewood Wednesday morning. Store manager Aisha Mariner told the Trib’s news partner, WPXI-TV, that the incident happened when she was trying to help a customer who...
Pittsburgh police investigating vehicle shooting in Hill District
Pittsburgh police are investigating the shooting of a vehicle and home on Wylie Avenue in the city’s Hill District. The city’s ShotSpotter system alerted officers to a shooting near the 2100 block of Wylie Avenue around 10:10 p.m. Tuesday. Officers found a vehicle on Erin Street had been hit multiple...
Allegheny County court officials release information on remaining jail population
After 701 inmates were released from Allegheny County Jail to prevent the spread of covid-19, the Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania released an update on the remaining population. As of Tuesday, 1,564 inmates were left in the jail, according to the court administrator’s office. That’s a 30% decrease from the...
2 suspects wanted in connection to drive-by shooting in Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood
Police are searching for two suspects in connection to a drive-by shooting late Wednesday afternoon on a residential street in Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood, officials said. Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the 6500 block of Rowan Street at about 5:50 p.m., Public Safety spokesman Maurice Matthews said. They arrived...
Sammartino Foundation donates $10,000 to food bank
With the needs of area families growing steadily during the covid-19 crisis, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank received a boost Wednesday. The Bruno and Carol Sammartino Foundation is making a $10,000 donation to the food bank. The food bank’s Brian Gulish said the $10,000 would provide 50,000 meals. The...
1 dead in Jefferson Hills steel hauler crash
A 64-year-old man died after his tractor-trailer overturned and went partially over a hillside in Jefferson Hills on Wednesday afternoon, police said. Jefferson Hills police responded to Payne Hill Road just before 4 p.m. Wednesday to find an overturned rig roughly a quarter-mile from Jefferson Boulevard. A downed telephone pole...
Air traffic plummets at Western Pa. airportsVideo
Josh Clevenger didn’t have to worry about having enough leg room or overhead bin space Wednesday on his flight from Fort Myers, Fla., to Pittsburgh International Airport. “I had five rows in front of me completely empty and five rows behind me completely empty,” said Clevenger, 31, of Englewood, Fla....
Pittsburgh firefighter tests positive for covid-19
A Pittsburgh firefighter tested positive for covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, the city announced Wednesday. Public Safety is not releasing the name or work location of the individual. The firefighter has not worked since March 26. He or she began experiencing symptoms March 27, while self-isolating at...
Pittsburgh website provides public information during coronavirus pandemic
Pittsburgh has updated its covid-19 website to offer more information in six additional languages, according to the Mayor’s Office. The site contains links offering public health and safety information from federal, state and county sources. It also includes city operational changes and press releases about the coronavirus pandemic. Important announcements...
Former East Carnegie fire chief accused of stealing $84K from department
The former chief of the East Carnegie Volunteer Fire Department is accused of stealing more than $84,000 from the department between 2012 and 2019, according to a criminal complaint filed this week. Adam Kauer, 38, of Bethel Park, turned himself in Wednesday to detectives from the Allegheny County District Attorney’s...
Painted rocks bring cheer to Hampton neighborhood
It started as an idea to entertain her two children under the age of 5. Liz Saraceno, 36, of Hampton went to the grocery store back in mid-March to stock up on supplies for her family as the nation grappled with containing the spread of covid-19. As she gathered essentials,...
Pittsburgh urges residents to complete census forms
Pittsburgh is urging residents to fill out census forms this month, stressing that officials use the information annually to determine how much money and resources will go to the city and its neighborhoods. Census 2020 notifications were sent residents in early March with instructions for filling out questionnaire online. Residents...
