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Some Allegheny County roads closed due to flooding
Sections of Allegheny River Boulevard and Nadine Road have been closed because of flooding, Allegheny County announced Friday. Allegheny River Boulevard closed between Washington Boulevard and Nadine Road around 10 a.m. Traffic is being re-routed up Nadine Road to avoid a flood along Allegheny River Boulevard. You can take Lincoln...
Allegheny Co. reports 10 new coronavirus cases, Westmoreland adds 2 as Pa. total rises to 268Video
Allegheny County reported 10 new coronavirus cases and Westmoreland County added two, according to information released Friday. The 10 new cases bring Allegheny County’s total to 28. Five of those are hospitalized and the rest are in isolation at home. Westmoreland County reported two new cases, for a total of...
Pittsburgh police chief frustrated by lack of communication from Gov. Wolf over shutdownVideo
Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert said Friday the bureau learned about Gov. Tom Wolf’s order to shut down non-life-sustaining businesses on the news Thursday night and said communication from the state has been lackluster. The governor’s order stating “non-life-sustaining” businesses in Pennsylvania close to help slow the spread of the...
Westmoreland, Monroeville malls closed per Wolf’s order
Westmoreland and Monroeville malls announced Friday they have closed in accordance with Gov. Tom Wolf’s order that all non-life-sustaining businesses temporarily shutter to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. Restaurants at the mall will be permitted to remain open for take-out or delivery orders only. Both malls, which are...
Wolf’s shutdown could be more harmful than coronavirus, health expert says
With Gov. Tom Wolf’s announcement Thursday that all non-life-sustaining businesses in Pennsylvania should close, we spoke to Pittsburgh-based infectious disease and critical care physician Dr. Amesh Adalja for a reaction from a medical expert. A senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Adalja works on pandemic preparedness,...
UPMC emergency medicine doctor reacts to first coronavirus death in state, dispels mythsVideo
The first death related to coronavirus has been recorded in Pennsylvania and cases continue to rise in the state. So how should citizens deal with the spread of virus as it hits home? We posed that question and others to Dr. Adam Tobias, emergency medicine physician at UMPC. In an...
Woman killed in fire in Greenfield
A woman was killed early Friday in a fire at a home in Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood, public safety officials said. The victim was on the second floor of the home on Bigelow Street, where the fire broke out about 3:20 a.m. Fire crews and EMS responded to the duplex in...
Deal to save Levin’s falls through; stores close, but owner hints at possible return
Two weeks after announcing a bid to buy back his family’s furniture company, Robert Levin on Friday announced the deal fell through. Levin said he learned Thursday that Michigan-based Art Van Furniture LLC, which bought Levin Furniture in 2017, decided not to proceed with the terms of their agreement. Instead,...
Pittsburgh Mayor Peduto self-quarantines at home
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto will be in a self-quarantine in his home for 14 days after two people he had contact with in Washington, D.C. last week tested positive for the coronavirus. Peduto made the announcement in a video posted to the City of Pittsburgh Twitter account Thursday night. “I...
At-risk cancer patient pleads with community to heed coronavirus warnings
Nurses lined a hallway of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood, clapping and cheering as Sherry Williams reached out with a blue-gloved hand to ring a bell, celebrating the completion of her 16th and final chemotherapy treatment Wednesday. Williams, 50, of Mt. Lebanon, laughed and smiled, looking...
Nearly 200 Allegheny County Jail inmates set for release amid coronavirus concerns
Nearly 200 Allegheny County Jail inmates have been or are slated to be released in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Staff from across the court system are working to identify inmates who are appropriate to release, and 189 have been identified thus far, according to a...
Giant Eagle stores opening earlier for seniors during coronavirus pandemic
All Giant Eagle and Market District supermarkets will open an hour early on select days for customers who are 60 and older, disabled or immune-compromised, the company announced Thursday. Beginning Monday, the grocery chain said it will open its doors at 6 a.m. Monday through Wednesday. The idea is to...
Some Pa. school districts stop mandatory instruction, grading during closure
Some school districts have stopped assigning mandatory work during the state’s mandatory 10-day closure after a conference call with the Allegheny Intermediate Unit and district leaders. After Gov. Tom Wolf’s announcement last week that schools should close to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, Woodland Hills Superintendent James Harris...
Pittsburgh senior centers to distribute free food for registered seniors
Pittsburgh is opening six of its shuttered senior centers starting on Friday for free meal distribution to seniors registered with the Allegheny County Area Agency on Aging, according to the Mayor’s Office. Prepackaged meals will be available for takeout from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays...
URA offering financial assistance for Pittsburgh residents facing coronavirus hardships
The Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority board of directors Thursday approved funding to help income-eligible residents experiencing financial hardship because of the coronavirus pandemic pay rents, mortgages and utilities. Residents earning up to 80% of area mean income - $63,900 for a family of four – can call the Urban League...
Pitt part of international effort to develop covid-19 vaccine
The Oslo-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) is investing $4.9 million in a partnership with the University of Pittsburgh and others to develop a covid-19 vaccine. The consortium that includes Pitt is led by the Pasteur Institute in Paris and includes Themis, an Austrian bioscience company. CEPI funding will...
‘Like a ghost town,’ Downtown Pittsburgh is empty
Jerry Kennedy has been selling hot dogs on Grant Street in Downtown Pittsburgh for a dozen years. He’s never seen the streets so deserted on a weekday. Kennedy, owner of Newman & Marley’s, who parks his stand outside the Steel Plaza T Station on Grant Street, said his business has...
‘Significant hospitalization rates’: Coronavirus taking a toll in Pa.
As coronavirus cases continue to rise rapidly across Pennsylvania, the state is seeing “significant hospitalization rates,” Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said Thursday. “It really is varying day to day,” Levine said during a daily covid-19 update. The reported average hospitalization rate is about 10%. Levine said Pennsylvania’s rate...
UPMC doctor on coronavirus: ‘Fear can be a very healthy thing’
The fear and anxiety that is gripping the nation as coronavirus cases soar is not necessarily a bad thing, a top UPMC doctor leading preparations at the Pittsburgh-based health giant said Thursday. “Fear can be a very healthy thing,” Dr. Don Yealy, UPMC’s chair of emergency medicine, told the Tribune-Review....
Local governments face transparency challenges during coronavirus
As large governing entities like Allegheny County Council and Pittsburgh City Council hold virtual or teleconference meetings to vote on legislation in order to curb the spread of covid-19, smaller communities face a challenge. How do these councils and boards avoid meeting in groups larger than 10 while simultaneously following...
Carnegie Mellon allows students to convert classes to pass/fail
Carnegie Mellon University is allowing students to convert any of their online courses to pass/fail grading. “The decision to allow this flexibility is a direct acknowledgement of this unprecedented situation,” Provost Jim Garrett wrote in a letter to campus this week. Normally, according to the CMU website, students may take...
Are Western Pennsylvania hospitals prepared for the coronavirus?
If the coronavirus pandemic spreads as predicted, Western Pennsylvania hospitals will be woefully underprepared, according to a recent study. But one regional hospital system, UPMC, is confident it can handle the volume. “We anticipate that most patients with suspected or confirmed covid-19 will not need to be admitted and will...
Allegheny County reports 6 new coronavirus cases, bringing total to 18
The Allegheny County Health Department on Thursday reported six new cases of covid-19, increasing the number of cases in the county from 12 to 18. Some of those patients have acquired the virus through community spread, health department Director Dr. Debra Bogen said during a press call. “Similar to what...
Pittsburgh Milk Bank director: ‘Donor milk is life-saving medicine’
The head of a Pittsburgh breast milk bank is encouraging healthy mothers to donate milk to families in need, as demand increases during the coronavirus pandemic. Denise O’Connor is executive director of the Mid-Atlantic Mothers’ Milk Bank, based in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. “Donor milk is lifesaving medicine for thousands of...
Power restored after overnight outage in South Park
Power has been restored to nearly 6,000 West Penn Power customers who were without electricity early Thursday, officials said. Most of the affected properties were in South Park Township and Bethel Park. Power went out overnight and was back on by about 5:30 a.m....
