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Allegheny County Health officials reported 177 new covid-19 cases Friday, representing a slight dip after a record-setting 233 on Thursday, but still far above what the county was seeing just two weeks ago. Five more people were hospitalized since Thursday’s 11 a.m. data was released. The running county case-count stands...

Pittsburgh firefighters spent nearly three hours battling a fire early Friday morning at the former Horace Mann School in the city’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood that authorities say likely was started by fireworks. Firefighters encountered heavy smoke coming from the roof of the vacant building on Shadeland Avenue when they arrived just...

The Richard King Mellon Foundation plans to add another $10 million to its earlier $15 million covid-19 response grant package, officials announced Thursday. The $25 million total commitment includes a new $2.5 million higher-education initiative, aimed at helping area colleges and universities safely reopen in the fall. “Education always is...

Kennywood and Sandcastle will postpone a planned reopening Monday, park officials announced Thursday. Allegheny County officials announced additional restrictions on businesses and public gatherings amid a weeklong spike in covid-19 cases. “While we are looking forward to the start of our summer season, we understand the reasoning behind the recent...

Three employees at the Penn Hills Shop ‘n Save supermarket tested positive for covid-19 infections Tuesday and Wednesday, according to store officials. A representative said the store remains open for business while the staff has stepped up sanitizing procedures that already were in place. The three employees are quarantined at...

There is good news for travelers who use the ramps impacted by the I-579 “Cap” Urban Connector project. The ramps from Seventh Avenue and Bedford Avenue to southbound I-579 will reopen to traffic at 6 a.m. Friday morning. The ramps have been closed since Jan. 4 to allow construction of...

Levin Furniture stores in Hempfield, Monroeville, Wexford, Curry Hollow and 13 other locations around Pittsburgh and Cleveland will reopen at 11 a.m. Friday with former owner Robert Levin at the helm. Levin sold his family’s chain of stores in 2017 to Art Van Furniture but later structured a $25.7 million...

This is anything but a normal Fourth of July holiday weekend. But there still are ways to safely gather with family and some — the operative word being some — friends while staying safe during the current spike in covid-19. “It is going to be a different holiday,” said Dr....

Local supporters of President Trump are planning a boat parade and rally in Pittsburgh on Saturday, saying they are encouraging participants to wear masks and maintain social distance in response to a soaring covid-19 infection rate in Allegheny County. Tricia Cunningham of Washington Township, founder of the local grassroots group...

Bars, restaurants and casinos in Allegheny County must close for one week, under a new order from Health Director Debra Bogen. The order takes effect Friday. Takeout and delivery food orders are still permitted. The order, Bogen said, is meant to mitigate the rapid increase in coronavirus cases in the...

Two North Hills School District students who participated in hockey tryouts Saturday have tested positive for covid-19, district officials said Thursday. The North Hills Hockey Club held the tryouts at the Robert Morris University Island Sports Center — tryouts that were not sanctioned by the school district, according to a...

The magic ends Friday. It’s the final Liberty Magic @ Home series. The episode starts at 7:30 p.m. via the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Facebook and YouTube channel. The finale of this first season will feature Jade Tjin, who goes by Jade, and Asi Wind for an evening of free, virtual...

Local health officials on Thursday reported 233 new cases of covid-19 in Allegheny County — more than doubling Wednesday’s case count, which had been a record high. There were four new hospitalizations and no deaths reported. Ages among the newly infected individuals range from 6 months old to 99 years...

Mt. Lebanon’s Il Pizzaiolo has temporarily halted dine-in service. Curbside and delivery options will be available for the remainder of the week, according to the restaurant’s website. Beginning next week, patrons may dine in-house by limited reservation only, seating customers outside and at the wine bar exclusively. “This way we...

The Red Cross is assisting residents of a Penn Hills apartment complex who were displaced Thursday morning by a fire that caused heavy damage to the building, according to authorities. Firefighters responding to the 100 block of Penn Pleasant Drive shortly after 1:30 a.m. encountered heavy smoke and flames shooting...

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University developed an automated method for making computers more polite. And they have the ill-fated energy company Enron to thank. How’s that? Well, it’s not unusual to receive impolite directives or requests such as “send me the data.” But the CMU researchers found a means of...

Pittsburgh police called a SWAT team for assistance Wednesday evening as they negotiated the surrender of a man who barricaded himself in his apartment and threatened to harm himself. Police responded just after 6 p.m. to the apartment in the 400 block of South Fairmount Street in the city’s Friendship...

Every other week an informal online chat known as “Ask a Black Doctor about Covid-19” attracts more than 24,000 views. But as covid-19 cases reach record highs in Allegheny County, a session scheduled for Thursday evening is expected to exceed previous viewership numbers. Presented by 1Hood Media and the Gateway...

More young people continue to test positive for covid-19, Allegheny County officials said Wednesday. Hospitalizations also have started to “creep up,” county Health Director Debra Bogen said, with 31 since June 20. Of the newly hospitalized, seven patients are in their 20s and 30s, she said. She expects to see...

Pittsburgh City Council on Wednesday advanced separate bills that would require an increased effort to rebuild business districts in minority-populated neighborhoods and create a commission to help resolve problems faced by the city’s LGBTQIA+ residents and visitors. Councilmen Ricky Burgess and R. Daniel Lavelle, the city’s only two Black council...

Another Port Authority of Allegheny County employee who works out of the authority’s West Mifflin garage has tested positive for covid-19, the authority said Wednesday. It is the 17th case involving a Port Authority employee. The employee has been in a medically directed self-quarantine since March 19, but they tested...

It seems everyone could use a good laugh in the trying times of the pandemic — and thanks to Charlie Chaplin and a local musician, the laughs are on the way. The Rangos Giant Cinema and pianist Tom Roberts are putting on a night of live music and silent films...

Federal, state, Allegheny County and city of Pittsburgh offices will be closed Friday for the Fourth of July holiday. Parking at meters in the city will be free through the weekend. The Pittsburgh Parking Authority will be closed and has suspended meter enforcement. Garbage collection in the city will continue...

Three women — including a member of Fox Chapel council — are leading an effort to drop the word “squaw” from local parks, roads and waterways because it is considered an ethnic and sexual slur against women of Native American descent. It’s not the first time one of the women,...