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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
16 Allegheny Co. sheriff’s deputies self-isolating after possible coronavirus exposure
More than a dozen Allegheny County sheriff’s deputies are self-isolating after a deputy who might have been exposed to the coronavirus went to work with symptoms Wednesday morning. A deputy’s son’s girlfriend and mother recently traveled to Spain, Chief Deputy Kevin Kraus said. While the deputy was out of town...
What’s essential as businesses heed pleas to close amid coronavirus pandemic
Businesses around Western Pennsylvania have shut their doors, heeding pleas from public health officials and elected leaders from mayors to governors to the president to limit contact between people to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Gov. Tom Wolf this week asked that all nonessential businesses close. Many have. But...
Allegheny County Council to limit attendance, live stream meetings
Allegheny County Council will limit attendance at regularly scheduled council meetings but will accommodate both live streaming and written public comment amid the covid-19 outbreak, council President Patrick Catena, D-Carnegie, announced Wednesday. “The coronavirus pandemic has forced all of us to adjust our schedules and routines for the safety and...
Pixar founder who brought Disney research center to Carnegie Mellon wins $1M award
Pixar Animation Studios co-founder Ed Catmull, who brought a Disney research center to Carnegie Mellon University in 2008, has won one of the highest honors in computing — the 2019 A.M. Turing Award. Catmull, who shares the $1 million prize with former Pixar colleague Pat Hanrahan of Stanford University, was...
Fire damages ‘castle’ house in Marshall Township
Fire heavily damaged part of a Marshall Township home that was built to resemble a 13th century English castle, complete with turrets, battlements, a dry moat and a drawbridge. The fire in the 200 block of Stonegate Drive was reported shortly after 1:30 p.m., according to Allegheny County emergency dispatchers....
Pittsburgh first responders say they won’t be notified of exposure to coronavirus
Pittsburgh’s first responders won’t be notified if they are exposed to a person later testing positive for covid-19, and officials said the situation poses a potential public health risk. The problem is federal privacy laws and Pennsylvania’s mounting number of positive covid-19 cases, officials said. Representatives of the Mayor’s Office...
Pittsburgh providing ‘grab-and-go’ meals for kids
Pittsburgh and the Salvation Army are opening four sites where kids can receive grab-and-go meals. The Mayor’s Office announced Wednesday that the Department of Parks and Recreation starting Thursday will provide meals from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on weekdays at the following locations:Paulson Rec Center, 1201 Paulson Ave.Warrington Rec...
Police: Homeless man strangled girlfriend in jealous rage
Authorities on Wednesday identified a woman strangled by a homeless man in Pittsburgh’s Homewood section last week. Brittany Alker, 30, was found dead in the closet of a Forest Way home early March 12 after the man accused of killing her called police. James Wilson, 34, is charged with a...
Penn Hills man sentenced to state prison for 7th DUI
A Penn Hills man was sentenced to two to seven years in state prison Monday after his seventh drunken driving conviction since 2011. Pittsburgh police charged John C. Davis with his latest DUI on April 7, 2019, after he crashed into a telephone pole and a parked SUV in the...
Pittsburgh suspends parking meter enforcement, announces other changes
The Pittsburgh Parking Authority is suspending parking meter enforcement as the city moves to further curtail interactions between employees and the public. The Mayor’s Office on Wednesday updated Pittsburgh’s emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic. “The City of Pittsburgh is committed to fully serving its residents throughout this outbreak, and...
3 worshippers at Pittsburgh church have coronavirus, officials say 
Three members of the Eastminster Presbyterian Church, including Senior Pastor Paul Roberts, have tested positive for covid-19, according to a letter sent to parishioners. The letter said Eastminster, located in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, is working with the Allegheny County Health Department in response to this development. Services...
Duquesne Light waiving all late fees until May 1
Duquesne Light announced Wednesday it is waiving late fees for its customers from now until at least May 1. The news follows an earlier announcement that the utility is temporarily discontinuing service shutoffs for all customers. Both initiatives are designed to assist Duquesne Light customers in their greatest time of...
1st death related to coronavirus reported in Pennsylvania 
The first death related to coronavirus was recorded in Pennsylvania on Wednesday as cases increased sharply in the state. The patient was an adult from Northampton County and was being treated at a hospital, according to the state Department of Health. No further details were available. In a brief, live-streamed...
First of 4 AHN drive-up coronavirus test sites opens in Pine 
The first of four Allegheny Health Network drive-up coronavirus test sites opened Wednesday in Pine, and three more should be operational by the end of the week, officials said. The first to be up and running is in the parking garage adjacent to AHN’s Wexford Health + Wellness Pavilion. The...
Allegheny Health Network announces 4 drive-up covid-19 test sites
Four new drive-up coronavirus test sites will open this week in the region, Allegheny Health Network officials said Wednesday morning. The first of the locations is operational starting Wednesday in the parking garage adjacent to AHN’s Wexford Health + Wellness Pavilion. The three other sites – in Monroeville, Bethel Park...
Pittsburgh Public Schools halts Langley lunch distribution after worker exposed to presumed covid-19 case
Pittsburgh Public Schools said early Wednesday that lunch distribution at Langley in the city’s West End has been discontinued after reports that a staff member was exposed to a presumptive positive case of covid-19. Grab-and-go meals will instead be available at Emanuel United Methodist Church, 825 Lorenz Avenue, also in...
Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh orders parishes to cancel fish fries
Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh officials have ordered parishes to cease all fish fries to help combat the coronavirus outbreak. “As a clarification of a previous announcement regarding the cancellation of all parish activities in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, fish fries and the Stations of the Cross are to be cancelled...
Health official: 40% to 60% of Allegheny County adults could get infected with covid-19 
Forty percent to 60% of Western Pennsylvanian adults could get infected with covid-19 before the coronavirus pandemic winds down, Allegheny County Health Director Dr. Debra Bogen said Tuesday. “Most people who get the virus will actually do fine,” Bogen said. “The whole point of everything we are doing is to...
State, federal prosecutors announce fraud crackdowns amid coronovirus crisis
Federal and state prosecutors are cracking down to stop those trying to use schemes to fraudulently profit from the coronavirus outbreak. U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady named Assistant U.S. Attorney Shaun Sweeney, a senior litigation counsel, the covid-19 fraud coordinator. Sweeney will lead the prosecution of scammers who may be...
Highmark says seniors who left over UPMC feud ‘returning home,’ reports $18B in 2019 revenue
Nearly 8 out of 10 seniors who left their Highmark insurance plans last year because they feared losing access to UPMC hospitals and doctors have since switched back, Highmark Health CFO Saurabh Tripathi said. “A majority of our customers came back to us; we are seeing really good growth in...
Port Authority to offer credit to riders with time-based ConnectCards
People who have bought time-based passes to use the Port Authority of Allegheny County’s bus and light rail system can be reimbursed for the unused value on their card. They won’t receive cash, but the Port Authority will use a pro-rated schedule to transfer the unused value of the card...
Zappala: DA’s Office won’t oppose release of nonviolent inmates at high risk for coronavirus
The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office won’t opposed the release of nonviolent inmates deemed to be at high risk of contracting the coronavirus from the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh, a spokesman for the office said . Mike Manko, spokesman for District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr., said his office...
Pitt postpones spring commencement ceremonies
The University of Pittsburgh has postponed all in-person spring commencement ceremonies at the main campus in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher announced Tuesday. “This decision was not made lightly,” Gallagher said in a statement. “We know this news will be upsetting both to graduates, who have worked so hard...
Pittsburgh Brookline, Milliones schools to get deep cleaning after possible exposure
Pittsburgh Brookline and Milliones schools will receive deep cleaning this week after the district announced students at the school may have come in contact with the coronavirus. A relative of students who attend Pittsburgh Brookline is believed to have covid-19, Pittsburgh Public Schools announced Tuesday. The district notified families of...
UPMC shuns health experts’ calls to cancel elective surgeries 
Pittsburgh-based health giant UPMC on Tuesday rejected calls from county and state health experts to stop doing elective surgeries at its hospitals. While acknowledging that some elective surgeries can be postponed, UPMC said they “cannot be delayed for long.” “This is not the time for UPMC to diminish services to...


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