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Editorial: At the high court, Pennsylvania votes are in the balance
The law is built on concepts like precedent and fair play and coloring inside the lines. It follows a script and a timeline. Justice is blind because it is meant to operate only within the confines of the cage of the laws the way they are written. Thus the courts...
Duquesne University, Housing Authority team up to battle health care inequities
Duquesne University is working with the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) and Live Well Allegheny to narrow the health care gap between white and Black people in the Steel City. They are offering health care services to underserved communities during the covid-19 pandemic. The team is providing...
Election 2020: What to watch for in the campaign’s final week
The race for the presidency is in the home stretch, with less than a week until Election Day. Pennsylvania figures to play a prominent role in what unfolds over the next week and who ultimately wins the White House. Here are five things to watch: Where will the campaigns go?...
West Mifflin Area High School to be closed through Nov. 11 because of covid-19 cases among staffers
West Mifflin Area School District officials have closed the high school for the next two weeks due to a rise in covid-19 cases. A letter informing parents about the closure, which starts Wednesday and is expected to be through Nov. 11, was posted on the district’s website. The message was...
Democrats encourage mail-in ballot voters to drop off Downtown, and skip the mail
Prominent local Democrats led by Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner and County Council member Bethany Hallam have released a video, with a rocking guitar soundtrack, urging voters to get their mail-in ballots turned in on time. The 90-second informational video, called “Bring It,” refers to mail-in ballot packages still in...
Steelers cook up a nice afternoon for breast cancer survivors at UPMC Magee in Oakland
Some people call football players warriors for what they endure on a field playing a brutal sport. “The real warriors are you,” said Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Stephon Tuitt via a video screen Tuesday to current and former patients of the Magee-Womens Breast Cancer Program of UPMC Hillman Cancer Center....
Medicare finalizing coverage policy for coronavirus vaccine
WASHINGTON — Medicare will cover the yet-to-be approved coronavirus vaccine free for older people under a policy change expected to be announced shortly, a senior Trump administration official said Tuesday. The coming announcement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services aims to align the time-consuming process for securing Medicare...
Upper Burrell man accused of pointing loaded AR-15 at woman
An Upper Burrell man is accused of pointing a loaded AR-15 rifle at a woman and pulling the trigger, but police said the weapon malfunctioned. Matthew Best, 32, of Upper Burrell, has been charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic threats, recklessly endangering another person, loitering and prowling at night, and...
Son cuts Derry Township father with machete during argument, troopers say
A 39-year-old Derry Township man is in jail on multiple assault charges after allegedly cutting his father with a machete during an argument that turned physical Tuesday. Kenneth C. Johnson is charged by state police with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, harassment and terroristic threats. District Judge Mark Bilik...
Infection consultant will review Westmoreland Manor procedures amid virus outbreak
Westmoreland commissioners will hire an infection control consultant to review procedures at the county-owned nursing home as coronavirus cases among residents and staff continue to increase there. Commissioners said Tuesday they expect to award a $10,000 contract Harrisburg-based LW Consulting Inc. to assess the policies in place at Westmoreland Manor...
Virginia man pleads guilty to causing fatal crash in Donegal Township
A Virginia man will serve up to eight years in prison for causing a fatal crash in Donegal Township that killed his friend five years ago. Erik Carlton Anderson, 30, pleaded guilty this week to charges of homicide by vehicle while driving drunk and driving while intoxicated. Westmoreland County Judge...
Police raid ‘illegal speakeasy’ in Pittsburgh’s South Side Slopes
Authorities searching an unlicensed bar in Pittsburgh last week turned up more than 60 liters of liquor, illegal gambling machines, cash and 10 gallons of beer, according to state and local police. The Nuisance Bar Task Force executed a search warrant at Bridgez, an Arlington Avenue bar in the South...
Pittsburgh Exxon station operators, clerk guilty of reduced charge in fight with womenVideo
Three men accused of assaulting a woman after a dispute over spilled gasoline at an Exxon station on the North Side last year — resulting in a viral video, days of protests and the store being shut down — were found guilty on Tuesday of a reduced, summary count of...
7-mile chase ends in Youngwood Cemetery with DUI arrest
A Hempfield woman whose driver’s license already was suspended for a DUI conviction in Allegheny County is accused of leading Greensburg Police on a 7-mile pursuit through several communities early Sunday before the chase ended in Youngwood Cemetery. Officer Garret McNamara reported in court documents filed Tuesday that Kathleen D....
Homicide case against East Huntingdon woman sent to court for mobile home park fatal shootingVideo
Meghan J. West told state police that a warning shot she fired Sept. 20 didn’t stop her former boyfriend from trying to break down her East Huntingdon bedroom door, so she fired again, according to Trooper Michael Thompson. The bedroom door had what Thompson described as a crack near the...
Terrelle Pryor, girlfriend plead guilty in domestic case, get probation
Former NFL wide receiver Terrelle Pryor and his girlfriend, who were involved in a bloody domestic incident last year, pleaded guilty to reduced counts Tuesday in Allegheny County Court that left them both on probation. Pryor, 30, a former Jeannette High School football standout, pleaded guilty to a summary count...
Police: 12-year-old Allentown girl found safe
A girl reported missing Monday afternoon from Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood was found safe Tuesday, police said. Jaliyah Massey was reported missing from the Allentown neighborhood Monday afternoon, police said Tuesday....
Pennsylvania sets record for largest daily increase of new covid-19 cases
Pennsylvania reported 2,751 new covid-19 cases Tuesday, per the state Department of Health. New coronavirus cases in the state represent the largest daily increase to date, according to the state. The coronavirus death toll in Pennsylvania continued to grow as 23 new deaths were reported. All 23 deaths reported Tuesday...
‘It seems like yesterday’: Pittsburgh marks 2 years since Tree of Life massacreVideo
Joyce Fienberg. Richard Gottfriend. Rose Mallinger. Jerry Rabinowitz. David and Cecil Rosenthal. Bernice and Sylvan Simon. Daniel Stein. Melvin Wax. Irving Younger. Some days, two years feels like two days. Others, it feels like two lifetimes. “Sometimes, it feels like it was just yesterday,” said Carol Sikov Gross, president of...
Mail-in ballot processing resumes after power restored at Westmoreland County Courthouse
Mary Rose McGivern and her 19-year-old daughter Madeline, who is voting for the first time this year, turned in their application for mail-in ballots with just three minutes to spare before Tuesday’s 5 p.m. deadline. The McGiverns, of Delmont, were the last of the hundreds of voters who came to...
Westmoreland County adds most new covid-19 deaths since May
Westmoreland County had the most new covid-19 deaths since May reported Tuesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The four coronavirus-related deaths are the most since May 18, when a record six were reported. The county also had 72 new covid-19 cases Tuesday, a case count that would have...
Pitt students asked to ‘shelter-in-place’ before Thanksgiving break
University of Pittsburgh students have been asked to shelter in place for 14 days leading up to Thanksgiving break, according to an email sent Monday morning from the school’s Covid-19 Medical Response Office. “There is an increased risk of spreading and contracting the virus when traveling and interacting with people...
Allegheny County covid-19 cases pass 15,000
Allegheny County reported 106 new covid-19 cases Tuesday, according to the county Health Department. One new coronavirus-related death was reported, as well. Total cases increased to 15,101 and total deaths are now 422. Allegheny County coronavirus by dayInfogram In the county, there are currently 154 covid-19 patients hospitalized, with 22...
Pittsburgh unveils new Downtown bike lane, making complete link to GAP trail
The final piece linking the Great Allegheny Passage to Point State Park is ready for bicyclists. On Monday, the city of Pittsburgh unveiled two-way bicycle lanes in a strategic part of Downtown. Now a biker can start from the fountain at the Point and roll for more than 150 miles...
Biden goes on offense in Georgia while Trump targets Midwest
WASHINGTON — One week until Election Day, Joe Biden is going on offense, heading Tuesday to Georgia — which hasn’t backed a Democrat for president since 1992 — and pushing into other territory where President Donald Trump was once expected to easily repeat his wins from four years ago. The...
