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Keystone Safari zoo near Grove City adds hour-long drive-thru tourVideo
The wildlife scene has increased at Keystone Safari near Grove City. Just up the road from Keystone Safari’s walk-thru park is their latest expansion: a self-guided drive-thru safari tour, offering interaction with more than 100 animals and 25 species. Keystone Safari opened in 2019 and is family-owned by Adam and...
Police: Man stable after being shot twice in Downtown Pittsburgh
A man was in stable condition Saturday after being shot in Downtown Pittsburgh. City police were alerted about 11:15 a.m. to a reported shooting on Fort Duquesne Boulevard, between the Seventh and Ninth street bridges. Officers found the male victim in the 100 block of Seventh Street. He had been...
Pennsylvania posts 1,000-plus new covid-19 cases, third highest this month
Pennsylvania has 1,029 new coronavirus cases Saturday, according to the state Department of Health. In addition, 22 new deaths were reported. The new cases and deaths bring their totals to 155,232 and 8,103, respectively. The positivity rate for new cases is 6.8% from 14,924 tests. Saturday’s new cases represent the...
To the moon! CMU students one step closer to searching for water on moon’s South Pole
Carnegie Mellon University students, professors and a spin-off company have cleared their first major hurdle in developing a small robotic rover called MoonRanger for NASA set to search for water and ice on the south pole of the moon in 2022. “We’re going to the moon. Who gets to do...
Allegheny County reports month-high new covid-19 cases, surpasses 12,000 total cases
Allegheny County saw a month-high amount of new covid-19 cases Saturday, according to the county Health Department. There were 106 new cases reported, bringing the county’s case total to 12,101. The new cases are the highest amount of cases reported since Aug. 13 when 114 cases were reported. No new...
West Deer family pays it forward with fundraiser for fellow child with cancer
At barely 7 months old, Noah Latronica was diagnosed with brain cancer. “It was just one of those out-of-body experiences,” said his mother, Sara Jane Latronica, 28, of West Deer. Latronica and her husband, Nick, realized something was wrong a few months after Noah’s birth on June 9, 2016. Noah...
Tiny airborne particles may pose a big coronavirus problem
NEW YORK — At a University of Maryland lab, people infected with the new coronavirus take turns sitting in a chair and putting their faces into the big end of a large cone. They recite the alphabet and sing or just sit quietly for a half hour. Sometimes they cough....
Trump shifts focus to Pennsylvania to shore up reelection
HARRISBURG — President Donald Trump’s campaign has grown increasingly focused on making inroads in Pennsylvania to offset potential vulnerabilities in other battlegrounds. The president will travel to the state for the second time in a week on Saturday, hoping to attract the same rural and white working-class voters who delivered...
Tractor-trailer rig carrying oranges overturns near New Stanton exit of turnpike, snarls traffic for hours
Traffic along the westbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, just east of the New Stanton exit, was tied up for several hours early Saturday as a result of an overturned tractor-trailer. No injuries were reported in the crash that happened at about 11:40 p.m. Friday. Mt. Pleasant Fire Chief Jerry...
Police: Man fatally shot by girlfriend during hours-long domestic altercation in Turtle Creek
A 24-year-old man was fatally shot by his girlfriend after he reportedly assaulted her for hours early Saturday in Turtle Creek, according to Allegheny County Police. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the slain man as Nigel Broadus but did not list his home address. The county’s homicide unit...
WPIAL high school football Week 3 scores for Sept. 25, 2020
TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s Week 3 high school football action. GAMES OF THE WEEK • NORTH ALLEGHENY 35, CENTRAL CATHOLIC 21 Tailback J.R. Burton led North Allegheny with 108 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries and fullback Brady Leczo also reached the end zone. •...
Family demands release of evidence in Breonna Taylor’s case
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Breonna Taylor’s family demanded Friday that Kentucky authorities release all body camera footage, police files and the transcripts of the grand jury proceedings that led to no charges being brought against police officers who killed the Black woman during a raid at her apartment. The decision disappointed...
Duquesne University police get body cams, as sought by hunger-striking mother of student who died in 2018
Duquesne University has completed its purchase of body cameras for its campus police, one of the demands made by Dannielle Brown, who has been on hunger strike since July over the 2018 death of her son at Duquesne. The first year of the program will cost the school $90,000, which...
Penn Township man found guilty of shooting at police
A Penn Township man who fired one shot from a high-powered rifle through a wall and toward police officers responding to a domestic violence call at his home was convicted Friday of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer. The Westmoreland County jury deliberated more than three hours before it...
Virus cases rise in U.S. heartland, home to anti-mask feelings
MISSION, Kan. — It began with devastation in the New York City area, followed by a summertime crisis in the Sun Belt. Now the coronavirus outbreak is heating up fast in smaller cities in the heartland, often in conservative corners of America where anti-mask sentiment runs high. Elsewhere around the...
Schools find ways to cope with substitute teacher shortage in age of coronavirus
Local schools are bracing for what could be a year filled with teacher vacancies as covid-19 potentially amplifies a yearslong substitute teacher shortage. Districts scrambling to find day-to-day substitutes during a typical school year now might have to work twice as hard to retain those positions as fears of returning...
Probe into ‘discarded’ ballots in Pa. becomes campaign outrage fuel
HARRISBURG — The news release from a U.S. attorney in Pennsylvania was provocative: Nine mailed-in military ballots had been “discarded” by the local election office in a swing county of one of the most important presidential battleground states. All of them were marked for President Donald Trump, it said. Then...
Gov. Wolf blasts Trump campaign rallies as public health threat
A day ahead of President Trump’s scheduled campaign rally at Harrisburg International Airport, Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday blasted the president for disregarding public health advisories on masking and social distancing at a series of rallies across Pennsylvania over the past month. Trump, who held rallies that attracted thousands of...
Local officials could have more time to complete census counts, federal judge rules
Only five days before census counts were set to cease, a federal judge in California barred the Trump administration from cutting efforts a month short. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh issued a preliminary injunction Thursday requiring the Census Bureau to extend counting efforts through Oct. 31, NPR reported. That October...
Appeals court upholds murder conviction in Latrobe Good Samaritan killing
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the victim, who was Dan McNerny. A Pennsylvania appeals court upheld the third-degree murder conviction of a Latrobe man serving up to 20 years in prison for his role in the murder of a Good Samaritan who was killed as...
Hempfield’s Eddie Coletta passes away
Eddie Coletta, whom the Hempfield community held a rally for earlier this week, died Friday morning, his family confirmed. Coletta, 43, was diagnosed with AL amyloidosis, a rare disease impacting the heart, kidneys, liver and nerves, two weeks ago. The disease, which is caused by a bone marrow disorder, can...
How to vote in Election 2020: A user’s guide
This guide will be updated as Election Day approaches. If you have questions not addressed here, please contact Tribune-Review staff writer Julia Felton at jfelton@triblive.com. Editor’s note: An earlier version contained incorrect information about mail-in ballots. Voters sign the back of the mailing envelope, not the ballot itself. The basics...
Center for domestic violence victims adds new ‘animal advocate’
Penny, a spaniel mix who works as a canine advocate for domestic violence victims through Crisis Center North, is nearing retirement. She was adopted from Action for Animals in Derry Township and attends court dates with victims to provide emotional support. But before she retires, she has one more job....
Western Pa. restaurants recognized for diverse wine selections
Pour a glass of wine and raise a toast. There are 17 Western Pennsylvania restaurants within a 50-mile radius of Pittsburgh that have been recognized — some for the first time — in Wine Spectator’s 2020 restaurant awards. Wine Spectator is a wine magazine that honors the world’s best wine...
Westmoreland sees highest week of covid cases in 2 months
With 34 new cases of coronavirus added Friday, Westmoreland County saw its highest seven-day total of cases since late July. From Saturday through Friday, 152 new cases were found in the county, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Prior to that, the largest seven-day total was 157, found from...
