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Pennsylvania adds 806 new covid cases, 2 new deaths
Pennsylvania added 806 new cases of coronavirus to its tally Friday, according to the state’s Department of Health. It marks the sixth day in a row new cases have been under 1,000. In the past week, there have been 5,520 cases, a nearly 5% decline from the previous seven days...
Officials: Covid cases at Pitt are going down, for now
Cases of covid-19 at the University of Pittsburgh appear to be leveling out as students start returning to in-person class, but university officials say it’s too soon to loosen restrictions. While the university has one of the highest total case counts of any institution in the area, the last two...
Allegheny County nears 12,000 covid cases
Allegheny County closed in on 12,000 coronavirus cases Friday, adding 68 new positive residents to its total, the Allegheny County Health Department reported. With the new cases, the county now has seen 11,995 cases of the virus since the pandemic began in March. The new cases come from 1,035 tests...
Congressman halts attempt to rename Mount Rushmore
One of the country’s most famous landmarks probably will keep its name, despite a recent attempt to rename it. A California resident in July proposed renaming Mount Rushmore to Igmu Tanka Paha, a Lakota Sioux name that means Cougar Mountain, according to the federal Board on Geographic Names. Anyone can...
Pittsburgh coffee van seeks musicians to create original, heavy metal jingle
The pure joy felt by children as they race toward an ice cream truck has few, if any, adult parallels. Perhaps it would be different if the truck sold coffee instead of ice cream and played heavy metal instead of a played-out nursery rhyme. It’s about to become a reality...
Here are the best spots to see fall foliage in the Pittsburgh regionVideo
There’s a nip in the air and some tint in the trees. It’s time to start planning your fall foliage viewing, and the Laurel Highlands is the perfect place to start. Don’t take our word for it, though. That’s the verdict from voters for the Best Destination for Fall Foliage...
Congressman Conor Lamb to debate Trump-backed challenger Sean Parnell on Saturday night
U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, D-Mt. Lebanon, faces off against Trump-backed Republican challenger Sean Parnell in an in-person, televised debate airing Saturday night. Lamb, 36, and Parnell, 39, who recently moved from Cranberry to Ohio Township, have several things in common beyond vying to represent the 17th Congressional District, which includes...
Police: Man charged with assault, attempted homicide for McKees Rocks shooting
A Pittsburgh man has been charged with attempted homicide and other crimes in connection with a shooting Sunday in McKees Rocks. Allegheny County Police accuse Daemon Daleek Choat, 19, from the city’s Sheraden neighborhood, with shooting a 38-year-old man multiple times Sunday shortly before 4 p.m. along Chartiers Avenue. Police...
Police: 4 injured in stabbing, assault in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood
Four people were injured in connection with a fight in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood Thursday, according to public safety officials. Initial reports indicate that two women stabbed each other, and two men sustained minor head injuries as a result of an altercation inside a home along Excelsior Street around 6:15 p.m....
Trib HSSN don’t miss high school football matchups for Week 3
Class 5A nonconference No. 2 Gateway (2-0) at No. 1 Pine-Richland (2-0) 7 p.m. Friday, Pine-Richland Stadium at Pine-Richland HS On the air: Audio on KDKA-AM 1020 and Video at TribHSSN.TribLive.com Coaches: Don Holl, Gateway; Eric Kasperowicz, Pine-Richland Players to watch: Derrick Davis, Gateway (Sr., 6-2, 195, RB); Cole Spencer,...
Driver charged in Homewood hit and run
Pittsburgh police have charged an East Hills woman for a hit and run Thursday night that sent one woman to the hospital, authorities said. Rochell Brewton, 23, will be charged via summons with causing an accident that resulted in injury while not licensed, police said. The incident happened just after...
A BJ’s Wholesale Club has been proposed for South Fayette’s Newbury Market
A BJ’s Wholesale Club may be coming to South Fayette. The township planning commissioners unanimously voted Thursday night to accept a land development and subdivision application plan for the business proposed at the Newbury Market site. The commissioners declined to discuss the plan, moving talks and possible site plan approval...
‘Huddie’ Kaufman, longtime Tribune-Review sports editor and Greensburg Salem supporter, dies
It was fitting that the Greensburg Salem Golden Lions presented the game ball from their 700th football victory to “Huddie” Kaufman on Saturday, just hours after the game. The retired Tribune-Review sports editor who spent a lifetime chronicling and promoting youth sports was among their most ardent supporters. Kaufman had...
Coalition of nearly 500 former senior military, civilian leaders endorse Biden for president
A large group of generals, admirals and former national security officials from both parties endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday, saying the “current president” is not up to “the enormous responsibilities of his office.” In a letter addressed to “Our Fellow Citizens,” the 489 signatories include 22 four-star...
ConnectiveRx to hire 300 in Pittsburgh area
A biopharmaceutical services provider based in Pittsburgh is looking to fill hundreds of new jobs. ConnectiveRx, a company that provides access and adherence solutions for specialty and branded medications, announced Thursday its hiring local people for 300 new full-time and temporary positions. The open positions include patient support and benefit...
Pa.’s failure to mandate quicker death reporting before the coronavirus fueled wild data fluctuations, mistrust
Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter. For years, Pennsylvania has had a hard time counting its dead. A new analysis shows that in 2017, Pennsylvania had...
Vote for the Week 4 HSSN Game of the Week
The TribLive High School Sports Network is giving fans the power to choose the Week 4 Game of the Week for Oct. 2. Trib HSSN produces live videostream coverage with television quality, multiple camera angles and instant replay during the Game of the Week. Voting is underway at TribHSSN.triblive.com. Fans...
New Kensington woman sentenced to 3-7 years for helping to hide Officer Brian Shaw’s killer
A New Kensington woman was sentenced Thursday to serve at least three years in prison for helping her cousin escape capture in the hours after a city police officer was gunned down nearly three years ago. Lisa Harrington was convicted of five felony offenses and one misdemeanor for helping Rahmael...
Joe Biden’s Pennsylvania hurdle: Voters who fear a California-style energy planVideo
When US Airways stopped using Pittsburgh’s airport as a global hub in 2004, a billion-dollar renovation project completed in 1992 that was supposed to breathe life into the regional economy became a suffocating financial burden, and local leaders stopped looking to the sky for salvation. Instead, they looked beneath their...
Allegheny County lifts covid restrictions in favor of state mitigation orders
Allegheny County health officials lifted the county-ordered covid-19 restrictions Thursday, allowing the state’s looser restrictions on outdoor gatherings to take effect immediately. County orders had limited indoor gatherings to 25 people and outdoor crowds to no more than 100 people. The state has limited indoor gatherings to 25 people and...
Allegheny County sends out 1st batch of mail-in, absentee ballots
Allegheny County officials on Thursday announced that they have begun sending mail-in and absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 election. The first batch of ballots — approximately 20,000 of them — were delivered to the post office on Wednesday, officials said. On Thursday, an additional 50,000 ballots were delivered to...
Federal probe focuses on discarded Trump ballots in Luzerne County
A federal investigation into irregularities with mail-in ballots at the Luzerne County Bureau of Elections has turned up discarded ballots that were cast for President Donald Trump, U.S. Attorney David J. Freed said Thursday. In a prepared statement, Freed said FBI agents and Pennsylvania State Police who began investigating “potential...
Cops: 10-mile car chase ends with crash in East Huntingdon
An Acme woman allegedly led a state trooper on a 10-mile car chase through Westmoreland County Wednesday night that ended when she crashed her car in East Huntingdon, according to state police. Heather Marie Waddell is charged with aggravated assault, fleeing an officer, possession of a controlled substance and numerous...
Pittsburgh Bishop Zubik issues letter as pundits call Catholic vote ‘crucial’ to presidential race
Pittsburgh Catholic Bishop David A. Zubik won’t endorse either presidential candidate. By federal law, he isn’t allowed to in his official capacity. Church law also bans clergy from making endorsements. But Zubik, the spiritual leader of more than 600,000 Catholics in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Greene, Lawrence and Washington counties, said...
Construction supervisor indicted in 2017 fatal Rostraver trench collapse
A federal grand jury this week indicted the supervisor of a construction crew on duty when a trench collapsed and killed an employee in 2017 for allegedly lying to investigators about what safety equipment was in place at the time of the collapse. Donald Bosley, 67, faces one count of...
