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4 more covid-19 cases reported at Westmoreland Manor
Initial coronavirus testing has been completed at Westmoreland Manor and officials said Wednesday that one additional resident and three more staffers have been infected with covid-19. Those latest results indicate that since the weekend a total of 33 residents and six employees have been diagnosed with the virus at the...
Westmoreland County records 2nd highest single-day total of coronavirus cases
Westmoreland County posted its second highest single-day total of reported coronavirus cases Wednesday. According to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Westmoreland added 39 positive covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. The county’s highest one-day mark was set April 25 when 43 cases were reported. The county now...
3 accused in Rostraver armed robbery
A Pittsburgh woman and two Maryland brothers were charged Tuesday in connection with an armed robbery in Rostraver. A female clerk at the Marathon gas station on Route 51 reported to township police at 9:15 p.m. on Aug. 3 that a man pointed a sawed-off shotgun at her and demanded...
Youngstown restaurant 1 of 11 in state to have liquor license suspended for covid violations
The Tin Lizzy Tap Room and Restaurant in Youngstown is set to reopen on Friday after its liquor license was suspended for two weeks because the establishment violated restrictions meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Owner Buck Pawlosky said he will play by the rules, but that...
Blawnox police officer charged in alleged evidence room theft
A Blawnox police officer has been charged with stealing from his department, as well as the North Braddock police department where he was previously employed, according to state police. Joseph Andrew Lynn, 34, of McKeesport is allegedly responsible for multiple thefts from both departments. State police were investigating after cash...
Allegheny County adds 46 new coronavirus cases, 3 deaths
The Allegheny County Health Department reported 46 new coronavirus cases and three new deaths on Wednesday. Those new cases bring the county’s total to 11,867 since the first case was reported on March 14. The state is reporting 354 deaths in Allegheny County, which differs from the county health department’s...
Ginsburg remembered as prophet for justice, American icon
WASHINGTON — With crowds of admirers swelling outside, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was remembered Wednesday at the court by grieving family, colleagues and friends as a prophet for justice who persevered against long odds to become an American icon. The court’s eight justices, masked along with everyone else...
Pitt dean says U.S. is in a great racial crisis
If Larry E. Davis had been able to give the lecture he gave Tuesday evening back when it was originally scheduled last spring, it might not have had the same effect. His lecture “Will Race Always Matter?” was sponsored by the Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law and Public Policy at...
Late-stage study of first single-shot vaccine begins in U.S.Video
Johnson & Johnson is beginning a huge final study to try to prove if a single-dose covid-19 vaccine can protect against the virus. The study starting Wednesday will be one of the world’s largest coronavirus vaccine studies so far, testing the shot in 60,000 volunteers in the U.S., South Africa,...
Car crashes into apartment in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood
A car crashed into the front of an apartment building in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood early Wednesday, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. It happened on Brownsville Road, near the corner of East Cherryhill Street, around 1 a.m. The car slammed into the building’s front door, knocking out numerous bricks around...
Pennsylvania takes step to stop jobless benefits fraud
The state is taking additional steps to prevent criminals from illegally siphoning money from a federal unemployment compensation program by filing fraudulent claims, including delaying payments to allow for more time to verify the identity of those seeking the benefits. Those benefits, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits, are designed for...
Pennsylvania doles out half of federal $300 weekly benefit fund
Pennsylvania has distributed more than one-half of its allocation of $2.8 billion in federal money that is the source of the $300-a-week checks being sent to the eligible covid-19-related jobless, state officials said. The state has sent $1.5 billion to unemployed Pennsylvanians through the federal government’s Lost Wages Assistance Program,...
U.S. government executes killer obsessed with witchcraft
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — The U.S. government on Tuesday executed a former soldier who said an obsession with witchcraft led him to kill a Georgia nurse he believed had put a spell on him. William Emmett LeCroy, 50, was pronounced dead at 9:06 p.m. EDT after receiving a lethal injection...
Trump plays to strengths in crowd-pleasing stop at Pittsburgh International Airport
President Trump stepped off Air Force One on Tuesday evening to the loud cheers of thousands of people packed outside a private hangar at Pittsburgh International Airport. After a quick nod to the Pittsburgh Steelers football team, Trump told the crowd at Atlantic Aviation in Moon Township: “Forty-two days from...
House passes stopgap funding bill shortly after bipartisan deal
WASHINGTON — The House swiftly passed a stopgap funding measure needed to avert a partial government shutdown in eight days after top congressional leaders reached a deal resolving a fight over farm payments. On a lopsided vote of 359-57, the House sent to the Senate a revised continuing resolution that...
Shaler man pleads guilty to starting May riot in Pittsburgh during peaceful protest
A Shaler man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to initiating the destruction of a Pittsburgh police car during a May protest over the death of George Floyd outside PPG Paints Arena. Brian Bartels, 20, pleaded guilty to a charge of obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder before U.S....
Cindy McCain endorses Biden for president in rebuke of Trump
PHOENIX — Democrat Joe Biden said Tuesday that Cindy McCain plans to endorse him for president, a stunning rebuke of President Donald Trump by the widow of the GOP’s 2008 nominee. Trump has had a fraught relationship with members of John McCain’s family since he disparaged the Arizona senator during...
U.S. officials meet at CMU to discuss artificial intelligence
As part of his two-day visit to the Pittsburgh region this week, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette participated in a discussion at Carnegie Mellon University, along with U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios. The “fireside chat,” moderated by CMU’s Vice President of Research Michael McQuade and livestreamed via Brouillette’s...
U.S. Energy Secretary promotes energy versatility in Pittsburgh visit
U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette visited the Pittsburgh region this week, stopping at a multibillion-dollar ethane cracker plant being built in Beaver County, Carnegie Mellon University and the United Association Local 449 Steamfitters headquarters in Pittsburgh. The visit, according to Brouillette’s staff, was to highlight the importance of Appalachian natural...
Highlands Middle School soccer player tests positive for covid-19, principal states
A Highlands Middle School student has tested positive for covid-19, according to an email from Principal Kimberly Price. The school was notified of the case on Tuesday, Price wrote. The student is on the middle school soccer team. District Superintendent Monique Mawhinney, district spokeswoman Jennifer Goldberg and school board President...
Community to rally for Hempfield man diagnosed with amyloidosis
Growing up, Emma and Carly Coletta knew their dad would always be there for them. Eddie Coletta, a 43-year-old Hempfield resident, always makes it a point to put his family first. That’s why he waited for hours at Red Lobster on Mother’s Day knowing that’s the one meal his wife,...
Square Café completes relocation to East Liberty
The Square Café plans to open Oct. 1 at its new East Liberty location. “It feels so good to have a date,” owner Sherree Goldstein said. “I am super excited. We’ve been doing some staff training, and we will be ready to go. East Liberty has been so welcoming and...
More coronavirus cases found at Westmoreland Manor
Westmoreland officials said Tuesday another 12 residents and an additional staffer at the county-owned nursing home in Hempfield tested positive for coronavirus. The latest test results means that 9.5% of the Westmoreland Manor’s 336 residents are infected. Federally mandated baseline testing for the virus started last week at the facility....
Judge denies Gov. Wolf’s attempt to stop covid restriction ruling
A federal judge has denied a request from Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf to stay his Sept. 14 ruling that found the state’s pandemic restrictions unconstitutional, possibly paving the way for large gatherings without crowd-size limits pending the outcome of an appeal. In Tuesday’s order rejecting Wolf’s request to temporarily halt...
Joe Biden slams Trump on jobs, economy ahead of president’s visit to Western Pa.
Former Vice President Joe Biden went on the offensive Tuesday, attacking President Donald Trump on jobs and the economy as the president prepared to travel to the Pittsburgh region for his fourth visit to Pennsylvania in the past four weeks. “Four years ago, candidate Donald Trump promised the hardworking people...
