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McDonald man killed in Washington County ATV accident
A McDonald man was killed in an ATV accident on private property Sunday afternoon in Cecil Township, Washington County. Angelo Quaresima, 70, was driving a side-by-side ATV, lost control and rolled the ATV in the 500 block of Swihart Road, according to the office of the Washington County Coroner S....
Angry crowd shows up at Mayor Peduto’s home challenging Pittsburgh police arrest of protesterVideo
Dressed in black and carrying signs like “Defund the Police, Peduto is a coward,” about 150 protesters marched to Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s home Sunday after rallying in Mellon Park in Point Breeze. Protesters were outraged by a “low-visibility arrest” of a protester in Oakland on Saturday during a Black...
Much-needed new Giant Eagle-backed Community Market opens in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood
It has been at least 40 years that Gregory Utz of Lawrenceville has been shopping for groceries at 4401 Liberty Ave. He remembers back decades ago when it was a Kroger’s and other grocers, but most recently it was a Shursave IGA. Shursave closed last month after the Liberty Avenue...
Indiana Township man left homeless after fire levels house, policeman alerts neighbor of the blaze
An Indiana Township man is homeless after a fire destroyed his home Saturday night, officials said. Chief Adam Siemianowski of Rural Ridge Volunteer Fire Company said a West Deer police officer spotted smoke around 10:30 p.m. coming from the home in the 250 block of Little Deer Creek Valley Road....
Hostage situation after Texas officers shot ends peacefully
CEDAR PARK, Texas — A hostage situation ended peacefully Monday morning when a man and his mother exited a home near Austin, Texas, where a day earlier three police officers had been shot and wounded. Cedar Park Police said on Twitter that the man and his mother “had come out...
Pandemic doesn’t stop 400 bikers from supporting the memory of Officer Brian Shaw, memorial scholarshipVideo
Sam Borowski and his girlfriend, Jessica Villella, didn’t know Brian Shaw. But they still felt compelled to participate in a 67-mile motorcycle run held in his honor on Sunday. “I did not know Brian, but I heard the whole story. Tragic,” said Borowski, 47, of East Deer. “I’m in definite...
11 new coronavirus cases reported in Westmoreland County – Aug. 16, 2020
Westmoreland County saw 11 new cases of covid-19 added to its total Sunday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported. The new cases make a total of 1,620 cases in the county since the virus was first reported there March 20. Of those cases, 1,575 are confirmed, 48 are considered probable....
Pennsylvania reports 660 new coronavirus cases, 3 new deaths
Pennsylvania on Sunday reported 660 new coronavirus cases and three additional deaths. The new data brings the total cases to 124,460. Officials said of those, 3,474 are considered probable cases. The seven-day average of cases is 801. The total number of covid-19 deaths in Pennsylvania now stands at 7,468. The...
Deer Lakes approves hybrid, fully online classes for start of 2020-21 school year
Deer Lakes School District will welcome students back with a mix of blended learning and fully online classes. The updated plan gives students the ability to attend in-person classes twice a week and work remotely the remaining three days, or choose between two online learning tracks. Classes are scheduled to...
Allegheny County reports 74 new coronavirus cases, 4 new deaths
Allegheny County on Sunday recorded 74 new coronavirus cases and four additional deaths. The county now has a total of 9,433 cases of covid-19 and 288 deaths. New cases in the county range in age from 2 to 96 years with a median age of 38 years. The tests were...
Pelosi to call House back into session to vote on USPS bill
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday she is calling the House back into session this week to vote on a bill prohibiting the U.S. Postal Service from implementing any changes to operations or level of service. The action comes amid growing concerns that the Trump White House is trying to undermine...
Former Kiski Township secretary accused of theft by state police
The former secretary-treasurer of Kiski Township has been charged by state police for allegedly making $6,309 in unauthorized purchases using township credit accounts over three years. Monica L. Austin, 48, of Apollo, was charged by Armstrong County state police with access device fraud and theft in connection with numerous incidents...
Taller cubicles, one-way aisles: Office workers must adjust
NEW YORK — Bergmeyer, a design firm in Boston, has erected higher cubicles, told employees to wear masks when not at their desks and set up one-way aisles in the office that force people to walk the long way around to get to the kitchen or the bathroom. “The one-way...
Trump makes call for new White House doctor’s virus adviceVideo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has found a new doctor for his coronavirus task force — and this time there’s no daylight between them. Trump last week announced that Dr. Scott Atlas, a frequent guest on Fox News Channel, has joined the White House as a pandemic adviser. Atlas, the...
Mayor Peduto, Pittsburgh public safety leaders address protest arrest in Oakland
What was meant to be a “low-visibility arrest” of a protester by plainclothes officers in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood Saturday turned into a social media firestorm, pushing Mayor Bill Peduto to call a news conference Sunday to express his concerns over the incident while police leadership explained why they thought their...
Officials left wondering how many students will choose charter schools
School districts face a daunting future as they prepare for several possible scenarios for the coming year. But one looming question remains largely unanswered — how many students will switch to out-of-district cyber charter schools that have impacted school budgets for years? Surveys sent to families as reopening plans were...
Western Pa. women played pivotal roles in passage of 19th Amendment a century agoVideo
Tennessee tipped the scales to codify women’s suffrage in the U.S. Constitution 100 years ago Tuesday, becoming the 26th state to ratify the 19th Amendment on Aug. 18, 1920. Long before that, however, the battle to give women the right to vote played out in communities large and small. Women...
Robert Trump, President Trump’s younger brother, dead at 71
NEW YORK — President Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump, a businessman known for an even keel that seemed almost incompatible with the family name, died Saturday night after being hospitalized in New York, the president said in a statement. He was 71. The president visited his brother at a New...
Facing incurable, speech-robbing disorder, Westmoreland Chamber CEO Chad Amond forges ahead
The first signs of trouble were unmistakably odd. It wasn’t like Chad Amond to forget the name of someone he knew as they greeted. Not once but twice. And it certainly wasn’t like him to ask his wife, Amy, when she brought home a new type of his favorite ginger...
Pandemic quashed Plum girl’s dream trip, so Make-A-Wish built her backyard pool, firefighters filled itVideo
Call Haley Delo pool happy. The Plum youth who suffers from a severe form of epilepsy was one of the rare beneficiaries of Make-A-Wish Foundation at a time when many wishes don’t come true. The covid-19 pandemic has complicated everything in life, even delivering wishes to critically ill children. Since...
Despite pandemic, smaller fairs in Export, Irwin, New Kensington decide shows must go onVideo
In a summer of canceled festivals because of the coronavirus pandemic, officials of some smaller events in Export, Irwin and New Kensington decided the shows must go on Saturday. The Westmoreland Fair slated to begin Thursday, the Arts and Heritage Festival in Hempfield that usually runs in July and Fort...
Training pushed to show officers how to stop abuse in own ranks
HARTFORD, Conn. — Despite policies on the books for years that require officers across the United States to stop colleagues from using excessive force, there has been little or no effort to teach officers how to intervene, law enforcement officials and experts say. That’s changing after the killing of George...
Doctors see rise in limb-threatening blood clots during covid-19 crisis
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Health experts are encountering a rare and terrifying covid-19 complication: plug-like blood clots in the limbs of coronavirus victims that strangle circulation. And that means you could lose a limb to covid-19, even if you don’t lose your life. After querying 10 major hospital networks in...
Post Office warns states across U.S. about mail voting
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service is warning states coast to coast it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted, even if mailed by state deadlines, raising the possibility millions of voters could be disenfranchised. Voters and lawmakers in...
Pennsylvania reports 850 new coronavirus cases, 20 new deaths
Pennsylvania on Saturday reported 850 new coronavirus cases, as the case count inches slowly upward from the weekly average of 813. The state Department of Health reported 20 new deaths attributed to coronavirus after posting 36 on Friday — which was the highest total of the week. Of the newly...
