Morning roundup: Teen shot in Ross; Jefferson Hills road closes for 6 months

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Oct. 10:

Teen shot during fight in Ross, 4 others in custody

Police said they took five teenagers in custody after one of them was shot during a fight early Tuesday morning.

Officers responding to a report of the fight along Sixth Street just after midnight said four teens fled, according to Tribune-Review news partner WTAE.

The injured teen was taken to a hospital for treatment of a non-life threatening injury, police told the station.

Police said the four other teens were found later and taken into custody.

Coal Valley Road in Jefferson Hills closing for 6 months

A six-month shutdown of Coal Valley Road in Jefferson Hills began Monday. The span will remain closed through April as part of the Mon/Fayette Expressway project.

Motorists will have to follow a nearly 4-mile detour using Routes 885 and 837 to get around the construction zone.

The work being done is the final and largest phase of the Mon/Fayette Expressway project, according to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.

The first three portions of the projects stretch 54 miles by connecting Interstate 68 near Morgantown, W.Va., to Route 51 in Jefferson Hills.

The work being done will link the expressway from Route 51 to I-376, according to the officials.

Fund set up to help nonprofit Penn Hills pharmacy

A nonprofit pharmacy in Penn Hills that helps financially assist its customers’ medications is seeking to raise funds to offset a steep increase in fees from a pharmaceutical provider.

Through its Patient Care Fund, the Lost and Found Pharmacy on Frankstown Road helps cover the cost of medications for those who cannot afford them. The pharmacy’s owners have launched a GoFundMe account to help offset a $26,000 fee charged by Express Scripts that is retroactive to 2022, according to their appeal for help.

The fees charged by suppliers typically range between 2% and 3% of a pharmacy’s income, they said. The revised fee jumps to between 12% and 15%, which they say is “crippling” their ability to continue helping people with their prescriptions.

The owners say any income beyond the cost of operating the pharmacy is placed in a care fund to help reduce prescription costs.

As of Tuesday morning, the pharmacy’s GoFundMe project has raised over $5,600 of its $26,000 goal.