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Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank celebrates 40 years of feeding the hungry
Since its inception, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank has evolved beyond emergency food assistance and providing non-perishable food items to distributing more than 12 million pounds of fresh produce in 2020. This month marks the 40th year of operation for the Food Bank, which opened its doors in Pittsburgh’s...
Allegheny County’s latest covid cases up from previous weekend
Allegheny County added 1,647 new cases of coronavirus over the past two days, the Health Department announced Monday. While the new cases — 897 from Sunday and 750 from Monday — were slightly down from recent days, they were up 12% from the same time last week. The county’s seven-day...
Crack’d Egg flouts shutdown as deputies quarantined for dining, taking photos with owner
Two Allegheny County sheriff’s deputies who ate and posed for a picture at a Brentwood diner defying state shutdown orders by remaining open have been reassigned and placed on quarantine. The Crack’d Egg, on Brownsville Road, has continuously flouted the orders from Gov. Tom Wolf and Health Secretary Dr. Rachel...
UPMC administers 1st covid-19 vaccines in PittsburghVideo
Five UPMC employees received Pittsburgh’s first doses of the covid-19 vaccine Monday, making tangible the long-awaited light at the end of the tunnel for a pandemic that has spared no state in its deadly waves. The employees — a doctor, two nurses, a transporter and an environmental services supervisor —...
Rally set for North Allegheny over district’s extended remote learning plan
Some parents upset with North Allegheny’s new remote learning plan are expected to rally at the intermediate school at 9 a.m. Monday, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. The group, North Allegheny Parents for In-Person Education, disagrees with the district’s plan to keep students learning from home through Jan. 18....
South Hills Interfaith Movement hosts 3rd drive-through food distribution
South Hills Interfaith Movement, in partnership with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, hosted its third drive-through food distribution event at Bethel Park High School on Saturday. The distribution, which ran from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and was open to anyone, had enough food to feed 1,000 families. For...
Allegheny County reports nearly 1,200 new coronavirus cases; 2 deaths
Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 1,198 new coronavirus cases as the community continues to rack up covid-19 infections during the holiday season. The report is a 124-case drop from Friday’s record high of 1,322. However, its the fifth day this month that the county has surpassed 1,000 cases. Two new...
No injuries in storage facility fire on South Side
Emergency crews were dispatched to the 100 block of South 26th Street in Pittsburgh’s South Side for a fire at the Stash & Store storage facility Saturday morning. Firefighters were staging equipment at South 26th and Josephine streets shortly before 8:30 a.m., according to an Allegheny County 911 supervisor, who...
AHN leader named one of 2020’s 100 most influential leaders by national magazine
Allegheny Health Network’s president and CEO has been recognized as a top leader in the health care industry. Cynthia Hundorfean, who has held AHN’s top spot since 2016, was named one of 2020’s 100 most influential people by Modern Healthcare magazine. It’s the second year in a row she has...
With new mitigation orders, operational changes made at Allegheny County parks
The Allegheny County Parks Department is the latest entity to announce operational changes after Gov. Tom Wolf this week issued new orders to help curb the spread of covid-19. According to the parks department, all indoor facility rentals and sports and fitness programs including flag football, hockey leagues, hockey lessons...
Allegheny County sets record for new covid cases for 2nd time in a week
Allegheny County set a record for new covid-19 cases Friday. There were 1,322 new covid cases reported, breaking the previous record set Dec. 5 by 125 cases. This is the fourth time that new reported cases have eclipsed 1,000, all of which have come this month. New patients range in...
Man charged with homicide, robbery in November shooting in Wilkinsburg
Allegheny County Police have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a fatal November shooting in Wilkinsburg. Elyzah Cecil King-Bradley is charged with criminal homicide in the death of Emanuel Deshawn Johnson, 35, who was found dead inside a vehicle after county police responded to the shooting shortly before 8...
Gov. Tom Wolf halts indoor dining, suspends school sports as part of new restrictionsVideo
After weeks spent imploring Pennsylvanians to stay home as much as possible, limit their in-person interactions and wear a mask, Gov. Tom Wolf and the state secretary of Health issued new orders shutting down indoor dining, gyms, school sports and more as cases and deaths across the commonwealth continue to...
Port Authority leadership urges prioritizing transit workers for covid-19 vaccine
Port Authority of Allegheny County leaders have asked Pennsylvania’s governor and Secretary of Health to prioritize transit workers when the covid-19 vaccine becomes available, according to a letter sent earlier this week. The letter, addressed to Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine, comes days after the Port Authority...
AHN appoints vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion
Allegheny Health Network on Thursday announced the appointment of a vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion. Veronica Villalobos will fill the position, working closely with AHN’s recently hired Chief Clinical Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Dr. Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew. Together, they’ll strive to build an inclusive workforce and address health disparities...
Allegheny County commits another $2M to programs for needy
With covid-19 on the rise again and more help needed for those impacted by the pandemic, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald has announced the county is committing an additional $2 million to programs through the United Way. The United Way’s Students and Families Food Relief Fund will receive $1 million...
Retired Air Force B-52 navigator honored for decades of service to veterans
It all started by glancing up for Richard Narushoff. Narushoff, 75, of Monroeville remembers being 3 years old when he saw his first airplane flying through the sky. “I figured I’d fly someday,” he said. “I guess it’s always been in my mind.” Those memories came back recently after he...
Allegheny County reports 1,166 new covid cases, 2nd-highest daily tally
Allegheny County on Thursday reported its second-highest number of cases recorded in a single day with 1,166. This raises the total cases since March to 36,707. The county’s seven-day case average climbed to a record 881, and the seven-day case total recorded a new high of 6,164. Of the new...
Ross OK’s Port Authority’s plan to double size of park-n-ride facility
Ross commissioners have approved the Port Authority’s plan to double the number of spaces available at its park-and-ride lot in the township to relieve congestion. But the unanimous vote on Dec. 8 to green-light the project comes with a hitch — if traffic near the lot spikes because of the...
Hundreds of toys gathered at Plum’s sixth Stuff-A-Bus eventVideo
Awesome. It was the only word Shari Klein could find as she participated in Plum Borough School District’s sixth annual Stuff-A-Bus event Dec. 9. “There’s no other word for it, except awesome,” she said. She was one of several teachers and staff who helped transfer the donated toys from vehicles...
Gunshots fired near Crafton house
No one was reported injured when multiple gunshots were fired in the direction of a residence in Crafton on Wednesday night, the Allegheny County Police said. The shooting at 10:40 p.m. Wednesday at a home on Union Avenue near Sidney Street was reported to Allegheny County 911 at 10:40 p.m.,...
East Liberty woman reported missing
A 25-year-old East Liberty woman who was last seen the day before Thanksgiving, was reported missing on Wednesday, Pittsburgh City police detectives said. Maquallah Alford Bey was last seen walking in her neighborhood the night of Nov. 25. She was described as 5 feet 5 inches tall with brown eyes,...
Goodwill program designed to help young adults go from jail to a job
Most adult ex-convicts know how tough it is to adjust from being in prison to being back in the real world, especially when they can’t find a job. It can be even tougher for young adults with a prison record but no job experience. But now Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania...
Pittsburgh woman gets probation in multi-million dollar home health care fraudVideo
A Pittsburgh woman involved in a multi-million dollar fraud home health care fraud scheme was sentenced to four years of probation and ordered to pay more than $94,000 in restitution to the state’s Medicaid program, federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh said Wednesday. The sentencing of Terra Dean, 46, in U.S. District...
Former business manager at Upper St. Clair church pleads to federal tax charges
A man already convicted in state court of stealing more than $1 million from the Upper St. Clair church where he previously worked pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to tax charges. David Reiter, 51, will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donetta Ambrose on April 12. He pleaded...
