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Allegheny County, Pittsburgh companies among list of best places to work
Four companies in Allegheny County have been named among the Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania. Ryan LLC, a consulting firm in Downtown Pittsburgh; Total Quality Logistics, a logistics firm located in Kennedy Township; Maher Duessel, an accounting firm on Pittsburgh’s North Shore; and KU Resources, Inc., an environmental consultant...
DCNR cancels all in-person events due to covid concerns
The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has canceled all in-person events and programs in all state parks and forests, starting Sunday. That includes those organized by its staff or volunteers. The decision includes the elimination of the DCNR’s organized group First Day Hikes planned for Jan. 1. The...
Christmas tree sales going well in Western Pa., but growers see scarcity of trees in futureVideo
John Fazio and family drove all the way from Swissvale to a tree farm east of New Alexandria this week so he and his son, John, could trudge up a hillside, where he got to lie down in 4 inches of snow and wield a bow saw to cut down...
Week-in-review: Snow, Steelers stay undefeated among week’s top headlinesVideo
Snow on Dec. 1 isn’t a strange thing in Pittsburgh, but a Steelers game kicking off on a Wednesday afternoon is. A snowfall that topped meteorologists’ expectations and the Steelers keeping their undefeated season going with a win over the Ravens in a game rescheduled three times were among the...
Jupiter and Saturn to form ‘Christmas Star’ in sky this month
Two giant worlds are about to collide. Sort of. Jupiter and Saturn are meeting up this month. It’s something they do every 20 years, only this year the neighboring planets will appear closer to each other on the dome of our sky than at any point since the Middle Ages....
Supreme Court sets date for state response in Mike Kelly election suit. Is it a day late?Video
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito late Thursday set a deadline for Pennsylvania officials to respond to a request to throw out the state’s mail-in voting results — or possibly the entire election. But the date set — Dec. 9 — is the day after the “safe harbor” deadline, the...
3 hospitalized, 45 displaced after fire at Greene County apartment building
Three people were taken to hospitals and 45 were displaced after a fire early Friday at an apartment building in Greene County. The fire at Parkview Knoll Apartments, off of Ceylon Road in Cumberland Township south of Carmichaels, was reported around 2:30 a.m. It was brought under control around 4...
Pa. Veteran Farming Project joins initiative to plant 10 million trees
An additional 10 million trees could soon adorn Pennsylvania’s landscape, thanks to an effort led by several organizations across the state. The goal, officials said, is to plant trees that will help filter and absorb polluted runoff that impairs rivers and streams. The trees will also help stabilize stream banks,...
Walter Williams, conservative economist, columnist, dead at 84
Nationally syndicated columnist and George Mason University economics professor Walter Williams, whose work appeared regularly in the Tribune-Review, died on Wednesday at the age of 84. Over the course of his career, he was praised for his rigorous research on minority groups and government policies affecting African Americans. Williams, a...
Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese pays $19.2 million to settle 224 clergy abuse claims
Signaling an end to the latest chapter in the Catholic Church’s struggle to heal from scathing revelations of child sexual abuse in a 2018 grand jury report, an independent mediator for the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh announced Thursday that it has completed two years of work and awarded more than...
Pa. Supreme Court denies Mike Kelly, Parnell mail-in voting challenge
The state Supreme Court on Thursday denied an emergency motion to stay an earlier order about a challenge against Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting system. On Wednesday, attorneys for U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Butler, and others filed the claim last month against Pennsylvania’s governor, General Assembly and secretary of state over Act...
Rep. Mike Kelly, Sean Parnell continue to pursue legal challenge to Pa. election results
A congressman and the challenger to Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb on Wednesday asked Pennsylvania’s highest court to stay its own order from last week as they wait to hear if the U.S. Supreme Court will take their case challenging the state’s mail-in voting law. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court,...
Police investigating suspected meth dump site in Indiana County
Pennsylvania State Police launched an investigation Tuesday after a hunter reported finding materials associated with methamphetamine production in Green Township, Indiana County. Troopers discovered several plastic bags near a wooded area along Barr Road. After discovering the items, the State Police Clandestine Laboratory Response Team was called in. They said...
Day-long snow total tops forecast, falls shy of record
The Pittsburgh area got a bit more snow than had been expected on Tuesday, but no records were broken, according to the National Weather Service. Nearly 7 inches, 6.8 to be precise, was measured at the National Weather Service office in Moon, where the official reading is taken, meteorologist Mike...
DuBois man killed when trucks collide on icy Indiana County road
A motorist from DuBois was killed when a tri-axle truck slid into his pickup truck Tuesday afternoon on Route 56 in Indiana County, police said Joel Edward Bundy, 58, died at the scene near the United School District campus in East Wheatfield Township, according to Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman...
Community Foundation of Westmoreland County director moving to Pittsburgh Foundation
Officials at the Community Foundation of Westmoreland County are launching a search for a new executive director, following the announcement Tuesday that Phil Koch is moving into a new post at The Pittsburgh Foundation. Koch will maintain his post with the Community Foundation of Westmoreland County, where he served for...
Trib Total Media expands scholarship program with Scholarship for Diversity in Media
Trib Total Media is expanding its Journalism Scholarship Program with the Scholarship for Diversity in Media. The new scholarship will be awarded to a student who is culturally, ethnically or racially diverse and studying journalism, communication or English writing. The scholarship will include financial assistance of up to $7,500 a...
Casino gambling revenue increased across Pennsylvania in October, report shows
As casinos work to rebound after being forced to shutter this spring because of the coronavirus pandemic, overall gaming revenues were up in October compared to the same period last year, according to new figures from Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. Total gaming revenues from across the state hovered around $320.2...
Send a holiday card, support a worthy local cause
Even with some people turning to electronic holiday greetings, sending cards by mail is still a treasured tradition. Americans purchase approximately 6.5 billion greeting cards each year, including 1.6 billion Christmas cards, according to the Greeting Card Association, an industry trade group. That makes Christmas cards the most popular type...
Snow falling with 3 to 4 inches expected in Pittsburgh area
Snow fell as expected in the Pittsburgh area Tuesday morning, but it did not have much impact on the morning rush hour. “Because the ground temperature is slightly warmer than the air, it doesn’t look like it’s accumulating on the roads,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Shannon Hefferan. “We still...
West Virginia hospitals to trim elective surgeries as coronavirus cases soar
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Hospitals across West Virginia will reduce elective surgeries to ensure there is enough space to accommodate coronavirus patients as the number of cases continues to surge, Gov. Jim Justice said Monday. Hospitals will be able to maintain their available bed capacities “at this moment,” Justice said at...
Winter weather advisory issued for Pittsburgh region, 2 to 4 inches of snow expected
Between 2 and 4 inches of snow is expected to fall in the Pittsburgh area Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh. A winter weather advisory for the region, including areas of eastern Ohio and northern West Virginia, runs from 1 a.m. Tuesday to 7 a.m. Wednesday. A...
Military plane dumps fuel over Westmoreland County en route to emergency stop at Pittsburgh airport
A Pennsylvania Air National Guard refueling plane forced to make an emergency return to Pittsburgh International Airport on Saturday morning dumped fuel over the Jeannette-Penn Township-North Huntingdon and Manor areas, according to the Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety and state Air National Guard. The KC-135 Stratotanker was forced to...
ATV driver killed on Route 51 in Fayette
A Uniontown man was killed early Saturday morning on Route 51 near Smock Road when the all-terrain vehicle he was driving the wrong way collided head-on with a car, state police in Belle Vernon said. The victim, Jeremiah Pletcher, 22, was driving the ATV southbound in the northbound lanes of...
Week in Review: New covid-19 mitigation orders, WPXI anchor announces retirement, pickle balloon popsVideo
In an effort to curb the spread of covid-19, state officials this week issued a one-night ban on alcohol sales the day before Thanksgiving, one of the biggest drinking nights of the year. New orders by Gov. Tom Wolf also scaled back the maximum capacity for indoor and outdoor gatherings....
