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Pitt medical students pen Hippocratic oath with emphasis on diversity, racial injustice
This year’s demands for social justice and the health care challenges brought on by the covid pandemic have prompted students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine to create their own version of the Hippocratic oath, the ethical code doctors take to act in patients’ interest. The Hippocratic oath...
Blue Angels training in Super Hornet jets for 2021 Westmoreland airshowVideo
The Blue Angels’ next airshow appearance at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport promises to have a bigger impact, literally, than any of the Navy jet team’s past local aerial demonstrations. The Westmoreland County Airport Authority canceled this year’s show because no major aerial team was available. But the Florida-based Blue Angels...
Serious covid-19 outbreak threatens hundreds at Pa. prison for medically vulnerable
Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — A serious coronavirus outbreak is unfolding inside the Pennsylvania prison facility for medically vulnerable inmates diagnosed with cancer or...
Some Seneca Valley students on 2-hour delay; nearly 500 without power in Evans City
Some students in the Seneca Valley School District will have a two-hour delay because of a lingering power outage caused early Thursday. Evans City Elementary and Evans City Middle School will operate on a delay, according to a message posted to the district website. About 500 homes and businesses in...
Western Pa. hospitals on alert as covid cases surgeVideo
Hospitalizations are on the rise in Western Pennsylvania, but the region’s health systems are projecting confidence in their ability to maintain capacity as covid-19 cases surge again. “We’ve been planning and preparing for a variety of surge situations over the past many months,” Dr. Rachel Sackrowitz, chief medical officer of...
Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania people named to Biden’s transition team
President-elect Joe Biden has named several people with Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania ties to the agency review teams that will guide a transition before Jan. 20, when Biden is scheduled to take office. Although they don’t have a say in the matter, political science experts in the region say Biden should...
State lawmakers call for creation of a panel to investigate, audit election
Citing a deluge of calls to their offices and legal challenges filed by the Trump campaign, state lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House called for an audit of the election Tuesday as well as an investigation, complete with subpoena power. The move, seeking to empanel a commission controlled by lawmakers, came...
Lawsuit alleges sexual assault at Geibel Catholic Junior-Senior High School
The parents of student at Geibel Junior/Senior High School in Connellsville filed a federal lawsuit against the school, two administrators and a former student, alleging repeated incidents of sexual assault and harassment never were properly investigated. According to the six-count lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh,...
Warmer weather to taper off beginning Wednesday
The unseasonably warm weather the past few days in Western Pennsylvania didn’t break any records for November, but they are certainly giving residents a chance to enjoy the outdoors before winter begins to set in. Temperatures Monday reached 75 degrees and Tuesday’s high is forecast at 77 degrees. “This last...
McKees Rocks bakery Jenny Lee to be featured on QVC
Jenny Lee, a McKees Rocks brand owned by 5 Generation Bakers, will be featured on QVC at 3 p.m. Tuesday. The QVC feature will showcase four flavors of Jenny Lee’s staple swirl bread, according to Cody Baxter, director of marketing. The QVC promotion will offer six loaves of bread for...
Westmoreland Intermediate Unit sends 1,000 backpacks of supplies to students in Western Pa.
One thousand homeless students across Western Pennsylvania will be delivered some kindness next week courtesy of Westmoreland County. Stuffed in each of 1,000 backpacks are toiletries, school supplies, a blanket and a note card asking the student to pay it forward. The Westmoreland Intermediate Unit collected about $25,000 worth of...
Giant Eagle hiring 600 people for holiday season
Giant Eagle plans to add 600 jobs this holiday season, company leaders announced this week. A hiring fair will run 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday at 28 sites across the Pittsburgh area, company spokesman Dick Roberts said. The jobs will be both full-time and part-time positions at Giant...
Unseasonably warm weather could shatter high temperature record on Tuesday
The high temperatures flirted but failed to hit a record on Monday in Western Pennsylvania but on Tuesday, the daily record is almost sure to be shattered. As forecast, four of our daily high temperature records have fallen today. Wheeling, Zanesville, and New Philadelphia all had highs of 76°F today....
Western Pa. ‘Jeopardy!’ contestants have fond memories of Alex Trebek
Connellsville native Lindsey Shultz will never forget the day Alex Trebek showed up in the “Jeopardy!” contestant’s green room just before taping episodes for the Tournament of Champions. It was early September 2019, just six months after Trebek had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. “He came back just...
Western Pennsylvania officials react to Biden-Harris win
Joe Biden is the President-elect, and Kamala Harris will become the country’s first Madam Vice President. After four days of waiting and watching a race that ultimately came down to Pennsylvania, elected leaders across the state reacted to the Saturday morning news. Biden is a Pennsylvania native, born in Scranton,...
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb retains 17th House District seat
Three days after he declared victory, U.S. Rep Conor Lamb appears to have won re-election in Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District in a tight race with his Republican challenger. The Associated Press called the race Saturday morning in Lamb’s favor over Sean Parnell. Around noon, Lamb expressed gratitude on his Twitter...
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital offers new drug for postpartum depression
Having babies brought Emily Washburn joy. The experience of motherhood also crippled her with sadness. Washburn, 25, of Carlisle, was diagnosed with postpartum depression – in September 2017 after the birth of her first child, Wyatt, a boy. As she is about to deliver her third baby, she remembers her...
Veterans Day deals for vets, active-duty military throughout Western Pa.
Local businesses and organizations are honoring the military on Veterans Day with a host of promotions and discounts Nov. 11. Unless otherwise indicated, all promotions are limited to Nov. 11. Most require some form of military ID. Local events • The Level Green Lions Club will host a Nov. 14...
Amid increased usage during pandemic, graffiti, trash plague Ohiopyle State Park
Graffiti is back again at Ohiopyle State Park. Volunteers and park staff spent Thursday cleaning up spray painted political messages, obscenities, drawings of genitalia and personal notes from bridge abutments in two parts of the park, said naturalist Barbara Wallace. Graffiti was found on a new abutment constructed this year...
Heinz Endowments awards $12 million in grants to address equity issues in Pittsburgh region
Heinz Endowments announced Thursday that it has approved over $12.1 million in grants to support its ongoing emphasis on equity issues in the Pittsburgh region. These grants address an array of equity issues and provide increased strategic investment in response to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, according to to a statement...
Republican Sean Parnell won’t concede in 17th District, criticizes Conor Lamb for declaring victory in tight race
Republican candidate Sean Parnell said Thursday he will not concede in the 17th Congressional District race against incumbent U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb until all eligible votes have been reported and a clear winner is verified. As of Friday morning, Lamb, 36, a Mt. Lebanon Democrat, led Parnell, 39, a Trump-backed...
We asked voters: What is your hope for the next 4 years?Video
Voters the Trib spoke with this week overwhelmingly said they want to see citizens set aside their political differences and come together. “Honestly, I’m looking for people to just be more kind to each other,” said Krystal Folwer of Bon Air. Watch what voters from across the region had to...
Report: Pa. liquor profits up despite pandemic challenges
The covid-19 pandemic was as big a driver of alcohol sales as Christmas in Pennsylvania, according to the latest report from the state Liquor Control Board. Allegheny County reported the top sales figures, with more that $288 million in 2019-20, according to the report. Westmoreland County ranked 9th with sales...
With narrow lead U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb declares victory over Republican challenger Sean ParnellVideo
U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb declared victory Wednesday night as incomplete results showed the Democratic incumbent take a whisker-close lead over Republican challenger Sean Parnell, with barely 700 votes separating the candidates in the hotly watched race for the 17th Congressional District. By noon Thursday, Lamb’s lead had grown to about...
Joyce holds big lead for second term in Congress
U.S. Rep. John Joyce, R-Blair County, appears poised to win a second term in office. On Wednesday afternoon, Joyce held a commanding lead over Democrat Todd Rowley of Donegal Township in Westmoreland County. According to unofficial results with more than 92% of state precincts reporting, Joyce received nearly 78% of...
