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Allegheny County officials explain why thousands of ballots can’t yet be counted
More than 35,000 ballots cast in Allegheny County will not be counted until Friday at the earliest, and county officials estimate there could be thousands more provisional ballots in boxes that have yet to be opened. About 29,000 ballots cannot be opened until 5 p.m. Friday as dictated by a...
AHN doctor elected to board of directors for American College of Emergency Physicians
An Allegheny Health Network emergency medicine doctor was elected to the national board of directors of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), AHN officials announced Thursday. Dr. Arvind Venkat serves as AHN’s vice chair for research and faculty academic affairs in the Department of Emergency Medicine and has practiced...
Allegheny County adds 189 new coronavirus cases
After adding 200 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, Allegheny County recorded 189 new cases on Thursday. The county has seen an average of 164 new daily cases over the past seven days, while adding 1,150 new cases in that time. The new cases bring the county’s total to 16,599, according...
Unofficial results: Mercuri likely to defeat Skopov in race for 28th state House seat
Voters in the North Hills tasked with filling the seat vacated by former Speaker of the House Mike Turzai will likely keep the seat in the GOP’s hands. Republican Rob Mercuri of Pine is on track to defeat Democrat Emily Skopov of Marshall to win a two-year term as the...
McKees Rocks rehab founder gets 10 years for selling heroin
David Francis struggled with drug addiction his whole life, using heroin for the first time at age 9. He served in the Navy during the Vietnam War, and held a variety of jobs, including as a commercial boat captain and semi-pro baseball player. Following several years of sobriety, in January...
Allegheny County ballot count nears end; Westmoreland officials discussing questionable ballots
The finish is in sight. Allegheny County officials said late Wednesday that about 90% of mail ballots had been scanned and counted, with about 35,413 such ballots still needing to be tabulated out of the 348,485 returned in all. Elections staff reported having scanned 313,072 mail ballots. That brings the...
Carnegie Museum and Library complex in Oakland turns 125 years old
It was the early 1890s and Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie was already one of the richest men in the world. Anxious to do something for what he called the “toilers,” the laborers and steel workers of Pittsburgh who enabled him to amass a fortune worth over $300 billion in today’s...
Code Orange air quality alert issued for Allegheny County
High air pollution might pose a problem for vulnerable groups in Allegheny County Thursday, especially those in Liberty, Clairton and the surrounding area, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. The department issued a Code Orange air quality alert for particulate matter for Thursday. Rapidly rising temperatures Thursday morning...
Allegheny County warns of surging covid cases coupled with flu season
On a day that Allegheny County reported 200 new covid-19 cases — and the state set a single-day record for new cases, with more than 2,800 confirmed and probable infections — health officials implored residents to cooperate with case investigations and contact tracing. “The behavior of the virus in our...
Devlin Robinson likely winner over Pam Iovino in race for 37th District state Senate seat
State Sen. Pam Iovino — one of only three Democrats to represent the 37th District in the past 50 years — appears to have lost a bid for a full term in office after serving only a year and a half. But as of midday Nov. 5 she had not...
Penn Hills Community Garden’s success prompts record donations to food banks
A garden that some call Penn Hills’ best-kept secret donated a record amount of produce to local food banks this season. The Penn Hills Community Garden, located on roughly five acres along Jefferson Road, donated 1,500 pounds of produce to food banks such as 412 Food Rescue and the Penn...
North Hills reports covid-19 case at West View ElementaryVideo
A student at West View Elementary School has tested positive for covid-19, according to North Hills School District officials. The student, who has not been in the building since Oct. 27, began experiencing symptoms on Monday and tested positive for the virus yesterday. The Allegheny County Health Department is not...
Peters Township School District apologizes for ‘insensitive’ costumes at Woodland Hills game
Peters Township School District officials formally apologized to their counterparts at Woodland Hills for an “insensitive” choice of costumes by two drum majors during an Oct. 30 football game between the schools. The two students wore black, full-body spandex suits that appeared to some as if they were in blackface...
Allegheny County reports 200 new coronavirus cases
Allegheny County added 200 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the first time the county has hit 200 cases since Oct. 4. The new cases — 121 confirmed and 79 probable — bring the county’s total to 16,410, according to the Allegheny County Health Department. The 121 confirmed cases came from...
Election Wednesday: 313,000 mail ballots scanned thus far, Allegheny County officials say
The waiting continues. Pennsylvania is in the spotlight, as predicted, but officials are making progress on counting all of the ballots. The Tribune-Review will continue to provide extensive election coverage today. Counting ends for the night, continues Thursday Allegheny County officials reported at 10:55 p.m. that vote counting has ended...
Southwestern Pa. counties resume counting votes
Allegheny County has resumed its efforts to count mail-in ballots after a pause early Wednesday morning, according to county spokeswoman Amie Downs. Voters sent in 348,485 mail-in and absentee ballots. As of 3 a.m., 173,068 had been processed and electronically scanned. Another approximately 29,000 ballots had been set aside for...
Kennywood to retire 4 rides, including KangarooVideo
When Kennywood opens next spring, four rides will be gone. The West Mifflin park announced Tuesday the Kangaroo, Paratrooper, Bayern Kurve and the Volcano are being retired. “Any time you are making decisions like this, it is very difficult,” said park spokesman Nick Paradise. “But with what the industry is...
Allegheny County adds 150 covid cases, 3 new deaths
Allegheny County added 150 cases of coronavirus Tuesday, the county’s Heath Department reported. Of the new cases, 95 were confirmed and 55 probable. The results come from 1,032 PCR tests conducted from Oct. 24-Nov. 2. Among the probable cases, 20 came from positive antigen tests. The new cases range in...
North Hills High School back to online classes after 7th active covid case detected
North Hills High School is switching back to online-only instruction for the remainder of the week after another student tested positive for covid-19. The student was last in the building on Oct. 27, according to district officials. It is the seventh active case of the virus at high school. Students...
Election Day 2020 nuts and bolts: What you need to knowVideo
A record number of Pennsylvanians are expected to vote in today’s General Election — with a record number having already cast ballots early. Here are a few reminders about the election, including that results from the Keystone State and other parts of the country likely will not be known for...
ALCOSAN awards $15 million in GROW funding
Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) approved $15.1 million in grant funding in the fifth round of the organization’s Green Revitalization of Our Waterways (GROW) program. This is part of ongoing ALCOSAN efforts to fund projects with partner municipalities. In this round of grant funding, ALCOSAN offered grants to 23 municipalities...
2 of the 3 people killed in Saturday’s shooting in Pittsburgh’s Allentown have been identified
Allegheny County officials identified two of the three people killed in a Saturday night shooting in Pittsburgh. City police continue to investigate the incident, which took place shortly after 9 p.m. along Beltzhoover Avenue near Edgemont Street. Laffayette Gordon, 21, and Joseph Hendricks, 17, both of Pittsburgh, were fatally shot...
Allegheny County Councilwoman Bethany Hallam ripped over controversial retweet
The Allegheny County Police Association wants an Allegheny County Council member to resign over a comment on Twitter referring to violence against police that it says “was irresponsible at best, and criminal at worst.” The council member is Bethany Hallam, a Democrat from Ross Township who holds an at-large seat....
Duquesne and National Museum of Broadcasting commemorate 1st KDKA broadcast
A two-day celebration commemorating the 100th anniversary of KDKA’s first radio broadcast is being held tonight and Tuesday nights. It was on Nov. 2, 1920, that KDKA made the world’s first commercial radio broadcast when it reported the returns of the Harding/Cox presidential election. Duquesne University and the National Museum...
Owner of Westmoreland, Monroeville malls files for bankruptcy
After months filled with lost revenues and tenants permanently shutting their doors, the company that owns both the Westmoreland and Monroeville malls has filed for bankruptcy protection. Chattanooga, Tenn.-based CBL Properties made the announcement Monday, months after the company announced a restructuring plan to help alleviate debt. The move came...
