Allegheny County News category, Page 345
UPMC tops $11B in revenue in 1st half of 2020
UPMC took in $11.1 billion in revenue in the first half of 2020 — nearly $1 billion more than the same time period last year — despite grappling with hospital losses during the pandemic-spurred lockdown, the nonprofit health system reported Wednesday. By July, as patient volume picked up following a...
Police: Suspected Pittsburgh drug dealer arrested in Spring Hill
A suspected Pittsburgh drug dealer out on state parole was arrested Wednesday after Allegheny County detectives discovered narcotics at his Spring Hill home. Vaughn Malone, 33, was taken into custody as part of an ongoing investigation by city and county police, Allegheny County Police Inspector Michael Peairs reported. Officers executed...
Judge Tranquilli suspended without pay for alleged misconduct; trial in October
The Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline on Wednesday suspended Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Mark V. Tranquilli without pay effective immediately and has scheduled his trial on allegations of judicial misconduct to begin on Oct. 5. Tranquilli apologized in a letter to colleagues that was circulated this week. In an...
Animal Friends to benefit from sales of BrewDog beer showing adoptable canines
Cheers to your furry friends. Scottish craft brewer BrewDog has teamed locally with Animal Friends in Ohio Township as well as Gigi’s Shelter Services in Ohio to showcase adoptable dogs looking for forever homes. The brewery created Street Dog and Street Dog AF (alcohol free), beers of its Punk IPA...
Unattended laundry spontaneously combusts in Etna laundromat fire
Unattended laundry started a dryer fire that firefighters quickly knocked down Wednesday afternoon at the Wash and Wear Laundromat at the corner of Dewey Street and Crescent Avenue in Etna. Firefighters were on their way to another scene when the dryer fire was called in by a patron of the...
Allegheny County officials consider easing coronavirus restrictions
Weeks after Allegheny County and then the state Department of Health re-implemented restrictions on bars, indoor dining and gatherings, county health officials on Wednesday said those efforts are working and there are signs the virus is relenting. Dr. Debra Bogen, director of the Allegheny County Health Department, said she is...
Allegheny County adds 14 additional coronavirus cases, eclipses 10,000 total
Allegheny County passed a pandemic milestone on Wednesday when 14 new coronavirus cases put the total number of cases at 10,004. The 14 new cases marked the lowest daily reported total since mid-June. Of the cases, 9,694 are confirmed and 310 are considered probable. There were 1,151 new test results...
Retired Allegheny County, state judge praises Donald Trump in Tuesday’s RNC broadcast
Retired Superior Court Judge Cheryl Allen of Hampton was among a half dozen “ordinary Americans” who offered testimonials to President Donald Trump during Tuesday night’s Republican National Convention. A portion of a video that featured conversations with Vice President Mike Pence included Allen. The segment also included testimonials from five...
Gisele Fetterman gets personal about her medical marijuana use
View Gisele Barreto Fetterman through the lens of social media, and one might assume she is among the world’s most upbeat people. But those close to the lieutenant governor’s wife know she’s waged a lifelong war against chronic pain, with medical marijuana being an effective form of treatment. She felt...
County police investigate Swissvale shooting
A man was taken to the hospital in stable condition after being shot in Swissvale, according to Allegheny County Police. Allegheny County 911 was notified of a shooting in the 2200 block of South Braddock Avenue just before 11 p.m. Tuesday. Police said first responders found the man with a...
Police: Man shot in leg in Braddock
A man was hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in the leg in Braddock. Allegheny County police said the shooting occurred around 7 p.m. Tuesday along the 500 block of Center Street. First responders found a man with a gunshot wound to the leg. He was transported to a...
Allegheny County investigators help Etna police search for woman missing since January
Allegheny County police are helping Etna police in the search for a 20-year-old woman missing since January. Kaylene Oehling was reported missing by her mother on Jan. 12 after she failed to show up two days earlier for a babysitting obligation at her mother’s home, police said. Oehling texted her...
‘Acknowledgement of risk’: the first paper facing many college students in covid era
When it comes to mitigating the spread of covid-19 on campus, college administrators have been consistent: it all comes down to student behavior, they say. “We’ve been communicating our expectations all summer to students,” Pitt Dean Kenyon Bonner said during a Monday news conference. College students everywhere are being asked...
Harrison raises concerns over maintenance agreement for Springhill Road project
Harrison officials want to talk with Allegheny County representatives about their concerns over a maintenance agreement for a pedestrian and bicycle path the county will build along Springhill Road. Township Manager Rich Hill said the township wants to define and refine what the township’s responsibilities for the path will be...
Don Walko to resign from Common Pleas Court to pursue political advocacy
Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Donald Walko Jr. will step down from the bench next week — nearly 11 years after taking office. Walko, 67, said he made the decision to leave the court in July, with plans to return to working and volunteering in the political arena. A Democrat,...
Allegheny County reports new covid-19 deaths after days without any
On Tuesday, 58 additional covid-19 cases were reported in Allegheny County, according to the health department. Total deaths from coronavirus increased in the county, as three new deaths were reported after two days with no new deaths. There were seven new hospitalizations reported, as well. Of the new cases, 53...
Brookline’s Menuette reinvented as Oak Hill Post
Brookline’s refined diner, Menuette, had a false start earlier this year, but its second chance comes starting Wednesday as a revamped, quirky and casual spot called Oak Hill Post. Much of Brookline sits atop the 1870s caverns of the Oak (coal) Mine, making “Oak Hill” a natural nickname for the...
Here is the AHN mobile clinic covid-19 testing schedule for this week
Allegheny Health Network announced its newest covid-19 testing schedule for its mobile clinic and community sites. AHN’s mobile clinic will visit the following locations from 10:30 a.m. till 4 p.m.:Wednesday: Hazelwood Family Health Center in Hazelwood at 4915 Second AvenueThursday: Alma Illery Medical Center in Homewood at 7227 Hamilton AvenueMonday:...
Man grazed by bullet in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood
Pittsburgh police are investigating a shooting that injured one man in the city’s Carrick neighborhood early Tuesday morning. Police responded to reports of a person shot on the 1900 block of Brownsville Road around 2 a.m. The victim had been grazed in the stomach. He was taken to the hospital...
New Queen of Angels principal coming home; faces unprecedented challengesVideo
For Jennifer Filak, taking her first principal’s job at Queen of Angels School in North Huntingdon was like returning home. “When I learned of the opportunity, I really felt like I was coming back home. My heart has always stayed here,” said Filak, a Penn-Trafford High School graduate and a...
Police: Man in critical condition after being shot multiple times in Mt. Oliver
A man is hospitalized after being shot multiple times in Mt. Oliver. Allegheny County police said they were called to assist borough officers with a shooting incident around 3:40 p.m. Monday along the 200 block of Anthony Street. Emergency responders found a man along the 100 block of Church Street...
Sean Parnell, GOP challenger to Conor Lamb, gets high-profile speaking slot at RNCVideo
Murrysville native and former Army Ranger Sean Parnell, the GOP challenger seeking to unseat U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, scored a primetime speaking slot on the first night of the Republican National Convention. Parnell, 39, a former platoon leader in Afghanistan who recently moved from Cranberry to Ohio Township, said he’s...
Monroeville woman accused of burning 7-year-old with cigarette lighter
A Monroeville woman will face trial on charges that she abused a 7-year-old boy by beating and burning him with a cigarette lighter. Jennifer Dale O’Keefe, 31, is being held in the Allegheny County Jail on $25,000 bail, charged with aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children and reckless endangerment....
Upper St. Clair couple killed in apparent murder-suicide identified
An Upper St. Clair man called police Monday morning, saying he had killed his wife and that he was going to kill himself, police said. When authorities arrived at the home in the 100 block of Thousand Oaks Drive they found the couple dead. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified...
Elizabeth woman gets jail time for 2017 overdose death
An Elizabeth woman will serve three to six months in jail after pleading guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter in a man’s overdose death. Melanie Sphar, 44, was charged with drug delivery resulting in death after Ryan Evans, 27, was found not breathing in the bathroom of a home on Center...
