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Parents sue Kennywood, Sandcastle, Idlewild over mask requirements
The parents of four children with medical conditions are suing Kennywood, Sandcastle Waterpark and Idlewild & SoakZone, contending their ownership violated federal law and Pennsylvania Health Department coronavirus orders by requiring all patrons to wear face masks. The federal lawsuit contends that Palace Entertainment, parent company of the parks, has...
Unions cancel Pittsburgh’s annual Labor Day Parade
The coronavirus pandemic has torpedoed Pittsburgh’s annual Labor Day Parade. Officials on Friday announced that the parade held for decades in Downtown Pittsburgh would be replaced with volunteer community service programs conducted by union members throughout Labor Day weekend and a major blood drive and food giveaway on Labor Day....
Kennywood welcomes visitors with covid-19 safety measures
A Pittsburgh staple reopened Friday — but Kennywood will be a little different this summer. Visitors will have to pass a temperature screening to enter. Face masks are mandatory. And visitors will have to stand 6 feet apart while they wait in line for rides. Following the well-known guidelines for...
Police: Man arrested in Mt. Lebanon had 30 improvised bombs, detonators in car
A man arrested Thursday night in Mt. Lebanon in connection with online threats had more than 30 improvised bombs in his Mercedes along with homemade detonators and chemicals used to make explosives, investigators said in a criminal complaint. Kurt James Cofano, 32, of Whitehall, faces felony charges related to weapons...
Forest Hills pool to reopen this weekend
The Forest Hills Community Pool will reopen Saturday. Social distancing guidelines have been put in place to ensure safety. Anyone who has purchased a pool pass will be allowed in, according to the Forest Hills Facebook page. Swimmers can buy passes here. The pool has been temporarily closed by Forest...
Allegheny County reports 180 new coronavirus cases, 1 new death
Allegheny County health officials reported 180 new covid-19 cases, one additional death and seven more hospitalizations on Friday. The date for the newest reported death is July 2. New covid-19 case numbers have been fluctuating since the county experienced a record-setting 233 cases last Thursday, followed by 177 cases on...
Here’s how to interpret daily covid-19 case counts
As coronavirus cases mount in Allegheny and surrounding counties, questions often arise about how the data should be interpreted. Viewed without context, the numbers can lead to some misconceptions. Allegheny County health officials reported 158 new cases Thursday, for instance, along with 12 hospitalizations — but those infections didn’t happen...
Northbound lanes on Route 8 in Shaler reopened after water main break
Northbound lanes along Route 8 in Shaler have reopened after a water main break, Shaler police said. The break was reported in the 1300 block of Route 8, also called William Flinn Highway. The road is closed between Spencer Lane and Fall Run Road. Southbound lanes were closed early Friday...
Police: 1 person in stable condition following shooting in Northview Heights
A man was hospitalized in stable condition after he was shot early Friday morning in Northview Heights, Pittsburgh police said. The man was found in the 500 block of Mount Pleasant Road around 12 a.m. after officers received a report of a gunshot victim. He had a graze wound to...
March, vigil in Downtown Pittsburgh honor slain Fort Hood soldier
Local activists held a march and candlelight vigil Thursday in memory of Vanessa Guillén, a 20-year-old soldier stationed at Fort Hood whose remains were found in Texas last month. The march, hosted by 1Hood Media, started in Downtown Pittsburgh. Dozens of participants, most of whom were wearing masks, walked from...
Police: Suspect apprehended in Mt. Lebanon with weapons, bomb components in car
Mt. Lebanon police on Thursday evening took into custody a suspect who allegedly made social media threats against state and federal buildings and was found with numerous weapons and bomb-making components in his car. Police apprehended the suspect without incident at a traffic stop near Washington Road and Woodhaven Drive...
Police: Man learning how to drive crashes into license center in Penn Hills
A man learning how to drive in the Penn Hills Shopping Center parking lot struck another vehicle and plowed into the PennDOT Drivers License Center on Thursday evening, police said. An Allegheny County dispatcher said the call for the crash came in around 8:20 p.m. at 11620 Keleket Drive. Police...
Pittsburgh Diocese: Bentleyville parishioner tests positive for covid-19
A parishioner at St. Katharine Drexel Parish in Bentleyville tested positive for covid-19 Thursday, Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh officials announced. Officials said the parish followed local, state, and federal public health and safety guidelines, social distancing and mask-wearing was maintained. A parish team also practiced safety protocols such as gathering...
Officials: Stray cat in Ross Township tests positive for rabies
A stray cat in Ross Township has tested positive for rabies, Allegheny County Health Department officials announced Thursday. They said the cat was found on Hetherton Drive and was recently brought to the department’s laboratory. Rabies is a virus transmitted to humans by an animal bite or scratch. Officials said...
Flash flood warning canceled for Pittsburgh and surrounding communities
The National Weather Service has canceled a flash flood warning issued Thursday evening for central Allegheny County. The warning, which included Pittsburgh, Crafton, Dormont, McKees Rocks, Millvale, Etna, Bellevue, West View and Glenshaw, was canceled at about 6:45 p.m. If there's any flooding in the Pittsburgh metro, please let us...
Magda Brown, Auschwitz survivor who visited Pittsburgh after Tree of Life massacre, dies at 93
Magda (Perlstein) Brown, an Auschwitz survivor who spoke in Pittsburgh the day after 11 people were shot to death at the Tree of Life Synagogue, died Tuesday at her daughter’s home in Morton Grove, Ill. She was 93. Brown, who was known to many as “Grandma Magda,” was a young...
Pittsburgh controller says coronavirus losses are significant, but manageable
Pittsburgh Controller Michael Lamb predicted the coronavirus pandemic would cost the city $60 million in revenue losses this year, but said the financial outlook isn’t as bleak as it originally seemed. Lamb on Thursday released his Popular Annual Financial Report for 2019, a summary version of the Comprehensive Annual Financial...
AG: Pittsburgh hardware store to repay customers for masks in price gouging case
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office said it shut down price gouging efforts for masks at Vogt’s True Value Hardware in Pittsburgh. Complaints sent to the attorney general alleged that the store was selling face masks at unlawful prices. Under the Price Gouging Act, it is considered price gouging to increase...
Scott Township officials fill 2nd commissioner vacancy in as many months
Scott Township officials selected a nonprofit founder and Chartiers Valley School District bus driver as their new commissioner. Michelle Sedlak was appointed at Wednesday night’s special meeting to fill the unexpired term of Paul Abel of Ward 6, who resigned from his elected post June 17. Hundreds of people both...
Pittsburgh Public Schools to offer online-only option to students in the fall
There is still no concrete plan for how Pittsburgh Public Schools will reopen in the fall — or what brick-and-mortar learning will look like — but administrators on Thursday said parents will have the option of all-online learning for the 2020-21 school year. Superintendent Anthony Hamlet said during a virtual...
Mask up if you want to gamble at Rivers Casino Pittsburgh when it reopens
Rivers Casino on the North Shore will reopen its doors to the public at 9 a.m. Friday, officials said. The casino will be open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and around-the-clock starting Thursdays at 9 a.m. until Mondays at 4 a.m. The announcement follows the new order from...
Prantl’s Bakery adds pina colada to famous burnt almond torte family
If you like pina coladas … getting caught in the torte. Prantl’s is the bakery you’re looking for. The popular bakery has a new burnt almond torte flavor — pina colada. “We are always looking for ways to expand the Prantl’s torte family,” said John Felice, the bakery’s owner. “We’ve...
UPMC doctors say latest coronavirus cases less severe in Western Pa.
The surge in covid-19 cases in Southwestern Pennsylvania is infecting a younger, less vulnerable demographic, and thus far the most recent cases appear to be less severe, doctors at UPMC said Thursday. The latest cases are mainly linked to younger people who contracted covid-19 after traveling out-of-state or while socializing,...
Allegheny County reports 158 new coronavirus cases, 12 hospitalizations
Allegheny County Health Department Officials reported 158 new covid-19 cases, 12 new hospitalizations and no new deaths on Thursday. This is the second time this week that new covid-19 case numbers have dipped below 200. New covid-19 case numbers have been fluctuating since the county experienced a record-setting 233 cases...
Pittsburgh joins Philadelphia, anti-gun groups in support of Harrisburg firearm regulations
Pittsburgh is joining Philadelphia and anti-gun groups in a legal brief supporting Harrisburg’s gun control ordinances. Firearm Owners Against Crime, a Second Amendment rights organization, and several of its members sued Harrisburg in 2015, contending the city’s ordinances were preempted by a state law that prohibits municipalities from regulating firearms....
