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WPIAL high school football Week 3 scores for Sept. 25, 2020
TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s Week 3 high school football action. GAMES OF THE WEEK • NORTH ALLEGHENY 35, CENTRAL CATHOLIC 21 Tailback J.R. Burton led North Allegheny with 108 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries and fullback Brady Leczo also reached the end zone. •...
Family demands release of evidence in Breonna Taylor’s case
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Breonna Taylor’s family demanded Friday that Kentucky authorities release all body camera footage, police files and the transcripts of the grand jury proceedings that led to no charges being brought against police officers who killed the Black woman during a raid at her apartment. The decision disappointed...
Duquesne University police get body cams, as sought by hunger-striking mother of student who died in 2018
Duquesne University has completed its purchase of body cameras for its campus police, one of the demands made by Dannielle Brown, who has been on hunger strike since July over the 2018 death of her son at Duquesne. The first year of the program will cost the school $90,000, which...
Penn Township man found guilty of shooting at police
A Penn Township man who fired one shot from a high-powered rifle through a wall and toward police officers responding to a domestic violence call at his home was convicted Friday of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer. The Westmoreland County jury deliberated more than three hours before it...
Virus cases rise in U.S. heartland, home to anti-mask feelings
MISSION, Kan. — It began with devastation in the New York City area, followed by a summertime crisis in the Sun Belt. Now the coronavirus outbreak is heating up fast in smaller cities in the heartland, often in conservative corners of America where anti-mask sentiment runs high. Elsewhere around the...
Schools find ways to cope with substitute teacher shortage in age of coronavirus
Local schools are bracing for what could be a year filled with teacher vacancies as covid-19 potentially amplifies a yearslong substitute teacher shortage. Districts scrambling to find day-to-day substitutes during a typical school year now might have to work twice as hard to retain those positions as fears of returning...
Probe into ‘discarded’ ballots in Pa. becomes campaign outrage fuel
HARRISBURG — The news release from a U.S. attorney in Pennsylvania was provocative: Nine mailed-in military ballots had been “discarded” by the local election office in a swing county of one of the most important presidential battleground states. All of them were marked for President Donald Trump, it said. Then...
Gov. Wolf blasts Trump campaign rallies as public health threat
A day ahead of President Trump’s scheduled campaign rally at Harrisburg International Airport, Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday blasted the president for disregarding public health advisories on masking and social distancing at a series of rallies across Pennsylvania over the past month. Trump, who held rallies that attracted thousands of...
Local officials could have more time to complete census counts, federal judge rules
Only five days before census counts were set to cease, a federal judge in California barred the Trump administration from cutting efforts a month short. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh issued a preliminary injunction Thursday requiring the Census Bureau to extend counting efforts through Oct. 31, NPR reported. That October...
Appeals court upholds murder conviction in Latrobe Good Samaritan killing
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the victim, who was Dan McNerny. A Pennsylvania appeals court upheld the third-degree murder conviction of a Latrobe man serving up to 20 years in prison for his role in the murder of a Good Samaritan who was killed as...
Hempfield’s Eddie Coletta passes away
Eddie Coletta, whom the Hempfield community held a rally for earlier this week, died Friday morning, his family confirmed. Coletta, 43, was diagnosed with AL amyloidosis, a rare disease impacting the heart, kidneys, liver and nerves, two weeks ago. The disease, which is caused by a bone marrow disorder, can...
How to vote in Election 2020: A user’s guide
This guide will be updated as Election Day approaches. If you have questions not addressed here, please contact Tribune-Review staff writer Julia Felton at jfelton@triblive.com. Editor’s note: An earlier version contained incorrect information about mail-in ballots. Voters sign the back of the mailing envelope, not the ballot itself. The basics...
Center for domestic violence victims adds new ‘animal advocate’
Penny, a spaniel mix who works as a canine advocate for domestic violence victims through Crisis Center North, is nearing retirement. She was adopted from Action for Animals in Derry Township and attends court dates with victims to provide emotional support. But before she retires, she has one more job....
Western Pa. restaurants recognized for diverse wine selections
Pour a glass of wine and raise a toast. There are 17 Western Pennsylvania restaurants within a 50-mile radius of Pittsburgh that have been recognized — some for the first time — in Wine Spectator’s 2020 restaurant awards. Wine Spectator is a wine magazine that honors the world’s best wine...
Westmoreland sees highest week of covid cases in 2 months
With 34 new cases of coronavirus added Friday, Westmoreland County saw its highest seven-day total of cases since late July. From Saturday through Friday, 152 new cases were found in the county, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Prior to that, the largest seven-day total was 157, found from...
Pennsylvania adds 806 new covid cases, 2 new deaths
Pennsylvania added 806 new cases of coronavirus to its tally Friday, according to the state’s Department of Health. It marks the sixth day in a row new cases have been under 1,000. In the past week, there have been 5,520 cases, a nearly 5% decline from the previous seven days...
Officials: Covid cases at Pitt are going down, for now
Cases of covid-19 at the University of Pittsburgh appear to be leveling out as students start returning to in-person class, but university officials say it’s too soon to loosen restrictions. While the university has one of the highest total case counts of any institution in the area, the last two...
Allegheny County nears 12,000 covid cases
Allegheny County closed in on 12,000 coronavirus cases Friday, adding 68 new positive residents to its total, the Allegheny County Health Department reported. With the new cases, the county now has seen 11,995 cases of the virus since the pandemic began in March. The new cases come from 1,035 tests...
Congressman halts attempt to rename Mount Rushmore
One of the country’s most famous landmarks probably will keep its name, despite a recent attempt to rename it. A California resident in July proposed renaming Mount Rushmore to Igmu Tanka Paha, a Lakota Sioux name that means Cougar Mountain, according to the federal Board on Geographic Names. Anyone can...
Pittsburgh coffee van seeks musicians to create original, heavy metal jingle
The pure joy felt by children as they race toward an ice cream truck has few, if any, adult parallels. Perhaps it would be different if the truck sold coffee instead of ice cream and played heavy metal instead of a played-out nursery rhyme. It’s about to become a reality...
Here are the best spots to see fall foliage in the Pittsburgh regionVideo
There’s a nip in the air and some tint in the trees. It’s time to start planning your fall foliage viewing, and the Laurel Highlands is the perfect place to start. Don’t take our word for it, though. That’s the verdict from voters for the Best Destination for Fall Foliage...
Congressman Conor Lamb to debate Trump-backed challenger Sean Parnell on Saturday night
U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, D-Mt. Lebanon, faces off against Trump-backed Republican challenger Sean Parnell in an in-person, televised debate airing Saturday night. Lamb, 36, and Parnell, 39, who recently moved from Cranberry to Ohio Township, have several things in common beyond vying to represent the 17th Congressional District, which includes...
Police: Man charged with assault, attempted homicide for McKees Rocks shooting
A Pittsburgh man has been charged with attempted homicide and other crimes in connection with a shooting Sunday in McKees Rocks. Allegheny County Police accuse Daemon Daleek Choat, 19, from the city’s Sheraden neighborhood, with shooting a 38-year-old man multiple times Sunday shortly before 4 p.m. along Chartiers Avenue. Police...
Police: 4 injured in stabbing, assault in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood
Four people were injured in connection with a fight in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood Thursday, according to public safety officials. Initial reports indicate that two women stabbed each other, and two men sustained minor head injuries as a result of an altercation inside a home along Excelsior Street around 6:15 p.m....
Trib HSSN don’t miss high school football matchups for Week 3
Class 5A nonconference No. 2 Gateway (2-0) at No. 1 Pine-Richland (2-0) 7 p.m. Friday, Pine-Richland Stadium at Pine-Richland HS On the air: Audio on KDKA-AM 1020 and Video at TribHSSN.TribLive.com Coaches: Don Holl, Gateway; Eric Kasperowicz, Pine-Richland Players to watch: Derrick Davis, Gateway (Sr., 6-2, 195, RB); Cole Spencer,...
