Megan Guza stories, Page 26
Gov. Wolf raises capacity limits on event spaces, rescinds travel restrictions
Pennsylvania officials eased some covid-19 restrictions effective immediately, specifically those orders pertaining to occupancy limits on indoor and outdoor events, paving the way for the Penguins and Pirates to allow fans at PPG Paints Arena and PNC Park. The new orders, announced by Gov. Tom Wolf, raised the occupancy limits...
Pittsburgh zoo reopens with enhanced safety measures
The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium reopened Monday with modified hours and safety precautions meant to limit the risk of covid-19. Through April, the zoo will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with entry gates closing at 3 p.m. Beginning Memorial Day weekend, gates will close at 4...
Passenger suspected in slaying of pregnant Lawrenceville driver
The same man Katara Bray told a friend she hoped wasn’t the father of her child now stands accused of killing her early this month, according to police and court paperwork. Jason Brown, 24, is charged with homicide in connection with the Feb. 8 shooting death of Bray in Pittsburgh’s...
Pa. health official: Still no timeline for next phase of covid vaccination processVideo
There remains no estimate on when Pennsylvania will move to the next phase of its vaccination plan, which includes a slew of essential workers as well as first responders and teachers, a health official said Friday. “I don’t think we’re putting out estimates at this point,” Health Department Senior Adviser...
U.S. Attorney Scott Brady to step down from post
Scott Brady, U.S. attorney for Pennsylvania’s Western District, will resign from his post on Sunday, his office announced Friday. Brady’s announcement comes several weeks after the Biden administration asked for all Trump-appointed U.S. attorneys to resign, a traditional move with a new president. “Leading this office has been the greatest...
TSA catches 2 guns in a day at Pittsburgh International, 7 so far this year
Twelve hours after security officers stopped a Texas woman with a loaded handgun at Pittsburgh International Airport, officers caught another handgun Thursday on a Monroeville woman who said she forgot the gun was in her purse. “This traveler’s forgetfulness was a careless mistake that will hit her wallet because, like...
TSA catches 5th gun this month at Pittsburgh International Airport
TSA agents at Pittsburgh International Airport caught another gun the airport’s security checkpoint on Thursday, the fifth in February alone, officials said. It’s the sixth time since the start of the year a traveler has been caught with a gun at the checkpoint. That’s roughly one gun every nine days....
West Mifflin women honored for talking woman off Homestead Grays Bridge
Tanikka Pinnix and her daughter weren’t actually supposed to be on the Homestead Grays Bridge on a chilly Thursday morning last month. Pinnix and her teenage daughter, Layla Gooden, took an unplanned detour across the bridge on Jan. 28. There they saw a woman beginning to climb over the rail...
Small pet turtles linked to Pennsylvania salmonella outbreak
Tiny turtles have sparked a salmonella outbreak that killed one person and sickened at least eight others, state health officials said Wednesday. The outbreak has been linked to small pet turtles purchased from street vendors, said Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam. She said a majority of the cases have...
‘Gruesome scene’ in Ambridge home where police say mother shot, killed 2 children
Police in Beaver County described a “gruesome scene” at an Ambridge home where they said a woman shot and killed her two children Monday afternoon before unloading the gun, placing it on her dining room table and calling police to tell them what she’d done. Krisinda Ann Bright, 48, called...
Arrival of 7,000 Moderna covid vaccine doses will ease Allegheny County supply problems
A shipment of 7,000 doses of the Moderna covid-19 vaccine will smooth out some of the bumps Allegheny County-run vaccine clinics expected this week, but officials said some people will still see their second-dose appointment pushed beyond four weeks. The announcement on Monday by the Allegheny County Health Department affects...
UPMC website allows registration for covid-19 vaccine appointments
UPMC will allow people to register online or via phone for notifications and appointment scheduling information for the covid-19 vaccine, though the limited supply means there are no appointments to be had right now. The website encourages those who are eligible to sign up online so they can be contacted...
Police: Man shot in Pittsburgh’s Strip District dies
A man shot Sunday night in Pittsburgh’s Strip District has died, according to Pittsburgh Police. Police responded shortly after 9 p.m. to Penn Avenue for a ShotSpotter alert, police spokesman Maurice Matthews said in a statement. Officers arrived and found a man who had been shot in the head, Matthews...
Police: Beer cans linked suspect to double homicide in Stowe
A bag of beer helped link a McKees Rocks man to a double homicide in Stowe, in which he is charged in connection with the killings of his brother and his brother’s girlfriend, police said. Police charged Timothy Gumm, 60, with two counts of homicide in the deaths of Christopher...
3 Allegheny County clubs shut down for covid violations, no health permit
The Allegheny County Health Department shut down three illegal nightclubs over the week, none of which had valid health permits and all of which were flouting covid-19 mitigation measures, according to health department data. The Alley in Carrick, 9 Café in Wilkinsburg and the 703 Social Club in Marshall-Shadeland were...
Severe weather delays covid vaccine shipments to Pennsylvania
Weather dealt another blow to vaccine supply in Pennsylvania this week, with state health officials saying Thursday that no Moderna vaccine was shipped Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, and very little Pfizer vaccine was shipped during that time. “There will be a significant backlog of orders for distribution as a result...
Vaccine mix-up prompts rescheduling shuffle in PennsylvaniaVideo
Vaccine providers in Pennsylvania could be short 55,000 first doses of Moderna’s covid-19 vaccine in the coming weeks after a “perfect storm of circumstances” meant some providers spent weeks giving out dedicated second-dose shots as first doses, health department leaders said Wednesday. In addition, 30,000 to 60,000 second-dose appointments could...
4th gun in 12 days caught at Pittsburgh airport
Security agents at Pittsburgh International Airport on Tuesday caught the fourth traveler in 12 days trying to bring a firearm through the security checkpoint, officials said. It’s the fifth gun caught at the security checkpoint so far this year, according to Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein. A Wexford man...
Suspected Bethel Park shoplifters caught after dozing in car full of stolen goods
Two suspected serial shoplifters in Bethel Park were caught after one of them fell asleep in the car alongside $1,300 in stolen merchandise, authorities said. Police responded Feb. 9 to the parking lot of the Bethel Park Home Depot for a report of a woman passed out in a car,...
Pittsburgh’s Art House damaged after weekend fire
A fire damaged the Art House in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood on Sunday. Artist Vanessa German wrote in an Instagram post Sunday that no one was injured. “Everyone is OK,” she wrote. “The Art House caught on fire last night. There is a lot of damage, but everyone is OK.” She...
Westmoreland County man charged with carrying unlicensed firearm at airport
Security agents caught the third gun in nine days – and the second this week – at Pittsburgh International Airport on Friday, Transportation Security Administration officials said. Security officers stopped a Westmoreland County man at the security checkpoint after they spotted a .38-caliber handgun in the man’s carry-on bag. Allegheny...
Health department orders aim to speed up, streamline Pa. vaccination process
New orders from state health officials will try to speed up and streamline Pennsylvania’s vaccination process, requiring vaccine providers to administer the bulk of their allotted first doses within one week of receiving them. Effective Feb. 22, vaccine providers will have to administer 80% of the first-dose vaccines that they...
Glassport man accused of child sex assault at church, during volunteer work
A Glassport man allegedly sexually assaulted two teenage girls he met through church and volunteer work, abuse that police said took place over several years, according to the criminal complaint filed against him. Dominic Muscante, 46, is charged with indecent assault, child endangerment, corruption of minors, unlawful contact with minors...
Pa. community groups key in helping underserved populations get covid vaccine
Community groups, particularly those that work with older and underserved Pennsylvanians, are the next hope for helping those most vulnerable to covid-19 make appointments and get to appointments, as the state’s vaccine rollout continues to move slower than anticipated. Those community groups can be the missing link for people who...
Federal attorneys appeal home detention for ‘pink hat lady’ charged in Capitol riot
Federal attorneys say a Mercer County woman known as “pink hat lady” is too dangerous and too much of a flight risk to be allowed to remain at home while she awaits trial for her suspected role in the violent Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C....
