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submitted by Kristin Giron Stewart Kristin Giron Stewart, her husband, Chris and children Jake and Bella of Lower Burrell, all were stricken with covid-19 this summer. Kristin, who was hospitalized for 13 days, continues to battle a host of lingering symptoms known as long haulers syndrome.
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. When Kristin Giron Stewart was discharged from UPMC St. Margaret hospital after a 13-day battle with covid-19 over the summer, she thought she was well on her way to recovery. The 47-year-old Lower Burrell woman grew frustrated and frightened as the days wore on, and she continued to struggle with a rapid heart rate, shortness of breath, extreme fatigue, brain fog and depression. ....
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. More than $615,000 in covid relief grants were handed out Tuesday to local volunteer fire departments and emergency medical service units as Westmoreland County exhausted its share of federal stimulus money to help struggling businesses, nonprofits and municipalities amid the ongoing pandemic. Commissioners awarded 24 volunteer fire departments and 10 emergency medical service companies grants to restore lost revenues and cover expenses related to the coronavirus response. Grants to fire departments were capped at $25,000 and emergency medical service awards were limited to $15,000. ....
Submitted | So Therefore Productions Dillon Black, 22, of Murrysville, on the right, shoots principal photography for his 2020 short film, “What’s Left of Barry.” Patrick Varine | Tribune-Review Dillon Black, 22, of Murrysville, whose 2020 short film “What’s Left of Barry” won a Top Shorts online film festival award in November 2020. Submitted | So Therefore Productions Paul Stober plays the title character in Murrysville native Dillon Black’s 2020 short film, “What’s Left of Barry.”
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Dillon Black had finished up principal photography and was headed into post-production on his new short film, “What’s Left of Barry,” when the coronavirus pandemic turned things upside down. ....
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. First it was the election and questions about whether the Post Office could be relied upon to deliver millions of mail-in ballots. Now, barely six weeks later, an unprecedented uptick in packages from online shoppers and staff shortages exacerbated by a rash of covid-19 outbreaks are combining to strain the U.S. Postal Service to its limits. Postal Service officials here were hesitant to comment on reports of delivery backlogs across the country as consumers anxiously awaited the delivery of packages in time for Christmas. ....
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Alfonso Costa, a former Fox Chapel dentist who received a presidential pardon of his 2008 insurance fraud conviction, was a one-time political donor to President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Guiliani. According to records on file with the Federal Elections Commission, Costa, a year before he was sentenced to serve three years on probation following his guilty plea for inflating insurance claims, donated $2,300 dollars to Guiliani’s brief presidential campaign. Costa was one of 15 people who on Tuesday night received a full pardon from Trump. According to a White House news release that announced the pardon, Costa also has ties to Dr. Ben Carson, Trump’s Secretary of Housing Urban Development as well as to Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame running back Jerome Bettis. ....