Rothfus Seemingly Toast, WTAE Anchor Leaves & More: Weekly Wrap

PITTSBURGH, PA - There’s still more than a month to go before Election Day but is the nation’s only race between two incumbent congressmen - Republican Keith Rothfus and Democrat Conor Lamb - already over?

Rothfus certainly hasn’t given up, but his party apparently has done so.. The Republican Congressional Campaign Committee won’t pay for any more campaign commercials for him. The GOP, which desperately is attempting to maintain control of the House, apparently is prepared to cede Rothfus’ seat to Lamb and allocate its campaign funds to candidates with a better chance of victory.

Considering the Lamb has only been in office since March, this development qualifies as remarkable and the details of this story are worth a read - even if you aren’t a resident of the new 17th Congressional District.

Now for the rest of the Weekly Wrap:

Would the Steelers actually trade disgruntled running back Le’Veon Bell?

Another popular WTAE-TV news personality has left the station.

Take a peek here at what UPMC’s three new hospitals in Oakland, Shadyside and Uptown will look like.

A GoFundMe account has been established to help the children of Kelly Ann Bryan, the Peters Township mother who died in a murder-suicide last weekend.

Rothfus photo via U.S. House of Representatives; Bell photo via Getty Images; UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Hospital rendering via NBBJ; Bryan photo via Beinhauer Funeral Home.

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