October 04, 2021 |
By Vickie Babyak | Posted in: McKeesport and Region News
Tristian Banks and Calise Johnson, two of the YouthCast photographers, stand in front of the mural unveiled on Saturday. (Vickie Babyak photo for Tube City Almanac)
A new mural decorating McKeesport City Hall features the faces of ordinary residents, as captured by youth photographers.
The mural, unveiled at 12 noon Saturday, is a collage of photos captured over the past two years by teen-agers from McKeesport’s YouthCAST program with guidance from Martha Rial, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who oversees Point Park University’s McKeesport Community Newsroom.
YouthCAST members have been talking with residents, giving elderly people roses and learning about photography as they made portraits of McKeesport residents from different backgrounds and of different ages.
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October 04, 2021 |
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October 02, 2021 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
Cash, narcotics and a so-called “ghost gun” were seized Friday morning from a home in Duquesne, county police said.
The resident, Rashaad T. Fitzgerald, 29, is currently being held in the Allegheny County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bond on charges of possession of controlled substances, possession with intent to deliver, endangering the welfare of children, tampering with physical evidence and unlawful possession of a firearm.
Allegheny County police said narcotics investigators have been tracking Fitzgerald for several months and obtained a search warrant for his home in the 900 block of State Street.
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October 02, 2021 |
By Jason A. Mignanelli | Posted in: Crime and Police News
Shantel Pizaro, mother of Steven Eason Jr., speaks to the media on Friday outside Allegheny County police headquarters. Eason was shot twice on Sept. 11 outside the Haunted Hills Hayride in North Versailles Twp. (Jason A. Mignanelli photo for Tube City Almanac)
“I can’t sleep. I can’t rest. I can’t even start healing, knowing that the person who killed my son is walking around,” said Shantel Pizaro on Friday.
Pizaro’s son, 15-year-old Steven Eason of Penn Hills, was shot Sept. 11 outside the Haunted Hills Hayride in North Versailles Twp. and died a short time later. Another teen-ager was wounded.
“We need to be leaders,” Pizaro said during a press conference at Allegheny County Police headquarters in Green Tree. “We need to instill good morals in our children. Someone knows something and this could be causing trauma to those young kids who know what happened. They need to let the truth come out.”
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October 02, 2021 |
By Jason Togyer | Posted in: McKeesport and Region News
A two-alarm fire that gutted a house in the 1300 block of Locust Street on Thursday night is under investigation by McKeesport police and the Allegheny County fire marshal’s office.
The two-story wood-frame home was supposedly vacant, but firefighters found evidence that someone had been living in the structure, including mail in the mailbox and clothing and personal items inside, said McKeesport deputy fire Chief Gene Esken.
Crews were dispatched just before 8:30 p.m. and arrived to find flames visible in multiple windows, Esken said.
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October 01, 2021 |
By Jason Togyer | Posted in: McKeesport and Region News
The dispute between McKeesport Area School District and Pennsylvania Coach Lines is going back to court.
On Thursday — when buses on five different routes didn’t show up as scheduled — the district filed an emergency motion before Allegheny County Judge Arnold Klein asking for a court order to compel the bus company to provide service.
The district’s move came two days after Propel Charter School and Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny Charter School filed their own request for a preliminary injunction or special relief against the bus company.
In Tuesday’s filing, attorneys for the charter schools argued that students are suffering “immediate and irreparable harm” from being “stranded and unable to attend school.”
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September 30, 2021 |
By Sarah Turnbull | Posted in: Announcements
The Holiday Harvest Vendor and Craft Show will be held Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the McKeesport Sportsmen’s Association, White Oak Borough announced on Facebook.
The show will include crafts, specialty vendors, independent consultants, artwork, a Chinese auction and more. Participating businesses include Arbonne Cosmetics, Pampered Chef, Tastefully Simple, Tupperware, Skiffy’s BBQ and more.
For more information, visit www.mckeesportsportsmens.com.
September 30, 2021 |
By Sarah Turnbull | Posted in: Announcements
Rainbow Volunteer Fire Co. will host an oldies dance from 6 to 10 p.m. Oct. 30 at 2916 Jacks Run Rd., the borough announced via Facebook.
Dinner will be served from 6 to 7 p.m. Tickets include choice of Italian pulled beef, Italian meatballs, parsley potatoes, linguine salad, beer, pop, mixers, chips and pretzels.
Music will be provided by DJ Glenn Raymer of WKFB (770 AM/97.5 FM). Costumes are optional.
Tickets are $25. To learn more, call the firehall at (412) 664-9523.
September 28, 2021 |
By Submitted Report | Posted in: Announcements
A theater group based in Monroeville is looking for volunteer actors to help present dramatic readings of plays to local nursing home residents and library patrons.
The Monroeville Readers’ Theater meets and rehearses from 7 to 9 p.m. the first Monday of each month in Yolanda’s Room at the Monroeville Public Library, a spokeswoman said.
There is no memorization, costumes, sets or props. Volunteers read from scripts. The group was formed in 2014.
For more information, call Beverly Siciliano at (412) 856-8201.
September 28, 2021 |
By Siana Emery | Posted in: McKeesport and Region News
Tension was high at this month’s McKeesport Area School Board meeting, as citizens and board members alike aired their frustrations.
Several people, including resident Keith Murphy, voiced their concerns over the board’s decision in August to extend the contract of Assistant Superintendent Tia Wanzo.
“You did the equivalent of what Donald Trump did, with putting Kavanaugh and Barrett on the Supreme Court” before the 2020 presidential election, Murphy told the board.
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