May 13, 2019 |
By Submitted Report | Posted in: Announcements, Duquesne News
More than 30 community groups, businesses and organizations will meet with residents to provide information and answer questions at an event Wednesday in Duquesne.
The free community resource fair will be open from 4 to 7 p.m. in the gymnasium at Duquesne Elementary School, 300 Kennedy Ave., and is being sponsored by the Duquesne City School District. Refreshments will be served and no registration is necessary, a spokeswoman said.
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May 13, 2019 |
By Submitted Report | Posted in: Announcements
Members of the McKeesport Senior High School Class of 1967 are turning the big 7-0.
And they're inviting former classmates to join them for a shared birthday celebration.
According to Barb Mendlowitz Weimer, who's chairing the Class of 1967 reunion committee, the big birthday bash will begin with a golf outing on Aug. 9 at Victory Hills Golf Course, near Round Hill Park in Elizabeth Twp.
Events will continue Aug. 10 at Jacob Woll Pavilion in Renziehausen Park with a barbecue buffet and dance.
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May 13, 2019 |
By Submitted Report | Posted in: Announcements
Mon-Yough commuters who use the Homestead Grays Bridge should expect delays this week.
An Allegheny County spokeswoman said paving begins at 7 p.m. tonight and is expected to continue until 6 a.m. May 19, weather permitting.
The bridge will be reduced to one lane in each direction between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. during those operations. There will be alternating lane closures and the ramps to the bridge will be closed during part of the work, the county spokeswoman said. Drivers should be on alert for changing traffic patterns, the spokeswoman said. Police will be directing traffic.
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May 10, 2019 |
By Jason Togyer | Posted in: McKeesport and Region News
CONFLICT OF INTEREST NOTE: The author has a conflict of interest. See editor's note at the end of this story.
A roots-rock group called The Seams will perform May 24 at McKeesport's new amphitheater along the Youghiogheny River. The concert will kick off a new series of Friday night events designed to attract attention to the area around the bike trail, marina and Palisades. (Photo courtesy The Seams)
A new amphitheater at Gergely Park along the Youghiogheny River will be inaugurated with a series of Friday night concerts designed to get people excited about redeveloping McKeesport's waterfront.
The concerts, announced this week by Mayor Michael Cherepko's office, will include ethnic food trucks, barbecue, raffles, artists and door prizes, as well as a beer tent for ages 21 and over.
The series opens at 7 p.m. May 24 with a concert by The Seams, a roots-influenced rock band comprised of Mon Valley area natives. Admission will be free.
The events are being organized under the auspices of the McKees Point Development Group, a volunteer committee that has been studying ways to attract new businesses and investment to the area around the McKees Point Marina and the Great Allegheny Passage hiking-biking trail, starting with the abandoned Penn-McKee Hotel.
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May 10, 2019 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
(Photo courtesy Allegheny County police)
A car wanted in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident in Penn Hills has been tracked to McKeesport.
Allegheny County police Inspector Andrew Schurman said Friday morning that investigators located the car, a silver-blue Saturn sedan, parked at Hi-View Gardens apartments on Sixth Avenue.
In a prepared released, Schurman said police acted on a lead received through the county's tip line. More information is expected later on Friday, he said.
Police said Joseph Morris, 51, of Penn Hills, was struck by a car on the night of April 28 and dragged about a half-mile.
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May 09, 2019 |
By Submitted Report | Posted in: Announcements, Duquesne News
The ramp that connects the Duquesne-McKeesport Bridge to Route 837 south in Duquesne will be closed on Monday and Tuesday so that crews can complete pavement repairs.
A district spokesman for the state Department of Transportation said the closure will happen, weather-permitting, from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Traffic headed toward Dravosburg and Clairton from the bridge will instead be asked to use the South Linden Street exit, and then turn left onto Route 837 at the traffic light.
The work is part of the $2.42 million preservation project at the Duquesne-McKeesport Bridge, the PennDOT spokesman said.
May 09, 2019 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
A Glassport man is being held without bond in the Allegheny County Jail after police accused him of transporting a 16-year-old girl from her foster home in Kentucky and hiding her in his apartment.
Rory E. Shelton Sr., 56, is charged by Allegheny County police with interfering with the custody of children and obstruction of justice. Court officials said Shelton faces a preliminary hearing May 21 before Magisterial District Judge Armand Martin.
Paducah, Ky., police said Shelton also faces charges in that state, including custodial interference, a felony. The investigation is continuing and additional charges are possible, Paducah police said.
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May 09, 2019 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
A Pittsburgh man has died after being stabbed Wednesday afternoon on Evans Avenue.
Irvin Green, 48, was pronounced dead just after 6 p.m. at a hospital emergency room, said a spokesperson for the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office.
In a prepared statement, Allegheny County police Sgt. Venerando Costa said McKeesport police and paramedics were dispatched at 5:39 p.m. to the 1200 block of Evans Avenue for a report of a stabbing.
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May 08, 2019 |
By Submitted Report | Posted in: Announcements
Several local groups, including a new one calling itself "Citizens for Clean Air," will hold a meeting on Thursday to discuss recent air-quality issues related to the Dec. 24 fire at U.S. Steel's Clairton Plant.
The meeting is being held at 6 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ, 508 Reed St., Clairton.
A spokesperson said that the meeting is being hosted by the Breathe Project, Clean Air Council, Clean Water Action, Group Against Smog and Pollution, PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center and PennFuture.
Elected officials also have been invited to the event to listen to residents’ concerns. The event is open to the general public.
For more information, visit the Eventbrite link.
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May 03, 2019 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
A Dravosburg woman who worked as a practical nurse at McKeesport's Kane nursing center has been charged with taking photos of patients without their consent.
Allegheny County police allege the photos were taken to "humiliate" the patients.
Ashley A. Smith, 30, was arrested Friday and charged by county police with 16 counts of neglect of a care-dependent person, four counts each of criminal use of a communications facility, invasion of privacy and sending lewd photos, and one count of possession and dissemination of child pornography.
Court officials said Friday night that Smith is free on $50,000 bond pending a preliminary hearing May 13 before Magisterial District Judge Eugene Riazzi.
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