January 31, 2018 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
January 31, 2018 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Duquesne News
A school administrator from York County has been named the new superintendent of the Duquesne City School District.
Sue A. Moyer will begin work in Duquesne on March 1, said a spokeswoman for the Allegheny Intermediate Unit. Moyer's hiring was approved by both the elected school board and the receiver for the financially troubled district, Paul B. Long.
Moyer currently works as federal programs coordinator in the York City School District, which serves more than 5,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
January 29, 2018 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: McKeesport and Region News
UPDATE: Corrected to fix identification of two people.
Above: JoAnne Rodgers of McKeesport, a board member at the McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center, looks over an exhibit about the role of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African-American bomber and fighter pilots who trained at Alabama's Tuskegee Institute. (Vickie Babyak photo special to Tube City Almanac)
A traveling exhibit exploring life in Western Pennsylvania during World War II opened on Saturday at McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center.
"We Can Do It: WWII" was created by Pittsburgh's Senator John Heinz Regional History Center. It will remain on display at the McKeesport museum through March 20.
The Heritage Center, located in Renziehausen Park at 1832 Arboretum Drive, is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.
More photos from Saturday's opening can be found below.
January 29, 2018 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News, White Oak News
(UPDATED with arrest)
A teen-ager from Pittsburgh has been arrested in connection with the murder Sunday of a White Oak man.
Melik Johnson, 17, of Northview Heights and East Liberty, was charged Monday by Pittsburgh police with homicide, robbery, criminal conspiracy and possession of a firearm by a minor in connection with the death of Devlen Neiko Prosdocimo, 24, said Alicia George, police spokeswoman.
Prosdocimo was found at 7:20 p.m. Sunday in a parking lot in the 2200 block of Wilner Drive, near East Hills Park, not far from the Penn Hills and Wilkinsburg border.
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office said Prosdocimo was pronounced dead at the scene and appeared to have been both shot and struck by a vehicle. The death has been ruled a homicide.
January 29, 2018 |
By Cami DiBattista | Posted in: Duquesne News
Duquesne Mayor Nickole Nesby and city council are creating a Health and Human Service Commission and are asking for residents to participate.
Nesby said the new commission will attempt to address services currently lacking in the community.
Council is also soliciting applications from members of the community to actively participate in boards that oversee redevelopment, zoning, commercial and industrial development, the library and any other area that needs to be addressed.
Applications to volunteer are available at City Hall, Nesby said.
January 26, 2018 |
By Cami DiBattista | Posted in: Duquesne News
The City of Duquesne will face many changes in the upcoming months --- including many new faces in the city administration.
The first city council meeting presided over by Mayor Nickole Nesby included new Councilwoman Fawn Taylor-McDaniel, new City Treasurer David Bires and recently promoted police Chief Tom Dunlevy.
Dunlevy, formerly a sergeant in the Duquesne police, also has served as a member of the federal Drug Enforcement Agency's regional task force.
Nesby said one of her primary goals in office as the new mayor of Duquesne is the safety of the community.
January 25, 2018 |
By Jason Togyer | Posted in: History
State and federal environmental officials were investigating complaints about the Elizabeth Twp. Sanitary Authority. According to published reports, the township's sewage treatment plant had dumped raw, untreated wastewater into the Youghiogheny River on more than 70 occasions in 2006 and 2007.
During the most recent documented incident, state officials said, 6.3 million gallons were dumped into the river on Dec. 16, 2007. The township had contracted operation of the plant to Veolia Water, a French-owned conglomerate. The authority was closed in 2013 and wastewater is now treated at a plant in McKeesport.
McKeesport-based Blueroof Technologies was the subject of a feature story by Tonia Caruso on WQED-TV's "On Q" newsmagazine. The story spotlighted Blueroof's "model cottage," located on Spring Street just off of Walnut Street. The cottage was a "smart house" designed to showcase technologies that allow senior citizens and the disabled to live in their own homes and remain productive. Many of the devices were designed at Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh.
January 24, 2018 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: White Oak News
(Cami DiBattista and Jason Togyer contributed to this report)
White Oak Council has proposed cutting the borough's property tax rate by 0.25 mills.
At January's meeting, Councilman George Dillinger, who chairs the finance committee, introduced a motion to re-advertise the 2018 budget and change the property tax rate from 6.66 mills to 6.41 mills.
Borough Manager John Palyo told Tube City Almanac that the new members of council who took office this month decided to re-open the $5.4 million budget and trim spending in a number of departments.
Council will vote on whether to adopt the new budget at 6:45 p.m. Feb. 5 at the borough building.
January 24, 2018 |
By Jason Togyer | Posted in: Duquesne News, McKeesport and Region News, Politics & Elections, White Oak News
Austin Davis won't get a break --- either from working or campaigning.
The 28-year-old McKeesport resident will be the next state representative for the 35th Legislative District after defeating 37-year-old Fawn Walker-Montgomery of McKeesport on Tuesday in a special election.
Davis expects to wrap up his current job as executive assistant to Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald next week, and be sworn in as a state legislator a few days later.
Then, Davis, a Democrat, will be running in the May 15 primary for a chance at a full term in office.
"I do like to keep a robust schedule, but no, there's not much downtime," Davis said Wednesday.
January 23, 2018 |
By Submitted Report | Posted in: Announcements
State Sen. Jim Brewster has been re-elected as chair of the board of the McKeesport Housing Authority, a spokeswoman said.
The third-oldest housing authority in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, MHA was created before World War II and provides more than 1,000 units of low-cost rental housing to senior citizens, the disabled and low-income residents.
Brewster has served as the authority's chair for 27 years.
“It is an honor to be elected chair for another year,” Brewster said in a prepared statement. “The authority’s work in the City of McKeesport is vital. I am proud to serve on this board and for the community in this capacity.”
