February 12, 2025 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Announcements
Jeremy Renner and co-star Emma Laird in a publicity still from Season 3 of “Mayor of Kingstown” (Paramount+ photo via Instagram)
The Paramount TV series “Mayor of Kingstown” has returned to the Mon Valley and is shooting scenes in McKeesport, Port Vue and other nearby locations.
Crews were expected to be on the scene at multiple locations today (Feb. 12), Thursday and Feb. 18. A city spokesperson said that the producers have asked that filming locations be kept confidential to minimize disruptions.
Periodic street closures are possible, the spokesperson added. Locations will include both residential and commercial areas. The city will be reimbursed for police overtime, parking and other expenses, the mayor’s office said.
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February 10, 2025 |
By Jason Togyer | Posted in: McKeesport and Region News
Plans to relocate the bike trail to the river’s edge in McKeesport have stalled. (Tube City Almanac photo)
A plan to move McKeesport’s section of the Great Allegheny Passage to the edge of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers has stalled, Mayor Michael Cherepko said Wednesday.
The cost of relocating railroad tracks and industrial operations is too expensive, and the city is looking for alternatives for the busy hiking-biking trail that forms part of a network between Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., the mayor said in his report to council.
One of those alternatives would take the bike trail through the heart of the city’s central business district, which could provide an incentive for retail and restaurants to locate on the dormant Fifth Avenue corridor.
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February 10, 2025 |
By Tom Leturgey | Posted in: Duquesne News
Duquesne City Council will study the possibility of collecting trash using its own personnel, rather than an outside contractor.
At this month’s meeting, council voted unanimously to have City Manager Doug Sample develop estimates on bringing trash collection in-house.
Local municipalities have been struggling with the rising cost of using outside contractors to collect garbage and residents in many communities have complained about trash fee increases. Some nearby communities, including West Mifflin and Munhall, have their own sanitation departments.
Council Member Aaron Adams said the city has speculated that Duquesne would need two garbage trucks — one as a primary vehicle and the other as a backup — and enough employees to collect trash four days per week.
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February 10, 2025 |
By Tom Leturgey | Posted in: Duquesne News
Duquesne City Council has added another 23 vacant properties to the demolition list and could begin work as early as next month.
At a special hearing on Feb. 4, council voted unanimously to raze the buildings, which had previously been identified as dangerous structures.
Solicitor Myron Sainovich said letters have been previously sent out to the owners of record for the properties. He noted that the public hearing was advertised through City Manager Douglas Sample’s office, and not one of the property owners had appealed the verdict.
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February 08, 2025 |
By Vickie Babyak | Posted in: McKeesport and Region News
Former Steeler Russell Stuvaints signs his donated Steeler jersey for the sports wall at McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center. (Vickie Babyak photo for Tube City Almanac)
Former Steelers defensive back Russell Stuvaints donated sports memorabilia to the McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center to keep a promise to a longtime friend.
A member of the 2005 Steelers team that defeated the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL, Stuvaints was accompanied by his wife, son and mother. The family was greeted by Heritage Center board chair Jennifer Vertullo.
Vertullo said Stuvaints and State Rep. Matthew Gergely, a member of the heritage center’s board, were lifelong friends. Gergely had arranged for Stuvaints to make the donation prior to Gergely’s untimely death in January.
“The history center is making sure to fulfill Gergely’s wish to give Stuvaints his due honor on the sports wall with the other great McKeesport athletes,” Vertullo said.
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February 08, 2025 |
By Adam Reinherz | Posted in: McKeesport and Region News
McKeesport Area School District will vote to approve several expenses and fiscal measures during next Thursday’s regular board meeting.
On Feb. 13, school directors will decide whether to authorize the district to receive quotes and award work to repair two hot water circulation pumps at the high school for a cost not to exceed $19,500 per pump, according to President Mark Holtzman Sr.
School director Jason Pavlecic said the work is “much needed to continue the heat in the building.” In lieu of replacing faulty pumps, pursuing repairs at a total cost not to exceed $39,000, will save the district a “significant amount of money,” Pavlecic added during a Feb. 6 open agenda meeting.
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February 08, 2025 |
By Adam Reinherz | Posted in: McKeesport and Region News
Two administrators who were accused of failing to properly report alleged sexual misconduct by a former security guard were terminated Thursday by McKeesport Area School Board.
Two other employees also were terminated by the board in connection with a different incident. Details were not released by the district, citing privacy concerns.
Following this week’s special board meeting, Solicitor Gary Matta described the circumstances preceding the board’s decisions.
Two of the firings relate to an incident involving a former security guard at the high school, who was charged with maintaining a sexual relationship with a former student. The other two employees were terminated for “acting inappropriately,” Matta said.
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February 06, 2025 |
By Danielle M. Smith - Public News Service | Posted in: State & Region
Immigration policy changes under the Trump administration are instilling fear in Pennsylvania schools, as educators and advocates warn of their effects on students and families.
Over 62,000 children born outside of the U.S. are residents in the Keystone State.
Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, executive director and chief executive officer of MomsRising, said children are living in fear of family separation and a terrified child in a classroom full of fearful children can’t learn or thrive.
“We’re hearing from people that many children are terrified that if they go to school, their parents won’t be there when they come home,” she said. “That’s no way to learn. We’re hearing from people that many students, indeed, whole classrooms, are terrified that their close friends who are students won’t be at their desks tomorrow. None of this is okay.”
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February 05, 2025 |
By Jason Togyer | Posted in: McKeesport and Region News
A retired McKeesport police sergeant quizzed city officials Wednesday night on why a police officer charged in connection with a $1.3 million fraud was allowed to retire with his pension.
“I am retired from the police department after 21 years,” Dan Rich of Christy Park said at this month’s council meeting. “When I worked here on this department, you carried yourself to a standard that if you came into work, if your (work) wasn’t in order you got disciplined.”
Former McKeesport police Detective Joe Osinski retired days before he was charged with diverting more than a million dollars from Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 91 to support his own business.
Another retired McKeesport police officer is reportedly being questioned by the Allegheny County district attorney’s office in connection with money allegedly missing from the police evidence room.
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February 05, 2025 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Politics & Elections
(Submitted photo)
West Mifflin Council Member Dan Davis has announced his plans to seek the Democratic nomination for Allegheny County Council District 9.
Davis, a graduate of Ohio State University, is an environmental engineer who currently works as a department manager at DLZ Corp. in Bridgeville.
“With eight years of experience as a councilman for West Mifflin Borough and 35 years as an environmental manager, I am confident in my ability to address the concerns of the 17 municipalities within Allegheny County District 9,” Davis said.
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