October 23, 2025 |
By Leslie Savisky | Posted in: North Versailles Twp. News
Students show off craft items during a 2023 show. (Photo courtesy Kristen Keleschenyi)
All of the items are supposed to be “strictly homemade” when the East Allegheny High School Band hosts its next craft show Nov. 15.
The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the high school’s indoor court, located at 1150 Jacks Run Road.
There will be 50 vendor tables showcasing handmade items. Each vendor has graciously donated an item for the basket raffle.
Vendor booths include quilters, wood working, resin work, crocheted and knitted items, baked goods, shirts and tumblers. “People look for that personal touch,” said band parent and craft show organizer Toni Lucas.
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October 21, 2025 |
By Advertising | Posted in: Announcements
Tube City Community Media Inc., the non-profit publisher of The Tube City Almanac and operator of Tube City Online Radio, is accepting applications from people interested in serving on its board of directors for 2025-26.
This is an unpaid position.
Applications will be considered by the board of directors at an upcoming meeting. Deadline is Nov. 15, 2025.
Applicants should be at least 18 years old, be able to pass a background check, and live within a nine-mile radius of McKeesport. Most importantly, they should have a sincere interest in local, non-profit media and in promoting the McKeesport area via the Internet, radio and other means.
Previous experience in college or professional radio; at a college or professional newspaper; or on another non-profit board is helpful.
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October 21, 2025 |
By Stacy Alderman | Posted in: North Versailles Twp. News
North Versailles Twp.’s Apple Harvest Bakery & Catering had a booth at Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Arts Festival this summer. (Submitted photo courtesy Facebook)
When owner Larry Newcomer decided to start using his catering building on Third Street in North Versailles Twp. as a bakery storefront this past spring, pastries soon started flying off the shelves.
Anchored by General Manager Michelle Martin and head Chef Vasil Oblockovich, business for Apple Harvest Bakery & Catering has been booming thanks primarily to word of mouth and social media.
“Two weeks ago, a little girl was in here and made 3 TikTok videos,” Martin said. “And they already have tens of thousands of views.”
According to Oblockovich, business increased so much after the videos were posted that they had to hire two new staff members.
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October 20, 2025 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
(Screenshot from WPXI-TV, Pittsburgh)
A Monroeville teen-ager who is charged with stealing $108,000 worth of merchandise in the burglary of a North Versailles Twp. vape shop bragged about the crime to his friends in chat messages, police said.
Police allege that Sean D. Stitt, 19, of Monroeville took pictures following the burglary and sent them to friends, saying, “gonna be lit ... look at all the weed.”
Stitt is being held in Allegheny County Jail in lieu of bond after being charged by township police with burglary, criminal trespass, criminal mischief, theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property. He faces a preliminary hearing Oct. 30 before Magisterial District Judge Roxanne Sakoian Eichler.
He also faces additional charges in McKeesport, Monroeville and Moon Twp., court documents indicate.
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October 17, 2025 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
A Duquesne Avenue man accused of setting fire to a home was allegedly targeting two people who owed him money for drugs, according to police — but those people were no longer living there.
Arthur “Bibbler” Franklin III, 32, also known as “Red,” is being held in the Allegheny County Jail without bond after a magisterial district judge said he represents a danger to the community. He faces a preliminary hearing Monday before Magisterial District Judge Eugene Riazzi.
Franklin was apprehended Oct. 9 in the city’s Downtown area and now faces additional narcotics charges in connection with that arrest, according to court records.
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October 16, 2025 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: White Oak News
Funeral arrangements have been made public for a Liberty Borough man shot to death on Sunday afternoon in White Oak.
Kenneth Hayman, 33, will be buried Nov. 1, said the DeCarbo Funeral Home in New Castle, Lawrence County, which is caring for the arrangements.
Hayman died Sunday in AHN Forbes Hospital, Monroeville, about one hour after police said three or four armed men shot attacked him at the intersection of Lincoln Way and Route 48 in White Oak.
Witnesses said Hayman was on his motorcycle at the intersection when a Chevrolet Silverado truck approached and the occupants opened fire with rifles. The vehicle then fled on Lincoln Way.
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October 16, 2025 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Entertainment
In a satire of a popular book and movie series, members of the Puffs house at a certain school of magic are entertaining McKeesport Little Theater audiences with stories of their trials and triumphs. (Submitted photo courtesy McKeesport Little Theater)
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“Puffs”
Where: McKeesport Little Theater, 1614 Coursin St., (412) 673-1100, www.mckeesportlittletheater.com
When: Friday, Oct. 17, and Saturday, Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. at 2 p.m.
Tickets: $15 for adults, $10 for students available through the MLT website or http://www.onthestage.tickets/show/mckeesport-little-theater. This show is not rated, but is PG-13 in nature.
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McKeesport Little Theater's current production promises to take audiences through “Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic” when “Puffs” takes to the stage for its final weekend beginning Friday (Oct. 17).
Written by Matt Cox, the play premiered in December 2015 at The People’s Improv Theater in New York City, and is recognized as a parody of the Harry Potter series — but PG-13 in nature.
Cox explained to a reporter that the idea of the play came to him on a subway ride one night, when he considered how terrifying it might have been for other students at magic school through seven years of trials and tribulations with a famous wizard in attendance.
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October 15, 2025 |
By Submitted Report | Posted in: Announcements
(Photo “Socks at Rest” by Sally Cummings via Flickr, licensed as CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 220 Eighth Ave. at Walnut Street, is collecting new, unused socks, hats and mittens for adults to be distributed via local homeless shelters.
Items for “Socktober” are being accepted now through Oct. 31. To donate an item, call Karen at (724) 281-3002.
October 15, 2025 |
By Submitted Report | Posted in: Announcements
State Sen. Nick Pisciottano and state Rep. Dan Goughnour will host a Senior Wellness & Safety Expo at the Palisades on Thursday (Oct. 16) from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This free community event will connect older adults with local organizations and resources dedicated to promoting health, safety, and well-being. Attendees can receive a variety of free screenings and services, enjoy live entertainment, refreshments, and door prizes, and speak with local agencies about available programs and benefits.
Free screenings and services will include:
• Flu Shots
• Bone Mineral Density Scans
• Height, Weight, Body Mass Index
• Hearing Screening
• Glucose Screening
• Total Cholesterol, HDL, LDL
• Blood Pressure
• PRT Senior ConnectCards
The Palisades is located at 100 Fifth Ave., near the McKees Point Marina. Free parking is available in the marina lots.
October 13, 2025 |
By Adam Reinherz | Posted in: McKeesport and Region News
(Adam Reinherz photo for Tube City Almanac)
McKeesport Area School District recognized students, staff and school director achievements during an Oct. 9 school board meeting.
Eighth-grader Evan Durst was celebrated for his selection to the US Youth School Junior Olympic Development Program. The program, according to Superintendent Donald MacFann, is a “pathway for identifying and developing top players across the country.”
Retiring golf coach Joe Bower was honored for 12 seasons of leading McKeesport golfers.
School director David Donato called Bower’s contributions to the program “incredible,” and said, “it takes a very special person to get these guys together and want to come every day.”
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