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Family worries adopted son’s Dauphin County mom will attack again | Column
The story made international news in August: A Dauphin County woman took a nearly four-hour Lyft ride to Kennedy Township, then sprayed bullets at the foster family caring for her biological 2-year-old son. Mercifully no one was hurt, and the assailant was quickly subdued. I only found out later that...
Woman with dementia reported missing from Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh police seek help finding a missing woman with dementia. Joan Blaney, 78, wandered from her residence along the 8400 block of Bricelyn Street on Friday, Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz reported. She was spotted by staff at Second Chance at 8350 Frankstown Ave., walking inbound at about 12:40 p.m.
Canceled for May 18th
Heavy overnight rains and saturated grounds have forced Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Motor Speedway (PPMS) officials to cancel the Action Event scheduled for Saturday, May 18th. The Choice for Change event is rapidly approaching! On May 25th, our All Ways Safe Flagging and Traffic Control Young Gun competitors will take center spotlight as they race for their selected charitable cause. The winning driver will donate proceeds to their selected organization and celebrate with that organization in Victory Lane. They will be joined by the RUSH Sprint Cars, who will attempt their first visit to PPMS of the 2024 season. These two divisions will be joined by the Rohrich Parts Center / Chevrolet Performance RUSH Late Models, Pittsburgh Truck Center Penn Ohio Pro Stocks, Fuel Required Hobby Stocks, and Crawford Auto Repair Open Four Cylinders will make for a great night of racing at 'Dirt's Monster Half Mile!
Washington County community installing new emergency siren
NORTH FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- After several tornadoes have impacted the Pittsburgh area this month, how can we keep our neighbors safe? One way to catch your attention is with an emergency siren.Loud? Yes. Effective? Hopefully.That's the idea behind the early warning systems in North Franklin Township, Washington County. There are three sirens in the township now, with a fourth on the way at the new municipal building."What's the price on one life? Seconds matter. We've found that out in the last week," North Franklin Township Commissioner and Emergency Management Coordinator Bob Sabot said.Sabot said they got the sirens back...
‘Scam artist’ arrested after allegedly stealing nearly $25K from elderly Peters Township man
Peters Township police took Naresh Garapati into custody outside of a Peters Township home where he had already been twice this week, allegedly stealing from an elderly man.
FBI looking for two stolen items with Pittsburgh ties
Two stolen art items, with ties to Pittsburgh, highlight two of the FBI’s “Find Art Friday” campaign on Twitter (now called X). The FBI out of Pittsburgh is highlighting a silk screen print from Andy Warhol that has been missing since 2015.
Affordable-ish Housing in Pittsburgh: We’re Number 5 edition
Wallethub.com recently ranked the best and worst places to start a career, and. Pittsburgh clocked in at 5th best. Steelers/Pens fandom has trained us to demand blood for anything less than a championship, but #5 out of 182 American cities is pretty decent. Of particular interest to this column — Pittsburgh arrived at that ranking partially because of affordability; we ranked 11th for housing affordability. You can easily take issue with Pittsburgh’s unnerving no. 1 ranking for unemployment rate, which is basically a wash (unemployment is at historic lows everywhere). We’re also 58th.
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 17, 2024
Mt. Lebanon (16-4) vs. Butler (6-12) at Boyce Mayview Park, 4:30 p.m.; Hempfield (14-6) vs. Seneca Valley (10-8-1) at Plum, 7 p.m.; Pine-Richland (16-4) vs. Central Catholic (10-10) at Shaler, 3 p.m.; North Allegheny (14-5) vs. Norwin (11-9) at Boyce Mayview Park, 7 p.m. Class 5A. Quarterfinals. Monday’s schedule.
Pittsburgh controller, councilman rebuke Gainey over lack of transparency in payment controversy
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s administration refused Friday to cooperate with the city’s independent fiscal watchdog in her probe of questionable payments to a contractor. The decision to withhold records from Controller Rachael Heisler caps a week of controversy for the administration, which acknowledged that it would discipline employees for violating policies governing use of an internal credit card payment system.
Kennywood, Idlewild offer free admission to military, vets while teachers get in free at Sandcastle
Kennywood and Idlewild & SoakZone will offer free admission to military personnel and veterans to celebrate Memorial Day, while teachers get in Sandcastle for free to kick off Opening Day.
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