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COURIER EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Juneteenth to occur at Point State Park, but Black Music Festival is canceled
B. MARSHALL, FAR RIGHT, WITH WIFE, MARGO DOSS, FAR LEFT, AND GOSPEL SENSATION ERICA CAMPBELL, AT THE 2023 JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION AT POINT STATE PARK. Also, City of Pittsburgh is planning its own Juneteenth Celebration. The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned exclusively that B. Marshall’s “Stop The Violence Pittsburgh” organization that...
Document gives glimpse into why Mercer gun shop heist failed
Criminals may have thought their break-in at a Mercer gun store on Monday went like clockwork until Pittsburgh Police caught up with them that same night. According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, it was barely five minutes between the time that a car crashed through the window of Seconds Count Firearms on North Diamond Street, and when three burglars left the store carrying twenty-one AR-15 rifles.
Freedom native U.S. Navy hero laid to rest 82 years after Pearl Harbor attack
The Navy escorted World War II hero U.S. Navy Fireman 1st Class Walter F. Schleiter to his final resting place at the National Cemeteries of the Alleghenies on April 11, braving heavy rain with diligence and respect as family members and saluting veterans gave their last farewell while also paying tribute to his sacrifice and selflessness.
For King + Country ‘The Unsung Hero 2024 Tour’ coming to Pa. this fall: Where to get tickets
The four-time Grammy Award-winning Christian pop group, for King + Country, will perform in Hershey and Pittsburgh this fall. “The Unsung Hero 2024 Tour” will be at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17; and at the Giant Center in Hershey at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, 2024.
2 siblings plummet from window of Pa. apartment where tenants complained about maintenance
Two young siblings in Allegheny County are in stable condition after falling three stories from an apartment window Monday afternoon, county police said. A 6-year-old boy fell out of the window first, then his 3-year-old sister went to look out the window and fell 30 feet, too, White Oak EMS Chief Paul Falavolito told WPXI-TV.
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