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Dr. Val Arkoosh: Shapiro’s proposed budget would be life changing for people with disabilities, caregivers
This May, I visited Partners For Quality in Pittsburgh, where I had the honor of meeting Claire and her fellow Voices for Change self-advocates. I learned it took Claire, who has a disability, five months to find an employer who would hire her, and she has been on a waiting list for affordable housing for over 18 months. While she is looking forward to a career-planning and goal-setting process with her direct support professional, she wants to find a job she loves, not just any job.
Woman drove hours to attend hot air balloon event in South Park only to find it was a scam
People who went to Allegheny County’s South Park fairgrounds this weekend expecting to attend the Pittsburgh Balloon Glow festival were disappointed to find the event didn’t exist.
Pittsburgh council votes to fund 2nd Juneteenth celebration
Just three days before Juneteenth’s kickoff event, City Council members voted unanimously to continue to fund a privately run celebration in addition to this year’s city sponsored event. For the first time, Pittsburgh will be hosting its own Juneteenth festival, after paying more than $100,000 to William B....
GRPD: Missing convicted child rapist shot dead decades ago in Pennsylvania
GRAND RAPIDS (WOOD-AM) - Grand Rapids police say a man who was convicted of raping children in the 1960s and 1970s was shot and killed more than four decades ago in Pittsburgh by the brother of one of his victims. Tommie Lee Hill changed his name after being released from...
Tiki boat captain saves capsized kayaker on Allegheny River
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A tiki boat captain is credited with saving a kayaker who needed help on the river over the weekend.It was supposed to be a routine Sunday tiki boat outing on Pittsburgh's three rivers when things got very interesting and dangerous for one of Dale McCue's tiki boat skippers and a capsized kayaker.He noticed something scary in the middle of the captain's safety brief for his passengers."He had a one o'clock pick up on the North Shore," David Dale McCue of Cruisin' Tikis Pittsburgh said.Captain Chris Patton saw a kayaker bobbing in the water in the middle of...
Rash of robberies in Oakland, East Liberty appear to be connected
The three crimes happened over two days - June 7 and June 8 - on Baum Boulevard, Forbes Avenue, and Penn Avenue. The locations are in the city’s Oakland and East Liberty neighborhoods but the addresses are all relatively close to each other.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: First rides on Kennywood's Steel Phantom in Spring 1991
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. — The Steel Phantom roller coaster, possibly the most thrilling ride ever at Kennywood, made its debut 33 years ago in the spring of 1991. The steel beast that jutted through the sky over the amusement park boasted a terrifying 225-foot drop. It took riders through loops, boomerangs and a corkscrew, hitting a speed of 80 mph along the way.
Wrapped sandwiches recalled in PA, other states over Listeria concerns
ST. MARY’S, Oh. (WTAJ) — Classic Delight LLC announced a voluntary recall for wrapped sandwiches sold in seven states, including Pennsylvania, for potential listeria monocytogenes contamination. A handful of products, listed below, have been recalled due to the possible contamination of listeria. The following products, which were shipped to distributors in Arkansas, California, Maryland, Missouri, […]
Sen. John Fetterman was treated for a bruised shoulder after a weekend car accident
WASHINGTON – Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was treated at a hospital for a bruised shoulder after a car accident Sunday morning, according to a statement from his Senate office. He was released from the hospital Sunday afternoon. Fetterman, a Democrat, and his wife Gisele were “involved in a car...
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