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Good News: Musician plays healing sounds for cancer patients
Good News: Blind musician plays healing sounds for cancer patients. Neil Clegg plays in a healing garden that is outside a hospital's cancer wing in Greensboro. He's had his own health struggles so he hopes his music helps.
Bethel Park opens season with breezy win vs. Seneca Valley
One pick-6 in a quarter is a momentum shifter, but two?. That is typically a game changer. And that was the case for Bethel Park on Friday night. Jack Bruckner and William Sabatos each intercepted a pass and returned it for a touchdown in the first quarter to set the tone, and the Black Hawks went on to beat Seneca Valley, 50-14, in a Week Zero game at NexTier Stadium.
A "not-so-scary" display welcomes back Canon-McMillan School District students
CANONSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) - One local business caught the attention of kids heading back to the classroom this week in the Canon-McMillan School District. Hawaiian's Bait and Tackle on South Central Avenue in Canonsburg took its not-so-scary lawn display to welcome students back. The store features skeleton students on their best classroom behavior for their massively tall skeleton teacher. A lot of parents and community members expressed their joy and their applause for the attentive skeleton students raising their hands. The display will be up for the next week!
Duquesne Recovers For Season Opening Win; Brooks Earns 100th Career Victory
After a preseason which left the Duquesne Men’s Soccer Team feeling quite optimistic about its prospects this season, but 20 minutes in came the first test. Dakota Jonke went down with an injury and did not return, and a few minutes later, the Dukes conceded a goal off a corner set piece, by not communicating and calling spots to determine where the ball would find its home.
Valley sophomore Roman D'Argon ready to step up on defensive line
Aug. 22—Demetrius Ballard left quite a void in the Valley defensive front and not just because he is 6-foot-6 and 245 pounds. The 2024 graduate was a first-team all-conference defensive lineman who had 90 tackles and 15 sacks in earning Allegheny 6 Conference defensive MVP honors before heading off to play defensive end at the University at Buffalo. That production won't be easy to replace, ...
An Ode to Manny Sanguillén, Pirates Hall of Fame Inductee
Manny Sanguillén will be inducted into the Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame with Barry Bonds and Jim Leyland on Saturday. Leyland was also inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in July. The candidacy of Bonds, Major League Baseball’s all-time home run leader, remains controversial. In his heyday, Sanguillén was considered the second-best catcher in baseball, behind Johnny Bench. Sanguillén was never seriously considered for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Yet, he means more to Pittsburgh than either Bonds or Leyland.
Forgotten radios and missed warnings: New details emerge about communication failures before Trump rally shooting
The day before the attempted assassination on Donald Trump, a tactical team of local police officers set aside radios for their Secret Service partners so the two agencies could communicate during the former president’s July 13 campaign rally.
WVU football coaches stressing patience with development of Khalil Wilkins
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — When it comes to the West Virginia University quarterbacks, there are not many questions regarding the depth chart. The Mountaineers know their top-three quarterbacks. It would take a catastrophic sequence of events for freshman Khalil Wilkins, who joins Nicco Marchiol on the list of lefty WVU...
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board awards $3.3 million in alcohol education grants
In an effort to reduce underage and dangerous alcohol consumption, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) has awarded more than $3.3 million to schools and organizations for youth alcohol education programs. This year, of 102 grant applications received, 86 organizations from 41 counties across Pennsylvania were awarded a total of $3,312,205 in grants. The maximum award for each two-year grant is $50,000. Of the grants awarded: ...
Gov. Shapiro accuses Donald Trump of promoting "antisemitic tropes"
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro accused Donald Trump of promoting "antisemitic tropes" after the former president called him a "highly overrated Jewish governor."The former president made the comment on his social media site, Truth Social, just after midnight Thursday. Shapiro addressed the Democratic National Convention a few hours earlier."I think it's clear over the last few weeks, Donald Trump is obsessed with me and obsessed with continuing to spew hate and division in our politics," Shapiro said. "He's someone who's routinely peddled antisemitic tropes like this."Rabbi Beth Janus is co-president of the Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia,...
Medically Tailored Nutrition Improving Health Outcomes, Reducing Costs
A recently released study says Pennsylvania has the potential to realize the second highest level of health care cost savings in the nation if medically tailored meals or MTMs, a proven treatment for reducing hospital admissions, readmissions and ER visits, were accessible for more patients with health issues from diabetes, cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease to cancer and HIV.
VP Nominee Tim Walz Gets Caught Up in Wawa/Sheetz Debate
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz neatly sidestepped the Wawa-Sheetz debate here in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania’s decades-long Sheetz or Wawa debate has latched on to Democratic Vice President nominee Tim Walz, writes Bill Shannon for YourErie. Walz, current governor of Minnesota, was having breakfast Monday with Pennsylvania delegates when the...
Firefighter and pregnant woman recovering after early morning house fire in Washington County
ELRAMA, Pa. (KDKA) -- A pregnant woman and a firefighter are recovering at the hospital after they were injured in a fire in Washington County Friday morning. Elrama Fire Chief Lenny Bailey said the firefighter suffered severe burns. Both of their conditions are unknown at this time. Dzintra Ullis was terrified to see her neighbor's house up in flames. It was around 5 a.m. on Fairview by Pollock, when she woke up to flashing lights and noises coming from outside, just like Leslie Naple next door. "I came running out and it was just engulfed in flames," Naple said....
Uniontown Lake (OH) Survives McKeesport in Kickoff Classic
TURTLE CREEK, Pa. — With two teams separated by state lines and over 100 miles, the inaugural KDKA Kickoff Classic at the Wolvarena started off with its own classic contest. The Uniontown Lake (Ohio) Blue Streaks and the WPIAL Class 4A runner-up McKeesport Tigers took two overtimes to decide an eventual winner, but it was a risky two-point conversion that lifted the crew from out of town to a 36-35 victory.
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