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Major renovation project at Elizabeth Forward High expected to start in September
ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) — It's been nearly a year and a half since a large auditorium fire at Elizabeth Forward High School devastated students, staff and the community. Now, a new chapter is right around the corner.School district leaders and board members have a start date for major renovations. They said they're taking a bad situation and turning it into something great for the community."We lost our entire auditorium. It had to be actually demolished, just as a precaution. Our entire building was filled with smoke and soot. So, we had a lot of remediation to do so. It was...
Penn State students from Bangladesh host candlelight vigil to raise awareness about deadly protests
Penn State's Bangladesh Cultural Club, Bangladeshi Student Association, and their supporters gathered on the steps of Old Main Tuesday night to raise awareness about protests in Bangladesh, which led to almost 200 reported deaths and nearly 2,700 arrests. On July 15th, Bangladeshi college students started to protest against a quota...
Penn State Sustainability encourages students to do their part
Penn State’s Chief Sustainability Officer Lara Fowler believes in the power of asking questions. As the director of Penn State Sustainability, Fowler said the best part of her job is working to answer student questions, like when a student asked why the IM Fields lights are always on. “A...
New PennWest President Jon Anderson: 'Opportunities like this don't come often'
EDINBORO — Pennsylvania Western University's new president will be a regular presence at each of the university's three campuses. Jon Anderson's mailing address is in Clarion, between Edinboro and California, but he is spending time in residences on all three campuses. ...
Bushy Run wins Region 7; West Point girls headed to Mid-Atlantic Regional final
Bushy Run American Legion completed a goal Wednesday by winning its first Region 7 tournament. It was the third consecutive trip to the finals. “The third time was the charm,” Bushy Run coach Scott Peyman said after his team defeated rival Murrysville, 4-3, in the finals at Claysburg. Now...
Andre Carter steps into new role as Riverview athletic director
Andre Carter knows a lot about the athletes at Riverview. As athletic director and girls basketball coach at Leechburg, he witnessed numerous matchups between the Alle-Kiski Valley rivals. Carter’s mission now is to give the Raiders athletes the best advantage to succeed, both as individuals and in team competition.
District 19 News: Basic education funding bill passes House
Hello, Northsiders! I’m eager to share with you some of the important work I’ve been doing in Harrisburg and back at home. I was proud to cast my affirmative vote for a basic education funding bill that would help get our public schools the dollars they need to assist students, teachers and staff, and I spoke in support of the bill prior to passage. The legislation is a result of the bipartisan Basic Education Funding Commission’s findings that Pennsylvania has not fulfilled its constitutional obligations when it comes to public education.
UPB to Name New Field “Rathburn Family Field”
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will name its new artificial turf field Rathburn Family Field in honor of a $500,000 gift made by Gary Rathburn ’68-’70 and his wife, Anita. A ceremony to commemorate the naming of the new home for Panthers’ soccer and lacrosse teams will...
Dre Corbin jumps quickly into boys basketball coaching role at Riverview
When Dre Corbin came on board in early May as the as the Riverview boys basketball coach, he saw an enthusiastic athletic environment in which to offer his coaching abilities and put forth his goals to raise the program to a level of success. “This job called to me for...
Pitt Earns ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award
PITTSBURGH - The Pitt baseball program earned the American Baseball Coaches Association Team Academic Excellence Award, the organization announced this week. Teams from every level of college and high school baseball were honored with this year's award, which highlights programs coached by ABCA members that posted a GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale for the cumulative 2023-24 academic year.
Watson Institute and XYCOM introduce immersive learning environments to the U.S.
Inside Pittsburgh Tech explores the products coming out of Pittsburgh that will change the world. In the age of virtual reality and artificial intelligence, it’s easy for things to go unnoticed unless they are bigger than life and truly immersive. That’s why walking into Watson Institute’s immersive learning environment...
Murrysville, Bushy Run advance to Region 7 final
Murrysville and Bushy Run will square off for the fifth time this season, this time for the Pennsylvania American Legion Region 7 tournament title at Claysburg. And no matter what happens, both teams will be joining Region 6 champion Belle Vernon in the State Tournament Saturday at North Allegheny High School. Murrysville is play hosting to the tournament and receives and automatic berth.
NSO leaders form friendships, help students ‘survive their first year’
Every summer, incoming freshmen arrive at Penn State ahead of the fall semester, integrating themselves into campus and student life as a preview for what is about to come. Leading that glimpse of the future are the New Student Orientation leaders. Keyana Gales-Cook said leading the student groups has been...
Peters Township School District, teachers union agree on contract
Teachers in the Peters Township School District have a new five-year contract that will carry them to 2029. Both the Peters Township Board of School Directors and the Peters Township Federation of Teachers (PTFT) approved the agreement at meetings on Monday. According to a press release from the school district,...
Peters Township football stadium turf gets replaced
Work is underway at Peters Township’s high school stadium to replace the turf as a new school year approaches. The Peters Township board of school directors approved the project in February. The field is being outfitted with the “Game On Turf System” from Shaw Sports Turf. The work is costing the district $507,200.
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