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Bikers roar onto BC3’s campus to mark scholarship
(Butler, PA) A succession of seven motorcycles interrupted the still of a July midafternoon, military veterans or relatives of those who protected the United States since Vietnam steering Harleys and Hondas and BMWs toward Butler County Community College to commemorate a financial gift collected to permanently support their brethren’s adjustment “from combat to the classroom.”
Pittsburgh Man with Autism Safely Returns Home, Community and Police Collaboration Credit for Success
Community involvement led to a timely conclusion for the case of a missing Pittsburgh man, Eric Picart, who had been the subject of a search after he didn’t return from his morning walk today. Special Victims Unit detectives had been on the lookout for Picart, who lives with autism and is non-verbal, as reported by the City of Pittsburgh.
New unemployment compensation web page created for Pennsylvania bus drivers
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A new web page was created to give bus drivers in Pennsylvania information on applying for unemployment compensation during summer break. On the web page, there is information on how to reopen a claim, how to avoid unnecessary eligibility issues and what to expect in terms of payment, according to the Department […]
Pennsylvania lawmakers break for July 4 holiday with no budget deal
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Independence Day will come and go without a state budget, which was due June 30. Pennsylvania lawmakers will break for the holiday but will return on Friday and work through the weekend. Education funding is still a major hurdle to determine how much gets pushed out to schools. Senate Republican Leader […]
AARP Pennsylvania Volunteer of the Month: Cassandra Robinson
AARP Pennsylvania spotlights its July Volunteer of the Month, Cassandra Robinson, who enjoys sharing AARP’s resources with others. Cassandra Robinson took care of her mother for 10 years before she passed away in 2018. “Once my mother was gone, I felt a void in my life,” said Robinson, a...
Medical laboratories company laying off more than 100 people at Pa. facility; operation moving to Kansas
Quest Diagnostics is closing its facility and is laying off more than 100 people. The company is closing its Employer Solutions Lab at 400 Egypt Road in West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, near Norristown. Quest Diagnostics filed a WARN notice with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry informing the...
Local Elderly Man Accused of Stalking Woman at Punxsy Apartment Complex Due in Court Today
PUNXSUTAWNEY BOROUGH, Pa. (EYT) — A local elderly man charged for allegedly stalking a woman in Punxsutawney Borough is due in court on Wednesday morning. Court documents indicate a preliminary hearing for 84-year-old Wayne E. Taylor, of Punxsutawney, is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 3, with District Judge Jacqueline J. Mizerock presiding.
Creating their own celebration - Pittsburghers flock to buy fireworks ahead of the holiday
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Tomorrow is the Fourth of July and backyard celebration planning is coming right down to the wire. We're a fireworks-crazy community and since the bigger ones have become legal around here, people have become very specific. Sure, there's the big community fireworks show, but these days, plying the aisles of Phantom Fireworks has become a tradition because no matter how good the burgers are the celebration has to include the fireworks. Melissa Thompson-Schaller made the drive up the Allegheny to New Kensington from Springdale to bring her boys to the fireworks shop. "They like the mortars, I think that's pretty much...
Nolan Gorman hits grand slam to help the Cardinals beat the Pirates 7-4
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nolan Gorman hit his second career grand slam, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-4 on Tuesday night. Matt Carpenter dropped a soft single into left to load the bases with no outs in the fourth inning. Gorman followed with his 17th homer of the season, a 415-foot drive to left-center on a 1-2 sweeper from Mitch Keller (9-5).
DEAN OF IUP’S COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE VISITS INDIANA ROTARY
Last week, IUP’s founding dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine Dr. Miko Rose met with the Indiana Rotary. On June 24, Rotary officials presented Rose with a pen expressing the club’s appreciation for her presentation. She was named the founding dean of the proposed college back in November following a nationwide search, and she was named a fellow of the American College of Neuropsychiatrists in May.
Anti-discrimination Penn Hills Advisory Council commended for 'energy and drive'
Brittany Mellinger (from left), outreach coordinator for the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission; Shayla Holmes, vice chair of the Penn Hills Advisory Council; Chad Dion Lassiter, executive director of the commission; and Racquel Yiengst, vice chair of the commission attend the Advisory Council Summit on June 3 in Harrisburg. Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.
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