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Goatoberfest brings a day of food, beer, music and animals at Beaver County rescue ranch
SOUTH BEAVER TWP. ― Here's a fundraiser sure to get your goat. Goatoberfest returns Saturday to Kindred Spirits Animal Rescue Ranch, an event with live acoustic music, a plant-based Oktoberfest-themed buffet dinner, craft beer, mulled wine, a campfire with s'mores and most importantly, animals. ...
Habitat for Humanity's celebrating former President Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (KDKA) -- The Allegheny Valley chapter of Habitat for Humanity will be among those across the country celebrating former President Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday Tuesday.Carter, our nation's 39th president, has lived a life of service since leaving office in 1981. His most prominent contributions have been to Habitat for Humanity. Carter and his late wife Rosalind donated more than just their fame to the Habitat cause and were no strangers to the swing of a hammer from their first encounter with the organization in 1984.The former president turns 100 years old Tuesday and to mark the day, the Allegheny Valley...
Airsoft gun confiscated by police after Moon Area student had it onboard school bus
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- An airsoft gun was confiscated by police on Monday after a Moon Area student had it with them onboard a school bus. Moon Area superintendent Barry Balaski told families in a letter on Monday that school officials and police both received a report of a 'safety incident' on a middle school bus. Police began investigating and determined that a middle school student had an airsoft gun on the bus. The airsoft gun has been confiscated by police.Balaski said that officers determined the incident was isolated and there was no safety threat for any students or schools. Disciplinary action for the student will be pursued by school leaders based on the district's code of conduct, according to Balaski. This incident on the school bus comes after a high school student was found with a weapon on them at the Moon Area High School earlier this month. That incident was also considered of an isolated nature with no threats to student safety.
Final steel beam placed on new UPMC Presbyterian tower
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Work on the largest health care construction project in Pennsylvania reached a turning point on Tuesday. There's still more to be done on what will become the largest hospital in Pittsburgh's history, but UPMC is celebrating each major step in the process.The health network "topped off" the new UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Oakland with a ceremony at The Oaklander Hotel on Tuesday. Crews placed the final steel beam atop the structure and marked a milestone on the $1.5 billion project."There are hundreds of tradesmen that come to this site every day. We celebrate them, we honor...
Pennsylvania fire companies assisting first responders impacted by Hurricane Helene
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. (KDKA) -- Axes, oxygen tanks, and hoses are just some of the equipment needed by fire companies in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina devastated by Hurricane Helene.Flooding from what was Helene dropped over two feet of rain in some places across the south. In some locations, like Butler, Tennessee, raging rapids washed away an entire firehouse with its engine.The Fire Department Relief Mission of Western Pa. is now mobilizing to assist those first responders affected by the disaster.New Kensington Fire Chief Ed Saliba is helping to spearhead this response."We are taking collections of fire equipment such...
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