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New Police Cadets Join Butler Based Troop D
Nearly 60 new state troopers are joining the ranks of the Pennsylvania State Police following their graduation last week. The 170th cadet class was honored in Manheim, PA. Three troopers will be joining Troop D based in Butler including Mason Borland, David Buczek, and Derrick Sneed II. Those new troopers...
Lakers Ready for Battle with Syracuse
Carpe D1em : The Lakers officially made their Division I debut last week when they kicked off the season with trips to Pittsburgh to face to Duquesne and to Niagara Falls to play Niagara. Mercyhurst dropped their first Division I match against Duquesne 6-2, but Freshmen Rosie Bandura and Annaliese Black scored their first collegiate goals. The Lakers also fell in their matchup against Niagara, but Senior Kate Costantini and Graduate Student Chelsea Radicia combined to make 11 saves in the 2-0 loss. Lakers Leaders: Bandura and Black still have the lone goals of the 2024 season, but the offense...
Beaver Holds on with Late Interception Against Westinghouse
TURTLE CREEK, Pa. — Westinghouse and Beaver both have high aspirations when it comes to the 2024 football season. Westinghouse has its eyes set not only on making a run to the PIAA single-A championship but winning it all. A Class 3A WPIAL title is on the minds of the Beaver Bobcats and then some.
Each year, scores of accepted students drop out before college starts. What’s behind the college ‘melt?’
Students pick out dorm room supplies at the Downtown offices of The Negro Educational Emergency Drive, or NEED, in July 2024. The organization hosts a “dorm giveaway” for incoming freshman, which aims to help reduce the financial burden of required on-campus living. (Photo courtesy of NEED) Would-be college...
Venus Williams talks about being part of Carnegie Museum of Art podcast
Aug. 23—Venus Williams is the narrator behind the Carnegie Museum of Art's "Widening the Lens" podcast, a six-part series that explores the relationship between people, photography and the environment. That relationship is contextualized, discussed and analyzed by scholars, artists from diverse backgrounds and Williams herself. Some of the artists also appear in the accompanying exhibition ...
McKeesport Area School District Superintendent Resigns Amid Security Guard Investigation
The McKeesport Area School District is navigating uncharted waters this school year with the unexpected resignation of Superintendent Dr. Tia Wanzo. Details surrounding her departure are scarce, as the district remained tight-lipped about the events leading to this decision. "Dr. Wanzo has requested a leave of absence from the district effective Aug. 14, 2024 until Nov. 13, 2024," her statement read on Thursday, "At which time, Dr. Wanzo will resign as superintendent of the Mckeesport schools," according to a report by CBS News Pittsburgh.
WATCH: 2024 Steelers High School Showcase Game of the Week Recap - Week 0
Suzie Cool recaps the Week 0 Steelers High School Football Showcase Game of the Week between the Montour Spartans and Central Valley Warriors, with Arthur Moats on-hand to catch all of the action.
Pittsburgh Market Scene Turns Confrontational as Security Guard Discharges Weapon
Gunfire interrupted the daily bustle at a local Pittsburgh market yesterday, resulting in a dramatic encounter between a security guard and a belligerent customer. Pittsburgh Police were called to the 1100 block of Highwood Street after a security guard at Kuhn's Market was forced to take aggressive measures when facing a potentially armed individual, as reported by the Pittsburgh Public Safety blotter.
Singer Taylor Acorn talks about her ties to Pittsburgh, new album and 'People Watching' video
Aug. 23—Pop-punk singer Taylor Acorn is originally from Wellsboro in north-central Pennsylvania and is currently living in Nashville. But she feels like she's going to wind up in Pittsburgh someday, since her partner of five years grew up in Johnstown and his family now lives in Cranberry. "So every Christmas, birthday, just to go hang out, we're always in Pittsburgh," she said last week from ...
Modular house in Garfield on the market
A modular house dubbed The Picket Fence has arrived at its final destination in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood. The residence was constructed offsite and delivered to an empty lot on North Aiken Avenue in December. Some additional interior and exterior work needed to be done as well as landscaping to the place, which appears at first glance to be one unit but is actually two.
Monessen community steps up to help veterans restore tank memorial
MONESSEN, Pa. (KDKA) -- Before coming to Monessen, the city's M4 Sherman tank was likely traversing the battlefields of Europe and Asia, helping the U.S. fight in both World War II and the Korean War.Since 1959 however, the tank's only mission has been to stand sentry in Monessen City Park and after more than 60 years of standing guard on the park's hillside, the tank was starting to show its age, with fading and peeling paint, along with visible rust and wear.That's when retired Air Force veteran Ron Chromulak of Monessen jumped into action, emailing local companies and groups, asking...
Sportsbeat: Week 1 – High school football scores and highlights for Aug. 23
WTAJ highlights some of the area’s best high school football games with special coverage every Friday at 11 p.m., only on SportsBeat. Each week there will also be a featured GAME OF THE WEEK. It’s a District 6 matchup to kick off the 2024 season as the Richland Rams on the Penn Cambria Panthers. Games […]
2025 Pitt CB Commit Following Path Forged by LeSean McCoy
Pitt commit Shawn Lee Jr. and LeSean McCoy have a couple of things in common now. Lee — a 5-foot-10, 170-pound three-star athlete from Harrisburg, Pa. — has spent the last few seasons starring at Harrisburg High, but after he was denied eligibility by the PIAA for his senior season, he needed a new home. So, he followed the McCoy route and will spend his “post-graduate” year at Milford Academy in New Berlin, N.Y.
Three takeaways from Indiana volleyball's intrasquad scrimmage
Students are almost back in Bloomington, and as a result a new volleyball season is ushered in with the near return of autumn weather. The first opportunity for incoming freshmen to have a peek at Indiana Athletics came on Friday evening as the Indiana volleyball team hosted its Cream and Crimson Intrasquad scrimmage.
WNBA All-Star Weekend heads to Indy for the first time ever
Tamika Catchings speaks while being enshrined into the 2020 class of the Basketball Hall of Fame, Saturday, May 15, 2021, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) Six months ago, Indianapolis hosted the NBA All-Star Weekend, bringing hundreds of thousands of people from dozens of countries to experience fun amongst a frigid downtown tundra. This time, for the first time, Circle City will host the 2025 WNBA All-Star Weekend under a warm July sun.
Ongoing feud among Abington Township neighbors over alleged antisemitic behavior and anti-hate lawn signs reaches new verdict in PA Supreme Court
Drs. Simon and Toby Galapo of Abington Township are appellants in a legal battle that has made its way to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the Pennsylvania Record reported today. On Tuesday, August 20, four state Supreme Court justices reversed a trial court injunction issued by the Montgomery County Court of...
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