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Update from Oakmont Carnegie Library
Registration for this event will close on July 30, 2024 @ 1:00pm. If you like books and beer, then this is the activity for you. This is an informal book club where you just show up for a great discussion with great people on the book of the month. There is no formal membership and no obligation to attend every month. Registration is strongly preferred so we know how many seats to save at the Brewery and so we can notify you on the off chance a cancellation is necessary.
Motown legend visits Steelers training camp, fulfills ‘dream’ to meet Mike Tomlin
Latrobe, Pa. -- Every year, the Pittsburgh Steelers have some celebrity visitors to Saint Vincent College in Latrobe. On Sunday, however, a surprising guest walked along the sidelines and fulfilled his own dream. The Steelers welcome Motown legend Smokey Robinson to training camp a day after Robinson performed a concert in Gibsonia, a northern suburb of Pittsburgh.
TSA officers arrest traveler with revolver in a backpack at Pittsburgh International Airport
A West Virginia woman was arrested Sunday after she tried to fly out of Pittsburgh International Airport with a revolver in her backpack, authorities said. Transportation Security Administration officials spotted the gun at the Findlay airport’s main security checkpoint shortly before 10:45 a.m. Allegheny County Police said Amber Brooks,...
East Liberty housing nonprofit and other organizations grateful for help from Duquesne Light’s grant program
Charlise Smith knows the critical housing challenges Pittsburgh and Allegheny County residents can face. She created a nonprofit organization — Willissae’s Agency for Vision and Empowerment, or WAVE — to help them. Building on its early years, her organization has developed a “more robust and comprehensive plan...
The Stroller, July 28, 2024: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Bike run planned Aug. 24 by Ashley’s Eternal Angels.
Faces of the Valley: The River Church hosts campers in New Kensington on group mission trips
New faces are a regular occurrence during the summer at The River Church in New Kensington. The church, in collaboration with Week of Hope, a group mission trip organization based in Colorado, has been a host site for mission trips for the past 10 years. Week of Hope has been...
Raccoon rabies vaccinations will drop from the sky in Allegheny County next month
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Aircraft will drop rabies vaccination baits across Allegheny County next month as part of a massive effort to eventually eradicate the raccoon variant of the virus from the country. The vaccination program is spearheaded by the United States Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services, which the Allegheny County Health Department partners with annually. This year, volunteers will distribute baits containing the vaccine from Aug. 1 through Aug. 30, both by hand and by air. The health department says residents may see aircraft slowly moving over the same area multiple times over a short period of time, which could be...
Alycia Ingram's Roller Rink Benefit
Alycia Ingram graduated high school in 2023, she was a member of Union City Area High School's cheer and softball team, but perhaps her biggest passion, roller skating. "I watched Alycia grow up here, so I knew having it here would also just be a connection to her and her family of something that was important to her," Isabella Long, friend and event co-organizer said. "She made all of her friends, she met a lot of people here, she grew up here with a lot of us."
Pirates rally with tying run in 9th inning, 4 in 10th to beat Diamondbacks 6-5
Ji Hwan Bae scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in Pittsburgh's four-run 10th inning, Joey Bart hit a tying run-scoring double in the ninth and the Pirates rallied to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 on Sunday.The teams combined for five hits through eight innings, with Arizona leading 2-1 into the ninth.Then things got wild.Rowdy Tellez, who sat out Saturday night because of back spasms, entered in the ninth inning as a pinch hitter and led off with a double against Paul Sewald. Bart followed with a two-out double to tie it. The blown save was Sewald's fourth in...
The Pittsburgh Steelers Will Trade for Saints WR Chris Olave
The Saints have an elite wide receiver in Chris Olave, but with 2024 slowly looking like a season that could go in the gutter, Olave will be a hot chip for many contending teams to try prying away. I’ll also preface this is a prediction for the 2025 Offseason, not...
Former Pirates manager calls out Ben Cherington for whiffing on top deadline target
Clint Hurdle was fired by the Pirates back in 2019. While he doesn't necessarily have any bad blood towards his former team, Hurdle did have plenty to say about Pittsburgh missing out on a top trade target in Jazz Chisholm, who was eventually dealt to New York for several prospects.
While engaged in trade talks, Pirates GM Ben Cherington reveals he has said 'no' to teams and also been told 'no'
Jul. 28—With the MLB trade deadline set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington said Sunday he has not found a deal "that we feel makes sense." "Nothing fell through," he said on his weekly radio show on 93.7 FM. "We have had opportunities the past several days where we could have done something. "We had offers and a price we could have said yes to, and we chose ...
The Furries Are Back! More African Americans get in on the Anthrocon fun every year
MAESTRO JIDE AND “MELDON” FROM THE WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA, IN PITTSBURGH OVER THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND FOR ANTHROCON. (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO) CARRIE LESTER FROM RANKIN, WITH “CHEESE BEAGLE” FROM VIRGINIA. FRITZ DRACHEN, FROM TEXAS, CENTER, WITH SOME FELLOW FURRIES…. “MELDON” SHOWIN’ OFF THE MUSCLES…...
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