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New Brighton's new wine & liquor store opens
NEW BRIGHTON ― The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has opened a new Fine Wine & Good Spirits store at 400 Ninth St. in the borough. With almost 1,900 square feet of retail space, this store features more than 1,200 wines and spirits – about 250 more products than were available at the former Third Avenue location, a PLCB press release said.
Role model: Blackhawk student named the Distinguished Young Woman of Beaver County
Throughout the next year, Bowman will represent the county at various public events & serve as a role model to young people by spreading the program’s national outreach message of 'Be Your Best Self'. Beaver County Times. ROCHESTER ― Blackhawk High student Aubrey Bowman was named the Distinguished Young...
North Hills woman says a pipe is causing a landslide, flooding in her backyard
ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- A North Hills woman holds her breath when a big storm rolls through. She says a pipe that doesn't belong to her is causing a backyard landslide and flooding out of her home.She called KDKA Investigates because no one was giving her answers, and with another storm on the way, she was fearful of what could happen next.It's hard to decide what to look at in Donna Schwartzbauer's backyard. There's a river flowing from her yard with an active landslide, and her patio's underwater."Oh, I was devastated," said Schwartzbauer. "Here we go again, here we go...
Norfolk Southern will pay $15 million fine as part of federal settlement over Ohio derailment
The federal government agreed to a $15 million fine for Norfolk Southern over last year’s disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and the railroad promised to pay more than $500 million to complete the efforts to improve safety that it announced after the crash and address community health concerns. Residents who had to evacuate their homes after the derailment were generally underwhelmed by the deal the Environmental Protection Agency and Justice Department announced Thursday that doesn’t include any criminal charges. This federal settlement comes two days after a federal judge signed off on the railroad’s $600 million class action settlement...
When do Allegheny County's pools and spray parks open for the summer?
NORTH PARK, Pa. (KDKA) -- On Thursday, Allegheny County announced the schedule for opening their public pools and spray parks. Hundreds of lifeguards and pool staff are hired and now Andy Grobe, the deputy director of parks for Allegheny County, says they have three big pools ready to go. "Settlers Cabin Park Wave Pool out by the airport, Boyce Park Wave Pool in Monroeville and North Park Pool here in McCandless," said Grobe. "We will be open seven days a week starting June 1 through Labor Day weekend. Usually the last two weeks in August, we end up closing during the...
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