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Report: States like Pennsylvania struggle to access funds for mine cleanup and redevelopment
Flowering lily pads float on a lotus pond. Pollinators buzz through patches of coneflower and marigold. Paths wind through deep green woodlands, hazy meadows and vivid gardens at the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden, highlighting the flora of the Allegheny Plateau ecoregion. But the land west of Pittsburgh the garden sits on...
Snow fell in Pa. over the weekend: ‘Christmas in July’
The news is all “heat wave this” and “heat wave that.”. Which is why it may come as a surprise, then, that one spot in Pennsylvania actually experienced record snowfall over the weekend. Fox 29 Philadelphia reports how — despite the fact that it was 94 degrees...
Central Pa. animal advocate works tirelessly to promote spaying and neutering with license plates
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Local animal rights advocate, Essie Petrovich, president of the Spay Neuter Assistance Program (SNAP), has been working tirelessly to promote spaying and neutering for cats and dogs in the community. To continue raising awareness, Petrovich has created a license plate that Pennsylvanians can buy that’ll spread...
Pennsylvania man loses $90,000 over one year in gift card scam
LONGSWAMP TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WHTM)– Pennsylvania State Police say a man fell victim to a gift card scam for a year, losing thousands of dollars. State Police in Reading say they were investigating a theft by deception when an Alburtis man in his 70s reported a possible scam on July 1. Troopers say the man reported losing approximately $90,000 in Apple gift cards over the course of a year.
Demolition begins on old Fort Pitt Brewery in Jeannette
JEANNETTE, Pa. (KDKA) -- Tuesday afternoon marked the end of an era in Jeannette as demolition began on the old Fort Pitt Brewery.Mark McNabb, the owner of GEMM Demolition, says that his small team has their work cut out for them."We are going to start with all the lower structures and then get them down and crushed up," McNabb said. "Send them through the crusher and crush everything to about a three-inch minus. Then, we are going to have to build a small ramp to get to the higher part."McNabb says that they anticipate the demolition will take four to five...
An expected 67 Pa. delegates join the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee
What questions do you have about the 2024 elections? What major issues do you want candidates to address? Let us know. As many as 67 elected Keystone State residents are in Milwaukee representing Pennsylvania as the Republican National Convention gets underway. Among them is state delegation chair Jim Worthington of Bucks County.
Pittsburgh utilities officials find no evidence of public natural gas equipment causing deadly Rustic Ridge house explosion
PLUM, Pa. (KDKA) -- The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Safety Division has concluded its investigation into the deadly August 2023 house explosion in Plum Borough, Allegheny County. The Safety Division found no evidence linking public utility natural gas equipment to the cause of the house explosion and fire in the Rustic Ridge neighborhood, according to a media release from the Public Utility Commission. Six people were killed, several others were injured, and three homes were destroyed as a result of the explosion.On Aug. 12, 2023, in the aftermath of the explosion, pipeline safety engineers and other investigators from the Safety Division immediately began gathering information from residents, responders, and utilities around the neighborhood.The Safety Division also required field and laboratory testing of Peoples Gas service lines and other local facilities while the team monitored integrity tests of nearby public utility natural gas service lines by Peoples Gas crews, the media release added.The PUC safety team conducted several interviews with utility employees, first responders, and residents, collected and reviewed extensive data from Peoples Gas, and monitored the restoration of electric and natural gas service to homes in the area that were not directly impacted by the explosion.
Artists meet Union Street Playground in Somerset: Result fun and fancy
SOMERSET — Once Erin Mayak heard that a group of volunteers formed a committee working to revitalize the Union Street Playground she jumped in to help with her expertise as an artist. The Somerset elementary art teacher and president of the Laurel Arts Board of Directors Mayak added yet another local mural under...
Bail denied for husband charged in Johnstown real estate scheme
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — One of the two individuals accused of defrauding more than 70 investors in a local real estate scheme appeared in court on Tuesday. Back in 2019, we first reported on an ongoing investigation into Paul Gulbronson and his wife Kelly Bonilla, who are accused of defrauding investors of more the $5.3 million.
WPIAL Profiles: Belle Vernon WR Anthony Crews
Other sports: Thinking about playing basketball. Favorite hobby outside of football? Playing video games. Favorite type of song, music or artist to get you ready for a game? Definitely R&B, but Meek Mill gets me ready before games. What’s your pregame routines/superstitions? I hold my cross pendant and pray.
New grocery store to open its doors in Johnstown
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WTAJ) — Save A Lot, a discount grocery store, announced that a store will be opening up in Johnstown, located at 346 Sheridan Street. The store will open on Wednesday, July 17 at 8 a.m. The first 100 customers will receive a Save A Lot reusable bag filled with “grocery favorites.” At noon […]
Heritage plans to remodel Braddock building as new headquarters, kitchen for nutrition program
As it enters its 41st year as a human services agency in the Monongahela Valley, Heritage Community Initiatives has become a victim of its own success. Based in a former Mellon Bank building in Braddock, the agency operates programs in transportation, nutrition and early childhood education. Fueled by needs during the pandemic, Heritage’s budget has doubled to $6.2 million a year in the past two years as its food program expanded to more than 200,000 meals annually.
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