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Trump Assassination Attempt Shows Long-Standing Flaws in Secret Service Protections
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. He’d warned them. Butler Township Police Officer Drew Blasko paced angrily along the AGR building, where just minutes before a gunman had clambered atop the roof, aimed an AR-15-style rifle at Donald Trump and fired, striking the former president. As Blasko and other officers stood guard near a loading bay behind the building, he recounted a meeting earlier in the week with the Secret Service. “I told them that fucking Tuesday,” he said. “I told...
2024 Mid-Penn Commonwealth boys soccer preview: picks, predictions and preseason MVP
The high school boys soccer season is about to kick off in Pennsylvania, and Mid-Penn Conference teams are set to chase divisional pennants and vie for postseason bids. PennLive fielded its annual coach’s survey to gather picks and predictions for how the Mid-Penn’s divisions will shake out in 2024. Here’s who coaches tabbed as the top returning teams in the Commonwealth Division, as well as the preseason MVP:
Matzie: Nearly $2 Million Grant Secured for Ambridge Road Improvements
AMBRIDGE, Aug. 19 – A $1.89 million grant from the state Transportation Department will fund road improvements in Ambridge, announced state Rep. Rob Matzie, D-Beaver. “These dollars are funding road improvements along the Eighth Street corridor to make safety enhancements for people and drivers alike,” Matzie said. “The state grant allows the borough to accomplish the project while saving taxpayer dollars.”
$250k-winning lottery ticket sold in central Pa.
Someone in York County is now $250,000 richer. A Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 with Quick Cash ticket sold for the Sunday, Aug. 18, drawing, matched all five balls drawn – 4-11-15-25-43 – to win $250,000, according to lottery officials. The Giant supermarket located at 275 Pauline Drive, York...
Pittsburgh Playwright’s ‘Radio Golf’ Sparkles
There’s much to absorb in August Wilson’s Radio Golf, produced by Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company. The play is August Wilson’s last in his famous “Pittsburgh Cycle” covering ten decades of hope, success, struggle and disappointment in our city’s historic, multi-ethnic neighborhood, the Hill. It won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play in 2007. And for good reason. Like grasping a wet kitchen sponge, it holds much more weight than one might expect.
The Black Crowes announce tour stop at UPMC Events Center
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The Black Crowes are extending their 2024 tour with 14 new shows, including one in the Pittsburgh area. The rock band will perform at UPMC Events Center on the campus of Robert Morris University on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Presales began Tuesday, and tickets will go...
Pitt Adds Pitcher Mikayla Jankovic
PITTSBURGH – Pitt rounded out its 2025 roster with the addition of right-handed pitcher Mikayla Jankovic. The rising sophomore posted a 8-2 record with a 3.66 ERA and 63 strikeouts in 13 starts last season with Salt Lake Community College. Jankovic is the seventh Bruin from the 2024 roster...
Study emphasizes importance of proper mobility devices
PITTSBURGH – Clinical investigators from the University of Pittsburgh and the Medical University of South Carolina recently published a study that shows different types of mobility devices and certain characteristics of people with limited mobility are associated with reported falls. The study, published in the journal Disability & Rehabilitation:...
Pitt Football Training Camp Updates – Aug. 20, 2024
PITTSBURGH—Pitt took to the practice field Tuesday morning as the fourth week of training camp began. Sights and sounds from head coach Pat Narduzzi's pre-practice media availability, as well as press conferences with select players, can be found below:. Head Coach Pat Narduzzi. WR #20 Raphael "Poppi" Williams Jr.
House in Outer Banks owned by Pennsylvania residents washed away by ocean
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The latest home in the Outer Banks swallowed by the Atlantic Ocean was reportedly owned by Pennsylvania residents. The Island Free Press reported on Aug. 16 that the oceanfront home on East Corbina Drive in Rodanthe in Dare County, North Carolina, was owned by a couple from Hershey, Pennsylvania. The home, which was empty at the time, was being used as a vacation rental earlier in the summer, and there were no injuries, the newspaper reported. A stunning video posted to Facebook on Aug. 16 by Chicamacomico Banks Fire & Rescue shows the home being swept away by the Atlantic Ocean....
John Fetterman's own communications director criticizes his support for Israel to reporter
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., unequivocally backing Israel even as its assault on Gaza wreaks carnage on the civilian population, has seen the departure of several top staffers from his office over the past several months. Now, a current staffer has gone on the record to criticize her boss over his hardline pro-Israel stance to Free Press senior editor Peter Savodnick, who reprinted some of her words in a profile of Fetterman.
Updating the Pittsburgh High School Basketball Recruiting Board
We’ve got a couple of updates for the Pittsburgh High School Basketball Recruiting Board on Pittsburgh Sports Now. On Monday, a WPIAL prospect, who plays football and basketball, earned his first basketball offer, coming from a Division Two program. That player was Tori Grooms, a 6-foot guard out of Uniontown Area High School. Grooms added an offer from West Virginia Wesleyan.
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