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NTSB Calls for Inspection of Bridges in 19 States

NTSB Calls for Inspection of Bridges in 19 States

Brooke Hart
March 31, 2025

The National Transportation Security Board (NTSB) has ordered for 68 bridges spanning across 19 states to be inspected. This recommendation comes after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland in 2024. The Key Bridge collapsed after being struck...

Viral Fundraiser Helps 81-Year-Old Eat'n Park Server Retire with $260,000

Viral Fundraiser Helps 81-Year-Old Eat’n Park Server Retire with $260,000

Jadyn Barker
March 31, 2025

An online fundraising effort has gone viral on TikTok in order to help an 81-year-old Eat'n Park server retire. Leo and his mother Tamie Konzier were eating at an Eat'n Park on McKnight Road in Ross Township. Their server was named Betty, and she has been on the job for at...

Pennsylvania Special Election Results

Pennsylvania Special Election Results

Amere Keasley
March 27, 2025

Pennsylvania had two special elections take place on Tuesday, March 25 in eastern and western Pa. in the 35th state house district and the 36th state senate district. Democrat Dan Goughnour won the open house seat over Republican Charles Davis, who is a volunteer firefighter,...

Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse: What we Know a Year Later

Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse: What we Know a Year Later

Amere Keasley
March 27, 2025

The Patapsco River looks different from a year ago today as the river was filled with steel and concrete, the Francis Scott Key bridge collapsed on March 26, 2024, at 1:28 EST due to the Dali Colliding with the bridge. The collapse claimed the lives of six construction workers...

Philadelphia Man Paid to Uber local 13-Year-Old he Met on Tiktok, Sexually Assaulted Her

Philadelphia Man Paid to Uber local 13-Year-Old he Met on Tiktok, Sexually Assaulted Her

Jadyn Barker
March 27, 2025

A 19-year-old man in Philadelphia is accused of pressuring a 13-year-old girl he met on Tiktok to travel across the state from Westmoreland County. Police said he sexually assaulted her multiple times. According to a criminal complaint, Greensburg police received a call from...

ATF Investigating Firearms Stolen from Gun Store in Marshall Township

ATF Investigating Firearms Stolen from Gun Store in Marshall Township

Jadyn Barker
March 22, 2025

A burglary is being investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. It occurred at a gun shop in Marshall Township, Allegheny County on Monday morning. The police were notified by a security alarm and discovered that the suspects smashed windows in...

Robert Morris Mens Basketball Set to Dance With Alabama in the First Round of NCAA Tournament

Robert Morris Mens Basketball Set to Dance With Alabama in the First Round of NCAA Tournament

Amere Keasley
March 16, 2025

The Colonials are set to take on the University of Alabama on Friday, March 21, a year after going 10-22. During the Selection Sunday show, the bracket was revealed, and the Colonials learned their fate as they were selected as the No. 15 seed. The Colonials will be facing...

University of Pittsburgh Student Sudiksha Konanki Missing in Dominican Republic

University of Pittsburgh Student Sudiksha Konanki Missing in Dominican Republic

Brooke Hart
March 16, 2025

Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old student from the University of Pittsburgh, is currently missing in the Dominican Republic. Konanki is a resident of Loudoun County, Virginia, and a junior at the University of Pittsburgh, studying biological sciences and chemistry on the pre-med...

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Dates Announced for the Annual Picklesburgh Festival

Jadyn Barker
March 16, 2025

The dates have been set for this year's Picklesburgh festival. The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership announced on Wednesday that Picklesburgh is scheduled for Friday, July 11, through Sunday, July 13. In the USA Today Readers' Choice Awards, Picklesburgh was voted the best...

New 911 Call Transcript and Texts from Surviving Roommates in Idaho Murders Case Released

New 911 Call Transcript and Texts from Surviving Roommates in Idaho Murders Case Released

Jadyn Barker
March 12, 2025

A group of University of Idaho students were murdered inside of an off campus home in 2022. Newly released text messages show the panicked conversation between the two surviving roommates. These text messages lay out a timeline that prosecutors aim to lean on in their case against...