The Back the Blue fundraising committee again showed its appreciation for local police Thursday with a donation to the Brackenridge Police Department. Ron Balla Jr. of New Kensington, president of the grassroots fundraising group, and other members of Back the Blue appeared before council Thursday evening to present a $2,000
David “Mogie” Magill plans to add fallen Brackenridge police Chief Justin McIntire to his Back the Blue T-shirt, which he will sell for a fundraiser concert to help local police departments in June. McIntire’s name and badge number, 1501, will join other local police officers who were shot to death
George Uhler boarded a yellow school bus at Valley High School mid-Monday, headed to pay his respects to fallen Brackenridge police Chief Justin McIntire. “It’s hard to understand life,” said Uhler of New Kensington. “But you have to honor someone that gave his life for us.” McIntire was gunned down