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Ask 18-year-old Annie Rieg what she does for fun and she’ll answer with a coy smile. “I dance around under flying metal,” said Rieg, a Deer Lakes graduate and resident of West Deer. In her freshman year at the University of Pittsburgh, Rieg is a member of the school’s Golden ....
Tarentum residents in two separate areas of the borough are without water, at least temporarily. Manager Michael Nestico said crews are working to repair waterline breaks in the area of West Ninth Avenue and Center Street and also at East Seventh Avenue and Ormand Street. “Each break has interrupted water ....
GARY â Two people were killed and nine were wounded in 10 separate shootings from Wednesday to Sunday, police said. The uptick in gun violence came after a July Fourth holiday weekend during which one man was killed and four were wounded in four separate shootings, police said. However, the number of homicides and shootings as of Monday were down from totals at the same time last year, Cmdr. Jack Hamady said. The city had recorded 23 homicides so far this year, compared with 29 in 2020, and 88 gunshot victims, compared with 90 at the same time last year, he said. Last month, Gary Mayor Jerome Prince joined a Chicago-area pastor on the steps of City Hall to call for President Joe Biden to sign an executive order declaring violence a national public health crisis. ....