Christine D'Antonio

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Christine D'Antonio

A storm sewer line collapsed in Tarentum, creating a huge sinkhole in the middle of the roadway. The risk is so great that Tarentum’s borough manager shut it down to traffic, calling it a local emergency. “That’s crazy,” said Jessie Spears who works near the sinkhole. That’s the overall reaction in Tarentum tonight, after a huge sinkhole developed along the 4th Avenue Bridge over Bull Creek.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Christine D'Antonio

A partnership that brought millions of dollars to a local school is suddenly ending. In a statement released Tuesday, Dick’s Sporting Goods says it’s truly disappointed that the partnership with McKeesport Area School District has ended. It’s unclear exactly why things dissolved but a Dick’s spokesperson says it has to do with the current school board and district leadership. The McKeesport Area School District Superintendent, Don MacFann, released a letter about the situation on social media.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Christine D'Antonio

Thursday, in a nearly two-hour conference by the Penn State Board of Trustees, members voted 25 to 8 in favor of closing 7 Penn State branch campuses, including Penn State New Kensington. PREVIOUS COVERAGE >>> Penn State evaluating the future of 12 branch campuses, including 5 in Western Pennsylvania“I think it’s a big mistake,” said Alan Hooks of New Kensington.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Christine D'Antonio

Stop signs along Wilson Avenue in Perry South were put up several years ago after residents asked the City of Pittsburgh for them. The intent was to get people to slow down and make the street safer. On Saturday morning, a 12-year-old boy riding his bike was hit by a car, and now his family is pushing for more safety measures so that it never happens again. 12-year-old Andrew Russell and his mom, Rhonda, are thankful the 6th grader survived being hit by a car along Wilson Avenue Saturday morning.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Christine D'Antonio

There was a huge turnout at North Park Saturday for the Pennsylvania Resources Council Hard to Recycle event. People dropped off a little bit of everything — from old computers to tires and even VHS tapes. “The nostalgia is real today,” said Christine Zaremski-Young of Edgar Snyder & Associates. “I’m not sure if we caught it, but there was just a TV that passed us with a built-in VHS tape player. Total nostalgia.