Megan Tomasic
K12 Reporter at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Suburban education reporter for @PittsburghPG. Previously at @TribLIVE and @TheSunNews. @Duqedu grad. Tips: 724-433-4806, [email protected]
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1 week ago |
post-gazette.com | Mike Wereschagin |Ford Turner |Megan Tomasic
A 38-year-old man from Harrisburg set fire to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s mansion early Sunday, hours after the state’s first family celebrated the first night of Passover, according to police. What to know• Cody Balmer, 38, of Harrisburg was charged with attempted homicide, arson and terrorism. • Police said Balmer used beer bottles filled with gasoline to set fire to the governor's mansion. • Balmer said he would have beaten with Shapiro with a hammer if he encountered Mr. Shaprio, police said.
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1 week ago |
post-gazette.com | Mike Wereschagin |Ford Turner |Megan Tomasic
A Harrisburg man said he was harboring a “hatred” toward Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro when he walked an hour from his home to the Governor’s Mansion, broke into the property and tossed several incendiary devices that caught the home on fire while the governor, his wife and guests were inside early Sunday morning, causing significant damage hours after the family had celebrated the beginning of Passover, according to court documents.
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1 week ago |
post-gazette.com | Megan Tomasic
Several University of Pittsburgh students ran through Westinghouse Park on Sunday morning, carefully laying cables for different geophysical machines and meticulously staking ropes into the ground to create an archaeological grid.
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1 week ago |
post-gazette.com | Megan Tomasic
A 3-year-old child was killed Sunday morning after being hit by a riding lawnmower, Allegheny County Police said. County dispatchers were notified shortly after 11 a.m. that the child had been struck by the machine in the 3000 block of Skillet Hill Road in Elizabeth Township. The child, who was not identified, was pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives are investigating.
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1 week ago |
post-gazette.com | Megan Tomasic
Two authors from Pittsburgh are among the writers whose work was most frequently in the political crosshairs via book challenges made against material in U.S. school and public libraries in 2024, according to the American Library Association’s annual list.
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“I think that is the big benefit with this first step and a shared superintendent — it’s a financial savings that would help both districts, but it’s also a toe in the water of what else is possible." https://t.co/hqwAiPlJyb
Next school year, all Pennsylvania students will use the online testing platform when taking Pennsylvania’s Keystone Exams and the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment, or PSSAs. Here's how area schools are preparing: https://t.co/ZIevsQV9L1
“We’ve heard clearly from our board that more information is needed. As previously shared, it has always been our intention to provide both the board and the public with additional information before bringing any plan forward for a vote." https://t.co/fB9PjMpxY9