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Texas Chemical Plant Explosion Prompts Evacuations and Stay At Home Order

Amere Keasley
November 9, 2023

An explosion occurred at a chemical plant early Wednesday morning in Shepherd, Texas, which is an hour outside Houston, in San Jacinto County. The blast caused a significant fire and prompted evacuations along with stay-at-home orders. Geoff Harfield, the president of Sound...

Nets Added Around the Golden Gate Bridge to Prevent Suicide

Nets Added Around the Golden Gate Bridge to Prevent Suicide

Isabella Timpano
November 9, 2023

The Golden Gate Bridge, a famous sight in San Francisco, has been a suicide hotspot for almost a century. Since its opening in 1937, an assumed 2,000 people have taken their lives over the side of the bridge. Now, almost 100 years since the novelty was built, safety nets have...

PA Election Results

PA Election Results

Colby Sherwin
November 8, 2023

On November 7th in Pennsylvania, county-wide elections were being held. Here are the winners of each election in Allegheny, Westmorland, and Butler counties. All numbers are being reported by each county's website as well. Allegheny Results: County Chief Executive: Dem...

18-year-old killed after crash in Avalon

18-year-old killed after crash in Avalon

Payton Hostetler
November 3, 2023

At 5:30 p.m. on October 30th, a two-car collision in Avalon left one man dead and three others injured. After a notification from County 911, Allegheny County Police quickly responded. The initial investigation revealed that the crash occurred when the vehicle, driven by an...

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SWAT Incident Developing in Pittsburgh, PA

Isabella Timpano
November 3, 2023

Pittsburgh Public Safety has said that a SWAT presence formed within the neighborhood of South Oakland on October 30th. The situation has developed on the 3700 block of Child's Street. Authorities have reported that the suspect is a barricaded man who is possibly armed with...

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Rear Gate Closed on Halloween

Ellie Schroeder
October 30, 2023

Jeff James, the Robert Morris University (RMU) police chief sent an email to all RMU staff, faculty, and students on the morning of October 30th. He informed everyone that on October 31st from 5:30 and 8:30 p.m., the rear entrance to the university will be closed. James said...

U.S. Strikes Iranian-backed Groups in Syria

U.S. Strikes Iranian-backed Groups in Syria

Mitchell McIntosh
October 30, 2023

The U.S. military has executed airstrikes targeting areas associated with the Iranian-backed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other militant groups in eastern Syria, the Pentagon announced on the evening of October 26th. The strikes come in retaliation for a series of...

Coach Bus Gets Stuck on Colonial Way

Coach Bus Gets Stuck on Colonial Way

Cade Stukus
October 30, 2023

Students were rudely awoken on Friday when the team bus that belonged to the Penn State Men's Basketball team got stuck on Colonial Way in front of the Colonial Village. The bus, which was empty at the time, was looking to leave campus after dropping off the team at the UPMC...

Local Dairy Farm Destroyed By Fire

Local Dairy Farm Destroyed By Fire

Taylor Roberts
October 27, 2023

Brunton Dairy, a seventh-generation family-owned dairy farm in Beaver County, was in flames in the early evening of October 26th. Crews were called to Brunton Dairy for the fire around 5 p.m. Smoke was visible throughout the surrounding area. Fire departments from New Sewickley...

PNC Food Court Dish Machine Still Broken

PNC Food Court Dish Machine Still Broken

Cade Stukus
October 27, 2023

The dish machine at the PNC Food Court remains broken. It has been about a month since the infamous blue conveyor belt has been non-operational. The temporary fix for the dish machine has been four sets of trash cans to dump food and trash in and bins to place silverware and...