Local t-shirt shop raises more than $4K for Tree of Life victims
January 2, 2019
Filed under News, Pittsburgh News
JOHNSTOWN (RMU SENTRY MEDIA/CNN) -- T-shirts traveled as far south as Hawaii and as far west as California. "They went all over," said Jody Altemus an American Eagle Screen Print and Embroidery employee. "We may have hit every state but I didn't keep track of that." A small town fundraiser, raising...
Police vehicles get ‘Stronger Than Hate’ decals
Gage Goulding, News Editor
December 11, 2018
Filed under News, Pittsburgh News
PITTSBURGH -- Some police vehicles in the City of Pittsburgh has received a new addition to their decals, a remembrance of the worst anti-Semitic shooting in U.S. history. The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police announced on Tuesday that they have placed "Stronger Than Hate" decals on all of the police vehicles...
Pittsburgh Police investigate anti-Semitic messages in Pittsburgh
Gage Goulding, News Editor
December 9, 2018
Filed under News, Pittsburgh News, Top Stories
PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Police department is investigating anti-Semitic messages that are being distributed around the city. Police issued a statement today saying that they are aware and are investigating the hate speech. Pamphlets are being delivered in several Pittsburgh neighborhoods including...
Rally for peace scheduled at Point State Park
Gage Goulding, Assistant News Editor
November 7, 2018
Filed under News, Pittsburgh News, Top Stories
PITTSBURGH -- Mayor Bill Peduto announced a citywide rally for peace that will be held on Friday. In a statement to media, the Pittsburgh mayor invited all Pittsburgh residents to join him at a public event Friday at 12 p.m. The rally, which will be held at Point State Park, will honor the victims...
‘Stronger Than Hate’ features Kesha performing in Pittsburgh
Megan Shandel, Multimedia Assistant Manager
November 5, 2018
Filed under Featured Multimedia, Photo Gallery, Uncategorized
$10,000 donated to the Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh’s “Our Victims of Terror” fund
Megan Shandel, Assistant Multimedia Manager
November 4, 2018
Filed under News, Pittsburgh News, Top Stories
PITTSBURGH — Following the tragedy in Squirrel Hill at the Tree of Life Synagogue, Clearview Federal Credit Union had donated $10,000 to the Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh’s “Our Victims of Terror” fund through the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania. This contribution is to go towards ...
Officials: Beware of tragedy scammers
Gage Goulding, Assistant News Editor
October 31, 2018
Filed under News, Pittsburgh News, Top Stories
PITTSBURGH - Officials in Pittsburgh are warning community members to double check before making a donation. In a statement to the media, city officials said that they have received reports of scammers who are asking for donations for the victims and police officers who were injured in the mass shooting...
Robert Morris University issues statement on synagogue shooting
Gage Goulding, Assistant News Editor
October 31, 2018
Filed under Moon Twp. News, News, Pittsburgh News, RMU News, Top Stories
MOON TOWNSHIP - A spokesperson for Robert Morris University has released a brief statement regarding Tree of Life Synagogue shooting that occurred on Saturday. RELATED STORIES: City of Pittsburgh issues statement on presidential visit Statement from Pittsburgh Public Safety on synagogue shooting ...
Robert Morris alums among those killed in Synagogue shooting
Samuel Anthony, Digital Content Manager
October 31, 2018
Filed under News, Pittsburgh News, Top Stories
MOON TOWNSHIP -- The Robert Morris University community lost one of their own in the tragic shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday which took the lives of 11 and injured six others. Melvin Wax, 88, was a retired accountant, father, grandfather and a 1959 Robert Morris graduate and acc...
City of Pittsburgh issues statement on presidential visit
Gage Goulding, Assistant News Editor
October 30, 2018
Filed under News, Pittsburgh News, Top Stories
PITTSBURGH -- With President Donald Trump visiting Pittsburgh, the city's Department of Public Safety urged Pittsburgh to be patient. "We ask residents and commuters to plan ahead and avoid the East End of the city, and to exercise patience when encountering traffic delays this afternoon due to temporary...