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Members of #McKeesport Model Railroad Club have been rolling along for 75 years. This week on "Two Rivers, 30 Minutes" we asked, what is the appeal of model railroading in a digital world?
Next week, our guest is local poet and songwriter Bob Pajich.
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Next week, our guest is local poet and songwriter Bob Pajich.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Members of #McKeesport Model Railroad Club have been rolling along for 75 years. This week on "Two Rivers, 30 Minutes" we asked, what is the appeal of model railroading in a digital world?
Next week, our guest is local poet and songwriter Bob Pajich.
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Next week, our guest is local poet and songwriter Bob Pajich.
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Duquesne will hold the line on property taxes for 2026. However, city water rates and the municipal service fee will increase 10 percent. City officials cite rising costs from outside vendors. Tom Leturgey has this report:
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For 2026, Duquesne Holds Line on Budget - Tube City Almanac
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December 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Duquesne will hold the line on property taxes for 2026. However, city water rates and the municipal service fee will increase 10 percent. City officials cite rising costs from outside vendors. Tom Leturgey has this report:
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Kevin Kovach and Arla Payne have been sworn in and taken their seats as #McKeesport Area School Board members, along with returning School Directors David Donato and Jason Pavlecic.
School Director David Seropian is the board’s new president:
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School Director David Seropian is the board’s new president:
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December 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Kevin Kovach and Arla Payne have been sworn in and taken their seats as #McKeesport Area School Board members, along with returning School Directors David Donato and Jason Pavlecic.
School Director David Seropian is the board’s new president:
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School Director David Seropian is the board’s new president:
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The #McKeesport Little Theater Juniors are off and running with a lively production of "Shrek: The Musical," writes Bonnijean Adams. She caught up with the young cast and the crew:
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#theater #arts #shrek #Pittsburgh
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#theater #arts #shrek #Pittsburgh
December 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The #McKeesport Little Theater Juniors are off and running with a lively production of "Shrek: The Musical," writes Bonnijean Adams. She caught up with the young cast and the crew:
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#theater #arts #shrek #Pittsburgh
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#theater #arts #shrek #Pittsburgh
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This is a surprisingly nice display and parking is easy. Plan on spending real time there--there is so much to see outside of this display, too!
McKeesport’s 40th Annual Festival of Trees opens at 12 noon today (Dec. 4) with more than 90 hand-decorated trees on display through Monday.
Additional activities take place at the #McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center and the Garden Club:
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Additional activities take place at the #McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center and the Garden Club:
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December 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is a surprisingly nice display and parking is easy. Plan on spending real time there--there is so much to see outside of this display, too!
McKeesport’s 40th Annual Festival of Trees opens at 12 noon today (Dec. 4) with more than 90 hand-decorated trees on display through Monday.
Additional activities take place at the #McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center and the Garden Club:
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Additional activities take place at the #McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center and the Garden Club:
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December 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
McKeesport’s 40th Annual Festival of Trees opens at 12 noon today (Dec. 4) with more than 90 hand-decorated trees on display through Monday.
Additional activities take place at the #McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center and the Garden Club:
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Additional activities take place at the #McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center and the Garden Club:
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When #McKeesport Model Railroad Club opens its doors this weekend for its annual train show, there's one piece of its Mon-Yough Valley Railroad you won't see. (Hint: It wouldn't fit inside the building.)
The club is celebrating its 75th anniversary:
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The club is celebrating its 75th anniversary:
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November 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
When #McKeesport Model Railroad Club opens its doors this weekend for its annual train show, there's one piece of its Mon-Yough Valley Railroad you won't see. (Hint: It wouldn't fit inside the building.)
The club is celebrating its 75th anniversary:
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The club is celebrating its 75th anniversary:
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A former nurse’s aide at Kane Community Living Center in McKeesport has been accused of stealing more than $8,200 from a patient who entrusted her with his debit card. The theft was discovered in October:
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November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A former nurse’s aide at Kane Community Living Center in McKeesport has been accused of stealing more than $8,200 from a patient who entrusted her with his debit card. The theft was discovered in October:
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Coincidental phone calls led to a local collaboration between two successful #McKeesport native drag queens, resulting in “Dragsgiving” this Friday at McKeesport Little Theater.
Bonnijean Adams has a preview:
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Bonnijean Adams has a preview:
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November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Coincidental phone calls led to a local collaboration between two successful #McKeesport native drag queens, resulting in “Dragsgiving” this Friday at McKeesport Little Theater.
Bonnijean Adams has a preview:
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Bonnijean Adams has a preview:
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A man who died after being shot in White Oak was targeted by members of a rival motorcycle club in retaliation for his alleged role in a fight in Washington County, Allegheny County prosecutors allege.
Documents connected with the case have been unsealed:
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Documents connected with the case have been unsealed:
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DA: Rt. 48 W.O. Shooting Was Retailation - Tube City Almanac
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November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
A man who died after being shot in White Oak was targeted by members of a rival motorcycle club in retaliation for his alleged role in a fight in Washington County, Allegheny County prosecutors allege.
Documents connected with the case have been unsealed:
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Documents connected with the case have been unsealed:
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With the promotion of a new captain of patrol, #McKeesport police have a new leadership team in place that will be responsible for building community-department relations, the city’s mayor said:
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November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
With the promotion of a new captain of patrol, #McKeesport police have a new leadership team in place that will be responsible for building community-department relations, the city’s mayor said:
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This week on "Two Rivers, 30 Minutes," we're talking turkey with Beth Kocsis from the Allegheny County Extension office at @pennstateuniv.bsky.social Greater Allegheny.
Before you cook a big holiday meal, here are tips to keep your kitchen safe:
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Before you cook a big holiday meal, here are tips to keep your kitchen safe:
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November 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This week on "Two Rivers, 30 Minutes," we're talking turkey with Beth Kocsis from the Allegheny County Extension office at @pennstateuniv.bsky.social Greater Allegheny.
Before you cook a big holiday meal, here are tips to keep your kitchen safe:
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Before you cook a big holiday meal, here are tips to keep your kitchen safe:
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Weather permitting, we will be streaming live coverage of McKeesport's 60th annual Salute to Santa parade tomorrow (Nov. 22) morning at 11 a.m. Eastern U.S. time at our YouTube channel:
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November 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Weather permitting, we will be streaming live coverage of McKeesport's 60th annual Salute to Santa parade tomorrow (Nov. 22) morning at 11 a.m. Eastern U.S. time at our YouTube channel:
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Police said an East McKeesport man is accused of shooting his neighbor over a dispute about the noise his car was making. The victim is in critical condition:
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One Wounded in E. McKeesport Shooting - Tube City Almanac
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November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Police said an East McKeesport man is accused of shooting his neighbor over a dispute about the noise his car was making. The victim is in critical condition:
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#McKeesport’s 60th annual Salute to Santa parade kicks off at 11 a.m. Saturday (Nov. 22) along Fifth Avenue, Downtown.
Weather-permitting, Tube City Community Media will carry live video on its YouTube channel:
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Weather-permitting, Tube City Community Media will carry live video on its YouTube channel:
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November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
#McKeesport’s 60th annual Salute to Santa parade kicks off at 11 a.m. Saturday (Nov. 22) along Fifth Avenue, Downtown.
Weather-permitting, Tube City Community Media will carry live video on its YouTube channel:
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Weather-permitting, Tube City Community Media will carry live video on its YouTube channel:
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A man who told North Versailles Twp. police he was "being chased" was driving at a high rate of speed and nearly collided with a patrol car before fleeing on foot, according to an affidavit. He's jailed pending a preliminary hearing:
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Driver Faces Drug Charges After Police Chase - Tube City Almanac
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November 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A man who told North Versailles Twp. police he was "being chased" was driving at a high rate of speed and nearly collided with a patrol car before fleeing on foot, according to an affidavit. He's jailed pending a preliminary hearing:
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Duquesne City Council is considering closing Center Street between Pine Alley to Oak Street during bad winter weather to conserve salt. Tom Leturgey has a round-up of items from the recent council meeting:
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November 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Duquesne City Council is considering closing Center Street between Pine Alley to Oak Street during bad winter weather to conserve salt. Tom Leturgey has a round-up of items from the recent council meeting:
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A former McKeesport police detective who pleaded guilty to misusing more than $1 million in funds from his FOP lodge is likely to lose his pension, city officials said:
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Former Detective Sentenced in FOP Fraud - Tube City Almanac
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November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
A former McKeesport police detective who pleaded guilty to misusing more than $1 million in funds from his FOP lodge is likely to lose his pension, city officials said:
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Duquesne City Council is planning to hold the line on real estate taxes in 2026, but is considering increases in fees for water, trash collection and other services:
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Duquesne Council Considers Fee Increases - Tube City Almanac
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November 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Duquesne City Council is planning to hold the line on real estate taxes in 2026, but is considering increases in fees for water, trash collection and other services:
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#McKeesport officials are working on a plan to reopen Spring Street between Jenny Lind and Cornell streets.
A quarter-mile stretch of road that closed in 2009 has now been reconstructed. But the intersection at Cornell Street will need to be rebuilt:
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A quarter-mile stretch of road that closed in 2009 has now been reconstructed. But the intersection at Cornell Street will need to be rebuilt:
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November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
#McKeesport officials are working on a plan to reopen Spring Street between Jenny Lind and Cornell streets.
A quarter-mile stretch of road that closed in 2009 has now been reconstructed. But the intersection at Cornell Street will need to be rebuilt:
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A quarter-mile stretch of road that closed in 2009 has now been reconstructed. But the intersection at Cornell Street will need to be rebuilt:
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Dramatic before and after photos show the transformation of a 1920s bungalow in #McKeesport by Pittsburgh-based ACTION-Housing. The agency is offering assistance to entice first-time homebuyers to the city’s Library District. Stacy Alderman has this story:
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November 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Dramatic before and after photos show the transformation of a 1920s bungalow in #McKeesport by Pittsburgh-based ACTION-Housing. The agency is offering assistance to entice first-time homebuyers to the city’s Library District. Stacy Alderman has this story:
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Despite freezing temperatures and gusty winds, McKeesport marked #VeteransDay on Tuesday with a ceremony at Memorial Park on Lysle Boulevard.
#McKeesport Area High School Acapella Choir performed and members of the Air Force JROTC program served as color guard.
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#McKeesport Area High School Acapella Choir performed and members of the Air Force JROTC program served as color guard.
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McKeesport Veterans Day Celebration — Nov. 11, 2025
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November 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Despite freezing temperatures and gusty winds, McKeesport marked #VeteransDay on Tuesday with a ceremony at Memorial Park on Lysle Boulevard.
#McKeesport Area High School Acapella Choir performed and members of the Air Force JROTC program served as color guard.
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#McKeesport Area High School Acapella Choir performed and members of the Air Force JROTC program served as color guard.
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A group of internationally known community planners has begun its third day of meeting with city residents and business owners as they begin the process of developing a strategy for reinventing #McKeesport’s Downtown:
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November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A group of internationally known community planners has begun its third day of meeting with city residents and business owners as they begin the process of developing a strategy for reinventing #McKeesport’s Downtown:
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Although two federal judges have ordered the U.S. Government to pay supplemental nutrition benefits to about 42 million Americans, the funds remain frozen.
We talked to two local residents who are trying to make ends meet:
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#SNAP #USGovShutDown
We talked to two local residents who are trying to make ends meet:
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#SNAP #USGovShutDown
November 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Although two federal judges have ordered the U.S. Government to pay supplemental nutrition benefits to about 42 million Americans, the funds remain frozen.
We talked to two local residents who are trying to make ends meet:
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#SNAP #USGovShutDown
We talked to two local residents who are trying to make ends meet:
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#SNAP #USGovShutDown
Five candidates are on the ballot for McKeesport Area School Board, and a sixth candidate has announced a write-in campaign. Four seats are available on the school board:
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Six Seek School Board Seats Tomorrow - Tube City Almanac
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November 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Five candidates are on the ballot for McKeesport Area School Board, and a sixth candidate has announced a write-in campaign. Four seats are available on the school board:
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