December 05, 2025 |
By Adam Reinherz | Posted in: McKeesport and Region News
Magisterial District Judge Eugene Riazzi gives the oath of office to School Directors David Donato, Kevin Kovach, Matt Holtzman and Arla Payne. Donato and Holtzman are returning to the board, while Kovach and Payne are newly elected. (Adam Reinherz photo for Tube City Almanac)
Kevin Kovach and Arla Payne have been sworn in and taken their seats as McKeesport Area School Board members.
At a re-organization meeting on Thursday, the board elected School Director David Seropian as the school board’s new president.
Seropian was elected to the board in 2023 after serving more than 20 years as the district’s business manager. Among his first tasks was helping to negotiate a new contract with the teachers’ union.
“I'm the person that likes to work with everybody — get everybody to work together,” Seropian said, adding that when disagreements arise, “we’ve just got to come to a consensus and try to move the district forward the best way we feel we can.”
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December 05, 2025 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Announcements, Duquesne News
Duquesne City Council’s reorganizational meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 5.
The next Home Rule Government Study Commission meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 20.
December 05, 2025 |
By Tom Leturgey | Posted in: Duquesne News
Duquesne will hold the line on property taxes for 2026.
City council this week passed a budget that keeps tax levies at their current “blended” rate of 20 mills, of which 17 mills are designated for the general fund, two for debt service and one for fire service. Each mill represents $1 of tax on every $1,000 of a property’s value.
The millage is called “blended” because Duquesne is one of three municipalities in Allegheny County that levies separate rates on buildings and land.
However, city water rates will increase 10 percent, with 3.3 percent of the increase going to the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County, while the city’s municipal service fee also will increase 10 percent, with 7.5 percent going to Duquesne’s contracted trash hauler, County Hauling.
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December 04, 2025 |
By Bonnijean Cooney Adams | Posted in: Entertainment
In the foreground, Leah Morgan as Gingy gets feisty with Nie’Zhay Jefferson as Lord Farquaad. (All photos by Bonnijean Cooney Adams for Tube City Almanac)
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"Shrek the Musical Jr."
Where: McKeesport Little Theater, 1614 Coursin St., (412) 673-1100, www.mckeesportlittletheater.com
When: Fridays Dec. 5 and Dec. 12 at 7 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays Dec. 6, Dec. 7, Dec. 13, and Dec. 14 at 2 p.m.
Admission: $15 for adults, $10 for students, available by phone, through the MLT website or http://www.onthestage.tickets/show/mckeesport-little-theater.
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The musical version of the tale of an outcast ogre, his faithful friend, and their adventures with others along the way to rescue a princess soon will grace the stage at McKeesport Little Theater.
Opening Friday night, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. and running weekends through Dec. 14, “Shrek the Musical Jr.” is based on the DreamWorks Animation film and Broadway musical.
“Since Dorothy Fallows retired from the Juniors program, Lori (Stramaski) and I are now co-chairs of the committee, which automatically makes us involved,” said Amy Majewski, who produces “Shrek” with Stramaski.
“With it being our first musical without Dorothy, we decided to do a show we were both familiar with. Also, with the program growing every year, we needed a show with a lot of great characters. ‘Shrek’ seemed like a great option to cover both,” she said.
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December 04, 2025 |
By Submitted Report | Posted in: Announcements
(Tube City Almanac file photo by Vickie Babyak)
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McKeesport’s 40th Annual Festival of Trees
Where: Jacob Woll Pavilion, Renziehausen Park (off Eden Park Blvd)
When: 12 to 9 p.m. Dec. 4 to 8
Admission: $2 adults; children 12 and under free with donation of a canned good
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McKeesport’s 40th Annual Festival of Trees opens at 12 noon today (Dec. 4) with more than 90 hand-decorated Christmas trees on display through Monday.
The annual holiday display, hosted at the Jacob Woll Pavilion in Renziehausen Park, continues daily from 12 to 9 p.m. Admission is $2, and children 12 and younger are admitted for free with donation of a canned good or nonperishable food.
The event includes a look-and-find scavenger hunt for children, with special activities, entertainment and visits with Santa throughout the day. Visitors also are invited to vote for their favorite trees in a variety of categories.
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November 28, 2025 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: McKeesport and Region News
Editor’s Note: The author of this story had a conflict of interest. See editor’s note at the end.
Members of McKeesport Model Railroad Club touch up a section of the club’s layout. (Submitted photo courtesy McKeesport Model Railroad Club)
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Holiday Train Show and Open House
Where: McKeesport Model Railroad Club, 2209 Walnut St. (Route 148)
When: 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, through Dec. 28
Admission: $7 donation (adults), $5 donation (ages 5-17)
More info: https://mckeesportmodelrr.com/events/
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When McKeesport Model Railroad Club opens its doors on Saturday, it will mark the 75th year in a row — minus a few interruptions — that the public has been invited to view its miniature train empire representing Western Pennsylvania.
It also is likely to mark the 75th year in a row that someone asks, “How long does it take to put this up and take it down?”
“That is a question we get every year from at least a few attendees,” said George Sharp Jr. of Irwin, the club’s president. “It’s something we smile at because you can’t really fathom how long it would take to do all of that.”
The answer is “they don’t.” The club’s 2,200-square-foot train display in HO scale (representing objects at about 1/87th of actual size) is a permanent fixture inside the non-profit organization’s building on Walnut Street in Christy Park, across from CP Industries’ Christy Park Works.
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November 26, 2025 |
By Bonnijean Cooney Adams | Posted in: Entertainment
McKeesport native Joey Young is a rising star in the drag community nationally and winner of several prestigious competitions. (Submitted photo)
Coincidental phone calls led to a local collaboration between two successful McKeesport native drag queens, resulting in “Dragsgiving” this Saturday at McKeesport Little Theater.
Pittsburgh’s First Lady of Drag Kierra Darshell, who grew up along Union Avenue not far from the theater, said she had an idea for a show over the Thanksgiving weekend and was looking for a venue.
McKeesport Little Theater Juniors alum and McKeesport Area High School grad Joey Young is a rising star in the drag community, having recently won the Miss Blue Moon competition and prestigious national/international Miss Continental Newcomer title.
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November 26, 2025 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News
(Tube City Almanac file photo)
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.
Tracy Lee Dodds, 59, of West Elizabeth is charged by Allegheny County police with theft by unlawful taking and access device fraud, according to an affidavit of probable cause filed with Magisterial District Judge Eugene Riazzi in McKeesport. A preliminary hearing has not yet been scheduled.
The missing money was discovered in October. A person with knowledge of the situation who asked not to be identified said Dodds is no longer employed at Kane.
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November 24, 2025 |
By Staff Reports | Posted in: Crime and Police News, White Oak News
A Liberty Borough man who died after being shot multiple times on Route 48 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 said.
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. has charged three men in connection with the Oct. 12 death of Kenneth Hayman, 33.
Hayman, who police identified as a member of the War Dogs Motorcycle Club, died at AHN Forbes Hospital in Monroeville about one hour after police said three armed men attacked him at the intersection of Lincoln Way and Route 48 in White Oak.
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November 20, 2025 |
By Jason Togyer | Posted in: McKeesport and Region News
Fran Angert (center), shown with Mayor Michael Cherepko and Police Chief Josh Alfer, has been promoted to captain in charge of McKeesport police’s patrol division. (Tube City Almanac photo)
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.
This month, McKeesport City Council approved the promotion of Lt. Fran Angert to captain. A native of Munhall and a graduate of Steel Valley High School and the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Municipal Police Academy, Angert has been a McKeesport police officer since 1995 and is well-known as one of the department’s K-9 handlers.
In September, council approved the promotion of Nick Matthews to captain of detectives and Sidney Summers to assistant police chief. Along wth police Chief Josh Alfer, who was sworn into his position in July, the team represents a complete changeover in command at the department over the past two years.
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