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Meet Homestead Mayor-elect Mary Nesby…It’s about real work, not a title

HOMESTEAD MAYOR-ELECT MARY NESBY. (PHOTO BY CHIEF IKHANA-HAL-MAKINA) Come January 2026, Mary Nesby will make history as Homestead's first Black woman mayor. That's admirable, Mayor-elect Nesby...

Mayor Gainey celebrated during final ‘State of the City Address’

Gainey said he led with 'heart, fairness, purpose' Devon Taliaferro is now serving her second term as a Pittsburgh School Board Director, and she's also...

Man found guilty in killing of 18-year-old Ahmir Tuli

 AMIR TULI Tuli was son of business owner Preeti Tuli The man accused of killing the son of a popular Strip District business owner has been...

USO dethrones Westinghouse, takes City League title, 26-0

QUARTERBACK DAI’MERE ADAIR AND RECEIVER ZION HAUSER WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN USO'S 26-0 WIN OVER WESTINGHOUSE, OCT. 25, TO WIN THE CITY LEAGUE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP...

Austin Davis calls on Trump Administration to fully fund SNAP… 

LT. GOV. AUSTIN DAVIS SPEAKS AT THE GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK, NOV. 3. (PHOTO BY ROB TAYLOR JR.) Federal judge also forces Trump's hand  The...

‘Fab 40’ honorees Tyler, Cabiness earn more accolades

DEMIA TYLER The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that Demia Tyler, MPH, MBA, has been named Chief Operating Officer of Healthy Start Pittsburgh. The announcement was...

Possible loss of SNAP benefits a real cause for concern…Could affect 2 million Pennsylvanians; 160,000 in Allegheny County

CONGRESSWOMAN SUMMER LEE SPEAKS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, OCT. 28, AT THE GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OFFICES IN DUQUESNE ABOUT THE POSSIBLE SNAP...

Previously-unhoused residents have found a home thanks to ‘500 in 500’

ANDREA JOHNSON WENT FROM BEING HOUSED IN SHELTERS TO ATTAINING HER OWN RESIDENCE IN EAST LIBERTY, THANKS TO ALLEGHENY COUNTY’S “500 iN 500” INITIATIVE....

PRT bus service will not be eliminated…PennDOT with the save

PITTSBURGHERS FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT BOARD MEMBER TEAIRA COLLINS, CENTER, IS EXCITED ABOUT THE NEWS THAT PRT WON’T HAVE TO ELIMINATE BUS ROUTES IN 2026. For...

Black girls being referred to juvenile court on the decline

DR. KATHI ELLIOTT IS CEO OF GWEN'S GIRLS. (PHOTO BY J.L. MARTELLO) 152 in 2019, to just 11 in 2024 No one likes standing in front...

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