Allegheny County, PA — The last coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County is no more.
The smokestacks at the former Cheswick power plant came down Friday morning.
The scheduled implosion of the two chimneys took place about a year after the plant officially closed.
The two chimneys, one 552 feet tall and the other 750 feet tall, fell into the old coal yard to the north of the property. Read More...
(AP) — Bill Walton was never afraid to be himself.
Larger than life, only in part because of his nearly 7-foot frame, Walton was a two-time NCAA champion at UCLA, a two-time champion in the NBA, a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, an on-court icon in every sense of the word. And off the court, Walton was a chronic fun-seeker, a broadcaster who adhered to no conventional norms and took great joy in that, a man with a deeply serious side about the causes that mattered most to him. Read More...
JOHNSTOWN — After a solid 5-1 victory in Saturday’s PSAC Central Division opener against Clarion at V.E. Erickson Complex, Kristie Radvan drove in three, and Ashley Pagliei tossed a one-hitter to lead Pitt-Johnstown to a 9-1 win in five innings to complete the sweep. The Mountain Cats improved to 10-10 overall and 2-2 in conference-play.
In the opener, Pitt-Johnstown jumped out to a 3-0 first-inning lead and went on to the 5-1 win Read More...