Clairton News

More than six months after firing up a new battery of coke ovens designed to reduce emissions from one of the region's most common sources of air quality complaints, U.S. Steel is still trying to bring the new equipment at its Clairton plant into compliance with county emissions requirements.

The organizers are Jeanette Meacham, Theda Fuqua, Audrey Parker, Denise Johnson, Leo Halcomb, Cheryl Hurt, Greg Kelly and Jackie Moore.

Anthony Jefferson, 28, sustained two gunshot wounds to the arm after attempting to elude police when he was pulled over by two Clairton officers, authorities said.

A man who threatened a paralyzed Pittsburgh-area police officer and disrupted a court hearing has been sentenced to 35 to 70 months in prison.

Twelve years after Tanya Kach lost 10 years of her childhood to the clutches of a Pennsylvania kidnapper, the fairy-tale prom she missed so many years ago has finally come true.

The Panthers are one of a slew of programs that have offered him, but find themselves as a finalist for his services.

The DEP says the code orange alert is in effect Thursday for the Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Lehigh Valley, Liberty-Clairton, and Susquehanna Valley areas.

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued an ozone air quality alert for much of Pennsylvania.

About 60 concerned Clairton residents, business owners and city officials convened for a town hall meeting on May 16 in an effort to keep the city's only bank-a PNC located at 571 Miller Avenue-open. "We are all here because we're devastated that PNC is closing.

Event organizers, Luther and Roxanne Sewell encompass Honorable Vanessa Lowery Brown, Pennsylvania state representative and president of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus.