Author: Jamie Wiggan
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When Sto-Rox High School found itself without a marching band director last summer it looked like the program would be suspended, at least temporarily. But senior student Chrystal Sircely was determined to keep the group alive, so she reluctantly agreed to lead while a permanent replacement was found. She spent the next six weeks picking…
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As the board prepares to approve a sweeping financial recovery plan next month, Sto-Rox officials are looking to stave off tuition payments to external charter and cyber schools by boosting the district’s in-house cyber programming. Sto-Rox launched its cyber academy – Virtual Viking – during the summer of 2020, while the coronavirus pandemic was in…
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A Stowe convenience store clerk has been charged by county police for allegedly assaulting a young female customer while on the job. According to police reports, a Galaxy Market employee named Mohamed Segane touched a 22-year-old female customer’s crotch after he noticed a hole in her pants. He then pulled her body toward his using…
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Ongoing work to replace aging gas lines along Broadway Avenue causes frequent traffic disruptions and parking restrictions throughout Stowe’s main business district. Local business owners say ongoing work to replace long stretches of gas lines around Stowe’s Broadway Avenue is hurting them and their customers. Since getting underway last summer, the work has persistently disrupted…
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As Russian troops fired on Ukraine’s second-largest city throughout Sunday, Orthodox faith communities here in McKees Rocks gathered to pray. “We pray God will turn the hearts of the Russian soldiers and the president of Russia,” Father Timothy Tomson said to his parishioners at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church in McKees Rocks. “Take it from…
