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PA not ready to pay wrongfully convicted
By Kalea Hall Point Park News Service After serving 17 years for a murder he did not commit, Terrell Johnson was finally able to walk out as a free man last September, yet Johnson has not received any form of assistance from the state to help him reintegrate back into society. Pennsylvania is one of [...]
Charter schools raise question of cost
By Brian Reed Point Park News Service Referring to statewide controversy involving charter school funding formulas, public school lobbyist Ron Cowell likes to point to disparities in educational costs that, in some cases, have resulted in a difference of over $12,000 per year in spending on a single child. That issue and others caused former [...]
Autism charity walk heads to Heinz Field
By Marc Witkin Point Park News Service In many ways, Will McLinden III is a typical 10-year-old boy. He enjoys video games, cartoons and his three bulldogs. At first glance, one might not recognize that McLinden has autism. Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at age 2, McLinden has poor motor skills, immune deficiencies, food allergies [...]
Reality show acts as platform for drag culture
Story and photos by Sara Payne Point Park News Service Most Monday nights, Brandon White transforms into the female character Bambi Bulimic. After countless layers of purple glue stick on his eyebrows making a smooth surface, he carefully applies the white powder and brown lines that turn his masculine features into Bambi’s higher eyebrows and [...]
Social media reshapes the courts
By Marina Weis Point Park News Service Eleven minutes before the Boston marathon explosions, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, can be seen from security camera footage carrying large backpacks. Footage from another security camera as well as photographs show them walking toward the finish line, according to a criminal complaint. Within three days, [...]
India market offers hand-made goods
Kaitlyn Castelli Point Park News Service On a hot summer day, a woman readied herself for another day of work for her cause in the busy hall of a local convention center. She is an Indian woman of average height, her thick black hair hovers just above her shoulders, and her scarf and necklace matched [...]
Hollywood Theater raises funds to save ‘Rocky Horror’ screenings
Lauren Finkel Point Park News Service The lights dim at the Hollywood Theater in Dormont and a pair of bright red lips appear on screen. The beginning scene to “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” plays as a lone cast member struts toward the screen down the dark aisle of the theater. As the movie progresses, [...]
Consol increases security after Boston bombing
By Chris Dazen Point Park News Service In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon tragedy, fans of the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team are facing extra security measures with the team headed into the playoffs. “I already felt safe, but it is easy to see why the increased concern is there,” said Brandon King, a Penguins [...]
Belly dancer puts ‘personality’ into dance
By Elizabeth Hays Point Park News Service With a head flip, a mass of hair flew through the air landing wildly around her coin-clad petite body draped in gypsy fabrics. A quick hook kick of her left leg sent her body spiraling around only to abruptly stop with perfect posture. With a coy smile she [...]
PNC: green groundbreaker, the financial giant creates the world’s greenest building
By Veronica Kropf The Pioneer In 1998, when Rebecca Flora heard on the radio that PNC Financial Services Inc. was beginning construction on what became its Firstside Center in downtown Pittsburgh, she decided to make a chance phone call to see if the company would consider employing sustainable business practices. “I just thought this would [...]
