Pittsburg, PA
Pittsburgh-area non-profit organization collects supplies to distribute to those in need
GREEN TREE, Pa. (KDKA) — A non-profit organization in Green Tree is helping the environment.
When stepping into Global Links, you’re met with thousands of donated chairs, beds, tables and other supplies that fill shelf after shelf.
“Walkers and wheelchairs, sutures, anything you can think of that you might use in a hospital, we have it here,” Stacy Bodow, outreach and engagement manager at Global Links.
All of the medical supplies are new.
“We have about 400 different soft supply items, medical supplies that you would see in any hospital that are regularly coming through,” Bodow said.
One morning, KDKA-TV saw workers loading up furniture that will travel by land and then sea to Honduras, where a hospital recently burned down and lost everything.
“Everybody got out safely, but the whole hospital is gone. They need to replace the entire thing,” Bodow said.
Much of the items the non-profit organization sends were donated from local universities and hospitals like UPMC. It also partners with 1,200 local groups.
“What can we do to help the communities and the environment overall?” said Michael Carlson, director of environmental services at UPMC Mercy.
The partnership between Global Links and UPMC has even helped keep unwanted items out of the landfill.
“Waiting room furniture that we didn’t need in the hospital anymore,” Carlson said. “Things like that, that we were just storing. Instead of throwing it out in the dumpster, we’re donating it.”
But it’s the volunteers who are keeping things moving at Global Links. Many are from local universities, church groups or are retired.
“This is fun,” one volunteer said. “It’s one of the best parts of the week.”
Two people were injured in a shooting at a Kroger in Warren County, Ohio, police said on Friday night.
In a post on Facebook, the Hamilton Township Police Department said the shooting happened at the store on State Route 48 in Maineville.
Police said officers were called to the Kroger around 7:30 p.m. for a report of a shooting. At the scene, officers found two people with non-life-threatening injuries, but the extent of their injuries was not immediately released. CBS affiliate WKRC reported that Hamilton Township Chief of Police Scott Hughes said the two people were injured after someone shot into the store’s vestibule.
In an update just after 11 p.m. on Friday, Hamilton Township police said on Facebook that investigators made an arrest, saying “more info will be released later.” Police added after the shooting that there was no immediate threat to the public.
Law enforcement said the store will remain closed for the night, and the investigation continues. No additional information was released on Friday, with Hamilton Township police adding that more information will be released as it becomes available.
A West Deer Township woman captured video of an Amazon driver illegally passing a school bus on Saxonburg Boulevard, saying it’s not the first time it has happened.
“They act like it’s a racetrack,” Carley Gavulich said of Tuesday’s incident. “What if there was multiple children? What if you were to hit my child, anyone’s child?”
It felt too close to home for Gavulich. She was waiting for her son to come off the bus from Curtisville Primary Center when it happened on Tuesday.
“He actually was getting his new dirt bike delivered, so that’s why we were even recording,” she said.
She wanted to get his reaction to the dirt bike. Instead, the bus driver pulled up, and the Amazon Prime truck blew past the stop-arm.
“The Deer Lakes School District’s top priority is always the safety, security, and wellbeing of its students,” a spokesperson for the district said on Friday. “The District is aware of the situation and is taking all steps to address any concerns.”
A spokesperson for Amazon told KDKA it is looking into the incident and will take appropriate actions after a review.
“Amazon should hold him 100% accountable,” Gavulich said.
But whoever was driving is not the only person Gavulich believes needs a bus safety refresher. She said her husband has witnessed vehicles blowing by the stop-arm at least seven times.
Both are grateful that the bus driver saw the delivery truck coming and stopped her son from getting off.
“She is amazing, 100 percent props to her. If she would have let him off that bus, we would be having a different conversation,” Gavulich said.
The chief of the West Deer Police Department told KDKA that someone in the community had notified him about this. He added that all the district’s buses have cameras and that an officer will review the video and approve the violation.
That video from the bus has not come in yet, though, the chief said on Friday, adding that it can take a few days.
Two parents are facing charges after police say more than 60 teenagers were drinking at a large party in their Plum Borough home.
According to court paperwork, Ian and Corrine Dryburgh have been charged with endangering the welfare of children, corruption of minors, and furnishing liquor to minors stemming from the incident that happened at a home in Plum Borough late last month.
Police said that officers went to the home after receiving a tip about a large party involving high school aged children.
When officers arrived at the home, they found numerous teenagers, empty beer cans and empty seltzer cans, and multiple bottles of vodka.
The parents told police that a birthday party for their 17-year-old daughter got out of hand and that some kids has been kicked out, but more came and they didn’t know what to do.
According to the criminal complaint, officers said they had been called to the home two previous times for similar reasons.
Police said a total of 66 underage kids were at the home.
Court records show that both parents have been cited via summons and preliminary hearings are scheduled for mid-April.
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