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Photos: Pittsburg High to induct 2024 football Hall of Fame class

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Pittsburg High School will induct its 2024 football Hall of Fame class May 18 at Pittsburg’s Church of the Good Shepherd. Inductees will include five players, a coach, a distinguished alumnus, a contributor and two teams.

Players being inducted are Frank Cardinalli Sr. (1957-58 teams); Cy Simonton (1992-93); Ryan Ponce (1994-96); Augie Torres (1998-2000); and Albert Toeaina (1999-2001). The coach being inducted is Larry Rodriguez (1979-90), whose teams won three league titles and two North Coast Section titles.

The 2024 Hall of Fame distinguished alumnus is Nick Aliotti from Pittsburg High’s Class of 1972, who went on to be a college and NFL coach. Next year’s contributor inductee is Joe Narez from the Class of 1957.

Pittsburg High football teams being inducted are from 1932 (10-0-2, won Contra Costa County Athletic League title) and 2003 (10-2-1, won the Bay Valley Athletic League title and was a North Coast Section Division I runner-up.

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On this date in Penguins history: Matt Murray, Patric Hornqvist clinch the 2017 Cup for Pittsburgh

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Seven years ago today, the Penguins won their second straight Stanley Cup and fifth in franchise history with a shutout win on the road in Game 6 against the Nashville Predators.

Not much went well for the Penguins in the two games at Bridgestone Arena earlier in the series, but Pittsburgh was flying high heading into the sixth game of the series on the heels of a laugher of a win at PPG Paints Arena three nights earlier.

And what a tight Game 6 it was.

A scoreless first period. A scoreless second period.

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An almost scoreless third period.

With time ticking away and just 1:35 left in regulation and no goals scored, Patric Hornqvist struck against his former team and did so in the most Patric Hornqvist way possible.

What a scrappy goal.

Carl Hagelin would put the game and the Stanley Cup Final on ice with an empty-net goal, making the Penguins the first back-to-back champions in nearly 20 years.

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Matt Murray’s performances in Game 5 and Game 6 were a thing of legend status, posting shutouts on the heels of 5-1 and 4-1 losses in the two games prior.



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Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Completes Restoration of Pittsburgh Streetcar

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Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Completes Restoration of Pittsburgh Streetcar

The museum did a ceremonial “rollout” of Pittsburgh Railways 1138 on June 5. Photo Courtesy of Pennsylvania Trolley Museum.

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The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum celebrated the completed restoration of Pittsburgh Railways 1138 with a ceremonial “rollout” on June 5, in a private thank you event for its volunteers who worked on the historic car.

Car 1138 is a very early example of a PCC streetcar, built in 1937 by the St. Louis Car Company, and was one of more than 600 delivered to Pittsburgh Railways. The PCC car (named for the President’s Conference Committee) represented a quantum leap in streetcar design – it was designed to effectively compete with the automobile (which it could out-accelerate) through improvements in engineering and performance, not to mention style.

Acquired by the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in 1961, car 1138 was cosmetically restored to its mid-1950s appearance in 2001 courtesy of Adtranz (now Alstrom) in their Elmira, N.Y., facility. Since then PTM volunteers have worked tirelessly to complete the overall of the car’s electrical system and other details to make it operational. 

The car is expected to be in service throughout the year. For more information visit pa-trolley.org. 

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Part of Route 119 is closed in Westmoreland County. What to know before hitting the road.

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Part of Route 119 is closed in Westmoreland County. What to know before hitting the road.


Route 119 closing in Westmorland County

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HEMPFIELD, Pa. (KDKA) — If you’re traveling in and out of Greensburg along Route 119 over the next few weeks, find a different route. 

Route 119, also known as New Alexandria Road, is closed in Hempfield Township between Hannastown and Forbes Trail roads.

And despite the turnarounds, most people took the closure in stride on Monday, but they were all caught a little off guard.

“I saw a sign that said local traffic allowed through, so I was assuming I could make it. But I wasn’t making it through,” motorist Annalise Shank said. “It will be a bit of an incontinence. When I leave from home and head to Greensburg before work, this is the shortcut I take to get over to the other side of town. So, kind of a bummer that I got to turn around now and add that into my daily travels.”

“There is always construction everywhere you go,” said Alice Mankie of New Alexandra. “So, I don’t mind.”

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The reason for this closure is the construction of a bridge over a branch of Crabtree Creek. The construction will also include improvements to the bridge’s approach, drainage, guardrails and signage.

The best detour KDKA-TV found is to use Forbes Trail Road to Hannastown Road if you are heading into Greensburg, and the reverse if you are heading out. The total detour time is about two to three minutes.

The total cost of this construction project is around $1 million. Weather permitting, the project should be wrapped up by the end of June.

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Chris DeRose is a reporter for KDKA-TV. He has been a reporter, producer, host and actor for over 15 years, starting his professional career in Chicago back in 2007.

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