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Pittsburg VFW Post 5398 designated as Purple Heart Post
PITTSBURG, Texas (KLTV) – The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5398 in Pittsburg was given the honor of becoming a Purple Heart Post. This designation allows Purple Heart recipients, meaning those who were wounded in combat, along with other veterans to have a place of camaraderie.
Roman Eble is the post commander. He wanted bring this honor here after attending the recognition at the Mineola Post. He also wanted to shine a light on its importance.
“Well, this will educate the community. A lot of people see a purple heart, they might see it on a plate, but really don’t understand what a purple heart is and what it means to receive a purple heart,” Eble said.
To qualify, a post is required to have a member who is a Purple Heart recipient. Another qualification is the service a Post does for the community.
At Post 5398, one of their efforts is an outreach program to help those who have returned from war, especially combat wounded veterans.
Lisa Holmes Lumkwitz is a surviving spouse of a Purple Heart recipient. She is also involved with the Military Order of the Purple Heart, the group that gave the designation.
Lumkwitz talks about the value of the Post’s outreach program.
“It’s real critical for those folks, because when they come back, often times they feel forgotten, they don’t want to talk about it. So it’s really good, the outreach that they have here in Camp County, and we were very impressed with it.”
And since the Post’s inception in 1972, the designation brings honor to past Post members who were were Purple Heart recipients themselves.
“So it’s a great honor and reflection of their dedication to service in the military,” said Eric Walter with the Military Order of the Purple Heart.
In the state of Texas, there are over 47,000 living recipients of the Purple Heart.
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Road closures announced for this week’s Thanksgiving morning Turkey Trot in Pittsburgh
Several road closures have been announced ahead of this week’s Turkey Trot in Pittsburgh that is held on Thanksgiving morning.
This week’s YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh Turkey Trot will be the 35th annual event that’s put on by P3R.
P3R says the event is expected to welcome more than 8,000 participants from 38 states and numerous countries, including Great Britain, France, Ireland, Australia, and Canada.
This year’s races include the 5-mile, the 5K, the 1-Mile Family Fun Run, and the Double Gobble, which consists of competing in both the 5K and the 5-mile.
All races will kick off along West General Robinson Street and will finish along North Shore Drive near PNC Park.
Road closures for the races will be in effect starting at 6:30 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning and are expected to be lifted by 11 a.m. that day.
On the North Shore and on the North Side, roads that will be closed include parts of the course on the Roberto Clemente Bridge, on the Andy Warhol Bridge, on River Avenue, and several areas surrounding Allegheny Commons Park.
In the Downtown Pittsburgh area, roads that will be closed include parts of Fort Duquesne Boulevard, Liberty Avenue, Penn Avenue, Stanwix Street, and the Boulevard of the Allies.
Parking restrictions will begin at 4:30 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning for roads included in the race routes.
Full course maps and road closure maps can be found online.
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers’ playoff hopes are quickly slipping down the drain following another painful loss.
The Steelers dropped another winnable game, continuing a disturbing trend this season in a 31-28 defeat to the Chicago Bears in Week 12. The loss dropped their record to 6-5 with six games remaining in the regular season schedule.
Not only are they one game above .500, their stranglehold on the AFC North has suddenly evaporated. The Baltimore Ravens now have the same overall record as Pittsburgh and a better divisional record, putting them in first place in the division. Unless the Steelers reclaim the North and find a way to clinch the division, their chances of making the playoffs are painfully low.
The Steelers’ road to the playoffs is rather simple. They need to win the AFC North to guarantee a spot in the postseason.
Trying to claim a Wild Card spot is a dangerous and risky proposition for a team that’s failed to win crucial games on multiple occassions this season.
Making matters worse is the loaded AFC playoff picture. Three teams in the AFC South and the AFC West have six wins, while two teams in the AFC East have at least that many victories.
This means securing a Wild Card spot could require 10 wins. Are the Steelers confident they can win four out of their final six games to get to that mark? Otherwise, the only possible way forward is through their own division.
Just like the NFL script writers draw it up and the fans love, the Steelers and Ravens have two matchups scheduled between Weeks 13 and 18 of the regular season. Both games are now absolute must-wins for both teams.
Their first matchup comes in Week 14, when the Steelers travel to M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore to take on the Ravens. Their second matchup concludes the regular season schedule for both squads, as the Ravens and Steelers could very likely decide the division winner and which one of these organizations participate in the postseason.
The answer to that question, which is a resounding no, is even simpler than the Steelers’ path to the playoffs.
The Steelers have failed on multiple occasions this season. When facing inferior teams, like their Thursday Night Football debacle against the Cincinnati Bengals earlier in the year, they crumble. When they face potential playoff teams, as they did in their Week 10 drubbing by the Los Angeles Chargers, they crumble.
Yes, the team has had great performances this year. They defeated the worst organization in football to open the season despite allowing more than 30 points to the New York Jets. They traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to defeat the Minnesota Vikings. They created six turnovers against the Indianapolis Colts to hand one of the top teams in the league a surprising loss.
Those wins came in Week 1, Week 4 and 9. As great as it is to have your team play well every third or fourth week of the season, it’s a fairly difficult task to make the playoffs and then succeed there at that pace. The team has six weeks left to fix many issues and revive their season, but their playoff chances are dwindling quickly as the 2025 schedule continues.
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