PITTSBURG, Kan. — The Pittsburg State College wind ensemble will carry out at 7 p.m. Thursday within the Linda & Lee Scott Efficiency Corridor on the Bicknell Household Heart for the Arts.
The live performance will embody normal and up to date works for wind bands. It’s below the route of Andrew Chybowski.
Admission is free and open to the general public.
A third case of whooping cough has been reported at Rostraver Elementary School in the Belle Vernon Area district in Westmoreland County.
Belle Vernon Area Superintendent Dr. Timothy Glasspool notified the school community late last week of the newly reported case. Two cases at the school had previously been confirmed.
In the letter to the community, Dr. Glasspool said that the Pennsylvania Department of Health isn’t recommending any changes to school operations, but asking all staff members and families to closely monitor any symptoms.
“We strongly encourage families to keep students home if they are showing signs of illness, especially if they are coughing,” Dr. Glasspool said.
Last year, cases of whooping cough spiked on the state and national level, and Allegheny County’s newly released data shows the county was hit hard.
Whooping cough is characterized by violent or prolonged coughing, and is highly contagious.
PITTSBURGH — Hollis Mathis is returning to where it all started.
The former Penn Hills star grew up just in Pittsburgh and was a huge Steelers fan. This weekend, he earned a rookie minicamp tryout and had the chance to showcase that he should be on an NFL roster.
For Mathis, it is a dream come true. He used to put himself onto Steelers teams in Madden, hoping this would be reality one day. For at least two days, it was for Mathis.
“It’s always been a dream of mine. This is definitely dream come true, pretty much in every way imaginable,” Mathis said. “I’m soaking it all in. Trying to learn as much as I can and trying to get a lot better in these few days.”
For more Steelers connections, Mathis knew head coach Mike Tomlin growing up. Mathis and Tomlin’s son, Dino, played on the same 7-on-7 team, so Mathis knew Coach Tomlin as Mr. Tomlin. Now, he got to see who he was behind the scenes.
“I learned that this organization is pretty much what it looks like from the outside. It’s a great organization,” Mathis said. “A lot of very smart people teaching a great game. I’m just blessed and honored to even be around. So I’m just happy to get better every day and try to learn what I can… His oldest, Dino, we played sports against each other for a very long time. I always saw Coach Tomlin as Mr. Tomlin. Dino’s dad. It was very cool to finally be in a space to see him and call him ‘Coach’ and have that kind of relationship with him.”
Mathis played at the same college Tomlin did, too, at William and Mary. He played an array of positions with the Tribe. Mathis was a quarterback, running back, and wide receiver. He was just the second player in NCAA history to finish his career with more than 1000 passing yards, rushing yards, and receiving yards.
At his pro day, Mathis ran a 4.59 40-yard dash and projects likely as a wide receiver. Mathis’ best tests were his explosiveness drils, where he posted a 36.5-inch vertical and a 10-foot-10-inch broad jump.
A 6-foot-1, 174-pound player, Mathis has a trait in versatility that no one else at the camp will have. His quarterback background helps him at wide receiver.
“I think it just allows me to pick up the offense really, really quick. It allows me to see things from a different perspective. I understand windows. I understand, you know, how to be quarterback friendly. I know what the quarterback is looking for on a play,” Mathis said.
Mathis is hoping those two days parlayed into a contract. After Saturday’s practice, he was out on the field for an extra 25 minutes working with undrafted free agent Roc Taylor.
“I don’t really care that much about the aesthetics or the show of it all. I am honestly completely bought into getting better,” Mathis said. “Roc here is an unbelievable receiver, and I’ve noticed that he’s really good at the craft. So we were able to build a relationship. I wanted to see if he could help me out with some stuff. And if we could have did it in the locker room, away from everybody’s eyes, we would have, but there’s not enough space, and so we just wanted to get a couple extra reps.”
Mathis won the PIAA 5A Title with Penn Hills in 2018, a loaded team that included former Penn State standout and Buffalo Bills cornerback Daequan Hardy. Now, Mathis hopes he can achieve his own NFL dreams.
Allegheny County police have charged two teenagers in connection with a shots-fired incident in North Braddock.
The Eastern Regional Mon-Valley Police Department was dispatched just after 1:30 p.m. on May 4 to the 700 block of 6th Street after receiving reports of shots fired.
Responding officers determined that an occupied vehicle was shot at and hit multiple times, but no one was injured.
The Eastern Regional Mon-Valley Police Department requested the assistance of the Allegheny County Police Department’s General Investigations Unit to initiate a larger investigation.
County detectives determined that the incident began in Braddock Borough. The suspects’ vehicle was reported stolen from North Huntingdon Township but recovered in the city of Pittsburgh at approximately 7:30 p.m. on May 4, according to a news release from the Allegheny County Police Department.
Witness interviews and social media posts led detectives to identify the suspects as 15-year-old Nasir Williams and 17-year-old Jmeire Estes.
On May 9, county detectives, Eastern Regional Mon-Valley police, and North Versailles Township police executed a warrant on Maple Street in East Pittsburgh, where Estes was taken into custody. Detectives also recovered four firearms from where Estes was taken into custody.
Pittsburgh police, in conjunction with the U.S. Marshals Service, took Williams into custody on May 9 in Pittsburgh. Williams was found to have a stolen firearm at the time of his arrest, the release added.
Williams and Estes will be charged as adults, county police said after conferring with the district attorney’s office.
Williams and Estes face multiple charges, including aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by a minor, recklessly endangering another person, and criminal conspiracy.
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