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New Pittsburgh Courier to honor 50 Women of Excellence June 20
Category: Metro Written by Courier Newsroom
2013 50 WOMEN OF EXCELLENCE HONOREE OLGA GEORGE - KDKA
PITTSBURGH, PA - The New Pittsburgh Courier will host its 2013 Women of Excellence Awards Luncheon on Thursday, June 20, 2013 in the Grand Ballroom of the Omni William Penn Hotel.
This year, the New Pittsburgh Courier is also pleased to be honoring Ms. Bev Smith as the 2013 Legacy Award Honoree.
Ms. Smith began her television and radio career in 1971 when she was named Pittsburgh's first African-American Consumer Investigative Reporter for WPXI-TV. In 1975. she was named News and Public Affairs Director for Sheridan Broadcasting and hosted a lively talk show on Sheridan's flagship station, WAMO.
Since then, Bev Smith has taken her "fire brand" style of talk shows to KDKA and WTAE Radio in Pittsburgh, WNWS in Miami, WKIS in Orlando and WRC in Washington, DC.
Bev also worked at Black Entertainment Television for over thirteen years as the host of the popular national television talk show "Our Voices".
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Last Updated on Saturday, 15 June 2013 23:26
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Cook-Off fundraiser to inspire youth that ‘Men Can Cook’
Category: Metro Written by Genea Webb - Courier Features Writer
ORGANIZERS—The organizers are Jeanette Meacham, Theda Fuqua, Audrey Parker, Denise Johnson, Leo Halcomb, Cheryl Hurt, Greg Kelly and Jackie Moore. (Photos by J. L. Martello)
Clairton resident Leo Halcomb has been cooking since he was a little boy.
“I was raised in a restaurant that my mom and grandmother lived in Clairton on State Street,” Halcomb said.
Last Updated on Thursday, 13 June 2013 11:56
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Senate works to meet liquor law deadline
Category: Metro Written by Christian Morrow - Courier Staff Writer
May 14, 2013 - Senator McIlhinney and members of the Senate Law and Justice Committee held a second hearing to examine the governor’s liquor privatization plan.
Less than a week after the PA Senate concluded committee hearings on liquor privatization, advertisements opposing such a change have already appeared on local television. Doubtless, they are on the air in Harrisburg also when one man, state Sen. Charles McIllhinney, R-Bucks, is trying to write a more palatable bill than the one passed by the state house in March.
Last Updated on Thursday, 13 June 2013 11:06
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Pitt hosts national summit tackling poverty research cuts
Category: Metro Written by Rebecca Nuttall - Courier Staff Writer
LARRY DAVIS
As a result of sequestration cuts, the National Institutes of Health will see funding for medical research reduced from $5.6 billion to $4.77 billion. Similarly, federal funding for the National Science Foundation is being reduced by $586 million.
Last Updated on Thursday, 13 June 2013 17:49
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Multiple PAT route changes
Category: Metro Written by Christian Morrow - Courier Staff Writer
Starting Sunday, nearly 430 stops will be eliminated from 36 Port Authority of Allegheny County bus routes in the first phase of a consolidation process approved four years ago. The stops being cut are those used the least.
Last Updated on Thursday, 13 June 2013 10:50
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