Penn Middle News Today

Up until three weeks before Jackie Landram died from ovarian cancer, she was doing what she loved: teaching. Landram taught seventh grade English at Penn Middle School in Penn Township for 16 years. She died at home at age 44 on Jan. 25, 2022, following a seven year battle with

Standing on the Penn Middle School auditorium stage, John Halligan looked out at more than 500 students, many of whom reflected the same youthful innocence as his 13-year-old son, Ryan, who died by suicide in 2003. Just as Halligan has done for the past 18 years — for about 
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Will Hoffman’s main motivation for running the New York City Marathon on Sunday has little to do with a finishing time or position. Rather, Will and about 25 other runners are chasing down a fundraising goal of $150,000 for the Children’s Tumor Foundation — an organization that supports research for

The children of Uvalde, Texas, are no different than the children of Greensburg or New Kensington or Pittsburgh. The parents of Uvalde are no different than the parents of Latrobe or Sewickley or Tarentum. The kids of Robb Elementary were looking forward to school ending on Thursday and the start

Nine-year-old Zyire Sanu reached deep into a shopping cart loaded with toys to locate a package containing boxing gloves that he had picked from a shelf at Walmart in North Huntingdon. After locating the gear and declaring them his favorite selection of the day, the Pittsburgh kid turned to his

Vietnam veteran Tim Brennan was among the few dozen volunteers who turned out on Dec. 19, 2020 — after a blizzard dumped 9 inches of snow on the region — to lay wreaths on 660 veteran grave sites in two Jeannette cemeteries in the inaugural Wreaths Across America event held

Penn Township police questioned a man who they suspect is responsible for an unsuccessful robbery attempt at a convenience store-gas station in Harrison City Wednesday. Police Chief John Otto said the attempted robbery occurred about 11:15 a.m. when a man entered a BP station at the corner of Harrison City-Export

TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Harrison Park Elementary School in the Penn-Trafford School District will be closed until Monday due to two active covid cases in the building, according to a statement from Superintendent Matthew Harris. Students will learn from home Thursday and Friday. One student and one staff member tested positive for coronavirus within the last two weeks. The student case was reported Wed...

Monday, Jan. 18, 2021 3:49 p.m. | Monday, Jan. 18, 2021 3:49 p.m. Students arrive for classes on the first day of school at Penn-Trafford School District’s McCullough Elementary on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. McCullough Elementary School in Penn-Trafford School District was closed Monday due to two positive coronavirus cases, the latest in a string of short-term shutdowns in a...