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🌱 McKeesport’s title chase runs through a rematch with Montour

McKeesport, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings McKeesport! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • McKeesport’s title chase runs through a rematch with Montour
  • One hospitalized after shooting near McKeesport Shop 'N Save
  • Sluganski trial turns to physical evidence on second day

Also on today's calendar: Mobile Food Bank and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 63 and low of 45 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cloudy, showers; cooler, temps: high: 51, low: 36.
  • Friday: Cloudy with a few showers, with a high of 40 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Kemon Spell, the nation's top-ranked running back, looks to deliver long-awaited championship to McKeesport (pennlive.com) — McKeesport’s bid for its first WPIAL football title since 2005 faces a familiar obstacle Friday, Nov. 13: Montour, which beat the Tigers earlier this season. After three straight championship-game losses, Georgia-bound running back Kemon Spell and fellow senior Javien Robinson are leading another push, fresh off a 48-16 playoff win over Blackhawk.
   

2. Morning Roundup: Man stabbed with butcher knife in East Allegheny (triblive.com) — One person was taken to the hospital after a shooting near the Shop 'N Save on Fifth Avenue in McKeesport around 9:30 p.m. Monday, WTAE reported. No information about the person's condition or the circumstances of the shooting was available in the report.
   

3. Day 2 of Sluganski Trial: Jurors shown damaged police vest, undershirt from deadly shooting (wtae.com) — Jurors in the trial of Jonathan Morris, accused of killing McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski in 2023, examined his damaged vest and clothing Tuesday. Medical examiner's office witnesses explained the physical evidence during the second day of testimony. Morris faces homicide and other charges in the shooting, which also wounded Officer Chuck Thomas.
   

4. McKeesport woman looks for answers after losing power to half her home for over a month (wtae.com) — McKeesport resident Valerie Findley says half her outlets have been unusable for more than six weeks, leaving her without major appliances. She says an electrician blamed equipment under Duquesne Light's responsibility, but the utility says its service works properly and water is entering customer-maintained equipment. Findley plans legal action.
   

5. Mary Jean "Jean" Cappiello, 86, Ridgway (theriver989.com) — Mary Jean “Jean” Cappiello, a McKeesport native who raised her family in Ridgway, died Nov. 5 at 86. A former Elk County corrections officer, she is remembered for welcoming family and friends to Sunday dinners. A memorial Mass is scheduled for Jan. 1 at St. Leo Magnus Church in Ridgway.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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