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by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer

Aha! Now we know what the "D" stands for in Rep. La'Tasha D. Mayes. It stands for, "Delivers." That's Rep. Mayes' story, and she's sticking to it, as she announced she was running for re-election for the 24th Pa. House District. She made the announcement in East Liberty, Jan. 22. East Liberty is one of the neighborhoods that the 24th District encompasses, along with Homewood, Larimer, Lin-

coln-Lemington and other nearby neighborhoods.

If she wins re-election, it will be a third term in Harrisburg for Rep. Mayes. When former Pittsburgh mayor Ed Gainey relinquished his 24th House District seat to run for mayor in 2021, it was Rep. Mayes who ran for the seat in 2022 and won. "I may not have started off in Pittsburgh, but this is my destination," said Rep. Mayes, a Philadelphia native. "My commitment is to the people of the Greater Pittsburgh

community, the people of the 24th District. I'm committed to workers, to moms, to small businesses and entrepreneurs...I'm committed to this community and I serve because I love this community." Representative Mayes didn't come to the event by herself. Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Austin Davis was there, as was Pa. Democratic Party Chair Eugene DePasquale.

“Rep. La’Tasha D. Mayes understands what it takes to move Pennsylvania forward,” said Lt. Gov. Da-

vis. “She fights every day for economic opportunity and fairness, and she delivers for the workers, moms, and families that she represents. I’m proud to stand with her as she continues this important work in our state legislature.”

“Representative Mayes is exactly the kind of bold, principled leader our Commonwealth needs,” said DePasquale. “Her commitment to working families and the district

by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer

The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned exclusively that "The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Health," has been nominated for a 2026 NAACP Image Award in the category of "Outstanding Short Form Documentary (Film)." The documentary was directed by Pittsburgh's own Emmai Alaquiva and narrated by Viola Davis, the actress who has an "EGOT" (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards). The documentary, which was featured in the New Pittsburgh Courier in July 2024, follows the pregnancies of four Black women —Mariah Peoples, Rachel

Strader, Alana Yzola-Daly and Larissa Lane. All except Yzola-Daly are from Pittsburgh. The documentary sheds light on an often overlooked issue —Black maternal health, and the fact that in the U.S., more than twice as many Black babies die before their first birthday than White babies. That statistic holds true in Pennsylvania, where the infant mortality for Black babies in 2020 was 10.9 per 1,000 live births. If you thought the 10.9 rate was bad, the rate was even higher in 2010, when the rate was 14.4. When it comes to maternal mortality, Black women have it much worse, too. According to the Pa. Department of Health, in

2020, the maternal mortality rate, or the death of a woman during pregnancy or up to one year following the end of the pregnancy, regardless of the outcome of the pregnancy, was 83 per 100,000 live births. Broken down by race, White women’s maternal mortality rate in the state was 81, while Black women’s maternal mortality rate in the state was 148.

Since its release, the documentary has been screened in over 14 film festivals globally, produced over 20 private screenings and walked away with Best Short Documentary (Social Impact) at the 2025 Essence Film Festival and received

by Ashley Kelley

For New Pittsburgh Courier

For over 30 years, the Kappa Scholarship Endowment Fund of Western Pennsylvania (KSEF) has been doing the life-changing work of opening doors for young people who have the talent and drive to succeed but may not always have the resources. This year, that mission was amplified with the return of Klub Kappa, the

unique name the organization has selected for its primary annual scholarship fundraiser. Klub Kappa combines high-energy entertainment with an even higher purpose. The event revives a name used in previous years, reimagined as a New York City-style nightclub experience, complete with a dressto-impress theme, light shows, food, a photo booth, and live entertainment by

local favorites Chuck and the Fellas.

“This is our primary fundraiser of the year,” said Robert Powell, president of KSEF, in an exclusive interview with the New Pittsburgh Courier. “We fundraise for specific purposes of giving scholarships and some of the programs that we have.”

Founded in 1991 as the brainchild of the late Thomas Motley Sr., KSEF is affiliated with the Pittsburgh Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. The organization is fully volunteer-run and has made a significant im -

“THE EBONY CANAL” DIRECTOR EMMAI ALAQUIVA, CENTER, WITH RACHEL STRADER, LARISSA LANE, ALANA YZOLA-DALY AND MARIAH PEOPLES.

newsmakers of the 21st century

Special to NNPA Newswire

The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) represents the organized voice, survivor, and power of the Black Press in America. On the eve of Black History Month, we have chronicled the top Black newsmakers of the first quarter of the 21st century to honor Black impact through legacy, liberty, and justice. This list serves as a living record, centering Black leadership, innovation, and influence while ensuring today’s history is documented with clarity and intention for future generations. Our staff researched and reviewed news headlines and news articles for the last 25 years from our catalog of more than 200 member Black-owned newspapers across the United States with a reach of 20 million weekly readers from both our print and digital publications.

Since the Trayvon Martin case propelled him into the national consciousness, civil rights attorney Ben Crump has accumulated a distinction unmatched by any other Black American in the first quarter of the 21st century. A review of national media coverage shows Crump has appeared in more major headlines than any other Black figure over the last 25 years, according to NNPA sources, outpacing presidents, global entertainers, elite athletes, and cultural icons.

“Every time my name appears, it means we’re facing a constitutional crisis, winning a landmark case, or representing a family who is dealing with unimaginable loss,” Crump said. “The attention is not about me. It is about forcing America to confront what it too often wants to ignore.” Crump ranks first among Black Americans most cited in national headlines from 2000 to 2026. Former President Barack Obama ranks second, followed by Serena Williams, LeBron James, Vice President Kamala Harris, Simone Biles, Kanye West, Beyoncé, Michelle Obama, and Oprah Winfrey—making up the top 10 newsmakers of the century. The list spans politics, business, sports, and entertainment, yet Crump’s presence differs in kind. His name enters the news not through achievement tours or election cycles, but

through courtrooms, jury verdicts, and public demands for justice.

It goes without saying that President Obama, being the first Black president in U.S. history, dominated the headlines between 2008 and 2016. His rise from a mixedrace child who ascended to the Oval Office made him a global figure of democratic possibility. He and his wife, Michelle Obama, reshaped how power, grace, family, and intellect could coexist at the highest level. Though he still garners a significant amount of news coverage, the former president seems resigned to enjoy his status as a private citizen not having to be a part of the 24-hour news media cycle.

Serena Williams, LeBron James, and Simone Biles dominated the headlines in their respective sports arenas. Serena Williams won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the open era, male or female. She did it across three different decades, proving longevity and adaptability rarely seen in any sport. LeBron James was a permanent fixture in the headlines for over two decades, being considered the best basketball player on the planet on his way to becoming the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, a milestone once thought untouchable. Also there was Simone Biles, who dominated the sports headlines in the first quarter of the 21st century by becoming the greatest gymnast of all time, winning eleven Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals, making her the most decorated gymnast in history.

As the daughter of immigrants, Vice President Kamala Harris generated a significant amount of headlines by making history when she became the first woman to serve as Vice President of the United States after she already made history as the first Black woman to serve as a United States Senator from the state of California. In addition to dominating newspaper headlines, Oprah Winfrey also dominated television ratings by becoming one of the most powerful media figures in the world. She broke barriers as a Black woman who fully owned her voice, her platform, and her influence. Her show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, ran in national syndication for 25 years from 1986 to 2011, making her the wealthiest female celebrity and the richest Black woman in the world. Rounding out the top ten list is hip-hop musician Kanye West, who generated headlines because his public life appeared chaotic, sometimes controversial, and at times riveting. His music releases, fashion ventures, political statements, social outbursts, anti-Semitic remarks, and his very public personal drama kept him in the news cycle constantly, for better or worse.

Nevertheless, it was Crump who dominated more news headlines in our newspapers since his emergence in 2012, when he represented the family of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed 17-year-old killed in Sanford, Florida. That case placed Crump at the center of a national reckoning and established a legal model he seemed to create by fusing litigation not only in the court of law but also in the court of public opinion. Since then, the cases represented have become household names across America and throughout the world. He represented families connected to the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO (2014), children affected by the Flint Water Crisis (2016), and women, mainly minorities, in a mass tort lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson alleging

This Week In Black History A Courier Staple

• JANUARY 28

1938—Crystal Byrd Fauset becomes the first Black woman elected to a state legislature when she wins a seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

1944—Matthew Henson receives a medal from the U.S. Congress for being co-discoverer of the North Pole along with Robert Peary. The medal, however, came 35 years after the historic feat because Peary, a White man and Henson’s boss, received all the credit for decades. However, records show that Henson, leading a party of four Inuits (Eskimos) actually reached the North Pole 45 minutes before Peary.

to 24. Ratification was not completed until December 1865. The amendment read simply: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party has been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States nor any place subject to its jurisdiction.” The exception for crime led to the passage of a host of laws, especially in the South, specifically designed to criminalize certain behaviors and place Blacks back into involuntary servitude.

the company’s talcum powder products led to them being diagnosed with ovarian cancer (2018). He was appointed lead plaintiff co-counsel representing Black women users of chemical hair relaxers that led to them developing uterine cancer (2022), and he was omnipresent in the media representing the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery (2020). Crump was also a champion for Black history and Black culture by winning historical landmark cases for Henrietta Lacks in her medical racism reparations case in 2023; by leading Tamara Lanier, the descendant of her enslaved great-great-grandfather, Papa Renty, to victory in a 150-year-old lawsuit against Harvard University before the Massachusetts Supreme Court in 2023 for slave photographs that were appraised to be worth $100 million dollars; representing the family of Malcom X in a wrongful death lawsuit against the NYPD, the FBI, and the CIA; and he assisted the Black Farmers in reaching a 2.2 billion dollar settlement with the federal government in 2024.

Crump, who has been dubbed Black America’s Attorney General by Rev. Al Sharpton, proclaims that he is on a mission to raise the value of Black life in America. Most recently last month, Crump secured one of the most consequential verdicts of his career. A Florida jury awarded a $779.3 million compensatory verdict to the family of Lewis Butler, a Black security guard killed during an armed robbery at an internet café in Havana, Florida. Evidence showed the business failed to report a prior armed robbery involving a stolen firearm later used in Butler’s killing.

The verdict ranks among the largest negligent security wrongful death awards in American history.

“This verdict was about more than compensation,” Crump said at the time.

“It was about making sure businesses understand that Black life is not disposable, not today, not ever.”

The Butler verdict joined other record recoveries that included a $310 million verdict for a Black child that died at an amusement park, which is believed to be the largest amount recovered for a child; a $98.5 million verdict on behalf of Botham Jean’s family; a $27 million settlement for the George Floyd family; a $12 million settlement for the Breonna Taylor family; a $641 million settlement for children poisoned by Flint’s water supply; and more than $250 million recovered in what he refers to as “banking while Black” discrimination cases. Crump’s career has earned him national and international recognition. He has been named to the TIME100 list of the most influential people, Ebony Magazine’s Power 100, Forbes Magazine’s Inaugural Top 100 Lawyers, and The National Trial Lawyers Top 100. Despite the visibility, Crump maintains that prominence was never the goal.

“I would trade every headline if that meant Black people and poor people could achieve equal justice under the law.” Crump said. “Until that day comes, I will keep showing up, because justice does not happen on its own.”

“It is obvious from our vast readership within the Black community that this list of individuals who have become trusted household names represents the hopes, aspirations, and accomplishments collectively of Black culture thus far in the 21st century,” concluded Dr. Ben Chavis, the president and CEO of NNPA.

1989—After 62 years and numerous protests, the Colgate-Palmolive Company ends the sale of “Darkie Toothpaste.” The toothpaste, which was only sold in Asia, was renamed “Darlie” and the Sambo-style character on the tube was dropped.

• JANUARY 29

1837—The great Russian literary genius Alexander Pushkin dies on this day as a result of a duel. He is generally considered Russia’s greatest poet. Unlike many famous Europeans of color, Pushkin was proud of his Black heritage, which is traced to his great grandfather on his mother’s side—Ibrahim Petrovich Gannibal who was most probably an Ethiopian who became part of Russian royalty. Pushkin’s poetic style combined drama, romance and satire.

1908— Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity is incorporated. The Black Greek-letter organization was actually founded, however, on Dec. 4, 1906. The “brothers of the black and gold” have included as members a host of distinguished men ranging from W.E.B. DuBois to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 1913— Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority is incorporated. It is the nation’s oldest Black Greek-letter sorority having been founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C., in 1908. The AKAs are currently headquartered in Chicago, Ill. 1954—Talk-show diva Oprah Winfrey was born on this day in Kosciusko, Miss. However, she was raised in Nashville, Tenn. Winfrey ended her popular “Oprah” show in 2011. She has already launched her own network, OWN.

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JANUARY 30

1797— Sojourner Truth is born Isabella Baumfree in Ulster County, N.Y. She becomes the most influential and powerfully spoken Black female abolitionists of the 1800s. She worked with other fiery abolitionists including William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass. She says, in 1843, a spiritual revelation compelled her to change her name and preach for the end of slavery. She was also deeply religious and a strong spokesperson for a woman’s right to vote.

1797—The first multi-state organization of Blacks in America is formed when Black Masons in Boston, Mass., led by Prince Hall, create African-American Masonic lodges in Philadelphia, Pa., and Providence, R.I. Overtime, the Prince Hall Masons would become a major force in Black communities around the nation.

1800—The Census Bureau reveals that the United States has a population of 5,300,000 of which 1,002,000 or 19 percent were Blacks. Today, African Americans constitute roughly 13 percent of the U.S. population. However, the latest Census projections say the percentage of Blacks in America is not expected to grow over the next 40 years, while the Hispanic population is projected to skyrocket.

1926— The Harlem Globetrotters , a comedic but highly skilled basketball team, is organized by Abe Saperstein in Chicago, Ill. The group’s original name was the “Savoy Big Five” after Chicago’s Savoy Ballroom. However, in their early games they wore jerseys suggesting they were from New York. After World War II, they also achieved international fame playing in more than 100 countries. Some of the greatest names to play with the Globetrotters were Geese Ausbie, Goose Tatum, Marques Haynes, Curly Neal and Meadowlark Lemon.

1956—The Montgomery, Ala., home of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is bombed by racists apparently angered by his leadership of the Montgomery bus boycott, which set the modern Civil Rights Movement into motion. This would be the first of several attempts on the civil rights legend’s life.

• JANUARY 31

1865—Congress passes the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which upon ratification, abolished slavery in America. The vote was 121

1919—Baseball great Jackie Robinson in born in Cairo, Ga. He became the first Black to play in the White major league of baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. He played from 1947 to 1956. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1962. Prior to the Dodgers, Robinson played with the Kansas City Monarchs of the old Negro Baseball League. He retired as perhaps the most admired man in baseball and died in 1972. 1963— James Baldwin’s influential collection of essays, “The Fire Next Time” is published. The essays warn White America that they can expect racial turmoil if they do not address issues of injustice in America. Baldwin expected Blacks to show Whites how to avoid conflict by adopting a redemptive spirit. Born in Harlem, N.Y., in 1924, Baldwin became a homosexual apparently as a result of being raised by a non-emotionally supportive and often cruel father.

2006— Coretta Scott King , widow of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died at the age of 78.

• FEBRUARY 1

1902—Langston Hughes , one of Black America’s greatest poets, is born in Joplin, Miss. He came to fame during the 1920s period of African American cultural expression known as the Harlem Renaissance. Before his death in 1967, he wrote 15 collections of poetry, two autobiographies and several children’s books. Hughes can best be described as “dignified, but militant.” He captured the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance writing in 1926, “We younger Negro artists now intend to express our dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If White people are pleased, we are glad. If they aren’t, it doesn’t matter.”

1926—The first “Negro History Week” is celebrated. Founded by Black historian Carter G. Woodson, the “week” became Black History Month in 1976. Woodson said he would welcome the day when a separate Black history celebration was no longer necessary because his ultimate goal was a true history “devoid of national bias, race hate and religious prejudice.”

1960—The “sit-in” movement as a protest method for civil rights is born on this day in Greensboro, N.C., when four North Carolina A&T students sit down at a “Whites only” lunch counter and refuse to move until served or arrested. Within two weeks the tactic had spread to 15 cities in five Southern states. The original four students were Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair, Franklin McCain and David Richmond.

1965—One of the largest mass arrests of the Civil Rights Movement occurs when more than 700 people are jailed as a result of a protest in Selma, Ala. Among those thrown in prison was Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 2004—As a result of a so-called “wardrobe malfunction” singer Janet Jackson’s breast was briefly exposed while performing during the Super Bowl’s half-time show. The incident created a national controversy, including fines by the FCC.

• FEBRUARY 2

1839—Black inventor Edmond Berger develops one of the first spark plugs made in America.

• FEBRUARY 3

1908—Jack Johnson becomes the first Black heavyweight boxing champion by defeating Tommy Burns in Australia. Although he was not officially given the title until 1910 after he defeated the American Jim Jeffries in Las Vegas. Many Whites reacted violently to his defeat of Jeffries sparking riots in several cities. In Johnson’s home state of Texas, films of Johnson defeating White opponents were banned. Johnson reigned as heavyweight champion for 7 years. But he had two “faults”—he believed in speaking his mind and he liked White women. Those two tendencies landed him in jail in 1920 on trumped up charges of violating the Mann Act—a law that made it illegal to transport White women across state lines for “immoral purposes.” Johnson, who is arguably the greatest boxer who ever lived, died in an automobile accident near Raleigh, N.C., on June

BEN CRUMP AND FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA.

SPOTLIGHT ON SENIORS

It’s a brand new year; time to ‘RESET,’ ‘REFRESH’ and ‘RENEW’

We are just about one month into the new year—how is it going so far? I hope we have “aged out” of New Year’s resolutions. At this stage in our lives, making New Year’s resolutions really shouldn’t be a “thing.” We essentially don’t need to set ourselves up for that pathway to nowhere. By now we should be aware that making so-called New Year's resolutions generally do not end up resulting in change.

A RESET on the other hand is something that ends up with good results and a few other positive byproducts. Generally, a reset involves making adjustments in either our personal behavior, our environment, or even our personal appearance. This can be as simple and non-complex as changing a hairstyle we’ve been wearing for 20 years, or deciding to stop coloring and allowing the gray to grow out—assuming that

we've been coloring the gray with intention. Unless you are like me, I've been wearing color long before there was any gray simply because I always liked colored hair. And that has not changed. The decision to let gray hair grow out indeed takes some thought but it is an uncomplicated reset. And it can result in self-discovery that releases you from the encumbrance of dye and into the space of joyful acceptance.

A more drastic reset can involve moving or deciding to sell your home— basically downsizing. I have knowledge of a woman who at the age of 80 made the decision to sell her home here in Pittsburgh. She packed up her belongings and relocated to Georgia where she promptly purchased a new $85,000 home. She did not necessarily have a deep reason for doing so other than she was seeking a change—

and she got sick of Pittsburgh winters. She was not going to be near children and grandchildren or anything—she did it, just because she could. If you’re not sure what a reset would look like for you, get a life coach (you are seasoned but definitely not too old to secure the services of a life coach to help figure it out). There

are many other ways to reset—some simple, and some more involved and take some thought. Make the reset, it can and will place a spark in your spirit.

Additionally, bringing about change as we enter a new year can be a REFRESH. This could look like simply painting the bathroom or changing up

the living room. If getting all new furniture is not an option, at the very least move things around, or go on Facebook Marketplace and see if someone is selling something that would be “new” to you. Refresh your bedroom, get a new comforter and curtains; turn an empty room into an office space or even a sanctuary room for yourself. Another sure way to refresh could be getting rid of clutter! Clutter steals your ability to focus! And for sure clearing it up can provide a pathway to the clear thinking you’ve been seeking. Remember, clarity brings peace. In this new season —REFRESH. I would offer lastly that to RENEW is the most vital of these. Renew involves the intangible and requires real introspective; look at the person we’ve become. You can renew without assuming there is something wrong with you and therefore

must change yourself— it does, however, involve identifying an area within you that you’d like to enhance. You could take a class, read more, volunteer or support something you are passionate about. If reading is hard on your eyes, then use books on tape, available through the library, or on Audible Books. Don’t be intimidated, librarians are under-utilized and they love to help people. Renewing can be the most significant of all of these in this current political climate. Be open to change that will benefit you, be willing to adjust as needed to stand the winds of change prevailing when we least expect. If this life has not taught us anything, it has taught us that there are no promises with the status quo and we need not be so comfortable that we cannot "RESET," "REFRESH" or "RENEW" as needed.

pact across the region.

“Over the years, we’ve given out more than $6 million in scholarship dollars,” Powell said, noting that those funds include contributions from collegiate and corporate partners. Among KSEF’s collegiate partners are Penn State University, Duquesne University, and Community College of Allegheny County, partnerships that have helped make full-ride scholarships possible for students. Corporate partners such as UPMC, Highmark, Dollar Bank, and The Wilson Group have also invested in the organization’s efforts. While scholarships are paramount to KSEF’s mission, Powell emphasized that the organization’s programming opportunities are just as impactful.

“One of the things we’re extremely proud of is our SAT Prep program,” Powell said. “The students who participate in our SAT Prep program improve their SAT scores on average by 150 points. Those 150 points can be the difference between them getting a high-level scholarship, not only ours, but others, and even the difference of being able to get into an Ivy League college.”

Another fundamental part of KSEF’s work is its support of the Kappa League Program, a mentorship initiative designed to prepare young men for life beyond the classroom.

“The focus is on life skills,” Powell explained.

“We talk about banking, credit card usage, the stock market, grooming, etiquette, and manners; things many young men wouldn’t otherwise be

exposed to.”

One of the program’s most powerful elements is career exploration.

“We bring in doctors, lawyers, businessmen; professionals who talk about their careers and how they got to where they are today,” Powell said. “This type of exposure, we have found to be incredible in impacting the youth we mentor and serve.”

Information on how to join the mentorship program can be found at ksefpgh.org, and Powell said the organization is eager to welcome more youth.

Klub Kappa, Powell added, was created to bridge celebration with responsibility.

“It can be considered a party with a purpose,” he said. “Part of the price of admission helps fund our programming as well as the scholar-

ships we present, which helps someone achieve their dreams.”

For Powell, that purpose is deeply personal.

A longtime member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., he said the organization’s values have shaped his life.

“The fraternity itself is all built around achievement in every field of human endeavor,” Powell told the Courier. “For me, it was about class, being a gentleman, achieving, and supporting the community.”

He added: “Most people think fraternities and sororities are just about parties and college life. But the reality is it’s about community service, supporting your community, and the network, which is tremendous.”

Powell shared a powerful example of KSEF’s full-circle impact: a young man who participated in the Kappa

League program for four years, earned a KSEF scholarship, went to college, became a member of Kappa Alpha Psi, returned to the area for law school, and now practices law in Pittsburgh.

“That means everything to me,” Powell said. “Not everyone is born with a silver spoon, and not everybody has a two-parent household. If you can have someone providing guidance from a male or female perspective and helping you achieve what you want, that means more than anything else.”

Yearly, KSEF awards approximately 15 to 20 scholarships through a competitive process.

The organization hopes to expand through additional partnerships.

“We knew there were really smart and talented kids in our community,” Powell said. “They just didn’t have the re -

sources to get to college.”

As Klub Kappa approaches, Feb. 7, at the Rivers Casino Event Center, Powell hopes first-time attendees walk away with more than a fun experience. VIP admission and reception begin at 7 p.m., general admission begins at 8 p.m. The event runs until midnight. Tickets are available at kappaloveisred.com.

“I want people to understand there’s an organization here that’s driving our community to be better,” Powell said. “We can have a good time, but that good time has a mission."

RENEE P. ALDRICH

POWELL FROM A1

The ‘D’ stands for ‘Delivers’;

Rep.

La’Tasha D. Mayes running for third term

she serves makes a real difference, and we’re excited to support her re-election.” "Families are working harder than ever, but with rising prices at the grocery store and skyrocketing utility costs, many are still struggling to get ahead,” said Rep. Mayes. “This campaign is about fighting for real solutions—affordable child care, good-paying jobs, health care, and support for small businesses and non-profit organizations. It’s about protecting our freedoms and building a future where every family in our community thrives.” Representative Mayes is known for introducing and eventually getting the CROWN Act passed in the state House and state Senate. The legislation protects citizens from race-based hair dis -

the 2025 Cultural Visionary Award from Urbanworld Film Festival.

"It's not about me, it's not about one person," Alaquiva told the Courier, Jan. 19. "It's about a solid collective of individuals that make a change, and the fact that our nomination is dedicated to Dr. Janell Green Smith, the midwife who lost her life giving birth to her own child when she delivered over 300 babies. This is more than a film; this is a humongous movement."

Dr. Smith, a South Carolina native, made it her mission to help Black women as they delivered their babies, and in the weeks and months afterwards. However, she did not have a midwife by her side as she gave birth at 32 weeks to Eden Verne Smith on Dec. 26, 2025. Three days later, she was rushed into emer-

gency surgery, and on Jan. 1, 2026, she died. She was just 31. The National Black Nurses Association, on Jan. 5, issued a statement mourning Dr. Smith’s death. The statement also read: "That a Black midwife and maternal health expert died from complications of childbirth in the United States is both heartbreaking and unacceptable. Her death lays bare a truth the data have long confirmed: Black women— regardless of education, professional expertise, or proximity to healthcare—remain at disproportionate risk during pregnancy and childbirth due to systemic failures in care."

Alaquiva told the Courier that he and the four women featured in "The Ebony Canal" will be in Pasadena, Calif., for the live awards show. The 57th NAACP Image Awards will take place on Saturday, Feb. 28, at

8 p.m. ET, shown live on BET and CBS. "The Ebony Canal" is up against the other nominees, "Black Longevity" (Apt. 5f), "CIRILO, A Legacy Untold" (JOCMedia & Entertainment), "Freeman Vines" (Switchboard), and "Masaka Kids, a Rhythm Within" (Netflix).

Alaquiva said "The Ebony Canal" "shows why everyone needs to be brought aware of some of these third-world issues that we still have when it comes to Black and brown women when it comes to their children."

WITH SUPPORTERS WATCHING, STATE REP. LA’TASHA D. MAYES ANNOUNCES SHE’S RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION FOR THE 24TH HOUSE DISTRICT SEAT.

REP. LA’TASHA D. MAYES WITH FELICITY WILLIAMS AND PITTSBURGH COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY. (PHOTO BY CHIEF IKHANA-HAL-MAKINA)

Charles H. McCurdy

April 14, 1946 – January 22, 2026

MAYES FROM A4 crimination. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed it into law on Nov. 25, 2025. She's on other missions, too, like child care and health care. "Health care is on the chopping block, so you're sending me back to the Capitol to defend Medicaid by any means necessary," Rep. Mayes told supporters in East Liberty, Jan. 22. She said she's brought $50 million into the 24th House District since she got into office. But she wants more funds coming into the neighborhoods she serves. Before she ended her remarks, she addressed the age-old question... what does the "D" stand for in La'Tasha "D." Mayes?

"It stands for dynamic," she said. "Democrat. Dapper, of course," as the crowd laughed. "Destiny, because this is One District, One Destiny. But the 'D' really stands for, 'Delivers.' That's what I wake up every day to

Brother Marlon’s

Top 5 Songs of Inspiration

Pull out your phone or computer, and listen to these five songs of inspiration, hand-picked by Brother Marlon Martin, a Courier freelance photographer, DJ for Courier events, and on-air host of “I Praise,” Sunday mornings from 7 to 11 a.m. on WAMO 107.3 FM.

1. “Total Praise” by Richard Smallwood 2. “Holy Forever” by CeCe Winans

3. “No Shame” by Kelo

4. “Trust in God” by Elevation Worship

5. “Everything Will Be Alright” by Isaiah Templeton

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do, is deliver here in this district, and to deliver in the Capitol against all odds, because we're not doing easy things. We're taking on the things that matter to the people of this community, but those things are hard, but I've never been afraid of a fight."

Charles H. McCurdy, born in Waynesburg, PA, and a longtime resident of Pittsburgh, PA, passed away at the age of 79. He is survived by his sons, Charles G. McCurdy, Hunter J. McCurdy, and Forrest D. McCurdy, Sr.; his grandchildren, Hayden A. McCurdy and Forrest D. McCurdy Jr.; his sister, Frankie Ann Bonifield; Celeste Taylor, mother of his children; his brotherin-law, Jan Wingard; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles D. McCurdy and Mildred Silvius McCurdy; his sister, Jonna D. Wingard; and his stepson, Michael D. Taylor.

Arrangements are entrusted to House of Law Funeral Home, Penn Hills.

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For anyone looking to make contributions to the family, please reach out to them directly to make a donation to cover expenses. Thank you.

Reverend A. Marie Walker’s Weekly Inspiration

“The fool hath said in his heart, There is NO GOD. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity; there is none that doeth good. God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that seek God.” - Psalm 53:1-2

REV. WALKER SAYS: Answered with the WORD: Romans 10:9— That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and Believe in your heart that God has raised Him (Jesus) from the dead, you shall be SAVED. The Fool says, “NO GOD.”

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Pitt’s not playing well, and everyone knows it

Head coach Jeff Capel says it starts between the ears

by James Prude

by Rob Taylor Jr.

Courier Staff Writer

Close games are Pitt’s kryptonite.

On Saturday afternoon, Jan. 24, the Pitt men’s basketball team held a six-point lead over visiting N.C. State, 49-43, with 13 minutes left to play thanks to a Damarco Minor dunk.

But once again, Pitt couldn’t win the close game. At the end of the game, the Wolfpack fought back to win, 8172, sending Pitt to 1-6 in the ACC and 8-12 overall.

As of Jan. 24, the Panthers are 1-7 in games decided by less than 10 points this season. Pitt’s only win in that scenario came against Ohio State, Nov. 28, 2025—a game that Pitt won, 67-66, on a last-second shot.

Barring an incredible turnaround, Pitt is headed towards its thirdstraight season of not making it to the NCAA Tournament. And when it comes to Pitt, making the NCAA Tournament seems to be a prerequisite, given its history over the last 25 years.

“We had a lead,” Pitt head coach Jeff Capel said after the Jan. 24 game against N.C. State. “When you have a chance to extend the lead with free throws and you miss, when you have a chance to cut a run and miss free throws, we’ve obviously really struggled in that area.”

In the game, Pitt shot 25 free throws but made only 11. Even Shaquille O’Neal would think that’s a bad percentage.

On the other side, N.C. State made 22 of its 27 free throws.

“It’s not mechanical, it’s mental,” Capel said when

asked about his team’s free throw troubles.

“Maybe we don’t have good shooters, I don’t know. But it’s reared its head in just about every game.”

As of Jan. 24, Pitt is the fourth-worst freethrow shooting team in the 18-team basketball ACC, at 68 percent. The California Golden Bears are tops in the ACC at 79 percent, while the worst are the Syracuse Orange at 64 percent. Pitt men’s basketball is in a tough position. After the Jan. 27 game against Wake Forest, the team has 10 regular season games remaining. What will be shown from this team, which is led by Minor, Brandin Cummings, Roman Siulepa and Cameron Corhen? Barry Dunning Jr. rounds out the team’s starters most nights, while Omari Witherspoon and Nojus Indrusaitis usually contribute off the bench.

There’s no bona fide star on the roster, someone who would bring lots of fans and excitement to the Pete. The team has a gritty style of play, similar to the Pittsburgh Steelers of the past few seasons. But unlike the Steelers, Pitt isn’t even in the playoff or postseason conversation.

When a team loses close games, in addition to not shooting well from the free throw line, the team usually isn’t making shots from point-blank range. From Corhen to Siulepa, the Panthers’ inside players couldn’t finish shots inside the paint against the Wolfpack. Sure, N.C. State had some tough defenders, but even Capel said that players must finish down low.

“We play a contact

sport; if you get the ball around the basket, you’ve got to be able to finish,” Capel said. “Normally the team that finishes and if you’re able to get to the line and make free throws, you normally have a higher percentage of winning the basketball game.”

Capel added: “Sometimes, it’s like we’re trying to draw a foul instead of concentrating on finishing. It’s frustrating but again we gotta keep working at it...hopefully

we get better with it.”

If Capel believes that his players’ inability to make critical free throws is more “mental” than anything, then it comes as no surprise that the team was flustered when home fans booed them in an embarrassing 100-59 loss to Louisville, Jan. 17. At the time, Louisville was the 20th-ranked team in the country, but to say that the Cardinals, on any given day, are 41 points better than the Panthers, is probably inaccurate. What’s probably more accurate is how much better Louisville’s players handle pressure between the ears.

“When the fans did that (booed)...it messed our guys up,” Capel said. “To the point where...they were talking about it at halftime. I tried to tell them, ‘you gotta understand this place where you are, everyone’s frustrated.’ No one’s more frustrated than our team, no one’s more frustrated than me and our coaching staff...You would hope that if you’re a fan of a team and you see them struggling, but you see them fighting, you would try to encourage, help, things like that.”

Capel added: “I told them (the team, after the Boston College game, Jan. 20, a 65-62 loss)... because it was going to be our first game at home after the Louisville game, we should expect to get booed if we’re not playing well. You should expect it to be low-energy. And we gotta control what we can control, this is the reality. I said, ‘I have empathy for you, but I don’t feel sorry for you. And you shouldn’t feel sorry for you.’ As young men becoming men, you can never feel sorry for yourself. You gotta fix it. You gotta work.”

PITT FRESHMAN OMARI WITHERSPOON ATTEMPTS A SHOT AGAINST BUCKNELL, NOV. 17, 2025. (PHOTO BY JAMES PRUDE)

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The 3 by 30 Initiative and the fight to close the Black homeownership gap

The Black homeownership gap is not a mystery. It is not the result of poor decision-making, cultural deficiency, or a lack of ambition. It is the predictable outcome of a nation that systematically restricted Black access to property while simultaneously using property ownership as the primary mechanism for wealth creation, political stability, and intergenerational security. Any discussion of Black homeownership that ignores balance and fairness within the housing system fails to engage the issue at its core. This is why the 3 by 30 Initiative matters. And this is why it squarely belongs within the Property is Power framework. At its core, 3 by 30 is not about houses. It is about correcting a structural imbalance that has left Black America asset-poor in an asset-driven economy. The initiative, led by the Black Homeownership Collaborative, seeks to create 3 million net

new Black homeowners by 2030. That number is not arbitrary. It reflects the scale required to materially disrupt the racial homeownership gap that has persisted since the passage of the Fair Housing Act despite decades of so-called progress. Homeownership is the largest source of wealth for most American families. When Black households are locked out of ownership, they are locked out of the most reliable pathway to wealth accumulation this country offers. That is not incidental. That is by design.

The 3 by 30 Initiative begins with the acknowledgment that the gap exists because barriers were constructed deliberately and therefore must be dismantled deliberately. Consider what the data already tells us. Even when income is controlled for, Black households are less likely to own homes than their White counterparts. Even when credit profiles are similar, Black borrowers face higher denial rates. Even when qualified, Black buyers are more likely to be shown fewer homes, steered into less desirable neighborhoods, or discouraged altogether. This is not a knowledge gap. This is a systems gap.

The 3 by 30 Initiative addresses this reality headon by focusing on the actual choke points in Black homeownership, not the convenient talking points. • Down payment assistance is not charity. It is a correction. Black families were systematically denied access to wealth-building programs like Homestead Acts, FHA subsidies and GI Bill benefits that enabled White families to accumulate down payments across generations. Expecting Black buyers to compete in the same market without compensatory capital is intellectually dishonest.

BUSINESS

by Victoria Mejicanos The AFRO

With economic uncertainty high, many are hesitant to take a risk with the money they do have by making investments. But that doesn’t mean one should shy away from the conversation altogether.

So why do people “invest in the stock market,” or purchase shares of a company?

According to information released by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), “investors buy stocks for various reasons.” Includ-

investment is all about education, discipline and perspective.

J.R. Fenwick is founder and CEO of a stock market education program called FLip that Stock. He believes that the stock market is “America’s great equalizer.”

Fenwick saw that people of color were hesitant to invest, thinking it isn’t for them and viewing it as gambling. However, he realized that the stock market is how many CEO’s maintain their wealth and net worth.

“If all we do is just have ‘a job,’ we’re at maximum risk,” Fenwick

For Willie Jolley, award winning speaker and author of “Rich is Good, Wealthy is Better!,” investing all starts with a person’s mindset and discipline.

“Wealth starts in your mind, then it manifests in your bank account,” said Jolley. “If you’re going to create wealth before you invest, you have to have discipline. Discipline means that this isn’t something you do haphazardly.

“You don’t jump into something because your cousin told you about a hot stock,” said Jolley. “You must

“Stocks come in all different price ranges, right? If you have $50, $100,

ing:

Capital appreciation, which occurs when a stock rises in price

Dividend payments, which come when the company distributes some of its earnings to stockholders

Ability to vote shares and influence the company

The SEC also reports that “companies issue stock to get money for various things,” such as: Paying off debt

Launching new products

Expanding into new markets or regions

Enlarging facilities or building new ones

This week, the  AFRO  spoke with experts who say making any kind of

said. “A stock is nothing but a slice of ownership in a company.”

With this in mind, he aimed to teach people about how to use the stock market to their advantage in a fun and engaging way. Through his company, Flip That Stock, Fenwick works to reframe the act of investing in the stock market and educating people on how to do it safely.

“It’s just like going to the store, they have dollar items…all the way up to items that cost thousands,” Fenwick said.

The entrepreneur says that viewing stocks through a regular shopping lens can take away some of the fear of investing.

Every now and then a report comes out that isn’t just about numbers—it’s about direction. About where a community is headed. And the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies’ new release, “State of the Dream 2026: From Regression to Signs of a Black Recession,” is one of those moments.

While much of America is being told the economy is “stable” and “holding up,” Black America is experiencing something very different. According to the data, Black unemployment rose sharply from 6.2 percent in January 2025 to 7.5 percent by December 2025. That level of joblessness would be considered recession territory if it applied to the entire country.

At the same time, White unemployment hovered around 3.8 percent, and the national rate stayed near 4.4 percent. That gap isn’t accidental. It’s structural.

And when you zoom in closer, the picture gets even more troubling.

Young Black workers were hit hardest. Unemployment among Black youth swung wildly throughout the year, averaging in the high teens and spiking close to 30 percent in late 2025. A job market that is unstable doesn’t just slow progress—it crushes momentum before it even has a chance to build. The report also notes that if Black adults had simply maintained their

2024 employment levels, roughly 260,000 more Black Americans would have been working in 2025. That’s a quarter million missed paychecks. Missed benefits. Missed opportunities to build savings and stability. This is what an economic downturn looks like—even when the rest of the country is told everything is fine. The Federal Jobs Collapse

One of the biggest drivers of this downturn was the elimination of federal jobs. Over the course of 2025, approximately 271,000 federal positions were cut. These weren’t high-profile tech jobs or speculative startup roles. These were steady, middle-class jobs that have historically provided Black families with economic security. Black workers make up about 19 percent of the federal workforce, despite being around 13 percent of the overall labor force. That means when cuts came, Black households felt them first and hardest. Even more striking, the report estimates that roughly 200,000 of the lost federal jobs were held by Black wom-

en—long the backbone of public-sector employment.

Federal work has always been one of the most reliable ladders into the middle class for Black America. It offered stable pay, benefits, pensions, and clear career paths. The dismantling of that pipeline isn’t just about job loss today. It’s about removing a proven wealth-building channel for future generations. Add in hiring freezes and the elimination of diversity recruitment efforts, and what you’re left with is structural damage—not just a temporary setback.

Policy Rollbacks That Poured Gas on the Fire

The report doesn’t stop at unemployment numbers. It connects economic pain directly to policy decisions. Throughout 2025, key protections and programs aimed at leveling the playing field were rolled back or defunded.

Tax policy changes heavily favored corporations and high-income households, while funding for programs that support working families and lower-income communities was reduced. The

—J.R. Fenwick

get the discipline to do your research and to learn how investments work and how money works.”

Jolley says there are eight different types, and people need two to safely invest:

Earned income:  Money made from a job.

Profit income:  Money generated by buying something and selling it at a profit.

Interest income:  Money earned from loaning money and collecting interest.

Dividend income:  Money generated from stocks, bonds, or other

result? More money flowing upward and fewer resources buffering everyday households. Support systems for Black-owned businesses were also gutted.

The dismantling of the Minority Business Development Agency and reductions in contracting goals for disadvantaged businesses threatened an estimated $10 to $15 billion annually in federal support for Black entrepreneurs. On top of that, defunding Community Development Financial Institutions cut off critical access to capital for small businesses that already struggle to secure traditional financing. Consumer protections took a hit as well

The weakening of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau left households more exposed to predatory lending practices—the same kinds of traps that have historically drained wealth from Black communities through high-interest loans, hidden fees, and abusive financial products. Digital equity programs aimed at closing the broadband gap were canceled, making it harder for families to access education, remote work opportunities, and online business tools.

When you stack all of this together— job losses, business support rollbacks, weaker consumer protections, and

Property is Power!

The 3 by 30 Initiative

• Homeownership counseling, when done properly, is not about compliance or box-checking. It is about demystifying a process that has historically been used to exclude. Black buyers do not need more lectures; they need strategic preparation paired with real access to financing and inventory.

• Mortgage lending reform is essential because underwriting has never been neutral. Credit scoring models, appraisal practices, and risk assessments reflect historical biases embedded in the data they rely on. Expanding Black homeownership requires lenders to re-examine how risk is defined and who gets the benefit of the doubt.

• Housing supply and production matter because access means nothing without availability. Black buyers are disproportionately concentrated in markets with limited entry-level housing, rising investor activity, and declining affordability. Ownership cannot expand if the only options available are priced beyond reach or stripped from the market by speculation.

• Policy and accountability are non-negotiable. Without measurable outcomes, initiatives become symbolism. The strength of 3 by 30 is that it ties intention to execution, and execution to data. This is where 3 by 30 aligns perfectly with the Property is Power mission.

Property is Power has never been about motivational slogans. It is about understanding ownership as leverage. Leverage over housing stability. Leverage over education outcomes. Leverage over political influence. Leverage over legacy.

Ownership anchors families to communities. It creates stakeholders. It forces systems to recognize permanence rather than transience. Renters consume housing. Owners control it. For Black America, this distinction has always been existential.

To the intellectually engaged, the relevance of 3 by 30 should be obvious. Degrees alone do not protect against economic vulnerability. Income without assets is fragile. Mobility without ownership is temporary. To our younger generation, especially those navigating a culture that celebrates consumption over control, the message must be clear: freedom in America has always been tied to land, property, and capital. Without ownership, progress can be reversed. With ownership, progress compounds.

I support the 3 by 30 Initiative because it understands what too many housing conversations refuse to say out loud: Black homeownership is not a personal achievement issue, it is a national equity issue. Anything that increases Black ownership, narrows the housing gap, and expands access to appreciating assets deserves serious support. Not because it feels good, but because it shifts power. The goal is not simply to help more Black people buy homes. The goal is to alter the economic architecture that has kept Black communities perpetually vulnerable to displacement, extraction, and instability.

(Dr. Anthony O. Kellum— CEO of Kellum Mortgage, LLC Homeownership Advocate, Speaker, Author NMLS # 1267030 NMLS #1567030 O: 313-263-6388 W: www.KelluMortgage. com.)

Property is Power! is a movement to promote home and community ownership. Studies indicate, homeownership leads to higher graduation rates, family wealth, and community involvement.

The dream cannot be realized without financial freedom

by Ben Crump

We honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. each January with speeches, service projects, and by reciting powerful quotes we know by heart.

But too many Black families will spend much of MLK Day the same way they spend most Mondays.

With the gas tank hovering near empty, hoping the car can go until the next paycheck arrives. With a prescription waiting at the pharmacy counter because they cannot afford the cost. With a paycheck that has to stretch further than what seems possible.

Dr. King understood that true dignity means being able to afford and build a good life. In one of his clearest reminders, he asked what it means to “eat at an integrated lunch counter” if you cannot “buy a hamburger and a cup of coffee.”

That question still carries weight for many. Personal freedom will not be achieved without financial freedom.

Dr. King spent the final chapter of his life pushing the country to face economic injustice. The day before he was tragically assassinated, Dr. King stood with sanitation workers in Memphis to call for economic equality. He helped launch the Poor People’s Campaign because he knew freedom hollowed out by poverty is not freedom at all. Dr. King kept pushing America to match its promises with practical pathways. That is the part of his legacy we should sit with this MLK Day. This work has never been more important or needed. The cost of groceries, rent, and childcare have become an increased burden. And many families go from sta -

ble to scrambling with just one unexpected expense.

These realities are on display in a recent national survey commissioned by DreamFi, echoing what so many families already feel so deeply. More than one in four respondents told us they used check-cashing services in the past year. This finding makes it clear that too many households still need simpler and more accessible options for moving money.

The survey also shows how unexpected expenses impact families. Only 41 percent of Black respon -

dents said they could cover a $1,000 emergency, compared with 56 percent of White respondents. When a tire blows out, when a child gets sick, when hours get cut, the question is not theoretical. The question is immediate and the impact is real. We must shine a light on this struggle and work to equip families with tools to build better futures. We must recognize Dr. King’s wisdom and acknowledge that financial stability is a civil rights issue, because financial instability limits the ability to have choices.

The survey also found hope that can guide how we move forward.

Black families are not turning away from the idea of building stability. In fact, they are reaching for it. In the survey, 79 percent of Black respondents said they sought out financial education in the past six months. Ours is a community hungry for tools and a fair shot at creating a better tomorrow. So, what does it mean to honor Dr. King right now? It means we get practical. It means we expand access to clear, trustworthy financial education that respects people’s time and speaks to real solutions. It means we support savings pathways that help families prepare for emergencies before emergencies arrive. It means we encourage options that make routine transactions easier and less costly, so a family is not paying extra simply to manage their own money. Most of all, it means we stop treating financial instability as normal. Because normal is not the same as acceptable.

Dr. King asked America to make its promises real. The best way to honor him now is to provide opportunities for everyone to achieve Dr. King’s dream.

(Ben Crump is a nationally renowned civil rights attorney and founder of Ben Crump Law. Known as “Black America’s attorney general,” he has represented families in some of the most high-profile civil rights cases of our time, including those of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tyre Nichols, and Ahmaud Arbery. He is also co-founder of DreamFi, a financial empowerment platform focused on helping everyday people build stability through practical resources.)

Not just the rich and wealthy...

from renting something to someone else.

Capital gains income:  Profit from assets that increase in value, such as real estate.

Royalty income:  Money from books, music, ideas, or other intellectual property.

Residual income:  Money that continues to come in after the initial work, such as insurance sales or network marketing.

Both Fenwick and Jolley say that common myths abound. But unlike what some may think, the decision to begin investing does not take a lot of time and money. People can open free investment accounts with places like Fidelity, Charles Schwab, and Robinhood. These companies will also often offer free advice when an account is opened.

Fenwick says when it comes to investing, people should start with what they know. Companies that consumers are fond of are solid places to start.

“Stocks come in all different price ranges, right?” said Fenwick.  “If you have $50, $100, $1,000, you can get started. You can find a stock in any price range to fit your budget.”

As a new year approaches, experts say the biggest barrier to investing is hesitation. Getting over initial hesita-

tion and staying

investments

Black America economic alert: This is bigger than headlines

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shrinking opportunity pipelines—you don’t just get a rough year. You get a system moving in reverse.

The Real Danger:

Generational Loss

Perhaps the most sobering warning in the report is that this isn’t just a shortterm downturn. These trends risk hardening into long-term damage. Black homeownership remains stuck around 45 percent, compared to roughly 74 percent for White households. Rising interest rates, reduced housing support, and weakened consumer safeguards make it even harder for Black families to buy and keep homes—the primary wealth-building tool in America. At the same time, retreating from equity efforts in emerging sectors like artificial intelligence, infrastructure, and advanced technology threatens to lock Black workers and entrepreneurs out of the next phase of economic growth. When communities are shut out of

the industries of tomorrow, wealth gaps don’t close. They widen. This is how setbacks turn into generational loss. Not because people aren’t working hard. But because the systems that once provided pathways forward are being systematically dismantled. What This Means for Everyday Households For families on the ground, this economic shift shows up in very real ways: More layoffs and fewer job opportunities More financial stress and less savings Harder access to credit and affordable housing Small businesses struggling to survive Young people entering a job market stacked against them

When unemployment rises in one community while staying low in others, it drains wealth from that community

faster than most people realize. No paycheck means no retirement contributions. No savings growth. No investments. No cushion for emergencies. Over time, those missed opportunities compound—just like interest does.

Only in reverse.

The “State of the Dream 2026” report makes one thing clear: Black America is experiencing recession-level conditions, even while the broader economy appears steady.

This isn’t about headlines. It’s about lived reality.

Jobs that once built middle-class stability are disappearing. Policies that supported fairness and opportunity are being rolled back. Young workers are facing one of the most unstable job markets in years. And unless these trends are addressed, the wealth gap will continue to

grow—not shrink. The economy doesn’t impact everyone equally. It never has. And when the data shows one community slipping while others hold steady, it’s not coincidence. It’s a consequence. Understanding what’s happening is the first step. Preparing financially, building multiple income streams, protecting credit, prioritizing savings, and supporting ownership whenever possible become even more critical in times like these. Because when the system tightens, personal financial discipline becomes your first line of defense. This moment is bigger than headlines. It’s a warning. And the sooner we recognize it, the better positioned we’ll be to weather what’s coming.

(Damon

Coach & Tax Pro can be reached at 412-216-1013.)

BEN CRUMP

educated about one’s

can pave the way to long term wealth.

J.R FENWICK is the founder and CEO of FLip that Stock. His mission is to make the stock market accessible and even fun, through online modules and live training. (Courtesy of FLip That Stock)

DR. WILLIE JOLLEY is an award-winning speaker and host of Wealthy Ways on Sirius XM radio. His newest book, “Rich is Good, Wealthy is Better!” explores how to make the right investments. (Courtesy of Willie Jolley’s website)

Remembering the revolution: Lessons for today

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—In Minnesota this winter, amid the steady stream of grim headlines out of Minneapolis, one story barely made it beyond Duluth’s city limits. The Duluth News Tribune and other regional outlets are in viting residents to dig into the city’s archives, retell old stories, and share plans for America’s upcoming 250th anniversary. Town halls are discussing parades. Local museums are planning exhibits. Families are marking the milestone in small, thoughtful ways. Amid the snow and long nights, there is a quiet in sistence on remembering, on telling the stories that matter. And yet, not far away, the news tells of lives ended, of authority deployed without accountability, of neighbors afraid to act. The contrast is sharp. It is both a blessing and a wound.

This year, as America approaches its 250th anniver sary, the circumstances that led our ancestors to rebel feel more familiar than they should. Standing armies

enforcing laws without consent. Violence meted out without accountability. Ordinary people afraid to act. And yet, like the colonists in Boston, we are reminded that liberty is not inherited; it is earned, defended, and demanded.

In Minneapolis, the killings of Renée Nicole Good and Alex Jeffrey Pretti by federal immigration agents have underscored that lesson in the harshest terms. Their deaths remind us that no one is immune to injus tice when authority acts without accountability. Some administration officials have publicly suggested that federal agents enjoy sweeping immunity from local oversight—claims that legal experts dispute—but the rhetoric underscores how far we’ve drifted from the principle that no authority should be above the law.

I watch my children, and the people I love, grow more fearful with each news cycle. I watch neighbors endure quietly, afraid to speak out. Their courage is tested not in the abstract, but in daily life—just as it was for my an cestors under British rule. They endured fear. They felt the weight of authority without accountability. And yet they stood, risking life and limb, to insist that liberty was not a privilege of the powerful, but a right of all. I carry their legacy with me. I am a descendant of seven members of the Massachusetts line of the Conti nental Army, enslaved people who supported the Rev olution, and two Black Reconstruction‑era statesmen in Virginia who helped rebuild the nation after the Civil War. I am also the child of parents who were active in the civil rights movement—a multiracial family that taught me early: freedom is never given. It must be de fended.

As we did 50 years ago, we will honor this 250th anniversary by telling stories to our children, much like communities in Duluth are doing now. That year, 1976, marked the bicentennial of the Revolution and the centennial of the end of Reconstruction. It was my grandmothers who told most of the stories—one White, one Black—each with her own focus. My White grand mother kept the Revolution close to her heart. My Black grandmother told stories of the Civil War and the era of Reconstruction.

They shared these histories not as trivia, but as in struction: to teach, to inspire, and to hold firm to the principles that guided our ancestors, White and Black alike. In their different stories, the same thread ran through both: the American principles that led our ancestors to throw off kings also made it possible to throw off slave owners. Liberty, they showed us, was never limited to one race, one time, or one struggle. Our nation’s story is one of struggle and persever ance. For people across races, regions, and walks of life, liberty has always been contested. The ideals of the Revolution were aspirational from the start, limit ed by the exclusions of the time, and extended only through centuries of struggle: abolition, civil rights, voting rights, labor rights, and the ongoing fight for ac countability and justice for all.

As cities plan parades, concerts, and tall ship flotillas for the 250th, we should ask who will be invited to the stage and whose stories will be told. Celebrations of liberty mean little if they erase the struggles that made it possible or ignore freedoms still denied today.

The deaths in Minnesota are not merely local trage dies; they are a call to the conscience of every Amer ican. They remind us that the revolution—the effort to define freedom as something real and universal—is not over. It didn’t end on a battlefield, and it doesn’t stop with another fireworks display.

So when we tell the stories this year, let’s do it as my grandmothers did. Let us tell history to the children as instruction for the America we must all build together again.

(Ben Jealous is a professor of practice at the University of Penn sylvania and former national president and CEO of the NAACP.)

Rod Doss Editor & Publisher

Stephan A. Broadus

Assistant to the Publisher

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—My first wish is for Minnesotans to not be discouraged from protesting for justice and human rights causes.  I believe in non- and work to protect it. This White House has gone so far beyond testing the limits of the law and decency.

A White House official just misused Artificial Intelligence to totally change a Black woman’s appearance in an effort to show a bad image of Nekima Levy Armstrong, a sister doing what I would be doing in MN if I were there. She was protesting the illegal ICE tactics against people exercising their right to freely protest violations of ICE!  If you haven’t seen someone take her actual photograph and make her look like something she was not doing while protesting.

ICE agents have no respect for the law. They’re taking orders from Trump. He sets no positive image or remarks about anybody who is doing the right thing. Minnesotans have firmly taken a stance against him, and they show no sign of yielding to his demands.

Joining Greenland, Trump continued to embarrass himself a few days ago, calling out Iceland when he meant Greenland, is an embarrassment to every young child who studies and learns Geography of the world, now being confused by a President who doesn’t know better and doesn’t care about what he is doing

During his re-election campaign, Trump promised the American people greatness, but all he has delivered is chaos. Trump’s recent message to House Republicans indicates his knowledge that he and his policies are unpopular with the American people. “You got to win the midterms, because if we don’t win the midterms, it’s just going to be—I mean, they’ll find a reason to impeach me,” Trump said in a speech at a House Republican policy retreat. “I’ll get impeached.” Masked, armed federal agents roam our city streets and shoot and kill American citizens. Grocery prices have skyrocketed. Health care is no longer affordable. Trump selected a Secretary of Health who is placing our children in danger of measles, whooping cough, and other childhood diseases because of the confusion he has created around vaccination. Our allies are disheartened as we threaten Greenland and the Panama Canal. Trump has ordered our U.S. Military to strike alleged drug-smuggling boats killing many people. We ignore international law and enter a foreign country to kidnap their leader and his wife. Yes, he is a dictator and unpopular, but we still must abide by international norms. Now, Trump, while threatening invasion of Iran, Colombia, and even Mexico, states, “We will run [Venezuela] until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition.”

Trump has withdrawn from many of the organizations which help to maintain international order including the Paris Agreement, World Health Organization, UN Human Rights Council, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

to the image of American schools. It’s the same man who demolishes the U.S. Department of Education for no apparent reason.

NATO allies who sent their sons and daughters to fight for liberty with the USA, must be in pain for what Trump is doing to divide the alliance. The Prime Minister of the British people said, “Trump’s remarks are insulting and appalling.” Greenland’s Prime Minister does not know what the deal is for their country.  A lot of damage has already been done.”

Our traditional allies are saying about this Board of Peace that they don’t believe it, aren’t signing it and not participating. Trump’s idea of peace is whether he’s in control, and it’s obvious he means if you agree to allow him to control everything.  I feel sorry for the woman who gave up her Nobel Peace award to this man who has no conception of what peace is or what the award means.

There is no question that Trump is underwater on so many issues like Immigration, the Economy, COLA, Foreign Relations, Israel-Gaza,

Ukraine or EPSTEIN!

Most of those items definitely impact Black people, so we should be paying attention as to where we go from here.  One of the things hurting us is what we do and don’t do with our own people. An unbelievable number of our people don’t vote or vote against their own best interest.  We’ve got a teaching job ahead of us! I pray that our Brown brothers and sisters are seeing Trump cares no more about their well-being than he cares about that of Black people. Look at what ICE agents just did to that 5 year old boy in Minnesota! Look at what they did to Renee in Minnesota.  Look at how local officials are being disrespected in cities where ICE agents are sent to take illegal actions against the people and make life miserable for them.  I listened to Rep. Mike Lawler of NY today, and hang my head in shame for him, but I’m doing that about a lot of people these days. What happened to the good Republicans who once cared about the people they represent?

When I hear people dismiss us while we protest wrong as just being far left or outside agitators as we’re standing up for justice, for Constitutional rights.  I’m truly concerned about the future of America.  I’ve put silent people on my wish list to stand up and join us for righteousness under our flag and our God?

(Dr. E. Faye Williams is president of The Dick Gregory Society.)

Change, UN Human Rights Council, UN Women, UN Conference on Trade and Development, Global Counterterrorism Forum, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, and Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation. We are also still waiting for the remainder of the Epstein files. We have an administration that does not respect the rule of law, and like a bully in a schoolyard, rides roughshod over Congress and states’ rights. Under the Constitution, elections are the domain of the states, but Trump is now ordering election investigations and gerrymandering in an attempt to guarantee that the Republicans win the midterm elections. He has chosen what some have called the most unqualified cabinet in the history of the United States based only on one criterium, loyalty to him, not the Constitution. He uses the Justice Department as his own private law firm, going after people whom he considers political enemies like Letitia James and James Comey. Now, he is even going after Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve. His minion Pete Hegseth is attempting to demote the military rank of Senator Mark Kelly (retired naval officer and astronaut) and reduce his retirement pay because Kelly appeared in a video with six other Democratic lawmakers and veterans reminding members of the military that they can refuse to follow illegal

orders. Trump has demolished the East Wing of the White House as if the White House belongs to him and not to the people of the United States, and placed his name on the Kennedy Center for the Arts which was named for President John F. Kennedy as a living memorial by Congress on January 23, 1964, after Kennedy’s assassination. Trump has placed false and misleading statements about each president on plaques under their photos in the White House Walk of Fame and replaced President Biden’s photo with a picture of an autopen, the use of which Trump has falsely said invalidates Biden’s pardons, while references to Trump’s two impeachments have been removed from text next to his portrait in the National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum of American History. However, more frightening is his response to a question asked during his interview with The New York Times as to whether there were any limits to his global powers: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.” He further stated, “I don’t need international law,” later adding, “It depends on what your definition of international law is.”

According to a recent poll by The Economist, after a year in office, 40 percent of Americans approve of what Trump is doing, 56 percent disapprove, and 5 percent are uncertain. Trump promised the American people greatness, but instead we received chaos, and there should be no surprise. For the first time in the history of the United States, the American people elected a misogynistic, narcissistic, convicted felon as president.

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—Black America is often told that foreign policy is distant—something for diplomats, generals, and elites in places most of us will never see. We are told to focus on schools, housing, policing, wages. As if global power has nothing to do with any of that.

That separation is a lie.

Decisions made in elite global spaces—whether at World Economic Forum in Davos, in NATO councils, or in negotiations over strategic territories like Greenland—shape budgets, priorities, and power at home. They determine what gets funded, what gets militarized, and what gets neglected. And when resources are scarce—or declared to be—Black communities feel it first. This is not new.

Black leaders have long understood that racial justice at home cannot be separated from global arrangements of power. W.E.B. Du Bois argued more than a century ago that the “color line” was global, not merely American—that Western wealth was built on colonial extraction and racialized labor across Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. Ida B. Wells took the fight against lynching overseas, exposing U.S. racial terror to international audiences and embarrassing a nation that claimed moral leadership abroad while tolerating barbarism at home.

And Martin Luther King Jr., in his 1967 speech Beyond Vietnam, made the connection explicit: a nation that spends more on war than on social uplift is approaching spiritual death. King was condemned for saying it. History has

proven him right. Today, the language has changed, but the structure remains.

Global elites gather at Davos to discuss growth, security, climate, and “risk.” But those conversations are not neutral. They are about who controls resources, who bears costs, and whose lives are treated as expendable. When melting ice makes Greenland newly valuable—not as a home to people, but as a site of minerals, shipping lanes, and military advantage—we are watching climate crisis turn into geopolitical opportunity for the powerful. Extraction wears a green suit now, but it is still extraction.

Black Americans are told this is none of our concern. That is precisely why it should be.

Foreign policy determines whether trillions go to weapons systems or to housing. It determines whether climate change is treated as a human emergency or a strategic opening. It determines whether debt relief is extended to poor nations—or whether austerity is imposed, hollowing out social systems that mirror our own disinvestment here at home. When banks, defense contractors, and multinational corporations dominate global forums, their priorities don’t stay abroad. They come home in

the form of budget cuts, privatization, and “fiscal realism” imposed on Black communities.

Black internationalism has always been dangerous to power because it refuses this separation.

Paul Robeson understood this deeply. He insisted that Black freedom in the United States was inseparable from the liberation of oppressed people worldwide. For that belief, the U.S. government revoked his passport, destroyed his career, and branded him a threat. Robeson learned what Black truth-tellers often learn: when you expose how global power really works, you are not debated—you are disciplined. That lesson still holds.

Davos is not where democracy happens. It is where consensus among the powerful is rehearsed and normalized. Black America ignores these spaces at our peril—not because we are invited, but because we are affected. Global decisions about trade, climate finance, militarization, and extraction shape the economic conditions we are told to endure quietly. We cannot afford that quiet.

Paying attention to global power is not a distraction from Black struggle. It is part of it. From lynching to militarism, from colonial extraction to climate displacement, the same hierarchies repeat themselves—scaled up, sanitized, and defended as inevitable.

They are not inevitable. They are choices.

And Black America has always been at its strongest when it understood that the fight for justice does not stop at the water’s edge.

Julianne Malveaux Commentary

Cynthia Baldwin Commentary

Ben Jealous Commentary

(TriceEdneyWire.com) - What is happening in Minnesota should be the kind of wake-up call for Americans who still fail to recognize the truth about this administration and need to understand the grave situation we face as a nation. We are seeing evidence that the abuse of power by Trump administration officials is far worse than we could have imagined—even for those of us who were prepared for what we experienced during the first Trump term to continue into the second. We knew it was going to be bad; therefore, we sounded the alarm because what he was planning to do was no secret.

Trump told us. Kamala Harris told us. Now that he is back in office, Trump is emboldened by the judicial cover received from past and future Supreme Court decisions. He is no longer surrounded by the likes of Mike Pence, who, as a key member of the first Trump administration, eventually had the courage and conviction to tell the President no.  In his second term, he has strategically put in place a vice president, DHS Secretary, attorney general, and FBI director who share his disdain for the Constitution, the rule of law, and human dignity for those considered “others.” And yet, behind the corrupt facade, stands Stephen Miller. As the deputy chief of staff and homeland security advisor, Miller is truly the evil behind the maliciousness that has permeated all levels of the federal government.

Many voters who supported Trump for president knew his future administration would conduct mass deportations. Still, they could not have known that there would be cases where ICE agents would literally murder innocent citizens in the process. A Border Patrol agent shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, during a federal immigration enforcement operation. The shooting of Pretti comes less than three weeks after Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was shot dead by an immigration agent in the same city of Minneapo-

David W. Marshall

lis. In both shootings, conflicting narratives have come from federal and state officials. In both cases, neither Renee Good nor Alex Jeffrey Pretti was the actual target of an ICE raid. The conflicting narratives between federal and state officials should serve as a wake-up call. Fortunately, we live in a time when most people have cell phones, and with them, can provide video footage in instances where ICE agents cross the line. We should be encouraged that average bystanders are giving the American public the evidence we need to expose the truth behind wrongful deaths and the methods used by Trump’s modern-day Gestapo. Despite the video recording seen by the public, federal agents said that Pretti resisted violently, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has claimed that an official fired “defensive shots.” Gov. Tim Waltz, though, has said that this account is “nonsense” and “lies.” We have to ask ourselves, what is the true motive behind ICE’s operation in Minnesota, where this level of federal intrusion is not present in red states such as Texas and Florida, which have a larger number of migrants.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Minnesota Democratic Gov. Walz demanding the state take three specific actions before federal immigration agents would consider reducing their presence in Minneapolis, including turning over voter rolls. In the letter, Bondi blamed both state and local leaders for the unrest that has come in response to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations. We can never expect that Trump and his allies will make idle comments that have no meaning. We must pay attention, because they will eventually give away their true intentions. The Attorney General’s request for Minnesota voter rolls raises a serious red flag because it has nothing to do with the unrest in the streets or with immigration policy. This is about election interference by way of force and threats. It shows an administration that is getting bolder and feels no need to hide the corruption. I agree with Sen. Chris Murphy, who wrote on X, “This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.” This should be a wake-up call for those who believe in authentic conservative ideology.

The facts are indisputable that Alex Jeffrey Pretti was a U.S. citizen. He was 37 years old. He was an intensive care nurse who cared deeply for the American veterans he served. He had a permit to carry a weapon. He did not draw his weapon. Make no mistake, an American citizen was murdered by the U.S. government in Minnesota, and the federal government wants possession of the state’s voter rolls before it considers backing away.

To Trump supporters who believe in conservative principles, this is not conservatism. To those who believe in limited government and states’ rights, this does not represent restrained central authority after the state has requested that federal agents depart. This is the wake-up call for self-described conservatives who still support the Trump administration and its actions in Minnesota. You are not a conservative. You are a fascist who is supporting tyranny in America.

(David W. Marshall is the founder of the faith-based organization TRB: The Reconciled Body, and the author of the book God Bless Our Divided America.)

Sanctuary-assisted suicide

Police-assisted suicide occurs when people provoke a law enforcement officer into killing them, but there may be a similar phenomenon—sanctuary-assisted suicide. Rather than inciting police officers to be killed, these people unwittingly engage in suicidal behavior by believing the federal government lacks authority in a sanctuary city.

Here’s an illustration.

A good citizen believes that President Trump is a fascist, his administration is authoritarian, and masked Federal ICE raids violate America’s democratic principles. That good citizen lives in a sanctuary city, which is a municipality that refuses to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, and learns that Trump has targeted their community for ICE raids.

The mayor of the sanctuary city conducts a press conference, claiming that the Trump administration has unleashed a “reign of terror” in their beloved community. The mayor reminds residents that the “good book” instructs them to “love thy neighbor as thyself,” and that everyone in the city is a neighbor, regardless of citizenship status.

The good citizen reads about activists in other cities protesting Trump and protecting non-citizens from ICE arrests, then searches for a local anti-Trump organization to join.  The good citizen sees a social media ad for RAID RESPONSE

TRAINING sponsored by the social justice movement BREAKING THE ICE.

According to the ad, trainees will learn about ICE methods, their rights during ICE encounters, and how to support community members facing deportation.

The good citizen has participated in nonviolent protests against police brutality and attended social justice rallies but has never engaged in organized civil disobedience. Civil disobedience occurs when people believe they have a moral obligation to violate an unjust law and are willing to be imprisoned in the process. This good citizen has never been arrested, does not want to go to jail, and asked Google Assistant if residents of sanctuary cities are required to comply with federal ICE authorities. Surprisingly, Google responded with,

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“Citizens in sanctuary cities are not legally required to follow ICE orders.” The good citizen is now prepared to engage in civil disobedience since there is no chance of being arrested.

The good citizen attends the raid response training.

Trainees were instructed that ICE surveillance was constitutionally protected—as long as the activists did not interfere with ICE’s actual work. They were additionally advised, “It is illegal for an ICE agent to forcibly enter private property without a judicial warrant—individuals who are asked for permission to enter private properties, including a vehicle, should not consent.”

The good citizen decides to volunteer as an ICE monitor.

Members of ice-breaking units wait for a dispatcher to instruct them to go to a location and record ICE operations. This good citizen’s unit received dispatches to various locations. While they occasionally recorded ICE agents, most of their trips were false alarms. The majority of the time, the unit talks about politics, their desire to make a difference, and their ambition to record an ICE incident that goes viral.

BREAKING THE ICE receives information of a major ICE raid coming up in a few days.

The organization intends to station all of their ice-breaking units in the vicinity, causing a traffic delay that will slow government ICE vans from reaching their location. However, the ice-breaking units are unaware that federal ICE agents have received a threat claiming that an underground anti-fascist militia intends to assassinate ICE agents that week.

On the day of the ICE raid, ice-breaking units park vehicles in the middle of selected streets, switch on the blinker to simulate a breakdown, and protest-

ers stand in the street to record their interaction with ICE.  Icebreaking units delay federal ICE agents twice, but when ICE agents reach a third roadblock, a missing detail raises suspicions. The good citizen’s vehicle sits in the middle of the road, while the rest of the unit stands in the street, ready to demonstrate their opposition to ICE. However, the good citizen neglected to activate the vehicle’s blinkers. When federal ICE agents noticed that the vehicle’s blinkers were not flashing, they went into high alert because they didn’t know if the third roadblock was part of the coordinated protest or a hit squad from the anti-fascist militia that previously threatened to kill ICE agents.

The federal ICE agents decide to take everyone out of the car and place the demonstrators on the ground to rule out the chance that they are a hit squad.  ICE agents exit their vehicles with guns drawn, but this show of force proves to the icebreaking unit that the federal ICE agents are tyrants.

Protesters on the street shout that they know their rights and that ICE can’t arrest them.

Meanwhile, ICE agents surround the good citizen’s vehicle and pull on the locked door. The good citizen remembers that they are not required to comply with ICE. The other protesters tell the good citizen to drive away. The good citizen begins to drive, but an ICE agent in front of the vehicle shoots through the windshield to keep the driver from running over the ICE agents.

The good citizen is dead, and a video of the shooting makes national headlines. The public defends the ice-breaking unit’s right to protest, claiming the ICE agent overreacted and should be charged with murder.  Fair enough; however, the public should be reminded that a citizen’s right to protest does not imply that every method of protest is wise.

According to political commentator George Weigel, “Ideas have consequences, and bad ideas can have lethal consequences.” Bad kinds of protest can also have lethal repercussions.

We are told, from the US left to the US right, that the 2026 US election campaign will be one of the most bitter, hard fought and dangerous campaigns in the history of the United States. That is the prospects.

We can plainly see that American “Democracy” is in mortal danger. The threat of a “Made-in-the-USA” fascist dictatorship is rising. That’s the peril.

In mass resistance to the threat tensof-millions of people representing an astounding, unprecedented array of interests groups and individuals have taken to the streets across the United States; “No Kings I” and “No Kings II” are two of the many on-going examples. These people and interest groups will surge forward in the 2026 election campaign. Their struggle is the promise.

The Pennsylvania US Congressional District 12 is a key battle ground in the 2026 campaign. The incumbent Democrat, Congresswoman Summer Lee is a front-line critic of Donald Trump. She is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the Congressional Black Caucus.

Summer Lee is the first African American and first woman to represent PA 12. She is one of three women in the 17-member Pennsylvania delegation, seven Democrats, and 10 Republicans.

PA 12 has some 760,000 residents, 72 percent are White, 17 percent are African Americans. It encompasses most of Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania with Pittsburgh the largest of its 50-odd municipalities.

The Republican Party, Trump MAGA and company will try to defeat Summer Lee in 2026.

Trump can only move further to the right. His masks-wearing ICE troopers have shot down and killed US citizens. Trump has dropped bombs on Iran, Nigeria, Venezuela, and on ships at sea.

Fred Logan Commentary

His police agents have arrested Milwaukee judge Hannah Dugan, New York City Controlled Brand Lander, Newark New Jersey mayor Ras Baraka, US Senator Alex Padillo and others elected officials.

United States president Donald Trump has cut $10 of billions of national funding for domestic child care, food nutrient, medical care and other life and death human service programs.

The United States’ population of 300 million-plus is around 4 percent of the over 800 billion people in the world. Trump is alienating Europe, Asia, Africa, Center and South America, Canada, that is some 96 percent of the world against the United States.

As this increases and domestic resistance grows, Trump can only rush further toward the right, painting the United States in a corner. Facing a possible national backlash in the 2026 midterm congressional elections, Trumps was quoted “we shouldn’t even have an election.”

Several months ago, US Representative Maxine Waters, said, Trump is “just itching to invoke Martial Law.” This would cancel the 2026 mid-term elections that threatened his power.

The 2026 campaign provides the PA 12 Black community with an historic opportunity to build itself a Black political power base to promote and defend its interests, and to confront and address

its own internal concerns as it moves forward.

This is also true for the environmentalists, civil liberties activists, peace advocates, human service activists, other interest groups now in motion, each with their own internal particulars to confront and address.

There are intense power struggles raging this very moment in the PA 12 Democratic Party between self-proclaimed “progressives” and “centralists,” and between these two wings and Trump/ MAGA-leaning Blue dog Democrats.

A major state Democratic Party struggle has already erupted. The Trump/MAGA-leaning Blue dog US Senator John Fetterman is at the center of this fierce political battle.

This year, the PA 12 Black community must build a self-funded Black community information network to keep critically informed on national, world events, and local events.

Today, we have more means of communication in the PC-era. African American on-line newsletters, hard copy newsletters, live and virtual meetings are all critical pillars of an information network.

First and foremost, the PA 12 Black community must keep informed on itself. Black folks in Homewood and Wilkinsburg, for example, are right next door to each other, but are not up to date on the issues affecting their adjacent neighbors.

One major goal PA 12 Black politics in 2026 must be to mobilize the Black community; one indication is to increase Black voter turnout in the May 19 primary election and the November 3 general election. In 2026, PA 12 black politics must increase its power to educate the black community. We must study and heed the lessons of local Black politics since the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

In 2026, PA 12 Black politics must create the political infrastructure, the power base to engage the black community in day to day political struggles. Get ready, the date for the 2026 primary election is May, 19 the date for the general election is November 3. State and national elected officials run for office in the even numbered years, 0,2,4,6,8. Municipal and county elected officials run in the odd numbered years 1,3,5,7,9, PA 12 African American sororities and fraternities, religious-related programs, business originations, civic organizations, social service providers, academicians, and professional organizations have central roles to play in the 2026 campaign. PA 12 national, state and local black elected officials must convene periodic town hall meetings in their multi-ethnic, multiracial districts to keep their constituents critically informed on the dynamics of the turbulent, dangerous 2026 election campaign.

ANNOUNCEMENTS Public Notice

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CONDITIONS OF SALE

Effective with the August 3, 2020, Sheriff Sale of real estate and all such monthly public sales thereafter shall be conducted virtually through video conferencing technology or live streaming. ALL PARTICIPANTS OR BIDDERS MUST BE REGISTERED AT LEAST 7 DAYS BEFORE THE DATE OF THE SALE IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE (VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON) AT THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SALES OF REAL ESTATE. REGISTRATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY SHERIFF’S WEBSITE: SHERIFFALLEGHENYCOUNTY.COM. The Successful bidder will pay full amount of bid in CASH, CERTIFIED CHECK OR CASHIERS CHECK at time of sale, otherwise the property will be resold at the next regular Sheriffs Sale; provided, that if the sale is made on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2026 the bidder may pay ten percent of purchasing price but not less than 75.00 in CASH, CERTIFIED CHECK, OR CASHIERS CHECK THE DAY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SALE, e.g. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2026, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:30AM AND 2:30PM IN THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE . Failure to pay the 10% deposit will have you banned from future Sheriff Sales. And the balance in CASH, CERTIFIED CHECK, OR CASHIERS CHECK, on or before MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2026, at 10:00 O’CLOCK A.M. The property will be resold at the next regular Sheriff’s Sale if the balance is not paid, and in such case all money’s paid in at the original sale shall be applied to any deficiency in the price of which property is resold, and provided further that if the successful bidder is the plaintiff in the execution the bidder shall pay full amount of bid ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE FOLLOWING MONTH, OTHERWISE WRIT WILL BE RETURNED AND MARKED “REAL ESTATE UNSOLD” and all monies advanced by plaintiff will be applied as required by COMMON PLEAS COURT RULE 3129.2 (1) (a).

FORFEITED SALES WILL BE POSTED IN THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND LISTED ON THE SHERIFF OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY WEB SITE.

AMENDMENT OF THE CODE SECOND CLASS COUNTY NEW CHAPTER 475 THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 475, ENTITLED TAXATION IS HEREBY AMENDED THROUGH THE CREATION ARTICLE XII, ENTITLED, “SHERIFF SALES”, AND COMPRISED AS FOLLOWS: SUBSECTION 475-60: RECORDING OF DEEDS AND NOTIFICATION OF SHERIFFS SALES TO TAXING BODIES.

A. FOR ANY REAL PROPERTY OFFERED AT SHERIFFS SALE DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF REAL ESTATE TAXES AND PURCHASED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH SUCH SALE, THE SHERIFF SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FILING THE DEED AND, WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF FILING OF THE SHERIFFS DEED, PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE CONVEYANCE TO THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY OFFICE OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS. THE WRITTEN NOTICE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION SHALL INCLUDE THE DATE OF THE SALE, IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY SOLD BY BOTH ADDRESS AND LOT AND BLOCK NUMBER, AND THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE INDIVIDUALS OR OTHER ENTITY THAT PURCHASED THE PROPERTY.

B. AT THE TIME OF THE SALE THE SHERIFF SHALL COLLECT ALL REQUISITE FILING COSTS, REALTY TRANSFER TAXES AND FEES, NECESSARY TO PROPERLY RECORD THE DEED. C. WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF RECEIPT OF WRITTEN NOTICE FROM THE SHERIFF, THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY OFFICE OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS SHALL FORWARD COPIES OF SUCH NOTICE TO ALL TAXING BODIES LEVYING REAL ESTATE TAXES ON THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE MUNICIPALITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED. AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 14 OF ACT NO. 77 OF 1986, THE COST OF ALL DOCUMENTARY STAMPS FOR REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAXES (STATE, LOCAL, AND SCHOOL) WILL BE DEDUCTED BY THE SHERIFF FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE. Purchasers must pay the necessary recording fees. Pursuant to Rule 3136 P.R.C.P. NOTICE is hereby given that a schedule of distribution will be filed by the Sheriff not later than 30 days from date of sale and that distribution will be made in accordance with the schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within 10 days thereafter. No further notice of the filing of the schedule of distribution will be given.

A Land Bank formed under 68 Pa. C.S.A. 2101 et seq. may exercise its right to bid pursuant to 68 Pa. C.S.A. 2117(d) (2) through Pa. C.S.A. 2117(d) (4) on certain properties listed for sale under the municipal claims and Tax Lien Law, 53 P.S. 7101 et seq. The Sheriff of Allegheny County will honor the terms of payment which the Land Bank has entered with any municipalities having a claim against the property. If the Land Bank tenders a bid under Pa. C.S.A. 2117(d)(3) or 2117(d)(4) the property will not be offered for sale to others and the Property will be considered sold to the Land Bank for the Upset Price as defined in P.S.7279 and no other bids will be accepted.

NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT ALL SHERIFFS DEEDS TENDERED TO PURCHASERS WILL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING:

NOTICE: The undersigned, as evidenced by the signature(s) to this notice and the acceptance and recording of this deed, (is/are) fully cognizant of the fact that the undersigned may not be obtaining the right of protection against subsidence, as to the property herein conveyed, resulting from coal mining operations and that the purchased property, herein conveyed, may be protected from damage due to mine subsidence by a private contract with the owners of the economic interest in the coal. This notice is inserted herein to comply with the Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act of 1966. as amended 1980. Oct. 10, P.L 874, No. 156 §1.

“This document may not sell, convey, transfer, include, or insure the title to the coal and right of support underneath the surface land described or referred to herein and the owner or owners of such coal may have the complete legal right to remove all of such coal, and in that connection damage may result to the surface of the land, any house, building or other structure on or in such land.”

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DEFENDANT(S): LAWRENCE E. BAUER

CASE NO. AR-24-006895

$16,674.32.

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Fred C. Jug, Jr.

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 310 Grant Street, Suite 1109, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 **************************

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In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, ALEPPO TOWNSHIP: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS MANOR HOMES ASSOCIATION DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 612 SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS DR, SEWICKLEY, PA 15143. DEED BOOK 7970, PAGE 524. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 422-D-118.

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DEFENDANT(S): MARY LOUISE STASIK

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CASE NO. MG-25-000434

DEBT: $126,280.36

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Robertson, Schutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC

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ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S):

133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054

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******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, South Park Township: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 144 NORRINGTON DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15236. Deed Book Volume 7809, Page 17. Block and Lot Number 0564-F-000200000-00.

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DEFENDANT(S): RASHEKI LOOBY

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DEBT: $295,251.66

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Robertson, Schutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Ingram: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 58 EVANS AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15205. Deed Book Volume 18958, Page 240. Block and Lot Number 0070-S-00003-0000-00.

5FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): Gary J. Peretick and Jeffrey A. Peretick ******************* CASE NO. MG-22-000610 ************* DEBT: $118,960.39 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Stephen M. Hladik, Esquire ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): Hladik, Onorato and Federman, LLP 298 Wissahickon Avenue, North Wales, PA 19454

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 855-9521 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, MUNICIPALITY OF PENN HILLS: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING

KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 286 MCKENZIE DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DEED BOOK VOLUME 10836, PAGE 297. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 539-L-51.

6FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): KURT ALLEN MARTIN CASE NO. MG-25-000677 ************* DEBT: $122,082.19 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): CHELSEA A. NIXON, ESQUIRE ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC 216 HADDON AVENUE, SUITE 201 WESTMONT, NJ 08108

**************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (856) 858-7080 ********************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, AND TOWNSHIP OF NORTH VERSAILLES:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 708 OVERHILL DRIVE, NORTII VERSAILLES, PENNSYLVANIA 15137. DEED BOOK VOLUME 19264, PAGE 484. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 0458-N00101-0000-00.

7FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): WALTER PIROZEK, EXECUTOR OF THE. ESTATE OF JOSEPH T. HUDAK

2FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): PARKER L. COVIN AND THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT CASE NO. MG-25-000497

DEBT: $61,21 l.94 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): LEON P. HALLER, ESQUIRE

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): PURCELL, KRUG AND HALLER 1719 NORTH FRONT STREET HARRISBURG, PA 17102 **************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 717-234-4178

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Elizabeth Township: PARCEL NO. 1: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 137 WEIGLES HILL ROAD, ELIZABETH, PA 15037. DEED BOOK VOLUME 16971, PAGE 126. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1271-F352). PARCEL NO. 2: •BEING A VACANT LOT OF LAND KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS WEIGLES HILL ROAD, ELIZABETH, PA 15037. DEED BOOK VOLUME 16971, PAGE 126. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1271-F-344).

CASE NO. MG-25-000678 *************

DEBT: $50,742.28 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): CHELSEA A. NIXON, ESQUIRE ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC 216 HADDON AVENUE, SUITE 201 WES1MONT, NJ 08108 **************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 855-9521 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, AND TOWNSHIP OF WEST DEER: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 564 BENJAMIN STREET, TARENTUM, PENNSYLVANIA 15084. DEED BOOK VOLUME 8548, PAGE 592. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1671-B-00256-000000. 8FEB26

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DEFENDANT(S): DeShae Jordan, and DeJah Jordan, and Richard Jordan Jr, and Amara Jordan, and David Jordan, solely in their capacity as known Heirs for Richard D. Jordan, deceased and The Unknown Heirs of Richard D. Jordan, Deceased

DEBT: $146,434.26

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Stern & Eisenberg, PC

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): the Shops at Valley Square, 1581 Main Street, .Suite 200Warrington, PA 18976

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 572-8111

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and Borough of Forest Hills: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 118 Sumner Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15221 a/k/a 118 Sumner Avenue, Wilkinsburg, PA 15221. Deed Book Volume 12269, Page 181. Block and Lot Number 373-J-32.

10FEB26

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Patsy J. Graham ******************* CASE NO. GD 19-009063 *************

DEBT: $3,461.64

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of West Mifflin: Having erected thereon a one story brick house being known as 414 Glencoe Drive, West Mifflin, PA 15122. Deed Book Volume 5239, Page 569. Block & Lot No. 311-M-ll.

11FEB26

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Donald C. Walasik

*******************

CASE NO. GD 19-009140

DEBT: $1,980.60

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

**************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

********************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of West Mifflin: Having erected thereon a two-story frame house being known as 332.5 Lincoln venue, West Mifflin,, PA 15122. Deed Book Volume 8698, Page 86, Block & Lot No. 181-G-239.

13FEB26

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.

DEFENDANT(S): Deanndra J. Arcurio & Wilfred J. Wetzel

*******************

CASE NO. GD 21-011715 *************

DEBT: $1,946.37

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Harrison: Having erected thereon a two-story masonry frame house being known as 1409 Pacific Avenue, Natrona Heights, PA 15065. Deed Book Volume 14888, Page 79. Block & Lot No. 1368-A-101.

14FEB26

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny

18FEB26

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny and School District of Pittsburgh Vs.

OF ATTORNEY(S): TUCKER ARENSBERG, P.C. ONE PPG PLACE,_STE 1500

PA 15222

TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412.594.3943 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF CORAOPOLIS: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1503 FERNHURST AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 151083021 , DEED BOOK VOLUME-4135, PAGE 676 BLOCK AND LOT 341-L-37.

21FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): PATRICIA MCARTHUR, DANIELLE WEST, QUINN WEST, WILLIE WEST, AS KNOWN HEIRS OF LENA MCARTHUR, DECEASED; ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSON, FIRMS OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER LENA MCARTHUR, DECEASED CASE NO. GD-25-003105

DEBT: $71,433.16 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jill M. Fein, Esquire / Hill Wallack LLP ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 1000 Floral Vale Boulevard, Suite 300, Yardley, PA 19067 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE

************* DEBT: $55,182.04 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): KML LAW GROUP,P.C.

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322

SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF ELIZABETH:

HAVING ERECTED_ THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 212 CIRCLE DRNE, ELIZABETH, PA 15037. DEED BOOK 8338, PAGE 525. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1130-P-290.

27FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): OLIVIA SAGE AKA OLIVIA POST, ALEXIS TOLIVER, SEAN D. TOLIVER JR, SOLELY IN THEIR CAPACITY AS HEIRS OF BRENDA J. TOLIVER AKA REVEREND BRENDA J. TOLIVER, DECEASED, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF BRENDA J. TOLIVER AKA REVEREND BRENDA J. TOLIVER, DECEASED CASE NO. MG-25-000524

DEBT: $222,769.67 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): KML LAW GROUP,P.C. ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 ********************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, 20TH WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 2439 RED OAK DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15220. DEED BOOK 9719, PAGE 107. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 63-A-274.

28FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): THOMAS M. FERGUSON

CASE NO. MG-25-000570

DEBT $129,571.20 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): KML LAW GROUP,P.C. ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, 17TH WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1515 SARAH STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15203. DEED BOOK 10300, PAGE 465. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 3-M-28.

29FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): JARED M. LINK, KAITLYN M. LINK AKA KAITLYN MARIE LINK

*******************

CASE NO. MG-25-000561 *************

DEBT $113,127.13

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): KML LAW GROUP,P.C.

***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S):

SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

******************** IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, 18TH WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 334 CAPERTON STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15210. DEED BOOK 19448, PAGE 450. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 34-H-265.

30FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): UNKNOWN HEIRS OF BARBARA BURK ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000267

DEBT $244,030.79

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): KML LAW GROUP,P.C.

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 **************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 ********************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF WEST DEER: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELL-

ING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 4009 CRESTWOOD DRIVE, GIBSONIA, PA 15044. DEED BOOK 19110, PAGE 440. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1508-J-306.

31FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): GINA L. THOMPSON AKA GINA LOUISE THOMPSON *******************

CASE NO. MG-25-000224 ************* DEBT $98,526.84

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): KML LAW GROUP,P.C.

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 **************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 ********************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL-

VANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOR-

OUGH OF GLASSPORT:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1010 VERMONT AVENUE, GLASSPORT, PA 15045. DEED BOOK 16434, PAGE 153. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 558-R-227.

32FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): CATHERINE JERSEY

*******************

CASE NO. MG-25-000802

************* DEBT $173,560.99

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): KML LAW GROUP,P.C.

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET

PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106

**************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322

******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION:

********************

IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, 19TH

WARD CITY OF PITTSBURGH:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 709 DUNSTER STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15226. DEED BOOK 19106, PAGE 103. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 61-B-103.

33FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): JERILYN MCGOVERN

CASE NO. MG-25-000721

*************

DEBT $213,155.51

*********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): KML LAW GROUP,P.C.

***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET

PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF RICHLAND: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 237 COREY. DRIVE, GIBSONIA,PA 15044. DEED BOOK 17404, PAGE281. BLOCKANDLOTNUMBER2190-L-58.

34FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): ARGELIS CANDELARIO

CASE NO. MG-25-000542

DEBT $122,052.47

*********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): KML LAW GROUP,P.C.

***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S):

SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET

PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 ********************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWN OF MCCANDLESS:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 8520 WITTMER ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15237. DEED BOOK 16656, PAGE 198. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 713-S-282.

35FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): SANDRA RUTKOWSKI

CASE NO. AR-24-006875

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DEBT $13,513.59

*********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Fred C. Jug, Jr.

***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 310 Grant Street, suite 1109, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-255-6500

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; County of Allegheny, MOON TOWNSHIP: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A FOX HOLLOW CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION

UNIT BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 701 COLLEGE PARK DRIVE, UNIT 2, CORAOPOLIS, PA 15108. DEED BOOK 18178, PAGE 392. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 698:C-184-92

36FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): KATHERINE M. BIEHL

*******************

CASE NO. MG-25-000647

*************

DEBT $80,312.17

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane &Partners, PLLC ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Pitcairn: Having erected thereon a two story frame dwelling being known and numbered as 639 8TH STREET. PITCAIRN, PA 15140. Deed Book Volume 16975, Page 394. Block and Lot Number0747-R-00363-0000-00.

37FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): DAVID J. WALLACE *******************

CASE NO. GD-25-006912 *************

DEBT $35,267.04

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane &Partners, PLLC ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Carnegie:

Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 43 WAGNER STREET, CARNEGIE, PA 15106. Deed Book Volume 1166, Page 048. Block and Lot Number 0103-B-00150-000-00.

38FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): JAMES DUDLEY JR.; KEITH DUDLEY, GARY DUDLEY, IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEIRS OF GREGORY DUDLEY; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS, CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER GREGORY DUDLEY ******************* CASE NO. GD-25-006778 *************

DEBT $59,554.46

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane &Partners, PLLC ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 133 GAITHER DRIVE, SUITE F MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills:

Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 102 GROVE RD, VERONA, PA 15147. Deed Book Volume 11820, Page 590. Block and Lot Number 295-E-00178-0000-00.

39FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): William Russell Eberle and The United States of America ******************* CASE NO. MG-23-000560

DEBT $125,172.96

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): EMMANUEL J. ARGENTIERI

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 52 NEWTON AVENU:E, P.O. BOX 456, WOODBURY, NJ 08096

************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (856) 384-1515

********************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny and 19th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1428 Dagmar Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15216. Deed Book Volume 16408, Page 350. Block and Lot Number 0035-C-00092.

40FEB26

PLAINTIFF(S) MCKEESPORT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BOROUGH OF WHITE OAK Vs. DEFENDANT(S): PSALMS REALTY, LLC

CASE NO. GD-23-009076

*************

DEBT $9,331.76

*********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): CHRISTOPHER E. VINCENT *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 546 WENDEL ROAD, IRWIN, PA 15642 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (724) 978-0333 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF WHITE OAK: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1201 FAWCETT AVENUE, MCKEESPORT PA 15131.

deceased, Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest from or under Angela Fosbrink, deceased

CASE NO. MG-24-000932

************* DEBT $106,083.80

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 31ST WARD OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH:

PARCEL 1: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 5921 RODGERS

SONNY BOY

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 243-9700 SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Avalon: Having erected thereon a two and ½ story frame house known as 614 Hemlock Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15202, Deed Book Volume 14133, Page 315, Block and Lot 159-D-277.

47FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): Jerome P. Broderick, Jr, Joyce A. White, Paul D. Broderick, Timothy M. Broderick, Surviving Heirs of Jerome P. Broderick, Sr., Deceased and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Jerome P. Broderick, Sr., Deceased ******************* CASE NO. GD-24-004861 *************

DEBT $178,279.76

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Stephen M. Hladik, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): Hladik, Onorato and Federman, LLP 298 Wissahickon Avenue, North Wales, PA 19454

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 855-9521

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF ETN HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 122 Wilson STREET EXTENTION, PITTSBURGH, PA 15223. DEED BOOK VOLUME 9595, PAGE 285. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 221-L-104.

48FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): Jeffrey T. Stiehler and Linda J. Stiehler

NO. MG-24:.000791

$118,858.49 NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Stern & Eisenberg, PC

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): The Shops at Valley Square, 1581 Main Street,

thereon a

being known and numbered as 440 Washington Street, Springdale, PA 15144. Deed Book Volume 10712, PAGE 203. Block and Lot Number 627-L-78.

49FEB26

PETITIONER(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Mark W. Nelson, with Notice to Heirs and Assigns, Executor of the Estate of Frances Malinic, David G. Malinic, Known Heir of Francis Malinic, Stanley Muse, with Notice to Heirs and Assigns, Janet Muse, Known Heir of John and Sara Muse & Patricia Whyte, Known Heir of John and Sara Muse . ******************* CASE NO. GD 25-008844 *************

DEBT $7,139.26

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

52FEB26

PLAINTIFF(S): Borough of West Homestead Vs.

Me Lyng Restaurant, Inc.

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

**************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

********************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of West Homestead:

Having erected thereon a one-story commercial restaurant building being known as 213 West 8th Avenue, Homestead, PA 15120. Deed book Volume 13572, Page 225, Block & Lot 130-N-88.

53FEB26

PLAINTIFF(S): Township of Upper St.

Clair Vs.

DEFENDANT(S): Nancy L. Scola

CASE NO. GD 23-013722

DEBT $2,560.69 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Upper St. Clair:

Having erected thereon a one-story frame house being known as 107 Bartley Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15241. Deed Book Volume 8438, Page 402. Block & Lot No. 319-G’307.

54FEB26

PLAINTIFF(S): North Hills School District Vs.

DEFENDANT(S): Lori L. Reich *******************

CASE NO. GD 25-003921

DEBT $3,381.65

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 **************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ********************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of West View:

Having erected thereon a two-story brick house being known as 89 Georgetown Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15229. Deed Book Volume 12928, Page 19, Block & Lot 279B-329.

55FEB26

PLAINTIFF(S): North Hills School District Vs.

DEFENDANT(S): Brett Alan Davis

CASE NO. GD 25-002448

DEBT $3,856.79 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 **************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ********************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of West View:

Having erected thereon a two-story frame house being known as 102 Montclair Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15229. Deed Book Volume 18917, Page 231, Block & Lot 350-S-228.

56FEB26

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Edward A. Deren & Candace A. Deren ******************* CASE NO. GD 25-003644 ************* DEBT $2,807.86

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 **************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Moon:

Having erected thereon a two-story masonry frame house being known as 240 Shafer Road, Coraopolis, PA 15108. Deed Book Volume 7096, Page 416. Block & Lot No. 599-J-49.

57FEB26

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Fernando Solorio ******************* CASE NO. GD 23-003127 ************* DEBT $3,270.81

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth 9f Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of West Mifflin:·

Having erected thereon a two-story frame house being known as 1179 Lebanon School Road, West Mifflin, PA 15122. Deed Book Volume 17522, Page 1, Block & Lot No. 385-F-184.

58FEB26

PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.

DEFENDANT(S): Ivy H. L. Turner &James Long, III

*******************

CASE NO. GD 24-011651

DEBT $2,859.35

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

**************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

********************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

********************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of McKeesport,. Ward 9:

Having erected thereon a two-story -frame house being known 1709 Wesley Street, McKeesport, PA 15132.._Deed Book Volume 17452, Page 191, Block & Lot No. 301-M-295.

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PLAINTIFF(S): Quaker Valley School District Vs.

DEFENDANT(S): Paul Raymond Scragg & Kristen Holly Scragg

CASE NO. GD 24-000759

DEBT $22,084.56

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

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ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S):

525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

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SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Sewickley Heights:

Having erected thereon a one-and a-half-story brick house being known as 15 Thawmont Drive, Sewickley, PA 15143. Deed Book Volume 17527, Page 330. Block& Lot No. 509-J-203.

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PLAINTIFF(S): Woodland Hills School

District Vs.

DEFENDANT(S): Ramona J. Spencer

CASE NO. GD 22-013932

DEBT $3,068.30

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S):

525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Turtle Creek:

Having erected thereon a two-story brick house known as 817 Renier Avenue, Turtle Creek, PA 15145. Deed Book Volume 17265, Page 119. Block & Lot No. 455-L90.

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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny Vs.

DEFENDANT(S): Ciccarelli & Sons LLC

CASE NO. GD 25-003574

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DEBT $2,803.05

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S):

525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Mt. Lebanon:

Having erected thereon a one and· a half story. brick house being known as 245 Adeline Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15228. Deed Book Volume 18105, Page 139. Block & Lot No. 141-L-215

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PLAINTIFF(S): County of Allegheny, City of Pittsburgh and School District of Pittsburgh Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Judith M. Hilldoerfer

CASE NO. GD 17-005711

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DEBT $13,200.02

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Joseph W. Gramc, Esquire

***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 525 William Penn Place, Suite 3110, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 281-0587

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, City of Pittsburgh Ward 19: Having erected thereon a two-story brick house being known as 436 Belonda Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15211. Deed Book Volume 11183, Page 310. Block & Lot No. 4-E-191.

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PLAINTIFF(S): PLUM BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Vs. DEFENDANT(S): LAWRENCE R. BOSSART ******************* CASE NO. GD-24-003529 ************* DEBT $7,191.88

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Elizabeth P. Sattler, Esquire

***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 445 Fort Pitt Boulevard, Suite 503, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-391-0160

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF PLUM: HAVING ERECTED”THEREON A DWELLING, KNOWN AS 842 BLUE-RIDGE ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15239. DEED BOOK 8030, PAGE 609. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1241-J-26.

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PLAINTIFF(S): PLUM BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Vs. DEFENDANT(S): JUDY B. BROPHY & DAVID P. CASSELL CASE NO. GD-24-010683

DEBT $5,909.16

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Elizabeth P. Sattler, Esquire

***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 445 Fort Pitt Boulevard, Suite 503, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-391-0160 ********************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF PLUM: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING, KNOWN AS 185 BLACK HILLS ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15239. DEED BOOK 18044, PAGE42. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1239-G-133.

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PLAINTIFF(S): Elizabeth Forward School District Vs. DEFENDANT(S): THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF FRED JOSIAH PEARSON, DECEASED AND DONALD LAWRENCE PEARSON, DECEASED

CASE NO. GD 25-009482 ************* DEBT $5,937.91 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire

***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S):

424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 21O Pittsburgh, PA 15203

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ********************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Township of Elizabeth:

BEING ALL THAT VACANT LAND BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS CIRCLE DR., ELIZABETH, PA 15037. DEED BOOK 2986, PAGE 742. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1130-N-66.

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PLAINTIFF(S): Jefferson Hills BoroughVs. DEFENDANT(S): The Unknown Heirs of Edna G. Maple, Deceased CASE NO. GD 25-008689 ************* DEBT $20,767.58 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire

***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 21O Pittsburgh, PA 15203

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Jefferson Hills Borough: BEING ALL THAT VACANT LAND BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS VINE STREET, CLAIRTON, PA 15025. DEED BOOK 8317, PAGE 468. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 881-G-154.

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PLAINTIFF(S): Penn Hills. School District and Municipality of Penn Hills Vs. DEFENDANT(S): The Unknown Heirs of Edward C. Watson, Deceased ******************* CASE NO. GD 24-009120 ************* DEBT $17,457.73

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15203

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 30 N. JOSLYN DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DEED BOOK 6456, PAGE 199. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 538-R-328.

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): ROBERT P. Wendt, Esquire

with notice to heirs, executors, administrators, successors, or assigns or any other person found to have an interest in the property· CASE NO. GD-22-013268

DEBT $70,062.11

********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S):

FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE SITUATE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, AND BOROUGH OF MUNHALL.

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A TWO-STO-

OLD.,STYLE FRAME

KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 429 EAST 11TH AVENUE, HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA 15120. DEED BOOK VOLUME 14788, PAGE 400, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 130-L-125. 80FEB26 DEFENDANT(S): Victoria Carrozzi and Matthew Carrozzi CASE NO. MG-25-000813

$285,582.38

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Kristine M. Anthou, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S):

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DEFENDANT(S): FRANCES GRUNTZ, HERMAN KNERR, SUSAN BARRY, ANNA OSSELBORN, KNOWN SURVIVING HEIRS OF BETTY KNERR aka ELIZABETH BETTY J. KNERR aka ELIZABETH J. KNERR aka Elizabeth J. DAGOSTINO aka BETTY J. DAGOSTINO, AND UNKNOWN SURVIVING HEIRS OF BETTY KNERR aka ELIZABETH. BETTY J. KNERR aka ELIZABETH J. KNERR aka ELIZABETH J. DAGOSTINO aka BETTY J. DAGOSTINO

CASE NO. GD-25-007116

DEBT $75,521.41 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): CHELSEA A. NIXON, ESQUIRE

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC 216 HADDON AVENUE, SUITE 201. WESTMONT, NJ 08108 **************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (856) 858-7080

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** IN THE COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, 18TH WARD - CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 422 CONNISTON AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15210. DEED BOOK VOLUME 17316, PAGE 428. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 34-S-320.

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DEFENDANT(S): BOBBIE J. CARLEY; TEREK M. RICHIE CASE NO. MG-25-000659 DEBT $37,456.44 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Carolyn Treglia, Esquire ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 **************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF FOREST HILLS Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 227 BERKLEY AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. Deed Book Volume 10433, Page 650. Block and Lot Number 0300-M-000480000-00

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DEFENDANT(S): ANDREW T. BARONE aka ANDREW BARONE; JASMINE D. BARONE ******************* CASE NO. MG-25-000426 ************* DEBT $147,568.24

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Carolyn Treglia, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, county of Allegheny, ROSS TOWNSHIP Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 205 CLEVELAND AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15214. Deed Book Volume 17386, Page 430. Block and Lot Number 0163-A-001100000-00

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DEFENDANT(S): LUTUAL M. LOVE, SR. aka LATOOL LOVE aka LUTUAL LOVE; SARAH ABLE; RASHAUN GUSTAVE aka RHEYSHAWAN GUSTAVE aka RHEYSHAWN CLIFFORD, IN HER CAPACITY AS DEVISEE OF THE ESTATE OF ARMOND GUSTAVE, SR. aka ARMOND GUSTAVE aka ARMAND GUSTAVE, SR.; ARMAND GUSTAVE, III aka ARMOND GUSTAVE, III, IN HIS CAPACITY AS DEVISEE OF THE ESTATE OF ARMOND GUSTAVE, SR. aka ARMOND GUSTAVE aka ARMAND GUSTAVE, SR., EDNA BROOKS, IN HER CAPACITY AS DEVISEE OF THE ESTATE OF ARMOND GUSTAVE, SR. aka ARMOND GUSTAVE aka ARMAND GUSTAVE, SR. CASE NO. MG-24-000985 ************* DEBT $84,897.33 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Carolyn Treglia, Esquire ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406

************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 15TH WARD OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 303 FLOWERS AVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15207. Deed Book Volume 12766, Page 585. Block and Lot Number 0056-G-000070000-00

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DEFENDANT(S):ZACHARY REESE, CHRISTOPHER REESE, DONALD REESE, HENDERSON REESE, TAYLOR REESE, JESSICA REESE, CLARISA REESE, IN THEIR CAPACITY AS KNOWN HEIRS OF JOYCE A REESE, DECEASED AND IN THEIR CAPACITY AS KNOWN HEIRS OF MELANEE J REESE, DECEASED; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER JOYCE A REESE; MATTHEW REESE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS KNOWN HEIR OF MELANEE J REESE, DECEASED; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER MELANEE J REESE; S.O., A MINOR, AND IN HER CAPACITY AS KNOWN HEIR OF JOYCE A REESE, DECEASED AND IN HER CAPACITY AS KNOWN HEIR OF MELANEE J REESE, DECEASED; S.O., A MINOR, AND IN HER

CAPACITY AS KNOWN HEIR OF JOYCE A REESE, DECEASED AND IN HER CAPACITY OF KNOWN HEIR OF MELANEE J REESE, DECEASED CASE NO. MG-24-000350 DEBT $193,614.59 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Carolyn Treglia, Esquire *********************** ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646

******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION:

******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 14TH WARD OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 6812 MCPHERSON BLVD, PITTSBURGH, PA _15208. Deed Book Volume 16068, Page 158. Block and Lot Number 0125-P-000130000-00

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DEFENDANT(S):JILL E BOWSER, aka JILL B BOWSER; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PA

CASE NO. MG-24-000322

************* DEBT $178,750.96

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Carolyn Treglia, Esquire ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S):

Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 **************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ********************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF WEST MIFFLIN Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 6714 MADISON AVE, WEST MIFFLIN, PA 15122, aka 6714 MADISON AVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15122. Deed Book Volume 16876, Page 430. Block and Lot Number 0243-R00094-0000-00

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DEFENDANT(S): JENNIFER A KOVAR; JASON KOVAR

CASE NO. MG-24-000981 ************* DEBT $85,375.95 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Carolyn Treglia, Esquire ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406

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ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, BOROUGH OF WEST MIFFLIN Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 2111 CAROLINA AVE, WEST MIFFLIN, PA 15122. Deed Book Volume 13640, Page 154. Block and Lot Number 0241-H-001340000-00

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DEFENDANT(S): UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER ROBERT BRACY AKA ROBERT J. BRACY AKA ROBERT JAMES BRACY SR., DECEASED; NICOLE WALKER, ANYSSA BRACY, ROBERT JAMES BRACY JR., IN THEIR CAPACITY AS HEIRS OF ROBERT BRACY AKA ROBERT J. BRACY AKA ROBERT JAMES BRACY SR., DECEASED CASE NO. MG-24-000884

DEBT $180,342.96

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Carolyn Treglia, Esquire ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): Brock & Scott, PLLC 2011 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (844) 856-6646 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, MUNICIPALITY OF MONROEVILLE Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 924 GARDEN CITY DR, MONROEVILLE, PA 15146. Deed Book Volume 16766, Page 11. Block and Lot Number 0637-D-000380000-00 aka 637-D-38

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DEFENDANT(S): Carol Foglia, Michael Frank Colosimo, Kay Kain, as Believed Heirs of the Estate of Anna Colosimo; Unknown Heirs of the Estate of Anna Colosimo (if any); Unknown Administrators of the Estate of Anna Colosimo (if any)

******************* CASE NO. GD-22-009851

DEBT $46,727.04

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): MDK Legal

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): P. 0. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028 **************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 614-220-5611 ********************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

********************

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills:

Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 611 Gail Drive, Verona, PA 15147. Document Number 008557, Deed Book Volume 8644, Page 17. Block and Lot Number 0446-M-003760000’.”00.

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DEFENDANT(S): Joshua Hayes, Jeremy Hayes, as believed Heirs to the Estate of Cynthia J. Kozup; Unknown Heirs to the Estate of Cynthia J. Kozup; Unknown Administrators to the Estate of Cynthia J. Kozup

CASE NO. MG-25-000666

************* DEBT $14,217.17

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): MDK Legal

***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): P. 0. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 614-220-5611

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Scott Township: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1213-1215 Washington Avenue, Carnegie, PA 15106 AKA 1213 Washington Avenue, Carnegie, PA 15106. Document Number 225016, Deed Book Volume 10377, Page 531. Block and Lot Number 0102-S-OO1850000-00;

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DEFENDANT(S): James A. Hajek ******************* CASE NO. MG-24-000958 DEBT $91,989.05

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): MDK Legal

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): P. 0. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028 **************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 614-220-5611 ********************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Castle Shannon: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 1349 Grove Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15234. Document Number 2017-2173, Deed Book Volume 16678, Page 385. Block and Lot Number 0249-B-00184-0000-00.. •

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DEFENDANT(S): CATHLEEN M. HARBAUGH CASE NO. MG-23-000227 ************* DEBT $115,561.72

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): KML LAW GROUP,P.C. ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA,PA19106

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322

SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, TOWNSHIP OF STOWE: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING: BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1109 WOODWARD AVENUE, MC KEES ROCKS, PA 15136. DEED BOOK 16502,_PAGE 271. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 73-K-244.

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DEFENDANT(S): MARK D. HUTCHIN, SHANTEL M. HUTCHIN CASE NO. MG-20-000401

DEBT $132,440.18

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NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): KML LAW GROUP,P.C.

***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA,PA19106

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF CASTLE SHANNON: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 3158 MAY STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15234. DEED BOOK 13217, PAGE 31. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 190-G-208.

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DEFENDANT(S): ZACHERY J. FRYAR, BRITANY L. FRYAR ******************* CASE NO. MG-22-000375

DEBT $69,028.58 ********* NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): KML LAW GROUP,P.C. ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): SUITE 5000, 701 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA,PA19106 ************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (215) 627-1322 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION: IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, BOROUGH OF TARENTUM: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS

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DEBT $103,646.07

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): LOGS Legal Group LLP

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 985 Old Eagle School Road, Suite S14 Wayne, PA 19087

************************** ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (610) 278-6800

SHORT DESCRIPTION: ******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, 13TH WARD OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1058 BLACKADORE STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK VOLUME 6628, PAGE 646, BLOCK AND LOT 0231E-00006-0000-00.

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DEFENDANT(S):

TELEPHONE NUMBER: 855-225-6906

DESCRIPTION:

the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of West View: Having erected thereon a dwelling being known and numbered as 22 DARTMOUTH AVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15229. Deed Book Volume 7535, Page 410. Block and Lot Number 0279-E-00166-0000-00. 107FEB26

DEFENDANT(S): David T. Powell and Mary E. Powell. ******************* CASE NO. MG-21-000119

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PLAINTIFF(S) Penn Hills School District and Municipality of· Penn Hills Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Theresa C. Nobile

CASE NO. GD 25-006273 DEBT $20,633.20 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 424 S, 27th Street, Ste. 21O Pittsburgh, PA 15203 **************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 ********************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 115 UNIVERSITY STREET, VERONA, PA 15147. DEED BOOK 9204, PAGE 395. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 632-B-160.

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PLAINTIFF(S) Penn Hills School District and Municipality of· Penn Hills Vs.

DEFENDANT(S): GARY J. MARBELLA

CASE NO. GD 23-010861 ************* DEBT $16,337.77 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 424 S, 27th Street, Ste. 21O Pittsburgh, PA 15203

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Municipality of Penn Hills:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1033 EVERGREEN DR., PITTSBURGH, PA 15235. DEED BOOK 16354, PAGE 245. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 539-P-9H.

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PLAINTIFF(S) Wilkinsburg School District and Wilkinsburg Borough Vs.

DEFENDANT(S): Christine Younger a/k/a Christine Miller a/k/a Christine Miller-Younger ******************* CASE NO. GD 22-010608 DEBT $28,273.16 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 424 S, 27th Street, Ste. 21O Pittsburgh, PA 15203 **************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400 ******************************** SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Wilkinsburg: HAVING ERECTED THEREON A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 2424 LAKETON ROAD, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK 18766, PAGE 561.BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 296-L-33.

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PLAINTIFF(S) Wilkinsburg School District and Wilkinsburg Borough Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Jack Charles ******************* CASE NO. GD 17-009422 ************* DEBT $29,307.64

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire ***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 424 S, 27th Street, Ste. 21O Pittsburgh, PA 15203

**************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

******************** In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, Borough of Wilkinsburg:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A MULTl-FAMILY DWELLING BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1309 SINGER PLACE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221. DEED BOOK 11136, PAGE 26. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 232-J-6.

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PLAINTIFF(S) Steel Valley School District and Borough of Munhall Vs.

DEFENDANT(S): Ahmed Anthony

CASE NO. GD-19-016000

DEBT $27,032.83 *********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jeffrey D. Ries, Esquire

***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 714 Lebanon Road, West Mifflin, PA 15122

**************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-464-9997

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

******************** ALL THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE SITUATE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, AND BOROUGH OF MUNHALL.

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A TWO-STORY, OLD-STYLE FRAME DWELLING, KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 214 EAST 18TH AVENUE, HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA 15120. DEED BOOK VOLUME 10626, PAGE 128, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 131-H-34.

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PLAINTIFF(S) Steel Valley School District and Borough of Munhall Vs. DEFENDANT(S): Turning Point Investments, LLC

******************* CASE NO. GD-21-006143

************* DEBT $49,902.22

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jeffrey D. Ries, Esquire

***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 714 Lebanon Road, West Mifflin, PA 15122

**************************

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 412-464-9997 ********************************

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

********************

ALL THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL

ESTATE SITUATE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, AND BOROUGH OF MUNHALL.

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A TWO-STORY, OLD-STYLE FRAME

DWELLING, KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1221 MARGARET STREET, HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA 15120. DEED BOOK VOLUME 13176, PAGE 411, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 130-S-323.

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PLAINTIFF(S) North Allegheny School District Vs. DEFENDANT(S): JEANINE D. BURKES CASE NO. GD 25-003957

************* DEBT $29,004.03

*********

NAME OF ATTORNEY(S): Jennifer L. Cerce, Esquire

***********************

ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY(S): 424 S. 27th Street, Ste. 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15203

ATTORNEY TELEPHONE NUMBER: (412) 242-4400

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, TOWNSHIP OF MARSHALL:

HAVING ERECTED THEREON A RESIDENTIAL TOWNHOUSE BEING KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 706 CARVER DR., WEXFORD, PA 15090. DEED BOOK 18876, PAGE 67. BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER 1997-C-108.

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Estate of SALLIE M. PORTIS, A/K/A SALLIE MAUD PORTIS, Case No. 461 of 2026. Pamela Portis appointed Administratrix by Order dated January 23, 2026. Peter B. Lewis Counsel, Neighborhood Legal Services, 928 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Petition to Determine Title to 1533 Marlboro Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15221, formerly owned by ALBERTA B. SMITH, deceased, filed January 23, 2026 by Chester Smith, No. 463 of 2026. Peter B. Lewis Counsel, Neighborhood Legal Services, 928 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222.

Estate of Kathy W. Arnheim of Pittsburgh, No. 00351 of 2026

Rachel Neuhaus,Extr., or to Devin Hallett Snyder, Esq., Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky, 444 Liberty Avenue, Ste. 2200, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Estate of RONALD C. CONNELLY

Deceased of South Park, Pennsylvania. Theresa Ann Geisel, Executor or to Robert S. Bootay, Atty., 6 Clairton Blvd. Pittsburgh, PA 15236

Estate of RAYMOND C. OLSZEWSKI, SR., deceased of Pittsburgh,PA, Estate No. 04359 of 2021, Lucille M. Olszewski, Adm., or to Claire Johnson Sasenz, Esq., Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky, 444 Liberty Avenue, Ste. 2200, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

PUBLIC NOTICE

ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY

The regular meetings to be held by the Green Committee of the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority during the remainder of calendar year 2026 will be held in the Trefz Board Room at its offices located at 3300 Preble Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15233 at 2:00 p.m., prevailing local time, on the following dates:

March 17, 2026

May 12, 2026

July 14, 2026

September 15, 2026

November 17, 2026

Official action on the Committee’s recommendations will take place at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors at a later date. The public may view the meetings via livestream by visiting www.alcosan.org.

BOROUGH OF BELLEVUE

Civil Service Re-Organization Meeting

The Civil Service Commission of the Borough of Bellevue will hold its

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE

WHEREAS, on February 01, 2011, a certain mortgage was executed by ROBERT A. SOKOL, as mortgagor in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS INC., AS MORTGAGEE, AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN ADVISORS GROUP, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County in Mortgage Book M VL 39202 Page 326 Instrument # 2011-18714 (“Mortgage”); and WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbers property located at 1605 Union Avenue Mckeesport, PA 15132, parcel number 0382-C-00301-0000-00(“Property”); and WHEREAS the mortgage IS IN SERIOUS DEFAULT due to violation of (a)(v): An obligation of the Borrower under this Security Instrument is not performed ;and WHEREAS, the Property was owned by ROBERT A. SOKOL by virtue of deed dated 5/15/1998 and recorded 6/3/1998 in Book 212 Page 385; and WHEREAS, the Mortgage is now owned by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“Secretary”), pursuant to an assignment recorded on 2/5/2018 in Book M VL 48913 Page 78 Instrument # 2018-7836, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; and WHEREAS the entire amount delinquent as of 10/29/2025 is $125,717.87 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage to be immediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, l2 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR Part 29, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on 10/15/2024 in Misc. BK-DE VL-14933, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that on 02/17/2026; at 10:00 AM at at the Main Entrance of the Allegheny County Courthouse located at 436 Grant St, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 all real property and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises will be sold at public action to the highest bidder: THE LAND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS SITUATED IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PIECE OF GROUND SITUATE IN THE 7TH WARD OF THE CITY OF MCKEESPORT, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY AND COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. BEING LOT NO. 723 IN THE CENTRAL PARK PLAN OF LOTS, AS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF DEEDS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, IN PLAN BOOK VOLUME 19, PAGE 99. HAVING ERECTED THEREON A DWELLING MUNICIPALLY KNOWN AS 1605 UNION STREET. BEING DESIGNATED IN THE DEED REGISTRY OFFICE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY AS LOT AND BLOCK 382-C-301.

BEING THE SAME PROPERTY WHICH MARY C HURST, EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF DELLA L. CAMPBELL A/K/A DELLA L. CAMPBELL A/K/A DELLA WATHERWAX, BY HER DEED DATED JULY 7, 1987, AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF DEEDS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, IN DEED BOOK VOLUME 7601, PAGE 340, GRANTED AND CONVEYED UNTO ROBERT. A SOKOL AND JUDITH C. SOKOL, HIS WIFE. THE SAID ROBERT A. SOKOL AND JUDITH C. SOKOL WERE DIVORCED IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1997, AT NO. GD92-05122. PARCEL NUMBER(S): 0382-C-00301-0000-00

The sale will be held 02/17/2026; at 10:00 AM at the Main Entrance of the Allegheny County Courthouse located at 436 Grant St, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $125,717.87 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date. Ten percent (10%) of the highest bid is the deposit required at the sale. The amount that must be paid to HUD by the mortgagors or someone acting on their behalf so that the sale may be stayed is the total delinquent amount of $125,717.87 as of 10/29/2025, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.

There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale. When making their bid, all bidders, except the Secretary, must submit a deposit totaling ten percent 10% of the Secretary’s bid as set forth above in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. Each oral bid need not be accompanied by a deposit. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of ten (10%) percent must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within thirty (30) days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the high bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveyance fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them. The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for fifteen (15) days, and a fee will be charged in the amount of $150.00 for each fifteen (15) day extension requested. The extension fee shall be paid in the form of a certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due.

BLOCK AND LOT# 0061-B-00050-0000-00.

Official action on the Committee’s recommendations will take place at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors at a later date. The public may view the meetings via livestream by visiting www.alcosan.org. ANNOUNCEMENTS Meetings ANNOUNCEMENTS Meetings

If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder’s deposit will be forfeited, and the Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD Field Office Representative, offer the Property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder. There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein.

KML LAW GROUP, P.C. Foreclosure Commissioners (215-825-6305)

PUBLIC NOTICE ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY

The regular meetings to be held by the Professional Services Committee of the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority during the remainder of calendar year 2026 will be held in the Trefz Board Room at its offices located at 3300 Preble Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15233 at 2:00 p.m., prevailing local time, on the following dates:

February 12, 2026

March 12, 2026

April 9, 2026

May 7, 2026

June 11, 2026

July 9, 2026

September 10, 2026

October 8, 2026

November 12, 2026

December 3, 2026

The Washington County Housing Authority will receive separate, and SEALED bids for the following prime contract bid with the Authority:

SCATTERED SITES PAVING PROJECT

13 SITES ACROSS WASHINGTON COUNTY WCHA 2024-G6 CONTRACT; A/E PROJECT R24-176-01

A certified check or bank draft payable to the Washington County Housing Authority; a US Government Bond or satisfactory Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and acceptable sureties in the amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the bid shall be submitted with each bid.

Bids will be received no later than 11:00 AM EST, TUESDAY, February 17, 2026 at the Washington County Housing Authority, Crumrine Tower, 100 South Franklin Street, Washington, PA 15301 at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids will be held by the Housing Authority for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days prior to the contract award.

A Non-Mandatory Pre-bid Meeting will be held starting at 11:00AM EST, FRIDAY, February 06, 2026 onsite at Valley View Terrace, 518 Dawson Street, Canonsburg, Pa 15317

Plans, specifications, and contract documents may be examined at these locations: Bid Documents are being distributed, with twenty-four hour prior notice of pick-up, by Sleighter Design, 1060 Eberly Way, Lemont Furnace, PA 15456; by phone at (724) 438-4010. All prime bidders are REQUIRED to buy the full set of plans and specifications for $125.00 for each contract set or $40.00 electronically (non-refundable). Contact Sleighter Design for the plans and specifications.

Submit all required documents in a SEALED envelope clearly marked:

“SCATTERED SITES PAVING PROJECT”

The work to be performed under this contract is a Section 3 Project unde Provisions of the Housing & Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, and must, to the greatest extent feasible, provide opportunities for training and employment for lower-income residents of the project and contracts for work in connection with the project be awarded to business concerns which are located in, or owned by, Washington County residents. Particular attention is directed to requirements of Executive Order 11246, 11625 and 12138, as well as Section 3 requirements, as set forth in the Specifications. All materials used must be compliant with the “Build America / Buy America” Act IUA of 11/ 15/2021 effective date of 01/03/2024.

The substantial completion deadline shall be 150 calendar days after the Notice To Proceed date. PennDOT Pub. 408/2020 specifications for all restorations.

The Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids for any reason(s) what so ever and to waive informalities in the bidding process as the WCHA deems absolutely appropriate.

STANLEY P. SHOOK EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR

Hearing Impaired Call TDD (724) 228-6083

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF BEAVER BEAVER, PENNSYLVANIA

INVITATION TO BID

The HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF BEAVER will receive sealed bids, in duplicate, until 10:00 AM. (local time) on Thursday, February 26, 2026 at the office of the Housing Authority of the County of Beaver, James F. Tress Administration Building, 300 State Avenue (Vanport), Beaver, Pennsylvania at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following:

Exterior Painting and Site Improvements 269 1st Street, 285 1st Street, and 2012 Duss Avenue, Ambridge, PA 1402 5th Avenue, New Brighton, PA

A fifteen percent (15 %) bid bond is required for this project.

Proposed forms of contract documents, including Plans and Specifications may be obtained from the Sleighter Design by first mailing $150.00 in the form of a check made payable to Sleighter Design, 1060 Eberly Way, Lemon Furnace, PA 15456 for each set of documents to obtained. A non-refundable check for $35.00 is required if plans are to be mailed. Digital plans may be purchased for $50.00 Contractors MUST obtain copies of the documents from Sleighter Design. DEPOSITS ARE NOT REFUNDABLE. Plans and specifications will be available on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. Please call to arrange for purchase (724) 438-4010.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY, Section 3 and Build America, Buy America (BABA) Compliance are required.

A Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at the James F. Tress Administration Building, 300 State Ave, Beaver, PA 15009

ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY LEGAL NOTICE CONTRACT NO. 1841

FURNISH & DELIVER FIBERGLASS FLIGHTS FOR THE PRIMARY SEDIMENTATION TANKS

Sealed Bids for CONTRACT NO. 1841–Furnish & Deliver Fiberglass flights for the Primary Sedimentation Tanks shall be received at the Engineering Department office of the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, 3300 Preble Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15233, until 11:00 A.M., Prevailing Time, Wednesday, February 18, 2026, and then shall be publicly opened and read. A link will be required to access The Microsoft Teams Video Conference for the Bid Opening. If interested in obtaining a link to the Bid Opening, contact Judith Shropshire via email at contract.clerks@alcosan.org . ALCOSAN encourages businesses owned and operated by minorities and women to submit bids on Authority Contracts or to participate as subcontractors or suppliers to successful Bidders. Successful Bidders are to use minority and women’s businesses to the fullest extent possible. Contract Documents will be available via email or may be examined at the Engineering office of the Authority. Contract documents must be obtained directly from ALCOSAN to qualify as an eligible bidder. Bid Security shall be furnished by providing with the Bid a Certified Check in the amount of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)

Any questions regarding the Technical Specifications should be directed to Benjamin Heilman, Contract Supervisor, via email Benjamin.heilman@alcosan.org.

Any questions regarding the Purchase of Contract Bidding Documents should be directed to Judith Shropshire, ALCOSAN, via email at contract.clerks@alcosan.org.

The Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in any bid and to accept any bid should it be deemed in the interest of the Authority to do so.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY

Benjamin J. Heilman Contract Supervisor

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) FOR PROJECT-BASED VOUCHERS

PHASES 1-5

RFQ #250-01-26

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (“HACP”) requests proposals from qualified property owners and/or developers (including non-profits and Community Development Corporations) under the Project-Based Voucher (“PBV”) Program. The documents will be available no later than January 20, 2026, and signed, sealed proposals will be accepted until 10:00 a.m. on February 26, 2026. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only accept physical proposals dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until the closing time of 10:00 a.m. on February 26, 2026 in the lobby of One Stop Shop at 412 Boulevard of the Allies. Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Proposals may be uploaded to the Authority’s online submission site; the link is accessible via the HACP website and within the RFQ. Sealed proposals may still be mailed via USPS, at which time they will be Time and Date Stamped at 412 Boulevard of the Allies, 6th Floor - Procurement, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Parties or individuals interested in responding may download a copy of the Solicitation from the Business Opportunities page of www.HACP.org. Questions or inquires should be directed to:

Mr. Brandon Havranek, Associate Director of Procurement/ Contracting Officer Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh 412 Boulevard of the Allies 6th Floor - Procurement Department Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-456-2890

A pre-submission meeting will be held via Zoom meeting on February 4, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Please see the meeting information below:

Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 864 8380 5306

Passcode: 008894 +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh strongly encourages small businesses, minority businesses, women’s business enterprises, and veteran-owned businesses to respond to this solicitation.

Caster D. Binion, Executive Director Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh

HACP conducts business in accordance with all federal, state, and local civil rights laws, including but not limited to Title VII, the Fair Housing Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, The PA Human Relations Act, etc. and does not discriminate against any individuals protected by these statutes.

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Engineering Professional Services

Complete Roof Replacement –CCAC Boyce Campus

A mandatory pre-proposal meeting and site visitation will be held on Thursday, January 29, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. Meet at the Security Office, Inside Front Entrance, Boyce Campus, 595 Beatty Road, Monroeville, PA 15146.

Due date: 2:00 P.M. Prevailing Time on Friday, February 6, 2026

Any bid or proposals received after this deadline will be considered as a “late bid” and will be returned unopened to the offerer. Proposals may require Bid Bonds, Performance Bonds, Payment Bonds, and Surety as dictated by the specifications.

No bidder may withdraw his bid or proposal for a period of ninety (90) days after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids. The Community College of Allegheny County is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and encourages bids from Minority/Disadvantaged owned businesses. For more information, contact Michael Cvetic at mcvetic@ccac.edu.

Community College of Allegheny County Purchasing Department 800 Allegheny Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15233

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OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENT THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH

Sealed proposals shall be deposited at the Administration Building, Bellefield Entrance Lobby, 341 South Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15213, on Tuesday February 10, 2026, until 2:00 P.M., local prevailing time for:

•Pittsburgh Administration

Building

Emergency Generator Replacement

Electrical, General, and Asbestos Primes

•Pittsburgh Sterrett & Pittsburgh

Science & Technology

Emergency Generator Replacement

Electrical, General and Asbestos Primes

•Pittsburgh Perry & Pittsburgh

Obama

Gym & Pool Lighting Replacement

Electrical Prime

Project Manual and Drawings will be available for purchase on Tuesday January 20, 2026 , at Modern Reproductions (412-488-7700), 127 McKean Street, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15219 between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. The cost of the Project Manual Documents is non-refundable.

Project details and dates are described in each project manual.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES Help Wanted

APPLICATIONS ENGINEER III (MULTIPLE OPENINGS)

Elliott Company’s Jeannette, PA, office seeks Applications Engineer III (Multiple Openings) to develop and prepare technical solutions and quotation proposals for new equipment, applying API 617, API 612, etc. standards to meet or exceed customer requirements. This is a fully remote position, and the employees can work from anywhere in the United States. Apply at https://www.elliott-turbo.com/ Careers #R3425.

DONOR RELATIONS SPECIALIST MANCHESTER BIDWELL CORPORATION

Works to develop, manage, and implement comprehensive giving strategies that build and sustain Manchester Bidwell Corporation’s base of supporters. Proactively develops relationships with current and potential donors, managing a portfolio of prospects with the goal of increasing gift level and/or frequency. Bachelor’s degree and 3-5 years of relevant fundraising experience required. Proficiency with MS Office applications required. Experience with fundraising CRM software preferred.

Send Resume with cover letter and salary requirements to resumes@manchesterbidwell.org EOE

SENIOR CLINICAL MEDICAL ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR (LPN REQUIRED) BIDWELL TRAINING CENTER

Responsible for instructing and facilitating student mastery of content that will support graduates in meeting the evolving needs of the employment market. Five (5) years of recent clinical experience in a healthcare setting and current LPN license required. Must have demonstrated experience performing clinical procedures such as vital signs and patient intake, phlebotomy and specimen collection, and EKG performance and be able to teach, demonstrate, and evaluate psychomotor (hands-on) clinical skills.

Send Resume with cover letter and salary requirements to resumes@manchesterbidwell.org EOE

MANAGER OF FIELD DATA

Pittsburgh Regional Transit is seeking a Manager of Field Data to supervise Port Authority of Allegheny County d/b/a Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT)’s Service Development Associate (represented) positions and weekly work assignments. Ensures that all field data collection requirements for Federal and State auditing are met. Oversees the collection, computer entry, analysis, and monthly and annual summaries of field data related to transit service. Ensures all tasks have appropriate instructions and process guides for field assignments.

Essential Functions:

· Manages Service Development Associate personnel and work assignments in accordance with Collective Bargaining Agreement. Conducts quality assurance measures for collected data.

o Tasks of this group include Schedule pick document creation and support, F schedule development, field data collection and data entry for auditing of internal, state, and federal requirements, signage creation, deployment, and deconstruction, field surveying of passengers, observational data collection, office administrative support, assisting with the creation and accuracy of timetables and other public information.

· Aggregates, analyzes, and develops reports of various metrics related to the delivery of transit network services as collected by the SDA staff.

· Prepares monthly, quarterly, annual or ad hoc reports for oral and written presentation.

Job requirements include:

· High school diploma or GED.

· Bachelor’s degree in transportation, business administration, public administration or related field from an accredited college or university. Directly related experience may substitute for education on a yearfor-year basis.

· Minimum of two (2) years of direct Supervisory experience, with demonstrated ability to manage multiple staff simultaneously.

· Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in transportation, customer service, business operations, information technology, or related field.

· Demonstrated ability in the use of Windows, Microsoft Word and Excel.

· Valid PA driver’s license must be obtained within 90 days of starting the position.

· Effective and professional communication skills.

· Effective data reporting or visualizing skills (creating graphs, tables, etc.)

· Strong organizational skills.

Preferred attributes:

· Experience in the field of public transit or multimodal transportation.

· Knowledge of Pittsburgh Regional Transit service areas and routes.

· Experience in operations, scheduling, or service planning.

Annual Salary

$70,500 - $105,800

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Interested candidates should forward a cover letter (with salary requirements) and resume to: Glenn Huetter Employment Department 345 Sixth Avenue, 3rd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2527 GHuetter@RidePRT.org EOE

Applications and applicable supporting documentation must be submitted to the Human Resources Department by Noon on Friday, February 20, 2026

The City of Altoona is an Equal Opportunity Employer