Lead Stories
Anything You Do, Always Be A Giant
Willie Thrower said it a lot: “Anything you do always be a giant.” Now a giant life-size replica represents this New Ken native whose giant steps led him to become the NFL’s first black quarterback.

Our Kids
5th Grader Excels At Gymnastics and School
Jordan A. Gillette of Natrona Heights qualified for USA Gymnastic sanctioned national competition in Indianapolis this January after achieving Second Place All Around in Palmyra, PA competitions last November. A 5th Grade student at Fawn Elementary School in Highlands School District, she also is a straight A student this year. She has kept A & Bs through out her first four grades in school in spite of an intensive gymnastic training schedule.

AK Educators
Leechburg's Amazing Art Teacher
When you step inside the front door of the Leechburg High School, standing seven feet tall, a cheerfully bright Christmas tree, greets you warmly. Beautifully decorated in the school’s colors, blue and sliver, the tree completes the circle of Christmas décor that continues throughout the entire building. Every Christmas, the art club, led by Mrs. Shayle Prorok, proudly displays a host of elegant wreathes, boughs, and decorations. This tradition is just one of the ways her students show Blue Devil pride and support the school. Mrs. Prorok’s dynamic leadership inspires students not only in the field of art, but also in school involvement and in giving back to the community.

Our Local Heritage
The Land Time Forgot
Here, in the northeast corner of the Greater Pittsburgh region, we are surrounded by a land whose story of great things long ago is obscured by the fogs of time. Presidents, celebrities, entertainers and Very Important People all came to see and appear before those who came before us here a century ago. Over the past two years, Alle-Kiski Today has chronicled many of these tales of greatness. But we have also gone to these locations and videoed many those who tell the story of our heritage and help keep our region’s legacy alive.

AK Sports
Between Hoops & Hardwood Floors
Between hoops and hardwood floors this January, there exists a group of young men who do nightly battle with gravitational forces beyond their control. They fight against elaborate defenses for possession of an orange, bouncing sphere. Their goal: keep it off the floor and in the hoop.

Alle-Kiski Businesses
Knowledge and Experience Helps Both Home Owners and Buyers
Real Estate Agent Marietta L. Blowgeaux of Howard Hanna, Apollo, is passionate about her career. “This is my career and I take it very seriously,” she told me in our interview. It really began when she had to buy a home for herself and was a single woman. That experience took place over 20 years ago when it first became possible for single women to buy home. It also began a journey that brought her to Real Estate sales as a career. And, it also is one of the reasons why she is so successful with first time home buyers.

Alle-Kiski Churches
A Church For Those Who Don’t Go To Church
Every Sunday at 10:45 a.m. there are a number of people that go to The River-A Community Church. Nearly half of them haven’t been in a church for years. They have become part of a new and growing church designed just for them. The other half of those attending are long time church members that made a decision to make a difference by helping start The River and slowly, one by one, encourage friends, fellow workers, neighbors and others to be part of a church.

A-K Dining
Boulevard At Hollywood Square
The Boulevard Restaurant at Hollywood Square in Delmont may be a new restaurant to the area, but it has 42 years of dining history and experience behind it. Owned by Bobbie Pushic of Greensburg, the family restaurant has its roots in Greensburg where he started with a supper club in the 1970’s. The new Boulevard Restaurant opened August 2nd in 2004 and has continued to grow in popularity.