Morning Roundup: St. Patrick's Day Parade details; nearly 3 dozen cats rescued from Westmoreland home
Here are a few morning news items for Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024.
St. Patrick’s Day Parade details
Parade committee members have released the details for Pittsburgh’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 16.
The celebration is set to begin at 10 a.m. as parade participants gather near the Greyhound bus station at Liberty Avenue and 11th Street. The parade will then proceed through Downtown along Grant Street to the Boulevard of the Allies, then turn right toward Commonwealth Place.
Pittsburgh police will be on hand for public safety, and open container laws will be enforced.
The parade is held annually the Saturday prior to St. Patrick’s Day.
For more, see PittsburghStPatricksDayParade.com.
Nearly 3 dozen cats rescued from Westmoreland home
Members of three local animal shelters rescued about 35 cats from a Westmoreland County home on Monday where more than 50 were discovered in unsanitary conditions.
Officials from Ninth Life Rescue Center in Hunker said a group of seven ill cats were brought to their center last week, and staff joined with Irwin’s All But Furgotten and West Newton’s As They Come Animal Rescue in order to bring the other cats in for care.
Ninth Life staff said several cats were already deceased when they arrived.
Staff at All But Furgotten said the animals were being kept in “horrific” conditions and living in their own waste.
Rare gold Lego piece found at Pa. Goodwill store
Staff at the DuBois Goodwill were looking through donations when they came across a strange-looking Lego piece.
It was a mask from the company’s Bionicle set. But as they eventually discovered, it was made of 14-karat gold.
According Lego fan site BrickFanatics, it’s likely that the gold piece, called the Bionicle Gold Hau Mask, was a gift to Lego employees to celebrate the launch of the Bionicle product line.
It was previously up for auction and reached a price of $33,000, but is being auctioned again after the winning bidder failed to complete the purchase.
The current bidding is up to $6,124. The auction ends on Wednesday.
For more, see ShopGoodwill.com/item/191446320.
Patrick Varine is a TribLive reporter covering Delmont, Export and Murrysville. He is a Western Pennsylvania native and joined the Trib in 2010 after working as a reporter and editor with the former Dover Post Co. in Delaware. He can be reached at pvarine@triblive.com.
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