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Dr. Alicia B. Harvey-Smith stands on her record Pittsburgh Technical College president stands strong as school closes by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer
The word "debt" has been associated with Pittsburgh Technical College for a long time. In the fiscal year 2019, the college had a debt of $46.4 million, the New Pittsburgh Courier has learned, before Dr. Alicia B. Harvey-Smith ever
spoke with the Courier, including Dr. Harvey-Smith, portrayed the college in a very bad light. A group that referred to themselves as "The Whistleblowers" filed a number of complaints against the PTC president in 2023, specifically pertaining to decisions she had made and the alleged financial spending she had done.
A COURIER SPECIAL REPORT stepped foot in Pittsburgh, or on the college's grounds in Oakdale. Dr. Harvey-Smith is the president of Pittsburgh Technical College, or PTC for short. Today, the school is pretty much no more. The school's Board of Trustees decided in June 2024 to close the college altogether in August following declining enrollment and a host of investigations and local TV news stories that, according to some at the college who
The college's board responded by hiring an independent law firm to conduct an investigation. Following the investigation, the Board of Trustees wrote that "the vast majority of the allegations were summarily found to be without merit, but the report highlighted three areas of concern for further evaluation by the board." Those concerns included SEE COLLEGE A4
DR. ALICIA B. HARVEY-SMITH, IN HER OFFICE AT PITTSBURGH TECHNICAL COLLEGE, IN OAKDALE.
Pittsburgh’s Black women rally for Sonya Massey Massey was killed, July 6, by a White police officer in Illinois by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer
Black women have had enough. A Black woman calls the police on her own, looking for help, as there may be a prowler around her home. And she's the one who ends up dead. It didn't happen in Pittsburgh—it happened in Springfield, Illinois, in the early morning hours of July 6, to 36-year-old Sonya Massey. Sangamon County deputies responded to the call, including 30-year-old Sean Grayson. Once inside Massey's home, Grayson ended up shooting and killing Massey, seemingly for
no reason. Grayson tried to say he feared that she would use a pot of hot water on him, but Grayson's boss was having no part of that explanation. Two officers were there, including Grayson, when the situation unfolded, and the other officer had no plans of firing his weapon towards an unarmed person, where there was no danger present. “It is clear that the deputy did not act as trained or in accordance with our standards,” Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell said in a statement posted on the agenSEE MASSEY A8
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36-YEAR-OLD SONYA MASSEY WAS KILLED BY POLICE OFFICER SEAN GRAYSON ON JULY 6, 2024. AT A PITTSBURGH RALLY FOR MASSEY, BALLOONS ARE PLACED ON THE CORNER OF CLIMAX STREET AND CURTAIN AVENUE IN BELTZHOOVER.
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