Rick Dayton

The Auditor General for the state of Pennsylvania was a guest on the Rick Dayton show. Timothy DeFoor is pushing for fiscal literacy curriculum in Pennsylvania schools -- and he really likes the material being taught at Ligonier Valley School District. He told Rick why their one semester required class is helping students have a much better understanding of how to handle money -- and why it matter...

The Drive at Five on Wednesday, May 10th will all the latest headlines in Pittsburgh and around the nation. 

Rick's Drive at Five on Tuesday, May 9th, detailing all the latest news at home and across the nation

The President and CEO of the Heritage Valley Health System Norm Mitry joins Rick to detail the removal of mask mandates at the hospital and the latest health news.

Robert Bowers, the suspect in the Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting must undergo psychiatric evaluations. That was the opinion of U.S. District Judge Robert Colville. Paula Reed Ward is covering the Bowers trial for the Tribune-Review. She tells Rick Dayton the judge was very specific in his instructions to the prosecution and defense as to what his expectations are for the evaluations, how long they...

"This is a monumental day for breast health," said Dr. Matt Miller, a guest on the Rick Dayton Show Tuesday afternoon. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force now recommends women should get screened for breast cancer every other year starting at age 40 instead of 50. Dr. Miller is a radiologist and breast imaging specialist with Allegheny Health Network.

Rick's Drive at Five presented by ServiceMaster of Greater Pittsburgh with Monday's top headlines. 

Emergency Medicine doctor at Pittsburgh EMS Dr. Lenny Weis joins Rick following the Pittsburgh Marathon. Weiss played a major role in the marathon rapid response team for athletes.

Late last week, the US Food & Drug Administration gave preliminary approval for a vaccine for RSV. It is for people over the age of 60. Dr. Raymond Pontzer, MD is a infectious disease doctor at UPMC. He says 60,00 to 100,000 adults are hospitalized each year and as many as 10,000 older Americans die each year from the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV.) However, Dr. Pontzer told Rick Dayton the...

Attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch joins Rick from Austin, Texas to detail immigration issues as Title 42 is set to expire. 

The Woodlands has been home to thousands of campers for decades, even having kids return as adults. It has been a stable of the Cranberry Township Community for decades and now it will have a new Amphitheater to continue serving the community. Today on the Rick Dayton Show Samantha Ellwood, Executive Director of the Woodlands, joined Rick to talk about the new amphitheater and the impact it will h...

Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw tells Rick Dayton the company has already spent $31 million on the clean-up effort in East Palestine. They announced to investors in a recent earnings call they are setting aside $385 million more to rectify the derailment in eastern Ohio. Shaw said the company will do whatever it takes to help the community. Three long-term funds have been established to address the...

The Brown Mama Monologues is a celebration of motherhood and provides a solid, safe space for women of color to share their stories of tragedy, trauma, and triumph. For 7 years, Muffy Mendoza, the Founder and Executive Director of the Brown Mama Monologues, curated this platform to entertain, educate, and inspire audiences in a one-mic, one story, one speaker theme of powerful performances present...

One of the greatest basketball coaches in Western PA has passed away. Rudy Marisa led the greatest era of basketball at Waynesburg University so much so they named the field house in his honor. A few years ago Joe Smeltzer, a reporter for the Observer Reporter, spoke with Rudy and some of his players about what made the great coach a great man. He joined the Rick Dayton Show today to talk about th...

Military spouse unemployment is a real issue that impacts thousands of families in the military community. Unemployment for those people is four times higher than the national average -- often because of the frequent moves required for military families. RecruitMilitary is holding a Military Spouse Virtual Job Fair on May 11th from 11 am to 3pm Eastern. Chris Newsome, the Senior Vice President of...

For more than 30 years, Curtis Stock has covered horse racing in Canada, but even he was amazed by the success of five brothers from a family in New Brunswick. "The Turcottes: The Remarkable Story of a Horse Racing Dynasty" is about the five Turcotte brothers who won more than 8,200 races and $60 million as jockeys. Ron Turcotte was aboard Secretariat 50 years ago as the greatest thoroughbred to e...

More than 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America walked off the job this morning. They are on strike for the second time in 15 years.  This time, they say their wages are lagging, there are fewer people in the TV writing rooms, and the determination of how to calculate residual income for syndication is out of date. Matt Pelphrey was a screenwriter for MTV's "Skins" and now works as a prof...

Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity penned a letter to President Joe Biden and FHFA Director Sandra Thompson saying "It is already clear that this new policy will be a disaster." Garrity is referring to a decision by the Biden Administration and the Federal Housing Authority to charge highly-qualified mortgage borrowers extra fees to pay for those borrowers who have lower credit scores. Treasurer...

Millions of non commutative autistic people face challenges everyday with no real way of breaking through their wealth of knowledge to the world. A recent documentary Spellers, that won Best Documentary Award at the Phoenix Film Festival, examines a new way of communicating with non communitive autistic people. Melinda Kutzer, a Pittsburgh mother of a 26-year-old non commutative autistic son, went...

How do you cover a trial that will be as significant as the the Robert Bowers trial in Pittsburgh? Paula Reed Ward has been assigned that task for the Tribune Review. She joined The Rick Dayton Show on Friday afternoon to summarize the first week of jury selection from the federal courthouse downtown. Her live "on-line" reporting has been remarkable.