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Pittsburgh police urge anyone with information on the accident and/or the driver to contact the authorities. CFN News Catholic Preservatives - with Bishop William Murphy. They continue to assemble evidence as they intensify their search for the negligent driver. Police investigators explained that because the hit-and-run vehicle was going so fast before crash impact, they have encountered problems receiving a good description of the car from various witnesses to the horrific accident. VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope Francis voiced worry Sunday about the situation in Nicaragua, where police detained several Roman Catholic clergy, including a bishop, critical of President Daniel. The bishop went to the chapel after the car accident to thank "God for sparing me." He also noted that "we always take time for granted," but those three seconds could have cost him his life. While thankful that he was spared serious personal injury, the bishop related that police officers told him he was fortunate that he didn't enter the intersections three seconds earlier or he would have been killed. Although the bishop stated he wasn't injured, he is concerned that anyone like the offending driver could be so "careless with someone else's life." The accident rate in Pennsylvania has been stabilizing, in some cases declining, in recent years, however, the rash of hit-and-run car crashes continues to be troubling. The bishop if fortunate, many victims lose their lives when a hit-and-run car accident occurs. After bursting through the red light at the Third Avenue and Grant Street intersection, the hit-and-run driver broadsided the bishop, wiping out the front of the clergyman's auto. He was a trusted newsperson and will be missed for his pioneering inspiration and his dedication to community coverage.Police seek the driver who ran a red light in downtown, striking Pittsburgh's bishop. PBMF President Brian Cook says, “The loss of Loran Mann is not only a loss for the church community but for those who enjoyed his television and radio reports.
In fact, he was one of the first Black journalists in radio and television in Pittsburgh and because of his outstanding work in the church as a pastor and as a bishop, he was very well known throughout the country and the world.”īishop Mann inspired many journalists of color to join the media industry but he retired from broadcast journalism and dedicated himself to the growth of Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ, which he founded in 1969. “Loran was a pioneer in journalism, not only in Pittsburgh’s Black community but also the community at-large and not only in Pittsburgh but nationally.
The commission sets policy for all public television stations in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.ĭee Thompson, a founding member of PBMF and a colleague of Mann’s at WPXI, reflected on his impact. Ed Rendell appointed Mann as a member of the Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission. Two of Pastor Mann’s radio programs, “Daily Bread” and “Sunday with Christ” were among the most popular in Christian programming in the Pittsburgh area. Vann award of excellence from the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation (PBMF), of which he was a longtime member. Mann worked with WPXI for 21 years and won numerous journalism honors – including being the recipient of the Robert L. He was also owner of WGBN-AM 1150 (now 1360-AM), the first 24-hour radio station dedicated to gospel music in Pittsburgh. In 1968, Mann was hired by AM 1020 KDKA as a newscaster. He was a former anchor/reporter for WPXI-TV Channel 11.
Mann and sends condolences to his family and friends. PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Black Media Federation mourns the loss of trailblazing broadcast journalist and gospel radio pioneer Bishop Loran E. Pittsburgh Federation Mourns the Loss of Media Pioneer Bishop Loran E.
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