No second eaglet at U.S. Steel Mon Valley Works Irvin Plant nest

The hope of a second eaglet hatching in the U.S. Steel Mon Valley Works Irvin Plant bald eagles nest has been dashed.  Through the chat on the U.S. Steel PixCams the faithful have been keeping watch, counting down the days and hoping to spot the pip — the internal cracks the eaglet makes to breathe…

by Helen Fallon

Millvale Pickoff Saturday marks start of fourth Litter League competition

Greg Manley has intel on the Northside 412 Redder Uppers as this year’s Friends of the Riverfront and Allegheny CleanWays Litter League teams get ready for the Opening Pickoff competition this Saturday in Millvale. He lives on the North Side and knows that last year’s overall champions have been staging litter in anticipation of the…

by Helen Fallon

In time for Poetry Month, it’s the return of yawp

Launched in 1999 and running into the first decade of 2000s, there was a local poetry/literature/art magazine called yawp that published a lot of Pittsburghers. Sean D. Enright fondly thought of it when he opened his Poetry Lounge in Millvale, and he decided to bring back an issue of the ’zine to promote the place…

by Bob Batz Jr.

‘Frames like that don’t exist in baseball’: At 7 feet, 250 pounds, Knoch sophomore pitcher Zane Pacek might be the biggest baseball player in WPIAL history … and ‘Big Country’ has talent, too

When Corey Pacek used to attend his second-oldest son’s baseball and basketball games, there was one item he made sure to have on him at all times. “It was funny because we always had to carry his birth certificate everywhere,” Pacek said. “Because people would say, ‘Why is that coach wearing a uniform?’ Can you…

by Brad Everett

In other news …

Can’t get there from here: Traffic disruptions galore set this week

’Tis the season for road construction projects, and if Mother Nature cooperates there will be several disruptive improvements this week. Here’s an overview of changes motorists can expect: Smithfield Street Bridge The bridge across the Monongahela River between Pittsburgh’s South Side and Downtown will be completely closed from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through…

by Ed Blazina

Second ‘bathtub’ grant won’t fix Parkway East flooding before 2026

For the second time in a week, the overflowing Monongahela River has closed the area of the Parkway East in Downtown Pittsburgh known as “the bathtub.” To address the situation, which occurs when water rises high enough to flood the Monongahela Wharf and overwhelms the flood wall, the federal Department of Transportation has awarded two…

by Ed Blazina

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