PennDOT plans preservation project, city-side ramp replacement on Highland Park Bridge
A $50 million to $60 million project to preserve the Highland Park Bridge and replace the ramps on the Pittsburgh side of the bridge will create serious traffic problems for about two years beginning in mid-2027. The bridge itself, which crosses the Allegheny River between Pittsburgh’s Highland Park neighborhood and O’Hara, will remain open with…
Ready to start that renovation project? Regional home shows start this weekend in Washington County
If this frigid January weather has trapped you inside, you may be mulling over some home projects or dreaming about the gardening ahead in the spring. Perfect timing if that is the case as County Home Shows kicks off its series in Washington County at the county fairgrounds, 2151 N. Main St., Chartiers, this weekend.…
From the Next Gen Newsroom: Yes, the government and a company are testing your wastewater
Hiding deep in the sprawling spiderweb of sewers across Allegheny County is the potential key to unlocking a major public health crisis — wastewater. “Wastewater is a very rich source of information. It’s almost like our human activity is fingerprinted on our wastewater,” said Mariana Matus, co-founder of the MIT-born startup Biobot Analytics. In association with Biobot,…
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PUP boys basketball notebook: In post-Cugini era, fast-paced Aquinas Academy still scoring in bunches while emerging as legitimate contender in Class 1A
Quick, who is the highest-scoring team in the WPIAL? Aliquippa? Avonworth? Chartiers Valley? No, no and no. With the regular season winding down and the playoffs only three weeks away, the highest-scoring team in the area is none other than the Aquinas Academy Crusaders — and it really isn’t even close. Through the team’s first 15…
PUP girls basketball notebook: Oakland Catholic standout London Creach returns from injury, will see minutes increase as playoffs near
Oakland Catholic’s London Creach said she received the first standing ovation of her career on Monday. It had nothing to do with an amazing performance or a big shot that she made, but rather the fact that Creach was entering a game to play for the first time in nearly a year. Creach, a standout…
‘Super competitor’: Greensburg Central Catholic product Bailey Kuhns shining in Mercyhurst’s first season of NCAA Division I competition
Bailey Kuhns may not have had the typical upbringing of a modern NCAA Division I athlete. A 2022 Greensburg Central Catholic graduate, Kuhns was raised on a small family farm in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, by her parents, Leslie and Russell, alongside her sisters Kelsey, Rylie and Delanie. Unlike many of her peers, the Mercyhurst…
As mom receives call to WPIAL Hall of Fame, Ryan Oldaker bounces back from injury to fuel a South Fayette team hunting a fourth straight WPIAL Class 5A championship
As the daughter of a high school basketball coach, Ryan Oldaker would regularly attend her mom’s games as a child. Only she wouldn’t watch them from the bleachers with everyone else. “I would be on the bench with the team,” Oldaker said, laughing. “I would always be at her practices, at all of her games.…
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The groundhog will soon be here … on Edwin Everhart’s new album
If you’re a fan of Groundhog Day but wish it weren’t mostly just a repeat of the same thing every single Feb. 2, or a replay of the movie, you might want to celebrate this season with the new album and new vision for the holiday by Edwin Everhart and friends. The musician, well known…
A ‘Webb’ of brothers: Stanford, Aaron and Darius Webb all starters and standout performers at Indiana, where their father once starred
Stan Webb said that when his three sons would play basketball in the family’s driveway growing up, it would often lead to total chaos. The games would be spirited, physical and not for the faint of heart. “Intense. Bloody knees,” Aaron Webb recalls. “Crying,” Stanford Webb added. “Bloody noses,” chimed in Darius Webb. That particular…
Like father, like son: Following in father’s footsteps on wrestling mat, acclaimed freshman Chaney Lewis Jr. already making noise for Neighborhood Academy
Anybody affiliated with City League wrestling in any shape or form over the past 25 years is probably familiar with the name Chaney Lewis. A 2000 graduate of Schenley High School, Lewis carved out a solid high school career as a two-time City League champion before starting his coaching career a few years later as…
