Proposed transit cuts would cause ‘immediate and severe’ problems, advocates testify
Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s third public hearing Thursday on proposed massive service cuts drew concerns from three distinct groups: medical professionals and their patients, communities that rely on public transit, and people with physical disabilities. Because there hasn’t been an increase in state subsidy funds for more than 10 years and emergency federal funding provided during…
COMING SUNDAY: The Pittsburgh Union Progress announces its high school baseball and softball awards
Assuming Mother Nature cooperates … and that’s a big ask … the high school baseball and softball seasons will wrap up Thursday and Friday with the PIAA championships at Penn State University in University Park, Pa. What’s not a big ask, however, is getting the Pittsburgh Union Progress sports staff to put the finishing touches…
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PIAA Class 2A baseball championship: Freedom sees historic season come to an end with 13-1 loss to Faith Christian
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Freedom had faith it would beat Faith Christian for its first PIAA title Friday at Penn State University. What the Bulldogs didn’t have was Reid Miller. For the second year in a row, Miller shut down a WPIAL opponent in a PIAA final, firing a 3-hitter and striking out 11 to…
PIAA Class 5A baseball championship: Shaler’s stellar season ends with silver after 8-2 loss to Upper Dublin
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — After a rocky start to the season in March and early April, few would have forecasted Shaler’s season to stretch all the way into mid-June before concluding at Penn State’s Medlar Field at Lubrano Park in the PIAA Class 5A championship. And although the Titans were unable to capture the grand prize…
Protest movement’s ‘No Kings’ rally will ‘rebuke authoritarianism’ this Saturday in Downtown Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh will soon join the growing list of cities with large-scale protests against the Trump administration. The 50501 protest movement will hold a so-called “No Kings” rally and march from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the City-County Building in Downtown to rebuke what it deems “rising authoritarianism.” “People of all political stripes who oppose…
Pittsburgh Regional Transit holds final hearing Thursday on massive service cuts
Pittsburgh Regional Transit already has heard from more than 4,000 people about its proposed massive service cuts, but more than 80 more are scheduled to talk to the agency Thursday. The agency is holding its final public hearing on the service reductions — which would cut 35% of all service, eliminate 41 bus routes, provide…
Summer fun for all ages continues with added activities at city’s parks
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy has an expanded lineup of free and low-cost programs across the city’s parks this summer, from a reimagined Family Day series, outdoor concerts and pop-up beer gardens. The popular Kids Day series returns this year, starting this month. Reimagined as Family Days, the series is expanding into Riverview and Allegheny Commons parks in addition to its original…
