Millvale society and church will unveil and celebrate more cleaned and preserved Maxo Vanko murals this month
The four-story scaffolding has been removed from inside St. Nicholas Church in Millvale, and the conservators and technicians who have worked for months to clean “Transcendent Vision,” a Maxo Vanka mural that stretches across the ceiling and connects with two side murals, have packed up their collection of tools and solvents. Now it’s time for…
Safety Suite: Pittsburgh begins series of road improvements in Lawrenceville
The numbers don’t lie: From 2018 to 2022, there were 54 crashes with two fatalities and 21 injuries at four intersections in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood. As a result, the city has started a series of safety improvements known as the Lawrenceville Safety Suite to slow traffic and improve conditions for motorists and pedestrians. The improvements,…
College football!
District college football: No. 9 Slippery Rock wins PSAC instant classic with dramatic victory over rival No. 21 IUP; Duquesne dominates in conference opener
Shawn Lutz couldn’t help but find the name D.J. Flick crossing his mind. After all, mere minutes earlier, a potentially game-winning field goal attempt by Indiana University of Pennsylvania kicker Nick Andrasi fell short, allowing the ninth-year Slippery Rock coach’s team to escape IUP’s George P. Miller Stadium with a dramatic come-from-behind 33-32 victory Saturday…
High school football!
Best in Show: PUP high school football rankings (Oct. 6)
Each week the Pittsburgh Union Progress will issue its high school football rankings throughout this season, with all rankings voted on by the PUP sports staff. Class 6A 1. Central Catholic (5-2) 2. North Allegheny (6-1) 3. Hempfield (3-4) 4. Seneca Valley (2-4) 5. Canon-McMillan (2-5) The skinny: Central Catholic’s 56-7 win at Shaler was…
PUP high school football notebook: North Allegheny coach Art Walker joins exclusive club with career win No. 250
Coaches don’t often stop in the middle of a season to reflect on their journey, but on a calm Saturday morning after becoming the 12th coach in WPIAL history to reach the prestigious 250-win plateau in Class 6A No. 2 North Allegheny’s 28-21 win at Mt. Lebanon on Friday night, Art Walker was kind enough…
PUP Friday Night Rewind (Week 6): Pine-Richland earns at least share of conference title with win over feisty Penn Hills; Upper St. Clair defense, running game strong again in win
News, notes, scores, photos and videos from Week 6 of the high school football season. No one in the WPIAL has earned the kind of perspective on playing Penn Hills like Jon LeDonne has over the past near decade. For the second-year Pine-Richland coach — who earned a 46-13 record and WPIAL and PIAA titles…
Aided by trusted sidekick Shane Cornali, Fort Cherry star Matt Sieg steers top-ranked Rangers past Cornell with another signature performance
It’s getting more and more difficult to find the words to describe Matt Sieg’s otherworldly output for Fort Cherry on a weekly basis, so here are some numbers instead: *-3,326 yards passing; *-5,271 yards rushing; *-133 total touchdowns; *-30 wins. These are just a few of the mind-boggling stats Sieg has accumulated in a little…
It’s official: Clairton breaks ground for the future Tyler Boyd Stadium
The sun came out after a rainy and gloomy Wednesday morning to shine on Clairton City School District leaders, players, cheerleaders, elected officials and residents as they broke ground for the future Tyler Boyd Stadium. It’s named for the Clairton football standout who went on to play at the University of Pittsburgh and now plays…
McKnight Road, Interstate 79 traffic restrictions this weekend
There should be fewer traffic disruptions this weekend. Here are the highlights:
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Face of the franchise: Brownsville native, North Carolina standout Tessa Dellarose named first player in Pittsburgh Riveters history
Soccer has taken Tessa Dellarose to destinations all over the globe. A 2022 Brownsville graduate, Dellarose has been a key contributor on the North Carolina women’s soccer team for the past three seasons. The Tar Heels junior has also played internationally as a member of the United States U-20 Women’s Youth National Team. The next…
Milk Bank’s new Bellevue building will enable its growth and help more fragile babies
Denise O’Connor and the Mid-Atlantic Mothers Milk Bank staff and board of directors knew the nonprofit had outgrown its rented Lawrenceville building at the end of 2022. So they started looking for a building to move to and own, a frustrating search throughout Western Pennsylvania that turned up structures way too expensive and too costly…
Now what?: Turnpike hears strong opposition to Allegheny Mountain bypass
Call it the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s half-billion-dollar dilemma. On the one hand, the agency says more than 30 years of study have shown the Allegheny Tunnel in Somerset and Bedford counties has too many accidents, can’t carry many hazardous loads and is too expensive to maintain and expand. The turnpike’s recommendation is to build a $500…
