PUP recruiting notebook: Pine-Richland QB Oobi Strader picks up special scholarship offer on Thanksgiving
Family means a lot to Aaron “Oobi” Strader, and the Pine-Richland sophomore quarterback was surrounded by lots of it while celebrating Thanksgiving at his home. Parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles … this was a busy house last Thursday. But before Strader feasted on mac and cheese and ham — a few of his Thanksgiving favorites…
Tuesday basketball rundown: Ama Sow, Colton Straight lead Montour over Allderdice; Chartiers Valley’s Jayden Davis scores 41
For three quarters Tuesday, it looked as if Montour was trying to take a circuitous route to winning its season opener. Taking on three-time defending City League champion Allderdice, nothing came easy for the Spartans, especially during a third quarter that their coach called “awful.” But when the fourth quarter came around, the Spartans decided…
McKeesport Community Newsroom grateful for early holiday gift that will keep it operating for another year
Martha Rial and her McKeesport Community Newsroom participants and friends will celebrate the holiday season this Thursday. The occasion, though, will fete something much bigger for the project: funding that will keep it running for another year. Point Park University had sponsored the program for five years with help from the Allegheny and Pittsburgh foundations.…
‘Resistance Through Community’: Backyard Docs Film Festival opens with screening of ‘Union’
Backyard Docs Film Festival, which bills itself as Pennsylvania’s largest documentary film festival, opens Dec. 5, with a showing of “Union.” The Sundance Award-winning work by Brett Story and Stephen Maing follows a group of Amazon workers as they face off against one of the planet’s most powerful companies, launching an unprecedented campaign to unionize…
Hiring leads to sharp drop in missed trips for Pittsburgh Regional Transit
After years of chronic driver shortages, Pittsburgh Regional Transit ramped up its recruitment and training efforts in the past year. That work is beginning to pay off. CEO Katharine Eagan Kelleman told the authority board last month that for the first time since before the pandemic the agency is able to fully staff its route…
Pennsylvania Resources Council proposes Allegheny County facility for hard-to-recycle waste
Pennsylvania Resources Council is dreaming big as it begins planning its future in the state’s western region. The environmental organization wants to establish a permanent recycling facility in Allegheny County to enable maximum recovery and proper waste diversion and recycling while providing residents with a convenient, cost-effective location to drop off electronics, household chemicals and other…
PennDOT among 39 states in federal program to lower carbon emissions in road, bridge work
For the next five years, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will work with universities and producers of asphalt, concrete, steel and glass to find ways to reduce the carbon output for road and bridge construction. PennDOT will receive $31.9 million as its share of $1.2 billion in grants announced by the Federal Highway Administration two…
Just no: Addictions professionals say proposed rules change could harm problem bettors
More than 40 people including addictions professionals and the Pennsylvania Office of Drug and Alcohol Programs are pressing state leaders not to change a rule that would make it easier for problem bettors to return to casinos. The state Gaming Control Board accepted public comment until Monday on whether to change the voluntary casino ban…
NCAA Division II playoffs: Slippery Rock gets revenge with second-round victory over No. 3 Kutztown to set up Super Region One title showdown against California
The decision necessarily didn’t come easily to Shawn Lutz. With No. 11 Slippery Rock heading into overtime Saturday of a NCAA Division II Super Region One second-round playoff game against No. 3 Kutztown, the ninth-year Rock coach said he began weighing it in his mind. When the Golden Bears took possession of the football first,…
NCAA Division III playoffs: Carnegie Mellon advances with record-breaking win over Centre; No. 12 Grove City, No. 17 W&J eliminated in heartbreaking fashion
The conditions certainly were not ideal to foster success. When No. 13 Carnegie Mellon took the field for its NCAA Division III second-round playoff game Saturday against Centre, heavy winds were swirling around Gesling Stadium, blowing fallen leaves around the frozen turf, with the temperature lurking at 25 degrees. For Tartans sophomore wide receiver Brendan…
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Pittsburgh Regional Transit will begin selling bulk passes to employers, landlords and schools in January
Pittsburgh Regional Transit is putting the final touches on a new program that will begin offering employers, landlords and schools the opportunity to buy transit passes at sharply reduced prices. Known as the PRTner Pass, the program will offer sponsors with groups of 10 or more the opportunity to buy 31-day passes at a discount…
Good work earns two volunteers United Way IMPACT Awards and grant money for their groups
Donnie Black and Mary Ann Shiring have something in common: Both are dedicated volunteers for the nonprofits they have been supporting with their talents for years. Now they share an honor because of that work. Both received the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania’s newly launched United Way IMPACT — Individuals Making Progress and Creating Transformation…
Compassion Corner officially opens its new Downtown location
Catholic Charities CEO Susan Rauscher called Thursday’s official opening of Compassion Corner, Downtown, a historic moment for the organization she leads. And she wanted the audience gathered in its auditorium to join in celebrating it by writing a note of hope and prayers for the people it serves. Those messages, she explained, will be part…
