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City League basketball semifinal rundown: Allderdice, Obama Academy boys and girls to meet again in finals
Not only does pressure help produce diamonds, but in the case of the Obama Academy boys basketball team, it helped them rally for a win that earned the Eagles a spot in the City League championship game. No. 2 seed Obama is headed to the final for the third year in a row after storming…
2025 WPIAL girls basketball postseason outlook
Here’s a forecast of the WPIAL girls basketball playoffs, which begin Thursday and conclude Feb. 27-March 1 at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. CLASS 6A Defending champion: Norwin No. 1 seed: Norwin Best quarterfinal game: Seneca Valley vs. Mt. Lebanon Player to watch: Rylee Kalocay, Upper St. Clair. A Kent State recruit and PUP first-team all-star as a…
2025 WPIAL boys basketball postseason outlook
Here’s a look at the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs, which begin Thursday and conclude Feb. 27-March 1 at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. CLASS 6A Defending champion: Upper St. Clair No. 1 seed: Upper St. Clair Best first-round game: Butler vs. North Hills Player to watch: RJ Sledge, Imani Christian. Can Sledge help the Saints hammer…
Shared vision: Penn Hills, Pittsburgh work together to repave entry to former East Hills Shopping Center
Shortly after he took office in February 2023, state Rep. Joe McAndrew, D-Penn Hills, sat down with Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and Councilman Khari Mosley to identify common issues they should address along the city’s eastern border with Penn Hills. One of the first things to come to mind was access to the former East…
Pitt event will celebrate trailblazing Black broadcast journalist and Homestead native Mal Goode
Homestead native Mal Goode broke the color barrier on network television in the 1960s. But his story and journalistic legacy, which many people do not know about, is more than that. His biographers want Pittsburgh residents and beyond to know about his successes and his American story, too, of coming from nothing and succeeding and…
Did you meet and fall in love at a city park? You can share that story
Michael Stuart and Rachel Sandoval met through a dating app in 2021, shortly after Rachel moved to Pittsburgh. They realized they lived only a few blocks away from each other, and what started as casual walks together through Frick Park led to long runs multiple days per week. Patty Lilja and Judy Douglas met through friends…
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Downtown Pittsburgh tunnel work shifts light rail closure Thursday
Traffic disruptions in Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s Downtown Pittsburgh subway tunnel will shift Thursday as the agency begins the final phase of a project to replace the plinth, the concrete beam that supports light rail tracks. For this phase, the tunnel will be closed from the Steel Plaza Station to the Gateway Station until early March.…
‘He was homeless’: Once left with nowhere to go in a country new to him, 6-10 Ama Sow finds a home in Montour, flourishes on and off the court for one of the state’s top teams
Montour’s Ama Sow might be the most exciting high school basketball player to watch in all of Western Pennsylvania. He might be the very best, too. Standing 6 feet 10, Sow, a senior, has used his skills, athleticism and drive to become a double-double machine. He throws down big dunks regularly, swats away shots with…
City honors first Black opera company founded here and efforts to maintain its legacy in history exhibit
Pittsburgh has been the birthplace of many entertainment legends and firsts. The city has decided it is time to recognize an important trailblazer, the National Negro Opera Company. The company, its founder and the nonprofit working to save the house where it began will be celebrated in a display in the City-County Building, Downtown, during…