District college football!
District college football: No. 11 Grove City opens season with rout of Geneva; defending PSAC champion No. 11 Slippery Rock knocks off Division II power New Haven
Andrew DiDonato could sense something was happening last fall around his Grove City football program. The Bridgeville native and South Fayette graduate led the Wolverines to their first national ranking and NCAA postseason berth in school history in 2023, completing the program’s only undefeated 10-win regular season. Grove City’s season of “firsts” would eventually culminate…
High school football!
PUP Friday night rewind (Week 2): Thomas Jefferson remains undefeated with ‘biggest’ comeback under Cherpak; Bethel Park offense flirts with 50 points again; Latrobe has massive game on ground in win over Norwin
Bill Cherpak couldn’t help but let the thought cross his mind. Even a coach 30 years into his tenure at Thomas Jefferson High School — with nine WPIAL championships, five PIAA titles and more than 300 career victories to his credit — felt a twinge of doubt Friday night with his team facing a 21-point…
Lightning-quick Imani Christian weathers delay, races past Beaver in action-packed top-five clash, stakes claim for No. 1 spot in Class 3A
They say lightning doesn’t strike in the same place twice, but there were flashes of electricity all over UPMC Graham Field in Wilkinsburg in a high-stakes showdown Friday night in Class 3A between No. 2-ranked Beaver and No. 4 Imani Christian — and that was before the 30-minute lightning delay that halted the action early in…
Aliquippa shrugs off weather delay and 14-point deficit to beat Avonworth; Vashawn Patrick earns first win as head coach
Vashawn Patrick has been a part of hundreds of wins at Aliquippa, but Friday night’s victory against Avonworth likely will be one he never forgets. For starters, there was the hour-and-a-half weather delay. And then there was the fact that the defending WPIAL and PIAA Class 4A champion Quips rather shockingly fell behind Avonworth by…
College students can score big with free Steelers Rush Watch Party Sunday in Oakland
College students: Don’t have enough money for Steelers’ tickets? Try the next best thing — a free Steelers Student Rush Watch Party Sunday that starts at 11:30 a.m. in Schenley Plaza in Oakland, courtesy of the team and the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy. The event will feature a big screen to watch the away game against…
Frick Park Saturday event retells slaves’ perilous path to freedom and celebrates the food that sustained them
James Brown, director of education at the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and the Frick Environmental Center, and his team started planning a From Slavery to Freedom Garden special event at the start of this year. Just by chance, he read in an article that September is International Underground Railroad Month. The timing? Just perfect. The conservancy…
‘The staffing is horrendous’: Nurses at Allegheny Valley authorize strike
As the sun set Thursday night, dozens of unionized hospital workers gathered at a parking lot on Carlisle Street in Natrona Heights, held aloft small battery-powered candles and stood silently as they faced the looming tan brick structure that bore the name of their employer, Allegheny Valley Hospital. This was an act of solidarity. The…
Late-season roadwork will cause weekend traffic disruptions
It’s getting close to the end of construction season, so that means there’s a rush to get as much work done as possible while the weather cooperates. As a result, there will be lots of projects going on this weekend involving the Parkway East, Interstate 79, the Armstrong Tunnel and Route 51. Here’s a rundown:
National traffic deaths drop for 9th straight quarter
The good news about traffic deaths after the pandemic is continuing: Preliminary figures through the second quarter this year show deaths declined another 3.2%, the ninth straight quarter that deaths have gone down. That’s a marked difference from the pandemic, when reduced traffic and lack of enforcement seemed to encourage motorists to engage in dangerous…
From Soul Pitt Quarterly: She came back a different person to help people and live well
This story is shared from Soul Pitt Quarterly magazine. Kiva A. Fisher-Green grew up in Homewood as the native daughter who inherited the resilience and resourcefulness of the community, with a succession of Pittsburgh greats who sustained her through the perils of life. With the option to attend Westinghouse High School, just walking distance from…
This year’s Britsburgh will be the 10th annual celebration of the city’s British connections
Next week’s Britsburgh events mark the 10th annual celebration of Pittsburgh’s British accents. Under the flag of a Union Jack of black and gold, the “festival of Britain in Pittsburgh” launched in September 2015, the idea of some British-born business people in Pittsburgh for a way to have fun celebrating those and many other connections,…
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Biden, Harris share a Pittsburgh stage to celebrate labor and (pardon the cliche) pass the torch
A little after 6 p.m. Monday, the people who had packed themselves into a union hall on Pittsburgh’s South Side seemed to realize they were witnessing a unique moment in American politics. They were nearly all union folks. Many had spent hours on their feet in the morning, walking with their fellow union members along…
Regular Red Line light rail service returns after 10 weeks of track replacement
For the first time in 10 weeks, travel will return to normal Sunday for Pittsburgh Regional Transit riders who use the light rail system between Dormont Junction and South Hills Junction. That means they will no longer have to use shuttles between the two stations because crews have finished replacing several thousand feet of track.…
Derailment awakens memories of a tragic fire years ago as the losses pile up
Amy Dettmer woke her husband, Kevin, around 9:30 that night. Something bad is happening, Amy said to him. Kevin was groggy; he’d gone to bed early because he had to rise at 4 a.m. for work. At Amy’s insistence, he got up and was making his way downstairs when he noticed the orange glow reflecting…
