Tony LaRussa stories, Page 58

The Shaler Area School District is switching to all-virtual instruction for three weeks because of the increase in the community transmission rate of covid-19. The change takes effect on Nov. 23. Students are scheduled to return to a blend of online and in-person instruction on Dec. 14. Schools are closed...

When it comes to helping kids understand the German language and culture, North Hills High School teacher Joe Deible can now consider himself eine der besten — or one of the best. Deible is one of 18 people and two German programs in the United States being recognized by the...

The Chartiers Valley School District reported four new positive covid-19 cases this week and will temporarily switch to full-remote learning until early December. The change is scheduled to begin on Nov. 23 and will be in effect through Dec. 4. Students will return a blend of online and in-person instruction...

Pope Francis has named the pastor of a church in Wexford as the next bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown. The Rev. David J. Bonnar, 58, who serves as pastor of St. Aidan Parish, will be installed as the sixth bishop of Youngstown during an episcopal ordination Jan. 12...

Motorists traveling through the region north of Pittsburgh Tuesday morning are likely to encounter scattered rain and snow showers that could intensify and limit visibility in some areas, according to the National Weather Service. The rain showers are expected to change to snow at around daybreak and continue through much...

The West Jefferson Hills School District has shut down the girls swim team for two weeks and the girls basketball team indefinitely after learning that several players may have been exposed to coronavirus. In a letter to parents on Nov. 12, Superintendent Michael Ghilani outlined the reasons the district took...

The Seneca Valley School District has announced changes to its instruction model after being notified that the number of covid-19 cases is surging in Butler County. Students in grades 11 and 12 will continue using remote learning with live streaming for all classes through Jan. 4, the district announced on...

North Allegheny Intermediate High School will temporarily move to full-remote learning today and Tuesday for all students who were previously scheduled to attend in-person classes. The intermediate high also will be on a two-hour delay today to give staff more time to adjust to the schedule change. The district announced...

Service has been restored for all but a handful of the nearly 3,500 Duquesne Light customers who lost power on Sunday when high winds swept through Southwestern Pennsylvania, toppling trees and downing power lines. But a majority of the more than 10,600 local customers of West Penn Power who lost...

A man who was shot by an assailant in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood late Sunday night died after being transported to a hospital for treatment, according to city police. Officers and emergency medical services responding to a 911 call for two people shot in the 2000 block of Brownsville Road at...

A fundraising drive is underway to help the victims of a Nov. 3 house fire in Hampton. Multiple fire departments were dispatched to the home along Cramlington Drive, which was destroyed by flames and explosions that caused the interior of the structure to collapse. Nobody was injured in the blaze....

The latest covid cases in the North Hills School District raise the total for the week to 13 — more than a third of the active cases reported since the start of the pandemic. A teacher at Ross Elementary and a student at the middle school tested positive for the...

Two North Hills High School students and a student at the middle school have tested positive for covid-19, district officials announced. The new cases bring the active total to 19 — 14 students and six staff members, according to an online tracker created by the district. Because of the time...

Most people with questions about a topic they know little or nothing about seek out experts who can give them the answers. But North Allegheny High School juniors Alina Zaidi and Angela Wu decided that it wasn’t enough to simply teach themselves about personal finances. They wanted to make sure...

McCandless officials are defending the town’s actions after the police department’s lone female officer filed a lawsuit against the municipality, its former police chief and a lieutenant, alleging discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation. In a statement posted on the town’s website, town officials said they first became aware of the...

Six more positive covid cases have been reported in the North Hills School District on Monday, according to officials. The new cases bring the active total to 18 — 12 students and six staff members, according to an online tracker created by the district. Because of the time frame for...

State Sen. Pam Iovino has conceded her bid for reelection as the 37th District representative to Republican challenger Devlin Robinson of Bridgeville. Iovino was seeking a full term in office after winning the seat in a 2019 special election to fill the vacancy created when Guy Reschenthaler was elected to...

Finding foster or permanent families for the more than 13,000 children in Pennsylvania who need a home might seem like an insurmountable task. But members of Allison Park Church in Hampton believe finding homes for those kids is an opportunity to put their faith in action one child at a time....

Voters in the North Hills tasked with filling the seat vacated by former Speaker of the House Mike Turzai will likely keep the seat in the GOP’s hands. Republican Rob Mercuri of Pine is on track to defeat Democrat Emily Skopov of Marshall to win a two-year term as the...

State Sen. Pam Iovino — one of only three Democrats to represent the 37th District in the past 50 years — appears to have lost a bid for a full term in office after serving only a year and a half. But as of midday Nov. 5 she had not...

North Hills High School is switching back to online-only instruction for the remainder of the week after another student tested positive for covid-19. The student was last in the building on Oct. 27, according to district officials. It is the seventh active case of the virus at high school. Students...