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The cost of Springdale’s water system renovation has increased again, adding another $132,000 to a project already plagued by unforeseen expenditures. It is payment for additional paving to Kukurin Contracting Inc., the general contractor for installing the new water lines that are part of the project. The project, estimated at...

When 28-year-old Ja’Ray Gamble began working at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital three years ago, he never expected to make such a positive impact on the lives of patients every day. He’s not a doctor or a nurse. You won’t find him checking your heartbeat or even taking your height and weight....

Football Thursday’s schedule District 8 City League Westinghouse at Carrick, 7 p.m. Golf Boys Wednesday’s results District 6 Heritage conference championship At Champion Lakes Golf Course, Bolivar Individual results Par 73 Ryan Jones, Ligonier Valley, 83; Jack McCullough, West Shamokin, 84; Gunnar Elliot, Ligonier Valley, 87; Nate Zik, West Shamokin,...

Maya Wertelet and Danielle DeProspo scored two goals apiece as No. 1 South Park (5-2, 4-1) recorded a 7-0 victory over No. 4 Mt. Pleasant (6-2, 4-2) in a girls soccer battle of top five teams and Section 3-AA contenders Wednesday. Haleigh Finale, Nora Ozimek and Grace Albitz also scored...

No one was hurt after a fire spread from a vacant house to an occupied neighboring home in Homewood, according to Pittsburgh police. The fire in the 7100 block of Idlewild Street was reported around 9:30 p.m. It went to three alarms. The vacant home was fully involved and the...

Even though it was Friday the 13th, last week’s Trib Ten power ranking teams were perfect. All 10 teams were winners in Week Three, thus no changes were made in this week’s power rankings. It won’t be perfect in Week Four, though, with plenty of challenge ahead including No. 2...

High school marching bands showed off their season’s routines Wednesday night at the 73rd annual Alle-­Kiski Valley Marching Band Festival. Organized by the Alle-Kiski Valley Band Directors Association, the festival allows area marching bands to perform their full routines outside the time constraints of football game halftime shows. Organizers have...

A fire broke out in a row house alongside an alleyway in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. No one was injured, initial reports indicate. Authorities received a report of the fire on 44th Street shortly before 5 p.m., an Allegheny County 911 shift commander said. #BREAKING: Chopper 11 over a...

Penn State’s preparations for its contest against Big Ten foe Purdue on Oct. 5 at Beaver Stadium will be given the up-close treatment by HBO, it was learned on Wednesday. James Franklin’s 14th-ranked Nittany Lions, off this week before visiting Maryland next Friday, will be one of four major college...

Last week: 8-3 Season: 31-11 The Birdie is on fire, and he let everyone know about it when he came into the office earlier this week. “You see my picks from last week?” he said. “Only three wrong. That’s what I’m talking about! The best game picker is coming through....

Thursday District 8 City League Nonconference Westinghouse at Carrick, 7 p.m. Friday WPIAL Class 6A Butler at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m. Canon-McMillan at Hempfield, 7 p.m. Mt. Lebanon at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. Norwin at Pine-Richland, 7 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny 8 Chartiers Valley at Moon, 7 p.m. Upper St....

Last week: 13-1 (92.9 %) Season: 40-8 (83.3 %) Wearing a fake mustache and a Cam Newton babushka, the Birdie tried to avoid his assigning editor this week for fear he would have to cover a game in Week 4. He always is trying to go incognito, even around the...

The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League is once again investigating allegations of slurs at a local sporting event. If it sounds familiar, it’s because the same thing happened a year ago. Connellsville students, fans and players were accused of hurling racial slurs against black Penn Hills players at a soccer...

Bridge replacement work will require the closure of the Route 51 (Stoops Ferry Road) bridge in Moon Township, beginning Friday night, weather permitting. The bridge, at the intersection of Flaugherty Run Road (Route 3089) and McGovern Boulevard (Route 51) will close to traffic at 7 p.m. Friday continuously through 7...

Since its founding, the Glenshaw Century Club Inc. has awarded more than $500,000 in scholarships to Shaler Area High School seniors and donated more than $150,000 to civic organizations, according to Edie Haughton, executive committee president. Gertrude Dietrich and Kay Gittings formed the women’s philanthropic service organization in 1946, Haughton...

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — More than 200 Bahamians whose homes were destroyed by Hurricane Dorian have come to Florida on a cruise ship. It was the second mass arrival for the Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line. More than 850 Bahamian evacuees arrived Sept. 7 after the storm ravaged the islands of...

The Kiski Area School Board is moving ahead with a bond refinancing that is expected to result in a major savings for the district. The board has agreed to issue just under $33 million in general obligation bonds. The purpose is to refinance bonds issued in 2010. Peggy Gillespie, the...

Emergency doctors were able to deliver the baby of a pregnant woman who died from injuries suffered when she was hit crossing a Chicago intersection Tuesday, according to police. The 29-year-old was identified as Elizabeth Boshardy, of the 1600 block of West Cortez Street, according to the medical examiner’s office....

In response to the threat posted on Twitter Sept. 3, where an unidentified person indicated he or she would commit a hate crime at an undisclosed Pittsburgh hospital on Sept. 4 (“Online threat made to Pittsburgh-area hospital not credible, traced to teen,” Sept. 3, TribLIVE), I have one simple question:...

The recent news about the launch of Thinkspot, a new social media hub founded by controversial Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson, left me troubled. I am worried that Thinkspot will become yet another platform for haters to post their vile bigotry and conspiracy theories, radicalizing each other and inciting violence. I...

Huntley & Huntley is proposing to tap into public water lines and waste millions of gallons of purified public drinking water in order to frack the Porter well pad in Allegheny Township. Huntley & Huntley is poised to start work soon, amid a stifled lawsuit and ongoing public opposition. This...

NEW YORK — A sunny sense of optimism ran through the spring and summer 2020 collections presented here during New York Fashion Week, with labels providing the seeds of hope — in some cases literally — that brighter days for the country and our planet are just around the corner....