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The phenomenon known as the Free Little Library has spread across the world and at last arrived at West View Elementary School’s doorstep with help from A.W. Beattie Career students. West View’s Free Little Library was unveiled Friday, May 10 at a ceremony outside of the North Hills School District’s...

The Bridgeville Area Historical Society’s April program meeting featured a presentation by Heinz History Center curator Emily Ruby on their recent exhibit, “Destination Moon: the Apollo 11 Mission.” The center was justly proud of being one of four national museums honored by hosting this epic exhibition created by the Smithsonian...

Blue Martin once owned a bunny named Bacon. Now she’s president of Pigsburgh Squealers Rescue, a nonprofit that educates people about miniature pigs and helps find permanent homes for the animals. Since 2016, it’s placed more than three dozen. Martin, 29, and her fiance Zack Robinson, 32, recently bought a...

Quin McLaughlin knows he’s an unusual candidate for a spot on the Pine-Richland school board. He’s 22, and the primary will be held a week after his graduation with a business administration degree from Slippery Rock University. He doesn’t have any children in the district. He graduated from Pine-Richland himself...

Apple Hill Playhouse wants its audiences to sit back and enjoy the shows — all 10 of them — as the Delmont community theater gets ready to open its 37th season. Two musicals, five plays and three children’s shows comprise the lineup of productions to be presented from May through...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 19-16) beat Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Yankees), 4-2. RHP Mitch Keller (4-0, 3.83) struck out eight batters, walked two and allowed two runs in six innings to earn the victory. 3B Ke’Bryan Hayes (.260) doubled for a 13th time this season and drove in two runs. LF J.B. Shuck (1.000) singled...

High Schools Baseball WPIAL Playoffs Class 6A First round Thursday’s schedule Upper St. Clair (12-6) vs. Hempfield (11-9) at West Mifflin, 4 p.m.; Peters Township (13-6) vs. Butler (6-13) at Boyce Mayview Park in Upper St. Clair, 7 p.m.; Norwin (13-6) vs. Mt. Lebanon (10-10) at West Mifflin, 2 p.m.;...

ORLANDO — Days after President Trump rallied his base in Florida’s Panhandle, vowing hundreds of millions of dollars in aid for the hurricane-devastated region, three local radio stations said they would air Trump speeches daily until the 2020 election. The stations will broadcast two-minute snippets of Trump speeches every hour...

Maddy Hershberger threw a four-hit shutout and also had an RBI double to lead No. 9-seeded Albert Gallatin to a 2-0 victory over South Fayette (11-8) in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A softball playoffs -Tuesday at Trinity. Hershberger struck out eight and walked two in the complete-game...

CHICAGO — Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith was talking to reporters Tuesday about who might replace retiring Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany when Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez walked behind him. “Someone like a Barry Alvarez,” Smith said coyly. “He’d be a prototypical candidate.” As Alvarez playfully grabbed him...

DeAndre Thompkins was asked Friday by a cluster of Philadelphia Eagles reporters to pitch himself, to describe his game to his new fan base. The former Penn State wide receiver stood by his locker at NovaCare Complex, smiled and said: “Speed. Route technician. Return man.” The first two might help...

A come-from-behind effort was not enough as Monessen softball ended its season with a 5-4 loss to Sewickley Academy in the first round of the WPIAL Class A playoffs Tuesday at Peters Township. After starting the season 1-8, the Greyhounds raced to the finish, winning five of their last six...

WASHINGTON — The House Intelligence Committee is investigating whether four lawyers tied to President Trump, his family and businesses helped to devise false testimony given by Trump’s long-time lawyer Michael Cohen to Congress in 2017. The committee is demanding they turn over documents and agree to interviews, Chairman Adam Schiff...

With the one-and-done aspect of the WPIAL playoffs, baseball coaches always say they need to win and advance in the postseason. On Tuesday, Brentwood decided to steal and survive in a preliminary-round game. On opening day of the district baseball playoffs, Brentwood ran past Summit Academy, 8-1, to advance to...

CHARLOTTE — A brewery in Charlotte may have set a record this week for the recovery of a stolen vehicle, after offering a keg party to whoever found it — including the thieves. It took just 42 minutes for the missing truck to turn up, The Unknown Brewing Co. says....

PHILADELPHIA — Sales of soda and other sweetened beverages have declined by 51% at chain stores in Philadelphia since the city’s controversial tax on beverages took effect in 2017, according to a study released Tuesday, one week before city primary elections in which the tax is a key issue. Total...

Tiger Woods addressed the drunken driving death of an employee at his restaurant, after the dead man’s family teed off on the golfer. “We’re all very sad that Nick passed away,” Woods said at a news conference Tuesday at Bethpage Black in Long Island, where he was asked about the...

The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Squad has arrested the man they saw was driving the car in a fatal Penn Hills hit-and-run crash last month. Surron Burch, 21, was charged Wednesday with homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter and related counts. His arrest at a Penn Hills home is the...

It was nice to see several players from the Freeport 1979 WPIAL championship baseball team came out to Community Park last Wednesday to cheer on the Yellowjackets. Coach Bob Isenberg, along with players David and Dennis Montgomery, Jim Solomon and Jeff Markwell were introduced to the crowd just prior to...

Apollo-Ridge School District’s $25.5 million preliminary budget for next school year does not include an increase in property taxes, despite a 1% increase in proposed spending over this year, officials said. The preliminary budget unveiled Monday keeps the tax rate at 62.4 mills in the Armstrong County municipalities of Apollo,...

Priests are people, too. They do good things and bad things and sometimes very bad things. They make sacrifices and they make mistakes. Priests are no more likely to lie, cheat, steal or hurt someone than a teacher or a banker, a barber or a chef. The statewide — and...

The Piazza family’s nationwide anti-hazing tour may continue, but it might feature a slightly different script after a Centre County judge ruled Tuesday that a 2018 gag order applies to them. Defense attorneys Frank Fina and Steve Trialonas — who represent former Beta Theta Pi fraternity members Brendan Young and...

Walmart wants to one-up Amazon.com in the fight for online shoppers. The world’s largest retailer is rolling out a next-day delivery service to counter Amazon’s recent move to speed shipment times for top customers to just one day from two. Starting Tuesday, Walmart customers in Phoenix and Las Vegas who...