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New Kensington’s Willie Thrower cast the mold for the modern NFL quarterback 70 years ago
Willie Thrower didn’t talk much about his place in NFL history. Not even with his family. His son, Melvin, was in junior high before he learned about his father’s watershed moment. On Super Bowl Sunday in 1988, Melvin Thrower sat with his father in their New Kensington home and watched...
Black lung: Advocates eye new federal silica-dust standard to stem resurgence among coal minersVideo
Mark Rankin left the coal mines, but the coal mines haven’t left Mark Rankin. Stocky and broad shouldered, the retired Uniontown-area coal miner trekked to a Washington County health clinic to see if recent coughing and tightness in his chest could be black lung. Rankin worked for years stripping coal...
‘Oppenheimer’ hype brings lesser-known aspects of atomic age in Pittsburgh to fore
J. Robert Oppenheimer’s brilliant mind belonged to the atom, his loyalty to the United States, his passion to the New Mexico desert. But the beating heart of the American Prometheus belonged to a woman who grew up in Aspinwall. Yes, Aspinwall, childhood home of the great physicist’s wife, Katherine “Kitty”...
Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children provides residential care for studentsVideo
Editor’s note: Students’ last names have been omitted at the request of the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children. Chloe makes her way down the long hallway. She holds onto her white probing cane, moving it from side to side. As she takes a few steps up a slight grade,...
Left behind: Families that suffer a police death walk a unique path
Left behind: Families that suffer a police death walk a unique path, one marked by an overwhelming loss that often is abrupt, violent and public Each year, roughly 150 law enforcement officers across the country die in the line of duty. They lose their lives in any number of ways....
FOREVER CHANGED
Tyrone Perry eased his pickup through the empty streets of Pittsburgh’s East End, headlights cutting through the predawn darkness. Flecks of light snow speckled the air as music from an R&B CD drifted through the Ford F-150’s speakers. Tyrone was partial to the smooth vibes of musicians like Isaac Hayes...
