Hit: A Mon Valley business has initiated a fundraiser to benefit employees of U.S. Steel’s Clairton plant who were impacted by last week’s explosion that killed two and injured another 10. Michelle DeHosse, who owns Sparkles by Shell in Monongahela, and her friend, Heather Gwaley, of ...
Too often, political views result in a deep divide that seems impossible to bridge. Party members dig in, disagreements persist, and it feels as though progress is practically impossible. There is, however, one thing that politics doesn’t taint: the willingness to give in the face of ...
Hit: Just in time for the start of football season, the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in Chartiers Township unveiled its latest restoration project, The Terrible Trolley, so-named for the yellow Terrible Towel that Pittsburgh Steelers fans wave at games and rallies. Painted black and gold and ...
Albert Einstein said a picture is worth a thousand words. The photo of the sign at the Moshannon detention center in Philipsburg in today’s newspaper screams them. Irony, too. “Help shelter pets find their way home,” the billboard in the background reads. The signs’ juxtaposition ...
Hit: A 9-year-old’s selfless act of charity moved many to open their wallets and chip in for a new small livestock barn for the Fayette County Fair. During the annual livestock sale last Friday night, Harper Diamond of Smithfield slipped a note to the announcer before taking to the ring to ...
Some state lawmakers seem to think they have come up with a way to modernize how local governing bodies get the word out about their meetings, pending actions, tax increases, new ordinances and other measures. But Senate Bill 194 — which resurrects the idea of putting public notices on ...
