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Local culinary students work among the pros at Taste of the Draft

A night before some of the top college football players got picked to advance to the next level, local high school culinary students got the chance to work alongside some of the top local and national names in their fields. At Wednesday’s Taste of the Draft event, kids from the Fayette ...

An impressive performance

As the Heisman Trophy winner and consensus favorite as top pick of the NFL Draft, nobody would predict Fernando Mendoza to fall to the bottom of the first round. But if the reigning Super Bowl champs somehow nabbed him with the 32nd pick, he’d immediately be handed a Seattle Seahawks jersey ...

Picks-burgh palooza

PITTSBURGH – Arizona resident Dave Kruper remembers rooting for the Dallas Cowboys when he was a kid growing up in the 1970s and 1980s. Kruper was born in Brownsville, and lived there until his parents moved to Phoenix when he was 3 years old. "We moved to Arizona in the '60s and the ...

Another Laurel Highlands teacher under investigation

A third Laurel Highlands High School teacher is being investigated for possible child abuse. The investigation was prompted by a tip that was submitted through ChildLine, said Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Kalee Barnhart. The teacher is the third at the school in recent months linked to ...

Football fever!

Our intrepid reporter Karen Mansfield was up before dawn to make the trek into Pittsburgh to talk to fans gathering for the first day of the 2026 NFL Draft. She arrived early to capture some photos before the thousands descend upon the North Shore in advance of tonight's festivities, which ...

NFL Draft’s impact on wider region appears uncertain

Although business and municipal leaders across western Pennsylvania are betting on a surge of revenue from the upcoming 2026 NFL Draft, which is projected to bring over half a million visitors to the region, reality may not live up to expectations. According to officials from regions ...