Gus Pagonis grew up in Charleroi three-quarters of a century ago, amid smokestacks and among countless Mon Valley kids who likewise were uncertain of their lifetime trajectories. “I was in a rock ’n roll band in the Valley when I was younger,” Pagonis recounted. “I think I was 15 or ...

Eighteen veterans of World War II, all a century old or on the verge, were honored Friday at Stage AE on Pittsburgh’s North Shore – three of them posthumously. They were celebrated for their military service during a global crisis eight decades ago, one that has been ingrained on the ...