Municipal Elections 101: Township supervisors, borough and city council members are on Pa.’s November ballot

After serving for seven years as executive director of the Literacy Council of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Brandi Miller is stepping aside. Miller is not leaving the nonprofit sector, though. Earlier this week, the West Pike Run Township resident was named executive director of Mission of ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers knows the Pittsburgh Steelers are hardly a finished product five games into the season. Yet the parts are starting to come together, and they were on full display over four bruising quarters in a 23-9 victory over Cleveland that made up for in thoroughness ...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — From the day he was hired more than a decade ago, James Franklin stressed the importance of creating a family atmosphere at Penn State. Over the course of 11-plus seasons in Happy Valley, that approach helped the Nittany Lions churn out pros and double-digit ...
Frazier needed a victory over visiting Riverview on Friday night to keep its playoff hopes alive. Derek Diamond made sure those aspirations remained achievable. Diamond had 37 carries for 284 yards and five touchdowns to lift the Commodores over the Raiders, 41-20, in Perryopolis. Frazier ...
Every time a high-profile shooting makes headlines, America relives the same cycle: shock, outrage, and the inevitable chorus of demands to ban “assault weapons,” defund the police, blame political opponents, and spend more federal money in cities. But these slogans conceal more than they ...
AccuWeather, the independent weather provider service, published an article last week showing the FEMA Risk Maps ranking every county in the United States for their susceptibility to natural disasters, including hurricanes, floods, droughts, winter storms, extreme heat and cold, high winds ...