Riverhounds qualify for playoffs following 2-1 win

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 ...
In the years since the opioid crisis hit the United States, Washington County – which found itself smack in the middle of the epidemic – has worked hard to reduce the number of overdose deaths and to provide paths for treatment and prevention for those battling addiction. “Washington ...
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If seven is lucky, then eight is great, which is what the Pittsburgh Riverhounds are celebrating following Saturday’s 2-1 victory over Indy Eleven at Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh’s Station Square. Pittsburgh (11-10-7) have qualified for the postseason in the USL Championship for the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Outdoor excitement can arise as a surprise. Last week, I enjoyed an experience I’d wanted to undertake for a long time. I took a course at Touchstone Center for Crafts in the mountains near Farmington. The course was in botanical illustration, a blend of art and science in which ...