Transportation Secretary Buttigieg nears end to his post where he started
Ten days from the end of his term as U.S. secretary of transportation, Pete Buttigieg spent a thoughtful and reflective day in Pittsburgh Friday that he dubbed “boats, trains, planes and automobiles.” The Pittsburgh visit was the latest in a series of trips Buttigieg has made across the country in the past few weeks as…
Auberle’s $1.5 million YouthBuild grant will change lives through training programs that lead to jobs
Abby Wolensky and her Auberle Employment Institute team will long remember a story one of its participants told during a visit by then-U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and other local officials reviewing the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields Job Training sites in the region. He said because of Auberle’s training and help, he secured a job and…
‘It’s ridiculous and it’s dismissive’: Phipps Conservatory food service workers face unclear future after change in contractor
Growing up in Pittsburgh, Jason McCray remembers looking forward to going to Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens every year with his family to see the impressive plant arrangements and the massive model train display. So he said he was excited when he got a job as a server, cashier and barista at Phipps last spring through…
Friday basketball rundown: Greensburg Central Catholic outlasts rival Jeannette in marquee matchup to hand Jayhawks first loss of season
They simply don’t make regular-season rivalry games much bigger than Greensburg Central Catholic’s high-stakes clash against Jeannette Friday night — and this one more than lived up to the hype. In the end, coach Christian Hyland and the visiting Centurions were the ones celebrating on the brief bus ride home after spoiling the Jayhawks’ perfect record…
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Leaving their legacy: Mt. Lebanon High School students promote inclusion through schoolwide bocce tournament
CJ Korowicki was a manager on the Mt. Lebanon football team in 2022 when the Blue Devils won their first PIAA championship. The motto of that team was “Leave Our Legacy,” a slogan that popped into Korowicki’s mind when he and classmate Teba Latef attended a special needs leadership summit that October. “That’s when I…
Work on Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s University Line will begin on Forbes Avenue in Oakland
Nearly three years of construction on the second phase of Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s Bus Rapid Transit system will begin in Oakland later this month. The $291 million project, dubbed the University Line, will create exclusive bus lanes between Oakland and Downtown Pittsburgh to keep buses on schedule rather than have them bunch together in rush…
PUP recruiting notebook: Greensburg Central Catholic’s Erica Gribble makes college choice, commits to defending Atlantic 10 champion Richmond
How does that saying go about two birds and one stone? Greensburg Central Catholic’s Erica Gribble took advantage of that last Monday when she called up her future college coach and verbally committed. Gribble then not only knew where she would be playing in college, but the commitment also brought with it something else. “It…
