It did not take long for Upper St. Clair to get things started Friday night against Chartiers Valley.

The early-season matchup between unbeatens in Class 3A’s Interstate Conference lived up to its billing Friday night at Warriors Stadium in Elizabeth Township.

Two years ago Tami and Jeff Jaillet sat in an Allegheny County courtroom describing the worst five days of their lives.

Allegheny County Police Friday charged a Port Vue man in the fatal shooting this summer in Clairton of a pregnant woman and her unborn child.

Fayette community leaders are hoping Penn State will sell its 100-acre campus near Uniontown to a county authority for $1.

BOSTON — The lone juror who wanted to convict Lindsay Clancy of murder for killing her three children said he was certain of her guilt, but that other jurors wouldn’t listen to him, according to a statement released by his lawyer Friday in his first public comments on the case.

The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League is off to a strong start, and five matchups Sunday will go a long way to see if any teams separate themselves from the rest of the pack.

An unnamed airline sponsored the application that landed $850,000 in federal money that could bring commuter air service back to Arnold Palmer Regional Airport near Latrobe.

Filip Hallander tried to skate through the neutral zone.

Friday night’s football game between Fox Chapel and Woodland Hills at Fox Chapel High School will be restricted to only players’ parents and guardians from both teams because of an unspecified threat reported to the Safe2Say system.

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has rolled out formal guidance for mandatory testosterone testing for male service members 30 and older, a policy that leaves out women for now and faces questions from medical experts about the need and efficacy of such a program.

The Liberty Tunnel, which links Downtown to the South Hills, will close inbound from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. beginning Monday and through Friday.

U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick and John Fetterman on Friday roundly rejected calls to regulate artificial intelligence, pushing back on skepticism from within both their parties and touting AI development as an “existential competition” with China.

Joey Porter Jr. has shown a “great” attitude in team meetings, says one of his coaches, yet the Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback will sit out a second consecutive game.

Pittsburgh International Airport’s passenger traffic has yet to recover after Spirit Airlines folded in May — a problem that Allegheny County Airport Authority CEO Christina Cassotis said is affecting airports across the United States.

MINNEAPOLIS — Carson Wentz will start at quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, with Kyler Murray still in the NFL concussion protocol and ruled out for the game at Chicago.

ATLANTA — Cooper Rush will make his second straight start at quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons in Sunday’s home opener against the NFC South rival Carolina Panthers, coach Kevin Stefanski announced Friday.

UPMC has agreed to pay nearly $1 million as part of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to end its investigation into the hospital system’s use of gender-affirming care for minors and related billing practices.

Playing in her fourth section singles final, Bethel Park senior Cami Fisher won her third straight championship, defeating Black Hawks teammate MacKenzie Smock, 6-2, 6-2, for the Section 4-3A title.

A large site in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood may soon be home to a large mixed-use construction with hundreds of apartments and a grocery store.

At 1 p.m. Sunday, Pat Freiermuth takes the field for a meaningful NFL game for the 84th time. It comes just less than one calendar year since he played at Gillette Stadium.

A Duquesne University public health professor and global health worker died last month in the flooding and mudslides that devastated Nepal last month.

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Todd Blanche is blurring traditional boundaries between politics and federal law enforcement with recent speeches at political events that mark a sharp departure from norms meant to protect the Justice Department from the appearance of partisan bias.

Democratic Rep. Chris Deluzio wants to oust Sen. John Fetterman for committing the egregious sin of leveraging his influence for Pennsylvania by reaching across the aisle and befriending our state’s Republican senator (“Deluzio eyes possible Senate run as Fetterman’s fracture with Democrats grows,” Sept. 10, TribLive).

A section of Route 981 in Mount Pleasant was shut down Friday morning following a vehicle crash that downed electrical poles and wires.