Nearly half of Pennsylvania’s registered voters think they’re worse off than they were a year ago and the state is headed in the wrong direction, according to a Franklin &Marshall College poll released this month.

Pittsburgh has a money problem.

The recent investigation and testimony in criminal court regarding the murder of an Allegheny County Jail resident by eight residents (“8 defendants to face trial in Allegheny County Jail inmate beating death,” Oct. 9, TribLive), a sentinel event, reinforces what frontline officers said in the 2027 ACJ Correctional Officer Survey, completed by 307 ...

As enrollment chief at Point Park University, Marlin Collingwood is often asked to name the school’s top competitors.

Seven miles into a grueling 50-mile trail race in 2023, Sarah Sleva began experiencing excruciating pain. Twenty-six miles later, she did something she never imagined she would do: She quit.

It’s not hard for Elisabeth Roark to pick out the zinc tombstones nestled among hundreds of granite and marble counterparts in Allegheny Cemetery.

Jumping spiders and eerie reapers are just part of the Halloween fun at Steven Kochanowski’s house in Aspinwall.

Three Ohio residents pleaded guilty this week to operating a theft ring using stolen credit cards at Lowe’s stores in five Pennsylvania counties.

Some Alle-Kiski Valley communities are looking to use tax incentives to bring in private investors.

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Ferrante’s Lakeview has entered a new era — and Taylor Swift is part of the inspiration.

I volunteered with a MarchOnHarrisburg project that contacted all the candidates for Pennsylvania state House and Senate and asked them to post, on their campaign websites, their plans to limit the ability of Big Money to buy power in Harrisburg.

Tucked along Verona Road in Penn Hills, a one-story building that looks more like a garage than an eatery has been turning out squares of Sicilian-style pizza since the late 1950s. Back then, a square cut cost a dime. Toppings? An extra nickel.

Time-restricted eating offers an appealing approach to weight loss: Eat what you want, but only during certain hours.

For 44 years, David Peretich operated Forest Hills Dental in a once- bustling office building at 3 Parkway East, off Ardmore Boulevard in Forest Hills.

Penn State coach Mike Rhoades finds himself in a tight spot as he enters his fourth season.

I believe water utilities and electric companies have a legitimate right to increase their rates. They are entitled to recoup their expenses in upgrading their equipment and should be allowed to make a reasonable profit. They are public utilities but also businesses, entitled to make a profit.

The Pine-Richland football team had rest in sight. The Rams’ offense earned their extra time off by blitzing Plum in the first quarter of a Northeast Conference game Friday night, scoring 42 points en route to a 49-21 win.

The reign of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds as champions of the USL Championship is over.

Quarterback Brady Brinkley had called “H-bone” in the huddle before, but it had been a couple of years since it worked this well — and with so much at stake.

Stepping onto the field at Clairton’s Tyler Boyd Stadium was a cause for pause as these two teams were reminded of the Bears’ thrilling WPIAL quarterfinal victory against Jeannette a year ago on Franklin Regional’s neutral field.

Greensburg Central Catholic coach John Thompson was very pleased with how his team performed when it mattered most Friday night.

Penn-Trafford turned in a record performance Friday in its first-place showdown against Latrobe.

Like the notable Halloween villains in one of those classic 1980s slasher movies, there was just no killing Belle Vernon on Friday night at Warrior Stadium.