DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR’s playoff system is designed to give a long shot a chance to race for the championship.

Two females were hospitalized early Sunday morning as a result of stab wounds in the Pittsburgh Perry South neighborhood, Pittsburgh police said.

In the modern era of the NFL draft, 63 Penn State linebackers have been selected, the most at any position for one of the most distinguished programs in college football.

The ongoing budget stalemate in Harrisburg will have little impact on Westmoreland County Transit Authority operations, officials said.

Superintendent Tammy Andreyko started her tenure at Quaker Valley in August 2018 meeting with district officials to discuss the possibility of building a new high school.

Ligonier Township’s planning commission is set to review a proposal to develop an 18-acre solar farm along Springer Road, the first such facility under consideration in the township.

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Safe driving class planned in Washington Township

Betty Beestrice isn’t quite sure why she has a photograph of the Massy Harbison cabin when it was located in Upper Burrell, how she got it or where it may have come from.

When I lost my grandmother to Alzheimer’s seven years ago, I never would have imagined that I would now be working with the elderly as an emergency medical technician and using my new degree in biology and neuroscience to start my career in research.

Patrick Donohue sold property at 5541 Claytonia Drive to Brian Breland for $320,000.

Members of the American Sewing Guild are getting ready for Christmas, even though it’s August. Guild members were busy this week sewing Christmas stockings to be shipped to military members stationed overseas. The group worked into the early afternoon at Murrysville Alliance Church. The stockings are donated to New Kensington-based nonprofit Military ...

The need for a meaningful and sensible energy plan for our nation is nearly impossible with attitudes expressed in the op-eds “Point: Coal needs to be part of America’s energy future” and “Counterpoint: America needs affordable energy — coal doesn’t fit the bill” (Aug. 9, TribLive).

As Labor Day looms, it’s time to take stock of summer.

Five years after Hempfield Area School District approved a feasibility study for a renovation of its 1956 high school, the district is starting to nail down what the refurbished building will look like.

Nick Bowman is pretty sure his father brought him to the drag racing track when he was less than 2 months old.

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 72-52) collected six hits in a 4-0 loss to Syracuse (Mets). RF Nick Yorke (.282) went 2 for 3 with a walk. DH Rafael Flores (.245) went 1 for 4 with a double. RHP Drake Fellows (7-6, 5.03) started and went five innings, allowing three runs, two earned, on five hits with three walks and a strikeout. LHP Evan Sisk (4.63) and RHP Chase ...

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds picked up star goalkeeper Eric Dick after a rare error, scoring a second-half goal to pull out a 1-1 road draw with Birmingham Legion FC on Saturday night.

Kemon Spell ran for 295 yards and four touchdowns after returning the opening kickoff 98 yards for a score to lead McKeesport to a 51-24 victory over Delaware Valley on Saturday at the KDKA Kickoff Classic at Wolvarena.