MONTAUK, N.Y. — Striped bass fishing has been Bill Jakob’s passion for more than 60 years, and he remembers an era when he’d spend all night casting his line into the crashing waves off Montauk and get eight or nine fish ranging up to 40 pounds, a big catch by anyone’s standards.

EPHRATA, Pa. — Amish and Mennonite shoppers in conservative dress mingled with shoppers from the wider public on a recent Friday at a vast outdoor market here, where vendors sold colorful pumpkins and mums, fry pies and squash, sports jerseys and Barbie accessories.

Dolores Burnett would cut petals from a bush outside her Ross house.

WASHINGTON — One of the countless memorable lines that have tumbled out of the “Star Trek” universe over the years is this gem, originally from a 20th-century poet named Delmore Schwartz: “Time is the fire in which we burn.”

Irwin officials plan to move into newly converted first-floor offices in the borough building in mid-November, 11 months after the expected completion date.

Project prioritization was a main topic of discussion during the North Allegheny School Board’s Oct. 14 work session meeting, with much focus on options and costs of renovating the natatorium at the high school.

Two-year-old Jace Spears zipped across his backyard in Fawn, running between the tire swing, the slide and a myriad of tricycles.

Christa Pike said Friday that she remains in constant pain and struggles to speak a month after surviving a lethal injection in Tennessee, a failure she blames on “incompetence.”

WASHINGTON — Early voting is continuing to significantly outpace the last midterm election, with millions more Americans casting ballots in advance and particularly sharp increases in states hosting competitive Senate races, according to an Associated Press analysis of voting data five days before Election Day.

JUNEAU, Alaska — Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola denied Thursday that she knew anything about an effort to put another candidate on the Alaska ballot with the same name as the Republican incumbent as the Justice Department escalated a criminal investigation with new grand jury subpoenas.

Pennsylvania has continued to make progress in addressing childcare challenges through its 2026-27 state budget, which includes additional investments to support childcare teachers, early childhood education programs and working families. These are important steps forward, and we can do more to solve the childcare challenges facing our local communities.

It takes a village, as the saying goes. And the same is true for eight Shining Star Gala awardees, who will be recognized for their good deeds and community efforts at the annual banquet Nov. 6.

MOSCOW — Russia’s most renowned independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, on Friday announced its closure after more than three decades of operation, blaming relentless official pressure.

As Duquesne University continues to build its health sciences programs, campus leaders have hired a CEO of an East Liberty health center as its chief of civic engagement and external relations.

Two of Penn State’s top players have decidedly different college football origin stories.

A lot went wrong for the Pittsburgh Steelers in Cleveland a month ago. On Oct. 1, the Steelers lost a Thursday night game in Northeast Ohio, 27-24. It was their seventh defeat there in the last nine years.

“You Can See Everything” is a documentary that has drawn widespread critical acclaim in recent weeks.

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Oct. 30:

For anyone who questions the integrity of elections in Pennsylvania, I urge you to volunteer as a poll worker on Election Day. This will be my sixth year working the polls in my precinct. Between the classes and the actual work on the day of the elections, you will get an inside look at what it takes to set the machines up on Election Day and the procedures ...

Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart famously crash-landed in 1928 at Rodgers Field in O’Hara — now the site of Fox Chapel Area High School.

Fresher and healthier food choices will be even more available for those experiencing food insecurity in the North Hills, thanks to the addition of a solar greenhouse in Bellevue, the newest addition to North Hills Community Outreach.

A former Sheetz site in Youngwood is set for a multi-business transformation as local entrepreneur Ed Christofano moves two of his ventures to the property and adds a 1950s-style diner.

Here is a weekly look at recent images captured throughout the Alle-­Kiski Valley.

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