Sewickley officials this fall plan to do the first brick restoration project in at least five years and spend about $432,500 to pave seven roads.

Summer vacation is coming to an end — if it hasn’t already — even if it’s still blazing hot outside. Get some family time in with these events around Pittsburgh this weekend.

Four players who likely would have had an impact for Norwin are nonfactors — at least for this season.

With nine returning starters, Mt. Pleasant boys soccer has its sights on a sixth straight WPIAL playoff berth.

There will be a new look in the backfield at Yough this season.

Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic legacy.

Before entering seventh grade, Jude Hicinbothem saw his older brother Trent kicking for the Valley varsity football team and wanted to try it. Hicinbothem liked it and thought he was good enough to kick for the middle school team.

Embark on a visual journey around the Western Pennsylvania region with TribLive’s latest collection of captivating images for Thursday, August 21, 2025.

Cribbs Field in Verona will never be the same.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. — Dr. James Dobson, a politically influential child psychologist who started a radio show counseling Christians on how to be good parents, founded the conservative ministry Focus on the Family and was long a campaigner against abortion and gay rights, died on Thursday. He was 89.

NEW YORK — A former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams is among seven people facing new charges in the corruption investigation that has swirled around City Hall for two years, prosecutors in Manhattan announced Thursday.

Oakmont Council ratified a collective bargaining agreement between the borough and the union representing the Oakmont Street Department and Wastewater Treatment Plant employees Tuesday night.

TALATAN, China — Chinese government officials last month showed off what they say will be the world’s largest solar farm when completed high on a Tibetan plateau. It will cover 235 square miles, which is the size of Chicago.

KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda has agreed a deal with the United States to take deported migrants on condition that the deportees should not have criminal records and not be unaccompanied minors, officials said Thursday.

Residents in Lower Burrell’s Braeburn Heights neighborhood will welcome a new playground soon, as new equipment was delivered Wednesday at Braeview Park.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Widespread opposition from within Israel and international condemnation have not deterred Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from his plan to expand the Israeli military’s operation in Gaza City.

For generations, the American Legion has stood as a lifeline for veterans and their families. In Washington, Pa., Post 175 carries that mission forward, ensuring that those who served are honored, supported, and connected to their community.

WASHINGTON — More Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but U.S. layoffs remain in the same historically healthy range of the past few years.

Some who cover or root for the Pittsburgh Steelers may call them explanations. Others may call them excuses.

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched one of its biggest aerial attacks of the year on Ukraine, firing 574 drones and 40 ballistic and cruise missiles overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force said Thursday, while a recent diplomatic push to stop the three-year war is trying to gain momentum.

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, Aug. 21:

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and China pledged to expand economic cooperation and investment under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a flagship program of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, officials said.

Leet officials have enacted a new law designed to improve safety and limit liability and damage to township property.

Foxwall EMS recently obtained a new ambulance and e-bikes designed to better serve patients and reduce EMT and paramedic fatigue.

Ready for some heat relief? A “taste of fall” could be on the way, according to the National Weather Service in Moon.