Penn-Trafford High School esports coach John Carlisle considers the team’s state championship win the crowning achievement of the six-year-old program.

Penn Township commissioners next week will vote on a proposed ban that would bar electric bicycles and scooters from the township’s Municipal Park.

BRUSSELS — NATO’s top military officer is weighing alternative plans to defend Europe should it come under attack from Russia, after the United States announced that it is cutting the number of aircraft and warships that it would provide in a security crisis.

An engineer claims Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute is falsely claiming credit for artificial intelligence security and privacy inventions he created.

Jeannette police will continue patrolling Jeannette Manor for the next year after city council this week unanimously approved an agreement with the Westmoreland County Housing Authority.

Federal grants for education after high school — worth hundreds of millions — will be available next month to Americans.

Joe Starkey and I opened up this week’s “Beyond the Bylines” talking about the recent problems for the Pittsburgh Pirates. They dropped five of six games to the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Dodgers — the two best teams in the National League. Now they welcome the Miami Marlins, who have won five in a row and eight of 10.

How can Graham Platner, who might win the Democratic nomination for senator from Maine in Tuesday’s primary election, ever be seriously considered for such a job, given the amount of personal baggage he carries?

The man accused of killing Charlie Kirk is due back in court Friday as his attorneys seek to hold prosecutors in contempt for comments they made in the media about a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk’s body.

So much history is involved when the U.S. Open returns to Shinnecock Hills, the only golf club to host this major championship in three centuries.

Freeport Area’s final budget for next school year means a slight tax hike for some and a respite for others.

ISLAMABAD — The United States and Iran are close to signing an agreement aimed at ending their war, three regional officials told The Associated Press on Friday. A senior U.S. official said the tentative deal includes terms for removing and destroying nuclear material from Iran.

Tarentum officials don’t want to get caught with their hands tied should a developer propose a data center, crypto mining facility or battery storage site in the borough.

Pitcher Mitch Keller and manager Don Kelly appear to align with Pittsburgh Pirates fans on the big points.

BikePGH spokesperson Julie Walsh would be the first to tell you that she and most of her colleagues do, in fact, drive sometimes — despite their organization’s longtime push to swap roads for bike lanes all around Pittsburgh.

The 18-week paid maternity leave that Allegheny County is planning would have absolutely devastating effects for all women in the county between the ages of 18 and 40. Small businesses generate over 60% of all new jobs. What small-business owner in his/her right mind would hire a woman in this age bracket knowing the potentially disastrous financial impact ...

Laurel: To taking flight. More options are on the board for Pittsburgh International Airport.

A popular seafood and steakhouse is moving a few miles east, from Monroeville to Murrysville.

Longtime Hempfield Area athletic trainer Lisa Brose isn’t letting anything prevent her from watching the high school softball team compete in the state championship in State College on Friday — not even her retirement.

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

Plans for the proposed data center in Springdale look much different than they did in December.

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Playing in a U.S. Open is something every serious golfer dreams of.

National Aviary is focusing on some remarkable flyers this summer and introducing visitors to a new feathered friend.