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What’s Happening – Week of Jan. 25

LEBO REC The Mt. Lebanon recreation department offers the following: Art Factory for students in grades 1 through 8. The five-week program begins Jan. 26. Image Art is offered at 4 p.m. Clay and sculpture begins at 5:15. Cartooning starts at 6:15 p.m. as does Kpop Demon Hunter Drawing. Canvas Creation for kindergarten through sixth grade. Students will paint a Penguin on an 11x14 stretched canvas from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Feb. 16. Basketball for boys and girls in first grade begins Feb. 23. There are two meetings per week at Mt. Lebanon elementary school gyms. Additionally, the recreation department offers an array of exercise and fitness classes as well as learn-to-skate and play ...

How PA Casinos Are Adapting to Younger Audiences with Skill Games and Esports

Across Pennsylvania, casinos are adjusting to the preferences of adults who grew up with console gaming, streaming and mobile apps, introducing skill-type games and exploring esports to stay relevant in a changing entertainment landscape.On weekends at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, you will ...

Mt. Lebanon to name football field after Art Walker Sr.

2026 promises to be a milestone year for Art Walker Sr. With any luck, and he possesses plenty of that having been born on St. Patrick’s Day, Walker will turn 90 on March 17. Later in the year, the municipality and school district will officially name the high school football field in his ...

2025 YEAR OF THE COMEBACK

2025 marked the year of the comeback in scholastic sports as area South Hills clubs captured championships in the most thrilling manners. No deficit was too big to overcome. No underdog status was unsurmountable. Athletic teams from South Fayette and Peters Township were prime examples as they ...

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Chartiers Valley returns to WPIAL finals

Chartiers Valley head coach Cory Dotchin predicted the road to “The Pete” would be a hard one, but if the Colts took it one game at a time they would return to defend their WPIAL championship. He was correct. Entering the Class 5A playoffs as the top seed, the Colts defeated Montour, ...

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Mt. Lebanon girls dominates the mats

Paige Jox of Mt. Lebanon experienced exhilaration and relief after she defeated Alaya Henderson from Canon-McMillan, 8-0, to win the 148-pound weight class in the WPIAL championship tournament. This triumph had been three years in the making as Jox finished as runner-up in the district in 2024 ...

Mt. Lebanon wrestler wins WPIAL title

Cole Gibbons captured a district championship during the WPIAL Class 3A tournament held Feb. 20-21 at Canon-McMillan High School. A Mt. Lebanon senior, Gibbons defeated Jack White from Norwin, 4-2, in the 160-pound finals to capture the title. “It was a surreal experience winning the ...

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Trahan wins WPIAL title

Ella Trahan admittedly lacks patience, particularly when wrestling is considered. After sitting through one of her younger brother’s tournaments, Trahan was finished being a spectator. “I was like I’m tired waiting around,” she said. Nine years later, Trahan waits for no one. In ...

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Robbins carries Upper St. Clair back to finals

Standing 6-feet, 7-inches tall and weighing 280 pounds, Ryan Robbins played the role of Atlas well as he carried Upper St. Clair back to the WPIAL Class 6A championship game for the third year in a row. His Herculean efforts in the quarterfinals and semifinals of the tournament propelled the ...

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