The Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 received A's all around as the 85-year-old, 1.2-million-pound steam engine, hauling 25 cars, chugged into little Leetsdale during a whistle stop on July 11. The Ferry family from Bethel Park gave it a triple-A rating. Twelve-year-old Elizabeth and her ...
As a high school sophomore, Ishaan Sharma of Upper St. Clair became involved in a service project baking cupcakes for a local needs-based organization, SHIM. After the project was completed, he didn’t want to stop. Now entering his sophomore year at Georgia Tech, Ishaan, 19, and his ...
Red, white and blue and a hot dog too. All that peppered the celebration of America’s 250th birthday during the recent Fourth of July weekend. In Brentwood the festivities kicked off with a Battle of the Barrel between neighboring fire companies. Sprinkled between a 3.1-mile road race that ...
Mount Lebanon High School cheerleaders know it’s not too early to shop for a homecoming dress. So many of them jumped at the chance to participate in the grand opening celebration for J.Jones Evening Wear. After 15 years serving customers in the Weirton, West Virginia, region, the formal ...
As Upper St. Clair was battling South Fayette for its second WPIAL baseball title in school history, Sean Casey and Mike Junko sat in the seats at EQT Field in Washington on May 27. They soaked up the scenery and reveled in the Panthers’ 3-2 triumph in the Class 5A championship game all ...
School’s out for summer in the South Hills, but it’s out forever for Bethel Park’s five elementary institutions. Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, William Penn, George Washington and Memorial rang their final bells last week before they closed for good as the Bethel Park School ...
