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A sizzling Fourth of July

Multiple consecutive days with temperatures in the mid- to upper 90s and "feels like" temperatures around 100 degrees are forecast for Southwestern Pennsylvania this week, as residents prepare to celebrate America’s 250th birthday on July 4. According to the National Weather Service in ...

They have started small businesses and work in factories, the healthcare industry, and other occupations: Thousands of Haitians and Syrians in Southwestern Pennsylvania are living under protected legal status. Now, They now may have to return to their home countries. A U.S. Supreme Court ...

America at 250: The age of innovation

Editor’s note: This week marks the final chapter in our three-month series of exploring America at 250 years old through the lens of some of the most important national events that took place in our communities. The way we build things, the way we travel, the way we protect ourselves, the ...

‘The best of both worlds’

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a monthlong series of profiles of the people who live and work in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, in celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary. Some people find the perfect getaway and want to gatekeep it. When Samantha Morgan talks about the flood ...

From Wrigley to Washington

Over a decade ago, a 23-year-old Andrew Belleson found himself in the public address announcer’s booth at Wrigley Field. His hand was ready to key up the mic, so his voice could boom from the loud speakers inside the friendly confines, while he read a script for the brass of the Chicago ...

Stories told through glass

Janine Surmick’s favorite item in the Duncan & Miller Glass Museum isn’t one of the elegantly crafted pieces of tableware that is behind glass, or one of the swan-shaped dishes. Instead, it’s a vintage glass-making press that sits in the museum’s basement on Ridge Avenue. It came ...