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With the 21st pick the Steelers select …

The anticipation, excitement and maybe even some apprehension of Steelers football fans is about to peak when Roger Goodell steps to the podium at Acrisure Stadium on Thursday and sets the NFL Draft into motion with the first pick by Las Vegas Raiders some time after 8 p.m. The logistics ...

Opt for green instead of screen

An interesting story in the spring issue of National Wildlife magazine begins with the writer’s favorite slang expression, “touch grass,” which refers to kids who use it to refer to friends who are spending too much time online and have lost touch with reality. With those two words they ...

Earth’s climate out of balance

Warning lights are flashing according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization “WMO.” Mother Earth is being pushed beyond its limits and every key climate indicator is flashing red. Earth’s energy imbalance, the gap between heat absorbed and heat released, is the ...

Pirates drumming up plenty of interest

PITTSBURGH – That the Pirates home opener against the Baltimore Orioles drew a sellout, boisterous crowd of 38,986 Friday afternoon wasn't a huge surprise. The season's first game at PNC Park is annually a big event in the city regardless of the team's outlook. This one had a much ...

The Great Appalachian Storm of 1950

Around here it was called “The Big One,” and the front page of the Evening-Standard described the quiet as local movie houses along with bars and restaurants were closing as our area was in the midst of a powerful storm that to this day remains the stuff of legend. The paper reported ...

Wild, unpredictable spring weather

It’s been a wild week of weather across Southwestern Pennsylvania. Some folks may think it was unusual, however old-timers and folks who have lived here for decades just see it as normal springtime weather. One day it’s winter and the next it’s summerlike and spring gets in a few days ...