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2024 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Latrobe’s John Wetzel
A team that didn’t have a playoff win for 54 years has two in the past two seasons, and John Wetzel has a lot to do with it. Latrobe’s quarterback and three-star safety has developed into of the WPIAL’s top dual threats. Last year, he passed for 1,289 yards and rushed for 1,117, accounting for 33 touchdowns, 34 if you count the one he caught on a trick play.
Here’s how we made Pittsburgh’s streets come alive this summer
Thank you for an incredible season of OpenStreetsPGH!. This past Saturday in Homewood + East End was a fantastic way to end our 2024 season. Attracting over 50,000 guests each summer, this year OpenStreetsPGH was thrilled to partner with hundreds with of local businesses and organizations to curate an exciting array of activities and fun for all ages and abilities.
Talk Pittsburgh Links: July 29, 2024
Visit the links below for more on today's guests & topicDelish: They Wanted To Throw A Vegetarian Wedding. Their Guests Threw A Fit.Elle: Less Is More: Welcome To The Rise Of #CelibacyThe Vandal PGHThe Shyne AwardsCreative DIY Workshop | Ya Jagoff! Jag TagPittsburgh Girls Club | InstagramBakery Square Book ClubAHN Psychiatry and Mental HealthTalk Pittsburgh on Social MediaFacebookInstagram
Update from Oakmont Carnegie Library
Change in this Thursday, August 1st Makerspace Hours. Normally we open at 10am, but this week we will open at 2pm. For full social media post, click here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=893817386116990&set=a.662729175892480&type=3.
Jackie Gallagher-Smith excited to be home for Senior Women's Open
Carol Semple Thompson isn’t the only golfer in this week’s U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship with Pittsburgh roots. Jackie Gallagher-Smith, whose parents grew up in Johnstown, also calls Western Pennsylvania home. Her husband, Ed, was from Norvelt in Westmoreland County. “When I was driving in from the...
QB Nate Yarnell can't do it alone, so here are 5 units that need to step up for Pitt this season
Jul. 29—Before compiling a list of the most important players who will populate the Beano Cook Fields when Pitt begins prepping for a new season Wednesday, we need to first identify the obvious choice for leader of the class: The quarterback, Nate Yarnell. There are several players who are as important as Yarnell, who is entering his junior season. (Has it been two years already?) But no one ...
Michelle Walker teaches Pittsburgh employees ASL and advocates for disability awareness
Michelle Walker placed her left palm underneath her right hand, forming a thumbs-up with her right hand. The palm of her left hand moved the right hand upward. This sign is part of American Sign Language and is a lifesaving contact sign that means “help.”. She demonstrated emergency signs...
Pitt Adds Transfer Camryn Murphy
PITTSBURGH – Pitt continued to add to its 2025 roster with the signing of Division II All-American transfer Camryn Murphy. A Shaler High School product, Murphy played the last two seasons at Seton Hill where she was a career .363 hitter with 94 RBI and 25 home runs. "We are thrilled to welcome Camryn to the Pitt Softball Family," said head coach Jenny Allard. "Camryn will bring defensive depth to our outfield and offensive competitiveness in our line-up. She also brings local Pittsburgh pride, and we are glad she can finish her career at Pitt. Murphy is coming off a...
Scammers are impersonating the family of Corey Comperatore
Scammers are impersonating the family of fallen firefighter Corey Comperatore on Facebook. Scammers are taking advantage of the family of Corey Comperatore, the husband and father killed at the Trump rally in Butler.
Pittsburgh Airport Security Apprehends Woman Carrying Unlicensed Gun
A West Virginia woman is facing misdemeanor charges after a gun was found in her backpack at a security checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport. The incident, which occurred on Sunday before 10:44 a.m., was promptly reported by Transportation Security Administration officers who detected the revolver during routine checks, according to a report by WPXI.
‘All You Can Eat’ deal returns to Applebee’s
(WJET/WFXP) — Applebee’s has announced the return of their “All You Can Eat Boneless Wings, Riblets, and Double Crunch Shrimp.” The deal, which you can only get when you dine in, will cost you $15.99 and comes with endless fries alongside the Wings, Riblets, and Shrimp. You can also mix and match different flavor varieties […]
Bad behavior threatens season of Erie youth basketball league, a 'safe space' for decades
An iconic summer basketball league in Erie is on hiatus and in jeopardy of having its season canceled for the first time in its 34-year history. City officials and organizers of Spoon’s Summer Basketball League announced Friday that the league’s games are canceled until further notice “based upon the actions of some players...
Pittsburgh High School Basketball: Top Five Players with Most Offers
While Pittsburgh is known for its football scene, the current basketball scene in the city is in a good place with collegiate team success and a steady stream of Division One prospects coming up the pipeline. Today, let’s take a look at the offer leaders across the WPIAL and the...
Watch: Paul Skenes reaches incredible MLB milestone in 13th start
Pirates rookie pitcher Paul Skenes reached an incredible milestone on Monday.A second-inning strikeout of Astros first baseman Jon Singleton gave Skenes his 100th K of the season in 13 starts.Per Pirates social media, Skenes became the sixth player since 1893 to record 100 strikeouts in 13 games or fewer. No. 100 Paul Skenes is just the sixth player all-time (since the current mound distance was established in 1893) to reach 100 strikeouts in 13 or fewer games. pic.twitter.com/VDgQGRIZvZ— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) July 30, 2024 Skenes had four strikeouts and allowed no earned runs in his first four innings against Houston, dropping his...
Pittsburgh Pirates trade for Colorado Rockies pitcher Jalen Beeks
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded for Colorado Rockies pitcher Jalen Beeks.The Pirates traded Double-A pitcher Luis Peralta to the Rockies for Beeks, a left-handed relief pitcher, the team announced. MLB insider Mark Feinsand first reported the news. The 31-year-old Beeks has been a bullpen arm for the Rockies this season. In 49 1/3 innings, Beeks has a 4.74 ERA, nine saves and five holds. He has a 1.36 WHIP in 45 appearances and will add depth to the Pirates' bullpen. He started 15 games in 2022 and 2023 with the Tampa Bay Rays but has not recorded a start in 2024.Beeks was a 12th-round pick in the 2014 draft by the Boston Red Sox. He signed a one-year deal before the season with the Rockies. According to Baseball America, Peralta was Pittsburgh's No. 24 prospect. He started the year unranked, Baseball America said. Earlier on Monday, the Pirates traded pitcher Quinn Priester to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for infield prospect Nick Yorke.
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