EDUCATION

Restoration work is underway for the historic building that houses the arts-based charter high school. The Westinghouse Airbrake Company General Officer Building, known to some as the "Castle", a historic landmark in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, was damaged by a fire on June 28, 2024. The fire started in the 5th Floor attic and spread to the roof, causing smoke and water damage to the rest of the building. The building is home to the Westinghouse Arts Academy, a charter school, that offers tuition-free, arts based, high-school education to students in grades 9-12. The fire has been determined to be accidental, and started in the floor of the 5th floor, by the Wilmerding Fire Marshall, Al Hussey.

Pitt Police are asking the public to avoid a part of Shadyside because of a protest.

Before Paul Skenes became one of MLB's best pitchers, he was a highly-touted recruit looking to make his mark on the high school level.

A Norwin instructional aide who has mastered the art of calligraphy — an elegant handwriting style practiced centuries ago in China, Greece, Rome and Egypt — is sharing her expertise with today’s middle school students. “Calligraphy fits in well in that period because it was a time...

Hundreds of athletes took the field at Shady Side Academy on Sunday to compete in the 2024 2Tenths Top 150 camp. Out of those athletes, only a handful of them earned MVP honors and there were a few more that stood out as well. Upperclassmen Offensive MVPs. Quarterback: Tristan Reed...

The Trafford Post 331 Junior American Legion team would love to repeat what the 2021 Penn-Trafford squad did, winning a state title. That team featured eight starters from this year’s WPIAL Class 5A champion Penn-Trafford high school team. Trafford reached the finals of the Westmoreland County Junior League by...

The union representing cleaning and maintenance staff, secretaries, instructional assistants, cafeteria staff and monitors, and nurses’ assistants have released a statement ahead of tomorrow’s negotiation session. Both sides are continuing to negotiate terms as they could not reach an agreement before the contract expired on June 30th. In...

The tuition increase was approved as part of Pitt’s $3.2 billion operating budget, which includes nearly $300 million for financial aid.

Haden Sierocky beat out an infield single to deep shortstop that scored Erick Batista, and Latrobe edged Hempfield East, 1-0, on Saturday in Game 1 of the District 31 American Legion semifinal playoffs at Latrobe High School. Game 2 of the best-of-3 series will be at 11 a.m. Sunday at...

Jul. 15—Duquesne's Emily Brozeski (Norwin) is one of 17 graduating student-athletes from the Atlantic 10 Conference nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. A track and field standout, Brozeski will look to advance with the winner's fate in the hands of a selection committee. The NCAA award originated in 1991. A committee will select an A-10 woman of the year and a runner-up to ...

Hempfield second-year football coach Nick Keefer has assembled a unique mix of assistants for a new season. One will be of interest to local basketball fans. Longtime hardwood coach Jim Nesser has joined the Spartans and will work with defensive backs. Nesser, who previously helped out at Greensburg Central Catholic when his son, Jake, played, recently retired from teaching and coaching at Yough.

Citing the Carnegie Mellon website infoDOCKET notes that “Carnegie Mellon is launching the Open Forum for AI (OFAI), a new initiative that will build capacity and understanding for a human-centered AI to move toward augmented intelligence. Leveraging CMU’s AI expertise, OFAI includes a key group of partners that offer a range of complementary skills necessary for collective action for AI strategy and associated policy development. Initial funding is being provided by the social change venture Omidyar Network, NobleReach Foundation, and internal CMU funding.

The District 31 American Legion baseball championship game is set, as Latrobe and Murrysville punched their tickets over the weekend. The Jethawks swept Hempfield East in the best-of-three semifinals, winning 1-0 on Friday and scoring a decisive 9-1 triumph on Saturday. In the first victory at Greater Latrobe High School, Haden Sierocky provided the walkoff RBI single in the bottom of the seventh, which scored Erick Batista. Jack Stynchula was stellar on the mound for the Jethawks, as he limited Hempfield East to just three hits in the shutout. On Saturday at the University of Pitt-Greensburg, Tyler Smith thrived on the hill, as he spun a three-hitter. Offensively, Smith was 3-for-3, Batista had a pair of hits and two RBIs, and Cooper Basciano also had two hits. In the other semifinals, the Eagles bested Bushy Run 4-3 on Saturday, and edged the Beavers 2-1 on Sunday. In Game 1 at Penn-Trafford High School, the Eagles threw out the potential tying run, Jonny Lovre, at the plate to end the game. Murrysville scored a pair of runs apiece in the second and third innings, as Nolan Boehm had two hits, a pair of RBIs, and scored twice, while Brody Reese notched two doubles. On Sunday at Haymaker Park, the Eagles scored twice in the opening inning, and that was enough run support for pitchers Erik Streussnig and Blake Bertucci. Streussnig and Boehm produced RBIs, while Reese and Cole Brinker each collected two hits. As a result, the top-seeded Jethawks will host No. 3 Murrysville on Wednesday at 5:30, while Bushy Run will welcome Hempfield East in the consolation game at the same time.

Allegheny County and its top official, Sara Innamorato, on Monday asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Pittsburgh Public Schools that is trying to trigger a countywide property reassessment. The school district sued in April to force a countywide reassessment, something that hasn’t been done since 2012. Pittsburgh...

Haydon Lookhart’s first glance at an old high school band trailer had him thinking that converting it into a mobile command center for the Allegheny Valley Regional Police Department would be a tall task. It needed a lot of work, the 17-year-old Kiski Area student said. “We had to...

Allegheny Valley School District officials want to know what qualities the community thinks district graduates should possess. The district is in the process of establishing what it’s calling “Portrait of a Dynamo,” which aims to represent the district’s vision for 21st century skills, character traits and social-emotional competencies that students should acquire to be successful adults.