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State Rep. Harry Readshaw, a board member of the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN), has received the Sahli Service Award from the Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Association. The award is presented to association members with 20 or...

 More than 300 Allegheny County middle and high school age teens vied for awards in Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s 2016 Teen Media Awards competition. The awards were presented August 10 at the Carnegie Lecture Hall in Oakland. The library’s...

South Pittsburgh area students earning Dean’s List honors at Slippery Rock University include: Joseph B. Wagner; Marcus R. Kernan; Courtney J. Thornton; Joshua Reed; Lauren R. Fedorek; Gerald A. Hurney; Nathanael L. Morton; Alexandra K. Rodwick;...

The Allegheny County Parks Department has announced the winners of the 2016 County Marbles Tournament, which took place June 2-4 in the Courthouse Courtyard.  In the girls’ division, 12-year-old Lauren Shuty of the South Side Flats was crowned...

Commencement ceremonies, across Pennsylvania State University campuses, were held the May 6, 7 and 8. This spring Penn State awarded approximately 13,600 diplomas to students University-wide who are completing 429 associate, 11,064 baccalaureate,...

South Pittsburgh area students earning Dean’s List honors for the spring term at Pennsylvania State University included: Kirstin A. Dean, Greater Allegheny Campus; Margot Dormer, University Park Campus; Nicole Duchnowska, University Park Campus;...

 The Allegheny County Bar Association (ACBA) has elected South Side resident Ronald L. Hicks, Jr. to its 2016-2017 Board of Governors and Officers. A partner at Meyer Unkovic & Scott, Mr. Hicks is a civil trial and appellate lawyer who for the past...

South Pittsburgh area students were among those earning Dean’s List honors at Slippery Rock University for the fall 2015 semester. Area students earning the honors included: Joseph B. Wagner, Marcus R. Kernan, Courtney J. Thornton, Lauren R....

Representative William F. Adolph, Jr. has been re-elected as Chairman of the PHEAA Board of Directors. Senator Wayne D. Fontana was re-elected as Vice Chairman of the Board. Representative Adolph has represented Delaware County’s 165th Legislative...

South Pittsburgh area students earning Dean’s List honors at Penn State University included: Douglas R Sauer, University Park Campus; Alicia F. Ferrilli, University Park Campus; Alyssa R. Palmer, University Park Campus; Dani N. Huggins, University...

This fall 5,200 Penn State students received their diplomas. University-wide there were 275 associate, 3,800 baccalaureate, 895 master’s, 35 law and 225 doctoral degrees awarded. Students from the South Pittsburgh area earning their degrees...

The Allegheny County Bar Association has appointed attorney Ronald L. Hicks to serve on its new Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity and Gender Equality.  The ACBA recently formed the Diversity & Gender Equality Ad Hoc Committee to advise and assist its...

Friends for more than 60 years, two South Pittsburgh women joined together to develop a song for a California centennial. Dolores (Dorsey) Fortini McTaggart and Carolyn Stasenko Scharer attended the University of Pittsburgh on honor scholarships...

A South Pittsburgh student was among the 575 students named to the Dean’s List of Saint Vincent College for the fall 2015 semester, according to Dean of Studies Alice Kaylor. Nina Ricciardi, a senior in Political Science from South Side, earned...

State Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) has announced he will seek re-election to the Senate of Pennsylvania from the 43rd District. “This is a very difficult time with many challenges to overcome, that’s why it’s important to...

Attorney Ronald L. Hicks, Jr., was inducted into the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County at its 2015 fall meeting. A partner at Meyer Unkovic & Scott, Mr. Hicks is a civil trial and appellate lawyer who works closely with businesses and...