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  • Deer’s visit could force changes at Apollo-Ridge High School

    The main entrance to Apollo-Ridge High School will get a look-over for possible improvements after a deer recently forced its way into the ...

  • Pirates give up 4 solo homers lose to Reds 4-1

    Zack Cozart and Todd Frazier hit upper-deck homers off Liriano, and the Cincinnati Reds moved a season-high 15 games over .500 by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 on Monday ...

  • Keisel reels them in

    got to mix two of his favorite things, fishing and helping the kids at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, when he hosted a fishing event at Alpine Hunting and Fishing Club on Monday. Among those having the opportunity to fish with Keisel were patients from the hospital. Keisel hosts his annual Sheer 'Da Beard event to benefit Children's Hospital, is a frequent visitor ...

  • Judge delays hearing in

    WEST NEWTON - A homeless man who tried to elude police June 4 by swimming across the Monongahela River showed up for a preliminary hearing Monday without an ...

  • Apollo-Ridge teachers lock up 5-year deal

    The five-year agreement, which begins Aug. 2, gives teachers an average annual raise of less than 1 percent over the life of the contract, and requires a deductible for health ...


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Movie Review

Big Trouble

Following the big-budget debacle of 1999's Wild Wild West, director Barry Sonnenfeld apparently felt the need to downsize for his next film, opting to helm an adaptation of syndicated humorist Dave Berry's novel Big Trouble, which finds the paths of a gaggle of oddball characters, from a miserable housewife, to a tree-dwelling hippie, to a pair of New Jersey hitmen, chaotically inte ... ...

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  • BVA will refinance bond issue

    The issuance of the general obligation bonds, not to exceed $5,250,000, will pay off the outstanding bond, go to various capital improvement projects and pay the cost of issuing and insuring the new ...

  • Youth civic groups clean up city

    She said the city recently received a $124,000 bid for the work, which is not included in the current budget. She said city leaders are attempting to determine if any of the work can be done by the street ...

  • Rise Against rises again with ‘RPM10’ reissue

    It's hard to believe a decade has passed since Chicago's Rise Against exploded onto the punk scene with breakthrough sophomore release "Revolutions Per Minute." That game-changing album is getting a deluxe reissue to commemorate the anniversary and "RPM10" is worth the upgrade. In addition to the original 12 songs, 10 bonus tracks of demos will thrill Rise ...

  • ‘True Blue’ archetype for modern jazz

    Elaine Elias, a Brazilian singer of the modern era, takes an earnest shot at interpreting the mid-century musician's work and, in my opinion, comes close to hitting the ...

  • Banker split time between career kids

    Between her career in banking and her other job raising two kids, she "never took a break," said her brother, Hugh Fitzpatrick McGough of ...

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