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Playoff bound

Luke Martin has saved his best for last lately. Three days after grabbing the rebound of a missed shot and scoring the winning basket to help Laurel Highlands’ boys basketball team pull out a 56-54 win at Uniontown, Martin was at it again on Friday night against Penn-Trafford at Harold ...

Franklin Regional keeps Uniontown out of postseason

Franklin Regional built a 34-23 halftime lead and held on from there to defeat visiting Uniontown, 55-48, and secure sole possession of second place in Section 1-5A in boys basketball action on Friday night. The loss knocked the Red Raiders out of playoff position. A victory would've kept ...

Youthful Lady Mustangs battle way into playoffs

Laurel Highlands lost one of the most talented group of players to ever play for its girls basketball team as it headed into the 2025-26 season. Gone to graduation were 1,000-point scorers Miya Harris and Ayrianna Sumpter, and sixth-man extraordinaire Righteous Richardson with all three ...

Warding off winter

We’ve endured an unusual stretch of cold, snowy weather during this winter of 2026. But “endured” is the right word only if you’ve stuck out this frigid span here in western Pennsylvania. You probably know relatives, friends, or neighbors who traveled south for the winter to Florida ...

Hayes scores twice in debut as Penguins beat Sabres 5-2

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Avery Hayes scored twice in his NHL debut, Arturs Silovs made 26 saves and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Thursday night in the final game for both teams before the Olympic break. Called up from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey ...

Old-fashioned winters

Most of us who grew up in Southwestern Pennsylvania can remember winters with plenty of snow and cold weather. Old-timers probably can reflect on winter with snow on the ground most of the winter and streams and rivers frozen over. Pictures of the ice on PittsburghĢƵ three rivers like the ...