The Fox Chapel softball team has been plagued with maddening moments of inconsistency on defense.

More than 130 Fox Chapel Area families received emergency food this month thanks to the quick work of volunteers at the Sharpsburg-based St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry.

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Jeff Perlis would like to make a trip to the New Balance Nationals, a long weekend for the Shady Side Academy track team. The Bulldogs coach said the school will have a larger contingent competing this summer than it did last year, when Chelsea Hartman was the only qualifier.

Fox Chapel track and field coach Tom Moul enjoys the depth the Foxes have on their relay teams this season.

Maintaining momentum heading into the playoffs is tricky in softball. Long layoffs aren’t ideal when preparing for a single-elimination playoff format.

Plum Senior High School’s robotics team has spent hundreds of hours designing, building and refining a 15-pound machine to compete for a national title this weekend.

A man was hospitalized in critical condition after being stabbed in Sharpsburg.

Pittsburgh-area veterans are being treated like pawns in a game played by the Trump administration as cuts and a hiring freeze threaten medical treatment, U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio said Friday.