Fox Chapel Area High School sophomore Siddarth Srinivasan of O’Hara used to walk to school on most days.

Kiski Area coach Chris Heater always looks for opportunities to put different guys in the lineup to earn varsity experience. Payton King and Dom Roland took advantage of their opportunities Wednesday night at Fox Chapel.

Flying drones and other cutting-edge equipment were showcased during a regional workshop in the Fox Chapel Area School District to prepare educators for the future and illustrate how technology can simultaneously drive learning and joy.

When the fire whistles sounded at 6:30 a.m. Jan. 12 in O’Hara, Butch Michalowski trudged out of his house and into the bitter cold — despite officially retiring two weeks earlier from his role as Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Company chief.

Glynn Galloway steps into the basement of a Fox Chapel home, where a soft blue glow spills from a 300-gallon in-wall reef tank built between a recreation room and a former wine cellar.

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Fox Chapel indoor track coach Tom Moul didn’t expect anything spectacular during the first meet of the season at Edinboro University. The Foxes ended up turning in three school-record performances.

An overtime loss to Pine-Richland during the Peter Sauer Memorial Tournament had the Shady Side Academy girls basketball team on the war path. The Bulldogs bounced back from their second defeat of the season with three consecutive victories where they produced 60 or more points.

Fox Chapel boys basketball coach Zach Skrinjar recognized time is getting shorter. After the Foxes lost to New Castle at home, Skrinjar was happy because he felt maybe they had figured things out.

Plum senior Owen Campbell was an Allegheny County High School wrestling champion as a freshman.