If opening Section 2-6A play against two-time reigning WPIAL champion Upper St. Clair on the road was a measuring stick for how improved Norwin is this season, the results were mixed.

Tim Toy was on the move Friday and Saturday, making sure everyone involved with the fourth annual We Serve First Foundation’s all-star girls volleyball classic had everything they needed, and the event went off without a hitch.

North Huntingdon officials have approved a draft ordinance to govern the leasing of public land.

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Norwin might have been playing in Murrysville, but it took McKnight Road to a tournament championship.

With Penn State commit Landon Sidun back and healthy — and a postseason-tested lineup around him — Norwin wrestling is primed to make more noise in the WPIAL Class 3A postseason.

During Allegheny Valley School District’s two-month search for a consistent high school biology teacher, Superintendent Patrick Graczyk said other teachers, outside substitutes and even school principals stepped in to keep the science class going.

River Pendergrass could be considered the Norwin area’s comeback kid.

North Huntingdon’s police chief will be retiring in January.

Seven houses in North Huntingdon and Irwin decorated for the holidays will be on display at the Norwin Historical Society’s annual Holiday House Tour from 3:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday.