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After an early season loss to Trinity, Thomas Jefferson had a quick response, defeating its next two opponents by a 132-0 margin. The Jaguars ended the regular season with a Big Seven Conference setback to McKeesport, and veteran coach Bill Cherpak was hoping for the same type of response. No....

McKeesport used a big first-half performance and a strong defensive showing to showcase its conference supremacy in enemy territory Friday night. After going down by seven points early in the first quarter, the Tigers scored 28 unanswered, including 21 in the first half, and held Thomas Jefferson in check for...

No matter how the November election plays out, three new faces will be elected to Whitehall Borough Council according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list. Six hopefuls running for three open seats, and all six are newcomers as incumbents Philip J. Lahr, Bob McKowon and Glenn...

Three seats are open on Baldwin Borough council, and according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list, five candidates are on the ballot. All terms are four years. Patricia Boyer, Rebecca Conley, Paul Hayhurst, Denise Maiden and Elliot Rambo responded to the following questions posed by the...

The Thomas Jefferson girls soccer team was expecting a banner year on the pitch in 2023. And that mindset has been met, at least through the regular season. The TJ girls, after losing their season opener to West Allegheny, won all 16 other games on their regular season schedule. “I...

Michael “Doc” Kulish performed a juggling act this year as head coach of the Thomas Jefferson boys soccer team. “Overall, I am happy with the season so far,” Kulish said prior to the WPIAL playoffs. “I’m disappointed we did not win the section, but overcoming the (knee) injuries we had...

Baldwin Borough Diane Ruchka trustee sold property at 1342 Cathell Road to Roger McGinnis and Monique Weldon for $260,000. Donald Kosslow sold property at 160 Cedarcove St. to Dillon Guidera for $204,000. Daniel LaBarbera sold property at 413 Grace St. to Suraj Gurung and Phul Rai for $301,500. Mani Darji...

A Jefferson Hills man faces charges after police say he took nude photos of a 4-year-old child and shared them with others. Matthew Lee, 28, of Snee Drive, was arrested after authorities received a cyber tip from the MeetMe website that Lee had shared a nude photo of a child...

Three seats on Jefferson Hills council are open and six people would like to fill them, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list. Incumbents Karen Bucy, Nicole Stoicovy-­Ruscitto and Joseph Lynch will face newcomers David Bentz, Edward Manfredi and Kevin Polick. All seats are four-year terms....

In the West Jefferson Hills school board race, six candidates are running for five four year terms, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list: incumbents Chelsea Campolongo, David M. Dominick, current first vice president Suzanne Downer, Denise Kahler and Anthony Rash, as well as newcomer Brian...

There are four people on the ballot for Pleasant Hills council, but only three seats are open, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list. Incumbent and current council president Andrew Codelka, incumbent Nicole Leckenby, newcomer Richard Raszewski and incumbent Gregory Smith each seek a four-year term....

The question before Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court on Tuesday wasn’t whether UPMC should be allowed to build a hospital in Jefferson Hills. The Pittsburgh-based health care giant proposing the controversial project told the court it isn’t anywhere near that discussion yet. Instead, the only question now — five years into the...

The first thing Daniel Niebergall noticed was the silence. He and his wife, Cheyenne, stood watch around-the-clock this week on the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh in Lawrenceville as their only child lay comatose after suffering a grand mal seizure on Oct. 5. Doctors declared...

Editor’s note: South Hills Record is featuring candidate interviews in contested municipal and school board races only. Only candidates on the ballot will be interviewed (no write-ins). In the South Hills, the Baldwin school board race is uncontested. According to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list, there...

Construction is scheduled to start next week on a traffic calming project in Pittsburgh’s Brookline neighborhood. The city’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure will begin work Monday on Dunster Street between Hartranft Street and Abstract Avenue. Work is expected to last at least two days, officials said. The project will...

The head of a Castle Shannon learning center is accused of stealing more than $800,000 from the organization’s coffers. Sammi Jo Whittaker, 36, of Beechview, was arraigned Tuesday on charges of forgery, theft by unlawful taking, access device fraud, receiving stolen property, dealing in the proceeds of illegal activity, unlawful...

Kennedi Kazimer, who plans to major in biology, and Andrew Semplice, who plans to major in physics, recently started their freshman year at James Madison University. Alexa Karner made the dean’s list at Seton Hall University for the spring 2023 semester. Habiba Swarna is enrolled at Lehigh University as a...

West Jefferson Hills Hall of Fame West Jefferson Hills School District is accepting nominations for the district’s Hall of Fame. The district re-launched its Halls of Fame program last year and last March, 29 Thomas Jefferson High School graduates and two Jaguar athletic teams were inducted at the Hall of...

Thomas Jefferson has won 25 section titles in girls volleyball in school history. The Jaguars are well on their way to No. 26 this season thanks to a fast start in Section 3-3A. They are seeking their third straight section crown and 11th in the past 12 seasons. TJ was...

Thomas Jefferson football aficionado Jim Smoyer is like most high school fans. He rarely misses a game on Friday nights. But Smoyer, a 1988 TJ grad and a former football player for the Jaguars, doesn’t attend a myriad of games involving his alma mater. Instead, Smoyer checks out the team...

Thomas Jefferson, expected to be a contender for a section title in boys soccer, found itself reeling from injuries in the first month of the season. Two returning starters and a top underclassman expected to be a big contributor missed the early part of the schedule recovering from offseason knee...

Baldwin Borough Budhi Biswa sold property at 470 Macassar Drive to Chandra Maya and Krishna Bahadur Dahal for $270,000. Thomas Spisak sold property at 979 Agnew Road to Jared and Jessica Haenel for $156,500. Eugene Settelmaier sold property at 432 Ganlet Drive to Keith John and Patricia Frazier for $185,000....

When Belle Vernon and Thomas Jefferson renew their rivalry, there’s usually one play or a series of plays that decide the game. On Friday night, it was the Jaguars who got those plays. A fumbled snap on a Leopards punt led to Luke Kosko finding Jason Salman for a 49-yard...

It’s the weekend. Here are some ways to spend it. The Richard S. Caliguiri City of Pittsburgh Great Race is Sunday so with road closures from Squirrel Hill to Oakland and through Uptown to Downtown, plan accordingly. Haunted tour Dark History PGH is hosting haunted walking tours of Carnegie and...