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26 Apr When I was a little girl, I remember gathering in our tiny living room as my younger sister and I did our best to recite the latest assigned Bible verses from our parents. And one of the earliest verses I learned was Psalm 119:11 from the King James Version: Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. As a five-year-old, I committed this verse to memory out of love and respect for my parents. I didn’t realize they were following God’s leadership and were actively laying a foundation in my heart of dependence on Christ and His w...

There’s nothing like a parking lot of homeless puppies on a Saturday in Tarentum. But it’s a typical occurrence at Paws Across Pittsburgh, which is celebrating its fifth year of animal rescues, now topping more than 2,000 dogs and 740 cats. Paws Across Pittsburgh is a nonprofit that is a foster-based rescue where animals go straight into foster homes. There is no shelter. However, some cats are kept at the organization’s Tarentum headquarters before they are fostered. On Saturday, the rescue received about 27 animals, including 20 puppies, seven older dogs and four cats. They came from ...

Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review Burrell’s soccer team practices on the high school’s new turf field on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020.   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. One of the final details on Burrell School District’s $1.8 million renovation of Buccaneer Stadium — painting lines on the track — remains on hold until there’s a window of warmer and dry weather. “It’s a great surface,” said Drake D’Angelo, Burrell’s athletic director. “We will be excited to use the track at full force wh...

Courtesy of Todd Giammatteo | Lower Burrell Public Works Courtesy of Todd Giammatteo | Lower Burrell Public Works   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The décor at Lower Burrell’s Fisher Hall was getting a bit too rustic for the times, so a city councilwoman and the public works department are working on a face-lift for one of the city popular social halls. Located in Burrell Lake Park, Fisher Hall is the go-to venue for showers, graduations and other small events for 75 people or less. However, the rust...

Courtesy of Robert Bevan Courtesy of Don German/U.S. Steel A pair of bald eagles have made a nest near the U.S. Steel Irvin plant in West Mifflin along the Monongahela River, across from Glassport. Courtesy of Robert Bevan Courtesy of Robert Bevan   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A pair of bald eagles chose another unlikely urban spot to nest in the once highly industrialized Pittsburgh area — the U.S. Steel Irvin plant in West Mifflin along the Monongahela River, across from Glassport. There are no...