McKEESPORT, Pa. — Fall in football-obsessed towns brings renewal. Slates are wiped clean. Anything’s possible again. Even a favorite football son who lost a daughter to murder and a gridiron brother to what he calls “betrayal” is trying to make room for s... See more
CENTRALIA, Pa. — The town burned from beneath by the coal that created it has all but vanished. Its ZIP code has been stripped, its name ripped from the municipal building. All but a handful of homes have been razed. Thick vegetation covers much of what r... See more
INDIANA, Pa. — Giant plumes of steam venting from the cooling towers of Homer City’s coal-fired electric generation plant served as a local landmark and a weathervane for decades. Visible across multiple counties, the emissions foretold the day ahead. One... See more
If you listen to a Pittsburgh Pirates game on the radio, nearly every other ad is a local trade union looking to recruit apprentices. It’s the clearest signal yet of a once-in-a-generation blue-collar resurgence sweeping western Pennsylvania. But the forc... See more
INDIANA, Pa. — Giant plumes of steam venting from the cooling towers of Homer City’s coal-fired electric generation plant served as a local landmark and a weathervane for decades. Visible across multiple counties, the cloud-like emissions foretold the day... See more
