Topic: Pittsburgh

There comes a time in every parent's life when we realize our children are growing up and we can't hold on to them forever. However, we live on the east coast and my sister lives in Arizona. When my daughter was in ...

Abbiejane Swogger is a high school teacher's aide who was found in a hotel room with beer, marijuana, and high school students. Swogger maintains that she was at the hotel with a friend, and the students just stopped by. Woman in nude ...

Few women have demonstrated the level of intellectual andfinancial support of ShermanCollege as Dr. TheresaGalant. A chiropractor from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,Galant has been a steadfast supporter of the college since her graduation.In 1986, just three years after graduating from ShermanCollege, Galant became a ...

Education officials plan conference to promote reform through 'progressive' teachers contractsFederal education officials are teaming up with teachers unions to hold a national conference on labor-management collaboration.Education Secretary Arne Duncan says the gathering will promote school reform by highlighting examples of "progressive" ...

Judge approves $55K settlement in Pittsburgh anorexia bullying case over mother's objectionA federal judge has approved letting Pittsburgh Public Schools pay $55,000 to settle what's believed to be a first-of-its-kind lawsuit by a woman who claims her daughter was bullied into anorexia.The ...

It happened in Pittsburgh: Diocesean officials said the mother left her car running as she went inside the school to pick her son up. Principal Sister Lynn Rettinger said she saw the man steal the wallet through a window. After catching up ...

Pa. 5th-grader stuck 'death list' of 12 names inside school library book; police investigatingSchool administrators say a Pennsylvania fifth-grader made a "death list" with a dozen names written on it and stuck it inside a library book.Butler Area School District Superintendent Edward ...

Whether you are pursuing graduate studies in the sciences, arts or humanities, the city of Pittsburgh is home to internationally recognized public and private research universities offering master's and doctoral degrees. These programs are enhanced by Pittsburgh's research facilities, such as the ...

For all the good that the G-20 Summit did for Pittsburgh's national image, the city's proposed tuition tax on local college students might as well be another big belch of steel mill smoke hiding Southwestern Pennsylvania from world view. But while Pittsburgh ...

More than 150 Pittsburgh students at public hearing to fight proposed 1 percent tuition taxA proposal to impose a first-of-its-kind 1 percent tuition tax on Pittsburgh's 65,000 college students brought more than 150 to council Monday to assail what is being promoted ...