Lead Stories
Got Pride?: AK House of Wrestling
Doug Joseph, a NCAA National Champion and U.S. Open All American, says, "Our goal is to make good wrestlers great and great wrestlers champions. We're just proud of the AK valley. We're from western Pennsylvania, the toughest wrestling area in the country in my opinion. We want to just make the AK valley better."

The Dedicated
Making A Difference In Her Community
Donna Robare of New Kensington firmly believes in making a difference. “I want to be able to help,” she said, and “I like to help people”. This belief has taken her out of her home and work and right into the life of the community. A member of four major organizations and running one personal charity event, she has already made a difference. And, she has only begun in her efforts to see change and improvement.

AK Educators
Teacher, Mentor, Now Assistant Principal
Riverview High School welcomes a brand new addition to the team. Mr. Jay Moser, one of two assistant principals, joined the Riverview staff just last month. Talking with Jay one finds three eminent qualities. He profoundly dedicates himself as an educator, effectively encourages his students, and understands his role as a team player.

Gloria's Kitchen
Chicken Stuffed Peppers
This recipe is a more healthy stuffed pepper meal. It is just as delicious as the original version and is sure to be asked for many times in the future. Your family will enjoy every bite.

Our Local Heritage
Intense Indianola Interest
At 14, Sue had no idea her interest in her family lineage would follow her all her life. She only had one thing in mind, and that was learning more about her grandmother's relatives. The inquisitiveness continued as she grew up, throughout her 35-year career as an elementary educator. But her curiosity also centers on the area around her. Sue offered to help someone write a history of Indianola and the Indianola coal mine. She dug up more than enough stories and history about the area, all based on the numerous interviews she'd had with miners' families.

AK Sports
Tales, Chronicles and Blockbusters: AK High School Football 2005
Overcoming injuries. Building on last season's success. Trying to turn around programs. New coaches. It's the familiar story of Fall High School Football in the Alle-Kiski. But this year's gridiron saga has a small plot twist...

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Highland Rams
Highland's Sam Albert has coached football 20 years, so he knew coming in last season in his first year as head coach of the Golden Rams, it would be a challenge. It was. But despite the down season, last year's players and this year's players hung in.

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Springdale Dynamos
"I don't think there is a greater game than high school football," notes Chuck Wagner. "Football was the key for me in regards to growing up and going in the right direction." And now Wagner is using that same key to help many young men grow up in the right direction

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Valley Vikings
After playing in the NFL, Valley's Coach Troy Hill knows football, and he knows enthusiasm. He sees both at Valley this year. "There's more excitement here for football," Hill says.

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Kiski Area Cavaliers
Kiski Area's Chris Heater is starting his first year as the school's head football coach. He is bringing the outlook and intensity forged in the fires of Cavalier wrestling with him.

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Riverview Raiders
Coach Joe Rossi saw last year's starting quarterback go down with a serious injury and miss several games. Now this year's starting quarterback is dealing with a potentially season-affecting injury. Maybe the Raider team physician should put the position on the Endangered Species List: Raiderus Quarterbackus Bangupus!

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Fox Chapel Foxes
Fox Chapel Coach Bryan Deal is teaching his players to be bankers. Deal owns a wealth of experience that will help his players on and off the field. The coach spent the last several years as Recruiting Coordinator at Pitt, and worked with quarterbacks with Coach Walt Harris.

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Leechburg Blue Devils
"One word: defense. We have to play defense," the coach pronounces. "We won't win another game in Leechburg till we stop someone on third down."

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Freeport Yellow Jackets
"Overall, I'm very happy things have been working out." Bill says, "We have a nice turnout of kids coming out for the team. [And] it's nice to have some people on the staff that played here—some of the other coaches and myself. So, we have some ownership in the program."

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Apollo-Ridge Vikings
"We're pretty excited about things," the Vikings seven-year coach states. "I've got some really key players coming back. If they can grow and keep their focus, keep determined, they'll be all right. We have some other kids that really stepped it up and are going to be nice surprises for other people."

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Saltsburg Trojans
"Football," Saltsburg Coach Eric Kostic confirms, "taught me you just never give up. You certainly develop some fortitude, character. When the going gets tough, it's not time to step aside and back down. It's time to work harder and get after it."

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Plum Mustangs
In the beginning, the Mustangs stood up against the Legendary Perennial Powers of Pigskin: Franklin Regional, Penn Hills, Gateway and McKeesport, all who always are in title contention.

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Burrell Buccaneers
"The little thing we have going this summer, is [that] we've always talked about 'Remember November 12th,' because there was a lot of sad kids in that locker room. Let them use that pain to motivate them a little further this year, hopefully this year."

Veterans of Freedom
The shells were bouncing right off the monument
It was April 19, 1945 and Enrico D’Angelo of Islin was lobbying 105MM shells at this 275-foot monument in Leipzig, Germany. Named “Battle of the Nations” after Prussia, Austria and Russia’s victory over Napoleon in 1813, the shells were bouncing right off the monument, yet soon 300 German soldiers led by a SS Colonel emerged and surrendered. It was a good thing the shells did bounce of this massive monument because a large number of American prisoners were inside. But, Enrico’s story didn’t begin here; in fact this battle was when the war ended.

Alle-Kiski Businesses
Photography At Its Best
Bob Stoebener of Stoebener’s Studio in Tarentum has been capturing life’s moments for 36 years, and, he’s doing it with the touch of a master artist. These moments are events we know best as graduations, weddings and others ranging from proms, class reunions, anniversaries, family reunions, portraits, sports, and awards. We look back today at these photographs for warm memories and keep them for the years to come.

Alle-Kiski Churches
New Church in Allegheny Township
If you haven’t noticed, the former Weinels Elementary School at 6630 Shearsburg Road in Allegheny Township has a new look today. A church steeple and new pillars give you a clue about the new occupants, Faith Community Baptist Church. It isn’t just the outside that has changed. Read the full story.

A-K Dining
The Hot Dog Guys
Our Dining profile this month took to the road to visit The Hot Dog Guys. In the style of New York City food carts found on many busy corners, Paul and Jim Barton of New Kensington operate a mobile hot dog stand that visits Westmoreland Business