Ken Hohman (middle) at the prayer vigil for Damar Hamlin at Sto-Rox High School. The headline, tucked inside the paper like most news coming from run-of-the-mill cyclical meetings, read simply…
The news was every bit the shock as the loss of another Pittsburgh Hall of Fame sports hero when Pirates legend Willie Stargell died right on the cusp of being celebrated with a magnificent statue outside of the brand new PNC Park years ago. (Photos)
Christmas is upon us again. I always get excited for this season. I always look with wonder at the birth of Christ. The arrival of Jesus at the scandalous intersection…
I heard Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” on the radio over Thanksgiving weekend, while my family was in Detroit visiting my wife’s family. It’s colder up in…
I was in Kentucky when I got the word. My lifelong friend Terry was gone. Details were few, but I assumed it was likely a gran mal seizure that took…
I was quite thrilled to see Gazette 2.0 honored at the Greater Pittsburgh Area Media Awards. Sonja Reis, head honcho of the paper, has been putting together good product with…
It’s the end of baseball season, a time of year where I usually feel a sense of loss as my favorite sport disappears until Spring. This year, to be honest,…