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South Fayette’s Maddie Webber drives to the basket against North Oakland during the 1st period of the Class 5A WPIAL championships held on Saturday March, 4, 2023, at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh.
Llibrary board member Kathleen Madonna-Emmerling photographed on Weds. Feb. 8, 2023, at Moon Township Library in Coraopolis.
The library in December 2021 received pushback after posting a photo of the “children’s” book “The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish.” Librarians had to disconnect phone lines and temporarily close the library. 

Neighbors peer out of their doors as police investigate a shooting in Crawford Village in McKeesport on March 1, 2023. (Lucy Schaly/Post-Gazette)
Police investigate a shooting in Crawford Village in McKeesport on March 1, 2023. (Lucy Schaly/Post-Gazette)
Empty streets are silent in McKeesport on Thursday, March 2, 2023. (Lucy Schaly/Post-Gazette)

Crawford Village is the location some shootings of in McKeesport on March 2, 2023. (Lucy Schaly/Post-Gazette)

Aliquippa’s Cameron Lindsey (#23) blocks the shot of Landon Lockett (#1) of Northgate during the 2A WPIAL championship on Sat. March 4, 2023 at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh. (JJ LaBella/For the Post-Gazette)
Kate Robbins (#42) of Upper St. Clair is boxed out of a rebound by Lyida Betz (#15) of North Allegheny during the 6A WPIAL championship on Friday. March 3, 2023 at Pitt’s Peterson Events Center. (JJ LaBella/For the Post-Gazette)
Rylee Kalocay (#3) of Upper St. Clair during the 6A WPIAL championship between North Allegheny and Upper St. Clair on Friday. March 3, 2023 at Pitt’s Peterson Events Center. (JJ LaBella/For the Post-Gazette)
Mia Brown (#44) of Upper St. Clair drives to the basket during the 6A WPIAL championship against North Allegheny on Friday. March 3, 2023 at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. (JJ LaBella/For the Post-Gazette)
Mia Brown (#44) of Upper St. Clair gets by Lyida Betz (#15) of North Allegheny during the 6A WPIAL championship on Friday. March 3, 2023 at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. (JJ LaBella/For the Post-Gazette)
Peter Serio, coach of Upper St. Clair discusses with his team during the first half of the 6A WPIAL championship between North Allegheny and Upper St. Clair on Friday. March 3, 2023 at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. (JJ LaBella/For the Post-Gazette)
Upper St. Clair defender Olivia Terlecki (#23) tries to stop North Allegheny’s Kellie McConnell (#4) during the 6A WPIAL championship on Friday. March 3, 2023 at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. (JJ LaBella/For the Post-Gazette)
North Allegheny’s Kellie McConnell (#4) reacts to a no-call on her drive to the basket during the first half of the 6A WPIAL championship between North Allegheny and Upper St. Clair on Friday. March 3, 2023 at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. (JJ LaBella/For the Post-Gazette)
North Allegheny’s Kellie McConnell (#4) and Upper St. Clair’s Kate Robbins (#42) fight for possession in the first half of the 6A WPIAL championship on Friday. March 3, 2023 at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. (JJ LaBella/For the Post-Gazette)
Jasmine Timmerson (#11) celebrates the 6A WPIAL championship victory against Upper St. Clair on Friday. March 3, 2023 at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. (JJ LaBella/For the Post-Gazette)
It is celebration time for North Allegheny at the 6A WPIAL championship between North Allegheny and Upper St. Clair on Friday. March 3, 2023 at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. (JJ LaBella/For the Post-Gazette)
North Allegheny celebrates the 6A WPIAL championship victory over Upper St. Clair on Friday. March 3, 2023 at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. (JJ LaBella/For the Post-Gazette)
North Allegheny celebrates the 6A WPIAL championship victory over Upper St. Clair on Friday. March 3, 2023 at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. (JJ LaBella/For the Post-Gazette)
North Catholic’s Dacia Lewandowski, and Ava Walker celebrate their team’s win over Blackhawk during the Class 5A WPIAL championships held on Saturday, March 4, 2023, at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh.
North Catholic’s Dacia Lewandowski drives to the basket for two points during the 1st period Class 5A WPIAL championships held on Saturday March, 4, 2023, at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh.
North Catholic’s Ava Walker fights for a rebound against Blackhawk during the 4th period of the Class 5A WPIAL championships held on Saturday March, 4, 2023, at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh.
Blackhawk’s Haley Romigh posts up under pressure from North Catholic’s Ava Davis during the 4th period of the Class 5A WPIAL championships held on Saturday, March 4, 2023, at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh.
Nick Lackovich, coach of Aliquippa raises the trophy after winning the 2A WPIAL championship by defeating Northgate on Sat. March 4, 2023 at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh. (JJ LaBella/For the Post-Gazette)
Two of the three smokestacks at the Hatfield power plant in Masontown Pa. plummet to the ground after a mostly succesful controlled demolition on Saturday March 4, 2023. The stubborn third stack was finally brought down within the hour. The demolition marks the start of a new chapter for the community. (Tim Robbibaro /For the Post-Gazette)
Two of the three smokestacks at the Hatfield powerplant in Masontown Pa. plummet to the ground after a mostly succesful controlled demolition on Saturday March 4, 2023. The stubborn third stack, pictured here, was finally brought down within the hour. The demolition marks the start of a new chapter for the community. (Tim Robbibaro /For the Post-Gazette)
Two of the three smokestacks at the Hatfield power plant in Masontown Pa. plummet to the ground after a mostly succesful controlled demolition on Saturday March 4, 2023. The stubborn third stack was finally brought down within the hour as pictured here. The demolition marks the start of a new chapter for the community. (Tim Robbibaro /For the Post-Gazette)
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