Sean D. Hamill
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Despite low unemployment, Salvation Army helps hundreds with school supplies
With a half-million people across the country getting jobs in July, and a national unemployment rate of 3.5%, matching the more than 50-year low reached... → Read More
'One more time in the air'
Just after the trick pilots and World War II fighter planes buzzed over the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, and before the jet fighters shook the ground... → Read More
Public database of bridge conditions should be made available across the state, Pa. lawmaker urges
After a Post-Gazette investigation, Sen. James Brewster is pushing for legislation that would alert people to the condition of thousands of spans. → Read More
Fern Hollow Bridge was severely decaying before collapse, 2021 report indicates
Rust corrosion so bad that there were holes in the steel support legs. A bridge deck so compromised by chlorides from winter salt that the concrete underside... → Read More
First photos of Fern Hollow Bridge collapse released by investigators
The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday released the first photos from Port Authority bus video cameras that show the initial, horrifying... → Read More
Some states make bridge inspection reports available. Pennsylvania, and others, keep them secret.
Despite the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's decision to keep bridge inspection reports and notes of those reviews from public view, the Post-Gazette... → Read More
Pennsylvania blocks critical details of state’s most decrepit bridges from public view – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Interactive
Post-Gazette reveals secret inspection data that state has banned from public view → Read More
Chatham 'pitch' competition brings out the passion of Pittsburgh-area food entrepreneurs
The idea behind a “pitch” competition is to get budding business owners to push themselves, refine their ideas and pitch them to a panel of... → Read More
How nursing home caregivers were supported in the pandemic's darkest days
Lexi Robinson and her team’s 18-month plunge into the fears of COVID-19 began with a casual question. The team, part of a state organization assisting... → Read More
Medical debt buries some at UPMC
Bombarded with calls and letters from bill collectors, Nila Payton can’t recall precisely how she ended up owing $4,000 in medical debt to her employer,... → Read More
Collapsed Pittsburgh bridge was hailed as 'one of the country's best new bridges' in 1974
The current Fern Hollow Bridge in Frick Park was built over 14 months in 1972 and 1973 for $1.2 million, replacing a 70-year-old bridge that was closed... → Read More
Inspectors: Prior to sexual assault, Beaver County nursing home didn't fully check man's criminal past
The 39-year-old woman with severe dementia was known as a wanderer, so the nursing assistant knew she would have to scour the entire psychological and... → Read More
Goodfellows: Surge in toys leads to surge in joy for families
In most years, the Pittsburgh-area Marine Corps Toys for Tots program announces the date for its in-person toy distribution weeks in advance. That lead-up... → Read More
Goodfellows: Last minute Toys for Tots distribution Thursday in Wilkinsburg
It has, at times, been a tough, Grinch-like year for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program that serves the Pittsburgh area. First, it struggled to find... → Read More
Rare medical clinic aims to keep repeat offenders out of jail
Eight days after the 37-year-old woman was charged with aggravated assault during a mental-health crisis, she walked out of the Allegheny County Jail this... → Read More
Butler nonprofit restarts fundraising after COVID
The first fundraiser that the COVID-19 pandemic forced Soroptomists International of Butler County to cancel was their biggest annual moneymaker, their... → Read More
Feds in rare battle with UPMC, star doctor
UPMC Presbyterian’s complex where Dr. James Luketich performed concurrent surgeries, according to a federal lawsuit filed against him and UPMC. → Read More
5th annual Pittsburgh Garbage Olympics has record number of teams and trash collected
Ginny Kropf and Jennifer McLaughlin spent nearly two hours picking up bottles, cans, a discarded Barbie Doll leg, used meth bags, utensils, and too many... → Read More
Pitt researchers: Flu and COVID-19 ‘twindemic’ is possible this winter
Using two separate models, two new studies released Tuesday by University of Pittsburgh researchers found that without an increase in flu vaccination rates... → Read More
COVID cases among kids are up, leading to debate on masks in schools
COVID cases among kids are up, leading to debate on masks in schools | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette MENU → Read More