Solanco High School students experienced WWI history firsthand by digging trenches, enhancing their learning with real-world activities.

A man was being treated at Pittsburgh’s Allegheny General Hospital after emergency crews freed him from a collapsed trench early Friday in Charleroi. Rescue workers freed the man at about 1:30 a.m.

In a recent exercise, U.S. Marines and sailors worked with Latvian Army troops to clear woods and build a warren of trenches designed for drone warfare.

Pittsburgh Water has been working on upgrading the sewers throughout Pittsburgh’s South Side. On Wharton Street, they used a new construction technique that doesn’t involve digging a trench.