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Growing up, Todd Feiler believed he wasn't a "sports person," having faced homophobia in youth sports leagues and gym class. 

When he returned to Pittsburgh as an adult, he decided to join a volleyball league through Stonewall Sports, a nonprofit that hosts recreational sports leagues for the LGBTQ+ community, as a way to make friends. He writes about the healing experience of the league in a first-person essay. 

Also this week, we reported that the Pittsburgh Public Schools board created two non-voting seats for student representatives. We wrote about Allegheny County's financial troubles and the county's incoming health director. We shared what it is like for recent college graduates entering into the workforce, and provided an update on a development group's renewed plan to expand Bakery Square. Finally, we explored, through reporting, the question of why we have zoos.

Read all of these stories and more below. ⬇️

How joining an LGBTQ volleyball league eased my childhood anxieties about organized sports
 

PPS adds student voices to school board
 

Controller says Allegheny County is in financial trouble, much like city and schools
 

Iulia Vann named as Allegheny County health director

From Pittsburgh to professional life: Where are college graduates now?
 

Bakery Square expansion plans resume after zoning impasse

The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium boasts 8,000 animals on 77 acres. A growing chorus asks: Why do we have zoos?

How we’re covering the 2024 election and its far-reaching implications
 

PublicSource wins best local website in national Digital Innovation Awards
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ICYMI FROM LAST WEEK
  • While it has been a few years since stormwater has overwhelmed the community's pipes, residents of the Four Mile Run section of Greenfield wonder whether the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority will finish its improvements before climate change brings the next flood.
  • The Spotted Lanternfly Invasion Archive, a citizen science program in Western Pennsylvania, allows ordinary people to conduct scientific research and efforts to control the spread of the invasive insect.
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