A South Hills native and retired teacher is sharing the lessons she learned as a child from a family pet named Blackie, a crow who was rehabilitated at her childhood home.

Construction on the Canonsburg Lake Bridge is expected to be completed next month, which is welcome news to nearby residents and businesses that have dealt with a lengthy detour for nearly a year.

Katie Hostetler was a teenager, a high school kid, when the world – and four commercial airliners – crashed down.