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Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — The primary defeat of one of Harrisburg’s top budget negotiators and the potential loss of another could embolden a...

College and high school graduation season has begun. With masking on the decline and new covid-19 cases on the rise, a perfect storm is brewing for the new omicron variant (labeled BA2.12.1) to anchor itself across the nation as everyone prepares for summer travel and vacationing. The good news is...

Wet weather forced track officials to cancel racing Friday night at Lernerville Speedway. Morning rain and a forecast of more rain led to the decision. Next up at Lernerville will be a Test & Tune event Tuesday. Grandstand admission is free. Also, the Fab4 Revved Up with sprint cars, late...

Grab the fishing pole, pump up the bicycle tires, and knock the mud off your hiking boots. Hearty cyclists and hikers easily mix with novice trail walkers on hundreds of miles of trails and shorelines to be found across the region. Here are 10 of our favorites, worthy of a...

Dr. Mehmet Oz has seen enough, and he isn’t waiting for a recount. Sitting on a 910-vote lead in preliminary, unofficial tallies from Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate primary race as of Friday morning, Oz declared himself the presumptive winner in a new video release in which he took a definitive turn...

Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert said Friday that he will retire in early July, ending nearly three decades of service with the bureau. “Following deep reflection and significant discussion with my family, I have come to the decision that it is time to step away from the chief’s position and...

Recently the San Francisco Examiner editorial board made an appeal to the pope to dismiss Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone for his action of banning House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from receiving Holy Communion due to her support of abortion. Their assumed opinion, thinking the pope will listen to them, is as absurd...

Westmoreland County has returned to a high covid-19 risk level, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s one of four counties in Western Pennsylvania with that designation. Beaver and Butler counties were also recently returned to that level, along with Allegheny County, which has been in a...

OK, enough is enough. When President Obama was in office, he declared that he would fundamentally change America. Look back with an honest eye and you will see what I see: that Obama started the great divide of our citizens and promoted racism at every opportunity. And don’t forget his...

Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Benefit concert planned Sunday in Memorial Park A concert to benefit Steve...

I take issue with op-ed writer Dave Murray (“What would I give up for a climate emergency?”) on many counts. He doesn’t want to treat climate change as an emergency, describing a future without so many products made from fossil fuels, while not mentioning the biggest ones, transportation and electricity...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 22-21) was lit up by St. Paul (Twins), 8-1. RHP Osvaldo Bido (0-3, 4.72) started and was touched up for six runs on six hits, including two homers, in 4.2 innings. Indianapolis had eight hits but only produced one run. SS Oneil Cruz (.206) went 2 for 4...

Quaker Valley School District Superintendent Tammy Andreyko recognized several students at May’s regular school board meeting. She said they all exemplified leadership, academic excellence, determination, good citizenship and were examples of the best of the district....

Students at Ingomar Elementary School participated in the school’s annual Memorial Day program, which was brought back this year on May 24 after two years off because of the covid epidemic. Families are invited to attend. Fifth-grade students created a program to honor members of the military who have made...

North Allegheny Senior High School senior Hannah Shin has received another honor. She has been named to the 58th class of U.S. Presidential scholars, according to an announcement from U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. The scholars program recognizes high school seniors for their accomplishments in academics, the arts, and...

Seton Hill will have to rally in the loser’s bracket to make a run at its first NCAA softball title. The Griffins were blanked, 4-0, by Auburn-Montgomery in the first game of the Division II World Series on Thursday night in Denver. Freshman pitcher Avery Dickerson held Seton Hill (41-11)...

High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Tuesday’s schedule Mt. Lebanon (15-7) vs. Upper St. Clair (12-8) at Wild Things Park, 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Championship Wednesday’s schedule Peters Township (21-1) vs. West Allegheny (18-4) at Wild Things Park, 7:30 p.m. Third place Tuesday’s schedule Thomas Jefferson (15-7) vs....

Despite an outstanding coaching career that included 316 victories in high school basketball, Rich Falter never sought the limelight. In fact, he had to be deceived into showing up for an awards ceremony in order to be inducted into the Highlands High School Basketball Hall of Fame. Falter, who recorded...

Here is the Kiski Area High School Class of 2022: Isaiah Joseph Adams, Adam Robert Altman, Makayla J Anderson, Faith E. Andree, Chloe Mae Arbaugh, Dylan Charles Arner, Serenity Jo Atkinson, Maycee Jayne Auden, Ashlee M. Bair, Aidan Joseph Bardine, Julian Emma Barr, Owen H. Barr, Dylan James Barry, Giovonni...

Broadcom Inc. agreed to buy cloud-computing company VMware Inc. for about $61 billion, sealing one of the largest technology deals in history and advancing the chipmaker’s quest to become a force in corporate software. VMware shareholders can choose to receive either $142.50 in cash or 0.2520 shares of Broadcom stock...

Here is the Freeport Area High School Class of 2022: Sydney Paige Alter, Allison Kay Arbuckle, Hannah Alexis Bain, Blair Mathew Beck, Abigail Lynn Begenwald, Quinton Alexander Blystone, Lillian Elizabeth Bowersox, Trevor William Braun, Rachel Mae Bricker, Armando Conde Brunck, Justin Anthony Bush, Jacob Daniel Campbell, Blake Anthony Caponi, Daysha...

Three former Forward Township police officers filed a federal lawsuit against the municipality and its supervisors on Thursday, alleging civil rights violations. Zlatan Avdic, Michael Piccini and Travis Stoffer filed the complaint against Supervisors Chairman Thomas DeRosa and Supervisors David Magiske and Ronald Skrinjorich. Matthew Racunas, the township solicitor, said...

Laurel: To hitting stride. A national program is working with girls at Highlands Elementary. Girls on the Run is, as the name would imply, largely about helping girls in third through fifth grades with building their physical fitness through running. But that’s only half the story. The program is also...

Andy Fletcher, a founding member of multiplatinum synth-pop band Depeche Mode, has died. He was 60. The keyboard player helped define the sound of 1980s and ’90s alternative music and beyond through hits such as “Just Can’t Get Enough,” “Personal Jesus,” “Enjoy the Silence” and “People Are People.” Fletcher’s death...