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Plum’s softball team walked off the diamond last spring stunned. Fox Chapel, the No. 14 seed in the Class 5A playoffs, upended the Mustangs, 2-0, in the WPIAL first round, abruptly halting a promising season. “I don’t like to dwell in the past too much because there’s not a whole...

WASHINGTON — Republicans know they’re not likely to keep Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson off the Supreme Court — but that won’t stop 2024 presidential hopefuls who sit on the Senate’s judiciary panel from trying to create ad-worthy moments for themselves this week at her confirmation hearing. Some of the most...

A homeless man is charged with robbery, accused of attacking a clerk Saturday at a Harrison BP station. William Menhart, 54, is being held in Allegheny County Jail and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on March 30. According to the criminal complaint, Menhart entered the BP station on Freeport...

A federal judge on Friday denied a request to move the trial of the man charged with killing 11 people at a Squirrel Hill synagogue in 2018. Defense attorneys for Robert Bowers filed a nearly 3,900 page change-of venue motion in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh in January, alleging that...

Where were you in ’52? If among the 25,000 who attended the world’s first rock ‘n’ roll concert 70 years ago this month, you did not hear much music. Rock ‘n’ roll’s official coming-out party on March 21, 1952 at Cleveland Arena ended during the first set. The overflow crowd...

So, Joe, you would rather direct money to Saudi Arabia or, God forbid, Venezuela instead of allowing Americans to produce needed energy? I understand that you are pandering (Democrats need environmentalist votes) to the ill-informed who believe that if energy is not produced in the U.S. then “their Earth” is...

Sen. Bob Casey — just who do you work for? I thought it was for the citizens of this great state. I believe along with others that you go along to get along in the Senate. You seem to be a rubber stamp for President Biden’s “green deal” agenda. We...

Sitting and reading about the war that is going on between Russia and Ukraine, and seeing all the destruction in the cities and countryside, has brought a question to my mind. When this ends, who is going to pay for the cleanup and rebuilding? My guess is the politicians here...

Bellevue Grand Old Properties LLC sold property at 115 Cedar Ave. to Melvin Parks and Raushana Ellison for $289,500. James Frew sold property at 623 Highland Place to Tim Wilson and Christi Iwasaki for $180,063. Adele Stewart sold property at 499 Roosevelt Ave. to Tyler Babcock for $224,000. Spring Way...

Aleppo Larisa Drozdova sold property at 702 Timber Lane to Raymond Canada and Lauren Taiclet for $334,000. Bell Acres Darren Rogers sold property at 130 Lewis St. to Chia Hsuan Tsai and Camille Meabon Kline-Tsai for $380,000. John Sanchez sold property at 131 Skymark Ln to Cartus Financial Corp. for...

Aspinwall Joseph Santelli sold property at 113 Second St. to 113 2nd L.P. for $188,000. William Mille trustee sold property at 221 Fifth St. to Lockwood Management LLC for $169,250. Etna JP Nagy LLC sold property at 287 Butler St. to Lonnie Yobst for $160,000. John Winschel III sold property...

Chalfant Christopher Sylves sold property at 228 Highland Ave. to Joshua Earle for $110,000. Churchill Edward Nelson sold property at 1403 Beulah Road to William and Perryn A Epps Smith for $298,000. Estate of Robert Averback sold property at 2000 Garrick Drive to Anthony Russell and Chimene Beatty for $260,000....

Two or three times a week we see letters here start with incorrect and hyperbolic claims about open borders and the millions pouring in from Mexico. The similarities in how these are written suggest a campaign or, dare I say, conspiracy. In truth, this administration has maintained the border policies...

There’s a problem with rental assistance in Pennsylvania. It doesn’t seem to be going where it’s needed. Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, evictions and rental issues have been a concern as people have worried about making sure they had a place to live while they were...

A December 2021 Newsweek article states “The number of Americans who do not affiliate themselves with religion is growing.” A Pew Research Center survey found that “nones” (Americans who do not identify as having any religious affiliations) make up about 29% of U.S. adults, up from 23% in 2016 and...

The article “Hempfield is latest district to face book ban challenge” leads the reader to a conclusion that book challenges are wrong. The article states that 330 challenges were made in the last three months of 2021 compared with 156 in 2020, according to the American Library Association. What does...

High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Saturday’s results Archbishop Wood 56, Fox Chapel 54 Roman Catholic 53, Lower Merion 41 Finals March 26 schedule At Hershey’s Giant Center Roman Catholic (23-4) vs. Archbishop Wood (21-7), 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Saturday’s result Imhotep Charter 66, Chester 41...

A pair of Westmoreland County bowling teams advanced to the playoff rounds at the state team tournament Saturday. Greensburg Salem’s boys team reached the semifinals before losing to Spring Grove, 2-1. The Golden Lions were second in the qualifying round, compiling 3,866 pins over three games and two Baker sets....

Fox Chapel’s run in the PIAA boys basketball playoffs fell just short of a trip to Hershey. The WPIAL champion Foxes went toe-to-toe with District 12 power Archbishop Wood on Saturday but dropped a 56-54 decision in the PIAA Class 6A semifinals at Chambersburg High School. Jake DeMotte had 19...

A 17-year-old from Sheldon Park told police he attacked a man outside a pizza shop in Harrison early Friday because he needed money for snacks. He is charged with aggravated assault, conspiracy, receiving stolen property, drug and gun charges. Bail was denied, and he remains in the Allegheny County Jail...

One of the Alle-Kiski Valley’s historic athletic facilities, the place where the first local night football game was played, is turning into a community garden. Herr Stadium, in the Parnassus section of New Kensington, was once a dual-purpose, football-baseball facility. It has been, basically, a playground over the past 30...

In just two months time, a handful of students from Carnegie Mellon University will head to the Johnson Space Center in Houston to field test the program they’ve spent months working on to assist astronauts on future missions as they explore the surface of the moon. But on Saturday, those...

The mantra in March is “survive and advance.” For Our Lady of the Sacred Heart on Saturday afternoon, it was ultimate survival mode. The Chargers, with their 66-game winning streak and a berth in the PIAA finals on the line, fell behind by 22 points midway through the second period,...

David Painter pushed back from his table at North Park Lounge in Murrysville satisfied. He had just spent about an hour listening to Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick as he addressed several dozen people in a private room, talking about his qualifications and what separates him from the rest...