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High school roundup for Feb. 12, 2026: Montour gets past McKeesport in Class 5A prelims
Brandon Bennett scored 19 points, including the go-ahead layup with less than a minute to play, to lead No. 17 Montour to a 53-52 victory over McKeesport in a WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball preliminary round game Thursday night. Zane Schachter added 15 points and Robert Schmitt had 10 for...
Robert Morris men surge past Cleveland State for 3rd straight win, 6th in past 8 games
The defending champs suddenly are rolling. Surging Robert Morris has come to life in time for the stretch run of the college basketball season with March Madness just around the corner. Ryan Prather Jr. tied a career high with 25 points to lead the defending Horizon League champion Colonials to...
Hempfield outduels Plum to win WPIBL girls team bowling championship
As the qualifying rounds of the WPIBL girls team championships progressed Thursday at AMF Mt. Lebanon, Plum and Hempfield began to distance themselves from the pack. It was no surprise, then, when they ended up meeting in the finals for the second year in a row. When the dust settled,...
Butler’s Jackson Jungling repeats as WPIAL rifle champ
Butler junior Jackson Jungling repeated as WPIAL rifle champion Thursday at Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen’s Club, shooting a perfect 100-10x in the first round and edging out Trinity’s Ryan Walther for the title. Jungling shot a 100-8x in the second round for a total of 200-18x. That just beat out Walther’s...
A-K Valley high school basketball playoff preview capsules for Feb. 13, 2026
Boys Class 4A First round 9-Burrell (10-12) vs. 8-Belle Vernon (13-9) 7 p.m. Friday Winner plays: 1-Quaker Valley (18-3) on Wednesday in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Ryan Wass, Burrell; Luca Ghilani, Belle Vernon Layup lines: Burrell finished third in Section 1 behind Knoch and North Catholic. The...
Donny Hamilton Jr.: Pittsburgh’s transportation moment is here. The question is whether we’ll seize it
Pittsburgh is at an inflection point. We are enjoying renewed national attention, preparing to host major events like the NFL Draft and continuing to position ourselves as a center for innovation, technology and advanced industry. Yet beneath that momentum lies a persistent question that will shape our region for decades:...
U.S. Steel fined $118K for safety lapses in Clairton Coke Works fatal explosion
U.S. Steel is facing 10 violations and $118,000 in fines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration related to last year’s deadly explosion at the Clairton Coke Works. The Pittsburgh-based company was cited nine times for inadequate safety procedures, employee training and equipment to isolate machines from energy sources. The...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 15, 2026
Aleppo Luther Stevens Jr. sold property at 601 Timber Lane to Joseph Hadock Jr. and Maria Hadock for $472,500. Lisa Ziegler Esdt sold property at 114 Woodcrest Drive to Michael and Kristen Hess for $135,000. Bell Acres Estate of Edward Clayton Kemena sold property at 116 Lewis St. to Trenton...
After deadly explosion, safety and environmental lapses at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works now rest with NipponVideo
For Don Furko, Aug. 11, 2025, was a normal shift. Until it became the shift he would never forget. At 10:47 a.m., U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works outside Pittsburgh — a sprawling riverside industrial facility and the largest of its kind in the Western Hemisphere — erupted in an ear-piercing...
Letter to the editor: Why were protesters there, in Minnesota?
A loss of life at any time is tragic. What happened in Minnesota, a loss of two lives, is unthinkable. Watching this unfold on television brought to mind that although they have a right to “peaceably” assemble, the question remains, why were “they” there? Sonia Porco New Kensington...
Letter to the editor: In praise of Super Bowl commercials
Super Bowl season is always a fun time of the year, and not just for football fans. The very talented people who make the incredibly entertaining commercials outdo themselves every year. My favorite hands down is for our Pennsylvania Lottery featuring Gus (the second most famous groundhog in Pennsylvania.) on...
Letter to the editor: Is Trump trying to rig midterms?
I hope you remember that President Trump, in his flurry of efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, attempted to disenfranchise the entire commonwealth of Pennsylvania “because some counties contacted and permitted voters to fix mistakes with their mail-in ballot declarations while others did not.” Fortunately, Judge Matthew...
Pa. schools must teach cursive writing under bill signed by ShapiroVideo
Gov. Josh Shapiro on Wednesday signed a bill that will require a cursive handwriting curriculum in all Pennsylvania public schools. “I’m definitely rusty, but I think my penmanship was OK!” Shapiro said in his Wednesday announcement. The bipartisan legislation, House Bill 17, was sponsored by Rep. Dane Watro (R-Luzerne and...
Matt Campbell on D’Anton Lynn’s fit as Penn State’s defensive coordinator: ‘I think we see the game very similarly’
Former Iowa State defensive coordinator Jon Heacock’s decision to retire after more than 40 seasons in college created an opportunity for D’Anton Lynn to head east and join his alma mater. A skilled defensive back who spent four years with Penn State (2008-11), Lynn retooled the UCLA and USC defenses...
Editorial: Adding up the state’s structural deficit versus rainy day fund math
Debt and savings are different columns in the same ledger. Any business can tell you that. So can anyone working on their taxes right now. Like blood circulating in the body, the amount of money in and out of any operation is always in flux. Pennsylvania’s numbers show just how...
The Stroller, Feb. 12, 2026: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Bingo to raise funds...
Westmoreland happenings: Pancake and sausage dinner, art reception, bingo night, more
Art A closing reception in memory of artist Tony Naponic and a display of some of his paintings will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at You Are Here Gallery, 406 Clay Ave., Jeannette. A native of Adamsburg, Naponic died in 2003. Details: yah406clay@gmail.com. Fundraisers • A bingo...
Letter to the editor: Support for drug overdose survivors
The Westmoreland County LOSS (Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors) Team has added a DOSS (Drug Overdose Survivor Support) Team. The LOSS Team began responding to suicides in June 2023. Hundreds of families have been impacted by our efforts. We are hoping to expand our reach with the DOSS Team. LOSS/DOSS...
From Sewickley to Slovakia: Esmark sponsors new international ice hockey team
All eyes may be on Italy for the 2026 Winter Olympics, but an interesting ice hockey alliance has formed in recent weeks between Sewickley and Slovakia. These worlds collided when Jim Bouchard, founder and chairman of Esmark Inc., took a call last year from his family’s former nanny, Miriam Marhevska....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 11, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Monday’s schedule First round Norwin (11-11) at Fox Chapel (13-9), 7 p.m.; Pine-Richland (11-11) at Mt. Lebanon (14-8), 7:30 p.m.; Imani Christian (6-16) at North Hills (15-7), 7 p.m. Quarterfinals Thursday, Feb. 19 Norwin/Fox Chapel winner vs. Upper St. Clair (21-1), TBA;...
Gallup ending presidential approval ratings as Trump’s sinks below 40%
Gallup has scrapped its presidential approval tracking polls for good just as President Donald Trump hits rock bottom in its numbers. The venerable public opinion firm announced Wednesday that it would no longer publish any approval or favorability ratings of any political figures, but suggested the decision has nothing to...
Bud Cort, star of ‘Harold and Maude’ and ‘Brewster McCloud,’ dies at 77
LOS ANGELES — Bud Cort, whose performance as a troubled young man who finds unexpected love with a 79-year-old free spirit in “Harold and Maude” helped turn the 1971 film into an enduring cult classic, died Wednesday morning in Norwalk, Connecticut, after a long illness. He was 77. His death...
Plum bowling repeats as WPIBL boys team champion
In the first game of the stepladder semifinals of the WPIBL boys team championships Wednesday at AMF Mt. Lebanon, Plum struggled. It most definitely was not a sign of things to come. Plum bounced back from a one-game blip, won the next four games and repeated as WPIBL boys team...
Florida state official acknowledges opioid money funded anti-weed campaign
For the first time on Wednesday, the DeSantis administration acknowledged that it used opioid settlement money to campaign against a recreational marijuana amendment on the 2024 ballot. Shevaun Harris, the secretary for Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration, made the admission during an appearance before a Senate committee as part...
Penn State hockey star Gavin McKenna won’t face school suspension after assault charges
Penn State men’s hockey star Gavin McKenna will not face a university suspension and is in line to play this weekend at No. 2 Michigan, coach Guy Gadowsky confirmed Wednesday. McKenna is charged with simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct after he allegedly punched a 21-year-old male, resulting in a...
