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Springdale Council promotes police captain to chief
Springdale has a new police chief, and he’s a familiar face to borough residents. Derek Dayoub was elevated from captain to chief this week by a 5-1 council vote with one abstention. Dayoub replaces George Polnar, who retired in June. A law enforcement member for 20 years, Dayoub will receive...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 21, 2022: Quinn Priester sparkles in Triple-A debut
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 73-70) used a strong showing from recent Altoona call-ups to beat St. Paul (Twins), 7-1. RHP Quinn Priester (1-0, 0.00) started and went five strong innings, allowing only two hits and two walks while striking out six to earn the win. RHP Colin Selby (0.00), another call-up, allowed...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 21, 2022
High schools Golf Boys Wednesday’s results Class 3A Section 7 South Fayette 206, Chartiers Valley 230 Medalist: Derek Armfield (SF) 38 Upper St. Clair 185, West Allegheny 220 Medalists: Connor McKenzie, Johnny McShane (USC) 35 Section 8 North Catholic 204, Shaler 220 Class 2A Section 4 Our Lady of the...
Top seeds reach finals at WPIAL girls tennis singles championships
Penn-Trafford freshman Mia Williams cruised through two matches as the top seed and will play for the WPIAL Class 3A girls tennis championship at 1 p.m. Thursday at Bethel Park. Williams will face Upper St. Clair senior and No. 2 seed Maggie Stief in the finals. Williams topped Oakland Catholic’s...
High school roundup for Sept. 21, 2022: Mt. Lebanon wins South Hills showdown
Sarah Kushnir and Leah Kessler scored to lead Mt. Lebanon to a 2-0 victory over Bethel Park (7-2, 5-2) in a matchup of top teams in Section 2-4A girls soccer Wednesday. Melia Peer had two assists for the Blue Devils (8-0-2, 6-0). Aquinas Academy 3, Ellis School 0 – Bella...
West Deer supervisors choose new colleague from 3 candidates
West Deer has a new supervisor. Supervisors chose David Harrison, a 32-year resident of the township who has served on various boards in the past, at a special meeting Thursday evening. He runs a consulting firm for sound and vibration engineering. A vacancy for District 4 supervisor was created when...
The Birdie delivers Week 4 A-K Valley football picks with a hard candy shell
Last week: 10-2 Season: 37-7 (84.1%) As The Birdie was waddling through his local supermarket one day this week, he noticed the giant Halloween displays at the end of each aisle. This makes some people angry because they haven’t even put their pool noodles away for the year yet, and...
2022 Western Pa. high school football schedule, broadcasts for Week 4
Thursday City League Westinghouse at Allderdice, 7 p.m. Friday WPIAL Class 6A North Allegheny at Central Catholic, 7 p.m. (HSSN*) Seneca Valley at Mt. Lebanon, 7 p.m. (HSSN*) Class 5A Allegheny Six Bethel Park at Baldwin, 7 p.m. Peters Township at Upper St. Clair, 7 p.m. (HSSN*) Big East Penn-Trafford...
Hempfield’s resurgence has Birdie all atwitter as he makes Westmoreland County Week 4 picks
Last week: 9-4 (69.2%) Season: 37-8 (82.2%) Hempfield fever has stricken the Birdie. He came to work Monday morning with his face painted blue and white, and he was wearing a tattered Rick Druschel throwback jersey. Management told him to change clothes, so he put on his Gino Caesar camo...
Leechburg looking for elusive win over Clairton
During Leechburg’s recent football revival, one of the must-do items is to beat Clairton. The Blue Devils will have a chance to check that item off their list Friday when they travel to Neil Brown Stadium to face the Bears. Leechburg is 0-27-1 against Clairton, claiming a 6-6 tie in...
Jerome Powell signals more pain to come with Fed sending rates higherVideo
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell vowed officials would crush inflation after they raised interest rates by 75 basis points for a third straight time and signaled even more aggressive hikes ahead than investors had expected. “We have got to get inflation behind us. I wish there were a painless way...
Tessa Pagone of Gibsonia crowned Miss Pennsylvania Jr. Teen
Tessa Pagone of Gibsonia was crowned the 2022 National American Miss Pennsylvania Jr. Teen at the state pageant held in Virginia in August. The Deer Lakes High School sophomore has participated in National American Miss pageants for six years and most recently competed in the age 13-15 bracket. She qualified...
Expert refutes concussion claims in suit against West Mifflin Area School District
The neuropsychologist who invented the widely used ImPACT test to help diagnose concussions testified on Wednesday that symptoms experienced by a West Mifflin man hurt on the high school football field 13 years ago are unrelated to that injury. Dr. Mark R. Lovell told a jury that he believes Shane...
Road work start in Penn Hills pushed to next week
The start of a closure on Verona Road at Second Avenue in Penn Hills was moved to accommodate the contractor’s schedule, according to Allegheny County’s Department of Public Works. The intersection will now close starting at 9 a.m. Sept. 26. The closure, which is expected to end in October, is...
Regular private meetings among top Penn State trustees may be violating Pa.’s transparency law
This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for our regional newsletter, Talk of the Town. STATE COLLEGE — For more than a decade, some of the most powerful members of...
Peter Morici: U.S. must take lead on globalization to compete with China
Global commerce is being rearranged by Western sanctions on Russia, covid inspired hardening of supply chains and Western apprehensions about China, but none of this spells the end of globalization. It merely heightens the competition between the United States and China about who will lead. The process will disrupt the...
Jurors begin deliberations in 2017 Homewood triple fatal fire trial
The victims didn’t have a chance. Sandra Carter Douglas. Shamira Staten. Ch’yenne Manning. None of them, said Deputy District Attorney Brian Catanzarite, played any role in a fight Martell Smith had early on the morning of Dec. 20, 2017. A fight, the prosecutor continued, that drove Smith into such a...
Parents charged in New Kensington boy’s death
Both parents of 9-year-old Azuree Charles were charged Wednesday in connection with the New Kensington boy’s death in May. Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli said the boy’s father, Jean Charles, 40, of Brackenridge, is charged with first-degree murder, criminal homicide, abuse of a corpse, unlawful restraint of a minor...
Sewickley Music Club kicks off 101st season
The Sewickley Music Club’s 101st year welcomes back its members for the 2022-2023 season of a talented line up of musical performances. First up is the return of the delightful 3Rivers4 Barbershop Quartet singing their famous four-part harmony a cappella program entitled, “Decades of Delight.” The Club members will meet...
Bethel Park breaks ground for Pine Tree Park improvements
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Sept. 20 at Bethel Park’s Pine Tree Park to begin park upgrades, as well as sidewalk and storm-water management efforts. Local residents, along with several Bethel Park council members and municipal staff members, attended at the park, located off N Street near St. Germaine Church....
As TikTok eats the world, YouTube makes a bid for creators’ hearts — and wallets
PLAYA VISTA, Calif. — Gathered in the company’s historic Spruce Goose hangar Tuesday morning, a host of YouTube leaders laid out a roadmap for the platform’s evolving relationship with both video creators and the music industry, announcing new monetization tools and industry partnerships in the cavernous event space where Howard...
Edmunds: The pros and cons of vehicle touchscreens
There’s no denying the impact that smartphones and tablets have had on modern vehicles. Look into just about any new car and you’ll find a touchscreen and maybe even a bank of capacitive touch buttons that seek to approximate the function of mechanical buttons. The appeal is obvious: A cabin...
Penguins preseason primer: What you need to know as training camp opens
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ “Big Three” of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang is back for their 17th season together. And that officially gets underway Thursday, when the team opens training camp at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry. The veterans will lead the way as the Penguins look...
Airbnb hosts are sick of Airbnb, too
Disgruntled Airbnb guests are taking to Twitter and TikTok to vent about everything from cleaning fees to misleading listings. But they aren’t the only ones with complaints: Airbnb hosts themselves have become increasingly disillusioned with the platform and its disrespectful guests. On message boards and Facebook groups, hosts are sharing...
Remember When: Nellie Bly, an Alle-Kiski Valley native, broke down barriers, stereotypes
The newest addition to greet passengers at the Pittsburgh International Airport is a statue of Nellie Bly — flanked by Steelers great Franco Harris and the “Father of Our Country,” George Washington. Bly was an Alle-Kiski Valley native. Born Elizabeth Cochran on May 5, 1864, in the Cochran Mills neighborhood...
