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Coming off an upset win over Obama Academy in the City League semifinals, the Brashear boys entered Sunday’s championship game with designs on their first title since 1989. Instead, Allderdice scored the first 13 points of the game, and the Dragons were on their way to their 16th City championship...

In just 11 seasons, Obama Academy has established itself as a City League power in girls basketball. The Eagles on Sunday won their fifth City crown since the school opened for the 2011-12 school year with a 58-40 victory over Allderdice. But Obama won’t have much time to celebrate at...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said some recent price increases were the result of businesses “taking advantage” of the coronavirus pandemic and supply chain disruptions to push up food costs. Food prices have soared globally in the past year as economies recover from the pandemic and amid a jump in...

High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Tuesday’s schedule North Hills (22-0) bye; Baldwin (12-10) at North Allegheny (14-8), 7 p.m.; Hempfield (7-15) at Mt. Lebanon (14-8), 7 p.m.; Penn-Trafford (9-12) at Upper St. Clair (15-7), 7 p.m.; Fox Chapel (21-1) bye; Bethel Park (16-6) at Pine-Richland...

The pro-life movement focuses on the unborn, which is a good cause. However, there seems to be an anti-life movement when it comes to gun control laws, vaccines and mask mandates and climate change. All of these issues also affect human life. Marilyn Dvorsky Elizabethtown...

Our family received our free covid tests in the mail. We considered it quite ironic (and disgusting) to see that they were made in China. I was tempted to “return to sender.” Instead I’m throwing them in the trash. Regis Brentin Scott...

Amy Ranker needed to restock her pantry, so she headed to her local Giant Eagle in Hempfield. She picked a Tuesday afternoon, when the supermarket is usually less crowded. She took her time wheeling a full cart through the produce department. Taking care with her shopping selections, she used a...

Why is it that when you have selected an individual from one of the two major voting parties, they feel you are obligated to continue donating to them when they haven’t accomplished anything they originally promised to do when first running for office? If at any time a politician would...

Bellevue Thomas Anzio sold property at 10 N Bryant Ave. to MSM Properties Group LLC for $213,000. PD & E Associates Inc. sold property at 444 Orchard Ave. to Meraki Resident IV LLC for $500,000. Bradford Woods Estate of John Brassell sold property at 147 Bradford Road to JohnPaul Bray...

Bell Acres Neil MacGill Jr. sold property at 3 Sands Ave. to Michael Collins and Jennie Conn for $208,000. Leet John Carpenter sold property at 147 Pilgrim Drive to Edgar Largaespada and Krista Joseph for $340,000. Sewickley Carroll Curragh Properties LLC sold property at 230 Chestnut St. to Joshua Early...

Churchill Nancy Carpenter sold property at 2300 Forest Drive to Adam Bates and Abigail Kalnas for $187,000. Edgewood Heather Elise Gomer Kirschner sold property at 123 Pennwood Ave. to Kelly Currie for $209,000. Forest Hills Estate of Karen McMahon sold property at 285 Barclay Ave. to Carl and Susan Depasquale...

Aspinwall Kathleen Meade sold property at 336 First St. to 336 1st St. LLC for $400,000. PD & E Associates Inc. sold property at 803-805 Center Ave. to Meraki Resident II LLC for $900,000. Lee Ann Kline trustee sold property at 111 Lexington Ave. to Michael Kukurza and Rita Horton...

Paul Vincent Saporito sold property at 2612 Bethel Church Road to Jorge Guadalupe and Linda Newton Lizarraga for $249,900. Gary Devine sold property at 1082 Cork Drive to HP Pennsylania 1 LLC for $339,900. Scott Forse sold property at 1266 Delfield Drive to Austin and Jennifer Hauck for $369,000. NVR...

Bridgeville Eric Rousell sold property at 210 Charlet St. to Carolyn McElhany for $230,000. Tru Sky Properties LLC sold property at 742 Mill St. to Patrick Fleck and Ellen Trippe for $215,000. John Sosinski sold property at 247 Ramsey Ave. to Felimon Arroyo and Beatriz Ososrio for $180,000. Betty Jean...

Baldwin Borough Edward Emes III sold property at 1623 Beryl Drive to Stephanie Kristen Grabbitt for $182,000. Estate of Linda Jean Haines sold property at 5323 Blossom Road to Jesse Tyler and Ashley Kuehn for $190,000. Fifth Ave Property Group LLC sold property at 5217 Broadlea Drive to Willard and...

The educators and support professionals of the Pennsylvania State Education Association are proud to celebrate Black History Month. Black history is American history, and we believe that it must be part of the curriculum all year long. That includes telling the stories of Black Americans that are too often left...

Pennsylvania has more than 5,000 schools. They come in all stripes. Public and private. Charter and Catholic and cyber. They nurture and educate and safeguard millions of children across the state. So why did only 750 of those schools take advantage of the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s offer of free,...

I am amazed at how many right-wing politicians and voters completely misunderstand, and how casually they bring up, the somber issue of presidential impeachment. The United States impeaches our presidents for committing crimes. There is no other reason that justifies impeachment. We can vote a president out in national elections...

The Stroller is compiling a list of fish fries taking place Ash Wednesday and/or Fridays during Lent. To your non-profit’s fish fry listed in the paper and online, send complete information in writing to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084 or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Drive-through food...

There must be a reason the Founding Fathers did not place any mention of political parties in the Constitution. Perhaps it was just something that never came up in their discussions. Perhaps in their wisdom, they anticipated that something like a political party might grow too powerful and become a...

Star sprinter Guinness Brown of Butler turned in four first-place finishes, two in individual events and two in relays, to headline the performance of WPIAL athletes at the TSTCA indoor meet at Edinboro on Saturday. Brown won the 200- and 400-meter dashes and was part of winning teams in the...

Five members of the Shady Side Academy Class of 2022 have been named finalists in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. They will compete for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarship awards worth more than $30 million, which will be offered this spring. The...