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I seldom use the expression “a special place in Hell” because it has been suggested as the ultimate destination for too many people by now, from serial killers to women who voted for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton. Invoked too often, it loses its punch. Still, it’s a tempting phrase...

After a successful co-operative experience in football this past fall, Shady Side Academy and The Neighborhood Academy will now pursue a partnership in girls volleyball. The WPIAL and the PIAA both gave the OK recently for the schools to combine forces starting this with this fall’s schedule. Shady Side has...

Early February turned into a time for milestones with the Fox Chapel boys basketball team. Coach Zach Skrinjar reached the 200-victory mark in just his 13th season with the Foxes and Eli Yofan became the school’s all-time career scorer. Skrinjar hit the mark on Feb. 1 when the Foxes visited...

My isolated summer cabin in the Himalayas of Tibet was raided this summer, when occupying Chinese Communist Party police stormed every hotel on the Tibetan plateau to force foreigners against their will into ambulances and clear them from the region. I knew instantly they were doing this to tighten their...

The Moon gymnastics team retook its place atop the WPIAL podium Friday night, capturing a seventh district title by edging Baldwin. The host Tigers also won WPIAL titles in 2008, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14, ‘17 and ‘18. Moon finished the regular season 6-0 and claimed the Section 2 title. Thomas Jefferson...

To letter-writer Jim Papke (“Biden should learn history, humility,” Jan. 19, TribLIVE): It would behoove you to research the platform of the parties during the 1860s, as well as the platform of the Confederate States of America. Now which side do you support? Leonard Mucci Derry Township...

Numerous letters to the editor bitterly harangue President Trump and his loyal followers to the point of blurred insanity. Why? Didn’t the Democrats win? The letters march in sync with whatever the Democratic party line is at the moment, all meant to obfuscate the dire circumstances America finds itself in...

Oakmont Bakery was back in business Saturday after a large SUV slammed through a brick wall late Friday when about a dozen employees were inside. The driver of the Ford Expedition was taken to a hospital for unspecified injuries, but none of the workers was hurt. A Facebook post on...

The cities and counties of Pennsylvania need to pay attention. The same goes for PennDOT, too. They need to note what happened on Friday as attorneys for a Penn Hills couple confirmed what was as sure as gravity at 6:41 a.m. Jan. 28. That was one minute after the Fern...

Publicize your events, fish fries and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Annual Shamrock Shuffle event planned in West Leechburg The St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock Shuffle 5K and one-mile Fun Walk will begin at...

The Republican Party has officially established itself as the party of Donald Trump and the party of lies. Its national committee has censured GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for having joined Democratic colleagues in investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. It gets worse: The charges against...

High schools Basketball WPIAL Boys Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Hills 60, North Allegheny 59 Seneca Valley 64, Pine-Richland 50 Section 2 Baldwin 64, Bethel Park 49 Peters Township 45, Canon-McMillan 43 Mt. Lebanon 41, Upper St. Clair 30 Section 3 Fox Chapel 75, Central Catholic 65 Hempfield...

Jaden Dugger and Daemar Kelly each scored 14 points, leading Penn Hills to a 64-44 victory over Woodland Hills in Section 3-5A boys basketball Friday night. Noah Barren added 12 and Julian Dugger finished with 10 for No. 4 Penn Hills (17-3, 10-2). Delrius Robinson produced a double-double (10 points,...

The Bob Williams Rotary Memorial Scholarship Program is offering scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year. In recent years, the club has awarded at least eight scholarships at $5,000 each. High school seniors in Allegheny and Beaver counties are eligible to apply. Vocational students, G.E.D students and those attending parochial, charter...

Knoch could be the next Alle-Kiski Valley school to get artificial turf for its athletic stadium. It could come with a certain price, however. Installation could force the Knights to play all of their football games on the road this year. Cassandra Renninger, a chief architect at DRAW Collective, made...

Kiski Area needed a victory to make the WPIAL playoffs after enduring a five-win season a year ago. But it didn’t come easy. Latrobe, not playing like a 2-9 team, gave the Cavaliers all they could handle before Kiski Area senior James Pearson took over the game. Pearson scored nine...

On Jan. 15, we were shocked to learn that once again a house of worship, the synagogue Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, was attacked during the Sabbath service. A man held the rabbi and three members hostage for over 10 hours. This was unquestionably an act of antisemitism. As...

When will the liberal media stop following the Democrats’ wishes? We get it. You despise former President Trump. Oh, yes, the riot on Jan. 6 was bad. However, doing a deep dive on this matter is like doing a deep dive into the sinking of the Titanic. Why? America has...

The second of two men who was accused of killing six people and an unborn child in a 2016 mass shooting in Wilkinsburg is also suing Allegheny County for malicious prosecution. Cheron Shelton filed the complaint in federal court on Friday. Shelton’s co-defendant, Robert Thomas, filed suit last week alleging...

The Lenten tradition of bountiful fish fries across the region is in jeopardy this year as many have canceled their typically fruitful fundraiser because of supply chain issues and rising costs. The fish fry faithful might have to go a little farther to find their Friday meal. For David Hauger,...

This article is part of a yearlong reporting project focused on redistricting and gerrymandering in Pennsylvania. It is made possible by the support of Spotlight PA members and Votebeat, a project focused on election integrity and voting access. HARRISBURG — A panel has approved a final Pennsylvania Senate map that...

Local florists with decades of experience agree: Flower prices this Valentine’s Day will be historically high. Janet Woloszyk, owner of McCandless Floral, estimated her cost of flowers has increased about 20%, while her cost of hard goods such as containers and glassware is up nearly 40%. Those increases are tacked...

Can anyone top Eddie Vedder when it comes to fostering unlikely musical convergences that span generations, let alone being a key link between The Beatles and Ramones? That is — to invoke the title of an obscure 1997 Pearl Jam song — hard to imagine. In 2002, Vedder inducted the...

For Valentine’s Day, rom-coms often get all the press — who doesn’t want a charming trifle for this most romantic of holidays? But sometimes, romantic drama is the way to go, getting yourself lost in something gorgeously swoonworthy. Here are a baker’s dozen of my favorite dramas about love. I’ve...

Sen. Joe Manchin’s Freedom to Vote Act, a compromise bill addressing voting rights, has been deemed dead in the wake of Manchin and fellow Democrat Kyrsten Sinema’s refusal to support a filibuster exception. But it still could be saved if one or two self-described moderate Republicans stepped up. They’d follow...