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The Allegheny County District Attorney’s office will use a grand jury to investigate the death of Jim Rogers, who died in October after being tased at least eight times by Pittsburgh police in Bloomfield. Attorneys representing several officers in the case said they were notified by the DA’s office on...

Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Louis Lipps Jr. entered an accelerated probationary program Friday following a drunken driving crash in November. As part of the deal, Lipps must serve 12 months of probation, attend safe driving school and undergo a 60-day license suspension. Lipps entered the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program...

The Feb. 3 editorial cartoon really struck a nerve with me. One more time we see a perfect example of where we are always being hit with more taxes and fees from state and local governments to get their job done, but there is little or no accountability for them...

Funny how President Biden showed up in Pittsburgh the same day a major bridge collapses and promises that the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law would help fix this problem. If I remember right, back in 2009, under President Obama’s stimulus package, $48 billion was promised to help fix roads, bridges and other...

Even though our Pittsburgh Steelers aren’t playing in Super Bowl LVI, there will still be game-day preparation for fans in the Steel City. They have been drawing up menus based on what to serve. Super Bowl parties — like pre-game tailgates — can be customized for the National Football League’s...

Norah Carter, a senior at Pine Richland High School, was recently presented with the Diamond Clover Award at the Pennsylvania 4-H State Leadership Conference. The Diamond Clover Award is the highest youth award on the achievement ladder in 4-H and requires youth members to complete a variety of projects and...

Apparently, a 39-year-old has-been is bigger than the team. Ringmaster Mike Tomlin must think so, as he let a very talented Mason Rudolph languish on the bench to appease a quarterback who can’t run or throw. If Ben Roethlisberger actually practiced, perhaps he’d see what we’ve seen the last 10...

Eshani Chauk has been named to the Dean’s List at Georgia Institute of Technology for the fall 2021 semester. Nate Bjorklund has been named to the Dean’s List at Wheaton College for the fall 2021 semester. Jackson Paul has been named to the Dean’s List at Miami University for the...

I found Robert Supansic’s letter “Dealing with public health emergencies” (Jan. 25, TribLIVE), regarding the the U.S. government successfully handling the current and future pandemics, very funny. That would be the U.S. government that succeeded so spectacularly when it brought us: • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ levees in...

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. Online bingo to aid Addiction Recovery Ministry program Addiction Recovery Ministry in Harmar will sponsor a bingo at 2 p.m. Feb. 20...

When I think of our Republican lawmakers, I have an image in my head that I cannot shake. It is one of bored adolescent boys looking for mischief. Look at their recent antics. Some participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection or in its planning and preparation. They compiled fraudulent phony...

High schools Basketball WPIAL Thursday’s results Class 5A Section 4 Highlands 74, Indiana 34 Class 4A Section 2 Montour 73, Ambridge 45 Class A Section 1 Eden Christian 57, Western Beaver 51 Nonsection Erie McDowell 69, Butler 67 Derry 69, Homer-Center 39 McGuffey 52, Frazier 22 Steel Valley at South...

Kate Robbins scored 17 points to lead No. 4 Upper St. Clair to a 58-53 victory in Section 2-6A girls basketball Thursday, handing No. 1 Mt. Lebanon its first loss of the season. Rylee Kalocay added 16 and Mia Brown followed with 15 for the Panthers (17-4, 9-3). Ashleigh Connor...

Riley Dunn became the first McGuffey shooter to win an individual title in more than a decade, edging Butler’s Brianna Bell to capture the WPIAL rifle championship Thursday at the Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen Club. Dunn finished with a score of 200-19x, just ahead of Bell’s 200-18x. Dunn, a sophomore, is...

With just one victory two seasons ago, the thought of Burrell finishing in second place and hosting a WPIAL playoff game anytime soon was a distant notion. But here are the Bucs, on the verge of securing second place in Section 1-4A with an 8-3 record, 12-8 overall. The current...

Nancy Cureton was sitting on a couch in the living room of her Wilkinsburg apartment the night of Nov. 16, 2019, when she heard loud arguing outside. She went to a window, looked across Ross Avenue and saw two men in a heated disagreement, with a third man looking on...

The congressional committee investigating the attack on the Capitol has uncovered unexplained gaps in former President Donald Trump’s official White House phone logs from Jan. 6. Official records that were turned over to the panel only reveal a few calls that Trump made and received on the day of the...

Laurel: To an obvious fact. In a year that we are forced to watch the Cincinnati Bengals — the Bengals, for Pete’s sake — vie for the Lombardi Trophy on Super Bowl Sunday, it is nice to get a little bit of acknowledgement that some things are still right with...

STATE COLLEGE — Penn State will open its 2022 season on a Thursday night in prime time. The Nittany Lions will face Purdue on Thursday, Sept. 1, both programs announced Thursday morning. The time and television network remains to be announced, but for reference, when Ohio State and Minnesota opened...

This is the true way our votes are stolen: We are forced to cast ballots where we have been directed — snaky lines going through townships, counties and sometimes even homesteads. Make your voice heard on redistricting. Simon P. Solar Lower Burrell...

Burrell doesn’t exactly have a gymnastics team. It’s actually just a duo. But that isn’t slowing down Renee Ruggeri’s gymnasts, both of them. “They’re both great kids,” Ruggeri said of freshmen Sydney Lawson and Rylie Porter. “Sydney’s strongest event is probably floor. She’s really clean and a really good dancer....

A dispatcher with the North Versailles Police Department took photos and video of officers using a small hidden camera affixed to the urinal in the department restroom, according to charges against him. John Logan, 49, is charged with invasion of privacy and tampering with evidence. “Everyone is always innocent until...

Hampton Community Library has a full slate of upcoming activities. It’s a Wonderful World Drop-in Storytime: Tuesdays and Thursdays through April 7; 10 a.m. “Stories & Songs”; 10:15 a.m. “Investigate and Create”; 10:45 a.m. “Stories & Songs”; 11 a.m. “Parachute Paly”; 11:30 a.m. “Stories & Songs”; 11:45 a.m. “Stay &...

The Great Barrington Declaration was written in October 2020 by three doctors concerned about lockdowns hurting children, workers and the poor. Eventually, 50,000 doctors, scientists and medical researchers signed on. The doctors are Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a physician, professor at Stanford University Medical School, epidemiologist, health economist and public health...