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After taste of playoff success, Fox Chapel back for more
Fox Chapel won five games in the 2021 football season — and one of those victories was quite significant. The Foxes won their first WPIAL playoff game since 1997, a 13-10 victory at Upper St. Clair, a school with one of the highest winning percentages in WPIAL history at .702,...
Bob Condotta: Looking back at Steelers-Jets preseason game played at Seattle’s Husky Stadium 50 years ago
The Seahawks flying to Pittsburgh this week to open the preseason calls to mind the time the Steelers once flew to Seattle in the preseason as part of the effort to get the NFL to come to Seattle at all. Well, it comes to mind for people of a certain...
Fetterman plans ‘raw’ remarks in return to Pa. Senate race
ERIE — Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman is expected to open up about his personal health challenges as he officially returns to the campaign trail Friday, more than 90 days after the Democrat suffered a stroke that threatened his life and political prospects in one of the nation’s premier Senate...
Letter to the editor: Why aren’t unpaid turnpike tolls collected?
Why is the turnpike raising tolls when they have almost $150 million of tolls that are past due (“Pa. Turnpike tolls to go up for 15th straight year,” Aug. 2, TribLIVE)? Sen. Kim Ward and her staff have known about this for several years and haven’t done anything about it....
Letter to the editor: New Kensington intersection needs safety upgrade
For a while now, I’ve notice highway markings around the valley have been missing, unnoticed or disappearing. The public works departments are great and hard workers, especially in the winter when roads are snow- or ice-covered. But the markings at Route 366 (Tarentum Bridge Road) and Leechburg Road in New...
Letter to the editor: Lessons for Pa. from Kansas
Kansas voters’ crushing rejection of the amendment that would have removed the right to abortion from the state’s Constitution sends a loud message to Pennsylvania’s GOP legislators. Underhanded tactics likely won’t play well here either, even with many conservatives. The Kansas amendment was deliberately worded to confuse voters and hide...
Trump won’t object to release of Mar-a-Lago search warrant
WASHINGTON — A federal judge was to decide as soon as Friday whether to grant the Department of Justice’s request to unseal the warrant that authorized the FBI to search former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate. Attorney General Merrick Garland declared there was “substantial public interest in this matter,” and...
Student news in Pine, Richland for the week of Aug. 12, 2022
Tyler Anderson, a Slippery Rock University senior dual dance and modern languages and cultures major from Allison Park, is among a select few college students working this summer through DIAL, the Diversity in Arts Leadership internship program, administered by the Americans for the Arts, a nonprofit organization that advances the...
Masonic Village of Sewickley offers college scholarships to its dining room servers
Faced with staff shortages affecting the food services industry as a whole, Masonic Village had to pause table service in its restaurant. Residents wanted to help with the situation, and being aware of scholarship programs at local schools, formed a Dining Services Scholarship Committee, which includes four residents and Masonic...
Letter to the editor: Shapiro will deliver results for Pa.
We need to elect a leader for governor who will take the initiative to get things done. But, wait, what sorts of things? Josh Shapiro, as attorney general, stepped up when a fight between health industry behemoths UPMC and Highmark threatened the care of thousands of Pennsylvanians. He brokered a...
The Stroller, Aug. 12, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Inclusion games planned for special needs children The Alle-Kiski Inclusion Games will...
Letter to the editor: Joe Biden and the Peter Principle
To understand Joe Biden, you must understand the Peter Principle. Laurence J. Peter developed The Peter Principle, which states that a person rises to the level of their incompetence. In a hierarchical management system, a person is promoted due to past success until they reach a level where they can...
Fight between Lyft driver, passenger ends with fatal shooting in Wilkins
Authorities have identified the man who was shot to death during an altercation with a ride-share driver Thursday night in Wilkins. Investigators said a 37-year-old man was driving for Lyft when an argument began with his passenger, according to Allegheny County police Sgt. Todd Dolfi. The driver parked at a...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 11, 2022: Roansy Contreras scratches out win for Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 52-54) split a doubleheader with Memphis (Cardinals). Indy won the first game, 8-7. RHP Roansy Contreras (3.15) started and was the winning pitcher, allowing three runs on eight hits with six strikeouts in five innings. RHP Eric Hanhold (3.66) got the last out for his sixth save. 3B...
In brief: News from Cub Scout Pack 381, North Park and more
Cub Scout invite Cub Scout Pack 381 invites all boys and girls grade K-5 to attend a Back to Scouting Picnic on Saturday, Aug. 27 from 2-6 p.m. at the Piedmont Shelter at Camp Guyasuta, 300 23rd Street in Sharpsburg. Kids can learn about all that Scouting has to offer...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Aug. 11, 2022
High schools WPIAL Golf Boys Thursday’s results Nonsection North Allegheny 194, Hampton 211 Medalists: Colin Wang, Chris Hoffman (NA) 37. Peter Kramer (H) 38. Freeport 220, Armstrong 261 Medalists: Lillie Snow (FR) 42. Dylan Morris (A) 48. Mars 200, Blackhawk 213 Medalists: Ryan Steigerwald, Will Campbell (M) 38. Jake Sheesly...
J&J to halt talc baby powder implicated in cancer litigation
Johnson & Johnson announced today that it will transition to an all cornstarch-based baby powder portfolio, and will globally discontinue talc-based powder in 2023. “We continuously evaluate and optimize our portfolio to best position the business for long-term growth,” the company said in a statement. “This transition will help simplify...
Trump’s ‘planted evidence’ claim unlikely to stand up in court
Donald Trump and his supporters are ratcheting up their baseless claim that Federal Bureau of Investigation agents may have “planted” evidence when they searched his Mar-a-Lago home for missing White House records. But those claims are unlikely to stand up in court. In an effort to calm the outcry from...
Strong junior class aims to carry Belle Vernon across finish line
The past five seasons of Belle Vernon football have been equal parts scintillating and frustrating. The Leopards proved they were one of the best teams in Class 4A, reaching the WPIAL title game twice and the semifinals three times. The down side? There are no gold trophies in the case...
Reserve man who shot girlfriend in front of her children gets 8 years in prison
A Reserve man who shot a woman three times in front of her young children will spend at least eight years in prison. Joseph Hogg, 37, was sentenced Thursday by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Randal B. Todd after he pleaded guilty in April to attempted homicide, aggravated assault, burglary...
Laurels & lances: Fuel, funds, a dog and guns
Laurel: To trying new things. The Westmoreland County Airport Authority is pondering a proposal from Kilocharge, a Rostraver-based company, that would designate up to 16 parking spots at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport to a specific purpose. The idea is to have eight charging stations at the airport, allowing people...
Rep. Scott Perry says he’s ‘not a target’ of FBI probe amid reports of subpoenas for other Pa. GOP lawmakers
Details remained scarce a day after a news report that several Republican lawmakers in Harrisburg had been subpoenaed this week as part of the federal inquiry into efforts to organize a slate of pro-Trump electors in the 2020 presidential election. But at least one figure whose name has emerged prominently...
Train conductor, engineer sue Norfolk Southern over 2021 derailment
Two Norfolk Southern Railway employees who were controlling a train that derailed on East Carson Street in Baldwin in December are suing their company. Edward Mansfield, of Cranberry Township, was the conductor and Matthew Marchionda, of Ambridge, was the locomotive engineer during the Dec. 12 crash. A lawsuit filed Wednesday...
North Shore prepares for crowds as concerts roll into Pittsburgh
Three major concerts and a Steelers game will bring thousands to Pittsburgh’s North Shore over the next four days, and officials urged everyone planning to converge on the area to plan ahead. Billy Joel performs tonight at PNC Park, followed by Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Joan Jett and others on...
Monroeville councilman, police chief presented with state citation for life-saving actions
At the Monroeville council meeting on Aug. 9, state Rep. Brandon Markosek and Mayor Nick Gresock presented council member Eric Poach and police Chief Doug Cole with a state citation commending their life-saving actions. After Monroeville resident David Sheats collapsed at council’s Citizens’ Night on July 7, Poach and Cole...
