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Start the new year off right! Publicize your events, club meetings 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. Bowling event to benefit cat and kitten rescue A bowling fundraiser to benefit Kiski Valley Vat...

I have read many fervent commentaries concerning the infamous Jan. 6 events. The notion that it was an insurrection with the intent to overthrow the U.S. government is laughable. The small percentage of people in attendance who committed violence or entered the Capitol building should absolutely be held accountable. The...

Following the recent retirement of two veteran police officers, Allegheny Township is hiring three younger, full-time officers and spending less money at the same time. Officials Monday night unveiled a plan to expand the staff of full-time officers from 10 to 11 but with law enforcement budget savings of $11,650,...

Several Fox Chapel Area High School students have won awards for public speaking, student publications and for diplomatic ability. Six Fox Chapel Area High School students won awards as part of the virtual University of Pittsburgh Model European Union diplomatic simulation. Freshmen Etash Jhanji and Swati Mylarappa won Outstanding Position...

The Monroeville Municipal Authority’s sanitary sewer rates will increase in 2022, while water rates will remain the same. As a part of the Clean Water Act, the EPA is requiring cities to upgrade their sanitary sewer systems and reduce the environmental impact from sewer overflows into the regions waterways. The...

High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Hills 84, Butler 48 Seneca Valley 63, North Allegheny 61 Section 2 Canon-McMillan 55, Baldwin 49 Peters Township 52, Mt. Lebanon 49 Bethel Park 48, Upper St. Clair 44 Section 3 Central Catholic 72, Hempfield 45 Norwin 69,...

Markus Frank and Adou Thiero each recorded a double-double to lead No. 1 Quaker Valley to a 66-36 Section 2-4A boys basketball win over Blackhawk on Tuesday night. Frank had 21 points and 13 rebounds, and Thiero recorded 20 points and 12 rebounds. Jack Gardiner added 12 points for the...

One person was rescued and several people were displaced following a fire in Pittsburgh’s Middle Hill District neighborhood Tuesday evening. Firefighters responded to the 2300 block of Reed Street just after 7:30 p.m., according to emergency officials. One resident was rescued from a porch roof, and was taken to a...

The Kiski Area boys basketball team again used a balanced scoring attack Tuesday and handed Woodland Hills its first section loss of the season, 55-48. The Cavaliers were solid behind the 3-point arc, hitting seven from long range, and the Wolverines misfired on all four 3-point attempts. That was a...

Pittsburgh police detectives are seeking the public’s help to locate a man last seen in mid-December. Donald Arrington is known to frequent McKeesport and the Downtown Pittsburgh area. He is 6-foot tall and about 280 pounds with brown eyes and gray/black hair. Anyone with information is asked to call 412-323-7141....

Police with Pittsburgh’s Special Victims Unit are looking for an 18-year-old man last seen Downtown on Jan. 9. Erick Huvaldo-Lopez Bautista, 18, was seen Downtown on Stanwix Street near Gateway Plaza on Sunday, walking toward Commonwealth Place. Bautista is 5-foot-5, 135 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was...

Allegheny County officials said that they are refining the way the jail tracks people in segregated housing after they were criticized last week for not following last year’s referendum banning solitary confinement. On Jan. 5, Warden Orlando Harper submitted a report in which he listed 294 people in segregation. On...

Matthew Lambert spent months stalking the mother of his child, using a GPS tracker to follow her movements and sending vile text messages that instilled her with fear. Then he paid three people $5,000 and 25 bricks of heroin to kill the man she was dating as they left Rumerz...

STATE COLLEGE — The 2022 football schedule for Penn State has been altered by the Big Ten, according to changes reflected on the program’s official website. Among the changes: a new opponent from the Big Ten West, a moved bye week and a host of other alterations to the order...

Sandy Felice has high hopes for the Mt. Pleasant swimming team in 2022. And why shouldn’t she? The Vikings are coming off a solid year in 2020-21, particularly on the girls’ side, which finished third as a team at the WPIAL championships last winter. That stellar mark was bolstered by...

With the Steelers unpredictably making it to the playoffs and being a long shot in going further, it’s a good time to reflect on another fortuitous long shot in the team’s past. You won’t see Rocky Bleier’s name associated with many individual records, but he was a key part of...

This one goes out to all you lovebirds who got engaged over the holidays and are now left planning a wedding with zero event-planning experience. Somehow you’re expected to craft a day that’s traditional, yet modern. Well-attended, yet intimate. It’s about you as a couple, but also shouldn’t be offensive...

TAMPA, Fla. — It’s been clear for months that 2021 would be the deadliest year on record for Florida’s manatees. When the death count surpassed 1,000 in November, experts sounded the alarm, fearing the toll the winter months ahead would continue to inflict. The final death count is in —...

Temperatures this week aren’t expected to climb out of the 20s most days. For dog owners, that means time limits on tying them outside. Under Pennsylvania’s Libre’s Law, dogs may be tied outside for no more than 30 minutes when temperatures are lower than 32 degrees (or higher than 90...

SEOUL, South Korea — Not long after nightfall on New Year’s Day, a short, slight man picked a spot along one of the most heavily fortified borders in the world, a quarter-mile from the nearest platoon of soldiers, and scaled a 10-foot-tall wire fence. Warning lights flashed and an alarm...

I read with amusement the letter penned by Suzanne Colvin (“Don’t forget Republicans’ cowardice,” Jan. 4, TribLIVE). Like all misguided liberals, Colvin attempts to paint the Jan. 6 incident at our nation’s Capitol as the worst threat to life and liberty we’ve ever seen. She even goes so far as...

I would like to offer a sincere congratulations to the state champion Penn-Trafford football team. Because of car probems, I walked 2½ miles in the rain from my home in Irwin to the Penn-Trafford football stadium on a Saturday afternoon to welcome home the state champions. Why would a 71-year-old...

NFL football analyst Matt Williamson will break down each of the Steelers games this season in the Trib’s Steelers Film Study. Here’s what he saw in the Steelers’ Week 18 win over the Ravens. Entering this game, the Steelers and Baltimore — even in the midst of a five-game losing...

Twisting words to avoid following the law is a problem, especially when being done in a jail. In May 2020, almost 70% of Allegheny County voters agreed with a referendum on the ballot that called for radically restricting solitary confinement at the county jail. While often referred to as a...