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Student news from the Fox Chapel area
Five Fox Chapel Area School District students won awards in the State Competition of the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science in May. Fox Chapel Area High School first-place state winners were: juniors Lawrence Liu and Arvind Seshan; sophomores Lakshanya Rajaganapathi and Adhitya Thirumala; and Dorseyville Middle School seventh-grader Param Thawani....
Pirates farm report for July 16, 2022: Quinn Priester, 2 Curve teammates combine on 2-hit shutout
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 41-46) was doubled up by Columbus (Guardians), 4-2. 3B Hoy Park (.237) went 2 for 4 with a double and a home run, his third. SS Tucupita Marcano (.263) was 1 for 3 with a double and a run scored. DH Greg Allen (hamstring), playing on a rehab...
George Guido: 1st Willie Thrower QB Camp a success
Even if you’re the returning Willie Thrower Award winner, there’s always more to learn. Armstrong’s Cadin Olsen, one of the state’s top quarterbacks, was back in New Kensington on Saturday for the first Willie Thrower Quarterback Camp and eager to add to his game. Olsen was one of 29 quarterbacks...
Armstrong County man killed in dirt bike accident
A 26-year-old man from Templeton, Armstrong County, was killed Friday evening when the dirt bike he was riding went off a road and struck a tree, officials said. Brandon Weaver was killed in neighboring Pine Township when the mishap occurred at around 7:50 p.m., according to a release from Armstrong...
Tony Barboza: We’re in a crowded universe, but Earth is still precious
On a recent camping trip to Kings Canyon National Park I had the opportunity to escape the light-polluted vistas of the city and look through a pair of binoculars at the stars under a dark Sierra Nevada sky. Above the forest and mountains I saw constellations and stars that are...
Sounding off: Overturning Roe is a disaster for national unity
One of the stranger assertions in the Dobbs opinion is that Roe v. Wade is “controversial.” In the first place it’s not true — nearly all polls show a staunch majority against overturning it. But Roe was also a compromise, between the two strong positions that abortion should be fully...
Zahilyn D. Roche Allred: Improving science literacy means changing science education
To graduate with a science major, college students must complete between 40 and 60 credit hours of science coursework. That means spending around 2,500 hours in the classroom throughout their undergraduate career. However, research has shown that despite all that effort, most college science courses give students only a fragmented...
Truck fire temporarily shuts down Route 28 southbound
A truck caught fire on Route 28 on Saturday morning at the Harmar-O’Hara border, shutting down the southbound lanes for a time. The mishap occurred a little after 10 a.m. Police turned southbound traffic around at an emergency vehicle crossover, as northbound traffic slowed to a crawl. Emergency vehicles were...
Fox Chapel’s Patrick Monteverde’s baseball journey in high gear in High-A ball
Patrick Monteverde took an unusual path toward becoming a Major League Baseball draft choice. So it’s only proper that a possible road to Miami winds through Beloit, Wisc. The 2016 Fox Chapel graduate is currently pitching – and pitching well – for the Beloit SkyCarp, a High-A affiliate of the...
Peter Neumann, Joshua Cohen and Daniel Ollendorf: Mark Cuban won’t fix our drug pricing problem
Mark Cuban, the billionaire “Shark Tank” celebrity and Dallas Mavericks owner, is getting attention again — this time for his Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co., which seeks to reduce prescription drug prices for Americans. A new study finds Medicare could have saved $3.6 billion in 2020 if it had...
Authorities identify victim of fatal crash in Pine
A Wexford man died following a crash early Saturday in Pine. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Douglas David Rockacy, 47. Allegheny County 911 said emergency responders were dispatched to the 300 block of Wexford-Bayne Road at about 12:45 a.m. There was no immediate word on...
Letter to the editor: Saddened by Heinz Field name change
Regarding the Heinz Field name change: I grew up in Hazelwood, worked for many years Downtown, am an alumna of Duquesne University and have a “Pittsburgh Steelers” license plate frame (here in Patriot territory!). I married a New Englander and have lived in New England for many years, but Pittsburgh...
Letter to the editor: Why are protesters allowed to break the law?
It is time for transparency as to why we let states not enforce laws on the books. Why create new laws if state authorities are not willing to enforce current laws? The question is, why is the state of Maryland allowing picketing outside the homes of the Supreme Court justices,...
Editorial: New law is past due to protect vulnerable elderly
The highest duty of law is to protect the vulnerable. Perhaps the most important aspect of that is safeguarding those people from the individuals meant to do the protecting. Pennsylvania is living up to that responsibility with a new law signed by Gov. Tom Wolf this week. State Rep. Carrie...
The Stroller, July 16, 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. Sportsmen’s association plans youth Sportsfest Vandergrift Sportsmen’s Association will host a free...
Letter to the editor: Court restoring our freedoms
Letter-writer Katie Forsythe (“Partisan Supreme Court is restricting our freedoms,” July 6, TribLIVE) states that the Supreme Court’s recent decisions “undermine our freedoms” and that “this radical court seems determined to destroy our democracy.” I want to know how the court undermines our freedoms when it is returning a matter,...
Pirates farm report for July 15, 2022: Aaron Shackelford homers twice for Altoona
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 41-45) was outslugged by Columbus (Guardians), 9-7. CF Greg Allen (hamstring), playing on a rehab assignment, went 3 for 5 with a two-run homer. DH Carter Bins (.197) went 1 for 4 with a double and two RBIs. RHP Osvaldo Bido (1-6, 5.54) started and went four innings,...
The show goes on: Mastriano film gets home for premiere
In what its producers are celebrating as a win over “wokeness,” a film celebrating the populist strain of conservatism that reached a new pinnacle in Pennsylvania with state Sen. Doug Mastriano’s win in the Republican gubernatorial primary has found a home for its Saturday night premiere. “The Return of the...
Letter to the editor: Seeking answers from Pa. Catholic Conference
In the interest of fiscal transparency, good stewardship and best practices in nonprofit and church governance, I request the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC) make public its annual audited financial statements as well as the names of all appointed leaders representing their respective dioceses. The PCC serves as the public affairs...
Gary Franks: Changes Democrats want would require constitutional amendments
Democrats have had a pattern of offering people false hope. Remember, the threat of sanctions would deter Russia from invading Ukraine. We know how that worked out. “Elect me president and I will get rid of covid” — a phrase President Joe Biden campaigned on. How did that turn out?...
Russia, U.S. agree to resume ride sharing for space station missions
The U.S. and Russian space agencies said they have agreed to resume having crew members ride to the International Space Station on each others’ rockets. The arrangement with Roscosmos will send an integrated crew to the space station in September, NASA said Friday in an emailed news release. Crews shared...
Lego releasing ‘The Office’ set with a stapler in Jello, ‘World’s Best Boss’ mug and more
The newest Lego building set will be hard to resist for fans of “The Office.” “Build familiar areas of Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton office with Lego bricks, including boss Michael Scott’s office (which slides out for display on its own), the conference room and much more,” Lego said. The set is...
Texas man arrested in connection with 4 LA-area cold-case killings dating to 1980
LOS ANGELES — A Texas man has been arrested in connection with four cold-case homicides from Los Angeles and Inglewood dating as far back as 1980, authorities said Thursday night. Detectives from the Los Angeles and Inglewood police departments traveled to Fort Worth, where they arrested 76-year-old Billy Ray Richardson...
What to know about 988 — the new national mental health hotline
PHILADELPHIA — Calling for help in a mental health crisis will now be as simple as remembering a new three-digit hotline. The 988 crisis number that goes live nationwide on Saturday is designed to make it easier to get the services currently offered through the 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline...
Julie Brogan: Why can’t we limit money in politics like the French?
My family and I are nearing the end of a gap year in France. One highlight of this adventure was watching the French presidential election in April in which Emanual Macron beat Marine Le Pen by a 17-point margin. As an American, it was refreshing to see how a democracy...
