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I’ve already lost my brother to gun violence. I refuse to lose my son, too, amid a surge of shootings that are killing, injuring and traumatizing our youth at a scale I’ve never seen. A few weeks ago, my 14-year-old son and his friends were pulling up to the Haunted...

On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that all children 5-11 receive the low-dose covid-19 vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech, clearing the way for shots to begin immediately. Yet a recent Kaiser Family Foundation study indicates that one-third of parents plan to take a wait-and-see approach for their...

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds’ season came to end Saturday on the eve of their USL Championship playoff game at Birmingham Legion FC. A cluster of positive covid-19 cases within the team forced the Riverhounds to cancel their trip to Alabama for Sunday’s Eastern Conference quarterfinal game. Birmingham Legion FC is awarded...

Veterans Day events open to the public throughout the Valley include: Apollo • The 18th annual Apollo Area Veterans Day Service will be at noon Thursday in Curran- Shaffer Funeral Home and Crematory Inc., 100 Owens View Ave. The Rev. Thomas Holmes, the Armstrong County American Legion Honor Guard, vocalist...

The Pine-Richland Rams proved once again to be the dominant force in WPIAL Class 3A field hockey as they defeated North Allegheny, 3-1, to capture a third straight title Oct. 30, at Washington & Jefferson. The Rams’ game-breaker — senior midfielder Rylie Wollerton — put the Rams ahead 1-0 when...

Drugmaker Merck just shared stunning data on molnupiravir, an oral antiviral it developed to combat covid-19. In molnupiravir’s phase three clinical trial, it cut covid-19 patients’ risk of being hospitalized or dying by 50%. The company is now seeking emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration. The medicine...

The article “Don’t expect to see a price break at the pump anytime soon in Western Pa.” (Oct. 22, TribLIVE) blames high gas prices on high demand, things going on in Europe and other things. Why don’t you people print the truth? Gas prices started to climb after President Biden...

President Trump lost the election. Get over it. No fraud, no stolen election. Pennsylvania Republicans, quit wasting my tax dollars on your idiotic probe of the election. Francois Vukosic Bridgeville...

President Biden and the Democrats have our Founding Fathers spinning in their graves. This new crew does not seem to understand America’s historic melting pot strength. Opening our borders waters down our melting pot. Our common language (English) lets us cross state lines without the need of an interpreter for...

Not all hall passes look alike. In some schools, they are slips of paper that detail exactly where a student is allowed to go, at what time and why. In others, they are physical objects — sometimes comically large or obvious — that not only tell other staff members the...

Publicize your club meetings, community events 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. Highlands High School AFS conducting annual citrus fruit sale Orders are being taken for the annual Highlands High School AFS fruit...

Regarding the article “Long-awaited Pa. Turnpike interchange in Penn Township set to become a reality” (Oct. 28, TribLIVE): I have lived in Penn Township since 1987. I have seen many changes in the community as well as significant tax increases. This includes new well pads placed near residential areas and...

Top performers for Week 10 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 260 - Logan Kushner, North Allegheny (8 of 13) 257 - John Green, North Hills (13 of 19) 255 - Josh Jenkins, Sto-Rox (11 of 16) 235 - Sam Miller, Peters Township (10 of 22) 224 -...

Keandre Williams scored on a 10-yard run in overtime and No. 13 New Brighton’s defense stopped No. 4 Washington’s two-point rushing attempt to claim a 21-20 upset victory in the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A football playoffs Friday night in Washington County. Eddie Lewis ran for two touchdowns,...

After Friday’s game, Sto-Rox’s football players lined up in the end zone, got down and started doing push-ups. It was far from a punishment. Instead, the Vikings went up and down, loudly spelling out their ultimate goal in the 2021 season: S-T-A-T-E-C-H-A-M-P-S. No. 2 Sto-Rox (11-0) took a step in...

Tahji Hooper ran for two touchdowns and caught another as No. 10 Laurel Highlands picked up its first playoff win in school history by defeating No. 7 Beaver, 28-27, in the first round of the WPIAL Class 4A football playoffs Friday night. Wyatt Ringer scored on a pair of 1-yard...

Sixth-seeded Serra Catholic scored on all five of its first-half possessions en route to a convincing 61-21 victory over No. 11 Neshannock in the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs at Norwin on Friday night. With the win, the Eagles (11-1) will play third-seeded Laurel in next week’s...

It was a memorable night for Leechburg’s first home playoff game at Veterans Stadium. The Blue Devils stopped California on downs twice deep in their own territory in the third quarter then scored two touchdowns in 91 seconds early in the fourth quarter to defeat the Trojans, 28-7, before a...

High schools Football WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Friday’s result North Allegheny 49, Canon-McMillan 26 Semifinals Nov. 12 schedule North Allegheny (7-4) at Mt. Lebanon (10-0), 7 p.m. Seneca Valley (7-3) vs. Central Catholic (8-2) at Baldwin, 7 p.m. Class 5A First round Friday’s results Fox Chapel 13, Upper St....

Homicide detectives are investigating after a man was found dead Friday afternoon inside a McKeesport home, police said. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man as Stephen Rucinski, 41. Police were called to the 2900 block of Grover Avenue around 4:40 p.m. after 911 dispatchers reported “a male...

Mt. Pleasant scored touchdowns on its first four possessions and rolled to a 41-7 victory over Burrell on Friday in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs at Vikings Stadium. The Vikings (6-4) advance to next Friday’s quarterfinals at No. 3 Avonworth (8-2). “No doubt, a playoff win...

Five WPIAL tennis players – three singles competitors and a doubles team – remain alive in their quest for the state tennis championship heading into the semifinals Saturday in Hershey. Bethel Park’s Mia Gorman, Sewickley Academy’s Ashley Close and Knoch’s Ally Bauer and the Knoch doubles team of Emily and...

The former Shaler substitute teacher charged with participating in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot again is seeking his release from pretrial custody, alleging he was subjected this week to a strip search after a meeting with a new attorney. Robert Morss, 28, has remained in custody since his arrest in...

Before Tuesday’s elections I warned against overinterpreting the Virginia gubernatorial election as a national bellwether. I stand by that: Governor’s races are the kind of election that shows the least correlation with national politics, and where candidate attributes and issues make the biggest difference. But if you’re a Democrat looking...