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Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Dec. 29
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Dec. 29....
High school sports scores, schedules for Dec. 28, 2025
High schools Basketball Boys Sunday’s results Carmichaels tournament Consolation Carmichaels 59, Mapletown 15 Championship Jefferson-Morgan 59, Beth-Center 31 Great 8 Classic At Jefferson City. Mo. Mt. Lebanon 63, Capital City (MO) 58 Holiday Bash at Butler Sewickley Academy 58, Butler 27 Holiday Bash at North Allegheny Allderdice 50, North Allegheny...
High school roundup for Dec. 28, 2025: Clutch 3-pointer boosts Blackhawk past Upper St. Clair
Grace Huston’s 3-pointer with 12 seconds left lifted Trib HSSN Class 4A No. 1 Blackhawk to a 46-43 girls basketball victory over Class 6A No. 5 Upper St. Clair at the Cal (Pa.) tournament Sunday. Aubree Hupp led the Cougars (9-0) with 22 points, and Mia Sheesley added 10. Kat...
Behind 2 champs, Canon-McMillan girls wrestlers win Powerade team title
Canon-McMillan’s Marlee Solomon and Yunuen Ayala climbed to the top of the medals podium Sunday and lifted the host Big Macs to a team championship at the Powerade girls wrestling tournament. Solomon won the 118-pound weight class, and Ayala won at 124 pounds. Solomon also was awarded the National Wrestling...
Eagles outlast Josh Allen and Bills in rainy win, keep NFC’s No. 2 seed in playVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Once again, the Eagles defense dragged its offense to the finish line. The Eagles squeaked out a 13-12 victory over the Buffalo Bills on a cold, rainy evening at Highmark Stadium thanks to Vic Fangio ‘s dominant unit. Despite going up, 13-0, in the first half,...
Belle Vernon grad Quinton Martin shines for Penn State in Pinstripe Bowl
NEW YORK — Quinton Martin posing for a photo next to Kaytron Allen and Nick Singleton after the Pinstripe Bowl was a fleeting moment that felt significant. Singleton and Allen, the record-setting duo that powered Penn State’s offense the last four years, were there as spectators, wearing sweatpants and letterman...
Letter to the editor: Who needs gerrymandering?
So, let me get this straight. The tie in the recent East Deer commissioner seat election was decided by “drawing lots” within the walls of the epicenter of the Democratic Party’s seemingly forever stranglehold on Allegheny County politics. I wonder if James Carville orchestrated the proceedings. I should have sent...
Alle-Kiski Senior Citizen News – Dec. 28, 2025
Armstrong County Senior Centers All centers are closed Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. Apollo Hours: 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. weekdays. Details: Charlotte at 800-368-1066 or Amy at 724-478-1410. The center is at 707A N. Fifth St., Apollo. Freeport Tuesday: money bingo. The center is at 102 Fifth...
Letter to the editor: Death of common sense
When did the slow and agonizing death of common sense in America begin? Some believe it’s as recent as 2024 when 70 million people voted for an “appointed” candidate and her sidekick. Think Bugs and Daffy with a mallet. Maybe it was when we accepted lockdowns and a “minimally” tested...
Looking back on pop culture that had Western Pennsylvania buzzing in 2025
The past year has been a lively time in Western Pennsylvania for music, movies, TV, art and social media. From new art spaces to blockbuster series to sold-out TikTok-driven events, 2025 was a great time for water cooler conversations and fun stories around town. Here are just a few. ‘The...
The Stroller, Dec. 28, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. MyHeritage research database available...
Editorial: Broadband decisions must outlast politics
Congress made a bipartisan promise a year ago: Every home and business in America would have access to high-speed internet. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act put $42.5 billion into the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program on a simple premise: In a world where work, education and health care...
Letter to the editor: Pharmacists care
One Christmas Eve, while I was closing a pharmacy in Pittsburgh, a woman rushed in with her young son, crying from an ear infection. She had run across the parking lot hoping to make it before we locked the doors. I had already begun to close, but there was no...
Steelers vs. Browns: Get ready for 2025 Week 17 matchup
The Pittsburgh Steelers will make their final road trip of the regular season Sunday when they visit the Cleveland Browns for an AFC North clash. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast on CBS, with Jim Nantz on play-by-play alongside analyst Tony Romo and sideline reporter...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 27, 2025
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results Allegany tournament Fort Hill (MD) 55, Armstrong 34 Apollo-Ridge tournament Summit Academy 69, Trinity Christian 53 Apollo-Ridge 56, Leechburg 39 Aquinas Academy tournament Consolation Winchester Thurston 69, Aquinas Academy 65 Championship Seton LaSalle 54, Springdale 41 Avella tournament Chartiers-Houston 52, McGuffey 38 Avella 59,...
High school roundup for Dec. 27, 2025: Penn Hills boys, Baldwin girls take tournament titles
Calix Clark scored 18 points to lead Penn Hills to a 60-47 boys basketball victory over Elizabeth Forward in the championship game of the South Allegheny holiday tournament on Saturday. Darian Robinson tallied 13 points and Amon Hawthorne added 11 for Penn Hills (5-4). Tyler Basic led Elizabeth Forward (6-4)...
Rams WR Puka Nacua on criticizing refs: I’ll ‘never let it happen again’
LOS ANGELES — Rams players enjoyed the day off they got for Christmas, perhaps no one more than Puka Nacua. The previous week, the star receiver was fined $25,000 by the NFL after he made critical comments about officials during a livestream and then again in a social media post...
Lawsuit accuses deputies at L.A. women’s jail of sexual abuse, watching inmates shower
LOS ANGELES — A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of dozens of current and former inmates in Los Angeles County’s women’s jail claims male correctional officers watched them shower, harassed and groped them and retaliated when the alleged abuses were reported. The suit accuses deputies of taking advantage of women...
Westmoreland H.S. athletes of the week: Latrobe’s Maggie Maiers, Derry’s Mason Horwat
Maggie Maiers School: Latrobe Class: Junior Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: Maiers, a 5-foot-11 forward, continues to be one of the top post players in Westmoreland County. She has produced five double-doubles in six games for the Wildcats (4-2, 3-1). She had a season-high 28 points and grabbed 13 rebounds...
Martin Schram: Teaching the world’s lost leaders
Just about a week ago, we saw how fast a viral video could virally whip around the world. It was taken during Australia’s Hanukkah-by-the-Sea family-fest that turned into a mass shooting tragedy. Yet it ended with that astonishing, made-for Hollywood heroic twist. It was quickly seen by just about all...
Counterpoint: Ban kids from social media? Yes, absolutely.
Should the United States follow Australia’s lead in banning children under 16 from social media platforms? Absolutely! Australia has set a new global standard by requiring platforms to act in children’s best interests. Its new law raises the minimum age to 16, requires age verification, and holds platforms financially accountable...
Point: Throwing parental rights on the barbie won’t fly in the United States
The world’s first social media ban of users under age 16 is in effect in Australia. Whatever parents’ genuine concerns and understandable frustrations around their kids’ safety online, the Aussie approach is not the answer and should not be emulated by U.S. lawmakers. The Australian ban covers Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat,...
Letter to the editor: Approve clean projects to bring down price of electricity
In her story “Why your electric bill is rising this winter and how to prepare” (Nov. 29, TribLive), Megan Trotter states “the price of power has surged because of international conflicts, growing energy consumption and the rising price of natural gas, which made up 43% of electricity generation in 2023...
Letter to the editor: Follow the money on marijuana
Everyone should have the right to choose what they put in their body. But when it comes to “weed,” it’s time to listen to science instead of a 22-year-old budtender claiming “Purple Kushberry Magic” cures depression, headaches and arthritis or an MD collecting $200 to certify the self-diagnosis you walked...
The Stroller, Dec. 27, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Bingo bash planned in...
