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Highlands educational equity policy gets initial approval; another vote needed to finalize
The Highlands School Board on Tuesday gave its initial approval to a controversial educational equity measure. The educational equity measure, opposed by most of the residents who commented on the proposal, is recommended by the Pennsylvania School Boards Association. The measure now requires a second reading that, under school district...
Letter to the editor: PSEA serves its members, students well
I write to voice my strong support for my union, the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA). I was troubled to read Joseph P. Ferguson’s letter criticizing PSEA (“PSEA leadership should be challenged,” April 2) based on vague claims that the union wasn’t aggressive enough. The PSEA I know has always...
The Stroller, April 21, 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. Please include a daytime telephone number. Free paper shredding event planned at Clearview Federal Credit Union A free paper shredding event and electronics collection will be hosted...
Letter to the editor: Americans gullible when it comes to Bidens
It’s amazing how gullible the American people are, especially when it comes to believing everything that a group pretending to be the Democratic Party says and does. These people seem to be the new means to end this country as we know it, led by “the big man.” Oh, don’t...
Pirates farm report for April 20, 2022: Anthony Alford homers in Indy win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 7-6) moved back over .500 with a 5-3 win over Columbus (Guardians). LF Anthony Alford (.167), on a rehab assignment with a wrist injury, went 1 for 4 with a home run. RF Cal Mitchell (.372) went 3 for 4 with a stolen base. LC Canaan Smith-Njigba (.235)...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 20, 2022
High schools Baseball Wednesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Butler 7, Pine-Richland 2 Central Catholic 2, North Allegheny 1 Seneca Valley 14, Allderdice 1 Section 2 Mt. Lebanon 4, Hempfield 3 Canon-McMillan 2, Norwin 1 Baldwin at Upper St. Clair, ppd. Class 5A Section 1 Latrobe 8, Gateway 2 Penn-Trafford...
High school roundup for April 20, 2022: Hampton strengthens grip on 1st place
Anthony Bucci and Joey O’Donnell each had a hit and two RBIs as Hampton scored all its runs in the fifth inning of a 6-0 victory over Fox Chapel, sweeping a doubleheader Wednesday to stay in first place in Section 2-5A. Cam Marshalwitz earned the shutout victory for the Talbots...
With Griffin back in circle, Ligonier Valley softball handles Serra Catholic
Senior Maddie Griffin finished with 15 strikeouts and a three-hit performance at the dish to help lead Ligonier Valley to a 7-2 victory over Serra Catholic in Section 2-2A play Wednesday afternoon in McKeesport. Griffin, a Youngstown State commit who helped guide the Rams to a state championship game appearance...
Fox Chapel man accused in 2 separate killings said Satan compelled him to kill; offers plea of guilty, but mentally ill
Adam Rosenberg said he was compelled to kill by Satan and had designs on becoming a serial killer. He already had shot two people to death and intended to kill more, he told a forensic psychiatrist. “Why didn’t he become a serial killer?” defense attorney Casey White asked. “I believe...
Fox Chapel man accused in 2 separate killings said Satan compelled him to kill; offers plea of guilty, but mentally ill
Adam Rosenberg said he was compelled to kill by Satan and had designs of becoming a serial killer. He had already shot two people to death and intended to kill more, he told a forensic psychiatrist. “Why didn’t he become a serial killer?” asked defense attorney Casey White. “I believe...
Jerry West demands retraction of his ‘cruel’ portrayal in ‘Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty’
NBA icon and Los Angeles Lakers legend Jerry West is declaring the depiction of his character in HBO’s “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” to be “cruel” and “deliberately false,” and is demanding a retraction within two weeks from today. “The portrayal of…West…is fiction pretending to be fact...
It’s April 20. Here’s why everyone associates 420 with marijuana.
Whether you know a lot about marijuana or very little, chances are you’ve heard that the numbers 420 are particularly significant in weed culture. But what does it mean? And why do weed aficionados hold April 20 and 4:20 p.m. so sacred? According to Time Magazine, 420 can be traced...
Musical headliners announced for Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is promising one of the most diverse music lineups ever assembled for this year’s Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival. Running June 3-12, the free concerts will begin at 7 p.m. nightly on the Dollar Bank Main Stage, at the intersection of Ninth Street and Penn...
5 takeaways from Spotlight PA’s Republican gubernatorial debate
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Five of the nine Republican candidates running to be Pennsylvania’s next governor participated in a debate hosted by Spotlight...
David Callahan, Robert Brundrett and Charlie Burd: Celebrating Appalachia’s green transformation
Our fellow Americans may not consider the so-called “Rust Belt” to be the epicenter of our nation’s green economy. But the discovery of our region’s abundant and clean natural gas resources over the last 15 years has transformed Appalachia into a technology hub and innovation-driven economy at the forefront of...
Can Texas declare a border ‘invasion’ and return migrants to Mexico?
HOUSTON — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is facing mounting pressure from far-right and former Trump administration officials to immediately declare a migrant “invasion” at the U.S.-Mexico border, under a constitutional provision that would allow local law enforcement and National Guard troops to stop migrants at the border and send them...
2 plead guilty to roles in 2020 protests in Pittsburgh
A Pittsburgh man who has spent years advocating for LGBTQ rights pleaded guilty Wednesday to his role in a day’s worth of protests in September 2020 in Downtown. Kenneth McDowell, 35, of the city’s Spring Garden neighborhood, will serve two years of probation after pleading guilty to harassment, disorderly conduct...
Ashley Priore: Pitt chancellor Gallagher leaves lasting impression
Every weekday morning around 7 a.m., as I waited for my bus to get to school, I would see a man on a walk down Fifth Avenue heading toward the Cathedral of Learning in Oakland. We shared our daily hellos (and maybe a joke or two about the weather). I...
‘We have a lot to prove’: How Penn State football plans to fix its run game next season
Penn State football coach James Franklin was visibly frustrated following his team’s 30-27 loss to Michigan State in late November 2021. When asked about the importance of running, he was succinct. “It’s important,” he said. “I want to be able to run the ball.” While Penn State wasn’t able to...
Letter to the editor: Why America has lost its identity
In response to Leonard Pitts Jr.’s column “Americans have lost the willingness, ability to share a common national identity” (April 12, TribLIVE): I would argue that Pitts is your typical Democrat using projection to blame the Republicans for what the Democrats actually do. That is called projection, but I agree...
Hunters could see boom in turkeys in Pa. forests this year: Game Commission
Hunters should find the largest wild turkey population they’ve seen at any point in the past few years when they head out into the Pennsylvania forests for the upcoming spring gobbler hunting seasons, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission turkey biologist Mary Jo Casalena. Recruitment of new, young turkeys into the...
Letter to the editor: Fighting Legionnaires’ disease
Westmoreland County has had its share of scares with Legionnaires’ disease, a deadly but highly preventable respiratory illness that’s spread by breathing mist contaminated with the bacteria. Concern about the disease has been magnified by covid-19, which forced many public buildings to shut down. When buildings have low or no...
Jeannette man surrenders after 11-hour standoff with police
A Jeannette man surrendered Wednesday morning after an 11-hour standoff that police said began when Westmoreland County sheriff’s deputies attempted to serve him with a protection-from-abuse order. Sheriff James Albert said the order directed deputies to evict Jesse McCurdy, 49, from his home on Good Street. They were also authorized...
West Leechburg halts consideration of merger with Allegheny Township
West Leechburg officials have decided not to pursue a merger with Allegheny Township. The decision comes after council reviewed the study conducted by the state Department of Economic and Community Development. The study looked at the impact of consolidation. “It was very nonspecific, and it didn’t show it would be...
Editorial: As mask mandates lift, we should respect others’ decisions
A federal judge in Florida issued a ruling against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s mask mandate early in the day. By evening, the Transportation Security Administration was announcing it no longer would enforce the requirement. That drops one of the final demands of the federal government, leaving any...
