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The North Allegheny School Board has moved its Sept. 22 meeting to 5 p.m. and it will be virtual. A link to the meeting will be provided on the district website. The agenda for the meeting will be posted by the evening of Sept. 20. Those wishing to speak must...

This week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced Congress and the American people to answer questions about his key role in orchestrating one of the biggest failures of foreign policy in our nation’s history: Joe Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. The disastrous and hasty removal of U.S. troops left 13...

DEAR JOAN: My adult daughter is struggling with sleep deprivation because her new 4-month-old puppy won’t let her sleep through the night. Any tips? She and her husband got a puppy Monday from a rescue group where the pup was used to sleeping in crate with rest of the litter....

Democrats have released a $2.9 trillion tax proposal that they hope might stifle debates about how they will fund a $3.5 trillion social spending plan meant to boost the economy by addressing income inequality and decades of uneven prosperity. Washington being Washington, those debates are about to get heated. What...

Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look back at the games, players and events that are part of local scholastic history. Kiski Area’s Ross Greece scored five touchdowns, one on a 33-yard interception return, to lift the Cavaliers to a 42-28...

Wow! Can you believe? A Democrat asking “Help first, blame later!” This from Democrats who, for four years, 24/7 blamed President Trump for every little error coming down the pike? You made Biden president. Now you fix the mess he has made. Yes, make America great again. Frances Olyarnik Greensburg...

STATE COLLEGE — When James Franklin watches his Penn State players come onto the field for practice, the eighth-year coach typically sees the same two players come out before the rest of the Nittany Lions: safety Jaquan Brisker and defensive tackle PJ Mustipher. And the two team captains aren’t on...

Ross Pomeroy is editor of RealClear Science, where this first appeared. After 18 months of living through and covering the covid-19 pandemic, I finally caught the disease that’s changed the world as we know it. And that’s OK. How can I be so calm about contracting covid-19, a disease that...

Regarding the article “4 takeaways from new Pa. census data and what it means for redistricting” (Aug. 22, TribLIVE): To prevent such political turnaround, I feel no politicizing of the census could be made by a panel of 15. Five Republicans, five Democrats and five independents or third-party should make...

As I work with Medicare seniors in Pennsylvania, I am concerned about prospective cuts to clinical lab services. In January 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is scheduled to cut rates for nearly 600 tests, including the top 25 most used by seniors — threatening access to...

Never in my 65 years did I think that I would be living in a world of such complete absurdity and foreboding. In generations past at least we had a grasp on reality and truth. That is no longer the case. There is almost nowhere to turn for trustworthy, reliable...

In my letter “Crimes among Trump associates” (March 9, TribLIVE), I suggested that if Trump associates’ corruption does not amount to criminal activity, but they are lawyers, they should be disbarred. Guess what? Rudy Giuliani’s law license has been suspended in New York and Washington, D.C., and he may be...

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. Freeport to celebrate September By the River Freeport Renaissance Association will host its September By The River Festival from noon to...

In 2019, the first Southwestern Pennsylvania toll booths started to change as the Turnpike Commission switched from a mix of manned stations and machines to a new, hands-off system. It started years earlier with the E-ZPass devices that let drivers roll through while a transponder was read and an account...

I feel that I must respond to the letter “In Afghanistan, history repeats itself” (Sept. 7, TribLIVE). Many, many historical facts were omitted. First and foremost was President Bush’s Iraqi war that halted all the progress we made in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2002. America would have been out of...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 54-61) lost 3-2 to St. Paul (Twins). RHP Tanner Anderson (2-4, 4.17) started and gave up three runs on eight hits in 4.2 innings. LHP Blake Weiman (4.91), RHP Shea Spitzbarth (1.44), LHP Joe Jacques (4.40) and RHP Tyler Bashlor (2.23) combined to throw 4.1 scoreless innings. RF...

High schools Field hockey Wednesday’s results Class 3A Peters Township 5, Allderdice 0 Mt. Lebanon 4, Norwin 0 Golf Boys Wednesday’s results Class 3A Section 3 Mars 207, North Hills 243 Medalists: Blake Bertolo (M) 37, Tyler Manfred (NH) 46 Seneca Valley 199, Pine Richland 216 Medalists: Nolan Nicklas (SV)...

Leechburg’s varsity football team will host Clairton on Friday instead of traveling to the Mon Valley school as originally scheduled, and no fans will be allowed in the stadium, the districts said. “It’s directly related to the unresolved crime in the community, the Haunted Hills Hayride shooting,” Clairton Superintendent Ginny...

Nathan Prex and Beaux Lizewski scored as Seneca Valley (6-0, 3-0) stayed undefeated with a 2-0 boys soccer victory over Fox Chapel (5-1, 2-1) in a matchup of Section 1-4A contenders Wednesday. Ryan Krumenacker recorded the shutout for the Raiders. Belle Vernon 4, Washington 1 — Daniel Sassak scored twice...

The big run on “America’s Got Talent” for a little girl from Unity ended Wednesday. Victory Brinker, 9, fell short of joining the final five group of contestants, based on audience voting. Simon Cowell and fellow judges Heidi Klum and Sofia Vergara last week voted for Victory to move on...

Last week: 7-3 (70%) Season: 23-7 (76.7%) The Birdie has to admit something. There are a lot of WPIAL football mascots that scare the feathers right off of him. Tigers, Lions, Panthers, Wildcats, Leopards, Jaguars, Bobcats, Bearcats and Cougars. Felines of any kind, really. And don’t forget Foxes. Gators, too....

It’s hard to imagine two teams that have combined for 198 points over three games engaging in a defensive struggle. But it could happen Friday night at Springdale’s Veterans Memorial Field when the Dynamos and Bishop Canevin meet in the Eastern Conference opener. Springdale has outscored the opposition 100-38 and...

Friday WPIAL Class 6A Canon-McMillan at Mt. Lebanon, 7:30 p.m. Hempfield at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m. North Allegheny at Baldwin, 7 p.m. (HSSN) Norwin at Central Catholic, 7 p.m. Class 4A Big 8 Belle Vernon at West Mifflin, 7 p.m. Laurel Highlands at Ringgold, 7 p.m. (HSSN, 590 AM, 101.1...

Last week: 7-4 (63.6 %) Season: 23-11 (67.6 %) As most of you know by now, the Birdie is not really a bird. He is living, breathing, football-picking human with a big heart. “And a head to match,” a face-masked scoretaker mumbles from across the office. The cock-of-the-walk Birdie does...