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Editorial: Artificial intelligence is not educational taboo
Science, technology, engineering and math. The importance of these subjects has been evident in the rapid growth and development of new industries — particularly computer-related ones — since the 1970s. However, that importance has only been codified for schools under the acronym STEM since 2001. That was when the National...
The Stroller, March 8, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your community Easter Egg hunts, breakfasts with the Easter Bunny 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. Applications being accepted for Rotary scholarships The Rotary Club of Leechburg will award community service...
Letter to the editor: History lesson for airport leaders
Once again Pittsburgh’s flying circus is in the news. Pittsburgh International (??) Airport. Its director has eked out a $200,000 a year raise. Good golly, Miss Molly! You can buy an awful lot of Spam, Spam, Spam, beans and Spam for that. The average lunch-pail Pittsburgher has little interest in...
Letter to the editor: Censorship is un-American
On Jan. 6, 2021, extremists assaulted our Capitol. Understandably, media coverage was extensive, and even now can make the news. While I cannot equate Jan. 6 to Pearl Harbor or 9/11 as did Vice President Kamala Harris, it was undeniably horrific. An American icon was attacked, a woman was killed,...
Springdale aims to address infrastructure by drafting 5-year plans
Getting a handle on infrastructure status and needs appears to be a major priority for the Springdale Township commissioners. The commissioners, during their meeting Thursday, Feb. 24, said they have asked township engineer, Sean Naylor of Senate Engineering, to provide a proposal on formulating three 5-year plans. Areas of the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 7, 2022
High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs First round All games 7 p.m. unless noted Class 6A Wednesday’s schedule Chambersburg (18-7) at Lower Merion (24-3), 6 p.m.; Abington (16-11) at Pocono Mountain West (21-6); West Chester East (18-7) at Scranton (21-2); Garnet Valley (17-10) vs. Abrham Lincoln (18-8) at West Philadelphia...
High school roundup for March 7, 2022: Erlain lifts Pine-Richland to OT win
Alex Erlain’s second goal of the game was the overtime winner to lead Pine-Richland to a 2-1 victory over Central Catholic in a PIHL Class 3A Penguins Cup playoff game Monday night. Esai Morse assisted on the game winner and Daniel Mooney made 18 saves for second-seeded Pine-Richland, which will...
Top-seeded Thomas Jefferson fights off Hempfield upset bid in Penguins Cup playoffs
Six minutes into its postseason opener Monday night, Thomas Jefferson faced the challenge of an early three-goal deficit. Twenty seconds into overtime, the top-seeded Jaguars were the ones celebrating a grueling comeback victory as Nick Stock completed the hat trick to secure a 7-6 win over eighth-seeded Hempfield in the...
John Dorfman: Glory days pass you by. Ask IBM, General Electric
Bruce Springsteen sang that glory days will pass “in the wink of a young girl’s eye.” I was thinking about that song a few days ago when I cleaned out some files and came up a list of the stocks with the greatest market value as of June 15, 1990....
Man dies after collapsing at Allegheny County Jail
A 26-year-old man died Sunday shortly after collapsing at Allegheny County Jail. A jail spokesman said the man, later identified by family members as Gerald Thomas, exited his cell shortly after noon and asked other inmates for assistance before collapsing. “A medical emergency was called, and life-saving measures were performed...
Waning signups for Pa. child care program could forecast weak economic recovery
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. Roughly 25,000 fewer children in Pennsylvania are benefiting from a program that helps low-income families find affordable child care compared with...
Covid can shrink the brain as much as a decade of aging, study finds
Even a mild case of covid-19 can damage the brain and addle thinking, scientists found in a study that highlights the illness’s alarming impact on mental function. Researchers identified covid-associated brain damage months after infection, including in the region linked to smell, and shrinkage in size equivalent to as much...
The truer story behind NBC’s true-crime miniseries about Missouri murderer Pam Hupp
ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis area is no stranger to the long saga surrounding Pamela Hupp and the 2011 stabbing death of Elizabeth “Betsy” Faria and the 2016 shooting death of Louis Gumpenberger. Neither is the rest of the country — or at least it won’t be for long....
Recycle glass at Village Square Mall in Bethel Park
Residents of Allegheny County can drop off glass bottles, jars and jugs at permanent recycling dumpsters thanks to a grant provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Blue recycling dumpsters have been installed permanently at Village Square Mall, 5000 Oxford Drive, Bethel Park, where dropoff is available seven days...
Penn Hills man pleads guilty to 2019 fatal hit-and-run crashVideo
A Penn Hills man pleaded guilty Monday morning to homicide by vehicle and leaving the scene of a fatal accident in the death and dragging of a man three years ago. Surron Burch, 24, faces a mandatory penalty of 3 to 6 years in prison when he is sentenced by...
Quaker Valley teacher Dado named Pennsylvania STEM Ambassador
Matt Dado, technology and engineering teacher at Quaker Valley High School, has been accepted as one of 19 ambassadors in the Pennsylvania STEM Ambassador Program. The program aims to shape the future of STEM education in the commonwealth by targeting vital policy conversations to legislative leadership in the areas of...
Freeport girls coach frustrated by up-and-down season
The exasperation in Fred Soilis’s voice is palpable. Following his seventh season leading the Freeport girls basketball team, Soilis is left with a number of questions about what exactly went wrong. “I think it was the most difficult, challenging season of my seven seasons in coaching,” he said. “After dealing...
Westmoreland Senior Spotlight: Luke Beatty, Franklin Regional
After losing in a playoff game, especially the championship game, most teams take time to reflect and decompress before starting to think about the future. This was not the case for Franklin Regional’s hockey team after their loss in the Penguins Cup Final last year. “On that bus ride home,...
Freeport grad Allison Dejidas anticipates successful ’22 season for herself, Mercyhurst softball teamVideo
For most college athletes, their freshman year is a critical period of adjustment. Off the field, there is the challenge of striking a balance between classwork and sports. On the field, the level of competition ramps up significantly from high school. Mercyhurst softball player Allison Dejidas was in the middle...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss Penguins, Steelers, PittVideo
“I’m keeping it,” said Mark Madden about the Penguins’ first round pick as the NHL trade deadline approaches. Madden has wrestled with whether or not the Penguins should deal their first-round pick to acquire a top-flight player to help this year’s team. Madden doesn’t think the Penguins are a Cup-winning...
Week in pictures: Feb. 28-March 6, 2022
A selection of the best photos from Tribune-Review photographers from around the Pittsburgh region from the week of Feb. 28-March 6. Note: Photos of Sidnie Shirey were taken over several weeks, but published March 3....
Here’s how to have your own fish fry at home
In other places, the transformation from winter to spring is noted by the bloom of the first crocus or the arrival of the first robin. Around these parts, spring is heralded by the battering and frying of the first fish. With spring comes Lent, and with Lent comes fish fries....
Letter to the editor: U.S. must do more social program spending
As the 2022 midterm election season begins, the American people need to be informed of and educated to the fact that almost all, if not all, of our traditional allies in Western Europe, Scandinavia and Canada have federal governments that do more and spend more (in proportion to their population...
How to put your tax refund to work for you
Even though what can feel like a gift from the government is actually a delayed receipt of your own money, the best use of those funds is not always apparent. This year the question is even more fraught, with many households facing increasing financial pressure from inflation, rising interest rates...
Letter to the editor: Border policy treasonous
The Biden-Harris administration’s border policy borders (no pun intended) on treason. This policy has resulted in an invasion of the U.S. by upwards of 2 million illegal migrants in 2021. A large percentage of these migrants are military-age males not properly vetted, vaccinated or tested for covid and other contagious...
