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I hate to rain on Mallard Fillmore’s parade to go after social media, but America has bigger fish to fry. Our law enforcement agencies are doing their best to round up the Jan. 6 insurrectionists and their ringleader who caused the death of at least one police officer and put...

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In March 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic erupted, Gov. Tom Wolf declared an emergency. It was the right move at the time. That does not, however, mean that every step Wolf has taken since has been on firm ground. There have been plenty of errors, both forced and unforced, in...

The illogical, absurd letter by William J. Bilo Sr. (“Republicans, do the right thing”) demands an answer. The Democrats simply will not let Donald Trump rest; he is their excuse when things go wrong, and they are going wrong big time. President Biden has been so hell bent on reversing...

LOCAL High schools Football Friday’s results Western PA vs. Everyone Showcase At Wolvarena Sto-Rox 19, Bishop Sycamore (Ohio) 7 Imhotep 12, Central Catholic 6 Nonconference Albert Gallatin 40, Yough 0 Armstrong 48, Freeport 14 Avonworth 49, Summit Academy 14 Beaver 33, Quaker Valley 0 Blackhawk 31, Beaver Falls 20 California...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 46-53) walked it off in 10 innings against Louisville (Reds), winning 3-2. RHP Beau Sulser (4.53) started and went 4⅓ innings, allowing two runs on five hits. He also struck out three. The bullpen pitched 5⅔ scoreless innings, with LHP Joe Jacques (4.53) getting two outs and RHP...

Top performers for Week Zero of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 318 - Hayden Teska, Greensburg Salem (14 of 40) 267 - Cadin Olsen, Armstrong (13 of 26) 224 - Nick Buckley, Keystone Oaks (23 of 30) 187 - Jake Phillips, Hempfield (14 of 24) 198 - Carson...

Dylan Sleva rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns as Moon defeated Seneca Valley, 38-21, in the Week Zero nonconference opener for both football teams Friday night. Tyler McGowan threw for 49 yards and one touchdown and ran for 100 yards on seven carries for the Tigers (1-0). Kai West...

Leechburg Area School Board plans to enter into discussions with the teachers union to determine how much additional work the pandemic has created for teachers and whether they deserve more pay. The board unanimously approved an agreement this week that clears the way for those discussions to begin with the...

For Landon Lutz, this was a long time coming. Two years after nearly claiming South Fayette’s starting quarterback job, Lutz made his first start as a varsity player Friday. The result? A smashing success. Lutz methodically executed South Fayette’s offense, passing 13 of 16 for 138 yards and a touchdown,...

It took a little more than a quarter for Cadin Olsen to get into gear. But when the 6-foot-5, 205-pound junior quarterback started clicking with some new players in the lineup, the Armstrong River Hawks were on their way to an opening night victory, 48-14 at Freeport Area Athletic Stadium....

Southmoreland had the ball on its own 20 and a 20-point lead when Anthony Govern threw a deep pass over the middle that was intercepted by McGuffey’s Ethan Dietrich and returned 45 yards for a touchdown with 19 seconds left in the first half. Josh Plants made the second of...

I consider myself fortunate. Our kids are in their 20s. Two are in graduate school, and two have begun careers. They were vaccinated last spring. They embrace masks when they are indicated. They work on Zoom, in-person, and they have the freedom — backed by their institutions — to choose...

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 — It’s a throwback to the hardball politics of the Capitol’s past: a powerful legislative leader stripping one of his...

West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins has signed a contract extension that will likely carry the 67-year-old Morgantown native through the end of his coaching career, the university announced Friday. Huggins will serve as head coach through the 2023-24 season, then reassess whether to continue in his current role or...

During my time as city controller, I’ve expressed concern about Pittsburgh’s “infrastructure deficit” — the repairs and improvements we should be making to our roads, bridges, wastewater systems and other critical infrastructure compared to what we actually complete each year. Consider this: Pittsburgh has nearly 1,000 miles of paved roads...

A lot of people are asking — why? Why would Mountain Dew combine its flavor with Flamin’ Hot Cheetos? The answer is likely just because they can. So they did. Mountain Dew said it “is no stranger to pushing flavor boundaries and Flamin’ hot is no exception.” “MTN DEW tapped...

A group of scientists at the University of Cambridge and the University of Leeds managed to successfully reverse memory loss in aging mice. While this may seem like an insignificant blip on the scientific radar, this breakthrough is very importantly indicative of how the same methods may be used in...

JOHNSTOWN — An Indiana County man died Wednesday from injuries he sustained following a two-vehicle crash in Indiana County, Cambria County Chief Deputy Coroner Joseph Hribar said Thursday. Ronald W. Shearer, 82, of Indiana was driving a Toyota Tacoma southbound on Old Route 119 Highway North in White Township at...

Twenty years, $2 trillion and thousands of our troops killed or wounded. How much is enough? We spent billions of dollars to train 300,000 Afghanistan troops. We equipped them with all of the technology and weapons they could possibly need to fight the Taliban, and what did they do when...

“Mutt” is a mean word. So is “mongrel.” I’m pleased everyone is sensitized to the impact words have. “Dog.” Use the word “dog.” I am a dog, as good-natured, complex, fallible and canine as any Afghan hound or Yorkshire terrier. And now I have to let it out. I’m not...