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Shady Side Academy hockey team draws players from all over for prep school schedule

Ice hockey at Shady Side Academy is much different than what most scholastic sports fans are accustomed to. The school plays in the International Prep League, as opposed to the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League most Western Pennsylvania schools play in. It’s a unique arrangement, but one that suits Shady Side...

Experience with premier program guiding new North Hills swim coach

Nicole Loutsenhizer has been around swimming’s best for years. And now she is ready to carry over those experiences to the North Hills program. Loutsenhizer is in her first season leading the Indians after spending time in Virginia with Nation’s Capital Swim Club, the largest organized swim team in the...

North Hills boys basketball staying focused despite impressive start

Buzz Gabos is cautiously optimistic. Gabos, coach of the North Hills boys basketball team, led the Indians to a 12-0 record through Jan. 18, with a 6-0 mark in Section 1-6A. North Hills has not just won, but has been dominant in most matchups, outscoring opponents by more than 25...

Lisa Fox: Raising awareness of human trafficking can save lives

“Never has a parent wished they would have been less protective of their missing child.” Those are the words of my colleague, Bill Hickman, CEO of CSI Corporate Security and Investigations . Bill often works with families whose children have gone missing in human trafficking schemes. With January being named...

Letter to the editor: Meals on Wheels volunteers deliver more than food

I would like to extend a heartfelt thank-you to the people involved in Meals on Wheels. It isn’t just the food they deliver. Some seniors spend their days never seeing or speaking to another person. That tap on the door, a “hi” or a wave, knowing someone cares enough to...

Letter to the editor: Comparing presidential competence

If you voted for the guy who: 1. Used a Sharpie to change the path of a hurricane 2. Autographed Bibles 3. Saluted a North Korean general 4. Stared directly into the sun during a solar eclipse 5. Kissed the behind of Putin and disparaged his own law enforcement agencies...

Letter to the editor: Better under Trump

In answer to Patty Satalia’s letter “Republicans are not planning for our well-being” (Dec. 20, TribLIVE): This is a much better thing than the Democrats have. When President Trump left office, the national average for a gallon of gas was $2.39. Meat was selling at a fair price. Today you...

Editorial: Judge Mariani’s murder verdict dismissal in Club Erotica case is all drama

There are things that happen in television courtrooms with regularity that don’t pop up the same way in real life. The Perry Mason moments when a lawyer gets a witness to admit she really committed the crime. Surprise evidence admitted at the last possible minute. Cases heading in front of...

The Stroller, Jan. 22, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley

Publicize your events, club meetings 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. Winter market planned today in Tarentum Organizers of the Tarentum Night Market events will host a winter market from 10 a.m. to...

Letter to the editor: More mental health resources needed in Westmoreland

Residents with mental health issues and disabilities need more health resources in Westmoreland County. The American Rescue Act gives Westmoreland County a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to address this issue, but decisions on the allocation of these funds must be made by Jan. 31. Establishing a 24/7 mental health drop-in crisis center...

High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 21, 2022

High School Basketball WPIAL Boys Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Butler 86, North Allegheny 79 North Hills 80, Pine-Richland 68 Class 5A Section 3 Franklin Regional 42, Kiski Area 37 Gateway 82, McKeesport 48 Latrobe 77, Woodland Hills 66 Section 4 Mars 63, Armstrong 44 Hampton 70, Plum 35...

High school roundup for Jan. 21, 2022: Penn Hills handles Central Catholic

George Mitchell scored 18 points and made four 3-pointers to lead Class 5A No. 4 Penn Hills to a 55-43 victory over Class 6A No. 3 Central Catholic in a nonsection boys basketball matchup Friday night. Daemar Kelly had nine points and 10 assists for Penn Hills (11-2, 4-2). Randy...

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Andrew Maddalon helps North Catholic beat Burrell, clinch playoff spot

North Catholic junior Andrew Maddalon picked a good time for a career-best scoring night. The junior guard poured in 37 points Friday night as the Trojans started the second half of the Section 1-4A season by becoming one of the first WPIAL schools to clinch a playoff berth. “We got...

Robert Morris men drop another game to Purdue Fort Wayne

Damian Chong Qui scored 20 points and Purdue Fort Wayne shot better than 60% inside and outside the 3-point arc as the Mastodons rolled to an 86-62 Horizon League men’s basketball victory over Robert Morris on Friday night in Fort Wayne, Ind. Purdue Fort Wayne (10-8, 5-4) scored 14 points...

Cantlay fights through gusting wind, leads PGA American ExpressVideo

LA QUINTA, Calif. — Patrick Cantlay fought through gusting wind on his back nine Friday to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend at The American Express in a bid to win for the third time in four starts. Tied for the first-round lead with Lee Hodges after a 10-under-par...

Robert Smith: The American game of Three-card Monte

Three-card Monte is a con game where the shill pretends to conspire with the mark to cheat the dealer, while in fact the shill is conspiring with the dealer to cheat the mark. In America’s game of Three-card Monte, the citizen-taxpayer is the unfortunate mark. While many of the issues...

Gary Franks: The woes of Biden, caused by Biden

President Biden has taken the Democratic Party to new lows. The Dems have lost 14 points in 12 months in a recent Gallup poll on who the American people want to run the country. Biden’s and Vice President Kamala Harris’ polling numbers are at historic lows for this time in...

Federal judge rejects request to reinstate universal masking in Upper St. Clair School District

A federal judge Friday afternoon denied a request by parents suing the Upper Saint Clair School District to reinstitute a mandatory masking policy. In a 32-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Williams S. Stickman said that the families of five medically fragile children in the district who sought the temporary restraining...

Sheetz now offers an unlimited ‘fryz’ subscription service

If you want it, you can most likely subscribe to it these days. This definitely rings true for movies, TV, music, groceries, food, and wine deliveries. Now Sheetz has thrown its hat in the subscription service ring, and fries are the focus. Sheetz now offers a subscription service for fries...

Frigid temps don’t stop outside work, though some escape to sunny Florida

Mother Nature threw a bit of shade over Western Pennsylvania early Friday, with cloud cover warming up temperatures to a balmy 8 to 12 degrees in most places – well above what was expected to be closer to zero. “If we would have stayed clear last night with the snow...

Court won’t force Pittsburgh to turn over taser death report to DA’s office

An Allegheny County Common Pleas Court judge has denied a motion by the district attorney’s office to force the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police to turn over an internal report examining the October death of Jim Rogers. The DA’s office initially asked the city to produce the 15-page executive summary of...

Food Podcast: 10-year-old honored for work with Greater Pittsburgh Community Food BankVideo

On this week’s episode of the Food Podcast presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union on the TribLive Podcast Network, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank (The Food Bank) talks with Makayla Alaquiva. The Food Bank relies on donations, volunteers and advocates to serve the community. And one young lady has stepped...

Churchill residents challenge Amazon distribution facility in court

A group in Churchill has filed a court challenge to block the approval of a new Amazon warehouse approved by borough council last month. Churchill Future, which lobbied against the proposal, said in an appeal filed in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court that the project fails to meet a number...

Ryan Shafik: Time to end corrupt endorsement process

Every year in Pennsylvania Republican politics, there is a dog-and-pony show that occurs mostly unseen by the average voter. Known simply in Keystone State political parlance as “the endorsement,” it’s a protracted process of wannabe candidates cloyingly ingratiating themselves to the few hundred apparatchiks comprising the Republican State Committee (RSC),...