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High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 19, 2022
High School Basketball Boys Wednesday’s schedule Class 4A Section 3 Uniontown 70, Mt. Pleasant 55 Class 3A Section 2 Avonworth 73, Freedom 48 Section 3 Steel Valley at East Allegheny, (n) Nonsection Albert Gallatin at Uniontown, ppd. Laurel Highlands 76, Belle Vernon 67 Chartiers-Houston 50, Brentwood 44 Laurel at Freedom,...
High school roundup for Jan. 20, 2022: Waynesburg, Peters Township win battles of unbeatens
Colton Stoneking (138), Jake Stephenson (152), Nate Kirby (160), Eli Makel (215) and Joseph Simon (120) recorded pins to lead Waynesburg to a 55-10 victory over Canon-McMillan to wrap up first place in Section 4A-3A Wednesday night. Mac Church (132) and Rocco Welsh (172) won by tech fall and Zander...
Laurel Highlands lives up to hype, knocks off Belle Vernon
Not often does pomp and circumstance surround an ordinary nonsection boys basketball game in the middle of January. Wednesday’s showdown between Class 4A No. 2 Belle Vernon and Class 5A No. 1 Laurel Highlands wasn’t your ordinary affair, though. And it lived up to the hype. With the game tied...
Apollo-Ridge girls defeat St. Joseph in game between teams battling rust
Apollo-Ridge and St. Joseph did something Wednesday night they rarely had done this month: play a basketball game. Despite all the down time, the Vikings girls didn’t lose their free-throw shooting touch. Apollo-Ridge shot 30 of 40 from the free-throw line and posted a 66-55 victory in a home nonsection...
Biden reviews first year of ‘challenges but also enormous progress’Video
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday sought to reframe his presidency as one of “challenges but also enormous progress,” saying he would restart efforts to pass his signature legislative agenda and use the midterm election campaigns to push harder against Republican obstinance. “For all this progress, I know there’s...
Bruce Arians fined $50,000 by NFL for slapping helmet of Bucs safety Andrew AdamsVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — Bucs coach Bruce Arians has been fined $50,000 by the National Football League for slapping the helmet of safety Andrew Adams during Sunday’s 31-15 win over the Eagles in an NFC wild-card playoff game. Arians said he was trying to prevent Adams from getting a penalty for...
Bronx native Cardi B to cover funeral costs for all 17 victims of deadly borough high-rise blazeVideo
NEW YORK — Grammy-winning Bronx native Cardi B pledged Wednesday to cover the funeral costs of all 17 victims of a high-rise building fire in her home borough. The hip-hop star’s commitment includes the expenses to return some of the dead for burial in their native Gambia, and Cardi B...
Carnegie man convicted in deadly Club Erotica shooting to get new trial
Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Anthony M. Mariani on Wednesday threw out a jury verdict and ordered a new trial for a man found guilty of third-degree murder in last year’s fatal shooting outside a McKees Rocks strip club. Bruce Antkowiak, a former federal prosecutor who teaches law at Saint...
Sen. Ryan Aument: We’re No. 22 — and that’s bad news
It is almost surreal to look at numbers and rankings that show Pennsylvania floundering in comparison to other states, but this freakish economic landscape that puts us behind Ohio and Indiana speaks to a rock-solid reality. Our state’s reputation for high taxes, unfriendly regulatory climate and stagnant manufacturing growth quantifies...
Is the allure of cryptocurrency fading?
Bitcoin dropped to a three-month low recently and its movement has closely mirrored financial markets in its decline. Bitcoin bulls often describe it as an asset that is uncorrelated to traditional financial markets, CNBC reported, however experts have noticed growing parallels in the price movements of bitcoin and stocks. It...
Westmoreland happenings: art show, bingo and omelet breakfast
Art • The annual Member’s Show at Greensburg Art Center will open Saturday and continue through April 9. An opening reception with a featured speaker will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the center, 230 Todd School Road. Exhibits will include paintings, photographs and fabric media. Gallery hours...
Letter to the editor: Biden should learn history, humility
President Biden was obviously trying to score political, and racial, points with his ranting address in Atlanta when he compared the president of the Union to the president of the Confederacy by asking which side we were on. Perhaps, in the interest of historical accuracy, as well as rhetorical clarity,...
Letter to the editor: Most of our benefits come from Democratic leaders
Regarding Dave Majernik’s letter “Extremists on the Democratic side” (Jan. 4, TribLIVE): Since 1933, nearly all progressive social policies from which we benefit, or will benefit, have come from Democratic presidents and congressional leaders. Consider Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. I suggest reactionary Republicans, who object...
Whitehall teen earns Eagle Scout Award
Ryan Shaneman, 16, of Scout Troop #338 has earned the Boy Scouts of America’s highest rank advancement, the Eagle Scout Award. Shaneman earned the Eagle Scout Award on Oct. 10 and was recognized in a special Court of Honor ceremony on Jan. 9. Shaneman is one of only approximately six...
Letter to the editor: Facebook’s censorship
To Facebook/Mark Zuckerberg and its censors: Recently I posted a comment on Facebook; Facebook posted me back, saying my comment was spam and in violation of its community standards. Below is my comment; you be the judge. “Vote red — for all you people who voted blue the last election,...
Editorial: Big cases defy change of venue
Robert Bowers still is moving slowly toward trial for the October 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill. On Monday, defense attorneys filed a motion in the case. In nearly 3,900 pages, they detailed the reasons that a federal judge should give the case a change...
Letter to the editor: More to come in Churchill after Amazon approval
When one door closes, another one opens. And the next door has opened for Churchill Future. Many people think that when Churchill Council voted 5-2 on Dec. 21 to approve a conditional use permit for Hillwood Development to build a 2.9 million-square-foot Amazon distribution center in the heart of our...
The Stroller, Jan. 19, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Start the new year off right! 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. Food drive to benefit Westmoreland County Food Bank The Fallen Officer Food Drive will be from...
Betty White Challenge pumps up donations for animal shelters across Western Pa.
Animal shelters around the region were deluged with donations this week in honor of legendary actress and animal lover Betty White. Rescuers reported receiving thousands of dollars directed their way as part of a challenge that started on social media to celebrate what would have been White’s 100th birthday on...
Letter to the editor: Vaccines and gas prices
Fact: There were 424,401 covid-19 deaths under President Trump, and from Jan. 20, 2021, to the time of this writing, under President Biden, 417,401 covid-19 deaths. Of those deaths under Biden, 99% were unvaccinated. Their deaths are not Biden’s fault. In Texas, 99.5% of people who died from covid from...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 18, 2022
High School Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland 66, Butler 65 North Hills 63, Seneca Valley 40 Section 2 Baldwin 86, Bethel Park 66 Canon-McMillan 57, Peters Township 44 Upper St. Clair 48, Mt. Lebanon 46 Section 3 Fox Chapel 54, Central Catholic 37 Hempfield 82, Greensburg...
High school roundup for Jan. 18, 2022: New Castle trips up Chartiers Valley again
Mike Wells scored 29 points to lead New Castle to a 68-59 victory over Chartiers Valley in a rematch of last year’s WPIAL championship game in Section 2-5A boys basketball Tuesday night. Isiah Boyce added 21 points for No. 2 New Castle (9-1, 5-0). Jayden Davis led Chartiers Valley (3-9,...
Olympus Energy gas well in Washington Township on hold as more discussions to be scheduled
There are about 40 Marcellus shale natural gas wells in Washington Township, but adding another to that total isn’t yet a done deal. Supervisors did not make a decision Jan. 13 on Olympus Energy’s proposal to drill a natural gas well off Kistler Drive, as questions arose regarding access to...
Cracker Barrel ordered to pay man $9.4 million; served him cleaning chemical instead of water
Cracker Barrel has to cough up a pretty penny after a Tennessee jury ordered the “Old Country Store” to pay a man $9.4 million after serving him a cleaning chemical instead of water, CNN reports. Though, the amount might be capped because of Tennessee’s law on civil damages. William Cronnon’s...
Fox Chapel defense shuts down Central Catholic in boys Section 3-6A showdown
Fox Chapel takes pride in its defense. But not the players nor the most ardent fans could have expected an effort like Tuesday’s. The No. 2 Foxes held No. 3 Central Catholic to just 16 points over three quarters, including a scoreless stretch of 8 minutes, 14 seconds en route...
