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80 years ago at Pearl Harbor, the world changed
Eighty years ago today, at 7:55 a.m. Pacific Time, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu. The sneak attack killed 2,403 Americans, and 1,178 others were wounded. A total of 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed. Only the 9/11 attacks have surpassed...
Monroeville church hosting Service of Light for those in grief
Monroeville United Methodist Church is holding a Service of Light for those who are grieving a loss. The service will be held at the church, 219 Center Road, Monroeville, at 7 p.m. Dec. 15. Christmas can be a painful time of year for those missing a loved one who has...
Letters to the editor: Don’t build the new QV school on the hill, environmental impacts in our area
Don’t build the high school on the hill As residents of Leet Township who agree with the need for a new Quaker Valley High School building, we have attended the long series of our zoning board hearings. The facts and opinions expressed there by experts and citizens make it clear...
Letter to the editor: Dr. Oz, worst kind of snake oil salesman
Regarding the article “Dr. Oz calls Keystone State home as he ponders U.S. Senate bid”: As a retired medical writer who probably spent thousands of hours plowing through medical journals, I find the debate over Dr. Oz’s legal residence much less relevant than the fact that he has long used...
The Stroller, Dec. 7, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your holiday 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. Christmas concert fundraiser planned in Freeport A Christmas concert to benefit Fostering Music will be at 7 p.m. Dec. 11 at...
Letter to the editor: Gun lobby distracts from issues
In his letter to the editor response titled “Mandatory reporting of lost, stolen guns unconstitutional,” Jonathan S. Goldstein cites an obscure and barely relevant court decision in an attempt to distract from common-sense gun safety policy. Sixteen states already have laws that require gun owners to report missing firearms to...
Fox Chapel Area students win O’Brien awards
Four Fox Chapel Area High School sophomores were selected to receive Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) recognition. Annalese Bartolacci, Amelia Costello, Lakshanya Rajaganapathi, and Abraham White have been chosen to attend the Pennsylvania-West HOBY Leadership Seminar June 17-19, 2022. To be considered for selection, the students submit an essay detailing...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 6, 2021
High schools Football PIAA playoffs Class 6A Championship Saturday’s schedule St. Joseph’s Prep (11-2) vs. Mt. Lebanon (14-0) at Hershey, 6 p.m. Class 5A Championship Friday’s schedule Imhotep Charter (11-1) vs. Penn-Trafford (12-2) at Hershey, 7 p.m. Class 4A Championship Thursday’s schedule Bishop McDevitt (12-1) vs. Aliquippa (12-1) at Hershey,...
High school roundup for Dec. 6, 2021: Ruffner nets 2 for Upper St. Clair
Colin Ruffner scored two goals in the second period to lead Upper St. Clair to a 4-3 victory over Mt. Lebanon in PIHL Class 3A hockey Monday night. Greyson Bayer and Charlie Sweet also found the back of the net for Upper St. Clair (4-5). Hollis Whalen scored a third-period...
Steelers vs. Ravens Week 13 film study: Smart 2nd-half possessions keyed Steelers victory
NFL football analyst Matt Williamson will break down each of the Steelers games this season in the Trib’s Steelers Film Study. Here’s what he saw in the Steelers’ Week 13 win over the Ravens. The first-place Ravens came to Pittsburgh Sunday afternoon for a crucial divisional meeting with great implications...
Upsized roster boosts enthusiasm in Valley girls basketball program
There was an unfamiliar sight at a Valley High School girls practice last week — players. After struggling with player turnout so often over the past few years, the Vikings had 14 girls on the floor practicing and 22 listed on the roster under new coach Marta Regus. Regus has...
Brothers on trial in 2017 Penn Hills shooting death caught on camera
Two brothers accused of killing a Penn Hills man and then stealing more than a quarter-million dollars in cash from his home four years ago are on trial this week. The entire crime was caught on the victim’s own high-def video surveillance system. Donald King, 36, of Stowe, and Devante...
New coach, returning starters look to get Valley boys basketball back on track
The Chuck Crummie coaching tree continues to sprout limbs, this time all the way to New Kensington and Arnold. John Stone, who played and coached under Crummie at Central Catholic, has now taken over the Valley basketball program. Crummie won 653 games in 39 seasons at Central Catholic. “I played...
California Rep. Devin Nunes leaving Congress to lead Trump social media groupVideo
LOS ANGELES — Rep. Devin Nunes, a controversial congressman from California’s San Joaquin Valley, is leaving Congress to lead a social media company created by former President Donald Trump. “I will deeply miss being your congressman,” Nunes said in a message to his constituents. Shortly after he sent the note,...
Riverhounds re-sign 9 players, including team captain Kenardo Forbes
Kenardo Forbes, an All-USL second-team selection, will continue his role as the Riverhounds’ longest-tenured player next season after the Hounds announced they have picked up his contract option, and that of eight of his teammates, for the 2022 season. It will the fifth season in the black and yellow for...
John Dorfman: CEOs buy their own shares at loanDepot, Uber
It pays to keep an eye open when corporate chieftains buy or sell their company’s stock. Here are four dispatches from the (legal) insider trading front. loanDepot Based in Foothill Ranch, Calif., loanDepot Inc. (LDI), is a nonbank consumer lender. Much of its business consists of home equity loans and...
Biden to confront Putin about amassing Russian troops on Ukraine’s border
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden expressed cautious optimism after meeting in June with Russian President Vladimir Putin, suggesting the next three to six months would reveal whether their frank face-to-face discussion in Geneva was yielding progress. “Did the things we agreed to sit down and try to work out, did...
Justice Department sues to block gerrymandered Texas congressional mapVideo
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration sued Texas on Monday to block its new congressional map, accusing the state of gerrymandering to shut out nonwhites in violation of federal voting rights law. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the enforcement action at Justice Department headquarters, saying the redistricting plans Texas adopted in...
East Deer man admits to killing father in Harmar, gets 10 to 20 years in prison
An East Deer man will serve at least 10 years in state prison after pleading guilty Monday to killing his father last year. Shane Howard, 25, pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter in the Feb. 26, 2020, shooting of David Howard, 47, of Harmar. A criminal complaint filed...
Krampus returns to Pittsburgh for concert, celebration
Krampus is coming back to Pittsburgh. Tonight. Krampus is a mythic cloven-footed figure known to appear on Dec. 5, who acts as an anti-Santa, punishing the naughty and sparing the nice. He’s known to appear on the streets Dec. 5 (Krampusnacht), the day before the Feast of St. Nicholas celebrated...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss Steelers win over RavensVideo
Columnists Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 20-19 win over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday on this edition of “Unfiltered” on TribLIVE’s Facebook page. Benz says that facing the Ravens at this point in the season was probably a good thing for the Steelers. And Madden compares...
A-K Valley represented at WPIAL championships at Heinz Field
Though no Alle-Kiski Valley teams made it to Heinz Field for this year’s finals, there was still representation related to the Class 5A game. Bruce Crivaro of Lower Burrell, a Valley High School graduate, was on the officiating crew for the game between Penn-Trafford and Moon. He was joined on...
Greensburg Salem grad Megan Kallock finds right fit with Grove City women’s basketball teamVideo
When Megan Kallock transferred from Saint Vincent to Grove City halfway through the 2020-21 academic year, it was equal parts inopportune and perfect. The down side: The Greensburg Salem grad got to campus in the middle of the covid-19 pandemic and started with a three-week quarantine over Christmas break. “I...
Westmoreland Senior Spotlight: Norwin’s Riley Zimmerman
The Norwin boys soccer team’s regular season ended with 14 straight wins, propelling the Knights into the playoffs hungry to make a run. Their season ended in a 1-0 loss to North Allegheny in the WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinals, but the season-ending news wasn’t all bad as two Norwin players...
Kiski Area grad Nick Bisceglia kick-starts Robert Morris special teams
Robert Morris is playing its season finale. The score is tied, and the game against Campbell at Joe Walton Stadium is in overtime. After failing to convert a third down, Colonials coach Bernard Clark calls for fifth-year senior Nick Bisceglia. So what’s running through the mind of the Kiski Area...
