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Schools across Western Pa., U.S. try to keep students safe in face of increased threats
A barrage of threats against several school districts across the region — including Allegheny County this week and Westmoreland several weeks ago — sent administrators reaching for action plans to help thwart any potential danger to students and staff. Violence at schools is spiking as students return to in-person classes...
Letter to the editor: Political posturing is not healing covid
Medical problems are best solved by medical guidance and practices; medical problems are seldom solved by political posturing. Political posturing does not heal; it creates deeper hurts and social damages. Watching news stories, reading Trib stories and letters to the editors, or driving by some local schools allows us to...
Bethel Park real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 5, 2021
Sarah Peebles sold property at 413 Barlynn Road to Julia Butzler for $217,500. Mark Boehm sold property at 6101 Boxer Drive to Albert John and Sarah Buerkle for $230,000. JS Bethel Park L.P. sold property at 503 Clifton Road to Buncher Co. for $5,580,007. Brett Steckel sold property at 596...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 5, 2021
Aleppo PrimInvest Corp. sold property at 131 Ferndale Ave. to Henry Passerrello for $33,000. Mildred Krulac sold property at 209 Ferry Road to John Raymond Pujol for $147,500. Clifton Alexander Schreiber sold property at Weber Road to Michael and Kelsey Monyok for $3,000. Clifton Schreiber sold property at 322 Weber...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 5, 2021
Forest Hills Glenn Andrews sold property at 114 Ashley Court to Vanessa Donley for $500,000. Laura Michelle Hansen sold property at 110 Cherry Valley Road to Paul Wozniak and Maurenn Hart for $329,000. Will L.P. Forest sold property at 524 Halsey Ave. to James McCoy for $100,000. Ryan Brashear sold...
Pitt men’s soccer falls to Notre Dame in NCAA quarterfinals
The Pitt men’s soccer team was ousted from the NCAA Tournament on Saturday night after falling to No. 4-seeded Notre Dame in penalty kicks. With the quarterfinal game tied 1-1 after regulation and overtime, the Fighting Irish (14-5-4) held a 4-2 edge in penalty kicks to decide the match. No....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 4, 2021
High schools Basketball Boys Southwest Christian Athletic Conference Plants and Pillars 58, Cheswick Christian Academy 50 Plants and Pillars 6 19 15 18 — 58 Cheswick Christian Academy 17 13 2 18 — 50 PP: Aiden Rorick 27, Trenton DeRoza 11. CCA: Grant Rochkind 18, Jude Vargo 15, Zephaniah Malloy...
Marshall gets past Duquesne on late shotVideo
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Andrew Taylor made a 3-pointer with 10 seconds remaining to lift Marshall to a 72-71 win over Duquesne on Saturday night. On the next possession for the Dukes, Amir Spears missed a layup, allowing the Thundering Herd to hang on for the victory. Taevion Kinsey had 21...
Utah State routs No. 19 San Diego State, wins Mountain WestVideo
CARSON, Calif. — Brandon Bowling caught two touchdown passes from Logan Bonner during the decisive third quarter, and Utah State won its first Mountain West Conference title with a 46-13 rout of No. 19 San Diego State on Saturday. Bonner passed for 318 yards and four TDs, and fellow Arkansas...
No. 3 Cincinnati claims AAC crown, possible playoff spotVideo
CINCINNATI — Jerome Ford rushed for 187 yards and two touchdowns, and Desmond Ridder threw three touchdown passes as No. 3 Cincinnati broke open a close game in the third quarter and rolled past No. 16 Houston, 35-20, in the American Athletic Conference championship game Saturday. The Bearcats who are...
No. 20 La.-Lafayette tops Appalachian State for Sun Belt titleVideo
LAFAYETTE, La. — Levi Lewis scored on a career-high 56-yard run and passed for another touchdown, and No. 20 Louisiana-Lafayette capped soon-to-be Florida coach Billy Napier’s time with the Ragin’ Cajuns by defeating Appalachian State, 24-16, on Saturday in the Sun Belt Conference championship game. Emani Baily rushed for 117...
Playoff bound: Alabama rolls No. 1 Georgia for SEC titleVideo
ATLANTA — Bryce Young stunningly carved up the nation’s top-rated defense, giving Nick Saban and Alabama a shot at another national championship. Young threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide rolled over No. 1 Georgia, 41-24, in the SEC championship game Saturday, a result...
Experienced backcourt gives Penn-Trafford postseason hope
Since the inception of the six PIAA classifications, the Penn-Trafford boys basketball team has followed a steady uptrend. The Warriors had just five wins during the 2016-17 season, but finished with double-digit wins the past three seasons and advanced to the WPIAL Class 6A quarterfinals a year ago. Getting back...
Robin Abcarian: Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones learns the laws aren’t just for the little people
Every once in a while, we get a bracing reminder that free speech has its limits. Alex Jones, the barking far-right conspiracy theorist, suffered a sweeping legal loss recently when judges in two states ruled against him in defamation lawsuits brought by the families of victims of a mass shooting...
Morikawa pulls away in Bahamas, takes big step toward No. 1Video
NASSAU, Bahamas — Tiger Woods joined the broadcast booth for his Hero World Challenge, and what he saw from Collin Morikawa must have looked familiar. Morikawa carved up Albany Golf Club to build a five-shot lead Saturday over Brooks Koepka, and too many pursuers faded from contention with a series...
Penn-Trafford girls basketball looking to take next step after reaching playoffs last season
The Penn Trafford girls basketball team made a return to the WPIAL playoffs last winter. The Warriors, who finished 10-7 and 9-5 in Section 1-6A, started the season with six consecutive wins but stumbled down the stretch before falling to Baldwin in the first round of the playoffs. This year’s...
George Guido: Wrestlers now limited in number of matches per day
As wrestling and other winter sports prepare to take center stage starting Friday, the only real change in wrestling rules regards matches in one day. Now, wrestlers cannot represent their school in more than one weight class in any meet or wrestle in more than five matches in one day...
Football Hall of Famer Claude Humphrey dies as age 77Video
ATLANTA — Pro Football Hall of Famer Claude Humphrey, one of the NFL’s most fearsome pass rushers during the 1970s with the Atlanta Falcons but long overlooked on mostly losing teams, died at the age of 77. Humphrey, who also reached the Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles, died unexpectedly...
Epstein’s world: Maxwell jurors immersed in extreme wealth, sex
NEW YORK — One week into Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial, the jury has already been on board Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet and inside his Palm Beach mansion. But they’ve also seen the stained table on which he demanded three massages a day. The deep immersion into luxurious, lascivious world of...
Sounding off: Parties and politics
Carol Badgley, in her letter “Loss of Bacha as coroner a shame for Westmoreland residents” laments that a political newcomer, Tim Carson, defeated the incumbent, Ken Bacha, as Westmoreland County coroner because, as she explains, “elections have come down to party rather than who is more qualified for the position.”...
Nicholas Goldberg: Are the school districts that ‘defunded the police’ already regretting it?
The idea of “abolishing” or “defunding” the police has always struck me as risky, to say the least, and not very well thought through. It has the potential to cause at least as many problems as it solves. So when some school districts actually decided give it a try, I...
Inmate sentenced to life in prison for SCI-Somerset murder
SOMERSET — A Pennsylvania state prison inmate was handed two life sentences in Somerset County court on Friday for killing his cellmate at SCI-Somerset in 2018. Judge Scott P. Bittner sentenced Dale Michael Wakefield, 29, to life in prison for first-degree murder and life in prison for assault by a...
Expectations rising for veteran Plum wrestling team
Expectations are on the rise for the Plum wrestling team this winter. The Mustangs return several contributors from last year who had winning records and will be looking to make some noise in Class 3A. Coach Mike Supak expects his wrestlers to achieve team success as well as some individual...
Galit Atlas: 1 in 4 adults are estranged from family and paying a psychological price
Search “toxic parents” on Instagram, and you’ll find more than 38,000 posts, largely urging young adults to cut ties with their families. The idea is to protect one’s mental health from abusive parents. However, as a psychoanalyst, I’ve seen that trend in recent years become a way to manage conflicts...
Letter to the editor: Crime making East Carson Street unsafe
I used to have a good time on East Carson Street a few years ago, but lately the crime has been ridiculous. After reading the article “Man in critical condition following double shooting on Pittsburgh’s South Side” (Nov. 26, TribLIVE), I fear for the safety of those who just want...
