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Bridgeville Estate of Leo Steiner Jr. sold property at 241 Eisner Ave. to Joseph David Andrews and Erica Nicole Duda for $145,000. Mary Zuzack sold property at 1342 Terrace St. to Hanna Kirkwood for $160,000. Carnegie Joiner Properties LLC sold property at 28-32 E Main St. to 32 E Main...

Regarding the article “ ‘Severe’ blood shortage prompts donation centers to make a call to arms”: I have a novel idea to remedy this situation. Monetarily compensate blood donors for the fair value of their lifesaving product. Let the market determine what the price of a pint of blood or...

So now the big argument is election reform. Is it possible both sides are right and now would be a perfect time to fix the system? Pennsylvania has permitted the two major parties to lock out third-party and independent voters in primaries for far too long. It is time to...

Pennsylvania has a prison problem, and it’s not the one most people think. Yes, like most states and like the federal government, the Keystone State has a lot of people behind bars. The most recent population report for the Department of Corrections has just under 40,000 people in the state’s...

If we equated today’s American political landscape to a child’s game, it would have to be Rock ’em Sock ’em Robots. The red (Republican) robot bashing the head of the blue (Democratic) robot and vice versa. Nonstop combat, taking turns “popping” the other side. The result: STALEMATE. Blind loyalty is...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 29-29) clobbered Columbus (Indians), 11-1. Newly signed SS Dee Strange-Gordon homered for the second straight game, going 1 for 6. RF Fabricio Macias also hit a home run, a three-run shot that was his first of the season. He went 3 for 5. RHP Beau Sulser made a...

Publicize your club meetings, community events 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. Notes for Hope festival set Saturday in Hyde Park The Notes for Hope Music and Food Festival will be from noon...

Patrick Body continued a run of Gateway defensive backs heading to NCAA Division I colleges Saturday when he made a verbal commitment to Cincinnati. The 6-foot-2, 175-pound safety picked the Bearcats from a long list of suitors that included Pitt, West Virginia, Akron, Army, Ball State, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Illinois,...

A look at athletes and teams that brought home WPIAL or PIAA gold during the 2020-21 school year: WPIAL TEAM CHAMPIONS FALL Football 6A – Central Catholic 5A – Pine-Richland 4A – Thomas Jefferson 3A – Central Valley 2A – Beaver Falls A – Jeannette Boys Soccer 4A – Seneca...

The 75th football season at Leechburg’s Veterans Memorial Stadium promises to be a special one. Despite all the rain this past week, a construction project is on track to have artificial turf installed in time for Leechburg’s football home opener Sept. 10 against Brentwood. It’s part of a $1.1 million...

MIAMI — First responders continuing the search and recovery mission in the debris of the collapsed Surfside condo tower on Saturday morning worked through a thunderstorm that brought heavy downpours and strong wind gusts at times. The recovery effort — which overnight uncovered seven more bodies from the rubble of...

I predicted the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol. In the preceding weeks, as my Trump-loving, gun-toting cousin Chad was getting hundreds of likes on social media for threatening to hang liberal politicians, I realized the extent of popular support for political violence. Having supported democracy and conflict mitigation...

A bill requiring voter ID recently passed in the Pennsylvania Senate, and Gov. Tom Wolf’s office has already stated he would veto the bill. Wolf and his party claim that requiring voter ID somehow violates individual rights, that it is racist. The term racist is thrown out there so frequently...

SSA address change Shady Side Academy Middle School and Country Day School each have new street addresses after Fox Chapel renamed Squaw Run Road East to Riding Meadow Road in the spring and assigned names to many of the unnamed private lanes off that road. The Middle School’s street address...

When talking about his summer golf schedule, Murrysville’s Palmer Jackson didn’t seem too worried about qualifying for the United States Golf Association’s Amateur Championship. He was confident in his ability to qualify for the championship for the fourth consecutive season. Jackson did what he predicted when he was the medalist...

Pennsylvanians know that our environment and economy can prosper together, rather than be at odds. By joining the newly formed Conservative Climate Caucus, my congressman, Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Ebensburg, has exemplified this ideal. The Conservative Climate Caucus, led by Utah Congressman John Curtis, is another step toward meaningful Republican action...

We live in time in which speech is being criminalized. How do you get the best of ourselves without a prolific use of free speech? Being told what to think by virtue of what words we use and in contradiction to objective truth should shake you to your core. Articulating...

Pennsylvania’s unemployment compensation program has been a problem for years. While some states have struggled under the burden of a massive increase in claims during the coronavirus pandemic, in Pennsylvania, that was only half the story. The system itself has been a problematic labyrinth. It was hard to apply. It...

Academic achievements The following students from the area were recognized for their academic achievement during the spring 2021 semester by being named to the dean’s, president’s or provost’s list at the college or university they attend: • Bucknell University: Shannon McCollum • Ithaca College: Sydney Keller • Westminster College: Caden...

Academic achievements The following students from the area were recognized for their academic achievement during the spring 2021 semester by being named to the dean’s, president’s or provost’s list at the college or university they attend: • Bucknell University: Colin Fitzgerald, Olivia McLeod • California University of Pennsylvania: Abby Peduzzi,...

Academic achievements The following students from the area were recognized for their academic achievement during the spring 2021 semester by being named to the dean’s, president’s or provost’s list at the college or university they attend: • Bucknell University: Jess Abraham, Casey Mack • John Carrol University: Evan Welsh •...

On June 10, I, along with hundreds of fellow Pennsylvanians, participated in PennEnvironment’s virtual Climate Action Lobby Day. It was amazing to witness how many Pennslyvanians care so much about minimizing the disastrous effects of climate change. My fellow constituents and I had many concerns about our health and the...

The article “Murrysville library program will focus on Turtle Creek’s history, recovery” (June 25, TribLIVE) stated that in the early 1970s, members of the Turtle Creek Watershed Association began working with the University of Pittsburgh and the state to make the stream more hospitable for aquatic life. An earlier Trib...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 28-29) was thumped by Columbus (Indians), 9-4. SS Dee Strange-Gordon, in his second game with Indy, went 1 for 5 with a two-run home run. RF Fabricio Macias went 3 for 4 with two runs scored and his first stolen base. 1B Hunter Owen went 2 for 4....