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Steelers vs. Chargers Week 11 film study: Positives outweigh negatives after loss in L.A.
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 11 loss to the Chargers. On Sunday night in Los Angeles, in front of a crowd that greatly favored the Steelers,...
Editorial: Why redact the forensic audit contract?
An out-of-state consulting firm will be receiving $270,000 over the next six months as part of a review of the 2020 election. Envoy Sage of Dubuque, Iowa, is a crisis and risk management company that has been in business since August 2020. It will be working with Pennsylvania Senate Republicans...
The Stroller, Nov. 23, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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. HOPE Center collecting donations for its SAF-T kennel The Alle-Kiski HOPE Center offers a Sheltering Animals and Families Together (SAF-T) Kennel...
Letter to the editor: Where’s compensation for abortion, military?
Which version can you believe? When asked by a reporter about his intention to pay $450,000 lawsuit settlements to those illegal immigrants who were perhaps separated from their children, President Biden suggested the story was “garbage,” and then said that dollar amount was too high. A day later he seemed...
Pennsylvania activist Frank Scavo sentenced to 60 days in prison
Frank Scavo was sentenced to 60 days in prison Monday for his role in the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C., his attorney confirmed. Attorney Ernie Preate Jr. said Scavo was also fined $5,000 and must pay $500 in restitution. Senior U.S. District Judge Royce C....
Fox Chapel Garden Club fundraiser to glow at Aspinwall park
The Fox Chapel Garden Club has reinvented itself this holiday season by moving its annual holiday floral fundraiser outdoors, says co-chair Weezie Walter. Safety first in the era of covid, so the holiday event, traditionally held indoors at the Fox Chapel Golf Club and limited to 250 people, moves to...
Fireworks light up Aspinwall’s holiday celebration
Hundreds of people attended Aspinwall’s Light Up the Wall holiday celebration on Nov. 20, which took place in the community’s business districts on Brilliant and Commercial avenues. The Aspinwall Chamber of Commerce sponsored the event, the high point being a fireworks display. Carriage rides were available as were snacks outside...
High school roundup for Nov. 22, 2021: Knizner’s hat trick fuels Franklin Regional
Matty Knizner scored two of his three goals in the first period to lead Franklin Regional to a 6-2 victory over Shaler in PIHL Class 2A hockey Monday night. Ben Yurko scored the other goal in the first, Chase Williams netted a goal in the second, and RJ Kelly added...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 22, 2021
High schools Football WPIAL playoffs Championship Class 5A Saturday’s schedule Moon (12-0) vs. Penn-Trafford (10-2) at Heinz Field, 6 p.m. Class 4A Saturday’s schedule Aliquippa (10-1) vs. Belle Vernon (10-0) at Heinz Field, 3 p.m. Class 3A Saturday’s schedule Central Valley (12-0) vs. North Catholic (12-0) at Heinz Field, noon...
After football season, Belle Vernon boys basketball team has title aspirations too
There is not much Belle Vernon boys basketball coach Joe Salvino has not dealt with on the hardwood in his 38 seasons in coaching. Case in point: starting basketball practice while the Leopard football team is still playing and may be playing for some time. There are a couple of...
John Dorfman: 5 GARP stocks that look like good bets to me
Barring a reversal in the last few weeks of this year, growth stocks will beat value stocks in 2021 for the fifth time in a row. These things tend to run in spurts. Value beat growth seven years in a row from 2000 through 2006. For those who don’t know...
Parnell decision to leave race expected after custody decision was made
Republican Sean Parnell suspended his U.S. Senate campaign Monday, saying he wanted to focus instead on his three children. The announcement came just hours after his estranged wife was given primary physical custody of the children and sole legal custody following a three-day trial. Parnell’s decision didn’t come as a...
Belle Vernon girls basketball looks to build on playoff season
The first year of the Kaitlyn Slagus era at Belle Vernon has to be viewed as a success. She inherited a young team, got the Leopards into the WPIAL playoffs and nearly advanced to the second round. The second season could bring even more successes as Slagus implements more of...
Judge rejects union challenge to Allegheny County employee vaccine mandate, denies injunction
A federal judge on Monday denied a request for a preliminary injunction by unions representing Allegheny County Jail corrections officers and county police officers challenging the county’s vaccine mandate for employees. That means the mandate, without any appeal, will take effect on Dec. 1. Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald had...
8 unruly airline passengers face more than $160,000 in fines
U.S. regulators proposed $161,823 in fines against eight airline passengers for alleged alcohol-related misbehavior, saying the rate of unruly behavior on flights “remains too high.” The highest penalty announced in a statement Monday was $40,823 against a traveler who flew Southwest Airlines Co. on April 15 from San Jose, California,...
The next Kyle Rittenhouse legal battle? The $2 million bail posted after his arrest
KENOSHA, Wis. — With the ink barely dry on his acquittals, Kyle Rittenhouse is expected to face another legal battle soon over the $2 million bail posted after his arrest. Rittenhouse’s attorneys filed a motion shortly after the verdict, arguing that the money should be given to the teenager because...
Judge refuses to remove former Pittsburgh restaurateur from house arrest before sex assault retrial
A judge on Monday refused to remove a former Regent Square restaurant owner from house arrest pending retrial on sexual assault charges. After hearing testimony regarding an incident involving Adnan Pehlivan from 2012, Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Anthony M. Mariani said that he believed keeping Pehlivan on home electronic...
‘Bigger than sports’: Former Steelers safety Robert Golden starts school in Fresno
Lots of professional athletes grapple with the idea of what they will do when their playing careers end. For Robert Golden, the answer was academic. Golden, who spent six seasons as a safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers before retiring in 2018, founded a tuition-free charter school in his hometown to...
How to safely roast a Thanksgiving turkey
From the TribLIVE archive, this story was first published on Nov. 14, 2017. Thanksgiving hosts have a lot to worry about when preparing the year’s most anticipated feast; lumpy gravy, broken wine corks, unexpected dinner guests. But while there are plenty of things that can go wrong, there is only...
Senate candidate Sean Parnell suspends campaign after losing custody battle
Hours after learning that a judge awarded primary custody of his three children to his estranged wife, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sean Parnell said he cannot continue with his campaign. “There is nothing more important to me than my children, and while I plan to ask the court to reconsider,...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss Steelers loss to ChargersVideo
Columnists Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 41-37 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday night on this edition of “Unfiltered” on TribLIVE’s Facebook page. “For a while the only thing that could stop the defenses was Matt Canada’s play-calling,” Benz says to open the show,...
Rep. Joanna McClinton: Federal bill invests in Pa.; state legislative leaders need to do the same
After four years of false starts and one year of hard work and compromise, there’s finally a federal bill that mirrors what we’ve been fighting for here in Pennsylvania. A bill that brings real money to our communities and creates jobs that cannot be outsourced. It includes investments to connect...
Penn State freshman QB Christian Veilleux shines in his debut vs. Rutgers
UNIVERSITY PARK — As late as Friday night ahead of Penn State football’s Saturday noon matchup with Rutgers, James Franklin didn’t know who his starting quarterback would be. The Nittany Lions were dealing with a team-wide sickness, and he thought there was a good chance the team would’ve had to...
Steelers vs. Chargers: What they’re saying in Los Angeles after win
Blown coverage. Blown calls Blown chances. Wait, that’s the storyline of the Pittsburgh Steelers in a 41-37 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. Here’s what the writers in California had to say about the wild ending and victory for the boys in powder blue. “The Steelers scored 27 points in...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s blunders
Dear Mr. President, I’d like to address a couple of blunders you made recently. First, the news about the U.S. and China working together to combat climate change. I seriously hope you don’t trust China to hold up its end of the bargain. If you do, I have a bridge...
