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There’s no disguising Birdie’s ability to pick Westmoreland County winners
Last week: 8-4 (66.7%) Season: 79-31 (71.8%) With a fingernail flick, a piece of candy corn soars across the office and hits a copy editor on the back of the head. “It’s good!” the Birdie shouts, raising his fists into the air and disturbing a lifestyles writer and a news...
2021 Western Pa. high school football schedule, broadcasts for Week 9
Friday WPIAL Class 6A Central Cath. at Canon-McMillan, 7 p.m. Mt. Lebanon at Baldwin, 7 p.m. North Allegheny at Seneca Valley, 7 p.m. (HSSN) Norwin at Hempfield, 7 p.m. (HSSN, 107.1 FM) Class 5A Allegheny 6 Moon at West Allegheny, 7 p.m. (HSSN, 92.1 FM, 1460 AM) Peters Township at...
The Birdie writes the perfect pregame speech before making A-K Valley Week 9 picks
Last week: 12-1 (92.3%) Overall: 70-26 (72.9%) This is a big week in high school football. No point denying it. For many teams, it’s win or go home. A playoff spot hangs in the balance. For others, it’s about momentum heading into the playoffs. For still others, it’s the last...
Stakes are high for clash between Freeport, Deer Lakes
A year ago, Deer Lakes was putting its equipment away after enduring an 0-7 season. Now, the Lancers are hoping to keep their gear handy for a while. Deer Lakes has emerged as a WPIAL playoff contender from the Class 3A Allegheny 7 Conference. It’s win-and-you’re-in Friday as the Lancers...
Powerful special interests are pouring millions into Pa. Supreme Court race
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Labor unions, lawyers, and a political committee with ties to a billionaire advocate for school choice are underwriting the...
Sheriff: Lead bullet fatally struck ‘Rust’ cinematographer; 500 rounds of ammo recovered on setVideo
SANTA FE, N.M. — Authorities have determined that the projectile that fatally wounded cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was a lead bullet, one of roughly 500 rounds of ammunition recovered from the set of the film “Rust,” Santa Fe County authorities announced Wednesday. During a news conference, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan...
Duquesne’s men’s basketball team ranked 11th, women’s 9th in A10 preseason poll
The Duquesne men’s basketball team was picked to finish 11th in the Atlantic 10 preseason poll released Wednesday. Defending A10 champion St. Bonaventure was a unanimous pick at No. 1, followed by Richmond, Saint Louis, VCU and Dayton. The Bonnies (16-5 in 2020-21), who return all five starters, are ranked...
St. Emma’s to host Lantern Saint Tour on monastery grounds Friday
Greensburg Catholic Schoolhouse and St. Emma Monastery on Friday will host the first Lantern Saint Tour. The lantern-lit walking tour around the grounds of the monastery, located at 1001 Harvey St. in Hempfield, will feature live saint portrayals in honor of the feasts of All Saints and All Souls. All...
Federal prosecutor nominated to become U.S. Attorney in Pittsburgh
President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated a current federal prosecutor to become U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Cindy K. Chung, 46, has been with the office in Pittsburgh since 2014. She has served as deputy chief of the major crimes section and acting deputy chief of the...
Editorial: The high price of even higher gas taxes
High gas prices are not exactly new to Pennsylvanians, but this is ridiculous. Maybe back in September, $3.33 a gallon seemed like the highest they could get, but here we are in October with prices up to $3.50 a gallon. For those wondering, it hasn’t cost that much to fill...
Editorial: Legislature legal bills should be open
There is a time-honored, court-supported concept of privacy when it comes to dealings between a person and lawyer. It’s an idea that extends to lots of areas of the law. You are guaranteed that your conversations with counsel will be as sacred as a Catholic confessional booth whether you are...
Woodland Hills officials investigate social media threats, students return to remote learning
Woodland Hills High School administrators said Wednesday that they received notice that a student threatened on a live social media post to bring a gun to school. Later in the day, school officials said that students would return to remote learning Thursday and Friday. Fights inside the school prompted the...
Exacerbated by pandemic, child care crisis hampers economy
SEATTLE (AP) — After Bryan Kang’s son was born in July, the occupational therapist and his wife, a teacher, started looking for child care in the Los Angeles area. The couple called eight daycare centers: Some didn’t have spots for months; others stopped taking their calls and some never answered...
Hempfield girls golf team savors successful 1st season, plans encore
Like trying to fly a ball out of a deep bunker, Katie Miller Gee took a bit of a blind swing this year. But, as she has done often in her life, it seems like she just might have hit an impressive shot. Miller Gee is the first coach of...
Alumni from Leechburg’s last playoff trip in 1988 following Blue Devils’ success
The longest WPIAL football playoff drought was extinguished Friday night with Leechburg’s decisive, 66-6 rout over Imani Christian. The Blue Devils will be in the WPIAL Class A playoffs for the first time since 1988, when Leechburg finished in second place in the Eastern Conference and traveled to Lawrence County,...
Chris Bayless: Stash house raids crucial to keeping cities safe
Call it the “stash house” tactic — a group of hardened criminals with tough backgrounds are invited to rob a location where dealers keep their drugs. They know it’s a good opportunity because robbing dealers always is — dealers don’t call the cops when they get ripped off. The robbers...
Food Podcast: UPMC health team is critical in identifying food insecurityVideo
On the latest episode of the Food Podcast presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union on the TribLIVE podcast network, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank talks with UPMC Health Plan about its efforts to address food insecurity. UPMC Health Plan is a large donor to the Food Bank’s Grow Share Thrive...
Penn State coach James Franklin discusses changing agents, Sean Clifford’s health
Penn State football coach James Franklin continues to be connected to openings at places such as LSU and USC, and a report Monday that he changed agents added fuel to that fire. Franklin, however, said that change was not something that happened recently. “(I’m) completely focused on our season and...
Westmoreland happenings: blood drive, Election Day food drive and comedy night
Art • Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 221 N. Main St., Greensburg, will host, “In Conversation: Curator Talk,” with Melissa Wolfe and Barbara Jones at 7 p.m. Oct. 28. The event is free, though registration is required. Registration: visit the events section at thewestmoreland.org Blood drive • White Valley AMVETS...
Lynn Schmidt: Curbing violence one dad joke at a time
People ask me all the time why I consider myself a conservative. I can actually answer that easily in just two words: personal responsibility. There is a group of dads in Louisiana who are a wonderful example of just what I mean. A Shreveport, La., high school experienced three violent...
U.S. says Assange won’t face supermax prison if extradited
Julian Assange won’t face solitary confinement or supermax prison in Colorado if he’s jailed in the U.S., as lawyers for the country argued his extradition shouldn’t have been blocked by a London judge on mental health grounds. The U.S. laid out several assurances over his potential confinement and access to...
Letter to the editor: What if Trump had won?
As Pennsylvania faces the potential disgrace inflicted on Arizona with Republican elected officials pushing yet additional expensive audits of the Nov. 3, 2020, vote and seeking possession of personal information about millions of the state’s voters, does anyone have any uncertainty about why this is happening? If you do, ask...
Pa. Lottery awards ‘humongous’ 10-year contracts that will modernize its business
The Pennsylvania Lottery is about to undergo a modernization with new equipment, new signage and a new app. The changes will be rolled out over the course of the coming year as part of the recent execution of the commonwealth’s most lucrative technology contracts to Las Vegas-based Scientific Games Corp....
Letter to the editor: Biden’s role in high fuel prices
Paul Guggenheimer’s story ”Don’t expect to see a price break at the pump anytime soon in Western Pa.” (Oct. 22, TribLIVE) gives a lot of weak reasons for the high, and climbing, cost of fuel. Why is there no mention of the damage to our country’s economy and security caused...
Letter to the editor: Neighbors deserve support, not ridicule
We moved to Sewickley nearly eight years ago now. My wife is from the region, but not the community. When friends and family at my forever home of the Jersey Shore ask how I like living in Pittsburgh, I always answer, “I like living in Sewickley,” and proceed to let...
