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Penn State made what very well could be its latest addition to a recruiting class in program history Tuesday night. Will its newest player be ready to compete for playing time this fall? Jordan van den Berg, a 6-foot-4, 279-pound defensive lineman from Iowa Western Community College by way of...

Carlynton Senior High School’s class of 2021 marched at Honus Wagner Stadium in Carnegie on June 4 to receive their diplomas. Valedictorian Reece Smith and salutatorian Evan Walker spoke, as did senior class president Natali Lutsiv. One of the smallest classes in the high school’s 50-year history, 79 students graduated....

Even though school might be out for summer, the issue of living with food insecurity doesn’t go away for many children. That worry remains high as more families endure financial struggles from the covid-19 pandemic, causing the food security rate in Southwestern Pennsylvania to hit 21%. That’s a 41% increase...

Baldwin High School’s class of 2021 graduated on June 8 during a commencement ceremony at Baldwin High School Stadium. The in-person ceremony was also live-streamed so that the community could watch the 350 students receive their diplomas....

Classes The YWCA Westmoreland County Technology Center, 424 N. Main St., Greensburg, will offer: • Yoga with Nancy Michaels – 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursdays, June 24 to July 29 • Microsoft Excel for Beginners – 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays, June 14, 21 and 28 and July 12 •...

Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan 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. A long-delayed upgrade of Pennsylvania’s computer system for unemployment benefits made a glitch-filled debut Tuesday, frustrating some jobless workers and confirming...

A recent graduate of Chartiers Valley High School is embarking on an exciting chapter as a young artist, showing one of her pieces at the Erie Art Museum. Olivia Prosek, 18, has been passionate about her art for several years. Her work, “Iris,” is showing in the 98th Annual Nicole...

NEW YORK — Couples in the U.S. are racing to the altar in a vaccination-era wedding boom that has venues and other vendors in high demand. With restrictions on large gatherings loosening, wedding planners and others who make the magic happen said they’ve started pushing their bookings into late 2022...

I enjoyed Lori Falce’s column “Pirates owe taxpayers better baseball” (June 4, TribLIVE). I had Penguins season tickets for 34 years. The Penguins have 41 regular-season games, two preseason games and two playoff games, equaling 45 games; with sold-out attendance of 19,000, that equals 855,000 tickets sold. The Steelers have...

The following is in response to John Miller’s letter defending the teaching of Critical Race Theory to children in our public schools. A fairly clear definition of CRT by UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs states in part: “CRT recognizes that racism is engrained in the fabric and system of...

It was great to see students and alumni speak out at the recent Greater Latrobe School Board meeting trying to save the German and French language programs (“Greater Latrobe plan to shift French, German instruction online draws protest,” May 26, TribLIVE). They were passionate and well prepared. It gives us...

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. Donations sought for telescope at VA Hospital The White Oak Knights of Columbus along with the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh...

The first hospital in Pittsburgh opened its doors in 1847, when the Sisters of Mercy built on their mission of aiding the sick. It has been 174 years, and, today, healing the sick and maintaining the healthy has become a billion-dollar industry in the region. On June 2, UPMC released...

I’ve always been interested in how our government functions, but during the covid lockdown in Pennsylvania I asked a lot of questions of our public officials as to why we were being shut down and why seemingly nothing could be done about it. I contacted my state senator, Kim Ward,...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 16-14) handled Nashville (Brewers), 6-1. RHP James Marvel started and allowed one run on four hits in 5.2 innings with five strikeouts. RHP Wil Crowe, RHP Tyler Bashlor and RHP Braeden Ogle each pitched a scoreless inning of relief. LF Anthony Alford went 2 for 4, hit his...

CARY, N.C. — It took the Seton Hill baseball team five innings to get its first hit against Angelo State at the Division II College World Series on Tuesday. But even after the Griffins’ bats finally awoke, the hits still didn’t come at the right times. Coach Marc Marizzaldi’s second-seeded...

High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Thursday’s schedule Neshaminy vs. Hazleton at Methacton, noon; Emmaus vs. La Salle College at Boyertown, 1 p.m. ; Spring-Ford vs. Hempfield at Bald Eagle Area, 4 p.m.; Central vs. North Allegheny at Bald Eagle Area, noon Class 5A First round Quarterfinals Thursday’s...

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would leave cities and towns that have tried to craft local gun control laws on the hook for all court costs associated with a successful court challenge to those ordinances. Carried by 112 of the 113 Republican votes and 12...

Austin Cote scored five goals to lead Mars to a 10-3 victory over Bishop Shanahan in the PIAA Class 2A semifinals Tuesday afternoon, making the Fightin’ Planets the first WPIAL lacrosse team, boys or girls, to reach the state championship game. Mars (21-0) will meet District 11 champion Allentown Central...

Pennsylvania parents have shown strong support for public schools during the covid-19 pandemic, which is a statewide trend that has been borne out at many local districts. Of parents who responded to a Pennsylvania School Boards Association poll April 20-26, 69% gave the school their child attends a grade of...

A man shot and wounded a would-be intruder Tuesday morning in Mt. Oliver Borough, according to police. The man, who police did not identify, was allegedly trying to force his way into a 19-year-old woman’s Ormsby Avenue apartment, Allegheny County Police Sgt. Matthew Mineard said in a statement. The shooting...

The Penn-Trafford School Board is expected to vote next week on a renovation project to remedy water damage on the roof of the high school. The project was mentioned in a school board information and committee meeting on Monday. According to Brett Lago, the district’s director of business affairs, the...

The Black Political Empowerment Project sent a letter Tuesday to the state Supreme Court’s Disciplinary Board seeking sanctions against Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. for a now-rescinded policy he issued last month banning his office from offering plea deals to a Black defense attorney. Zappala issued an...