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In the middle of a weird season, Birdie makes Westmoreland County picks
Last week: 12-1 (92.3%) Season: 71-27 (72.4%) It’s time to get weird. Then again, what else is new in this column? The PIAA’s playoff footballs, soccer balls and volleyballs were stuck on a boat somewhere, and there was a chance they wouldn’t get here in time for the postseason. The...
2021 Western Pa. high school football schedule, broadcasts for Week 8
Thursday District 8 City League semifinals Allderdice at Brashear, Cupples Stadium, 7 p.m. Friday WPIAL Class 6A Canon-McMillan at Norwin, 7 p.m. Hempfield at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. (HSSN) Seneca Valley at Mt. Lebanon, 7:30 p.m. (HSSN, 1020 AM) Class 5A Allegheny 6 Bethel Park at Moon, 7 p.m. (HSSN**)...
The Birdie sees a doozy of an A-K Valley playoff tiebreaker on the horizon
Last week: 9-1 (90%) Overall: 58-25 (69.9%) The Birdie doesn’t want to alarm anyone, but there’s a potential doozy of a playoff tiebreaker brewing that involves local teams. “I’m not entirely sure,” Birdie said, rifling through his dog-eared copy of WPIAL football tiebreaking procedures. “but I think it might come...
Plum shakes off eligibility snafu, focuses on making playoffs
Plum’s week didn’t start out very well. The Mustangs hope it has a better ending. The WPIAL determined Monday that Plum used an ineligible player during two games earlier this season, with one being a conference game. But a victory over Armstrong on Friday night would keep the Mustangs in...
Blawnox man died after canoe capsized in the Allegheny River near Sharpsburg
A man who died after a canoe capsized near Sharpsburg Wednesday afternoon was identified as Ralph Raymond Fuchs, 64, of Blawnox, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. Greg Porter, Etna fire chief, said Fuchs’ body was recovered from the Allegheny River after dark. Sharpsburg police Officer Brian Hoebel said...
Here’s what you need to know about the White House plan to vaccinate children
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday announced plans to get young children vaccinated against covid-19, a move health officials say will help curb the pandemic, save lives and stabilize the economy. “We’re completing the operational planning to ensure vaccinations for kids ages 5 through 11 are available, easy and...
Pa. Commonwealth Court panel hears argument on masking in schools
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court heard more than 90 minutes of argument Wednesday on whether the state’s acting secretary of health had the authority in August to issue an order mandating the wearing of masks in all schools to prevent the spread of covid-19. The panel of five judges were considering...
Review: ‘The French Dispatch’ is a film of 4 quirky stories
There’s a line that Bill Murray’s Harold Ross-like character Arthur Howitzer Jr, the editor of The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun, says a few times in Wes Anderson’s new movie that I can’t stop thinking about. “Just try to make it sound like you wrote it that...
Noah Feldman: The wild card that could put court packing back on the table
It should be no surprise to anyone that the Biden administration’s commission on Supreme Court reform seems poised to offer recommendations that will not endorse packing the court. After all, the commission was born of Joe Biden’s desire during the presidential campaign not to commit himself to adding new justices....
Some North Hills races uncontested
Some North Hills municipal races are uncontested. In Ohio Township, newcomer Robert Huffmyer is the lone candidate on the ballot for a six-year supervisor term. Races in West View are also uncontested. Mayor John R. Henry is running for reelection unopposed. In the council race, incumbents William Aguglia, Bryan Kircher...
Stocks end higher, bringing S&P 500 to the cusp of a record
Solid earnings from health care companies helped send stocks higher on Wall Street Wednesday and pushed the benchmark S&P 500 to the brink of another record high. The market has been gaining ground as investors shift their focus to the latest round of corporate earnings. Stocks have been choppy for...
Food Podcast: Halloween and checking food labels for bad sugarsVideo
On the latest episode of the Food Podcast presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union on the TribLIVE podcast network, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank focuses on sugar. With Halloween right around the corner, kids, and lots of adults, will be eating a large amount of candy. “Halloween is a...
Greensburg Salem hockey in search of ‘next step’
Corey Mentch would love nothing more than to continue on the path he and his alma mater are taking. The third-year hockey coach at Greensburg Salem has revitalized a once-lowly program. That was evident last season when, despite a bit of a roller-coaster ride in their season, the Golden Lions...
Defense paves the way for another Freeport playoff berth
Freeport is getting set for another football postseason — which is nothing new. The school will be making its 31st trip to the WPIAL football playoffs, all coming since 1963. Freeport is the only Alle-Kiski Valley school to make the playoffs at least twice in seven straight decades. The Yellowjackets...
Erwin Chemerinsky: Biden’s death penalty hypocrisy
The Biden administration is hypocritical in simultaneously imposing a moratorium on the federal death penalty and urging that the Supreme Court reinstate the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Indeed, the Biden administration’s choice to defend capital punishment for Tsarnaev reflects the inherently arbitrary nature of death penalty...
Westmoreland happenings: kolache sale, card party and marching band championship
Church news • Christ Bearers Unite will sponsor a free online retreat at 2 p.m. Oct. 24 in honor of Judy Huber. There will be a slide show of Judy and pictures of past special needs retreats. The Rev. Larry Kiniry will be the speaker. Access information: Irene Perry, greenthumb103@gmail.com...
Cadet Brendan Moyer of Gibsonia, Citadel Class of 2022, wears the ring
Brendan Moyer of Gibsonia joins the thousands of alumni who proudly wear The Citadel class ring. More than 550 cadets, active duty and veteran students from the Class of 2022 were celebrated during the Ring Presentation Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 1, after marching across Summerall Field, directly into Summerall Chapel,...
Penguins pay tribute to retired announcer Mike LangeVideo
Longtime Pittsburgh Penguins announcer Mike Lange would greet viewers with “It’s a hockey night in Pittsburgh!” Well, on Tuesday, it was a “Mike Lange Night in Pittsburgh” as the Penguins honored the retired broadcaster throughout the Pens’ game against the Dallas Stars at PPG Paints Arena. Lange, who retired this...
For the good of Mankind: There’s a new woman-owned barbershop in Shaler
Breaking news: mullets are back in style! Since opening their barbershop on Aug. 30, Harley Dischner and Paige Reis have been cranking out the hairdos that are all business in the front, party in the rear. “I’m doing a perm on a mullet later today,” Reis says with a smile....
Letter to the editor: Parklet sale slap in face to those who worked to create it
I concur with Marco Sylvania’s letter “Questions about Greensburg parklet sale” (Oct. 12, TribLIVE). Did anyone truly look into this, or was it just easier to sell it? It is extraordinary to me that land sold for $18,000 in the mid-1980s, then updated with more than $20,000, could be so...
Brentwood council race has 8 hopefuls running for 4 seats
Eight candidates appear on the ballot for Brentwood council, vying for four open seats. According to the Allegheny County Office of Elections’ unofficial candidate list, incumbents AJ Doyle and Robert Pasquantonio will square off against newcomers Melissa Lenigan, Karen L. McWilliams, Stephen J. Thomas, Nicole M. Novak, Chris Fargotstein and...
Jim Rossman: Is upgrading your operating system worth it?
Last week I wrote about keeping your computer’s operating system up to date. I mentioned that you need to pay attention to software update notifications from your computer and keep current with major upgrades and minor updates. The minor updates can happen in the background automatically, but major updates require...
Editorial: School boards can defuse tension by following rules
Public schools don’t just teach the rules. They have to follow them, too. School districts have to fall in line with federal requirements regarding students with disabilities and equal opportunity for male and female sports teams. They have to measure up to state Department of Education demands about curriculum and...
The Stroller, Oct. 20, 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. Kiski Township Boy Scouts to host Haunted Trail Boy Scout Troop 589 of Kiski Township will host a Haunted Trail from...
Letter to the editor: Natural gas saves Pa. residents thousands
Pennsylvania homeowners, small businesses and manufacturers are realizing significant energy savings thanks to natural gas safely and responsibly produced across our region, key facts that were overlooked in the editorial “Why do Pennsylvanians pay higher price for energy?” (Oct. 3, TribLIVE). Natural gas is not priced globally, and therefore varies...
