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Southmoreland grinds out win against South Allegheny in Interstate Conference opener
Anthony Govern ran for three touchdowns and threw for two more in Southmoreland’s 33-19 victory over South Allegheny on Friday night at Russ Grimm Field in the Interstate Conference opener for both teams. Govern ran for 107 yards on 18 carries and passed for 160 on seven completions. Isaac Trout...
Kiski Area reaches 4-0 with rout of Connellsville
Last year, Kiski Area had to go to the final minute of play to defeat Connellsville by a single point. Friday night, it was a completely different story as the Cavaliers scored on six consecutive possessions and rolled to a 41-7 nonconference victory at Richard Dilts Stadium. Kiski Area is...
Laurel Highlands rallies to defeat Ringgold on Rams’ homecoming
Sometimes football is an unfair game, and sometimes it will frustrate you and bite you. For Ringgold, that was the story Friday night. The Rams dominated the yardage and time of possession, carrying out their gameplan of keeping the ball out of the Laurel Highlands playmakers’ hands. Landon Oslowski was...
Former Mylan executive from McDonald pleads guilty to insider trading
A former Mylan executive pleaded guilty Friday to insider trading that netted him more than $4 million. Dayakar Mallu, 51, now of Orlando, will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge W. Scott Hardy on Jan. 24. According to the plea agreement, Mallu faces a sentencing guideline range of 57 to...
High school roundup for Sept. 17, 2021: Latrobe’s Bell wins 3rd section title
Latrobe senior Jenna Bell won her third section singles title and second in a row when she defeated teammate Carolina Walters, 6-2, 6-1, in the Section 1-3A championship match Friday at Latrobe. Bell has also won three section doubles titles in her career. Franklin Regional’s Ellen Liu defeated Norwin’s Jenna...
Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus completes chemo, awaits next cancer scan
LOS ANGELES — Blink-182 singer and bassist Mark Hoppus has completed his latest round of chemotherapy but laments that being treated for cancer is his new normal. “Today I’m grateful to not be going in for chemotherapy,” the pop-punk musician tweeted Wednesday to his 2.7 million followers, noting it had...
Pittsburgh sinkhole bus passenger sues PWSA
The sole passenger on what has become known as the Downtown sinkhole bus filed a lawsuit against the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority on Friday, alleging that the entity should have been aware of the potential danger there from previous flooding. Michelle Goodlow, of Washington, is suing the authority for...
Crews responding to working fire in North Huntingdon
Firefighters are responding to a working house fire in North Huntingdon, according to a Westmoreland 911 emergency dispatcher. Crews responded to the 1900 block of George Circle shortly before 5 p.m. for reports of a possible bedroom fire. This will be updated as more information becomes available....
Jean Guerrero: QAnon conspiracy theory: The border variant
It was after dark at the border, and a U.S. Border Patrol agent used his body to shield a migrant father and child in his custody from Anthony Agüero, a Jan. 6 Capitol rioter who was trying to film them to spread QAnon-style propaganda about child sex trafficking at the...
ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit on returning to Penn State for Whiteout: ‘I think it’s going to be electric’
STATE COLLEGE — ESPN commentator Kirk Herbstreit has been a vocal advocate of the Penn State Whiteout as one of the best environments in all of college football. And the longtime analyst has the chance to experience it yet again this weekend when he calls Saturday night’s game between No....
Mark Compton: Turnpike users must pay fair share
Our goal at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is to collect all revenue that we generate. While leakage is an established part of the tolling business, as it is in any retail business model, it is something we take seriously. It has always been a part of tolling, even in a...
Portion of Route 910 to see intermittent short-term closures in Richland next week
Drilling operations on Route 910 in Richland will take place Sept. 20-23, weather permitting, PennDot announced Friday. Drilling operations will occur from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day on Route 910 between the Pennsylvania Turnpike overpass and Route 8. There will be intermittent short-term lane closures while crews from...
Pittsburgh director of mobility and infrastructure to join Biden administration
Pittsburgh’s director of mobility and infrastructure is leaving the city to take a role in Washington, D.C., with the Federal Transit Administration. Karina Ricks, who joined the city administration in February 2017, was the first to lead the then-newly created department. “As the very first Director of DOMI, Karina has...
Leslie Ford: We shouldn’t return to welfare as we knew it
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has all eyes on him. Again. This time it’s because he’s questioning his party’s line on whether work matters for people receiving welfare. He recently revealed his reservations with the Biden tax credit, which was transformed into unconditional cash grants: “There’s no work requirements whatsoever. There’s...
Healthy Men: The benefits of weightlifting
Sure-fire, get-in-the-best-shape-of-your-life-or-your-money-back fitness fads have been around for thousands of years. Just in my lifetime, I’ve seen boot camps, Bowflex, CrossFit, hula hooping, Insanity, Jazzercise, kettle bells, P90X, Pilates, pole dancing, spinning, Tabata — and that’s by no means a complete list. Over the years — centuries really — one...
Man to serve at least 26 years in prison for Hill District slaying
An Upper Hill man will serve 26 to 60 years in prison after he was sentenced Thursday for a 2018 shooting death. Montay Bailey, 32, of Upper Hill, was found guilty of third-degree murder and a firearms count in June following a non-jury trial before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge...
Haunted Hills Hayride in North Versailles to remain closed this weekend
The Haunted Hills Hayride will be closed this weekend, following a fatal shooting at the North Versailles attraction’s opening night on Saturday. Initially, the operators of the Hayride said they would be open this weekend, but they reversed course following a team meeting on Thursday, they said in a Facebook...
Quinn on Nutrition: Tips for finding the best breakfast
Reader RS sends this: “We read your column in our local paper and are wondering if you could give us suggestions for the best breakfast that has protein, fiber, tastes good(!), and is fairly quick/easy to prepare. Kashi isn’t doing it for us! Any ideas are most appreciated!” Glad to!...
Portion of Pierson Run Road in Plum to close for roadwork Sept. 28
Pierson Run Road from Saltsburg Road to Center Hill Road in Plum will be closed Sept. 28 between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. according to the Department of Public Works. The closure is to allow crews to work around manholes in the center of the road. The work is part...
Andrew Bacevich: Gen. Milley did the wrong thing for honorable reasons. We need new rules for starting nuclear war
A new book by journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa contains a singularly startling allegation. In the waning weeks of the Trump administration, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, twice called his counterpart, Gen. Li Zuocheng, of the People’s Liberation Army, offering assurances that the United...
Letter to the editor: We have responsibilities to each other
When I listen to the minority of Americans who are defiant and enraged anti-vacciners and anti-indoor-mask- wearers, I can’t help but think back to when I was a teenage boy, and I was listening to presidential candidate Robert Kennedy over my transistor radio saying that we need to talk about what...
Sewickley Public Library’s StoryWalk returns
Sewickley Public Library’s StoryWalk is back this fall. The library and its community partners invite the residents to visit one of the five fall Sewickley StoryWalk locations this September. These self-guided walking tours pair books with nature by placing storybooks along a walking path for all to enjoy. The upcoming...
Letter to the editor: If masks offer even slim protection, why not wear them?
As I read the articles on the efforts of parents and school districts to deal with the mask/no mask issue, I also read this information: More than a quarter-million children had new cases of covid in just the last week of August, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)....
The Stroller, Sept. 17, 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. Benefit drag queen bingo planned Sunday A drag queen bingo to benefit paralyzed Navy veteran Dan Hika of New Kensington will...
Letter to the editor: Thanks for support of district judge
To the residents of the Derry area: I want to thank all of you for the faith you showed in me over the last 30 years. Back in 1991 when I decided to run for the seat held by retiring Magisterial District Judge Michael Giannini, I could never have imagined...
