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When I heard this on the news, I was stunned and had to see it in print: “We did not send him there to vote his conscience,” David Ball, chair of the Washington County Republican Party, told KDKA political editor Jon Delano. “We did not send him there to do...

One reads with interest Jonah Goldberg’s essay “Impeachment trials aren’t about proving criminal behavior” decrying how lawyer pundits discuss impeachment, a political process, in terms of criminal proceedings. But one need not be a President Trump supporter to recognize the danger in asserting that, during impeachment, Congress merely plays a...

Publicize your non-profit’s meetings, fundraisers and community events in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. East Vandergrift parish conducting raffle for beef, gift cards, freezer Our Lady, Queen of Peace Parish is selling raffle tickets for a Half...

High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 74, Pine-Richland 71, OT Section 3 Central Catholic 58, Greensburg Salem 15 Class 5A Section 2 Trinity 55, West Allegheny 42 Section 4 Highlands 65, Mars 52 Plum 43, Hampton 32 Shaler at Armstrong, ppd. Class 4A Section...

Aleppo Jetnet Corp. sold property at 505 North Drive to Rossco Partners LLC for $5,800,000. Leet Stephen Macurak sold property at 73 Beech St. to Emily Bennett for $152,750. Richard Watach sold property at 108 Main St. to Melinda Nicholson for $138,000. Dionna Kost sold property at 125 Oak St....

Pine Cavalier Land Partn. L.P. sold property at Unknown Address to NVR INC for $294,376. NVR INC sold property at Unknown Address to Alexander Jospeh Kubicek and Roslyn Michelle Wells for $323,610. NVR INC sold property at Unknown Address to Owen McGrann and Audra Stanton for $351,490. Yue Wu sold...

Bellevue Estate of Michael Frawley Jr. sold property at 252 Dakota Ave. to Thomas Beerman for $80,000. Home Buying Solutions Inc. sold property at 573 Dawson Ave. to Elizabeth Holverson for $195,000. SnO Properties LLC sold property at 25 S Sprague Ave. to Lucarini Properties LLC for $102,000. Donald Pelissier...

Bridgeville Megan Lee Enterprises Inc. sold property at 829 McLaughlin Run Road to Lexin Shan and Nikki Lui for $61,000. Brandon Jones sold property at 230 Ramsey Ave. to Brandon and Ashley Tardio for $167,000. Kenneth Gillim sold property at 987 Ridge Road to Kenneth and Sherri Gillim for $105,000....

Baldwin Borough Gordon Sullivan sold property at 834 Becks Run Road to Carrick Pittsburgh Properties L.P. for $55,000. Thomas Bigley sold property at 3483 Brickley Drive to Timothy Lewis for $234,000. Brandon Godesky sold property at 340 John St. to Michael George Gillespie Jr. and Kristy Marie Gillespie for $240,000....

In a battle of the top-ranked girls basketball teams in the WPIAL’s top two classes, Alyssa Clutter hit five 3-pointers and scored 21 points to lead Class 5A No. 1 Trinity past Class 6A No. 1 North Allegheny, 59-56, on Saturday. Courtney Dahlquist added 17 points for Trinity (15-1), which...

Highlands reached a milestone Saturday afternoon, securing a school-record fourth consecutive section title. And the Golden Rams did it against a long-time nemesis. Highlands defeated Mars in a Section 4-5A make-up game, 65-52, sweeping the season series against the Planets. Before this season, Mars had a 15-game winning streak against...

For the first time since 1984, the WPIAL will hold an open basketball tournament. In other words, any team that wants to get in can. The playoff brackets are scheduled to be distributed Tuesday, with action expected to begin Saturday. For now, let’s take a look back at the tournament...

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 — When Pennsylvania passed a new formula to distribute money for public schools in 2016, it was hailed as a...

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s letter to Gov. Tom Wolf calling for the “immediate” inoculation of teachers, although well-intentioned, looks only at the proposed benefits without the associated costs (“Peduto asks Gov. Wolf to vaccinate Pennsylvania teachers immediately”). This approach will have dire consequences. The covid-19 data shows a clear relationship...

The man who picked me up at an airport too many years ago to recall the date asked if I had ever heard of a guy named Rush Limbaugh. When I said I had not, he turned on the car radio and said, “listen.” After 15 minutes I was hooked....

President Biden has gone against what recent presidents (and some congressmen) talked about on the subject of immigration reform. President Trump was the only one who did something about it. If you search “Where does Trump get his dumb ideas?” on YouTube, you will see Trump watching Sen. Dianne Feinstein...

Presidential Scholar candidate Pine-Richland High School senior Rebecca Peng has been named one of more than 4, 500 candidates in the 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The candidates are selected from nearly 3.6 million students expected to graduate from U.S. high schools this year. She is the daughter of Jacob...

The following students from the North Hills area were recognized for their academic achievement during the fall 2020 semester by being named to the dean’s, president’s or provost’s list at the college or university they attend: • Ithaca College: Sydney Keller • Westminster College: Savanna Wright of Jefferson Hills, Nicholas...

Fox Chapel Area High School librarian Laura Ward was selected as a member of the 2020-2021 Pennsylvania School Librarians Association (PSLA) Leadership Institute for School Librarians (LISL). Ward will receive professional development, training and strategic planning guidance on the topics of equity, diversity and inclusion. The goal is to assist...

Regarding the article “Gov. Wolf seeks income tax hike to pay for big increase in school funding”: Anyone with a modicum of common sense can envision Gov. Tom Wolf’s MO in his proposal for a massive tax increase. There is no funding crisis simply because Tom Wolf proclaims it to...

The quality of our natural world and the health and well-being of human beings are inextricably linked. Climate change represents a threat to these at both a local and global level. Methane is the primary energy component in natural gas, used for everything from home heating to generating electricity, but...

Priority groups were a necessity for starting the vaccine rollout efficiently in Pennsylvania, especially given the fact there aren’t enough doses to go around. But as the rollout progresses, some experts say the guidelines are slowing distribution when strictly followed. “The question is: Is it becoming an obstacle to getting...

Publicize your non-profit’s meetings, fundraisers and community events in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. New Caring Cabinet opens in Oakmont Oakmont United Methodist Church, 419 Maryland Ave., has a new Caring Cabinet for those in need. The...

High schools Basketball Boys Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland 73, North Allegheny 47 Seneca Valley at North Hills, ppd. Section 2 Mt. Lebanon 66, Canon-McMillan 36 Section 3 Norwin 67, Greensburg Salem 21 Class 5A Section 1 Laurel Highlands 58, Thomas Jefferson 56 Connellsville 49, West Mifflin...