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Football PIAA playoffs Championships Class 6A Saturday’s schedule St. Joseph Prep (5-0) vs. Central York (10-0) at Hersheypark Stadium, 8 p.m. Class 5A Friday’s schedule Cathedral Prep (7-2) vs. Pine-Richland (10-0) at Hersheypark Stadium, 8 p.m. Class 4A Saturday’s schedule Jersey Shore (10-0) vs. Thomas Jefferson (9-1) at Hersheypark Stadium,...

Ryan Crombie and Nate Loughner each netted a hat trick as Penn-Trafford (3-1-0) picked up an 8-2 victory over Hampton (2-2-0) Tuesday night in a nonsection matchup of PIHL Class 2A teams at the top of the early season standings. Jack McKenzie added two goals for Penn-Trafford. Fox Chapel 8,...

Gov. Tom Wolf has set last call for alcohol Wednesday at 4:59 p.m., because at 5 p.m. on the biggest drinking night of the year, bars and restaurants have to stop pouring. The new order is aimed at cutting down on the spread of covid-19 over Thanksgiving. The Wolf administration...

Western Pennsylvania’s Republican congressmen, all ardent supporters of President Trump, are lying low in the wake of the administration’s decision to allow President-elect Joe Biden to formally begin the transition to power. U.S. Reps. Guy Reschenthaler of Peters Township, Mike Kelly of Butler, John Joyce of Blair County and Glenn...

Attorneys for Pennsylvania election and state government officials filed their response to a lawsuit by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Butler, and Republican congressional candidate Sean Parnell, calling their request to throw out the results of Pennsylvania’s general election “simply breathtaking.” “While draped in the driest of historical arguments, petitioners’ claim...

Monroeville police filed the following charges Nov. 17 and 19 with District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst. Charges were filed by Monroeville police: • Judith Cremone, 54, of Turtle Creek with retail theft. The charge was filed Nov. 17 in connection with an incident along the 4200 block of William Penn...

The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and Citrone 33 Foundation have announced a fundraising collaborative supporting the food bank’s mission to eliminate hunger. A family foundation, Citrone 33 is a strategic collective that focuses on philanthropy through thoughtful investing and social movements. Through the Embrace Pittsburgh initiative, supported by the...

A Catholic school in Monroeville will move to remote learning for two weeks after learning three people there have tested positive for covid-19. Divine Mercy Academy, located on Azalea Drive, announced the changes in a Monday news release. The move became effective Nov. 24. Students will return to in-person learning...

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 — A significant number of Pennsylvania municipalities are considering applying for a state program for the severely financially distressed, while...

The Republican challenger in the 45th Senatorial District that includes parts of Allegheny and Westmoreland counties has asked the state Supreme Court to reconsider its Monday order allowing undated mail-in ballots to be counted. Nicole Ziccarelli, of Lower Burrell, filed an emergency application for reargument Tuesday morning. She is running...

Amazon is doling out hiring bonuses as high as $3,000 to make sure it has enough people to squeak through the busy holiday shopping season. That’s stoking resentment among existing workers who recently got coupons for Thanksgiving turkeys as a thank you for their hard work. Social-media chatrooms where Amazon...

The Mario Lemieux Foundation announced its namesake will match all donations to the foundation up to $500,000 until Dec. 31 through an initiative dubbed “Mario Match.” Donations to the foundation benefit the Mario Lemieux Center for Blood Cancers and the Mario Lemieux Immunotherapy Center both at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center,...

At first blush, the Democrats prevailed, although with considerable nuance and caveats. Here’s a rundown. Vice President Joe Biden didn’t win the broad sweep of states that was advertised. But only the 270 Electoral College vote threshold, which he crossed, matters. Democrats didn’t win expected Senate seats, denying them a...

Monroeville District Court Judge Jeffrey Herbst handled these cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted: Held for court • Rufus Gray, 30, of Pittsburgh on charges of aggravated assault, making terroristic threats,...

Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca handled the following cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Charges were filed by Penn Hills police unless otherwise noted: Waived preliminary hearings • Bonny Miller, 24, of Bethel Park on charges of driving under the...

Plum District Court Judge Linda Zucco handled these cases recently in her courtroom. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Plum police: Waived preliminary hearings • Carmen Namie, 33, of Rostraver on charges of driving under the influence and...

President Vladimir Putin told fellow world leaders last week that both of Russia’s covid-19 vaccines, including one he championed as the world’s first inoculation against the disease, are safe and effective. That doesn’t mean he’s taken either of them. “We have not yet begun widespread vaccination and the head of...

Insanity is best defined as doing the same thing over and over and over, expecting different results each time. That President Trump and his bevy of so-called lawyers have now asked Georgia to recount the results of the state’s certified election for a third time clearly indicates to me that...

Question: We have a 10-year-old daughter who runs our family. We allowed her to begin dictating to us when she began talking and it’s just gone slowly downhill ever since. She manipulates us with shrieking tantrums, disrespect and downright refusal to do what we tell her to do. We must...

A man was arrested without incident early Tuesday after police say he forcibly took a woman inside their home during a domestic dispute. Pittsburgh police officers and SWAT operators responded to the 2700 block of Middletown Road in Crafton Heights around 3:30 a.m. Upon arrival, officials said they learned the...

Three juveniles were taken into custody early Tuesday after police say they were connected to an armed carjacking in Pittsburgh’s Fineview neighborhood. Pittsburgh police said a vehicle was stolen in the 1700 block of Belleau Drive around 5 p.m. Monday. Just before 1:20 a.m. Tuesday, officers spotted the vehicle on...

So here we are. A divided nation. As we have always been. We will never be “united.” That is how our republic (we are not a democracy) is designed. If we were all “united,” there would be no individual thought or freedom. Unity to the left means you must “think”...

The coronavirus pandemic is one big stew pot. The sometimes confusing information that emerges points to a lot of cooks stirring the soup. On the state level, there is the Pennsylvania Department of Health, which coordinates information from 67 counties — plus hospitals and nursing homes and personal care homes...

The Republican Party should fess up. They are not the self-styled party of Abraham Lincoln. During the Civil War and presidential election of 1864, the Republican Party of Lincoln outlined a platform of 11 principles. Among these planks: • Resolved, to “forever prohibit the existence of slavery within … the...