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High school roundup for May 22, 2021: Clement brothers lead Butler past Mt. Lebanon
Madden Clement tossed a complete-game three-hitter while his brother, Mattix, went 3 for 4 with two RBIs to lead No. 5 Butler to a 5-1 victory over No. 4 Mt. Lebanon in the WPIAL Class 6A baseball quarterfinals Saturday. Madden Clement struck out five and walked one, giving up Mt....
Franklin Regional tops Mars in suspended Class 5A playoff game
A WPIAL Class 5A baseball quarterfinal between top-seeded Franklin Regional (17-1) and No. 8 Mars (13-7) that started Friday night had to be finished Saturday afternoon after a bank of lights went out at North Allegheny. The delay did not bother Franklin Regional’s Chris Pagano and Timmy Quinn. Pagano was...
George Guido: Fox Chapel hall welcomes new class
A person who showed leadership skills during his high school years and parlayed that into a 6-1/2 year tenure as an Army Ranger will be among six inductees at this year’s Fox Chapel Area School Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet. The 24th event will take place June 5 at...
Police: Woman riding on the Parkway East fatally shot by gunman in another car
A woman riding in a car on the Parkway East was shot to death early Saturday when someone in another car shot into her car multiple times, state police said. Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Jasmine Guest, 24, of Monroeville. Police say her death was a...
Downtown Minneapolis shooting leaves 2 dead, 8 injured
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis reeled anew at another outbreak of carnage Saturday after three people were killed in overnight shootings, two of them at a downtown nightclub where eight others were also wounded. The gunfire, which erupted about 2 a.m. outside the Monarch nightclub at 322 N. 1st Av., came just...
Experts say Pa.’s 2021 primary was typical, but GOP lawmakers are seizing on issues
This article is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan reporting project covering local election integrity and voting access. This article is available for reprint under the terms of Votebeat’s republishing policy. HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s primary hardly resembled the election of six months ago, when local officials were furiously counting millions...
Cynthia Fisher: Hospital price disclosures reinforce importance of price transparency
The Biden administration has begun enforcing the hospital price transparency rule that took effect at the beginning of the year. Recent research published in Health Affairs finds that only about one-third of large hospitals are complying with the order. The rule requires hospitals to post their real prices, including their...
Sounding off: Lincoln’s Lyceum Address is enlightening
I’d like to encourage everyone who reads this to please look up on Google or YouTube the 1838 Lyceum Address by Abraham Lincoln. It was written 23 years before the Civil War. Similar to today, tensions were high, and there was much unease. Lincoln warned the nation of immense harm...
Alexandra Wilkes: Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about how mental health impacts our overall wellness. It’s a time to shine a spotlight on available resources, educate the public, and advocate for policies that focus on the needs of people with mental illness and their families. Most...
Letter to the editor: Another tax increase in Latrobe
So the Greater Latrobe School Board wants a tax increase (“Greater Latrobe to consider tentative 1-mill tax hike, $57.7M budget,” May 12, TribLIVE). Try to live within your budget, like all the senior citizens in the school district have to do. Enough is enough. Unfortunately, we can’t just pass on...
Letter to the editor: Biden is taking us backward
I believe Joe Biden is intent on taking this country back to a time when Democrats’ policies destroyed the family unit. During a 2019 campaign event, Biden referred to himself as the “savior around the world.” He touted a plan to force American taxpayers to fund abortion through Planned Parenthood....
The Stroller, May 22, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, 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. GriefShare program offered in Leechburg First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Leechburg, will host a 13-week GriefShare support group from 6 to 8 p.m....
Editorial: A clear rejection of solitary confinement in Allegheny County Jail
Tuesday’s election was heavy on ballot questions. The ones that tended to gain the most attention were the two at the top — statewide proposals to fence in the emergency powers of the governor; those amendments passed by a close 53% to 47%. Another amendment that would protect people from...
Letter to the editor: Dollar stores and the Green New Deal
Our plethora of dollar stores have improved everyone’s life so much I can’t withhold gratitude. I have purchased skin care products that reduced acne. Serious medical problems too personal to go into have been treated successfully with dollar store frankincense and myrrh. Poison ivy. ’Roids. Bicycle injuries. All treated with...
Pirates farm report for May 21, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 10-5) beat St. Paul (Twins) 6-4 in 10 innings. SS Kevin Kramer hit a two-out, two-run home run in the top of the 10th and RHP Jandel Gustave held St. Paul scoreless in the bottom of the inning. It was Kramer’s second home run of the season. He...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 22, 2021: Storied programs meet in 6A baseball
Central Catholic faces Hempfield, Mt. Lebanon meets Butler, and Norwin battles Seneca Valley in three of the four Class 6A quarterfinals baseball games slated for Saturday afternoon. They’re six schools with great baseball traditions that have only missed the playoffs a handful of times in the last decade and a...
High school scores, summaries and schedule for May 21, 2021
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Friday’s results Upper St. Clair 4, Canon-McMillan 3 Quarterfinals Saturday’s schedule North Allegheny (17-3) vs. Upper St. Clair (9-9) at Shaler, 2:30 p.m.; Mt. Lebanon (11-7) vs. Butler (13-6) at Shaler, noon; Norwin (13-3) vs. Seneca Valley (11-8) at West Mifflin,...
High school roundup for May 21, 2021: Serra Catholic tops Laurel in pitchers’ duel
Nico Eremic led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a triple and scored on a Michael Schanck groundout to lead No. 4 Serra Catholic to a 1-0 victory over No. 5 Laurel in a WPIAL Class 2A baseball quarterfinal pitchers’ duel Friday afternoon. Zack Karp threw a five-hit...
Penn-Trafford baseball team rallies from 5-0 deficit, but West Allegheny wins on walk-off walk
After trailing by five runs in the first inning, Penn-Trafford worked its way into a lead and needed three more outs to record a Class 5A quarterfinal win. But West Allegheny rallied for a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh to pull out a 7-6 victory on...
Correctional officers charged with sleeping night of Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide dodge jail time in proposed deal
NEW YORK — Two federal correctional officers accused of sleeping on the job and browsing the internet the night Jeffrey Epstein hanged himself will dodge jail time under a proposed deal with prosecutors. Tova Noel and Michael Thomas will complete 100 hours of community service and be under pretrial supervision...
Freeport hires new coaches for boys basketball, boys soccer
Two new coaches will be on the sidelines at Freeport next school year. The Freeport Area School Board on Thursday night hired Tahlon Kirkland to lead the boys soccer program and Sean Devinney to coach the boys basketball team. Both will be among the WPIAL’s younger coaches as Kirkland is...
Allegheny County Jail guard charged in federal court with having sawed-off shotgun
The Allegheny County correctional officer accused in state court of taking illicit drugs into the jail for sale was charged Friday in federal court with possessing a sawed-off shotgun. Lewis Bagnato, 32, of Kennedy was charged by the U.S. Attorney’s office with possession of a weapon made from a shotgun...
Ohio man gets $2.75 million after botched foot surgery leads to leg amputation
The federal government will pay an Ohio man $2.75 million for a botched surgery at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System that led to the amputation of his leg. Darwin Gurto, 58, of Pierpont, Ohio, initially was seen at the VA’s Podiatry Clinic in February 2015 for pain in his left...
Injunction seeks to halt repair of railing that gave way where man died at Duquesne Incline
The parents of a man who fell to his death on West Carson Street early Sunday morning are seeking an emergency injunction to halt the replacement of the railing they said he fell through. Brandon James Boburka, 22, of Coraopolis, died after falling in the 1200 block of West Carson...
Franklin Regional boys tennis falls in PIAA quarterfinals
The Franklin Regional boys tennis team’s remarkable season came to an end in the PIAA Class 3A quarterfinals with a 4-0 loss to District 1 champion Lower Merion on Friday at Hershey Racquet Club. Lower Merion won at No. 2 and 3 singles and No. 1 and 2 doubles. The...
