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Franklin Park Estate of Raymond Henning sold property at 1776 Locust Road to Donald and Sharyn Lammers for $195,000. Jason Huzzard sold property at 2597 Matterhorn Drive to David Machesney and Jessie Modrall for $310,000. Lightner Properties LLC sold property at 2279 Rochester Road to Teresa Helene Jadhav for $295,000....

Edgeworth Patrick Reilly sold property at 320 Woodland Road to Neil and Brooke Napolitano for $625,000. Leet Michele L Slomka Foradori sold property at 7 Ambridge Ave. to Kari Gilbert for $110,000. Sewickley Riverstone Property Solutions LLC sold property at 913 Nevin Ave. to Philip and Katherine Diemert for $380,000....

Bridgeville Kimberly Aul trustee sold property at 953 Edna St. to Eric and Chelsey Cook for $138,000. Carnegie Donald Kaercher sold property at 215 Second Ave. to New Horizon Financial LLC for $65,000. William Streiff sold property at 409 Cubbage St. to Gina Leigh Thornberg for $152,500. Estate of Earl...

Baldwin Borough Estate of Wilbert Michael Kottler sold property at 382 Jean Drive to Nicholas Dorfner for $130,000. Almond H Hudson Maleski sold property at 2815 Waterman Ave. to Tylar Miller for $102,450. Estate of Paul Rollin sold property at 3521 Willett Road to Nicholas Feltovich for $90,000. Baldwin Township...

Field hockey PIAA playoffs Class 3A Quarterfinals Saturday’s result Emmaus 11, Honesdale 0 Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Emmaus at Central Bucks East, 2:30 p.m.; Pine-Richland at Central Dauphin, 5 p.m. Class 2A Quarterfinals Saturday’s results Archbishop Carroll 2, Villa Maria Academy 1 Southern Lehigh 1, Crestwood 0 (forfeit) Selinsgrove 3, Penn-Trafford...

WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden is expected to take a historic step and select a woman to head the Pentagon for the first time, shattering one of the few remaining barriers to women in the department and the presidential Cabinet. Michele Flournoy, a politically moderate Pentagon veteran, is regarded by...

Paige Miller had seven kills and Paige Morningstar added five aces and 25 assists as three-time defending state champion North Allegheny began its PIAA Class 4A girls volleyball playoff run with a 3-0 victory over McDowell on Saturday. The Tigers (16-0) rolled 25-8, 25-8, 25-12. Mia Tuman and Ella Deeter...

Free and fair elections are a relative novelty. Even in America, where we have always had a Republican democracy, for much of our history a relatively small portion of Americans could vote. It was not just that women and slaves lacked the franchise; most men could not vote, unless they...

We are now eight months into the covid-19 pandemic with little end in sight other than the promise of a vaccine ready for mass distribution sometime in the new year. This means that most Americans will need to make critical decisions about what to do for the upcoming holiday season...

Westmoreland County Commissioner Doug Chew has a point: There are rules for a reason. On Friday, the county’s Elections Board rejected 343 mail-in ballots that were improperly dated on the mailing envelope. Democratic Commissioner Gina Cerilli voted to count them. Chew and his Republican counterpart Sean Kertes declined to vote...

One of the most successful seasons in the history of the Penn-Trafford field hockey program ended with a 3-1 loss to District 4 champion Selinsgrove in the PIAA Class AA quarterfinals Saturday afternoon. Ava Hershberger scored, with Allyson Doran providing the assist, for Penn-Trafford. The loss was the first of...

Regarding Dr. Rachel Levine’s holiday advice (“Pa. health secretary urges that gatherings be limited to households”): Limit holiday gatherings to those within your own home? Will you be avoiding your elderly mother this holiday season, Dr. Levine? I will never forgive myself for following your advice this Easter. Many of...

Nursing homes have been talked about a great deal over the last eight months. Most of the talk has been alarming, as the first real outbreak of covid-19 happened at a long-term care facility in Washington state. The same location saw the first medical worker infected and the first U.S....

We all should be embarrassed by the actions of our state “leaders.” This administration has blundered ahead with stupid decisions concerning shutting down our businesses, raising taxes and now the election. Please recuse yourselves from this debacle and let the people run this state for the common good. Power from...

Every fall, hunters across our state enjoy Pennsylvania’s outstanding opportunities, from deer to upland birds to waterfowl. This annual ritual offers a chance for sportsmen and women to reconnect with the outdoors, make lifelong memories with family and friends, and fill the freezer for the year ahead. But even with...

Is your church or organization going to host a community holiday event? Send information to The Stroller as soon as possible to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Applications being accepted from veterans for free Christmas groceries Westmoreland County Marines will provide Christmas groceries to local veterans’ families in...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Another 6,439 Coloradans were diagnosed with covid-19 — nearly double Monday’s daily total, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced Friday, warning state residents who continue to ignore the virus’s threat that they were playing Russian roulette with their own lives and the lives of others. “You wouldn’t...

Field Hockey PIAA playoffs Class AAA Quarterfinals Saturday’s schedule Honesdale at Emmaus, 1 p.m. Class AA Quarterfinals Saturday’s schedule Archbishop Carroll at Villa Marie Academy, 1 p.m.; Southern Lehigh d. Crestwood, forfeit; Selinsgrove at Penn-Trafford, 1 p.m. Class A Quarterfinals Saturday’s schedule New Hope Solebury at Wyoming Seminary, 1 p.m.;...

CHICAGO — Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday defended her appearance last weekend when she joined a crowd celebrating the presumptive win of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. During a morning interview on MSNBC, the mayor was asked about joining revelers Saturday amid a spike in covid-19 cases in Chicago and...

Today is Friday the 13th and World Kindness Day, which just happens to be coincides King Friday the XIII’s birthday, which made it a perfect time for WQED to celebrate its third annual Cardigan Day. “King Friday’s birthday is celebrated every Friday the 13th, no matter how many there are...

The Republican candidate for state Senate running against incumbent Sen. Jim Brewster has filed a petition in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court to set aside 2,349 undated mail-in ballots. Unofficial vote totals Friday morning from Allegheny and Westmoreland counties showed Brewster, D-McKeesport, leading by 44 votes. Attorney Matthew Haverstick, who...

ATLANTA — Georgia’s manual recount began Friday morning as election workers reviewed the first of nearly 5 million ballots to confirm the outcome of the presidential race. The recount started at 9 a.m. and will last until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, resulting in a new, official count in the race where...

Laurel: To beautiful representation. Maybe Victoria Piekut isn’t Miss USA. She is still making her community proud. The Irwin woman and reigning Miss Pennsylvania USA competed for the crown in Memphis this week. She didn’t win. But she did show up, participate, represent her state and her home and do...

The Pittsburgh-based attorneys representing the Trump campaign in a federal lawsuit challenging the election results are seeking to withdraw from the case. Ronald L. Hicks Jr. and Carolyn B. McGee, who work for Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, filed the motion Thursday. The firm filed a lawsuit in the...