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A bid by the Trump campaign to stop the vote count in Philadelphia over observer access has been denied by a federal judge. According to the Associated Press, U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond has urged the sides to develop an agreement that allows the final ballots to be tallied...

Belle Vernon enters the WPIAL Class 4A semifinals facing what is likely its toughest test of the season. The No. 4 Leopards (6-1) hit the road to take on the top seed, Aliquippa (8-0). There’s a much longer history of WPIAL playoff performances by Aliquippa, but Belle Vernon has made...

Laurel: To doing your duty. Some people plan to vote but don’t get around to it because they get busy or they don’t feel well or the weather isn’t nice. But some people really put in the effort. Megan Walker of Tarentum is one of those committed voters who doesn’t...

A weeklong search to find a missing 14-year-old in Northern California’s Calaveras County has ended after authorities discovered a trapdoor leading to a makeshift sleeping area under a home where the girl had gone to spend the night and found the teen hiding in a closet, sheriff’s officials said. Three...

Last week: 4-0 (100%) Season: 68-21 (76.4%) With only three local teams left in the WPIAL playoffs, the Birdie is savoring the moment. But he also is saving funds. “It’s incredible to have Penn-Trafford, Belle Vernon and Jeannette in the semifinals,” said the Birdie, who is 13-0 picking games the...

Last week: 4-1 (80%) Overall record: 63-12 (84%) The Birdie was flustered as he was getting ready for Friday night’s semifinal football games. “Honey! Where are my driving gloves?” the Birdie screamed to Mrs. Birdie as he dug through a bin in the basement. After two teams were knocked off...

Friday WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship • Central Catholic (5-2) vs. North Allegheny (6-0) at North Hills, 7 p.m. (HSSN, 1020 AM) Class 5A Semifinals • Penn-Trafford (6-1) at Pine-Richland (7-0), 7 p.m. (HSSN*, 107.1 FM) • Peters Township (7-0) at Gateway (5-0), 7 p.m. (HSSN*, 95.3 FM) Class 4A...

The Level Green Lions Club will hold a pancake and sausage breakfast from 7 a.m. to noon Nov. 14 at the Level Green Community Building, 123 Murrysville Road. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for children, and will be available at the door. Veterans are invited to attend for...

As we know by now, 2020 looks a little different. This year’s version of different includes the WPIAL football playoffs, as not all classifications are on the same postseason schedule. Chick’s Picks was attempting to set her crystal ball’s parameters for this week’s predictions, which included one championship game and...

Boy Scout Troop 284 of Irwin is selling Pie Shoppe pies for Thanksgiving and luminaria for Christmas. The deadline for ordering pies is Nov. 14 and drive-thru pickup will be at the First Presbyterian Church of Irwin, Main Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, between 4 and 6 p.m. Nov. 25. The...

Facing mounting legal pressure for classifying their vast workforces as contractors rather than employees, gig economy companies put forth what they argued was a better solution — one that would provide some benefits to workers without forcing them to alter their business model. On Tuesday, gig economy companies got their...

David Francis struggled with drug addiction his whole life, using heroin for the first time at age 9. He served in the Navy during the Vietnam War, and held a variety of jobs, including as a commercial boat captain and semi-pro baseball player. Following several years of sobriety, in January...

The finish is in sight. Allegheny County officials said late Wednesday that about 90% of mail ballots had been scanned and counted, with about 35,413 such ballots still needing to be tabulated out of the 348,485 returned in all. Elections staff reported having scanned 313,072 mail ballots. That brings the...

I agree with taking down Columbus’ statue because the taxpayers will be saved millions of dollars. No city or county or federal employee will be off that day, right? I mean, surely we wouldn’t give a day off to government employees to celebrate a mass murderer, right? Peter A. Mamula...

In 2017, my wife and I purchased a new car. The dealer gave us a new license plate. Within the next year, we noticed that the plate was starting to peel in strips. In August, the service manager at the dealer told us the car did not pass the yearly...

High air pollution might pose a problem for vulnerable groups in Allegheny County Thursday, especially those in Liberty, Clairton and the surrounding area, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. The department issued a Code Orange air quality alert for particulate matter for Thursday. Rapidly rising temperatures Thursday morning...

The first full week in November is National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week. Animal shelters provide much-needed services to keep our communities healthy and safe. Animal shelters provide a bridge between homeless animals and people wanting to share their lives with an animal. We are very fortunate in the Alle-Kiski Valley...

Pittsburgh Police are looking for a teenage girl who has been missing since Wednesday afternoon, according to the city Department of Public Safety. Helen Bray, 14, was last seen in the 2800 block of Neeld Avenue in the city’s Beechview neighborhood around 2 p.m. Wednesday. Police do not have a...

Is your church or organization going to host a food drive or free Thanksgiving Dinner? Send information to The Stroller as soon as possible to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Harrison church to offer holiday grief support session Christ Our Hope Anglican Church, Harrison, will offer, “Surviving the...

Field hockey WPIAL playoffs Class 3A Championship Wednesday’s result Pine-Richland 3, Peters Township 0 Football WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Friday’s schedule Central Catholic (5-2) vs. North Allegheny (6-0) at North Hills, 7 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Friday’s schedule Penn-Trafford (6-1) at Pine-Richland (7-0), 7 p.m.; Peters Township (7-0) at...

North Allegheny School Board vice president Andrew J. Chomos has been appointed to the role of chief operating officer for The Bradley Center, a non-profit residential treatment facility and K-12 school in Pittsburgh’s Robinson Township that specializes in helping children who are recovering from the effects of abuse, trauma, and...

A couple of football seasons ago, Bob Collet was tailgating at a Steelers game with his 1999 Dodge Ram van. Collet’s son-in-law suggested that it would be nice if the van was black and gold in keeping with the Steelers’ spirit. Karen Brown, a member of the Baldwin-Whitehall School Board,...

Freshman Lily Karsman scored the winning goal in overtime, leading No. 3 North Catholic (12-2-1) to a 2-1 victory over No. 2 Shady Side Academy (12-1) in a WPIAL Class 2A girls soccer semifinal match Thursday night. Senior Grace Billmann scored in the first half for North Catholic, the defending...

Two women in South Fayette are proving that there is beauty to be found even in the midst of a global pandemic. Christina Conti and Chelsea Roth, two young entrepreneurial hairdressers, are giving the area some “R and R” with their new salon, Roth & Rose LLC. “It wasn’t time...