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Last Week: 8-2 (80%) Overall Record: 41-8 (84%) With the cancellation of games around the area this past week due to the coronavirus, the Birdie, whose desk is covered in old food wrappers, empty water bottles and year-old newspapers, went on a cleaning spree like no other. By the end...

Thursday WPIAL Class A Tri-County South Avella at Bentworth, 6 p.m. City League Brashear at Perry Traditional Acad., 7 p.m. Nonconference Carrick at Albert Gallatin, 7 p.m. Friday WPIAL Class 6A Canon-McMillan at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. (HSSN, 1020 AM) Hempfield at Central Catholic, ppd. Norwin at Mt. Lebanon, 7:30...

More opportunities for students. That’s the driving force that propels California University of Pennsylvania toward a proposed integration with Clarion and Edinboro universities. With the initial financial review completed and the initiative affirmed unanimously on Wednesday by the Board of Governors for Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education, the trio...

Regarding the article “Pittsburgh Bishop Zubik issues letter as pundits call Catholic vote ‘crucial’ to presidential race” (Sept. 24, TribLIVE), Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik mentions a problem with each candidate. President Trump is for the death penalty. Joe Biden is pro-choice. Since Trump has been in office, 84 convicted criminals...

I have been around since the time of Harry S. Truman, and I have voted in many presidential elections. I have voted either Democrat or Republican, depending on the candidate. I have seen good and bad presidents. However, I don’t believe any one of them has been as incompetent as...

In an Oct. 1 White House briefing, reporters John Roberts (Fox) and Paula Reid (CBS), in an apparent coordinated effort, turned the event into a circus by badgering press secretary Kayleigh McEnany with their claim “the president hasn’t denounced white supremacy,” despite him having done so numerous times. I think...

With his introduction of the PetFax Act, Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Peters, is leading a bill in Congress to protect animals from cruelty. This bipartisan legislation will not only help dogs, but improve transparency in the puppy-selling business by requiring pet stores to disclose where a puppy was bred, the puppy’s...

Is your non-profit organization going to have a fundraiser? Send information to The Stroller at least a week in advance to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Benefit truck and tractor pull set Saturday in South Buffalo The Kevin Haas Memorial Truck and Tractor Pull will be Saturday at...

Baldwin Borough Mayor David Depretis said that Baldwin Borough will have Halloween as normal. Trick-or-treat is 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31. Baldwin Twp. Residents can stop by the township building through Oct. 31 to pick up a pumpkin to decorate. There isn’t an official pumpkin decorating contest, but the township will...

Field hockey Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 2A Penn-Trafford 13, Woodland Hills 1 Class A Shady Side Academy 4, Ellis School 1 3 goals or more: Allyson Doran, Penn-Trafford; Emma Little, Penn-Trafford Football Thursday’s schedule WPIAL Class A Tri-County South Avella at Bentworth, 6 p.m. District 8 City League Brashear at...

Ben Esser had a goal and an assist to help No. 5 North Catholic to a 3-2 boys soccer victory Monday, handing No. 3 Quaker Valley its first loss of the season to move into a tie for first place in Section 4-2A. Andrew Maddalon and Will Kunzmann also scored...

A 28-year-old North Side woman died Tuesday when her vehicle struck a tree in Pittsburgh’s Perry South neighborhood. Shronda Watkins was identified as the driver in the crash, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said. The crash, which did not involve any other vehicles, happened at about 10 p.m. Tuesday,...

The Monessen football program will forfeit the remaining two games of the 2020 football season. After forfeiting last week’s game with Carmichaels, the Greyhounds have also called off games against West Greene on Friday and California on Oct. 23. Last week’s game was forfeited due to injuries and players being...

After heavy criticism over the way they let misinformation run wild on their platforms in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, social media companies gradually have been adopting stronger policies to stem the spread of misinformation. For the first time, Facebook and Twitter deployed those policies Wednesday against a...

The other day, we said that the various hurdles this year’s voting has been experiencing aren’t reasons to give up but challenges to overcome leading toward the 2020 elections. We stand by that — even though additional problems have cropped up since then. We already knew Westmoreland County was having...

The water in Derry is safe to drink again. The Derry Borough Municipal Authority lifted a boil water advisory on Wednesday that was put in place following a Sunday evening water main break. The break at the corner of East Second Avenue and South Chestnut Street caused some residents to...

An additional staff member at Sunrise Elementary School in the Penn-Trafford School District has tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total count to five, the district announced Wednesday. No positive student cases have been reported. Sunrise closed Oct. 8. It will stick with its plan of reopening Oct. 22 despite...

A local doctor has received an honor from the Department of Veterans Affairs for her innovations in education. Dr. Deborah DiNardo, 38, the director of women’s health at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and a resident of O’Hara, was awarded the VA’s 2020 David M. Worthen Rising Star Award. The national...

Duquesne is getting accustomed to sitting in the NCAA Basketball Tournament spotlight. The NCAA chose Duquesne on Wednesday to host the 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship first- and second-round games. The event will mark the seventh time since 1997 Duquesne has hosted tournament games, including the previously announced 2022 first...

As a Republican former member of Congress and member of Republicans for Integrity, I have been through many political campaigns, and I believe most Americans of all political views would agree that campaign rhetoric gets lower and lower every day. Now, as election ads dominate the airwaves, unbiased, factual information...

Federal criminal charges have been filed separately in Pittsburgh against two postal carriers accused of throwing away mail — including an application for a mail-in ballot and political advertisements. Both men are charged with delay or destruction of mail by a postal employee. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, on...

Kimberly-Clark has issued a recall of its Cottonelle Flushable Wipes and Cottonelle GentlePlus Flushable Wipes because they may be contaminated with bacteria. The wipes were made between Feb. 7 and Sept. 14. According to the Cottonelle website, the wipes may be contaminated with “a bacterium (Pluralibacter gergoviae) which naturally occurs...

Pennsylvania has always been an energy state. In fact, it ranks third in power production nationwide. It’s the nation’s second-largest natural gas producer and generates the second-most carbon-free nuclear power in the country. The state’s nuclear energy is a clean energy asset for Pennsylvanians. Unfortunately, the largesse of its other,...

Nearly 29,000 Allegheny County voters have received the wrong ballot because of a programming and printing error by the company hired to print and mail the county’s ballots, officials said Wednesday. Elections officials began hearing of the misprinted ballots on Friday, said Elections Division Manager David Voye. About 20 county...