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High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 12, 2021

High schools Basketball Boys Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 North Hills 60, North Allegheny 41 Pine-Richland 79, Seneca Valley 59 Section 2 Peters Township 51, Canon-McMillan 45 Upper St. Clair 68, Bethel Park 58 Baldwin at Bethel Park, ppd. Mt. Lebanon at Upper St. Clair, ppd. Section 3...
High school roundup for Feb. 12, 2021: North Allegheny wins battle of girls basketball titans

Jasmine Timmerson scored 18 points and freshman Kellie McConnell had all 11 of her points in the second half to lead North Allegheny to a 61-59 victory over Chartiers Valley in a clash of top WPIAL girls basketball programs Friday night. Lizzy Groetsch scored 13 points and Emma Fischer hit...
Fox Chapel beats Central Catholic, runs win streak to 10 games

A strong second quarter by Eli Yofan, one of the WPIAL’s leading scorers, propelled Fox Chapel to a key Section 3-6A home victory over Central Catholic. It was the 10th consecutive victory for the Foxes, now 7-1 in the section and 12-2 overall. Central Catholic fell to 9-5, 3-4. Yofan...
Pittsburgh bald eagles lay 1st egg of 2021; marks 9th year nesting on Hays hillsideVideo

The Pittsburgh Hays female bald eagle laid her first egg of the season Friday evening. A live nest cam captured the egg for the first time shortly before 6 p.m. The female eagle returned to the nest just before 5 p.m., then ate “a food gift brought by the Hays...
Man held for trial in connection with shooting of McKeesport officerVideo

The McKeesport police officer shot in December by a man he was transporting recounted the incident during a hearing Friday. Geriasimo Athans testified that one bullet that struck him the afternoon of Dec. 20 went straight through his neck, and another, still lodged in his body because it’s too dangerous...
Newberry: FCS, Fan Controlled Football will get us through to the NFL DraftVideo

Are you ready for some (more) football? You see, there’s no reason to take a break from the gridiron just because the NFL season is over. A host of second-division college teams are practicing for their winter/spring season — snow-covered fields and all — after sitting out the fall because...
Beaver County man charged in connection with Capitol riot

A Beaver County man who traveled to Washington with his wife and mother to rally for Donald Trump was arrested Friday on accusations that he participated in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S Capitol. Russell James Peterson, 34, of Rochester, is charged with knowingly entering any restricted building or...
Associate of 11 Hunnit gang gets 5 years for dealing crack cocaine

A man associated with a Hill District street gang, 11 Hunnit, will serve five years in federal prison for selling crack cocaine. Tyree Campbell, 30, pleaded guilty in October before U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines to one count of conspiracy with intent to deliver more than 28 grams of cocaine....
Mark Pinsley: Urge ‘no’ vote on judicial districting bill

In a hasty process with no public hearings and little deliberation, the Republican-controlled Legislature passed House Bill 38, which amends the state Constitution to radically change the way we choose judges for our state’s three appellate courts. Despite bipartisan opposition and immediate outcry from labor unions, civil rights organizations and...
Putin pitches Russia’s covid vaccine but still won’t take it

While Vladimir Putin this week hailed international recognition of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against covid-19, the Kremlin says the president still hasn’t taken the inoculation that he enthusiastically recommends to other world leaders. Putin is following a vaccination schedule that requires him to take other shots first, including against flu...
Letter to the editor: We can’t allow evil to become the norm

This is in response to Rudy Puchan’s letter “Election was about good vs. evil” (Jan. 21, TribLIVE). Everything in life is either good or bad (evil). It is either of God or of Satan. As the years pass by, Christians have allowed evil to become good. This has given the...
Letter to the editor: Vulnerable citizens deserve better

I cannot understand why the Phase 1A individuals cannot get their vaccinations at their local doctor’s office. Doctors already know patients’ ages and preexisting conditions. They can set up appointments for their most vulnerable patients much easier than what is currently being done. It’s absolutely ridiculous that senior citizens who...
Letter to the editor: Media’s role in hatred, violence

Am I the only one to see the mainstream media’s monstrous role in fomenting hatred, violence and intolerance in the U.S. and around the globe? Why aren’t more politicians, pundits and ordinary people decrying the twisting, the obscuring, the diminishing of objective truth; the agitating, the bullying — the silencing...
Letter to the editor: Elderly prisoners in nursing homes

Our elderly in nursing homes are being held as prisoners. This is horrible. It has been almost a year since we have been able to hold and touch our mother. She turned 92 in November and had to spend her birthday, as well as Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas, by herself....
Letter to the editor: Jobs for displaced fossil-fuel workers

In a recent Associated Press article, the International Energy Agency reported that the worldwide emissions of methane last year equaled the carbon dioxide emissions of the entire European Union. Methane is much more efficient at trapping heat in the atmosphere than CO2. As the United States rejoins the rest of...
Fish fries during Lent in the Alle-Kiski Valley

To have your non-profit organization’s Fish Fry added to this list send information to The Stroller, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084 or email vndnews@triblive.com. Fish fries are scheduled Fridays during Lent throughout the Valley, including: Allegheny Township Markle and Vandergrift No. 1 volunteer fire departments, 470...

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