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As part of an effort to attract more businesses, South Fayette commissioners are looking to revamp their ordinances regarding signs in the township. Board of Commissioners President Gwen Rodi said they have received feedback from businesses, developers and their own zoning hearing board, all that claim the sign ordinances are...

Classes for about 2,500 Belle Vernon Area students continued as scheduled Friday after the teachers’ union and school board reached what they hope is a deal on a new contract, a union representative said. Details of the tentative agreement were not available. The contract still must be approved by the...

One of the Alle-Kiski Valley’s most popular sports events has become a victim of coronavirus concerns. The A-K Cager Classic, pitting senior high school basketball players from both sides of the Allegheny River, has been canceled, co-founder Glenn Mills said Thursday morning. The 24th annual all-star boys and girls event...

The eastern part of Pennsylvania continues to see an increase in presumed coronavirus cases, according to the state Department of Health. Pennsylvania has 20 presumed positive cases of the virus and two confirmed cases as of Thursday. The highest number of cases — 13 — is in Montgomery County, a...

Four possible reasons why certain voters rabidly support the impeached B-actor President Donald John Trump: Either they’re deaf, intellectually disabled and blind, or they are of his ilk. Anthony Cortazzo Jr. Penn Township, Westmoreland County...

On Feb. 11 at 4:15 a.m., we awoke to our water pipes banging. Then we had brown, muddy water in our house. On Water Street in West Newton at 7:40 a.m., the fire hydrants were open full onto the streets, and water crews were working on several streets. We pay...

The recent outbreak of covid-19 from the coronavirus originating in China should force us to reexamine the wisdom of importing so many of our products from China. I believe it is high time to consider ways of manufacturing more of our products in the U.S. Many products shipped from China...

The Democratic Party and the great majority of the news media have a symbiotic relationship. They support and live off of each other. It’s the height of collusion and greatly influences elections. The Republicans in Congress have historically been the designated losers, like the Washington Generals to the Harlem Globetrotters....

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Potential exposures to the coronavirus have prompted Pittsburgh Public Schools to take steps to prevent it from being spread to other people. Colfax Elementary School in Squirrel Hill was closed Thursday after officials learned that a student may have been exposed to the coronavirus from a relative outside the school....

Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Second round Wednesday’s results Butler 77, Upper St. Clair 73 Chester 63, Simon Gratz 62 McDowell 68, Central York 61 Methacton 83, Abraham Lincoln 55 Reading 67, Freedom 65 Roman Catholic 62, Pennridge 51 Cheltenham vs. Mt. Lebanon, ppd. Wilson vs. Lower Merion, ppd....

Senior Noah Vaughn scored 32 points as Beaver Falls is PIAA Class 3A quarterfinals bound after beating Carlynton, 78-63, in a second-round game Wednesday night at Peters Township. The Tigers led 15-11 after one quarter before pulling away in the second by outscoring the Cougars 16-8. Vaughn had eight points...

Two Hampton students, who are in the cosmetology program at A.W. Beattie Career Center, showcased their hair design skills at a recent fashion show there. The event was part of the career center’s open house on March 5, with its 20 programs on display for community members, prospective students and...

Blessed Trinity Academy wrapped up the team portion of the Forensics season on March 7 at the finals meet which took place at Butler Catholic. BTA had another outstanding season placing third out of 22 teams for the season and third out of 21 teams at the finals....

Sophomore Graci Fairman scored 17 of her game-high 20 points in the second half, including a go-ahead layup with 43 seconds left as Thomas Jefferson edged Woodland Hills, 39-34, in a PIAA Class A girls basketball second-round game Wednesday night at Peters Township. Fairman broke a 34-34 tie on a...

WASHINGTON — Senate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson said he is postponing a committee vote to subpoena a witness linked to the Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings when former Vice President Joe Biden’s son served on its board. The decision is a reversal from Johnson’s announcement last week that he...

The Atlantic 10 followed the lead of the NCAA and the country’s major basketball conferences Wednesday night, announcing that the rest of its men’s basketball tournament will be played in an empty Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Starting with Thursday’s games, attendance will be limited to teams, network television employees, working...

Lincoln Park coach Mike Bariski feels his team is coming together at the right time. The defending state champion Leopards took another step toward the Class 3A boys state championship game with a 66-46 victory over District 9 champion Brookville on Wednesday night at Armstrong High School. Lincoln Park led...

South Allegheny played catch-up throughout its PIAA Class 3A second-round game Wednesday night. The Gladiators found themselves pressing to get back into the game against Richland. But the pressure of chasing the Rams proved too much, as South Allegheny dropped a 68-58 decision, ending its remarkable season. “It seemed like...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — At one hot, faraway world, it’s always cloudy with a chance of iron rain. That’s the otherworldly forecast from Swiss and other European astronomers who have detected clouds full of iron droplets at a hot Jupiterlike planet 390 light-years away. This mega planet is so hot...

Philip Ameris’ perspective on the types of elected officials, projects and policies we need in order to ensure we uplift Pennsylvanians (“Don’t expect labor’s endorsement after opposing blue-collar jobs,” Feb. 29, TribLIVE) only gets it partially right. As someone who came from a union household, I couldn’t agree more that...

This is not about panic. It’s about recognizing reality. The World Health Organization officially designated the novel coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic Wednesday. At that moment, 121 countries were affected, with 124,830 patients diagnosed and 4,585 deaths. Of those diagnosed, 67,050 have already recovered. That is good news and shows...