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On Feb. 3, Pennsylvania legislators and their followers held a rally on the Capitol rotunda steps that fits the current state of affairs of ignorance: “Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it” and shall expound. For the past eight years, the Legislature and the Pennsylvania Taxpayers...

PennDOT is considering addressing congestion and safety concerns along busy Route 356 in Buffalo Township in a roundabout way. “We’ve found that roundabouts are effective at reducing congestion as well as the number of crashes and the severity of them,” PennDOT spokesman Timothy Nebgen said of the one-way, circular intersections....

Authorities reduced Southbound Route 28 in Harmar Township to a single-lane around 5 p.m. Tuesday because of a landslide, PennDOT said. The single-lane closure is in place between the Harmar (Exit 11) and RIDC Drive (Exit 10) interchanges after two large boulders fell from the hillside onto the shoulder of...

Growing a new industry isn’t as simple as having an idea. It’s not even as simple as having a product. An industry is bigger than a business. It’s about suppliers and manufacturers and distributors. Even with enough supply and healthy demand, if any of the cogs in the middle break...

Local Boy Scouts councils said their activities will continue as usual, despite the bankruptcy filing of their 110-year-old parent organization, the Boy Scouts of America. Each council is its own entity, financially and legally separate from the national organization. Leaders of the Laurel Highlands Council, which includes the Pittsburgh area...

A proposed waterline extension along Srader Grove Road in South Buffalo received a major financial boost Monday. State Sen. Joe Pittman, R-Indiana, appeared at the supervisors meeting to announce that the township has received a $150,000 state grant for the project. “I’ve always felt that if Armstrong County is going...

It’s been a pretty busy 2020 so far for Apollo-Ridge graduate Jake Nulph. He was named Edinboro’s football coach Jan. 19. On April 26, he will be inducted into the Armstrong County Sports Hall of Fame. Nulph quarterbacked Apollo-Ridge to its first undefeated season in 2000, passing for 26 touchdowns...

Traditional Nepali, Sudanese and Islamic tales that are passed down for generations among natives now will be preserved in the United States for years to come. More than 50 people gathered at the Whitehall Public Library on Feb. 17 for the launch of five new bilingual books through the Saving...

The Penguins are staging a contest in which a local ice rink will be selected to receive $100,000 for renovations. Online voting will determine the winner. Bradys Run Park Ice Arena in Beaver Falls, the Belmont Sports Complex in Kittanning and S&T Arena in Indiana are the finalists. The team...

An advisory council composed of local government and community representatives has drafted a set of principles to guide the reuse of the 50-acre former Shenango Coke Works site on Neville Island. The Shenango Reimagined Advisory Council, convened by the nonprofit Delta Institute, has met more than 10 times in the...

Vladimir Putin must be rubbing his hands in glee. With the aid of GOP senators, his man in D.C. has succeeded in a masterful con. Better yet, Alan Dershowitz has argued that anyone running for office can do almost anything. No sense of ethics needed; laws are apparently mere suggestions....

A Pittsburgh artificial intelligence startup built on decades of search technology launched Monday with an aim to change the way news is published, delivered and consumed online. MeSearch, founded as a joint venture with 535Media, will start the first tests of its technology with Trib Total Media to provide neighborhood...

Watching a news report about children protesting about so-called climate change gave me something to ponder. The young can lead us old nonbelievers by first scrapping their video games, computers, cellphones and other electronics that use energy in order to be manufactured, mostly from oil that injects carbon into the...

The Stroller is your go-to place for local charitable events and volunteer opportunities. Information for The Stroller may be dropped off or mailed at least a week in advance to: The Stroller, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084, email vndnews@tribweb.com or fax 724-226-4677. Fundraiser planned March 14...

I never thought of myself as a political person, and I certainly never thought that a TV reality show host would become our president. But I am pleased with how things turned out. The economy is good, people are working, wages are favorable, unemployment is low and terrorists are being...

Changing over to daylight saving time — a major annoyance for many people — may be on its way out as lawmakers cite public health as a prime reason to ditch the twice-yearly clock-resetting ritual. The time change, especially in the spring, has been blamed for increases in heart attacks...

All it takes is the shrill sound of a fire alarm. When Ryan Deitsch heard the sound in his dorm at American University earlier this month, he froze. As the rest of the students fled, yelling at him to follow, the freshman’s heart raced as he relived the afternoon of...

Dear Mayo Clinic: Recently, I was diagnosed with ventricular tachycardia, but doctors said a cause cannot be determined. What usually causes this problem? Does knowing the cause make a difference in treatment? Answer: There are many causes of ventricular tachycardia. Some do not present a serious health threat, while others...

There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the last 10 years. They expanded from two days to three days and from eight boys and girls finals to a dozen championship games. The district also switched venues, moving from the Palumbo Center at Duquesne to the...

It was a big week for the Shenango boys basketball team. It began with a stunning win to end the regular season, then concluded with a big victory to open the postseason. Leading the way was Colin McQuiston, as the senior scored 51 points in wins over Mars and California....

Last year, Peters Township knocked off Penn-Trafford in a Class 6A boys basketball first-round playoff game before losing an upset bid to Pine-Richland in heartbreaking fashion at the buzzer, 66-64, in the district quarterfinals. The opening-round win was the first Indians’ postseason victory in seven years. Hempfield is making its...

The WPIAL playoffs apparently don’t follow a last-in, first-out policy. West Allegheny, which needed help on the final day of the regular season to qualify for the Class 5A tournament, got 30 points from Scott Bilovus to knock off fifth-seeded McKeesport, 65-62, at North Allegheny High School. West Allegheny led...

Only one team dropped from this week’s Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings as the transition from regular season to postseason is made. Only Camp Hill Trinity was bumped and Bishop McDevitt in Wyncote was added in Class 3A, but there were changes at the top in classes 3A, 2A...

All season long, the McKeesport girls basketball team wreaked havoc on the glass thanks to the play of Jhayla Bray. The senior went over the 1,000 mark in both points and rebounds this season, and the Tigers earned the No. 5 seed in the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs. McKeesport was...

Neshannock finished in fourth place in Section 1-3A and seeded No. 9 for the WPIAL playoffs, which meant a first-round game against Section 4-3A co-champion and perennial power Washington. It looked like the section champs would knock off the Lancers as the Prexies took a 26-13 lead into halftime. “Make...