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Police are seeking help to identify two people wanted in connection with the Feb. 3 killing of a 23-year-old man who pulled a 5-year-old boy out of harm’s way before he was shot and killed in Wilkinsburg. Kevin Hall, 23, was shot at about 1 p.m. while walking along Winton...

Jefferson Hills police Chief Eugene Roach and Mayor Janice Cmar presented the sergeant badge to Sgt. Corey Brunetti at council’s Feb. 10 meeting. “Getting promoted is a major accomplishment in the career of a police officer,” Roach said, as he talked about the leadership skills officers must display to move...

You may not like President Trump because he looks and acts like a dictator. He insults people and at times is very rude. I am still going to vote for him because he is for the unborn and religious freedom for everyone. He is the only sitting president to participate...

In response to Kathleen Bollinger’s letter “Supreme Court in peril”: I have to agree it is in peril. It is in peril because the Supreme Court lost its credibility due to the court packing done by Sen. Mitch McConnell starting in 2016. After Justice Antonin Scalia died on Feb. 13,...

I read Bob McBride’s letter “Trump haters should be mindful of facts” (Jan. 18, TribLIVE) and had to smile. His claim of only hearsay, assumptions and accusations would be laughable if a fair hearing of facts were permitted. But because President Trump barred most eyewitnesses from testifying at congressional hearings,...

Basketball Boys Monday’s results WPIAL Nonsection Beaver 56, South Side Beaver 55 Brentwood 60, McGuffey 56 Butler 58, Hampton 48 California 59, Brownsville 56 Canon-McMillan 49, Hempfield 46 Charleroi 66, Greensburg Central Catholic 57 Chartiers-Houston 52, Fort Cherry 46 Chartiers Valley 56, Mt. Lebanon 51 Connellsville 65, Albert Gallatin 44...

Teams all over the WPIAL used Monday night as a chance to tune up for the playoffs or wrap up the season with a nonsection matchup. North Catholic’s boys and girls teams used the occasion to make a statement. On the boys side, Ryan Feczko hit a game-winning 3-pointer at...

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Monroeville police filed the following charges Jan. 23 to Feb. 2 in District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst’s office: • Diana Litzinger, 39, of Monroeville with simple assault. Charges were filed Feb. 2 in connection with an incident along the 3900 block of Monroeville Boulevard. • Joseph Ruiz, 51, of Monroeville...

February brings us to Valentine’s Day. And it’s also American Heart Month. Quick, it’s time to give something special to someone you love this week. And surprise, some of our favorite Valentine treats can also be good to our hearts. Chocolate: There is room for chocolate in a healthy diet,...

Dear Mayo Clinic: Why is my health care provider recommending that I get the Tdap vaccine now to prevent whooping cough, even though I am in my late 70s? Doesn’t whooping cough usually affect young children? Answer: While it’s true that babies are most at risk of pertussis infection and...

Craig Holly was determined to fight when the home health agency caring for his wife decided to cut off services. The reason he was given by an agency nurse? His wife was disabled but stable, and Medicare was changing its payment system for home health. Euphrosyne “Effie” Costas- Holly, 67, has...

The Pine-Richland/Mars AFJROTC cadets traveled to Youngstown Air Base on Jan. 29 for an educational trip as well as the opportunity to fly in a C-130. The cadets got to explore the ship and learn all about it uses and capabilities. They then boarded the aircraft through the backhatch and...

Veda Sankaran loves to combine the cuisine of India with traditional comfort foods of this country, but the term fusion bothers her. She may be drawing from both what her family prepared and what she ate growing up in Altoona after moving to the United States in the late 1970s,...

Brian Spoales, mayor of Millvale, declared Jan. 31 Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day in the borough as “an opportunity to encourage citizens to find out if they can claim this important tax credit.” The date was the 14th anniversary of a national awareness campaign to increase EITC familiarity....

For unexpected projects requiring emergency repairs, such as the current stabilization work on Clearview Road, Hampton Township Council periodically draws on an emergency fund reserve. Jerry Speakman, who serves as controller for the township, explained the purpose of the fund and some history on recent actions regarding this reserve. “Over...

The Path to the Pete officially begins Tuesday as the WPIAL unveils brackets to the six boys and six girls basketball playoff tournaments. Some of the questions heading into the big reveal: • How far will Fox Chapel fall in boys Class 6A after losing for the first time Friday?...

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...

There was some shuffling and a couple of changes at the top of the classes but not a whole lot of exiting and entering in this week’s Trib HSSN weekly boys basketball state rankings as the regular season concludes. We have four new No. 1 teams in Class 6A, 4A,...

In a school year in which the football team played its first WPIAL playoff game in 40 years and the girls basketball team took a perfect record into the final night of the season, the Southmoreland boys basketball team has a message: Don’t forget about us. The Scotties finished on...

As Santa Claus was checking his list one final time before his big day, he may have noticed the Jeannette boys basketball team was on the naughty side. Coming up on the holiday break, the Jayhawks were 0-1 in Section 2-2A and 1-6 overall. Since then, Jeannette has risen to...

BEIJING — The number of people infected on a cruise ship south of Tokyo with a new strain of coronavirus almost doubled Monday, as authorities in China and beyond pursued greater quarantine measures to contain the disease. Deaths from the new coronavirus have hit 909, the Chinese government announced, with...

Sometimes it isn’t how much money you’ve got. It’s how you’re going to spend it. Last week, SmartAsset released its third annual study showing how long a $1 million retirement nest egg would last in various U.S. cities. In Pittsburgh, you can stretch that pot of money to cover 23.14...

PHILADELPHIA — The proportion of high school students who identify as a sexual minority — lesbian, gay, bisexual or questioning— doubled in the past several years, according to a new study published Monday. Yet those greater numbers have not necessarily meant they have found greater acceptance or peace. The study,...