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Allegheny East NAACP response to Gateway achievement gap The NAACP, being the oldest civil rights organization, has long held a firm standing for civil rights in education. While we at the Allegheny East NAACP applaud any efforts for achievement and equity at the Gateway School District through whatever partnerships that...

Aubrey Mahony made a big splash at the TJ pool, as the Jaguar swimming and diving team had a record-breaking night against Trinity. At 9, Aubrey was the star of the meet. She served as an honorary team captain, head timer, picked the 50-50 raffle winner and even was named...

In what Aquinas Academy geography teacher Mike Flynn called one of the greatest GeoBee finals in the 18-year history of the event, Michael Greppi, a fifth grade student at Aquinas Academy, emerged victorious and has qualified to move on to the state geography bee competition. In a competition that took...

Mother Nature dumped enough snow on the region early Friday to force the cancellation of classes at several schools, including West Allegheny. But that is nothing like the avalanche of points Chartiers Valley junior Brayden Reynolds dropped on West A in the fourth quarter. Reynolds scored 19 of his game-high...

Jeannette won the battle on the glass and made its free throws down the stretch Friday night, holding on for a 56-53 victory over Serra Catholic to become the outright champion of Section 2-2A. A potential game tying 3-pointer by the Eagles’ Jayden Mertz with 10 seconds remaining just missed....

Upper St. Clair missed its first 12 shots from 3-point range Friday night at Fox Chapel. But once the Panthers starting hitting, there was no stopping them as Upper St. Clair spoiled the Foxes’ bid for an undefeated regular season 61-46 before a capacity crowd and a playoff atmosphere. Fox...

PHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump turned a Philadelphia fourth grader into a poster child for the school-choice movement Tuesday when he told the nation thousands of students were “trapped in failing government schools” and announced that she was finally getting a scholarship to attend the school of her choice. But...

LOS ANGELES — As part of its preliminary investigation into the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash, the National Transportation Safety Board on Friday released an image of the chopper flying under cloudy conditions shortly before it hit a hill in Calabasas. The report also included photos showing the poor visibility in...

LOS ANGELES — Vanessa Bryant posted on her Instagram account Friday that “A Celebration of Life” for Kobe and Gianna Bryant will take place on the morning of “2-24-20” at Staples Center. She said more details were to come for the 10 a.m. PST memorial service that is taking place...

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...

The law is more than letters on a page. It isn’t just a static thing that exists flatly in tiny print in thick books. The law is a tool — a mechanism for weighing and measuring people in a way that has nothing to do with pounds or inches. And...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is once again recognizing merit in filmmaking — and once again there are no women among the nominees for best director. In fact, only five women have ever been nominated for best director in the 92-year history of the Oscars and only...

Gov. Tom Wolf wants to charge Pennsylvania communities a fee for state police coverage, regardless of whether the municipality has its own police force, according to his 2020-21 state budget proposal. A number of local police departments in the Alle-Kiski valley rely on state police for coverage of major crimes...

MADRID — Spain and Italy want to forge a new strategic alliance that can shape the European Union’s future policies on migration, the two countries’ foreign ministers said Friday. Spain’s Arancha González Laya and Italy’s Luigi di Maio also said after talks in Madrid that an informal document on proposed...

Romance is dead in Uniontown. Haunted Hills Estate Scream Park is hosting a Valentine’s Fear Fest for lovebirds who prefer blood and guts over flowers and chocolate. “You can sit on your couch watching a horror movie or you can immerse yourself in the action,” says Aidan Finnegan, the attraction’s...

U.S. Senate, I figured you would do this. The only thing is, I’m sure he is guilty of the impeachable crimes. Are people forgetting that the House impeached him and took the articles of impeachment to the Senate for removal from office, which in past impeachments did not lead to...

East Carson Street’s Le Petit Chocolat & Cafe will look a little different by the end of February, adding an oasis of healthful eating options to the indulgent South Side. Le Petit currently offers several health-conscious, quick-bite items, but the menu is about to expand to what the owners, Amanda...

This year, you can’t fault our new Westmoreland County commissioners for inheriting a bloated budget and almost zero reserve funds. Someone in Harrisburg should’ve admonished the former commissioners for falling below the recommended $20 million reserve fund threshold for emergencies. Will their current plan to build up the Mon Valley,...

Western Pennsylvania received more than 3.5 inches of snow by early Friday afternoon, with more on the way. By 5 p.m., 4.8 inches of snow had fallen in Pittsburgh, setting a record-high for Feb. 7, with the day’s last biggest snowstorm dumping 4.5 inches in 1967, the National Weather Service...

My lifelong dream was to work in politics. During the past two decades I have worked on a dozen political campaigns, been an intern for a U.S. senator, served as a staffer for a Pennsylvania lieutenant governor and spent several years as an aide to a Virginia legislator. I now...

Basketball Boys Thursday’s results WPIAL Class 3A Section 4 Washington 51, McGuffey 30 Nonsection Penn-Trafford 73, Hollidaysburg 67 District 8 City League Allderdice 2, Obama Academy 0 (Obama Academy forfeits) Perry 50, Carrick 44 Westinghouse 2, Brashear 0 (Brashear forfeits) Independent SWCAC Cheswick Christian at Beaver County Christian (n) Friday’s...

Coming into the final night of Section 2-6A play, the Upper St. Clair girls basketball team couldn’t finish first. The Panthers could, however, help decide who did. Mia Brown scored 18 points and Ava Keating added 15 as No. 5 Upper St. Clair (13-6, 10-4) came up with a 53-40...

Looking for an easy plant to care for? Try a succulent. Any plant with fleshy stems or leaves is called a succulent. Aside from cacti, only a few other plant families have succulent members. All these succulents, cactus or not, are low-maintenance. Some non-cactus succulents One family of noncactus succulents...

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