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Letter to the editor: Gas industry/cancer study applauded
We should all be pleased that Gov. Tom Wolf has allocated public money, namely $3 million, to study gas industry effects and cancer, especially child cancers in Southwestern Pennsylvania. As a chemist, I can only imagine how complex it will be to study multiple possible effects of a controversial heavy...
Preliminary NTSB report released in deadly Turnpike crash 
The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report about a deadly tour bus crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, but the investigation has a long way to go. The report adds little new information about what caused the bus to lose control when driving around a curve in Westmoreland County....
Food Podcast: Hitting Super Bowl LIV and Taste of the NFL
The Food Podcast went to the Super Bowl. Through a partnership with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Food Bank and board member Bill Fuller — executive chef of the big Burrito restaurant group — were presented tickets to the game. While in Miami, Fuller and Brian Gulish, vice president of marketing...
Letter to the editor: Senate bill would undo environmental progress
Going back to the ’80s for a mile-high perm and a John Hughes film? Sign me up. Going back to undo 36 years of regulations? That’s a scheme that’s risky at best. Pennsylvania Senate Bill 790 would undo years of progress on environmental and health protections on oil and gas...
Letter to the editor: A conversation for the nation
It’s what I said, it’s what I meant, I do not like the president. Listen, listen and you may, Listen and you may, I say. Would you like him here or there? I would not like him anywhere. I don’t care what you insist, I’ll continue to resist. Is there...
John Oyler: Life of female Soviet sniper explored
The Bridgeville Area Historical Society opened the new year with one of its rare Sunday afternoon programs. The speaker was a young lady named Dana del Bianco who specialized in studying Stalinism at Carnegie Mellon University. Her subject was a Soviet hero of World War II, Roza Shanina, a decorated...
The Stroller, Feb. 6, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Highlands High School to present Alumni Cabaret Concert The eighth annual Highlands High School Musical Alumni Cabaret Concert will be at 7 p.m. Saturday in the high school auditorium, Natrona Heights, Harrison. Performances saluting the past 10 years of Highlands musicals will be by alumni, and the high school Honors...
LEGO Club, Wendell G. Freeland documentary and more at local libraries
Sharpsburg Call 412-781-0783 to register for activities at Sharpsburg Community Library. • Maker Mondays, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. For children 6 and older. • Wild Bill Cox Art Reception, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 7. Cox is a Sharpsburg resident. The show runs through March 11. • Green Grocer, 3:30...
Photos: Celebrating the Lunar New Year in Monroeville
New Year celebrations continued at the Monroeville Public Library with the ringing in of the Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year, on Jan. 25. The Lunar New Year is celebrated during the second new moon after the winter solstice, usually between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20 on the Gregorian...
USC boys, Central Valley girls back in this week's Trib 10 power rankings
A couple of bad Knights led to a couple of changes in the boys and girls Trib 10 from last week. The Knoch Knights boys and Norwin Knights girls lost section showdowns and got bumped from the power rankings. Taking advantage to join the Trib 10 are the Upper St....
PIAA wrestling, girls basketball section finales share Thursday spotlight
A handful of WPIAL girls basketball sections appear to be headed toward a deadlock for the section crown. Teams are tied for first place in Section 1-6A, Section 2-6A, Section 2-4A and in Section 1-3A, and they have split their two head-to-head games, meaning if both win or both are...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 5, 2020
Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 5A Section 3 Mars 61, Armstrong 43 Class 3A Section 4 Southmoreland 62, Washington 58 (OT) Nonsection Apollo-Ridge 58, Freeport 43 Beth-Center 74, Carmichaels 67 Blackhawk 51, New Brighton 27 Frazier 71, Bentworth 38 Homer-Center 61, Derry 56 Plum 52, Baldwin 51 Quigley Catholic...
High school roundup for Feb. 5, 2020: Southmoreland trips up Washington
Riley Comforti scored 32 points to lead Southmoreland to a 62-58 upset overtime victory over first-place Washington in Section 4-3A boys basketball Wednesday night. Brandon Peterson scored 12 points and Zach Cernuto added 10 for Southmoreland (10-11, 7-4), which jumped ahead with a 19-8 run in the third quarter. Tayshawn...
Penn State's James Franklin: 'Red tape' delaying contract extension 
Penn State coach James Franklin said Wednesday afternoon his new contract, a six-year extension agreed upon in early December, has not been signed because of some “red tape” — but should be finalized in the near future. “As you can imagine, these contracts aren’t like three pages of notes,” he...
Kirk Douglas, ‘Spartacus’ star who helped end Hollywood blacklist, dead at 103 
LOS ANGELES — Kirk Douglas, the dimple-chinned screen icon who was known for bringing an explosive, clenched-jawed intensity to a memorable array of heroes and heels in films such as “Spartacus” and “Champion” and for playing an off-screen role as a maverick independent producer who helped end the Hollywood blacklist,...
New Penn State OC Kirk Ciarrocca talks offensive philosophy 
STATE COLLEGE — A nice chunk of new Penn State offensive coordinator Kirk Ciarrocca’s introductory news conference Wednesday touched on what the Red Land High School graduate believes. And the former Minnesota Golden Gophers coordinator also ruled out a few things. You can expect to see Ciarrocca working from the...
Gary Smith: The faith of Troy Polamalu
Troy Polamalu, who played safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2003 to 2014, has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. He will enter the hall with Bill Cowher, who coached the team for his first four seasons, and defensive back Donnie...
Penn State notebook: RB Ricky Slade enters transfer portal
Penn State running back Ricky Slade has entered the NCAA’s transfer portal, according to multiple reports. The former five-star recruit from Virginia suggested before the Lions’ 53-39 win over Memphis in the Cotton Bowl that he planned to stay with the team moving forward, and yet he is now looking...
Penn State and the NFL mock draft roundups: Where could former Lions land in the pros?
The end of the NFL season means one thing: It’s officially mock draft time. A number of outlets took their first shot at predicting how this year’s selection process will play out after the Kansas City Chiefs completed a comeback to beat the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl...
Officials investigating shots fired at undercover officers in New Kensington
At least one person in a group of five or six people opened fire on undercover police officers Tuesday night in New Kensington, just a couple of blocks from where a city officer was shot and killed more than two years ago, according to Westmoreland County detectives. County detectives said...
State of the Union viewership down double digits from 2019 
Ratings for President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday took a significant drop from the year before. The speech was down more than 20% from 2019 across the three major cable news networks and the four major broadcast networks, according to Nielsen Media Research. Updated Ratings: #SOTU Down vs....
Review: ‘Birds of Prey’ is colorful, campy and cheerfully brutal 
The best thing to come out of 2016’s much-derided DC antihero team-up, “Suicide Squad,” was Margot Robbie’s inspired take on Harley Quinn, the self-proclaimed “Joker’s girl” and quirky chaos clown. Robbie’s Quinn, with her colorful pigtails and baseball bat, instantly became an icon, a perennial Halloween costume, eclipsing even her...
Letter to the editor: Witnesses from both sides should be heard
In light of the Republican side of the Senate refusing to hear witnesses, can we expect that the symbol of the Republican Party will now be the ostrich instead of the elephant? Many people of all political persuasions were anticipating hearing depositions under oath. We are now disappointed that we...
Letter to the editor: Politics not for sissies
It has been stated that people hate the POTUS because of questionable ethics, morals and common decency. Now, being a deplorable who voted for President Trump, I don’t always agree with him, and there are times when I think he should keep his mouth shut. But he is trying to...
Letter to the editor: Alan Dershowitz & Ken Starr
Ancient Greece had its Sophists: clever, brilliant orators who could convincingly argue either side of a litigious issue. Fast forward 2,400 years, and we have Alan Dershowitz, who raises sophistry to a new level, e.g. Clinton, no proof of crime required to impeach — Trump, proof of crime required to...


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