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With his team facing two big games last week, Thomas Jefferson coach Bill Crousey knew his team needed his stars to play like stars. They did, and one played especially well and added a five-point All-Star Game to his week. Add those five points to the eight in the two...

The biggest games on the schedule for North Hills are still ahead, and the Indians know that. After all, the Indians play in what has been one of the best divisions in the PIHL, if not the best. Class A’s Southwest Division boasts Thomas Jefferson (30 points), South Park (26...

For most of this season, the chase for the top spot in Section 3-3A has involved four teams. But a strong week by Carlynton has given the Cougars the edge heading into the final week of the regular season. The Cougars are 10-2 in the section and have a one-game...

When the week began, Charleroi was tied with Brownsville for third place in girls basketball Section 2-3A. Thanks to another big week by senior Bella Skobel, though, the Cougars are alone in third and have clinched a WPIAL playoff spot. That itself is cause for celebration after Charleroi finished 5-16...

Andrew Yang is a viable candidate for the Democratic nomination for president. He is not a member of the first grouping (Biden, Sanders, Warren, Buttigeig) but if they falter, Yang might well be in the running for the top spot on this ticket. His signature policy is universal basic income....

Duquesne Light reported that all of the customers who lost power in several Pittsburgh neighborhoods Sunday evening had it restored by 9:30 p.m. As of 9 p.m. Sunday, Duquesne Light was reporting less than 500 customers were still without power after having more than 2,000 customers across parts of Allegheny...

Dear Roger Goodell, It has been a rough January. We lost an NBA legend in a helicopter crash that also claimed the lives of parents and coaches and — it’s still so hard to understand this a week later — three promising, gifted young women. The weeks leading up to...

Churchill Helen Copetas sold property at 1705 Jamestown Pl to Karen Khan for $191,500. Delmont Brian Lunn sold property at 232 Aurora St. to Sean and Jessica Glew for $119,000. Dean Tortorice Jr. sold property at 132 Barrington Ridge to Ethan Edward Shirey for $220,000. Edgewood Scott & Rotondo Realty...

Penn Hills Federal National Mortgage Assn. sold property at 734 Seventh St. to Alex Dapper for $107,000. Darnell Rankins sold property at 11347 Althea Drive to Ross Snow and Thomas Rossini for $20,000. Leslie Douglass sold property at 214 Anthon Drive to Latia Barnett for $88,000. Arlene Sebastian sold property...

Blawnox Gregory Bruce Sutton sold property at 1107 North Ave. to Matthew and Heidi Stanczak for $39,900. Etna Edwin Lunz sold property at 21 Christler St. to Corey Sabo for $92,000. Geoffrey O’Connor sold property at 32 Wilson St. to KVSR Properties LLC for $75,000. Robert Newman sold property at...

The visual representation of a good idea is usually a light bulb. Since Thomas Edison’s popular invention was, in itself, a stroke of inspiration, it seems apropos. It’s the symbol that is instantly recognizable in cartoons and comic strips. It doesn’t require a word to convey an idea. But it’s...

We senior citizens are on fixed incomes, and again school taxes go up. We paid taxes for years, and we don’t have any kids in school. These taxes will put us out of our homes. We need to keep our homes for these so-called golden years. We worked for our...

Thank you for your coverage of the March for Life and the statements by President Trump about his position on abortion (“Trump, a late convert to cause, attends anti-abortion rally”). You repeated Trump’s statement from 1999 that he was “pro-choice in every respect.” We witnessed at the March for Life...

Regarding John Steigerwald’s insensible and disheartening piece on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (“It might be time to show skepticism about CTE research.”): To date, we have come to realize that 1) the world is not flat, 2) asbestos is bad, 3) cigarettes cause cancer and 4) lead will poison you. Humanity...

River City Brass Band to perform in Allegheny Township The River City Brass Band will play a concert, “Sounds of the 60s” to benefit the Kiski Area Education Foundation at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 in the high school auditorium, 240 Hyde Park Road, Allegheny Township. Tickets are $25. For tickets...

Question: I’m new to reading you, but it appears that you don’t have much in common with other psychologists. You don’t agree much with about their approach to children and parenting. Correct? Answer: Correct. I’ve been licensed to practice psychology since 1979. Since then, I’ve concluded that psychology is an...

For me, flying in business or first class is not about the extra attentive service or the meals — which are, let’s face it, still airplane food — or even about the endless supply of free booze (well, maybe a little about the endless supply of free booze). It’s about...

K.C. Johns, who finished with 16 points, made a basket with less than a minute remaining to give the Quaker Valley boys (14-5) a one-point lead against Cornell (13-5), and the Quakers held on to win 72-69 at the Shootout at Sewickley Academy. Adou Thiero scored a team-high 22 points,...

High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Nonsection Carrick 45, South Park 33 Laurel 71, Mercer 50 North Catholic 63, Central Catholic 46 North Hills 78, Shady Side Academy 46 Washington 82, Burgettstown 39 Shootout at Sewickley Academy Quaker Valley 72, Cornell 69 Beaver 56, Sewickley Academy 53, OT Vincentian...

“You are what you eat,” the old adage goes. But are you also what you watch? In a media-saturated world, it is worth considering the degree to which our exposure to media about food choices can — either directly or in more subtle ways — shape our own food beliefs...

Pennsylvanians realize that natural gas plays a significant role in the state’s economy. However, the state’s energy resources should be developed responsibly by minimizing natural gas waste and air pollution from new and existing oil and gas infrastructure. To that end, we applaud the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf as...