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Outdoors Notices RIFLE LEAGUES • In the Allegheny Valley Rifle League on Jan. 17, Murrysville (4-7) defeated Butler (6-5), 1,164-1,153, and Fort Hand (6-5) beat Clymer (6-5), 1,164-1,162, in the A-team standings. In the B-team division, Murrysville (4.5-6.5) defeated Butler (6-5), 1,153-1,080, and Clymer (10-1) beat Fort Hand (1.5-9.5), 1,150-1,080....

PHILADELPHIA — Sometime in the mid-1980s, someone made their way into the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in Venice, Italy, and walked out with a 500-year old Latin copy of the first letter Christopher Columbus wrote to Ferdinand, King of Spain, describing the wonders he beheld in the Americas. This week, after...

When people think about literacy, they tend to think about the obvious. Can you read? Can you write? Can you navigate the written word enough to make it through your daily life, weaving around street signs and menus and bills and notes from your kid’s teacher? All of that is...

I am the mother of two children with special needs, one much more significant than the other. My daughter has multiple disabilities that will be lifelong and are life-threatening. Her care is costly. Her needs are great. She will need care all of her life, and her medical expenses will...

Even Rush is missing the “donkey in the room.” Most people believe that the Democrats want to regain power in Washington. Wrong! If President Trump wins again, the Republicans hold the Senate and take the House, and Bill Barr is attorney general. Guess what follows? Orange jumpsuits for lots of...

In his clever letter “Jesus wouldn’t have a shot for president” (Jan. 12, TribLIVE), James Cataldi asserts that Christ’s opposition to abortion and “acknowledging and depending on (shudder) God” would make it impossible for him to win the Democratic nomination. The writer does a fine job of looking at but...

After reading about Real ID horror stories, my wife and I were ecstatic to find how easy it was to obtain our Real ID Pennsylvania driver’s licenses with the required gold star. We took our information to the New Kensington Driver’s License Center: birth certificates with raised seals (we had...

Basketball Boys Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 70, North Hills 50 Central Catholic 62, Seneca Valley 48 Pine-Richland 48, North Allegheny 43 Section 2 Bethel Park 79, Peters Township 65 Mt. Lebanon 37, Canon-McMillan 34 Upper St. Clair 69, Baldwin 58 Section 3 Fox Chapel 70, Hempfield...

Butler’s Ethan Morton joined an elite group of WPIAL basketball greats Friday night, scoring the 2,000th point of his career. The Purdue recruit hit the milestone on a layup late in the first half. He scored 19 points to lead the No. 2 Golden Tornado (13-4, 7-0) to a 70-50...

The Pittsburgh Basketball Club is holding its Hall of Fame Classic over two days at Montour this weekend with a dozen boys basketball games. There are seven games set to start at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday and five more games on Sunday tipping off at noon. One of the marquee...

Valentine’s Day luncheon planned at American Legion The Tarentum Recreation Board will sponsor a Valentine’s Day luncheon at 1 p.m. Feb. 14 at the Brackenridge American Legion, 845 First Ave. Cost is $20 each. The menu includes chicken, stuffed cabbage, penne pasta, potatoes, vegetable, rolls, cake and beverage. Entertainment will...

The West Jefferson Hills School District could pay roughly $20,000 for a company to survey the old Thomas Jefferson High School to find all of the hazardous materials inside prior to the building’s demolition. After bringing in two abatement firms, each of which found asbestos and other hazardous materials in...

Bradford Woods Ila Jeanne Sensenich sold property at 4944 Wexford Run Road to Shophouse Home LLC for $365,000. Franklin Park Max Fedor sold property at 1619 English Oak Ct to Giuseppe Intini and Joelle Carlo for $820,000. Paul Byrnes sold property at 2653 Hunters Point Drive to Paul and Barbara...

The showdown for first place in Section 2-3A was tight in the first half, as North Catholic led Seton LaSalle by five at the break. Then the third quarter started, the Rebels blinked, and the highest scoring team in the WPIAL took control with a big run to begin the...

ATLANTA — The U.S. Department of Transportation is fining Delta Air Lines $50,000 for alleged discrimination against Muslim passengers in two separate incidents in 2016. Atlanta-based Delta disagrees with the DOT’s contention that it engaged in discriminatory conduct, according to a DOT consent order issued Friday. The consent order comes...

Brayden Reynolds had never dunked in a game before. That changed, in a major way, on Friday night. Reynolds threw down a pair of first-half dunks, part of a 25-point night for the Chartiers Valley junior, as the Colts grinded out a 60-49 win over Thomas Jefferson in WPIAL Section...

CHICAGO — One person’s trash is another person’s stash. Chicago police say someone apparently stole marijuana this week from one of the blue boxes placed at Midway Airport for travelers who need to dispose of their weed before they get on a plane. The “marijuana amnesty boxes” were placed there...

Fox Chapel made it official Friday night. The Foxes clinched the school’s 29th WPIAL playoff berth with a 70-46 victory over visiting Hempfield. The No. 1 Foxes (17-0, 7-0) were led by sophomore Eli Yofan who had 21 points, six rebounds, six assists and five steals. “That’s another box we’re...

After a 27-point beating at the hands of Uniontown Jan. 3, the Belle Vernon Area boys basketball team wanted nothing more than another shot at the Red Raiders. They got it Friday and gave No. 2 Uniontown all it could handle. A pair of free throws by Keondre DeShields with...

WASHINGTON — Over the last three days, House Democrats have presented compelling evidence in the form of snappy video clips, punchy PowerPoint slides and impassioned oratory, building a case that removing President Donald Trump from office is imperative to protect the Constitution and the country. Starting Saturday, Trump’s lawyers will...

Penn State wrestler Jarod Verkleeren won’t motion to the crowd to make noise. He doesn’t flex after a victory. And you won’t often find him yelling into the stands — all for good reason. The 149-pound wrestler was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 4. If Verkleeren...

WASHINGTON — In 1999, a rank-and-file Republican senator named Mitch McConnell was, in his words, the “go-to guy” for explaining how arcane Senate rules could influence the outcome of Democratic President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial. “The reason Clinton was not removed from office,” McConnell mused in his 2016 memoir, “was...

There are things you need to go to college to learn. How to design a skyscraper. How to perform brain surgery. How to split atoms. There are things you shouldn’t have to learn in college. Like how to keep your hands to yourself. That’s more of a kindergarten thing. Nonetheless,...

Leechburg Council would like the Leechburg Area School Board to answer questions it has concerning renovations at Veterans Stadium. Council members Ruth Bender and Lorrie Bazella attended Wednesday’s school board meeting to ask several questions about the planned project, which calls for installing artificial turf and a running track at...

I appreciate all the New Stanton residents who supported me, but I chose not to run for reelection to borough council because of the road council is taking. No one seems to want to hear any other views but their own. I think that when council does anything, all the...