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Volunteer opportunities available HOPE Center The Alle-Kiski Area HOPE Center has many opportunities for volunteers to help the organization in its quest to eliminate domestic violence. Volunteers are needed to work with children, drive to Pittsburgh to courier food to Tarentum, organize events, present programs in schools and assist in...

Keondre DeShields’ 18 points led five Uniontown boys basketball players in double digits scoring during a 82-49 nonsection win Saturday at Connellsville. Isaiah Melvin and Jahmere Richardson added 13 points each for Uniontown (11-1), and teammates Bryant Grady and Billy DeShields scored 13 and 11 points. Kade Musgrove had 15...

High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Nonsection Belle Vernon 78, Monessen 50 Carmichaels 70, Avella 40 Central Valley at Neshannock, ppd. Knoch 69, Burrell 32 North Hills 64, Shaler 61 South Fayette 60, Blackhawk 49 South Park at Carrick, ppd. Uniontown 82, Connellsville 49 Waynesburg 61, Charleroi 49 MLK...

The initial reports read to me a bit like the losers won, but the church of my upbringing is on the verge of coming apart after decades of internal turmoil. The details of the deal will be important, but leaders of the United Methodist Church have agreed in principle to...

Outdoors Notices RIFLE LEAGUES • In the Allegheny Valley Rifle League on Jan. 10, Murrysville (3-7) defeated Clymer (6-4), 1,174-1,153, and Fort Hand (5-5) beat Butler (6-4), 1,166-1,160, in the A-team standings. In the B-team division, Murrysville (3.5-6.5) defeated Clymer (9-1), 1,157-1,142, and Butler (6-4) beat Fort Hand (1.5-8.5), 1,116-1,080....

A University of Pittsburgh student was struck and killed by a Port Authority bus Saturday in Pittsburgh’s Oakland section, authorities said. The dead woman was identified as Barbara Como of Chester Springs, Chester County. Como was a senior anthropology student and research assistant with the Learning Research and Development Center...

Legal online poker made $2.5 million in its first full month of being legal in Pennsylvania. That’s not a lot in the great scheme of things. It’s less than 1% of the state’s December gambling revenue. But it’s a start. The question isn’t how much will it grow from there....

Whenever there is a crash and/or traffic fatalities, the blame is always put on anything and everything other than “driving too fast for conditions” or increased speed limits. People will blame the weather, the road or a mistake a driver made, but speed is one sacred demon you don’t dare...

Regarding the article “March 17 special election set to fill Justin Walsh’s former state House seat” (Jan. 7, TribLIVE): If this great county cannot afford a measly $200,000 for the referenced special election, then the county’s finances are in a far more precarious condition that we Trib readers might be...

“Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing” is a frequently quoted sports statement that, if applied to all actions, would be the end of caring, love, honesty, appreciation of beauty and all morality. Sadly, it seems to be the main motivation of our president and the Republican Party leadership. Senate...

The writer of the recent letter “Trump supporters should see writing on wall” (Dec. 20, TribLIVE) is like the guy who buys the snake oil at the carnival and then calls everyone who doesn’t buy it stupid. He seems to think that all the testimony against President Trump proves that...

Basketball Boys Friday’s results WPIAL Class 5A Section 1 Albert Gallatin 63, Greensburg Salem 62 McKeesport 81, Laurel Highlands 77 Woodland Hills 48, Gateway 43 Section 2 Chartiers Valley 60, Trinity 59 Montour 55, West Mifflin 34 Moon 46, West Allegheny 42 South Fayette 65, Thomas Jefferson 60 Section 3...

With the score tied heading into the fourth quarter, the South Fayette boys basketball team went out and snagged an upset win Friday night. Joey Alcorn and Brandon Jakiela scored 14 points apiece as the Lions (8-5, 5-3) knocked off No. 5 Thomas Jefferson, 65-60, in Section 2-5A. Drew Franklin...

Bowl-A-Thon to raise money for foundation The annual Bowl-A-Thon, sponsored by Burrell Education Foundation, will be 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 9 at Wildlife Lanes, 1000 Wildlife Lodge Road, Lower Burrell. Cost is $20 per bowler; and includes bowling and shoe rental. There will be prizes and raffles and the...

Bradford Woods Roger Dhonau sold property at 233 Bradford Road to Frederick and Anita Shaheen for $390,000. Aaron Smith sold property at 62 Seldom Seen Road to Marco Alcala Jr. and Nichole Alcala for $1,135,000. Franklin Park Richard Barton sold property at 2383 Bellwood Drive to Benjamin Richard Barton for...

Penn Hills budget incorrect, misleading I am a resident of Penn Hills and I participated in the December 2020 budget process by reviewing the financial documents provided to the public from the Penn Hills Municipal manager. I also attended the first budget meeting where the manager provided an opening presentation and...

Hampton Beth Ann Churchill Griggs sold property at 4790 Au Sable Drive to LSF9 Master Participation Trust for $24,558. Joshua Hooke sold property at 2751 Drake Ct to Lauren Palmer Sabella for $195,000. NVR Inc. sold property at 5164 Hampton Place Drive to Brian and Jessica Manuel for $608,496. Mark...

Etna CBRD Holdings LLC sold property at 113 Morelock St. to Jeremy Kucharski for $20,000. Genevieve Sheridan sold property at 96 Parker St. to NASHA L.P. for $175,000. Janet McFarland Scholl sold property at 61 Sycamore St. to John and Susanne Katich for $66,000. Marc Senge sold property at 46...

Sto-Rox’s A.J. Nelson was well below his 16 point-per-game average Friday against Apollo-Ridge. But Nelson’s put-back of a missed free throw with 8 seconds left in the game proved to be the difference as the Sto-Rox Vikings defeated the Apollo-Ridge Vikings, 62-60, in a key Section 1-2A matchup. Apollo-Ridge, down...

It is a tradition that is growing into a feast for local high school basketball fans. For a second straight year, Woodland Hills once again will host a high school basketball extravaganza with 43 games over four days on Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. It began with a couple of...

Laurel Highlands came on strong in the fourth quarter but could not climb out of a big early deficit as McKeesport prevailed 81-77 at home to take sole possession of second place in Section 1-5A boys basketball. Mustangs standout freshman Rodney Gallagher led the team with 21 points, but he...

NEW YORK — A woman who says she was Jeffrey Epstein’s first known victim claims in a new lawsuit that the multimillionaire sex offender introduced her to Donald Trump when she was 14, saying, “This is a good one, right?” Trump, according to the suit against Epstein’s estate, “smiled and...

MIAMI — Kodak Black has caused another social media storm as he posted a tell-all on Instagram about his few months of time in a federal prison. He alleges that the Federal Detention Center in Miami has abused him. Bill Kapri, better known as Kodak Black, 22, was sentenced to...

Two killings within about 24 hours of each other in New Kensington and neighboring Arnold do not appear to be connected, according to Arnold police Chief Eric Doutt. New Kensington police are searching for who shot and killed Anthone Williams, 31, of Arnold early Wednesday evening in a vacant part...