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This year may have been one of the wettest in Pennsylvania history, but it’s got a few more inches to go if it wants to top the list. As of Sunday around 4 p.m., the Pittsburgh area recorded 51.94 inches of rain with a likely chance to reach 52 inches...

The 2019 high school sports season is nearly in the books. While we anxiously look ahead to 2020, let’s reflect on the district high school sports scene over the last 12 months. Here is a look back at the top 19 stories from around the WPIAL in 2019. HSSN Top...

Hoagies are not a substitute for money. A big long bun stuffed with ham and cheese and veggies is not supposed to take the place of cold hard cash. But for school groups and service organizations and nonprofits in need, a hoagie can be the preferred route to building up...

When Craig Cannon’s 34 years of directing the Fox Chapel Area High School choir program were coming to an end, he wasn’t ready to quit teaching music. The Duquesne University alumnus started a nonprofit seven years ago for women who wanted to sing beyond high school, college and Sunday church...

What has happened to this wonderful country of ours? Didn’t we come here to get away from dictators? Where we are free to believe as we wish? If I own a company and I don’t like the color blue and I tell my employees, “I don’t wish to see blue...

Apparently people are unaware of our system of government. One party cannot railroad a president who has not broken a law out of office. The Democrats are avoiding the judicial branch in their effort to get rid of President Trump. Many people think that Congress voting to impeach means he...

The end of an empire slowly creeps in unawares. It’s like a chronic case of indigestion repeatedly ignored until it’s diagnosed as stage 4 stomach cancer. And the prognosis for America the Beautiful could be terminal. Generations indoctrinated by a lifetime of the blue glow of television have been rendered...

The latest cookbook from America’s Test Kitchen is “The Side Dish Bible,” a curated collection of 1,001 recipes for everything from roasted artichokes to stuffed zucchini. This hefty book should become a go-to reference for home cooks; it’s a winning combination of mind-boggling variety paired with trustworthiness. A team of...

I am often asked how long I intend to keep this up, as in writing this column, writing books and speaking on childrearing and family matters. My answer: As long as they keep it up; “it” being the utter nonsense that emanates and has been emanating from the mental health...

Pine Gateway Land LLC sold property at 10758 Babcock Blvd. to Daniel Johnson trustee for $279,000. Michael Novak sold property at 5018 Bakerstown Valencia Road to RWC Pine Real Estate LLC for $605,000. Clifden Inc. sold property at 5019 Bakerstown Valencia Road to RWC Pine Real Estate LLC for $100,000....

Etna Vasyl Vysotskyy sold property at 14 Elizabeth St. to Alfred and Valerie Santos for $324,000. Lynn Weddell sold property at 12 Elm Ln to Nicholas and Kaitlin Mario for $147,500. Joshua Snelbaker sold property at 178 High St. to Daniel Burda for $79,000. Robert Young sold property at 27...

Hampton David Helon sold property at 5002 Graphic Drive to Joshua and Natalie Matthews for $266,000. Edward Huber Jr. sold property at 2984 Haberlein Road to Justin Huber for $120,000. UCG One LLC sold property at 3130 Haberlein Road to Michael and Emily Drop for $290,000. The Hamptons L.P. sold...

Volunteer opportunities available at Allegheny Valley Hospital Allegheny Valley Hospital is recruiting volunteers to join the lobby escort, information desk and surgical reception teams. Orientation and training are required and provided. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old. Apply online at allegheny.vsyslive.com/pages/app/61EFWO7WP9NQRA10 or contact Kim at 724-226-7370 or avhvol@ahn.org....

Celebrity chef Bobby Flay believes his new cookbook, “Bobby at Home,” is his most important book to date. That’s because it’s a collection of his favorite recipes, the ones he is likely to serve family and friends when he’s at home. As well as being a chef and restaurateur, Flay...

Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Apollo-Ridge tournament Championship Apollo-Ridge 66, Leechburg 58 Consolation Saltsburg 52, Riverview 49 Avella tournament Consolations Avella 85, Brownsville 79 Fort Cherry 61, Propel Montour 43 Semifinals Burgettstown 61, Avonworth 54 McGuffey 64, Chartiers-Houston 50 Bentworth tournament Championship Eden Christian vs. Propel Braddock Hills (n) Consolation...

For the second straight night, the CJ Betters Holiday Classic featured a matchup of WPIAL boys basketball title contenders from different classes. Lincoln Park was on the winning end of a marquee matchup Friday night. On Saturday, the Leopards took the loss. Luke Cochran had a game-high 18 points and...

Springdale is 9-0 for the first time since the 1984-85 season. The Dynamos kept their record unblemished Saturday night with a 56-42 victory over Winchester-Thurston in the championship game of the St. Joseph Holiday Tournament at Walter Dlubak Center. Demetri Fritch, named a tournament MVP for the second time this...

HONOLULU — There were no survivors of a Hawaii tour helicopter crash that killed three minors and four adults, officials confirmed Saturday. A helicopter that was set to tour the rugged Na Pali Coast, the picturesque and remote northern shoreline of Kauai that was featured in the film “Jurassic Park,”...

For the first time, the Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame will be inducting a father and son simultaneously. Bob Mills, a standout basketball player at Highlands and later at Maryland-Baltimore County, will be inducted with his father, Glenn, long-time sponsor, builder and supplier of regional sports teams. The younger...

During an episode of Lebron James’ online show “The Shop,” California Gov. Gavin Newsome signed into law a bill allowing California student athletes to sign endorsements while in college. The NCAA Board of Governors, having studied this issue for years, responded by announcing that college athletes can “benefit from the...

The first email I opened this morning notified me I’d just put a little more STEAM into the world. An ecology play I’d written some years back had been licensed by a science teacher at Our Lady Help of Christians School in Victoria, Australia. Using class students as performers, “Home...

Outdoors RIFLE LEAGUES • In the Pittsburgh and Suburban Rifle League on Dec. 18, Frazier-Simplex (5-0) defeated Murrysville (0-4), 1,476-1,162, and Dormont-Mt. Lebanon (4-1) beat Allegheny (2-3), 1,472-1,433. Green Valley (0-3) had a bye. Frazier-Simplex’s Kayla Andreoli shot a 299 and was the high individual, high female and high junior....