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South Fayette commissioners hosted a public meeting Tuesday as the first step in drafting a strategic plan for the township. Commissioners listed facilities, economic development, public safety, infrastructure, finances, operations and parks and recreation as the issues to address. They also agreed to prioritize facilities and began discussing a new...

The ’toon seemed to begin two days after inauguration with Maxine, the Squad and the pack calling for the impeachment cannon on Road Runner Trump, but the “hidden” episode showed Brennan, Clapper and Comey coyotes used the “Hillary paid for” dossier to try to torpedo the candidate RR. Following “Stormy”...

In his op-ed “Statute of limitations ‘window’ wrong path for past abuse cases” (Dec. 7, TribLIVE), Rep. Paul Schemel notes that “the growing cost of legal settlements relating to old claims of child sexual abuse by Scout leaders” is causing the Boy Scouts of America to increase its annual dues...

What more can be said about Donald Trump? Well, I can think of a few things. First of all, he promised to withdraw troops from Syria because he doesn’t seem to believe in intervention in other countries. Then he sends them to Iraq. Now he wants to take over Syria’s...

Real estate taxes will remain the same for Pleasant Hills residents in 2020. Borough council members on Dec. 16 approved the borough’s annual budget that holds the line on real estate taxes at 6.75 mills. Of that, 6.3855 mills goes to the borough, .2734 mills goes toward the purchase of...

Antioch Baptist Church The church is at 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. followed by worship and praise service at 10:45 a.m. A Bible study and prayer service is at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. For more information, call 412-741-7688 or visit antiochfwbaptistsewickley.org. Beth Samuel Jewish Center The...

Burchfield Primary School staff unveiled a new buddy bench Dec. 13 during a monthly school-wide positive behavior assembly. Students may sit on the bench when they seek someone with whom to play during recess. Their classmates, in turn, are encouraged to invite them to play. “Students have used and benefited...

Third Time’s A Charm to entertain at Knead Community Cafe Music group Third Time’s A Charm, with Marcie Covey and Paul Leo, will perform Christmas selections from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 2 p.m. Saturday at Knead Community Café, 1011 Barnes St., New Kensington. Grab a bite to...

Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 5A Section 2 Chartiers Valley 65, West Mifflin 32 Nonsection Apollo-Ridge 72, St. Joseph 59 Belle Vernon 67, Laurel Highlands 64 California 58, Yough 47 Highlands 76, Shaler 49 Hopewell 55, Ellwood City 46 Ringgold 88, Charleroi 77 Woodland Hills 58, Mt. Pleasant 37...

One of the best girls basketball rivalries in the WPIAL continues Thursday when perennial powers Mt. Lebanon and Bethel Park square off. Both the host Black Hawks and the Blue Devils are ranked in the Trib HSSN top five with Bethel Park top ranked and Mt. Lebanon at No. 5....

For the first time in the 2019-20 WPIAL basketball season, the Trib Live High School Sports Network presents the weekly Power Rankings. These rankings will be released every Thursday through the postseason and have zero classification boundaries. Class 6A Butler sits at No. 1 in the inaugural Trib 10 poll...

Nick Marcenelle (195), Ben Grafton (285), Sam Horton (113) and Grant Mackay (152) won by fall and Bobby Snyder (170) won in a tiebreaker to lead North Allegheny (2-0) to a 51-19 Section 3B-AAA wrestling victory Wednesday night. Ethan Uechi (182) and Sam Hillegas (145) scored bonus points for North...

Teams competing for the national championship this season got good news well before the College Football Playoff — even if they didn’t have much time to celebrate. The early signing period opened Wednesday with three playoff teams — Clemson, LSU and Ohio State — landing eight of the nation’s top...

It should not cost more to teach math in Squirrel Hill than it does in New Kensington. It should not be more expensive to teach history in Hempfield than in Jeannette. It should not take more money to teach reading in Upper St. Clair than in Clairton. But geography ends...

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...

Domestic abuse can increase around the holidays. Men who beat and abuse their partners emotionally and physically need to be exposed for what they are: cowards of the worst sort who do not even deserve to be called human beings. They will try to deny they did anything, or say...

What the Democrats are doing to President Trump brings to mind what the Pharisees did to Jesus Christ. The Pharisees (Democrats) brought false charges against Jesus (Trump) — none of the witnesses in the Schiff and Nadler investigations raised their hands when they were asked if Trump committed impeachable offenses....

Trump and his band of merry white Republican men are trying to undermine the Constitution of the United States of America — in my view, simply because of racism and sexism. A lot of President Trump’s Republican government officials are lawyers, and I know they understand constitutional law. I believe...

Thousands of people could be affected by looming changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in 2020. SNAP provides benefits directly to low-income families through an EBT or debit card to be used at grocery stores or markets for food. Adam Morgan, advocacy coordinator at Greater Pittsburgh Community Food...

Parking enforcement hours in Sewickley will change in the new year. Beginning Jan. 1, the Sewickley Parking Authority will enforce paid parking from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, according to an email blast from the borough. Current parking enforcement hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday...

The Sewickley Public Library, 500 Thorn St., offers a variety of programs for people of all ages. Registration, unless otherwise noted, is available by calling 412-741-6920. For information, visit sewickleylibrary.org. Library closed The library will be closed Dec. 24 and 25 in observance of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Children’s...

The Immaculate Reception, he was there. The Steelers 1979 AFC Championship game victory over the Houston Oilers, he was there. The infamous Mud Bowl game in 2007 between the Steelers and the Miami Dolphins, yes, he was there, too. For 50 years, Leo Pilarski, 78, has been prowling the sidelines...

Twas the week before Christmas and all through the WPIAL, many creatures were stirring on a busy night of district mat action. It is the second big night of section competition in WPIAL team wrestling featuring nine matches between 1-0 teams in their respective sub-sections. One standout match in Class...