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Despite being just a few days into the new high school basketball season, section play is upon us already. The larger sections begin play Thursday and Friday. The smaller sections get going Dec. 19-20. For many years, section action didn’t start until January. But with shortening the length of the...

The 2019 high school football season in Pennsylvania has come to an end. Six champions were crowned this past weekend in Hershey, with three of the winners repeating as state champs. Congratulations to St. Joseph’s Prep, Archbishop Wood, Thomas Jefferson, Wyoming Area, Southern Columbia and Farrell after they added to...

There is nothing more confusing than a lack of answers. Except, perhaps, answers that point in all different directions. Latrobe has opted for a grab bag filled with no information and contradictory finger-pointing in the case of one fire company. Seven firefighters have been suspended by the city. They say...

At least seven businesses opened in Sewickley this fall, while a popular eatery expanded into a neighboring storefront. According to Alexandra Lancianese, Main Street manager at Explore Sewickley, the new businesses include Genisys Body Arts at 422 Broad St.; Pittsburgh House of Oils at 431 Beaver St.; Your CBD Store...

Allegheny Township Supervisors on Monday night adopted a budget for 2020 that will keep the property tax rate at 16.5 mills. It’s the 10th consecutive year that township officials have held the line on property taxes. Of the 16.5 mills, 13.35 will go toward a $4.1 million general fund. A...

The biblical Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are pestilence, war, famine and death. There is a version in Congress that I term the Four Harpies of the Apostasy: Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez, Ayanna Pressley and Ilhan Omar. A harpy is a covetous, grasping person; apostasy is the desertion of one’s...

As a former Navy enlisted and officer, I am highly concerned with the commander-in-charge-of-White-House-chaos’ interference in Navy matters. The commander-in-charge-of-White-House-chaos overruled the Navy’s decision to demote Chief Petty Officer and Navy Seal Edward Gallagher. Gallagher was convicted of posing with a dead detainee. President Trump’s rationale was that he was...

American history has had several momentous conflicts that divided its people. The American Revolution divided Tory against Patriot ideals. Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” swayed many to advocate for independence. The Civil War divided Union against Confederate ideals. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” swayed many to choose Union ideals. The...

While the 2020 Bridgeville budget calls for a spending increase of almost $337,000, residents will not see their taxes go up. Borough council unanimously approved the $3.2 million general fund budget Dec. 9. Commissioners also approved maintaining current rates of 6.5 mills on buildings and 10 mills on land. With multiple delayed...

WASHINGTON— A full year before Election Day 2020, Republicans quietly executed a “dry run” of President Donald Trump’s massive reelection machine. They activated tens of thousands of volunteers and tested phone bank capabilities and get-out-the-vote operations in every state in the nation. Before and after the sprawling exercise, GOP officials...

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. Children’s programs • A Gingerbread House Party for grades 4-8 will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Dec. 16. Make a gingerbread house,...

Glenfield Clutch Property Solutions LLC sold property at 215 Dawson Ave. to Matthew Wight for $156,500. Leetsdale James Walls Jr. sold property at 24 Victory Ln to KNC Properties LLC for $70,000. Osborne John Barnes sold property at 415 Orchard St. to Jamie Hammond for $750,000. Sewickley Lacy Hannigan sold...

Basketball Boys Monday’s results WPIAL Mike Rettger tournament At Franklin Regional Franklin Regional 71, Monessen 32 Norwin 56, Baldwin 48 Nonsection Aliquippa 55, Blackhawk 49 Brownsville 60, Propel Andrew Street 56 Freedom 66, Ellwood City 60 Leechburg 72, Summit Academy 57 Penn Hills 72, Perry 32 Quaker Valley 54, Albert...

Springdale High School Drama Club to present two plays The Springdale Jr.-Sr. High School Drama Club will perform two shows in one, “The Charge Is Murder,” and “Our Place,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the high school auditorium. Tickets are $8; $5 for students and senior citizens; Gold...

Makenzie Shandor pulls the plastic tightly around Paige Young’s knee, making sure the ice stays in place. “How did I do?” the Baldwin High School senior asks, as she practices wrapping her classmate’s knee for an injury. “Looks good. I’ll give you a 10 on that,” said Natalie Sorce, an...

Loneliness kills. According to former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, isolation and weak social connections “are associated with a reduction in lifespan similar to that caused by smoking 15 cigarettes a day and even greater than that associated with obesity.” Even when it’s not fatal, loneliness makes life a lot...

Dear Mayo Clinic: Is minimally invasive heart surgery to repair a mitral valve a safer option than open-heart surgery? Is it common for a surgeon to have to switch to an open-heart procedure after starting the surgery? Answer: Both minimally invasive heart surgery and traditional surgery that involves opening the...

Aubrey Burns made 10-foot jumper with 4.5 seconds remaining to lead Armstrong to a 43-42 victory over South Park in WPIAL girls basketball Monday night. The Riverhawks trailed by as many as 11 points in the fourth quarter. It was the 100th career victory for Armstrong coach Kirk Lorigan. Shaelyn...

It’s not always easy to pick just one player of the week with all of the good performances logged in the PIHL each week. This past week was no different. Couple a lot of good performances with three in a drubbing of Sewickley Academy by Norwin, 17-0, and sometimes you...

Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates asked a judge to spare him from prison, put him on probation and order him to do community service for his crimes of conspiracy and lying to federal investigators. In a court filing Monday, Gates said he has accepted responsibility “in every way possible.”...

Five years ago, Norwin won the WPIAL Class AAAA girls basketball championship, and Blackhawk took home the Class AAA title. On Tuesday, the two traditional powers meet in an early season nonsection game. It is the season opener for the visiting Knights. The Cougars are off to a 2-0 start...

Chris Serakowski is in his second season as the head coach of Carrick’s varsity hockey team, and he has a message that he and his staff have been preaching to the Cougar players this season, a season removed from a fifth-place finish in the final Division 2 standings last year,...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a Kentucky law requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds and show fetal images to patients before abortions. The justices did not comment in refusing to review an appeals court ruling that upheld the law. Enforcement of the law had been on...

One of the most successful football programs in the WPIAL the last three decades enjoyed another golden moment last week. Thomas Jefferson rolled past previously unbeaten Dallas, 46-7, to win the 2019 PIAA Class 4A championship. The title ties TJ with Central Catholic and Clairton for most state football titles...