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I have been working in the grocery industry my entire life. I was born into it. I am fourth generation, and just had my first baby girl who could take it to the fifth generation. These days, I am concerned about the “soda tax” (“pop tax” for those of us...

Gambling is coming to Westmoreland County. No, not just in the mini casino at the mall. It’s happening in the halls of government too. The Westmoreland County Commissioners decided Friday to roll the dice on a settlement in the federal opioid lawsuit. The proposed total of the litigation that involves...

The PIAA has reached the final four with the state semifinals taking center stage this holiday weekend. The Trib HSSN continues its top five rankings even with only four teams left in each class. All six WPIAL champs remain alive for state gold heading into the third round on the...

After nearly six decades of increasing life expectancy, U.S. average lifetimes have been declining since 2014, according to a bleak new report published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Drug overdoses — mainly opioids — suicides, alcoholic liver disease and conditions related to substance use disorder are...

The new artificial turf is down and ready to go at Valley’s Memorial Stadium. Workers last week installed the turf from large rolls, much like carpeting. The two-tone green turf will replace the ersatz surface that was installed in 2008. The numbers and hash marks were sewn in over the...

A bill to ban certain uses of cellphones by Pennsylvania drivers has advanced in Harrisburg, and its sponsor believes motorists’ confusion about laws when they cross state borders — something they will be doing frequently of over Thanksgiving — is an argument for approval. State Rep. Rosemary Brown, a Monroe...

Penn State wideout Justin Shorter reportedly entered the transfer portal, although coach James Franklin did not confirm those reports Tuesday afternoon. Citing an unnamed source, Yahoo! Sports’ Pete Thamel reported at 1:15 p.m. that Shorter had entered the portal. About 10 minutes later, Franklin was asked about that report during...

Friends and family filled their plates to the brim with turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes, along with traditional Nepali momo and samosa. This wasn’t your typical Thanksgiving dinner. But for students in the English as a Second Language program at Moore Elementary School in the Brentwood Borough School District who...

Apollo The Apollo Christmas Parade and Party will be from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Dec. 6 in the Apollo Plaza. The parade will begin at 6:30 p.m. and proceed down Pennsylvania Avenue and North Second street into the plaza. The Apollo-Ridge High School Chorus will sing and the Christmas tree...

I was born and brought up in Pakistan, a country that I suppose is known to the world as very traditional and, in some ways, rigid. But as I spent a week in Pittsburgh as a visiting reporter, I saw how things are no different here: Thousands of miles away...

Down syndrome abortion veto discriminatory How many Pennsylvania citizens understand what occurred last week in Harrisburg? Gov. Tom Wolf (a Democrat) vetoed a bill that attempted to protect our anticipated citizens (waiting to be born) with Down syndrome. This action by the governor and legislators who voted against this bill,...

Many constitutional scholars believe that the Democrats, with their never-ending efforts to impeach President Trump, are unwittingly creating a constitutional crisis of potentially monumental proportions, one that could ruin our cherished way of life. The heart of our Constitution relies on the separation and balance of powers among Congress, the...

An allegory is a great literary device to simplify an otherwise complex situation to teach a moral or get a point across. The recent example of the letter “Read between lines for our final chapter” (Oct. 21, TribLIVE) was none of these. It was a clever attempt to depict Donald...

Seniors at Chartiers Valley High School carefully decorated a tree in front of their school with two large red bulbs, 15 gold ornaments, 154 red ribbons and 1,054 lights. Each represented a life lost or the crash of a vehicle due to impaired driving in Allegheny County during the holiday...

Personalized letters from Quaker Valley High School students will serve as a teaching tool for students learning English in Kazakhstan. The entire ninth-grade class — roughly 150 students — wrote letters over the last month to students in the rural central Asian nation sharing details about their lives, school and...

Football PIAA playoffs Semifinals Class 6A Friday’s schedule Downingtown West (12-1) vs. Central Dauphin (12-2) at Coatesville, 7 p.m. Saturday’s schedule St. Joseph’s Prep (10-2) vs. Central Catholic (12-1) at Altoona’s Mansion Park Stadium, 1 p.m. Class 5A Friday’s schedule Cocalico (11-2) vs. Cheltenham (13-1) at Hersheypark Stadium, 6 p.m.;...

Shane Peremba made 47 saves and Kirk Steward scored a shorthanded goal to lead South Park (8-2-0) to a 2-1 shootout win in PIHL hockey Monday night. Reed Troutman scored and Nash Wedner made 43 saves for Fox Chapel (3-2-2). North Allegheny 7, Seneca Valley 1 — Tyler Lamark had...

Boy Scouts to sell Christmas trees in Allegheny Township Boy Scout Troop 551 of Hyde Park is conducting its annual Christmas tree sale beginning Friday at Stanford Home Center, 1173 Route 356, Allegheny Township. Hours will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 4 to 8 p.m. weekdays, 8 a.m....

Dear Mayo Clinic: My son is nearsighted and has been wearing glasses for three years. He’s now 10 and his prescription has gotten steadily worse. His optometrist says that it’s not uncommon for kids to need a new prescription every six to eight months, but I’m concerned. Should I take...