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Tribune-Review photographers Shane Dunlap and Dan Speicher captured these Election Day images around Westmoreland County on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. For more on election results, visit the election roundup on TribLIVE.com...

Field hockey PIAA playoffs Class AAA First round Tuesday’s results Central Dauphin 3, Downingtown West 2 (OT) Easton 2, Plymouth-Whitemarsh 1 Emmaus 6, Garnet Valley 2 Hershey 6, Pine-Richland 0 Lower Dauphin 1, Souderton 0 Owen J. Roberts 4, Cardinal O’Hara 0 Perkiomen Valley 3, Wilkes-Barre 1 Wilson 7, Peters...

Caleb Miller had a hat trick and freshman goalkeeper Thomas Higgins was perfect in a relief appearance as West Allegheny (15-6-1) rallied from three goals down to defeat Hollidaysburg 5-3 in a PIAA Class AAA first-round boys soccer match Tuesday night. West Allegheny, the WPIAL runners-up, fell behind 3-0 in...

With all 13 precincts reporting, the unofficial results have the five open seats for Hampton School Board going to Joy Midgley, Bryant Wesley, Matthew Jarrell, Robert Shages and Trisha Webb. Larry Vasko came up just a five votes short. These are unofficial results and do not include absentee ballots. Here’s...

With 13 of 13 precincts reporting, Republican Martha Hunkele and Republican Joe Dougherty appear to have won two open seats on Hampton Council. Hunkele has received 2,239 votes for 27.27% of the votes. Dougherty got 2,091 votes for 25.47%, narrowly edging out Democrat Nicolas Haberman, who received 2,027 votes for...

Shaler commissioner candidates Frank Iozzo, a Democrat, and Wayne Skelley, a Republican, went toe-to-toe in the Nov. 5 municipal general election for a Ward 1 seat. Iozzo has won the municipal general election with 54% of the vote. Skelley, a board member since 2016, ran as a Democrat in the...

There was only one team ranked in the Trib HSSN state rankings that lost last week. It sounds like an impressive record, but seven teams enjoyed district playoff byes and did not play in Week 10. Of the teams that did suit up for postseason play, 12 of the 13...

PHILADELPHIA — A Chester Springs woman has been charged with netting more than $10,000 in a fund-raising scam in which she falsely claimed she had cancer and needed money. In a criminal complaint, Uwchlan Township Police detectives laid out a months-long investigation of increasingly escalating lies that ended in the...

The Norwin girls soccer team suffered a 3-2 loss to McDowell in a PIAA Class AAAA first-round matchup Tuesday night at Dollinger Field in Erie. Katelyn Kauffman and Madison Rose scored goals, helping the Knights to a 2-0 halftime lead before the Trojans stormed back with a pair of second-half...

Allegheny County voters on Tuesday retained Executive Rich Fitzgerald, District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. and Controller Chelsa Wagner, while in Westmoreland County, embattled Sheriff Jonathan Held was ousted by James Albert. The Trib covered numerous races. You can find results from Allegheny and Westmoreland counties here. ALLEGHENY COUNTY Allegheny...

Before Ellis Island was a museum that hosted tourists and middle-school field trips, it was a gateway to America for thousands upon thousands of hopeful immigrants — and the site of intense question-and-answer sessions. These early 1900s interviews included some fairly straightforward questions: What country are you from? What is...

Sam Lafferty’s trip to the AHL was a brief one. Assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton last Thursday as the Pittsburgh Penguins started to get healthy, the rookie forward was called back up Tuesday night. With Patric Hornqvist on the injured list, the Penguins played Monday night in Boston with 12 healthy forwards....

Freeport Borough is hoping to bring in a partner to share the burgeoning costs of its new sewage treatment plant. Borough officials will contact South Buffalo supervisors to ask if that township would be interested in having its sewage treated at the new plant. Freeport officials found out last week...

And just like that, it was over. The 121st Alle-Kiski Valley high school football season came to a screeching halt with all three local playoff teams losing Friday night on the opening night of the postseason. This season was better than 2018, however. One reason is four local teams had...

Kelsey Grammer will be disappointed. The former “Frasier” star lent his star power — and his understanding as someone who lost loved ones to violent crime — to the Marsy’s Law proposal that looks to give constitutional standing to victims. A referendum for the amendment was on Tuesday’s ballot. But...

Pine-Richland High School kicked-off its preschool program on Nov. 5, 2019. High school students help coordinate the program under the direction of the PRHS Child Development teacher. The preschool program is open to any child who turned 3 by Sept. 1, 2019. Children must be potty trained. The program offers...

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 • Yoga & Mindfulness for grades 1 and up will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15. • Read to...

Aleppo Jason Weisser sold property at 112 Little Hollow Drive to Rachel Pool for $190,000. Bell Acres Kevin Harkins sold property at Camp Meeting Road to Virginia Decanini for $287,500. Leet Jehovahs Witness Ambridge Congreg sold property at 194 Ambridge Ave. to Leet Township for $225,000. Real estate transactions provided...

I just read the article “Delmont firefighters say criticism from council hurts fundraising, recruitment.” First, take out the word Delmont and insert the name of just about any other Westmoreland County VFD — these witch hunts have been going on and getting worse. Yes, this department had, allegedly, some dishonesty/theft...

Regarding the article “President Trump visit spurs road, school closures in Downtown Pittsburgh” (Oct. 21, TribLIVE): Could it be the union school teachers were also off work and available to protest Trump’s successes? Our tax dollars at work! Joe Turek Elizabeth...

Regarding the letter “What church would venerate Trump?” (Oct. 17, TribLIVE): I don’t consider President Trump as Jesus or my messiah. He is, though, president of the United States. In the Bible, David was an adulterer and murderer, but God forgave him and made him King of Israel. Moses was...