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Big Ten, Penn State scrap all sports through the end of academic year
Penn State has canceled all spring sports, including the April 18 Blue-White football game, due to coronavirus outbreak. In a release disseminated early Thursday afternoon, Penn State announced it had postponed all football-related activities — practice, recruiting and media availability — indefinitely. That included pro day workouts for NFL-bound players,...
Laurels & lances: Seizing, teaching, tasting and hoarding
Laurel: To doing the right thing — eventually. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has returned $82,373 to an Allegheny County man after confiscating it from his daughter. Rebecca Brown boarded a plane with the cash that had been saved for years in her father Terry Rolin’s South Fayette home. She...
Spreading coronavirus prompts Catholic bishops to suspend obligation to attend Mass
Pennsylvania’s Catholic bishops said Thursday they are suspending the obligation to attend Sunday Mass until further notice. “Following a joint conference call with all the bishops of Pennsylvania, effective immediately and until further notice, I wish to share with you that in union with all my brother bishops I am...
Quaker Valley, Sewickley Academy close in accordance with Gov. Wolf’s order
In accordance with Gov. Tom Wolf’s order that all Pennsylvania schools shut down for 10 days, Quaker Valley School District and Sewickley Academy will be closed temporarily. Quaker Valley announced on their website that spring break will resume as scheduled from March 16-20, and then all schools will be closed...
Stage AE closes because of coronavirus fears; other Western Pa. venues continue scheduled shows
Stage AE on Pittsburgh’s North Shore announced Friday that it will close through May 1, subject to ongoing reassessment. “Our hope is that we are able to reschedule as many of the affected events as possible, but at this time there is limited information on new dates,” PromoWest Productions said...
Brentwood streetscape project to begin this year
Brentwood leaders are working to spruce up the borough’s central business district, located at the heart of Brownsville Road. A streetscape improvement project is set to take place this year along the central portion of Brownsville Road in the borough. It will include removal of trees that are tearing up...
Pine-Richland postpones school musical ‘The Addams Family’
The Addams Family will have to wait. Pine-Richland High School officials announced that they are postponing all performances of the spring musical because of concerns over the spread of coronavirus and recommendations that people avoid large crowds. On Thursday morning, the district canceled the afternoon performance for senior citizens and...
Avoiding crowds over coronavirus? You can still have some fun at homeVideo
Everyone gearing up for a fun St. Patrick’s weekend likely is hastily making other plans, as concern grows about coronavirus. Along with other cities across the nation, Pittsburgh officials Wednesday made the call to cancel the popular St. Patrick’s Day parade planned for March 14. In cancelling the parade, @CityPGH...
Shaler school board discusses how coronavirus could affect school lunches
The Shaler Area School Board discussed coronavirus as it pertains to school lunches. Kim Cassidy, The Nutrition Group’s regional manager, said that the food service provider budgeted conservatively for food when devising its annual contract with Shaler Area. “We just don’t know what’s going to happen,” she said during a...
Big changes in HSSN power rankings as WPIAL teams continue to shrink
As the Road to Hershey hits the midway point this weekend with the upcoming quarterfinals, two rounds have shifted the power in the weekly Trib HSSN power rankings. With Mt. Lebanon in limbo, only eight WPIAL boys basketball teams remain alive through two rounds, with nobody left in both the...
South Fayette considers sign ordinance in attempt to lure business
As part of an effort to attract more businesses, South Fayette commissioners are looking to revamp their ordinances regarding signs in the township. Board of Commissioners President Gwen Rodi said they have received feedback from businesses, developers and their own zoning hearing board, all that claim the sign ordinances are...
Belle Vernon teachers strike averted; tentative pact reached in 11th-hour deal
Classes for about 2,500 Belle Vernon Area students continued as scheduled Friday after the teachers’ union and school board reached what they hope is a deal on a new contract, a union representative said. Details of the tentative agreement were not available. The contract still must be approved by the...
Organizers cancel A-K Cager Classic all-star game over coronavirus concerns
One of the Alle-Kiski Valley’s most popular sports events has become a victim of coronavirus concerns. The A-K Cager Classic, pitting senior high school basketball players from both sides of the Allegheny River, has been canceled, co-founder Glenn Mills said Thursday morning. The 24th annual all-star boys and girls event...
Latest on coronavirus: Pennsylvania up to 22 cases; March Madness called off; Wolf closes eastern Pa. schools
The eastern part of Pennsylvania continues to see an increase in presumed coronavirus cases, according to the state Department of Health. Pennsylvania has 20 presumed positive cases of the virus and two confirmed cases as of Thursday. The highest number of cases — 13 — is in Montgomery County, a...
Letter to the editor: Reasons for Trump support
Four possible reasons why certain voters rabidly support the impeached B-actor President Donald John Trump: Either they’re deaf, intellectually disabled and blind, or they are of his ilk. Anthony Cortazzo Jr. Penn Township, Westmoreland County...
Letter to the editor: Paying on both ends with MAWC
On Feb. 11 at 4:15 a.m., we awoke to our water pipes banging. Then we had brown, muddy water in our house. On Water Street in West Newton at 7:40 a.m., the fire hydrants were open full onto the streets, and water crews were working on several streets. We pay...
Review: ‘The Hunt’ arrives with a big target on its backVideo
Fittingly, few films in recent memory arrive with a bigger target on its back than “The Hunt.” Our quick advice? Lower your weapons. The horror-thriller with a healthy side of political commentary was pulled from release last summer following backlash to its trailer depicting a group of wealthy, liberal Americans...
Review: ‘Bloodshot’ a supremely silly Vin Diesel vehicleVideo
Every few years, Vin Diesel likes to remind audiences that he does do movies that are not of the fast and furious or alien tree variety. He’ll throw in an “xXx: Return of Xander Cage” or a “The Last Witch Hunter” to remind us all he’s more than Groot or...
Letter to the editor: Stop importing from China
The recent outbreak of covid-19 from the coronavirus originating in China should force us to reexamine the wisdom of importing so many of our products from China. I believe it is high time to consider ways of manufacturing more of our products in the U.S. Many products shipped from China...
Letter to the editor: ‘Mediacrats’ & mind control
The Democratic Party and the great majority of the news media have a symbiotic relationship. They support and live off of each other. It’s the height of collusion and greatly influences elections. The Republicans in Congress have historically been the designated losers, like the Washington Generals to the Harlem Globetrotters....
The Stroller, March 12, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Stroller is your go-to place for local meeting notices, charitable events and volunteer opportunities. Information for The Stroller may be dropped off or mailed at least a week in advance to: The Stroller, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084, email vndnews@tribweb.com or fax 724-226-4677. Music concert...
Robert Cray brings legendary blues to The Palace TheatreVideo
If ever an artist firmly stood at the intersection of rhythm and blues it’s Robert Cray. While the Georgia native has earned numerous accolades (and quite a number of Grammys) for his acumen as a blues artist, Cray’s vocal and playing style is far more reflective of his deep and...
Colfax Elementary, Brookline K-8 and St. Bede schools close after possible coronavirus exposures
Potential exposures to the coronavirus have prompted Pittsburgh Public Schools to take steps to prevent it from being spread to other people. Colfax Elementary School in Squirrel Hill was closed Thursday after officials learned that a student may have been exposed to the coronavirus from a relative outside the school....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 11, 2020
Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Second round Wednesday’s results Butler 77, Upper St. Clair 73 Chester 63, Simon Gratz 62 McDowell 68, Central York 61 Methacton 83, Abraham Lincoln 55 Reading 67, Freedom 65 Roman Catholic 62, Pennridge 51 Cheltenham vs. Mt. Lebanon, ppd. Wilson vs. Lower Merion, ppd....
High school roundup for March 11, 2020: Beaver Falls storms into PIAA quarterfinals
Senior Noah Vaughn scored 32 points as Beaver Falls is PIAA Class 3A quarterfinals bound after beating Carlynton, 78-63, in a second-round game Wednesday night at Peters Township. The Tigers led 15-11 after one quarter before pulling away in the second by outscoring the Cougars 16-8. Vaughn had eight points...
