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The Pennsylvania Game Commission has changed the starting day of buck season from the first Monday after Thanksgiving to the first Saturday after Thanksgiving. As a new hunter, I agree with this change. I go to school, and this change will allow me to start hunting on a weekend. It...

Nothing destroys communities faster than ridiculous tax schemes. A big thank-you to Hempfield Township Supervisors Tom Logan and Doug Weimer for continuing to fight the Hempfield Area School District’s predatory property tax reassessment program. Hempfield residents need fear the current school board’s lawyers, as new potential business owners have started...

I’m not a religious man, but I do believe in God. After reading D.A. Scandrol’s letter “Trump as messiah” (Sept. 20, TribLIVE), I wonder which church or religion would venerate a lying adulterer as its messiah. As for President Trump making America great, it’s only for rich white people. Minorities...

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds are preparing for the USL playoffs, but they’re also participating in the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s fight against hunger. The Riverhounds hosted a Hunger Action Night at Highmark Stadium on the South Side, and HoundsTV host Justin McCauley joined the food bank’s Brian Gulish for this...

In the news this week 73 years ago: • Community leaders from throughout Allegheny County met earlier this month to complete plans for the annual Red Feather campaign for the Community Chest, a social service program. “Your Community Chest, through its 90 community agencies, brings family service, child care, health...

Behind every rescue Sheriff Woody makes in the “Toy Story” series to Merida’s bright red hair in “Brave,” there’s a team at Pixar Animation Studios using math, science and technology to bring each character to life. Using technology, there’s a way for teachers to harness student’s excitement about their favorite...

Do you have a gift for making soup? Are you the holder of some secret, time-tested family recipe? Would you like to see how you measure up against other local soupmakers? The inaugural (No) Soup For You! contest will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Nov. 2 at the...

Seven Shaler Area High School students were accepted into Pennsylvania Music Educators Association honors ensembles. Junior Jonathan Zang, a cellist, was accepted into the PMEA Honors Orchestra. Auditions were held in September at Fox Chapel Area High School and Jonathan was one of 18 cellists accepted into the orchestra out...

CHICAGO — Chicago teachers are set to go on strike after failing to reach a contract deal with the nation’s third-largest school district. Both sides have been negotiating for months over issues including pay and benefits, class size and teacher preparation time. The Chicago Teachers Union said Wednesday night that...

Cross country Boys Wednesday’s results WPIAL Freedom Invitational Team results Winchester Thurston, 28; Riverview 50; Greensburg Salem, 85; Beaver, 97; Chartiers-Houston, 138 Individual results Scott Routledge, Winchester Thurston, 16:52; Adam Hessler, Freedom, 16:57; Will Lamb, Beaver, 17:20; Mason Ochs, Riverview, 17:31; Patrick Malone, WT, 17:32; Sean Heintzleman, WT, 17:36; Quintin...

Andrew Smith and Donovan Woytsek scored goals as Elizabeth Forward (9-8-1) tuned up for the playoffs with a boys soccer win over Section 4-A champ Seton LaSalle (8-6-3) on Wednesday night. Austin Onofrey and Logan Cherepko combined on the shutout. Burrell 6, Riverview 0 — The Bucs (11-7, 8-6) capped...

Let the postseason games on the pitch begin! The WPIAL soccer playoffs start up Thursday with three preliminary round matches. In boys Class A, Riverview (7-6) faces Beaver County Christian (6-8-1) at 6 p.m. at Hampton. The winner takes on top-seed Winchester Thurston at 1 p.m. Saturday in a first-round...

ALLENTOWN — Minutes after finding her two children hanging from a support beam in the basement of their Albany Township home, Lisa R. Snyder told a 911 dispatcher that her 8-year-old son was bullied and had “made threats of doing this, but didn’t want to go alone,” a recording of...

Penn State has hosted upward of 150 recruits for its annual ‘Whiteout’ game at Beaver Stadium since James Franklin became the school’s coach in 2014. This year will be no exception. The recruiting lounge in the upper level of the 107,000-seat venue and the section of stands where prospects sit...

Three Trib 10 teams lost in Week 7. While one fell a couple of spots, the other two were deleted from this week’s power rankings. While North Allegheny, Thomas Jefferson, Penn-Trafford, Aliquippa, Central Catholic, Pine-Richland and Central Valley all won in Week 7, Gateway lost to Ohio power Massillon Washington...

Pittsburgh police said a 9-year-old boy who went missing in Pittsburgh’s Homewood South neighborhood Wednesday afternoon has been located. Terik Smith Jr. was safely located that evening, according to Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz....

Whitehall Council candidates say they want to keep the municipality operating in a fiscally responsible manner while focusing on improvements to the sanitary and storm sewer systems and borough parks. Five candidates, including three incumbents, will square off on Nov. 5 for three open four-year seats on borough council. Incumbents...

There is less than a week left in section play in WPIAL girls volleyball. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie all qualify for the postseason. Trib HSSN’s exclusive coverage...

New industries will always have growing pains. It shouldn’t be surprising that growing hemp should be experiencing hiccups. After all, growing hemp is something that hasn’t really happened — legally, at least — in Pennsylvania for decades. The namesake of Hempfield Township and Hempfield Area School District may have once...

Thursday District 8 City League semifinals Allderdice at Westinghouse, 7 p.m. Friday WPIAL Class 6A Canon-McMillan at Central Catholic, 7:30 p.m. Hempfield at Butler, 7:30 p.m. Mt. Lebanon at Norwin, 7 p.m. Pine-Richland at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny 8 Moon at Woodland Hills, 7 p.m. Peters Township...

Last week: 10-3 (76.9) Season: 85-18 (82.5) The Birdie has been reflective lately. He has hearkened back to the old Saturday Night Live skit, “Daily Affirmations With Stuart Smalley.” (Kids, look it up on YouTube.) The local football legend turns and looks into a mirror. “I’m good enough. I’m smart...

Overall record: 59-27 (69%) Last week’s record: 5-6 (45%) Monday was a strange day for the Birdie. He hid his face throughout the day under a big ivy cap and a pair of aviator sunglasses. He was quiet, too. He didn’t say much about the weekend, and it was like...

The landscape of independent, professional baseball changed significantly Wednesday, as the Frontier League — the oldest independent league in the country — announced it will be absorbing five teams from the Can-Am League in a merger for the 2020 season. A process that started two years ago, according to Frontier...