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Several of Greensburg’s street department vehicles and equipment were damaged in a fire early Saturday morning that caused extensive damage to the inside of the city’s public works building, the fire chief said. ”It destroyed most of the building inside — probably half of the building,” Chief Tom Bell said...

It was Pitt’s annual Blue and Gold Madness event on Friday night — but it ended with the song “Black and Yellow.” Pittsburgh rapper and Grammy nominated recording artist Wiz Khalifa headlined a live performance for students following inter-team scrimmages between Pitt’s women’s and men’s basketball teams at the Peterson...

Mike Collodi has preached a fast, physical style of play since he began his coaching tenure at Elizabeth Forward in 2015. And it’s clear his message continues to resonate with his players. The Warriors put Collodi’s two-word mantra into effect Friday night, ending their two-game losing streak with a 24-0...

Steel Valley isn’t ready to relinquish its WPIAL crown just yet. The Ironmen kept their flickering playoff hopes alive Friday night with a 20-14 upset over Apollo-Ridge at William Campbell Stadium. Junior quarterback Ronnell Lawrence scored on a 1-yard keeper with 6 minutes, 19 seconds left to break a 14-14...

TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s Week 7 high school football action. GAMES OF THE WEEK • JEANNETTE 40, GREENSBURG CENTRAL CATHOLIC 14 Jeannette’s senior running back scored five touchdowns and rushed for 217 yards • BURRELL 36, FREEPORT 35 (OT) With the game on the line, senior...

The Class 2A Allegheny Conference game between No. 5 Avonworth and East Allegheny was expected to be competitive. For most of two quarters, the game was exactly that. But the Antelopes regrouped after an East Allegheny miscue in the second quarter to remain unbeaten with a 35-7 win. In the...

Belle Vernon clinched a home playoff game and quarterback Jared Hartman set a single-season record for touchdown passes as the Leopards rolled past West Mifflin, 40-7, in a Big 8 conference showdown on Friday on “the Beach” at James Weir Stadium. Hartman connected on a pair of touchdown passes, a...

High schools Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Canon-McMillan 49, Norwin 14 North Allegheny 62, Hempfield 35 Pine-Richland 41, Mt. Lebanon 0 Class 5A Allegheny 8 Baldwin 31, Bethel Park 28 (2OT) Moon 20, Upper St. Clair 6 Peters Township 43, Chartiers Valley 14 Big East Franklin Regional 35, Connellsville...

There was little Mapletown could do to slow down Monessen’s dynamic quarterback Friday night at Memorial Stadium. Too many penalties didn’t hurt the Greyhounds much, either. Whether it was on the ground or through the air, Isaiah Beltram had his way with the Maples and led the Greyhounds to a...

A couple of trends continued Friday night as Connellsville and Franklin Regional met in a homecoming game at Connellsville Stadium. The Panthers continued their long streak of WPIAL playoff appearances thanks to a 35-7 Section 2-5A win, and the Falcons continued to be haunted by costly mistakes. “We keep shooting...

Victims should not be forgotten in the criminal justice process. It is easy to reduce the court system to criminal and prosecutor — crime and punishment. Marsy’s Law is being proposed as an amendment to Pennsylvania’s constitution. It is a crime victims’ rights amendment that legislators and advocates say provides...

Pine-Richland at Mt. Lebanon, Bethel Park at Baldwin and West Mifflin at Belle Vernon headline tonight’s WPIAL Week 7 football action. You can find a complete list of all the games being broadcast here. And when results start to roll in, you can find all the scores here. Check back...

The Pittsburgh Penguins tinkered with their fourth line Friday afternoon, calling up center Joseph Blandisi and sending Andrew Agozzino down in his place. Agozzino, a 28-year-old signed as a free agent from the Colorado organization in July, made his Penguins debut Thursday night in a 2-1 victory over Anaheim. He...

When Gateway girls basketball standout Lexi Jackson was mulling her decision of where to play at the collegiate level next year, she was looking for someone to show interest on a personal level. Apparently Kent State women’s basketball coach Todd Starkey and his staff did just that as the Golden...

On Oct. 22, from 7 to 9 p.m., a Meet the Hampton Candidates forum will be held at the Hampton high school auditorium. This free event, which is open to the public, is co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh and HAPPEN (Hampton Parent and Professional Education...

Plum Homecoming weekend was held Oct. 4 and 5 and included a football game and dance....

In the early ’70s, the congressional investigation of President Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate break-in provided us viewers with an excellent example of collaboration between Democratic and Republican lawmakers who placed our nation’s interest ahead of political parties. During the televised hearings, it was plain to see that the senators...

This is my response (nonpartisan) to the letter “Trump as messiah” (Sept. 20, TribLIVE) by D.A. Scandrol, who certainly has a right to his opinion. I found his letter the height, to say the least, of irreverence, as he compared President Trump’s “accomplishments” to our Creator, Lord and Savior, Jesus...

Giant Eagle’s weigh-in on gun control (“Giant Eagle urges against open carry on store properties,” Sept. 14, TribLIVE) gives me another reason to buy my eggs at Aldi. If Giant Eagle was seriously concerned about the health and welfare of its customers, it wouldn’t profit by selling tobacco and alcohol...

Kudos to the Tribune-Review editorial staff for standing against politics oozing into public events that are organized and funded by local government entities (“No politics at homecoming,” Sept. 29, TribLIVE). This also should apply to organizations advocating for or against any political issue, including those in favor or opposed to...

On Oct. 17, downtown Greensburg will be filled with teams raising money for a good cause while having a heck of a good time. As part of the Great Race of Greensburg, more than a dozen teams of four to six people will run their own version of television’s “The...

Gateway High School held homecoming activies, including a carnival, football game and dance, Oct. 3-5....

MINNEAPOLIS — Boisterous and energetic protesters of Donald Trump packed the streets Thursday evening around Target Center in downtown Minneapolis as many thousands of the president’s faithful streamed into the downtown Minneapolis arena to hear the president in his latest arena reelection campaign rally. As the evening progressed under a...

I recently received the “Official Democratic 2020 Presidential Survey” in the mail, accompanied by a request that I share my priorities for 2020 with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. My first reaction was quite positive – they really are interested in my opinion! Although I consider myself a moderate, probably...