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Letter to the editor: Officials keep sticking it to electorate
Well, another local election has come to an end, and our elected officials who ran on the promise of not raising our taxes once again are ready to stick it to us (“Tax hike stands after Westmoreland commissioners stick with budget,” Jan. 22, TribLIVE). Actually, it seems they are going...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 18, 2020
Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Tuesday’s results Bethel Park 53, North Allegheny 50 Central Catholic 50, Penn-Trafford 35 Peters Township 55, Hempfield 46 Pine-Richland 81, Connellsville 51 Byes: Butler (17-4), Upper St. Clair (19-3), Fox Chapel (21-1), Mt. Lebanon (16-6) Quarterfinals Saturday’s schedule (Sites & times TBD)...
High school roundup for Feb. 18, 2020: Central Catholic boys clamp down on Penn-TraffordVideo
Behind balanced scoring and strong team defense, No. 7 Central Catholic held off No. 10 Penn-Trafford for a 50-35 victory in a WPIAL Class 6A first-round game Tuesday night at Norwin. Senior Ben Sarson had 11 points, and senior Colin O’Toole and junior Anderson Cynkar added nine apiece for the...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Boys basketball No. 5
There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the last 10 years. They expanded from two days to three days and from eight boys and girls finals to a dozen championship games. The district also switched venues, moving from the Palumbo Center at Duquesne to the...
The best version of nutty muddies goes a little salty
This is for chocolate-peanut-butter lovers everywhere. A salty-sweet spin on the sugar-coated cereal snack known as muddy buddies, this version adds pretzels and salted peanuts to the mix. If you want to package these like a box of chocolate, form the mix into clusters in the variation below. Salty-Sweet Nutty...
Cruse comes up big in clutch as California upsets Greensburg Central Catholic
Down five at halftime, the 12th-seeded California girls basketball team dialed up the intensity for a 36-35 victory over No. 5 Greensburg Central Catholic in the opening round of the WPIAL Class A playoffs Tuesday at Peters Township. The Trojans (13-10) also got some unexpected clutch scoring from an unlikely...
Library events, train show and more planned in Monroeville
The following free activities are scheduled to take place at Monroeville Public Library: • Story time from 11 a.m. to noon Feb. 20. A combination of stories, songs, rhymes and crafts to engage young patrons. • Spanish Starter Group from 2-3 p.m. Feb. 20. People interested in learning Spanish can sign...
Hampton library hosting trivia night, chess tournament, more
Hampton Community Library has a full schedule of activities. For details or to register for any of the programs, call the library at 412-684-1098 or visit hamptoncommunitylibrary.org. For adults • Betty’s Book Buzz meets at 1 p.m. Feb. 20, Join Betty as she gives her opinions (good and bad) about...
Northern Tier Library hosting used book sale, chess tournament, more
Northern Tier Regional Library is at 4015 Dickey Road, Gibsonia. For more information about the library or to register for a program, call 724-449-2665 or email federkeilj@einetwork.net. • From 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Feb. 25, Achieva will host a class on infant massage. This event is for caregivers and their...
Shaler North Hills library hosting Soup Cook-off
Shaler North Hills Library, 1822 Mt. Royal Blvd., Glenshaw, has a variety of activities planned. For details about library events or to register, call 412-486-0211 or go to the website at shalerlibrary.org. • On Feb. 29, from 2:30 to 6 p.m., the library will host its Soup Cook-off Fundraiser. The...
WPIAL basketball first round concludes Wednesday with boys 4A, girls 3A matchups
There were four first-round byes award by the WPIAL basketball steering committee in the boys Class 4A playoffs. They went to Uniontown, winners of Section 3 with the No. 4 seed, Section 1 co-champions Highlands and Knoch, which drew the top two seeds, and Section 2 co-champion Quaker Valley at...
High school roundup for Feb. 18, 2020: Clairton girls fend off Eden Christian
It wasn’t easy, but the Clairton girls basketball team found a way to avoid the contagious upset bug that often makes its way through the first round of the WPIAL playoffs. Behind 24 points from Iyanna Chapman, the fourth-seeded Bears defeated No. 13 Eden Christian, 61-58, in a Class A...
140 bricks of heroin seized in drug bust on North Side, police say
A North Side man accused of dealing heroin looked shocked when Pittsburgh police pulled up next to his parked Chevrolet Camaro on Tuesday evening and asked him to show his hands, according to police. Police waited for Terrence Adams, 22, to leave the house in the 200 block of Carrington...
Polce leads Pine-Richland boys past Connellsville
Pinpoint perimeter shooting and dominant rebounding led Pine-Richland to an 81-51 victory over Connellsville in the first round of the WPIAL Class 6A playoffs Tuesday at Fox Chapel High School. Kyle Polce scored 27 points, Joseph Petcash added 14 and Levi Wentz chipped in 12 for the fifth-seeded Rams, who...
Monessen holds Aquinas Academy scoreless in 1st quarter but loses
After a dominating start, the Monessen girls basketball team saw its opening-round game of the WPIAL Class A playoffs slip away Tuesday in a 34-30 defeat by Aquinas Academy at Peters Township. “I’m shocked, myself,” Monessen coach Janine Vertacnik said. “In 33 years of coaching, I’ve never been involved in...
Moon rockets past Mars in return to WPIAL girls basketball playoffs
After a five-year hiatus, it was a successful return to the WPIAL playoffs for Moon. The Tigers used a strong surge to start the second half and rolled to a 52-36 victory over Mars in a Class 5A girls first-round game at North Hills Middle School. Leading by only 24-21...
Thomas Jefferson girls impress in playoff-opening win over Armstrong
A solid defensive effort got fifth-seeded Thomas Jefferson off to a good start in the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs Tuesday night. Dalaney Ranallo led the way with a game-high 11 points and the Jaguars rolled past No. 12 Armstrong, 47-23, in a first-round matchup at Mt. Lebanon High School. “We...
Gary English: Tax-shifting schemes won’t provide property tax relief
On Feb. 3, Pennsylvania legislators and their followers held a rally on the Capitol rotunda steps that fits the current state of affairs of ignorance: “Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it” and shall expound. For the past eight years, the Legislature and the Pennsylvania Taxpayers...
Roundabout being considered along Route 356 in Buffalo Township
PennDOT is considering addressing congestion and safety concerns along busy Route 356 in Buffalo Township in a roundabout way. “We’ve found that roundabouts are effective at reducing congestion as well as the number of crashes and the severity of them,” PennDOT spokesman Timothy Nebgen said of the one-way, circular intersections....
1 lane of southbound Route 28 closed near Harmar after landslide
Authorities reduced Southbound Route 28 in Harmar Township to a single-lane around 5 p.m. Tuesday because of a landslide, PennDOT said. The single-lane closure is in place between the Harmar (Exit 11) and RIDC Drive (Exit 10) interchanges after two large boulders fell from the hillside onto the shoulder of...
Editorial: What is the future of hemp industry?
Growing a new industry isn’t as simple as having an idea. It’s not even as simple as having a product. An industry is bigger than a business. It’s about suppliers and manufacturers and distributors. Even with enough supply and healthy demand, if any of the cogs in the middle break...
Business as usual for local councils as Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy
Local Boy Scouts councils said their activities will continue as usual, despite the bankruptcy filing of their 110-year-old parent organization, the Boy Scouts of America. Each council is its own entity, financially and legally separate from the national organization. Leaders of the Laurel Highlands Council, which includes the Pittsburgh area...
Waterline extension project in South Buffalo gets key funding
A proposed waterline extension along Srader Grove Road in South Buffalo received a major financial boost Monday. State Sen. Joe Pittman, R-Indiana, appeared at the supervisors meeting to announce that the township has received a $150,000 state grant for the project. “I’ve always felt that if Armstrong County is going...
George Guido: New Edinboro football coach to headline Armstrong County Sports HOF class
It’s been a pretty busy 2020 so far for Apollo-Ridge graduate Jake Nulph. He was named Edinboro’s football coach Jan. 19. On April 26, he will be inducted into the Armstrong County Sports Hall of Fame. Nulph quarterbacked Apollo-Ridge to its first undefeated season in 2000, passing for 26 touchdowns...
Saving Stories book release celebrates history, culture
Traditional Nepali, Sudanese and Islamic tales that are passed down for generations among natives now will be preserved in the United States for years to come. More than 50 people gathered at the Whitehall Public Library on Feb. 17 for the launch of five new bilingual books through the Saving...
