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El Paso shooter faces 90 federal counts, including hate crime charges that could bring death penalty
EL PASO, Texas — The confessed shooter who in August targeted Mexicans at an El Paso Walmart, killing 22 and injuring dozens more, will face federal hate crime charges that carry a potential penalty of death. A federal grand jury indictment was unsealed Thursday against Patrick Crusius, 21, of Allen....
Chartiers Valley grad Christian Kuntz gets new football life as XFL long snapper
The XFL is back, and it will look different this time. The original league lasted only one season in 2001, marred by spotty play, poor TV ratings and outlandish sideshows more associated with co-founder Vince McMahon’s primary endeavor, the WWE. The latest incarnation of the XFL — the season runs...
Patrick Mahomes checks up on Kansas City Chiefs fan who was flattened by parking meterVideo
As the adage goes, “Sometimes you’re the bug and sometimes you’re the windshield.” During the Super Bowl victory parade Wednesday for the Kansas City Chiefs, a fan found out how it felt to be the former. Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes was tossing footballs in the crowd when an unsuspecting...
Record number of alumni to hit the stage for Highlands musical fundraiser
More than just a few Highlands High School alumni are collaborating for a musical cause. Each year, the Alumni Cabaret concert unites dozens of musical alumni with current Highlands musical students for an evening of entertainment filled with song and dance. This season, 38 alumni are scheduled to perform. “This...
Apollo, Harrison, Freeport, Leechburg enter HGTV contest for hometown makeoverVideo
At least four Alle-Kiski Valley communities are entering an HGTV contest for their shot at a whole-town makeover. Residents in Apollo, Harrison, Freeport and Leechburg have taken photos and produced videos in hopes their towns will be chosen as the subject of “Home Town Takeover,” a six-episode series with Ben...
Democratic Party chairman Tom Perez calls for Iowa recountVideo
The chairman of the Democratic National Committee called Thursday for a full recount in the party’s botched Iowa caucuses as new questions emerged about the integrity of the vote tally in the first contest of the 2020 presidential race. “Enough is enough,” party Chairman Tom Perez said on Twitter. “In...
Richland officials explore township’s financial responsibility to Allegheny Valley Sanitary Authority project
The Richland Township board of supervisors began exploring the details of a bond issue to help fund the Allegheny Valley Sanitary Authority’s improvement project at its Feb. 5 meeting. The total cost of the project is still unknown, but township officials believe they will be responsible for contributing $10 to...
Laurels & lances: Bakers, groundhog, culture and taxes
Laurel: To a nourishing idea. Chatham University is creating a new baker training program that brings together its Center for Regional Agriculture, Food and Transformation with Community Kitchen Pittsburgh. Funded by a $215,000 grant from Bank of America, the pilot program launches in May and will allow students to earn...
Jefferson Community Collaborative provides nonprofit networking
Take five minutes and get to know everything about the person sitting across from you. Who are they? What organization are they from and how can you two work together to make the South Hills even more vibrant? Welcome to speed networking – think speed dating, except for professionals. More...
Painting helps spread unity at Thomas Jefferson High School
As a fifth-grader in Saudi Arabia, Ebtehal Badawi dreamed that someday she would become an artist. More than 20 years later, that dream has finally come true. Her first painting, which now hangs in the main hallway at Thomas Jefferson High School, is serving a much greater purpose: It’s unifying...
Editorial: Will Wolf budget become impasse?
There was an important speech made Tuesday that is worth some attention. No, not the one in Washington that has spawned a million social media posts. It’s the one Gov. Tom Wolf gave in Harrisburg, outlining his 2020-21 budget proposal. For Pennsylvanians, it was a laundry list of priorities the...
Letter to the editor: Gas industry/cancer study applauded
We should all be pleased that Gov. Tom Wolf has allocated public money, namely $3 million, to study gas industry effects and cancer, especially child cancers in Southwestern Pennsylvania. As a chemist, I can only imagine how complex it will be to study multiple possible effects of a controversial heavy...
Preliminary NTSB report released in deadly Turnpike crashVideo
The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report about a deadly tour bus crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, but the investigation has a long way to go. The report adds little new information about what caused the bus to lose control when driving around a curve in Westmoreland County....
Food Podcast: Hitting Super Bowl LIV and Taste of the NFL
The Food Podcast went to the Super Bowl. Through a partnership with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Food Bank and board member Bill Fuller — executive chef of the big Burrito restaurant group — were presented tickets to the game. While in Miami, Fuller and Brian Gulish, vice president of marketing...
Letter to the editor: Senate bill would undo environmental progress
Going back to the ’80s for a mile-high perm and a John Hughes film? Sign me up. Going back to undo 36 years of regulations? That’s a scheme that’s risky at best. Pennsylvania Senate Bill 790 would undo years of progress on environmental and health protections on oil and gas...
Letter to the editor: A conversation for the nation
It’s what I said, it’s what I meant, I do not like the president. Listen, listen and you may, Listen and you may, I say. Would you like him here or there? I would not like him anywhere. I don’t care what you insist, I’ll continue to resist. Is there...
John Oyler: Life of female Soviet sniper explored
The Bridgeville Area Historical Society opened the new year with one of its rare Sunday afternoon programs. The speaker was a young lady named Dana del Bianco who specialized in studying Stalinism at Carnegie Mellon University. Her subject was a Soviet hero of World War II, Roza Shanina, a decorated...
The Stroller, Feb. 6, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Highlands High School to present Alumni Cabaret Concert The eighth annual Highlands High School Musical Alumni Cabaret Concert will be at 7 p.m. Saturday in the high school auditorium, Natrona Heights, Harrison. Performances saluting the past 10 years of Highlands musicals will be by alumni, and the high school Honors...
LEGO Club, Wendell G. Freeland documentary and more at local libraries
Sharpsburg Call 412-781-0783 to register for activities at Sharpsburg Community Library. • Maker Mondays, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. For children 6 and older. • Wild Bill Cox Art Reception, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 7. Cox is a Sharpsburg resident. The show runs through March 11. • Green Grocer, 3:30...
Photos: Celebrating the Lunar New Year in Monroeville
New Year celebrations continued at the Monroeville Public Library with the ringing in of the Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year, on Jan. 25. The Lunar New Year is celebrated during the second new moon after the winter solstice, usually between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20 on the Gregorian...
USC boys, Central Valley girls back in this week’s Trib 10 power rankings
A couple of bad Knights led to a couple of changes in the boys and girls Trib 10 from last week. The Knoch Knights boys and Norwin Knights girls lost section showdowns and got bumped from the power rankings. Taking advantage to join the Trib 10 are the Upper St....
PIAA wrestling, girls basketball section finales share Thursday spotlight
A handful of WPIAL girls basketball sections appear to be headed toward a deadlock for the section crown. Teams are tied for first place in Section 1-6A, Section 2-6A, Section 2-4A and in Section 1-3A, and they have split their two head-to-head games, meaning if both win or both are...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 5, 2020
Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 5A Section 3 Mars 61, Armstrong 43 Class 3A Section 4 Southmoreland 62, Washington 58 (OT) Nonsection Apollo-Ridge 58, Freeport 43 Beth-Center 74, Carmichaels 67 Blackhawk 51, New Brighton 27 Frazier 71, Bentworth 38 Homer-Center 61, Derry 56 Plum 52, Baldwin 51 Quigley Catholic...
High school roundup for Feb. 5, 2020: Southmoreland trips up Washington
Riley Comforti scored 32 points to lead Southmoreland to a 62-58 upset overtime victory over first-place Washington in Section 4-3A boys basketball Wednesday night. Brandon Peterson scored 12 points and Zach Cernuto added 10 for Southmoreland (10-11, 7-4), which jumped ahead with a 19-8 run in the third quarter. Tayshawn...
Penn State’s James Franklin: ‘Red tape’ delaying contract extensionVideo
Penn State coach James Franklin said Wednesday afternoon his new contract, a six-year extension agreed upon in early December, has not been signed because of some “red tape” — but should be finalized in the near future. “As you can imagine, these contracts aren’t like three pages of notes,” he...
