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Rudy Gagliardi’s “Trump will get my vote” (Aug. 15, TribLIVE) was the most delusional, untrue letter I’ve read. Don’t insult us by calling yourself a Democrat. President Trump has not done what he promised, like fixing health care and infrastructure, ending wasteful wars, building a wall that Mexico will pay...

Chronic wasting disease can easily be transmitted by saliva dropped when deer feed next to each other, but aerosol transmission is many times more effective. A snort (as many bowhunters can tell you) is common, a sneeze into the crowd, maybe more often as an infected animal weakens, or just...

Most of us are familiar with the accepted story of how Bridgeville got its name. In the early days, James Ramsey owned the western half of what is now Bridgeville. He assumed his property extended to the center of Chartiers Creek. At the point where the Black Horse Trail, the...

The Mollenauer Mine and Churchill Valley Country Club once played important roles in their communities. Nature has since reclaimed both sites. Sewickley-based Allegheny Land Trust (ALT) is raising money to preserve them and facilitate the development of their recreational assets. Through the Bethel Greenway Project, the nonprofit seeks to conserve...

Shaler Community Yard Sale The Shaler Township Community Yard Sale is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 7 in Kiwanis Park. Register for a space to sell items or stop by to purchase some treasures. The cost to set up a table is $15 per parking space, and...

After taking a look at the video sent by assistant Craig Dyer, Pitt women’s volleyball coach Dan Fisher nodded knowingly. He immediately was convinced he needed to make Stephanie Williams part of his burgeoning program. At a smidge under 6-foot, she wasn’t the tallest outside hitter. She wasn’t the flashiest...

Health costs for people with employee-sponsored health plans rose 18% over the past five years, outpacing inflation and wage increases, according to a new report by Kaiser Family Foundation. The findings reinforce a decade- long trend of rising employee health costs that is partly driven by rising deductibles. Over the past...

Vitamin supplements, a multibillion-dollar industry, are a layperson’s favorite prescription. Tired? Take an iron supplement. Sad? Classic vitamin D deficiency. But a recent paper related to cardiovascular health, published July 9 in Annals of Internal Medicine, put this loyalty to the test. Surprise, surprise: vitamin supplements had little impact on...

The first day of classes for the Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship was Aug. 26. Faculty and administrators spent the week prior to that attending professional development workshops and getting classrooms ready to welcome their students back for a new school year....

Question: Thanks for your very informative column on the nutritional value of beans. One of the things you said was that beans are high in protein. Many years ago I read that beans were an incomplete protein, so you should eat them with corn, and then the two together made...

High schools Football Monday’s result WPIAL Nonconference West Greene 61, Cameron (W. Va.) 20 Golf Boys Monday’s results WPIAL Class AAA Section 1 Latrobe 207, Greensburg Salem 208 Medalists: Jeff Mankins (GS), 37; Ben Thomas (GS), 38; Jared Stein (L), 38 Norwin 204, Indiana 207 Medalists: Sal Cerilli (N), 36;...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 64-69) lost 4-1 to Toledo (Tigers). The Indians were held to five hits and committed four errors. SS Cole Tucker (.264) went 1 for 4 with a triple and a run, scoring on a double play in the sixth inning. RHP Cody Ponce (1-1, 4.00 ERA) took the...

Oh to be Antonio Brown. Even when he loses, he wins. Sure, the Oakland Raiders wide receiver and former Pittsburgh Steelers star lost his second and final appeal to the NFL and the players’ union to wear his now-banned favorite helmet, but he’s going to profit handsomely because of it....

Every team that played a Week Zero game wanted to begin the new high school football season with a bang. New Castle did just that, making big plays on both sides of the ball before scoring late to win at Shaler, 34-27. “It was definitely a pleased group on the...

Longtime Geneva coach Geno DeMarco tried the newfangled system. He spread out his offense and ran as many plays as quickly as possible, often throwing. Not to his liking. When Andrew DiDonato was hired to resurrect Grove City’s program three years ago, he easily could have used a passing system....

A look at five players to watch in NCAA Division III football this season: Chas Blango, Sr., DL, Bethany (Mt. Lebanon): Tied for second in PAC with eight sacks, forced two fumbles and had 54 total tackles. … Helped Bison yield fewest points per game (17.3) and give up fewest...

Newton’s first law says that a body in motion will maintain a constant speed and direction, unless acted on by an outside force. Momentum investors think a similar law applies in the stock market. If a stock has advanced strongly in the past month, or the past 52 weeks, they...

Longtime Geneva coach Geno DeMarco tried spreading out his offense and running as many plays as quickly as possible, often throwing. Not to his liking. When Andrew DiDonato was hired to resurrect Grove City’s program three years ago, he easily could have used a passing system. Wide-open offenses had become...

The Riverview girls soccer team is hoping to put last year’s one-win season in the rearview mirror. With an abundance of seniors, it might happen. Coach Sean Abraham has 12 seniors — seven of whom are starters — on his roster of 16 players. “We have a lot of seniors...

Nothing makes priorities more obvious than a fire. You don’t call the insurance company and file a claim before you call 911. You do the most important thing until it’s taken care of and then move to the next one. That is why everyone needs to take the Amazon rainforest...

Like many small schools, Riverview doesn’t have the preferred turnout numbers for various sports and other activities. But for Riverview boys soccer, it doesn’t stop a belief that the Raiders can return to playoff contention. “On a good day, we’ll have 14 players. For a (recent) scrimmage, we took 12,”...

Authorities on Monday started to examine the boat that capsized and caused the disappearance of a Plum man in Lake Erie. Raymond Burns, 58, went missing nine days earlier, on Aug. 17. The 21-foot recreational fishing boat was hit by a squall and swamped by massive waves just before 10...

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Robert Bowers, the man accused of being the gunman in a mass shooting at a Squirrel Hill synagogue last year, according to a filing Monday in U.S. District Court. Bowers, 46, of Baldwin faces 63 federal charges, 22 of which are punishable by...

West Deer officials have approved a program to honor veterans with banners hung from utility poles. The military banners program was approved in a 5-1 vote, with Supervisor Gerry Vaerewyck opposing it. Under the program, residents can honor a family member who served in the Armed Forces by buying a...