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Residents in Quaker Valley School District will be paying more in real estate taxes for the 2019-20 school year. Quaker Valley board members unanimously approved their final $51.7 million spending plan last month. The budget includes a 0.5625-mill increase to the district’s property tax for 2019-20, setting the rate at...

Recently retired NFL veteran Chris Long talks about the “shenanigans” he got into with friends while growing up, the value of hard work as a three-sport athlete in high school and getting recruited before settling on Virginia during Part 2 of this week’s “Huddle Up with Gus” podcast. Long, son...

Here’s why President Donald Trump needed to stand up for American workers and stop the bleeding on our economy: Our trade deficit with China went from $29 billion to $83 billion under President Bill Clinton between 1994-2000; from $83 billion to $268 billion under President George W. Bush from 2001-08;...

It’s always nice when things fall together. Especially on vacation. Our recent trip to a state park with dogs and horses in tow was a good example. After a few minor delays I won’t go into, we set out to ride and relax. Food? The same rules for nutrition (let’s...

Mindfulness is the act of being intensely aware of what you’re sensing and feeling at every moment — without interpretation or judgment. Spending too much time planning, problem-solving, daydreaming or thinking negative or random thoughts can be draining. It can also make you more likely to experience stress, anxiety and...

Etna residents — mark your calendars. The borough’s garbage collector, Waste Management, is making a change to the hauling schedule. Beginning June 26, garbage and recycling will be picked up Wednesdays. This is a change from the traditional Friday collection. “While we understand this may be an inconvenience initially, we...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 40-34) beat Louisville (Reds), 3-1. RHP Mitch Keller (6-1, 2.89) struck out six and allowed just one run in 7 1/3 innings en route to the win. C Steven Baron (.197) hit a second-inning, two-run homer to put the Indians ahead 2-0. 2B Kevin Kramer (.271) also drove...

For Tony Watson, there’s no place like home. The Belle Vernon graduate was hired Monday by a unanimous vote to take over the Leopards baseball program after the resignation of Daryl Hixenbaugh. Watson, who’s coached “off and on” since 1998, has served as the pitching coach for Belle Vernon the...

Who will win the 2020 presidential election seems endlessly debatable — and the Democrats are preparing to demonstrate just how endless that debate will be. Overall there will be 12 sanctioned Democratic presidential debates during the party’s nomination battle, six of them in 2019 with six more in 2020. The...

The Tampa Bay Rays want to split their season between Tampa and Montreal. That plan is ludicrous on so many levels. It’s hard to imagine fans in either city buying in, or buying tickets. Decreased inventory doesn’t figure to increase demand when it’s not really your team. How’s this for...

Parishioners from Holy Martyrs Church in Tarentum and other area churches have been creating elaborate carpets made of dyed sawdust to celebrate the Christian holy day of Corpus Christi (the body of Christ) for 76 years. This year, the weather cooperated and dozens of volunteers gathered on Sunday, June 23,...

Break out the champagne. The crisis has been averted. No, not the tensions surrounding U.S. and Iranian relations. No, not North Korea. It’s not the war on drugs or the war on terror or even the war on Christmas. The peace treaty on the table is between Highmark and UPMC....

The Big Sewickley Creek Watershed stretches over 46 square miles and encompasses 12 municipalities, including Bell Acres, Marshall Township and Economy. A tributary of Big Sewickley Creek runs through Patti Perkins’ backyard. Perkins said she frequently takes her grandchildren down by the water to view the abundant animal life. She...

“NBC Nightly News” on Sunday took the story of yet another fire at U.S. Steel’s Clairton plant and continuing community concerns about air quality and potential health risks to a national audience. “It shouldn’t be something that children have to deal with because of the air,” a tearful mother said...

PennDOT District 11 is announcing bridge demolition work is underway on Hite Road (Route 1014) in Springdale and Harmar townships. Allegheny County. Bridge demolition work is underway on the Hite Road Bridge over Route 28. Crews from Swank Construction Company, LLC will conduct demolition work around-the-clock through Friday night, June...

Had the refugee’s plot been carried out (“Syrian refugee charged with plotting to bomb Pittsburgh church”), Mayor Bill Peduto would have known how to shine. Virtue-signaling his way through the myriad of press conferences like a virtuoso, he’d condemn any animosity Pittsburghers might dare have, sermonize ad nauseam in an...

Believe it or not, most individuals who identify as pro-choice are not cold blooded baby-killers seeking to advance a culture of death. And guess what? Most individuals who identify as pro-life are not religious bigots and misogynists hell-bent on oppressing women. After over 40 years of emotional rhetoric and demeaning...

Editorial cartoons for the week of June 24....

Sewickley officials, disappointed by the response to recent business privilege tax collection efforts, have said tax dollars from residents are being used to pay for services the privilege tax should cover. Council started working with collection firm turnKey Taxes last year in response to decreases in business privilege tax revenue....

It’s not often that an 11-year NFL veteran and two-time Super Bowl winner retires and lives in his parents’ house, but that’s just what has happened to Chris Long. “They’re working on my house, so we’re a family of four living with my folks,” he said with laugh during this...

Back in the day, when a student did well in the classroom they were sometimes moved to the front of the class. Well this is the TribLive HSSN version of that. These players and coaches stood out for their performance on the softball diamonds around the WPIAL in 2019, and...

Fifteen years ago, the then-MSA Sports Network began a competition to measure the athletic success of each school’s various sports teams. It then became the battle for the Trib Sports Cup with four champions crowned and then six cup winners were honored three years ago. Whatever the name, the one...

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 24....