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Khin Lwin never met the young boy living in a disadvantaged situation in Peru. Still, he wanted to draw a portrait of the boy, in hopes of showing the child that someone cared about him. “I did it because I wanted to make art for the kids, so they have...

In the news this week 22 years ago: • Members of the Woman’s Club of Sewickley were poised to celebrate the group’s centennial year with a special slate of programs as well as a commemorative book. The club was founded in 1897 by Mary Cooley Bassett of Edgeworth and had...

Safe driving can be a taxing and stressful endeavor for anyone, but seniors face additional challenges behind the wheel as they age. An upcoming program at Northern Tier Regional Library aims to help seniors recognize how aging affects them while driving, brush up on their skills and ensure they remain...

After a very rainy month of June, summer weather finally seems to have arrived as Crawford Pool in Kiwanis Park has seen an influx in attendance now that the sun is out....

Pirates INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 42-40) lost 6-1 to Louisville (Reds). LF Trayvon Robinson (.323) went 1 for 3 at the plate with a fourth-inning RBI single. SS Cole Tucker (.305) and CF Jason Martin (.240) each went 2 for 4. RF J.B. Shuck (.291) was 0 for 3. RHP Alex McRae...

Lee A. Iacocca, an ambitious immigrant’s son and salesman extraordinaire whose blunt and swaggering persona dominated the automobile industry like nobody since Henry Ford, died Tuesday. He was 94. Iacocca, who spent his last years living in Los Angeles, hacked out a spectacular career, punctuated by his role as father...

The name of Ed Saliba will remain at the top of the New Kensington Fire Department’s chain of command. On Monday, Edward C. Saliba, the son of the city’s longtime fire Chief J. Edward Saliba, was appointed unanimously by council to succeed his father as the city’s fire chief. The...

Pitt product and free agent Brad Wanamaker agreed to a one-year contract to return to the Boston Celtics, ESPN reported. Wanamaker was the oldest rookie in the NBA last season at age 29 after playing six seasons in Europe. He averaged 3.9 points, 1.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 36...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration, abruptly switching course, has decided to give up its fight to add a question about citizenship to next year’s census. Word of the decision to give up the fight came initially in an email from a Justice Department attorney to the lawyers who had challenged...

Vandergrift got some bad news from the Westmoreland County planning department last month. The borough was turned down in its bid to acquire funds to pave 12 streets this summer. Instead, Vandergrift will have to reapply for funding through the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program next year. The...

What’s next for the only remaining Kmart in the Alle-Kiski Valley? Some customers shopping Tuesday at the Big Kmart in Hyde Park Shopping Center in Allegheny Township were pondering that question as they commented on changing conditions at the store. The Valley’s only other Kmart, along Tarentum Bridge Road in...

Kiski Area is getting ready to induct its 14th sports hall of fame class. Eight former Cavaliers athletic standouts will be inducted at 6 p.m. Aug. 31, at the Greek Social Hall in Oakmont. Here are this year’s inductees, with their graduation years in parentheses: • George Argyros (1970) —...

While other municipalities in Pennsylvania are trying to find ways to work together on a DUI task force, two municipalities are joining forces. That’s not a metaphor. Springdale Township and Cheswick created the Allegheny Valley Regional Police Department. The eight-member force started patrolling Monday. There is a lot about this...

Sweetwater Center for the Arts in Sewickley has held its wintertime SweetJazz Music Series for nearly 20 years. The concerts frequently sell out, and Sweetwater’s community room transforms into an intimate nightclub setting for each show. The Sweetwater staff has looked to provide a summer music series offering the same...

Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday commuted the sentence of Robert Wideman, who was serving life in prison for his role in a 1975 murder. Wolf affirmed the Board of Pardons recommendation issued in May. Wideman, 68, of Homewood, was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Nicola Morena....

Puffing on electronic cigarettes can damage neural stem cells important to brain function, a new study says. E-cigarettes produce a stress response in neural stem cells, researchers at the University of California at Riverside reported in a study published in the interdisciplinary open-access journal iScience. E-cigarette users may think they’re...

There’s a buzz at the new Thomas Jefferson High School — literally. Over the hillside behind the school, surrounded by trees and brush and a six-foot fence, a bee apiary, with roughly 60,000 honey bees in four hives, sits waiting to educate students this fall. The apiary is a rarity...

According to the fake news media, President Trump would lose the election if it were held today. Not only would Trump be beaten by Joe Biden, but also by fellow Democrats Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg. Does the fake news media really expect us to believe...

I don’t know of any restrictive laws being considered by our Pennsylvania legislative reps that would control use of polluting plastics that threaten our very existence. You bet they wouldn’t take action with the Beaver Shell facility nearing completion. Our representatives continue to change laws to favor the drilling industry....

Honor is dead. Truth is alive, but on life support. Willful ignorance (aka denial) is thriving and growing stronger. Why? Because truth can create anxiety. Once you buy into denial, you tend to defend it as you plunge deeper into it. Like quicksand, it gets more difficult to escape. Freedom,...

Hello, Sewickley, The Sewickley Valley YMCA will operate on an altered schedule Thursday in observance of Independence Day. Child Watch will be closed. The large pool will be open for adult lap swim from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and for lap swim and open swim from 11 a.m. to...

South Fayette resident Raymond Mikesell, owner of Cafe Raymond in the the Strip District, has had his bread served in the White House during the Bush and Clinton administrations. It has been served in the cafeterias of the Smithsonian’s Natural History and American History museums in Washington, D.C. Mikesell got...

Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh graduate Margaret (Molly) Maglio qualified as a finalist for the National Merit Scholarship Program, which ranks her as one of the top 15,000 finishers of the more than 1.6 million entrants who took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Maglio was presented with her Finalist...