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Laurel: To a real disc jockey. The kind who remembers not just pushing buttons, but spinning vinyl. There will be one fewer of those on the air waves after July 31. That’s when WDVE’s Sean McDowell will retire. Good for him and his 40-plus years behind the microphone. Sad for...

As a licensed title agent and the Westmoreland County treasurer, I am casting my vote for Jon Wian for Westmoreland County recorder of deeds. Wian’s long list of credentials gives voters the opportunity to have someone with industry knowledge leading one of the most used offices in the county. Wian...

I find it curious that every time there is an outbreak of flu, chicken pox or the latest — measles — there is an accompanying alarm and outcry for vaccination — not, interestingly enough, from the people who have not been vaccinated and are supposedly at great risk, but instead...

Gateway High School’s prom was held May 10 at Edgewood Country Club. A promenade at the high school preceded the dance....

Lawrenceville’s Row House Cinema was able to reopen Thursday for its 7:15 p.m. showing of “Singin’ in the Rain” following a water main break that flooded parts of the theater and closed a section of busy Butler Street for a good part of the week. The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer...

In the news this week 30 years ago: • Quaker Valley High School’s Prom theme was “Shades of Another Time.” Meghan O’Donnell was chosen as Prom Queen. • Sewickley Valley Hospital broke ground on its South Wing project after an eight-month delay due to neighborhood opposition. The new building was...

Hello, Sewickley, Sewickley Valley YMCA’s Senior Olympic Games will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 23. There will be friendly competitions in many categories, including basketball toss, bingo, football toss and Wii bowling. An awards ceremony will be held. Visit the Y’s registration desk to sign up....

Chartiers Valley School District students successfully completed the requirements set forth by the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association and have earned their honor designation as Global Scholars. Their commitment to learning another language was combined with taking courses with an international or global focus. In addition, they completed extracurricular activities...

The man authorities say was driving the car in a fatal Penn Hills hit-and-run crash last month was arrested Wednesday night. Surron Burch, 21, no address released, is charged with homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter and related counts. His arrest at a Penn Hills home by the Allegheny County Sheriff’s...

A play in the top of the first inning proved pivotal in Wednesday night’s WPIAL Class 4A playoff baseball game between Blackhawk and Knoch. Knights runner Sean McGill was thrown out at the plate trying to score on Braden Tristiani’s double. Knoch only got one player to third base after...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 20-16) won 6-5 over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Yankees). LF Trayvon Robinson (.355) was 2 for 3 with a two-run homer in the third as part of a three-run inning to give the Indians a 5-2 lead. RF Jose Osuna (.350) had two singles with two RBIs. RHP Alex McRae (4-2,...

High Schools Baseball WPIAL Playoffs Class 6A First round Thursday’s schedule Upper St. Clair (12-6) vs. Hempfield (11-9) at West Mifflin, 4 p.m.; Peters Township (13-6) vs. Butler (6-13) at Boyce Mayview Park in Upper St. Clair, 7 p.m.; Norwin (13-6) vs. Mt. Lebanon (10-10) at West Mifflin, 2 p.m.;...

Kelsi Terzolino ripped a one-out single to right in the bottom of the seventh inning to give four-time WPIAL champion Hempfield a 2-1 walk-off win over Baldwin in a WPIAL Class 6A first-round playoff game at Gateway. Terzolino’s hit scored courtesy runner Erica Orner. The third-seeded Spartans (14-6) took a...

Highlands’ first WPIAL playoff game in 16 years turned out pretty sweet. Zac Kuniak’s bases-clearing triple spurred a five-run fifth inning, and No. 14 Highlands upset No. 3 Thomas Jefferson, 6-4, in a Class 4A first-round baseball game Wednesday afternoon at West Mifflin. “Unbelievable,” Highlands coach Jeff Cambell said. “These...

HARRISBURG — The lobbying arm of the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania on Wednesday accused a clergy sex abuse survivor of trolling it on social media — then apologized as a result of a swift backlash. The unusual exchange, since deleted, unfolded on the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference’s Facebook page. It began...

LOS ANGELES — Co-working is often more pleasant these days than putting in eight hours at a traditional office. If you’d prefer a workspace that looks like a chic hotel lobby with waiters at your service, that can be arranged. Want to be around other women in a cabana on...

It’s not often a strikeout results in the winning run scoring. But that is what happened Wednesday afternoon as Ellwood City defeated Deer Lakes, 2-1, in an opening-round Class 3A baseball playoff game at Neshannock’s Mike Kirkwood Field. With the scored tied 1-1, Douglas Balin opened the seventh with a...

For the fifth consecutive season, Belle Vernon’s WPIAL playoff run ended quicker than anticipated. The No. 11 Leopards were dealt a 5-0 defeat at the hands of No. 6 Beaver in a Class 4A first-round game Wednesday at Fox Chapel. Belle Vernon (11-8) was hindered by three errors in a...

For the first time in 18 seasons, St. Joseph has advanced in the WPIAL baseball playoffs. The 11th-seeded Spartans scored three runs in each of the first two innings en route to a 10-1 win over No. 6 Monessen on Wednesday at Seton Hill. Dominic Fellowes led the way for...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked Congress earlier this year for funds to reimburse Afghanistan’s Taliban for expenses the insurgent group incurs attending peace talks, according to a spokesman for the chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. The money would cover the Taliban’s costs for expenses such as...