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High Schools Baseball PIAA Playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Monday’s schedule Neshaminy vs. Souderton at Bears Stadium in Boyertown, 1 p.m.; Central Bucks South vs. North Allegheny at Greene Township Park in Scotland, 4 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Monday’s schedule Red Land vs. Blue Mountain at Wenger Field in Fredericksburg, 4:30...

Last fall, President Trump promised the American people that the Environmental Protection Agency would bring consumers more choices at gas pumps across the country. In a federal rule finalized last week, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler delivered on that promise by clearing regulatory barriers to make it easier to sell fuel...

President Trump is the victim of his own success. Voters now rank health care above the economy as the top issue for Washington to address, and the president must run against his own party to win in 2020. American discontent stems from affordability. We pay 75% more for health care...

The angst in Washington over impeaching President Trump is producing a “Hamlet on the Potomac” moment that even Shakespeare might appreciate. Democrats want to do it, but most Republicans don’t, and voters overall, while divided along party lines, are mostly opposed. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, while fully occupied by her daily...

Everyone wants to build a better health care mousetrap. It’s a hot topic on the campaign trail. It’s a top concern for voters. In Pittsburgh, all eyes are on the UPMC-Highmark battle royale. People want to know how to stay healthy, how to get healthy and who is going to...

Notices Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES • There were 174 shooters who competed in the Twi-Night Trap League on May 30, and 10 shooters with 25 straights, including four members of the Connellsville High School trap team. Connellsville finished in first place with a score of 199 targets. Hecla (194), Ruffsdale (190),...

Here is the Riverview High School Class of 2019: Rachel A. Aber, Yasmeen M.G. Al-Khawaja; Mirjana M. Balkovec, Devon C. Binz, Noah D. Black, Benjamin P. Blacksmith, Carter C. Alexander Cameron, Michael J. Condron II, Devlin S. Costello, Angeleque S. Y’vonne Craighead, Katelyn N. Davis, Nathan M. Davis, Cassandra G....

Regarding Susan Gero’s letter “Vaccine curiosity”: Common sense is that you can Google the reasons vaccinated people are at risk and how dangerous this disease is. It’s not big pharma! In 2017 worldwide, 110,000 people died of measles. It is deadly. People with compromised immune systems — people with HIV,...

Was not the Founding Fathers’ intent evidenced, concerning census counts to determine state populations and therefore legislative representation, by, of all things, the three-fifths rule? That rule stated that “all other persons”/slaves, other than free inhabitants, were to be counted in population counts as three-fifths of a person to determine...

We are seeing some turmoil in regard to the abortion ban in a couple of southern states in which a federal judge has granted an injunction to stop the law from taking effect. I am not offering an opinion on abortion. As a man, I know that many females believe...

Regarding the editorial “Route 30 study needs to be realistic” (May 12, TribLIVE): I can give a recommendation that will help with a major safety problem on Route 30. And the only cost will be some signs and motorist education. Do not allow any left turns going on to or...

Jon Stickel stuck with a steadfast in-season rule: no “heavy-lifting study sessions” after practice. If that meant the Franklin Regional graduate and hockey player at Division III Hamilton — a prestigious liberal arts college located in Clinton, N.Y. — hit the books at 7 a.m., Stickel knew what worked best...

Hello, Sewickley, Head to Fern Hollow Nature Center today for a Summer Celebration. Nature center members and residents of Aleppo, Sewickley, Leetsdale, Bell Acres and Sewickley Heights are admitted free. Others can purchase tickets for $7 per person or $20 per family. Bring a picnic. There will be music, games,...

In the news this week 95 years ago: • Local law enforcement officials confiscated a 150-gallon still from the O’Neil farm in Emsworth, along with “a small quantity of moonshine and 18 barrels of mash.” The still was constructed out of a garbage can with a condensing coil inside. •...

Cadet Jacob Edward Bickus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bickus of Crafton , graduated from the U.S. Military Academy on May 25. Bickus graduated from Carlynton Junior-senior High School in 2015. While at West Point, he concentrated his studies in nuclear engineering. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant...

Meryl Streep, who has done everything, once played a woman dying stoically of cancer who objected to the aesthetic notion that less is more. “Less is not more,” her character declared. “More is more.” It’s one of my favorite quotes, even if I don’t live by it, believing that less...

Pirates INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 34-24) lost 3-1 to Toledo (Tigers) despite outhitting the Mud Hens, 9-4. RHP Dovydas Neveruaskas (1-1, 2.37) recorded the loss after allowing the tying and winning runs in the eighth inning — the lone inning he pitched — with a strikeout, a walk and two hits. RHP...

Here is the Springdale High School Class of 2019: Andrew Alese, Logan Baur, Timothy Bellin, Madison Beyer, Laurel Black, Morgan Blanchflower, Leann Brannock, Alexis Byrd, Erica Crail, Gavin Densmore Jaden Domaratz, Deserai Duncan, Gianna Foglia, Jocelyn Folmer, Jacob Garmong, Julia Garmong, Christina Gaschler, Kaitlyn Hails, Rachel Halapchuk, Rachel Hayes Autumn...

Here is the Highlands High School Class of 2019: Alyssa Nicole Adamovits, Guillermo Jose Alcantar, Jake Michael Arvay, Bailey Renee Ayers, Cameron Jeffrey Babinsack, Isabella Baker, Ryan Michael Baker, Anthony Joseph Balog, Bailey G. Beacom, Cole Nickolas Bergquist Daneasha Berry, Nicholas D. Bigenho, Karick Matthew Bigley, Richard Marcel Blake, Julia...

High Schools Baseball PIAA Playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Monday’s schedule Neshaminy vs. Souderton at Bears Stadium in Boyertown, 1 p.m.; Central Bucks South vs. North Allegheny at Greene Township Park in Scotland, 4 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Monday’s schedule Red Land vs. Blue Mountain at Wenger Field in Fredericksburg, 4:30...

Elizabeth Forward’s Kailey Larcinese threw one of her best games of the season Friday, shutting down Grove City for a 1-0 win in the PIAA Class 4A quarterfinals. Larcinese allowed just two hits over her seven innings in a performance coach Harry Rutherford called nearly perfect. “Larcinese was outstanding today,”...

Junior Jade Renner was 3 for 4 with a double and three RBIs and tossed a complete game as West Greene (21-4) held off Clarion’s seventh-inning rally for a 5-4 PIAA quarterfinal win at Slippery Rock on Friday. The Pioneers scored five runs in the fifth inning before Clarion (10-5)...

Senior Mackenzie Latess went 4 for 4 with a double, home run and three RBIs, along with two runs scored for Laurel (21-3), but it was Cranberry (15-5) that triumphed 7-6 in a PIAA Class 2A quarterfinal softball contest at Slippery Rock. Both sophomore Frankilyn Duddy and senior Kayla Ruperto...

Here is the Apollo-Ridge High School Class of 2019: Marley Renae Altman, Trent Michael Arduino, Curtis Michael Arner, Carlos Daniel Baines, Emilee Lynn Barber, Audrey Lana Barnes, Travis Ray Baylor, Cheyenne Mycal Benemann, Owen T. Bernard, Parker J. Berry Jeremy Alexander Birch, Angelo Benjamin Bonnoni, Michael Elijah Booker, Jessica Dawn...