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Pennsylvanians pay 57.6 cents per gallon in gas tax, the highest in the country. With prices ranging from $2.94 to $3.15, that means about 18% to 20% of what we pay at the pump isn’t paying for what goes into the tank. It goes to Harrisburg, where it’s supposed to...

There are two weeks left in the 2019 WPIAL boys volleyball regular season before the start of the district postseason. Check out the updated WPIAL boys volleyball standings on the Trib HSSN website. The top four teams in each section qualify for the playoffs, although more than four could clinch...

FORT BENNING, Ga. — There’s tough, there’s Army Ranger tough and then there’s the toughest of the tough, the handful named Best Ranger. Earlier this month, 106 elite members of the U.S. military spent 60 grueling hours competing as two-member teams for the Best Ranger title. Sleep-deprived and sometimes soaking...

WASHINGTON — The universe is expanding faster than it used to, meaning it’s about a billion years younger than we thought, a new study by a Nobel Prize winner says. And that’s sending a shudder through the world of physics, making astronomers re-think some of their most basic concepts. At...

West Jefferson Hills School District leaders are sticking to a seven-year financial plan to help fund the new Thomas Jefferson High School — with a tax increase to the state-issued index slated for year seven of the plan in 2019-20. The district’s finance director, Tracy Harris, presented a first look...

Construction on a 10-classroom addition at Gill Hall Elementary School needed to meet the needs of the booming West Jefferson Hills School District likely will begin in May. School board members April 23 awarded contracts to six companies for the project, totaling $6.3 million. “We’re ready to get going,” said...

The basketball courts at Elm Leaf Park in Baldwin Borough are getting a facelift, a second playground is being added and part of the parking lot soon will be lined and fenced in for dek hockey play. All of this is coming by the spring of 2020, as the second...

Aleppo Harry Caravaggio III sold property at 709 Sewickley Heights Drive to Sally Tomana for $190,000. Leet Mark Duquette sold property at 108 William Penn Circle to Shannon and Tara Klingensmith for $243,000. Leetsdale Arthur Holman sold property at 88 Broad St. to George and Diane Frederick for $30,000. Kathleen...

Does anyone else look around and think that Make America Great Again is more like Make America Hate Again? Does it seem like somebody against somebody and nobody standing with nobody? Isn’t it exhausting and sad? Think how lucky babies are when they are born. They don’t hate, and they...

Bernie Sanders and his ilk apparently can’t believe that middle-class people are satisfied with a modest life; a job to provide a modest dwelling to own and enjoy; being able to pay necessary bills; eating as well as they desire; accessible health care; a little left over for fun and...

I agree with letter-writer Mary Ann Buffer (”Let’s cancel cable,” March 5, TribLIVE). Two years ago, I bundled my phone, TV and internet with Comcast and was told it would cost $122 per month. I have never been billed, or paid, only $122 per month. My first monthly bill was...

Contract talks between New Kensington-Arnold School District and its teachers union are scheduled for Monday. The district’s 167 teachers have been working without a contract since Aug. 31, 2017. Superintendent John Pallone said the state Department of Labor and Industry has assigned a mediator, and negotiating sessions must include the...

A former Canon-McMillan wrestler who was shot by police this month was released from a hospital Thursday and arraigned on aggravated assault and related charges, according to court records. Family of Logan B. Macri, 19, posted $100,000 bail for him, said his attorney Casey White. “He is now addressing any...

Hello, Sewickley, Sewickley Valley YMCA will host a Healthy Kids Day from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. There will be a bounce house, giant hamster ball, healthy snacks, face painting and more. YMCA membership is not required. This event is free and open to the community. For more information,...

Beth Samuel Jewish Center The center is at 810 Kennedy Drive, Ambridge. For information, visit bethsamuel.org or contact the center at beth samueloffice@ comcast.net or 724-266-5238. • 7 p.m. May 8 — FBI program, “Hate Crime Indicators.” RSVP required by May 6 to attend. Blackburn United Methodist Church The church...

April’s showers will bring flowers at the Shaler Garden Club’s 66th Annual Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to noon May 4. Shoppers at the Kiwanis Park sale will find perennials such as lily of the valley, menarda, black-eyed Susans, lamium, day lilies and ajuga from Shaler Garden Club members’ gardens....

Wine tasting at Shaler North Hills Library Shaler North Hills Library is hosting a special fundraiser with local wine connoisseur John Eld as he heralds in the spring. A Taste of Spring Wine Tasting will be held on Saturday, May 4, at 7 p.m. Eld is former chairman of the...

On a warm spring afternoon, the sun highlighted a row of daffodils in such a way that the orange fringe of the cups exploded with color. I’ve seen them bloom every season for the past 20 but never really noticed the dark apricot center of the flower. I began to...

Sometimes, a coach can learn from a player. Even a veteran coach like Jeff Mountain, who is in the midst of his 17th season as Washington & Jefferson’s baseball coach. Three years ago, Bishop Canevin grad Mitchell Taufer came into Mountain’s program, and the coach admitted he initially had reservations...

Pirates INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 10-9) lost to Gwinnett (Braves), 6-2. 2B Nick Franklin (.500) went 2 for 2 with a sixth-inning solo home run. LF Patrick Kivlehan (.222) and SS Jake Elmore (.403) each hit a double. RHP Eduadro Vera (0-2, 4.05) allowed three runs on two third-inning homers, lasting four...

High Schools Baseball Thursday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Central Catholic at North Allegheny, ppd. Butler at Allderdice, ppd. Seneca Valley at Pine-Richland, ppd. Section 2 Norwin at Latrobe, ppd. Section 3 Canon-McMillan 1, Mt. Lebanon 0 Upper St. Clair 7, Baldwin 3 Brashear at Peters Township, ppd. Class...

North Hills scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to earn a 12-11 win over No. 3 Seneca Valley in a Section 2-6A softball game Thursday afternoon. Senior Leslie Rozanski smacked a walk-off double to seal the win. Melanie Taylor hit a three-run home run for North...

Ten people at an Indiana Township group home for youths were taken for evaluation and released Thursday night after apparently being affected by fumes. Allegheny County spokeswoman Amie Downs said someone called 911 from the Western Pennsylvania Adult and Teen Challenge campus off of Lefever Hill Road reporting that people...

In any sport, successful teams or programs normally have a certain type of makeup that allows them to succeed. Sometimes it’s culture, a certain mentality or approach that allows a program to have sustained success. Then, there are teams that have the perfect mix of players and approach for a...

LAS VEGAS — The owner of the Vegas Golden Knights said Thursday a senior NHL executive phoned him to apologize for a penalty called during Game 7 of his team’s loss to the San Jose Sharks. Owner Bill Foley said the call came the morning after Vegas lost 5-4 in...