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The world came to Pine-Richland in February. Several American Field Service (AFS) students, who are attending area schools, converged on the high school and middle school campuses. Students from France, Germany, Chile, Argentina, Libya and Pakistan, just to name a few, spoke to middle and high school students about their...

On the final Sunday afternoon of February, the Bridgeville Area Historical Society welcomed back Dr. John Aupperle for his annual visit and was rewarded with another informative and entertaining presentation. Aupperle was profoundly impressed by the significance of Sen. John McCain’s remarkable life when it was celebrated by his funeral...

While district basketball gold is being determined this weekend at Pitt, the Road to Hershey is scheduled to tip off next weekend. The WPIAL will send a handful of teams from each class into the PIAA postseason field, ranging from five to seven teams. While all four semifinalists have clinched...

RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia first lady Pam Northam did not focus on black students as she handed out raw cotton during several back-to-back presentations on slavery at the Executive Mansion, several participants and their parents said in interviews Friday. “Nobody was singled out,” said state Sen. Chap Petersen, D-Fairfax, whose...

High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Saturday’s schedule Butler (20-4) vs. Mt. Lebanon (21-3) at Petersen Events Center, 9 p.m. Class 5A Championship Friday’s result Mars 58, Moon 56 Class 4A Championship Saturday’s schedule New Castle (20-4) vs. Quaker Valley (20-3) at Petersen Events Center, 1 p.m....

For more than two quarters, the Saint Vincent women looked like they were poised to pull off one of the biggest upsets in college basketball this season. Matched against No. 1-ranked Thomas More (27-0), a team that beat Saint Vincent by 36 in January in Latrobe, the Bearcats led by...

NASA’s newest Mars lander has started digging into the red planet, but hit a few snags, scientists said Friday. The German drilling instrument on the InSight lander struck what appeared to be a couple of stones. It only managed to burrow between half a foot and about 1 ½ feet,...

Class 5A girls Chartiers Valley (24-0) vs. Thomas Jefferson (19-6) 3 p.m. Saturday, Petersen Events Center Starting lineups No. 1 Chartiers Valley (24-0) Coach: Tim McConnell No. Player, Pos., Ht., Yr. 4 Megan McConnell, G, 5-7, Jr. 12 Mackenzie Wagner, G, 5-10, Sr. 23 Alexandra Ferrella, G, 5-6, Sr. 24...

Class 6A girls Peters Township (24-0) vs. North Allegheny (23-1) 7 p.m. Saturday, Petersen Events Center Starting lineups No. 1 Peters Township (24-0) Coach: Bert Kendall No. Player, Pos., Ht., Yr. 20 Makenna Marisa, G, 5-11, Sr. 21 Isabella Mills, G, 5-11, Sr. 22 Jordan Bisignani, G, 5-6, So. 23...

Class 3A girls Neshannock (22-2) vs. Shady Side Academy (19-3) 11 a.m. Saturday, Petersen Events Center Starting lineups No. 1 Neshannock (22-2) Coach: Luann Grybowski No. Player, Pos., Ht., Yr. 1 Neleh Nogay, G, 5-4, Fr. 12 Kaylee George, G, 5-7, Jr. 15 Bella Burrelli, F, 5-11, Sr. 21 Ellina...

ESPN will broadcast a lengthy interview with Antonio Brown. Get out your shovels and a clothespin for your nose. The horse flop will be deep. Samples of Brown’s long-awaited revelations have been broadcast. Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert provided a hole, and Brown drove a semi right through it. Colbert...

After falling behind by 12 points early, Rochester coach C.J. Ianinni told his team to try to make it a one-possession game by halftime. The Rams did that and took over during the second half to win the school’s first WPIAL girls basketball championship over West Greene, 62-56, in the...

At the recent PSAC indoor track and field championships, IUP’s Kristina Coyne tied for eighth in the high jump with a leap of 1.55 meters — about 5 feet, 1 inch. The Chartiers Valley grad admitted the mark was nothing special. It was a height she said she was achieving...

Jenna Lafko always has been a winner. When Jimmy Petruska recruited her to play point guard at Saint Vincent, Lafko’s talent and leadership were evident. And Petruska was impressed with Lafko’s decorated playing career at Hampton, where she helped the Talbots earn three section titles and two state playoff berths....

The Hampton boys basketball team started the season with a lot of uncertainty, but a string of successful close early-season wins led to another playoff berth that left its current crop of underclassmen wanting more. “We had a lot of catching up when the season started,” coach Joe Lafko said....

A civil suit is not the same thing as a criminal case, and the two should never be confused or conflated. O.J. Simpson, for example, is not a convicted murderer because, regardless of the decision in a civil case that he was responsible for the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole...

“Beauty and the Beast” is being presented at Shaler Area High School at 7 p.m. on March 1, 2, 8 and 9 at 7 p.m.; and March 3 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at the door....

Shaler Area elementary students showed their science abilities during a STEAM Expo Science Fair on Thursday Feb. 28, 2019, at the school....

Local Vietnam veterans will have the opportunity to be honored as the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War approaches. In a collaboration between Congressman Conor Lamb, who represents Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District, and the Vietnam War 50th Commemoration, a program developed by the Department of Defense, officials are searching for...

Fish fries are scheduled throughout the Valley on Ash Wednesday and Fridays during Lent, including: Allegheny Township Markle Volunteer Fire Department, 470 Joyce St., 4 to 7 p.m. Fridays through Good Friday. All-you-can-eat dinner buffet. Apollo New Life Baptist Church, 319 N. Second St., 4 to 8 p.m. Ash Wednesday...

Cooper-Siegel Community Library was a fitting venue for Tina Williams Brewer to talk about her quilts as each one is a narrative in fabric. Her creations carry a title and have a theme, like literary masterpieces. A lecture on Feb. 23 for about two dozen attendees was a chance to...

The Westmoreland County Coroner’s office responded to the highest caseload in the department’s history last year, according to Deputy Coroner Joshua Zappone. The coroner’s 2018 annual report — officially released Friday — shows about a 50-case increase since 2017, marking a gradual increase in cases since 2008. Of the 2,875...

In his column “Time to embrace cursive again” (Feb. 4, TribLIVE), Tom Purcell writes: “Because ink dripped when the quill was lifted from the paper, it made sense to connect letters in words together in one flowing line — and the art of cursive writing began.” No; quill pens were...

During the presidential campaign we were all assured by Donald Trump that Mexico would fund the wall. So I wrote to Sen. Pat Toomey with this simple question: “What is the audit trail that the public can use to verify that all funding for the new border wall has come...

Democratic Congressman Elijah Cumming was gracious enough to warn us that once his House Oversight Committee was seated, there would be many investigations. I couldn’t agree more with the gentleman from Maryland. However, I’m sure my agenda and the agenda of investigators would be quite different. A panel composed of...