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ALTOONA — It wasn’t the prospect of an all-WPIAL state Class 5A girls basketball semifinal that had Thomas Jefferson’s Jenna Clark and Alyssa DeAngelo laughing and jumping around in the back hallway of the Altoona Area High School Field House on Saturday afternoon. They were just happy to be here....

Regarding Bob Bauder’s article “Pittsburgh recognized as starting point for Lewis and Clark expedition” (March 10, TribLIVE): Meriwether Lewis wrote in his journal on May 14, 1804: “The mouth of the River Dubois is to be considered as the point of departure.” The River Dubois enters the Mississippi from the...

In addition to the “Green New Deal,” the agendas of many of the progressive left’s presidential candidates for 2020 contain social justice programs packaged as rights due all Americans. They include health care, living wage, employment, college education, etc. The guarantor of these rights without any cost to the beneficiaries...

Can someone please tell me why on earth we need self-driving cars? This is one of the biggest wastes of time, money and technology I’ve ever seen. Not only that, but you still need to sit behind the wheel. What’s the advantage, and who gets sued when your so-called self-driving...

Hello, Sewickley, Meet Luke Flowers, illustrator of “The Poems of Mister Rogers” at Penguin Bookshop, starting at 3:30 p.m. March 26. For the first time, 75 beloved songs from “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” and “The Children’s Corner” are collected in an illustrated treasury. Flowers has illustrated more than 40 children’s books....

Through its Montour Greenway Expansion project, Allegheny Land Trust is currently raising funds to purchase 38.5 acres of trailside green space in Moon Township. The organization has partnered with Hollow Oak Land Trust and Montour Trail Council for the acquisition effort. The Montour Trail extends for nearly 47 miles, from...

A familiar face to many Shaler Area residents thanked first responders during a March 12 Shaler commissioners meeting for administering care when he experienced a cardiac event in December at his residence. Marty Martynuska, Reserve Primary principal and Shaler Area employee since 1997, distributed Lifesaver Awards with Eric Schmidt, Shaler...

Shaler Area High School senior John Stanton won first place in High School Creative Writing in the 2019 Waldman International Arts and Writing Competition. The Waldman International Arts and Writing Competition is open to students in grades 6 to 12, with parallel competitions being held in the Pittsburgh area of...

Vincentian Academy had the third-highest scoring offense in WPIAL Class A boys basketball this season, averaging nearly 66 points. Yet the Royals didn’t score for the first two minutes of their PIAA quarterfinal playoff game Friday and netted only 13 points in the first quarter as they trailed Cornell by...

High Schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Saturday’s schedule Pennridge (24-4) vs. Methacton (22-7) at Plymouth Whitemarsh, 1 p.m.; La Salle College (25-3) vs. Roman Catholic (24-4) at Archbishop Ryan, 2 p.m.; Chester (22-6) vs. Coatesville (28-2) at Spring-Ford, 1 p.m.; Kennedy Catholic (24-3) vs. Mt. Lebanon (24-3)...

A racist gunman had only hours earlier killed dozens of Muslims in New Zealand and hate crimes in the U.S. have been on the rise since he took office — but President Donald Trump shrugged Friday when asked if he considers white nationalism a growing problem. “I don’t really,” the...

Devin Whitlock leaped into the arms of his teammates at midcourt, his face beaming as the rest of the Monessen players rallied around him, jumping and screaming with elation. The Greyhounds had pulled off an upset, downing WPIAL champion Nazareth Prep, 50-46, in the PIAA Class A quaterfinals Friday at...

Hickory and many in the capacity crowd at Slippery Rock University’s Morrow Field House were waiting for a typical New Castle late comeback. But it didn’t happen Friday night as Hickory played a strong second half and defeated the Red Hurricanes, 59-48, in a PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal. Dominating guard...

ALTOONA — Donovan Johnson got Moon into position. But Jioni Smith brought the Tigers home. Or, at least, put them in the PIAA Class 5A boys basketball semifinals. Johnson scored 20 of his game-high 21 points in the opening half. Smith, though, tossed in a crazy, off-balance throw in the...

Jung Ho Kang hit his fifth homer of the spring as the Pittsburgh Pirates tied the Tampa Bay Rays, 6-6, in a spring training game Friday in Bradenton, Fla. Starling Marte homered for the second straight game, and Josh Bell and Francisco Cervelli each hit their second homers of the...

ONTANA, Calif. — If Kyle Busch earns his landmark 200th victory across NASCAR’s three major series this weekend in Southern California, don’t expect him to do much to celebrate the achievement. “Maybe a hat or something in Victory Lane,” Busch said Friday, his indifference obvious in his voice. “Other than...

ALTOONA — The 2018-19 Neshannock girls basketball team won 25 games and a WPIAL championship. Unfortunately, one quarter is going to haunt the Lancers. Neshannock endured a polar vortex of a cold spell in the fourth. District 3 runner-up Delone Catholic took advantage with a 17-point swing to sideline the...

Coming off a season in which it won a playoff game for the first time in 11 years, the Knoch softball team exudes optimism. The Knights shared a section title two seasons ago and have been regular qualifiers for the postseason over the past five years, but getting that playoff...

Knoch baseball coach Sean O’Donnell likened success to a two-way street. It’s good to have, but it doesn’t guarantee future results. The Knights won back-to-back section championships the past two seasons and fostered a winning culture over the last six-plus years, which is, naturally, where O’Donnell wants the program to...

Some Americans have much higher income and wealth than others. Former President Obama explained, “I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.” An adviser to New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez who has a Twitter account called “Every Billionaire Is A Policy Failure” tweeted, “My goal for this...

Do you pay enough taxes? What is enough? When asked on “60 Minutes,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., didn’t seem to have a specific tax rate in mind, but then she said, “back in the ’60s … you see tax rates as high as 60 or 70 percent.” Suddenly, 70 percent...

Bishop Canevin was the lone area team to make the WPIAL softball playoffs last season. This season, the Crusaders will try to make another run with a roster that looks very different. A new attitude is the theme at Chartiers Valley. Carlynton, meanwhile, returns an experienced team for third-year coach...

Canyon Tuman easily could have pursued football in college. Blessed with size (6-foot-6, 225 pounds) and athleticism — not unlike his father, Jerame, who played tight end with the Pittsburgh Steelers for 10 seasons — the North Allegheny grad fit the mold. But Tuman also has the bloodlines for volleyball....

It’s easy to overreact to the Penguins’ good play. Every team’s season has ups and downs. The Penguins have looked excellent winning six of their last seven. They were horrific losing nine of 10 from Oct. 30-Nov. 19. But the current uptick definitely features encouraging signs. Goaltending is key, as...

Western Region champion Shannon Small of Plum reached the stepladder playoffs at the state singles bowling tournament Friday at 222 Dutch Lanes in Ephrata. But her stay was short after falling in the opening round, 201-198, to Governor Mifflin’s Alyssa Breidegam. Cedar Crest’s Paige Boyd went on to claim the...