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Sit back and enjoy all 10 shows at Apple Hill Playhouse
Apple Hill Playhouse wants its audiences to sit back and enjoy the shows — all 10 of them — as the Delmont community theater gets ready to open its 37th season. Two musicals, five plays and three children’s shows comprise the lineup of productions to be presented from May through...
Air Supply celebrates 4 decades of making music
Air Supply’s soothing ballads have a way of lifting spirits, like they did for a local musician and his wife at a concert one summer. Chip DiMonick, leader of the eponymous Pittsburgh hard-rock band, and his wife, Sharon, attended an Air Supply acoustic show in South Park while she was...
Joe Pavelski leads Sharks past Avalanche in Game 7
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Captain Joe Pavelski made a triumphant return from a gruesome head injury by posting a goal and an assist in the first period that helped send the San Jose Sharks into the Western Conference final with a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche in Game 7...
Final WPIAL baseball playoff clinchings through May 8, 2019
On Friday, the WPIAL will unveil the brackets for the 2019 district baseball playoffs. The postseason field is complete as 81 teams have punched their ticket for the Way to Washington. Watch the official unveiling of the brackets at noon Friday on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN...
New No. 1 team steps into Trib HSSN baseball power rankings
The final week of power rankings in the regular season has another new No. 1 team for baseball while the top team in softball remains unchanged in this week’s Trib HSSN Power Rankings. West Allegheny baseball and Mt. Pleasant softball are on top heading into the district postseason, while two...
High school roundup for May 8, 2019: Blackhawk claims Section 2 title
Jarrett Wright was 3 for 3 with a double and RBI as Blackhawk captured the Section 2-4A championship with a 3-2 win over Beaver. The Bobcats (10-7, 9-3) loaded the bases in the top of the seventh but only managed one run, as Blackhawk earned the win. Marco Borello struck...
Pirates minor league report: May 8, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 15-16) lost to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Yankees), 5-4. RHP Mitch Keller lasted only three innings in a no-decision, allowing three runs on four hits with four strikeouts and three walks. LHP Sean Keselica (0-1, 2.08) blew the lead in the sixth inning on a wild pitch. Keselica allowed one run...
High school scores, schedules for May 8, 2019
High Schools Baseball Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Seneca Valley 3, Central Catholic 2 Section 2 Norwin 15, Latrobe 6 Section 3 Bethel Park 5, Baldwin 1 Peters Township 4, Canon-McMillan 2 Upper St. Clair 3, Mt. Lebanon 2 Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 4, Gateway 2...
Seneca Valley tops Central Catholic to clinch playoff berth
Eric Semega has coached a lot of baseball in his nearly two decades at Seneca Valley, but he has never experienced what he went through this week. “I do not think we’ve ever played three section games back-to-back-to-back where they all meant something, and to see how we played in...
Greensburg Central Catholic boys lacrosse continues to build, improve
Just two years ago, the Greensburg Central Catholic boys lacrosse team had a roster of just 11 players. Since then, the Centurions have built their program from the bottom up. This season, they fielded a roster of 25 players and have started to implement a culture that is translating into...
Waywood’s gem lifts Yough over Frazier in charity event
Kierra Waywood took the name of her team’s fundraiser to heart. The Yough senior pitcher tossed a complete game, struck out 16 batters, allowed just two hits and scored the decisive run as the Cougars (12-5) topped Frazier, 3-0, in nonsection action Wednesday. The dominant performance highlighted a charitable event...
Georgia sprinter impaled by javelin, full recovery expected
ATHENS, Ga. — A Georgia track athlete was expected to make a full recovery after being impaled by a javelin during practice. Freshman sprinter Elija Godwin was injured Tuesday when he and his fellow sprinters were doing backward sprints at the university’s track. According to school statement, Godwin backed into...
Frank Dermody: Republican ‘dirty dozen’ threaten public safety
Imagine a world where you could commit any crime — even killing another person — but as long as you were the one who called the police and reported yourself, you’d walk away scot-free. That’s the world some corporate special interests are asking extremist Republicans to build for them —...
Coal miners appeal to Mitch McConnell to back a rescue of their pensions
WASHINGTON — He didn’t say no. A contingent of retired coal miners that has long been pressing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to back a fix for their soon-to-be insolvent pension fund, said Wednesday it had a positive meeting with the Kentucky Republican. “He didn’t make any promises,” said Phil...
After ‘trying’ 2018 season, Seton Hill women’s lacrosse qualifies for NCAAs
After each season, Seton Hill women’s lacrosse coach Courtney Grove takes a solo trip to the beach. She spends much of her time reflecting on the team’s performance: what went right, what went wrong, what can improve. When she takes her trip this summer, she can reflect on a watershed...
Editorial: Mass shootings compete for attention with body count
The latest school shooting seemed almost run-of-the-mill. A Denver school was the scene. Nine people shot. Only one killed. Only. The synagogue shooting in California received a fraction of the attention that the Tree of Life garnered. A few people shot. Only one killed. Only. In a culture where we...
Latrobe students test science, technology, engineering, arts and math – S.T.E.A.M. – skills
Seventh graders from Greater Latrobe Junior High on Wednesday participated in the school’s annual S.T.E.A.M. Day at Rotary Park. This is the third year the school has held the event, which focuses on activities based on science, technology, engineering, arts and math. “We came up with the event because we...
3 firefighters injured in 7-alarm fire in EtnaVideo
Three firefighters were sent to hospitals with minor injuries suffered battling a seven-alarm blaze at a large commercial building in Etna. The first call came in at 2:18 p.m. Wednesday to the building in the 400 block of Butler Street, near Route 28. An Etna firefighter said the building houses...
Here’s what’s happening around town: Friday, May 10
Hello, Sewickley, The Western PA Civil War Roundtable monthly meeting will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. May 15 at Edgeworth Elementary School. The lecture will be “Elmira Prison” with Doug Oakes and Terri Olszowy, who will discuss military prisons during the Civil War, especially the notorious Union prison...
92-year-old liberator still grapples with Holocaust horrors
SCRANTON — Alan Moskin knew he was fighting Nazis. He didn’t know he was on a humanitarian rescue mission. Like most U.S. soldiers fighting in World War II’s European theater, Moskin didn’t understand the breadth and depth of Adolf Hitler’s hatred toward Jewish people until he discovered the concentration camps....
WPIAL boys volleyball playoff clinchings through May 7, 2019
There are two days left in the 2019 WPIAL boys volleyball regular season before the start of the district playoffs. Check out the updated standings at the Trib HSSN website. The Class AA postseason field of 13 is set while 10 Class AAA teams are in and three are hopeful...
WPIAL boys lacrosse standings through May 7, 2019
Here are the final WPIAL boys lacrosse standings for the 2019 season through May 7. The top six teams in each section qualify for the district postseason. Only section records are shown. #-Clinched section championship *-Clinched playoff berth x-Eliminated from playoff chase Class AAA — Set with 12 playoff teams...
Jazz concert fills Heid’s House in Aspinwall
Lighthouse Arts, Inc., presented a concert and live recording of the Clifford Barnes Group on May 5, in Aspinwall at Heid’s House. Founder and operator of the studio is George Heid, a musician of 50 years. The parlor of the home is set up to accommodate 100 guests. The concert...
Letter to the editor: Norwin memo was not from board
The Norwin School District human resources department recently sent out a memorandum to all professional staff outlining procedural changes related to how employees report time off. The memorandum began with, “On behalf of the Norwin Board of Education.” These procedural changes were not discussed with the school board prior. I...
Letter to the editor: Pa. deer season change is a mistake
Well, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has listened to sports people again. We will start rifle deer season the Saturday after Thanksgiving (“Saturday start to 2019 deer hunting season might not be permanent,” April 30, TribLIVE). They say they talked to hunters, but people I talk to say nobody ever talks...
