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High school scores, schedules for April 22, 2019
High Schools Baseball Monday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 3 Upper St. Clair 8, Canon-McMillan 3 Class 5A Section 2 Mars 1, Shaler 0 Section 3 Laurel Highlands 15, Trinity 0 (4 inn.) Class 3A Section 2 Ellwood City at Shady Side Academy, ppd. Section 3 McGuffey 16, Washington 1...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week: Frazier
The Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week played for WPIAL gold in each of the last two seasons and is positioning itself to make another run this spring — the Frazier Commodores. In 2017, Frazier enjoyed a breakout season that included a section championship and, after three playoff wins,...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week: Connellsville’s Jena Hixson
Jena Hixson School: Connellsville Class: Sophomore In the first seven years of this decade, Connellsville qualified for the WPIAL softball playoffs only once — in 2010. But the Falcons are trying to end the decade with a bang having made the postseason the last two years and sitting a half-game...
Michael Hiltzik: Surprise! Social Security has gotten healthier
The crux of the conservative attack on Social Security in recent years has been the claim that the program is on an unbroken path to insolvency. Monday’s release of the Social Security trustees’ annual report knocks a pillar out from under that campaign, for it shows that the program actually...
Upper St. Clair baseball ends losing skid against Canon-McMillan
What a difference 19 days makes. Three weeks after getting crushed by defending WPIAL and PIAA Class 6A champion Canon-McMillan, Upper St. Clair earned a split of the season series with an 8-3 victory Monday afternoon at Wild Things Park in Washington. The Panthers’ win also ended a six-game losing...
Ringgold avenges loss to Belle Vernon in Section 2-4A
Two Section 2-4A softball teams who entered the season with different expectations met at Washington Township Park on Monday. Two-time defending Class 4A champion Belle Vernon lost a Division I pitcher in Bailey Parshall (Penn State), who also hit .418 last season, among a handful of others, and has struggled...
America’s elderly are twice as likely to work now than in 1985Video
Just as single-income families began to vanish in the last century, many of America’s elderly are now forgoing retirement for the same reason: They don’t have enough money. Rickety social safety nets, inadequate retirement savings plans and sky high health-care costs are all conspiring to make the concept of leaving...
John Dorfman: Cheapest stocks in each sector could be bargains
What would happen if you bought the cheapest stock in each of the major stock market sectors? I’ve explored that question in 11 columns, from 2002 through 2006, and from 2013 to the present. I call this concept the Cheapskate Portfolio. I think it can be a way to find a...
Supreme Court to rule on workplace bias against gay and transgender employees
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday set the stage for a landmark civil rights decision next year on whether gay, lesbian and transgender employees are protected nationwide from being fired or not hired under the federal law that bars sex discrimination in the workplace. After weeks of internal debate,...
Starbucks adding needle-disposal boxes to restrooms
Starbucks, recognizing it’s often a safe space for the most vulnerable visitors, has installed needle-disposal boxes in some locations. The coffee giant started adding the boxes in several U.S. markets in January after receiving requests from employees last year, a spokeswoman said. It will add them to any store where...
Mark Madden: Half-empty PNC Park tells real tale of Pirates this season
Pirates fans are going ga-ga over rookie shortstop Cole Tucker, and they should. Tucker marked his big league debut Saturday with a home run and a curtain call. Fellow call-up Bryan Reynolds got lost in the shuffle, and understandably so: Reynolds’ hair isn’t as cool as Tucker’s. But Reynolds went...
Editorial: Casey’s call for DNC debate makes electoral sense
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Scranton, is right. The Democratic Party should hold one of what promises to be a plethora of primary debates in Pennsylvania. The Keystone State will undoubtedly be a keystone in the 2020 presidential election. It usually is. Americans have gone to the polls to pick a...
Ross child to benefit from community fundraiser
The community helped support a Wexford boy who needs a wheelchair accessible van at The Great Hall in Ross on April 20. A large selection of used books, games, puzzles and other items were to help the family of Isaiah Ford, 3, buy a wheelchair van for their son. Isaiah...
Netflix is testing a random episode option for watching shows
Watching Netflix may soon take even less effort than it currently does. The streaming giant announced it’s testing out a new option that would allow users to tune into series without having to select a specific episode. “We are testing the ability for members to play a random episode from...
Letter to the editor: How will we pay for freebies?
Ready to go on a date 50 years ago, I would ask my father for $5. He would reply, “Go out to the back yard and pick it off the trees.” I of course would respond, “Dad, there’s no money on the trees.” Which naturally brings us to the famous...
Letter to the editor: Put whole milk in schools
Getting whole milk back in our schools cannot be considered a political issue. We must get whole milk back in our schools for our children’s’ sake. It’s important that their bodies and their developing brains have real whole milk. The good news is that U.S. Rep. Glenn “G.T.” Thompson, R-Howard,...
Letter to the editor: Expose fracking dangers
Recent reporting reveals Attorney General Josh Shapiro investigating the shale industry for “environmental crimes” committed by the oil and gas industry in Washington County and other areas. Residents have long complained of fracking causing water and air pollution, illness and dead animals. And such complaints have long gone unanswered by...
New York Times: Operations at Boeing Dreamliner plant threaten safety
Boeing’s factory in North Charleston, South Carolina, one of two plants that produces the 787 Dreamliner, has faced problems with production and oversight that create a safety threat, the New York Times reported. The Times cited a review of internal emails, corporate documents and federal records, as well as interviews...
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 22
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 22....
Here’s what’s happening around town: Monday, April 22
Hello, Sewickley, Dementia Friends Pennsylvania will hold information sessions at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Sewickley Library Community Room. The group’s goal is to make the community more aware, informed and supportive of people experiencing and caring for those with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. To...
Shaler Area promoting R-E-S-P-E-C-T
This school year, the Shaler Area School District is focusing on promoting respect within its schools. Shaler Area has invited students and community members to participate in the Respect for All campaign consisting of biweekly videos, challenges, quotes and information aimed at facilitating a consideration for others. The campaign launched...
Shaler Area students shine in Japanese speech contest
Shaler Area High School students took top awards in the 22nd annual High School Japanese Speech Contest at the University of Pittsburgh. The Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania and the University of Pittsburgh’s Asian Studies Center host the Japanese Speech Contest at Pitt’s Oakland Campus each year for Japanese learners of...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 22
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 22....
Pine-Richland students rake in honors
Pine-Richland High School junior Olivia McGeary performed at the Pennsylvania Music Educators All-State Choral program at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on April 6. Olivia and junior Claire Tobin, along with sophomore Kristen Donahoe, and seniors Bryan Bails, Seamus Daniello, and Lucy Hess also participated in the PMEA Regional...
Health coach helps clients break bad habits, live better
South Fayette resident Jill Sodini specializes in helping people live a life of quality by making simple, reasonable and sustainable habit changes in the areas of nutrition, movement and stress management. She has learned over the years that people need to learn how their bodies work in regard to stress...
