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George Guido: Deer Lakes boys highlights memorable basketball season in A-K Valley
It’s time to close the book on another scholastic basketball season in the Alle-Kiski Valley. Deer Lakes lost a PIAA quarterfinal game to Sharon this past Saturday and all that’s left, locally, is Cager Classic XXIII on Saturday night at Highlands High School. What a great season it was for...
High school scores, schedules for March 19, 2019
High Schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Tuesday’s results Kennedy Catholic 75, Coatesville 69 Pennridge 52, La Salle College 47 Championship Saturday’s schedule Pennridge (26-4) vs. Kennedy Catholic (26-3) at Giant Center in Hershey, 8 p.m. Class 5A Championship Friday’s schedule Archbishop Wood (20-8) vs. Moon (27-2) at...
Unbeaten Chartiers Valley girls hold off Thomas Jefferson in PIAA Class 5A semifinals
As the Chartiers Valley girls basketball players saluted their fans from midcourt following their win over Thomas Jefferson, coach Tim McConnell showed off his sweet tooth as he begged for more Hershey’s kisses to reign down on him and his team. In a season filled with all wins, this may...
OLSH boys fall short to Bishop Guilfoyle in PIAA Class 2A semifinals
Losing a tooth wasn’t going to stop the path to Hershey for Bishop Guilfoyle’s Luke Ruggery. The senior guard and St. Francis (Pa.) recruit lost a front tooth driving to the hoop in the second quarter of Tuesday’s PIAA Class 2A semifinal boys basketball game. He gave the tooth to...
Raiders sign linebacker Vontaze Burfict
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Vontaze Burfict, one of the most heavily fined players in the NFL, signed with the Raiders after visiting the facility Tuesday. Burfict, 28, was released by the Bengals on Monday. His defensive coordinator in Cincinnati was through 2017 was Paul Guenther, who now has the same position...
North Catholic girls take down Mifflinburg to reach PIAA championship game
LORETTO — North Catholic has played the wicked step-mother to many opposing girls’ basketball teams’ Cinderella dreams over the years. On Tuesday night, it was Mifflinburg. It took about 28 minutes until the clock finally struck midnight, but the Trojanettes found their shooting touch over the final two quarters, and...
U.S. negotiators see China pushing back on trade vows
WASHINGTON — Some U.S. negotiators are concerned that China is pushing back against American demands in trade talks as progress slows toward a deal that could give President Trump a boost for his 2020 re-election bid, according to people familiar with the talks. Chinese officials have shifted their stance with...
Day 1 of Rosfeld trial concludes with testimony from witnesses to Rose shooting
It was Michael Rosfeld’s tone that caught Lashaun Livingston’s attention. She said it was difficult to hear what then-Officer Rosfeld said to the driver and two passengers of the 2014 gold Chevy Cruise he’d stopped on East Pittsburgh’s Grandview Avenue, but the tone rang through. It was harsh and angry,...
Jonah Goldberg: Beto-mania a prime example of cult-of-personality politics
Robert “Beto” O’Rourke’s biggest fans and supporters insist he is a forward-thinking, future-oriented visionary, but no contender for the Democratic nomination feels more familiar than the former three-term congressman from El Paso. That’s because he has the highest combined score in both deja vu and nostalgia, which are two different...
Search warrants provide inside look at the investigation into Michael Cohen
WASHINGTON — The USB drive was black and red, and its white label seemed inscrutable — Tracking #: 180208140208. But on Feb. 8, 2018, the tiny digital storage device helped change history when special counsel Robert Mueller gave it to the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan. The drive contained Michael...
WPIAL Class 3A baseball preseason breakdown
Much like Class 4A, a new champion will be crowned in Class 3A after 2018 champion Brownsville fell to Class 2A with district realignment. In fact, the WPIAL champion from a year ago isn’t the only successful squad to drop in class. WPIAL runner-up Avonworth and PIAA Class 3A runner-up...
Editorial: Adults need to be informed about vaping, JUUL-ing
Do we really need another way to be addicted? We have internet and we have cellphones. We have alcohol and we have drugs. Lots of drugs. From the legal to the illicit to the things we use as substitutes for drugs when drugs are too hard to find. And we...
Rep. Devin Nunes sues for $250 million over parody Twitter accountVideo
WASHINGTON — A parody Twitter account purporting to be owned by an unhappy cow living on one of Rep. Devin Nunes’ Iowa farms attacked the California Republican as a “treasonous cowpoke” and “udder-ly worthless” during the 2018 campaign. Now Nunes wants $250 million in damages from Twitter for failing to...
Quaker Valley police to host safety expo with mother of Sandy Hook victim
Quaker Valley Police Officer Aaron Vanatta will welcome three national experts to discuss school safety Thursday and Friday at the Hyatt Place Pittsburgh South, Meadows Casino, 212 Racetrack Road, Washington. Michele Gay will present “Beyond Tragedy: Response and Recovery in a School-based Crisis.” Following the loss of her daughter, Josephine,...
19-year-old killed in Parkway West crash identified
The 19-year-old woman who died after a chain-reaction crash on the Parkway West Tuesday afternoon has been identified by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. Victoria Elizabeth Brandt, of South Park, died at the hospital after being thrown from a Honda Sedan. The sedan’s driver, an 18-year-old-man, fled on foot...
Photo Gallery: Art & Collectibles Appraisal Fair
Residents learned the value of items stashed away in their own closets during an Art & Collectibles Appraisal Fair on March 16. Art expert Kurt Shaw was at the Cooper-Siegel Community Library to take a peek at old, unique and peculiar items. People brought coins, books, furniture, jewelry, paintings and...
NA students hosting TigerThon to fight pediatric cancer
On March 30, from 5 to 11 p.m., North Allegheny School District will host the Fifth Annual TigerThon, a six-hour dance marathon at the high school in which NA students in grades K-12 raise money for local organizations dedicated to fighting pediatric cancer. All donations will benefit UPMC Children’s Hospital...
Shaler Area hosts spring pep rally
A pep rally at Shaler Area on March 18 was held to kick off the spring sports season. Athletes participated in a variety of fun activities to get the student body ready for the season....
Passengers restrain woman who tried to open plane door during flight
ROMULUS, Mich. — Officials say fellow passengers restrained a woman after she allegedly tried to open an exit during a flight from Indianapolis to Detroit. Detroit Metropolitan Airport spokeswoman Erica Donerson says the woman may have been suffering from a medical issue. Donerson says the woman was restrained until the...
Are we alone in the universe? New Penn State center searches for answer
Is anyone out there? Or are we alone in the universe? Penn State intends to make its newly created Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center (PSETI) a global leader and worldwide hub for research aimed at answering that question. For most people, SETI - the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - conjures images of...
Police say 2-year-old boy died after man sat on him
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Iowa police say a 2-year-old boy died after a man sat on the child for allegedly taking his cellphone. Pottawattamie County court records show 31-year-old Larry Murphy is charged with first-degree murder and child endangerment resulting in death. He’s jailed on more than $1 million bail....
Pat Buchanan: Is diversity a root cause of dual loyalty?
We can’t be divided by race, religion, by tribe. We’re defined by those enduring principles in the Constitution, even though we don’t necessarily all know them.” So Joe Biden told the firefighters union last week. But does Joe really believe that? Or does that not sound more like a plea,...
Letter to the editor: Electric cars, more pollution?
I often read articles concerning the advantages of electric cars. Every time I have to think, where does the power come from? Wind, solar? More than likely a coal-fired power plant. So we continue to pollute. So long as we can’t see the smoke. This is just more side-stepping the...
Letter to the editor: Revoke 17th Amendment
It is nigh upon the hour for the 17th Amendment to be revoked. Passed in 1913, the amendment called for the election of senators by the people, not the state. Despite the good intentions behind the amendment, this is a complete contradiction of what the federal government was supposed to...
Letter to the editor: Highlands budget woes
Highlands School District has not released a budget. The school board’s public meeting failed to answer resident questions (“Seeking exceptions gives Highlands ‘options’ for budget, business manager says,” Feb. 18, TribLIVE). Our district requested a tax hike exceeding the maximum allowed by law. Highlands’ 2018 tax rate was eighth highest...
