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North Allegheny junior wins 3rd section singles title
North Allegheny’s Advaita Sircar has added a third section singles title to his lengthy resume. Sircar, the 2024 WPIAL Class 3A boys singles champion, defeated Tigers teammate Evan Kaufman, 6-1, 6-1, in the Section 2-3A finals Thursday. Freshman Johan Harmon defeated Will Bojalad, 6-3, 6-4, in a battle of Sewickley...
High school roundup for April 2, 2026: Elizabeth Forward firing on all cylinders in win over Belle Vernon
Berlyn Holibaugh threw a six-inning three-hit shutout and Hannah Evans homered twice to lead Elizabeth Forward to a 10-0 victory over Belle Vernon (4-4, 2-3) in Section 2-4A softball Thursday. Addy Nigut went 3 for 3 with a triple and three RBIs for the Warriors (6-1, 5-0). Armstrong 7, Franklin...
Pirates farm report for April 2, 2026: Endy Rodriguez homers as Indianapolis falls to 0-6
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 0-6) remained winless on the season with a 9-8 loss to Columbus (Guardians). RHP Brandan Bidois (0-2, 9.00) gave up a run in the bottom of the ninth to take the loss. RHP Noah Davis (3.72) started and pitched 4 ⅔ scoreless, no-hit innings, striking out three and...
Diocese of Greensburg bishop visits Blessed Sacrament for annual Maundy Thursday foot washing ritual
Diocese of Greensburg Bishop Larry Kulick visited Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Greensburg on Thursday for the annual Mass of the Lord’s Supper service. Maundy Thursday foot-washing is a Christian ritual observed the Thursday before Easter, when participants’ feet are washed, reenacting an act performed by Jesus Christ at the Last...
Hershey’s promises to use only real chocolate after backlash
For weeks, Brad Reese, a grandson of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup inventor, has been on a mission to restore the legacy of the candy that bears his family’s name. It started when he bit into a Reese’s Mini Heart: “It was disgusting,” he said in an interview. Ever since,...
Point Park names new men’s basketball coach
Point Park promoted Joe Long to head men’s basketball coach Thursday, as the former lead assistant coach is set to replace Ryan Grandits, who resigned to accept the head coach position at Daemen. “Joe was the logical choice from the moment our position opened,” vice president of athletics Scott Swain...
Rev. Dr. F. Willis Johnson: America at 250 — patriotic lament from her darker sons
As the United States approaches its 250th birthday, the nation confronts a moment that should stir both celebration and sober reflection. A quarter millennium is no small achievement in the long arc of human governance. Republics have faltered far sooner. Yet anniversaries, especially ones of this magnitude, are not merely...
Macron voices European frustration with Trump for criticizing NATO
Mounting European frustration with President Donald Trump, and defiance of his wishes on the war with Iran, bubbled over Thursday, when President Emmanuel Macron lashed out at the American leader for his shifting war goals and his undermining of the NATO alliance. “When we’re serious, we don’t say the opposite...
Robert Cropf: The economic squeeze on young Americans — why it matters for democracy
As a parent of millennials, I can see firsthand the reality described in a recent Barron’s commentary by Randall W. Forsyth: The financial anxiety many younger Americans feel is not misplaced pessimism. It is a rational response to an economy that increasingly feels stacked against them. The traditional markers of...
Tesla sales rise as $4-a-gallon gas revives interest in EVs
Tesla sold slightly more cars in the first three months of 2026 than a year earlier, the company said Thursday, a sign that rising gasoline prices as a result of the war with Iran may be prompting more consumers to choose electric vehicles. Tesla said it delivered 358,023 vehicles globally...
Californians say democracy is in peril, state should enact voting rights protections, poll shows
LOS ANGELES — Strong majorities of California voters believe American democracy is under attack and, in the wake of U.S. Supreme Court rulings narrowing federal protections, support enacting a new state Voting Rights Act to prohibit discrimination and efforts to suppress the ability to cast a ballot, a new poll...
Lindsey Buckingham, former Fleetwood Mac guitarist, attacked by a woman in Santa Monica
LOS ANGELES — Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Lindsey Buckingham was attacked by a woman in Santa Monica on Wednesday morning. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that a woman with a history of stalking Buckingham, 76, tossed an unknown substance toward the former Fleetwood Mac guitarist and vocalist...
Letter to the editor: Trump, Destroyer in Chief
President George W. Bush took the title of “Decider in Chief.” In my opinion, President Trump has earned the title of “Destroyer in Chief” for the following reasons: • Destroying the First, Fourth and 14th amendments as he attempts to limit free speech, shut down legal protests and permit illegal...
Editorial: Pittsburgh’s place in the new space race
We don’t know who invented the first wheel. We do know everything that came after it — SUVs and bicycles, gas stations and turnpike exits clustered with fast-food drive-thrus. We know a lot about space travel. We know how it evolved from flight and rockets and an insatiable curiosity about...
The Stroller, April 2, 2026: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Community Good Friday service...
Morgan Marietta: Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship will depend on its interpretation of 1 key phrase
The Supreme Court on April 1 began hearing oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, the case that challenges the Trump administration’s efforts to bar the children of immigrants without legal status from birthright citizenship by reinterpreting the terms of the 14th Amendment. In January 2025, President Donald Trump issued an...
Letter to the editor: Should he stay or should he go?
The news regarding the mayor of Aspinwall’s crime and “brain fart” fascinates me. My thoughts surrounding this predicament were that the act of secretly recording a private meeting, which included borough officials, was a failed attempt at gotcha politics. Mayor Scott Zimmermann failed to find negative information about some participants’...
Westmoreland happenings: Worship services, Art on the Vine fundraiser, more
Church news • Christ Lutheran Church, 5300 Old Logans Ferry Road, Murrysville, will have a Maundy Thursday worship service at 7 p.m. April 2 and a Good Friday service at 7 p.m. April 3. Easter services will be at 6 p.m. April 4 and 10 a.m. April 5. Details: 412-795-1212....
Letter to the editor: Jesus, Trump and mob mentality
Jesus declared “I came to bear witness to the truth.” Pilate asked “What is truth?” and chose to wash his hands to let the mob determine Jesus’ fate. But what motivated the people to crucify the truth? The chief priests and Sanhedrin knew of Jesus’ innocence, but nevertheless chose to...
Pirates farm report for April 1, 2026: Konnor Griffin singles, scores as Indy falls to 0-5
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 0-5) dropped its fifth straight game to start the season, losing 6-1 to Columbus (Guardians). SS Konnor Griffin (.438) went 1 for 3 with a walk, his third stolen base, his second caught stealing and a run scored. RF Esmerlyn Valdez (.267) went 1 for 3 with a...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 1, 2026
High schools Baseball Wednesday’s results Class 3A Section 1 Beaver Falls at Sto-Rox, ppd. Thursday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 North Hills at Butler, 3:30 p.m. Seneca Valley at Central Catholic, 3:45 p.m. Section 2 Norwin at Hempfield, 4:10 p.m. Nonsection Allderdice at Carrick, 3:30 p.m. Ambridge at Upper St....
High school roundup for April 1, 2026: Mt. Pleasant turns up offense to beat Deer Lakes
Chloe Borelli went 3 for 5 with four RBIs to lead Mt. Pleasant to a 9-4 victory over Deer Lakes in Section 1-3A softball Wednesday. Borelli’s two run-double keyed a four-run third inning for the Vikings (3-1, 2-0), who had fallen behind 3-0 early. Emma Miller singled, doubled and drove...
WPIAL doubles champ from Gateway wins section singles title
Two-time WPIAL doubles champ Logan Memije of Gateway has his sights sets on a singles crown. Memije defeated Franklin Regional’s Colin Stalnaker, 6-2, 6-0, on Wednesday to win the Section 1-3A boys tennis title. He beat Stalnaker’s Franklin Regional teammate Sanshiro Ogawa, 6-3, 6-0, in the semifinals earlier in the...
In South Dakota, neighbors feel sorry for Kristi Noem’s husband
CASTLEWOOD, S.D. — That couldn’t be him, could it? The cartoonishly large breasts. The pink spandex. The come-hither stare. “Must be AI,” a burly cattle rancher named Kevin Ruesink said as he inspected pictures of his neighbor Bryon Noem that had been published by The Daily Mail on Tuesday morning....
Lisa Jarvis: Health-care costs are forcing terrible trade-offs
Earlier this month, as I waited to pick up a prescription at my local CVS, I watched a man leave without his elderly father’s medication. The pharmacist had tried several tricks to lower the cost. It wasn’t enough. When the man heard the bottom line, he stuffed his hands in...
