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West Virginia drops regular-season finale at Oklahoma State
STILLWATER, Okla. — Lindy Waters scored 19 points to lead Oklahoma State to an 85-77 victory over West Virginia on Saturday. Waters was one of five players to score in double figures as OSU pushed its record to 12-19 on the season and 5-13 in the Big 12. Yor Anei...
Norwin, Penn-Trafford bowling teams claim regional titles
There will be quite a contingent of Westmoreland County bowlers heading east to Lancaster next week for the state bowling championships after a stellar performance from several area teams Saturday at the Western Pennsylvania regionals at North Versailles Bowl. The Norwin boys and Penn-Trafford girls teams each claimed regional titles....
Joyce Terhaar: Communities lose when newspapers die or slide into decline
It is a story of corruption that will stay secret, politicians who will need fewer votes to win, even dangerous communicable diseases that will spread faster as our best scientists struggle to fight them. The story is the slow and painful demise of local newspapers, a story whose ending is...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Response to murders a departure from America’s values
From the beginning, the Founders of this nation understood that all eyes would be on America, and they made it clear in the first sentence of the Declaration of Independence that they cared about what the world would think of us. “When in the course of human events it becomes...
Rob Shearer: How government can help Pennsylvania prosper
As Pennsylvania employers and business owners, we regularly think long term. Whether expanding our companies, hiring new workers, planning capital investments or responding to economic downturns, we base decisions not simply on immediate benefits or drawbacks but on long-term results. This isn’t always easy, but it’s necessary. After all, others’...
Robert Morris loses to Fairleigh Dickinson in Northeast Conference semifinals
TEANECK, N.J. — Darnell Edge scored 20 points as Fairleigh Dickinson narrowly beat Robert Morris, 66-62, in the semifinals of the Northeast Conference Tournament on Saturday. Jahlil Jenkins had 18 points for Fairleigh Dickinson (19-13). Brandon Powell added 11 points. Mike Holloway Jr. had 10 points and eight rebounds for...
They go after suspected pedophiles while others watch online
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Many days, Brandi Lehrian wakes up to five or six text messages from men wishing her a good morning — and sometimes more. She spends most of the day and night letting multiple men believe that she can make their fantasies come true: No, she’s never been...
Outdoors notices for March 10, 2019
NOTICES Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES • In the Allegheny Valley Rifle League on March 1, Clymer (11-6) beat Butler (14-3), 1,168-1,164, and Murrysville (7-10) defeated Fort Hand (2015), 1,164-1,115, in the A-team standings. In the B-team division, Clymer (14-3) beat Butler (14-3), 1,157-1,141, and Murrysville (4.5-12.5) beat Fort Hand (1.5-15.5), 1,123-1,080....
Editorial: Nursing homes need answer to flat funding
Getting older isn’t cheap. The cost of taking care of the elderly just keeps rising, but not at the same speed the state is willing to pay for it. This week, the Pennsylvania Health Care Association, which represents about 500 Pennsylvania nursing home operators, expressed concerns about the increase in...
Letter to the editor: Let’s eliminate unproductives
I most enthusiastically applaud Al Duerig’s acknowledgment of the problem of overpopulation (“Overpopulation will destroy earth,” Feb. 27, TribLIVE). I do think he is proposing a solution at the wrong end of the problem. Eliminating the unborn or newly born is not really most efficient. The ultimate approach is to...
Letter to the editor: Not vaccinating endangers others
People who refuse to vaccinate their children are violating the law. This is a law that is taught in high school, but not in law school. It was made in 1666 by Sir Isaac Newton: “For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction.” If you do not vaccinate...
Letter to the editor: Balance of media needed
The letter “Can we survive 2 more years of Trump?” (Feb. 19, TribLIVE) was illuminating. After calling advisers to President Trump “classless” and “know-nothing,” the writer only lists what he judges as Trump’s failures. Then, this revealing quote: “This reality is known to anyone who reads or watches news other...
Letter to the editor: Keep Sundays safe
As a horseback-riding enthusiast, I fear that hunting on Sundays would greatly limit the time that non-hunters would be able to enjoy the woods. We currently ride nearly every Sunday in the state parks. It is the one day during hunting season that we know we can enjoy our horses...
Letter to the editor: Go vegan for Lent
March 6 marked the beginning of Lent, the period before Easter, when devout Christians abstain from animal foods in remembrance of Jesus’ 40 days of fasting in the wilderness. The call to abstain from eating animals is as traditional as Genesis 1:29, yet as current as the teaching of evangelical...
Editorial: Campaign finance ethics should be transparent
Can we ever really be too ethical? Especially when it comes to running for office? Can we be too transparent about where the money for our campaigns comes from? Can we be too honest about where it is going? Campaign finance regulations tell us all of that. They provide a...
Here’s what’s happening around town: Saturday, March 9
Hello, Sewickley, Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, so don’t forget to set the clock ahead one hour. Some facts about Daylight Saving Time: The idea was first conceived by Benjamin Franklin in 1784. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 established the system of uniform Daylight Saving Time...
North Allegheny students qualify for International Career Development Conference
Sixty-one North Allegheny DECA members competed at the 68th DECA State Career Development Conference held in Hershey in February. Twelve of these students qualified to compete at the DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC), which will be held April 26 through May 1 in Orlando, Fla. These students include:· Saif...
Sounding off: End Pennsylvania’s Sunday hunting ban
Pennsylvania Grange president Wayne Campbell’s op-ed (“Keep Sunday hunting ban”) is missing existing perspective/data. Yes, hunter numbers will likely decline over time. The Pennsylvania Game Commission agrees culture shifts are significantly to blame. Campbell ignores the fact that hunters cite lack of free time as the overwhelming reason they stop...
Brackenridge preparing to repair damaged memorial, but wants insurance info first
Brackenridge is getting prepared to restore the vandalized memorial monument at its community park. First, however, council wants to see how much of the damage is covered by the borough’s insurance carrier. The veterans memorial was damaged by vandals with silver spray paint in mid-February. For now, a group of...
Top-seeded Robert Morris women set for Northeast Conference Tournament
Research is ongoing, but Robert Morris women’s basketball SID Ethan Woy believes the Colonials lead the nation in hair color changes. Whether it is freshman guard Isabella Posset going from a blonde to a brunette or junior center Nneka Ezeigbo’s braids fluctuating between red and orange, RMU keeps onlookers guessing....
Penn Hills boys ousted by Muhlenberg in PIAA Class 5A 1st round
HERSHEY — Penn Hills had overtime in its sights. But a 3-point attempt, coming off a weave that chewed up 10 of the remaining 12 seconds, came up short. Penn Hills saw its basketball season end Friday night with a 63-60 loss to District 3 entrant Muhlenberg in the first...
High school scores, schedules for March 8, 2019
High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs First round Class 6A Saturday’s schedule Abington (27-1) vs. Cumberland Valley (17-9) at Council Rock South, 4 p.m.; Lincoln (10-16) vs. Pennridge (22-4) at Southern, 5 p.m.; Boys Latin (22-5) vs. Norristown (21-6) at Lincoln, 5 p.m.; Hazleton (21-6) vs. Methacton (20-7) at Wilkes...
High school roundup: Moon boys bounce back for PIAA playoff win
The Moon boys basketball team bounced back in a big way Friday night in the opening round of the PIAA Class 5A playoffs. After falling to Mars in the WPIAL title game last week, the Tigers rebounded with a 77-53 win over District 3’s Northeastern at Peters Township High School....
Poor third-quarter costs Leechburg boys in PIAA loss to Elk County Catholic
After trailing by four at halftime, the Leechburg boys basketball team felt good about its performance against the state’s No. 2 Class A team. But Elk County Catholic used a variety of back-door plays in the third quarter and rolled to a 65-41 win over the Blue Devils on Friday...
District 3 champion Lower Dauphin pulls past Franklin Regional
HERSHEY — Franklin Regional had Lower Dauphin on the ropes but couldn’t deliver the knockout punch. The Panthers basketball season ended with a 53-46 loss to the District 3 champion in the first round of the PIAA 5A playoffs Friday night at Milton Hershey School. Franklin Regional (17-8), the No....
