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Chartiers Valley grad Coyne rediscovers love for track and field at IUP
At the recent PSAC indoor track and field championships, IUP’s Kristina Coyne tied for eighth in the high jump with a leap of 1.55 meters — about 5 feet, 1 inch. The Chartiers Valley grad admitted the mark was nothing special. It was a height she said she was achieving...
Lafko helps Saint Vincent To 1st PAC women’s basketball title
Jenna Lafko always has been a winner. When Jimmy Petruska recruited her to play point guard at Saint Vincent, Lafko’s talent and leadership were evident. And Petruska was impressed with Lafko’s decorated playing career at Hampton, where she helped the Talbots earn three section titles and two state playoff berths....
Hampton basketball looking for more next season
The Hampton boys basketball team started the season with a lot of uncertainty, but a string of successful close early-season wins led to another playoff berth that left its current crop of underclassmen wanting more. “We had a lot of catching up when the season started,” coach Joe Lafko said....
Editorial: Why do civil suits mean cops can’t be charged?
A civil suit is not the same thing as a criminal case, and the two should never be confused or conflated. O.J. Simpson, for example, is not a convicted murderer because, regardless of the decision in a civil case that he was responsible for the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole...
Curtain rises on Shaler Area’s production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’
“Beauty and the Beast” is being presented at Shaler Area High School at 7 p.m. on March 1, 2, 8 and 9 at 7 p.m.; and March 3 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at the door....
Science Fair at Shaler Elementary gives students a chance to shine
Shaler Area elementary students showed their science abilities during a STEAM Expo Science Fair on Thursday Feb. 28, 2019, at the school....
Ceremony to honor local Vietnam veterans
Local Vietnam veterans will have the opportunity to be honored as the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War approaches. In a collaboration between Congressman Conor Lamb, who represents Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District, and the Vietnam War 50th Commemoration, a program developed by the Department of Defense, officials are searching for...
Where to find Lenten fish fries in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Fish fries are scheduled throughout the Valley on Ash Wednesday and Fridays during Lent, including: Allegheny Township Markle Volunteer Fire Department, 470 Joyce St., 4 to 7 p.m. Fridays through Good Friday. All-you-can-eat dinner buffet. Apollo New Life Baptist Church, 319 N. Second St., 4 to 8 p.m. Ash Wednesday...
Fabric artist Tina Williams Brewer provokes emotion, conversation with quilts
Cooper-Siegel Community Library was a fitting venue for Tina Williams Brewer to talk about her quilts as each one is a narrative in fabric. Her creations carry a title and have a theme, like literary masterpieces. A lecture on Feb. 23 for about two dozen attendees was a chance to...
Westmoreland County coroner reports highest caseload in department history in 2018
The Westmoreland County Coroner’s office responded to the highest caseload in the department’s history last year, according to Deputy Coroner Joshua Zappone. The coroner’s 2018 annual report — officially released Friday — shows about a 50-case increase since 2017, marking a gradual increase in cases since 2008. Of the 2,875...
Letter to the editor: Cursive & printing
In his column “Time to embrace cursive again” (Feb. 4, TribLIVE), Tom Purcell writes: “Because ink dripped when the quill was lifted from the paper, it made sense to connect letters in words together in one flowing line — and the art of cursive writing began.” No; quill pens were...
Letter to the editor: Mexico paying for wall?
During the presidential campaign we were all assured by Donald Trump that Mexico would fund the wall. So I wrote to Sen. Pat Toomey with this simple question: “What is the audit trail that the public can use to verify that all funding for the new border wall has come...
Letter to the editor: Investigation agendas
Democratic Congressman Elijah Cumming was gracious enough to warn us that once his House Oversight Committee was seated, there would be many investigations. I couldn’t agree more with the gentleman from Maryland. However, I’m sure my agenda and the agenda of investigators would be quite different. A panel composed of...
Trib offering free access to e-editions
Because of technical difficulties during the printing process, readers in the Alle-Kiski Valley did not receive the Tribune-Review Valley News Dispatch edition on Friday. The Trib apologizes and regrets the inconvenience. The Trib on Friday is offering free access to its e-editions, allowing readers to view either of the company’s...
Char Valley students build 100-pound robot, gear up for competition
Eclipse leaped off its stand in the center of Chartiers Valley Middle School and got to work. Placing the hatch covers on the makeshift rocket ship? Check. Picking up “cargo” — or large rubber balls — and loading them onto the “rocket?” Check again. The 100.5-pound robot — moving remotely...
‘Guys and Dolls’ coming to Pine-Richland stage
“Guys and Dolls” isn’t the easiest musical for high school students to tackle, which is why producer Kathy Morrissey said it wasn’t initially a title they were considering for this year’s show. “We always hold auditions first to see who comes out and what kind of dynamic there is with...
Shaler Area students place in Scholastic Art Awards
Shaler Area recognized high school students who recently won awards for their submissions in the 2019 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, a national juried exhibition. High school art students competed against 1,700 submissions in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for the Pittsburgh region. The Scholastic Art Awards recognizes students...
Hampton grads earn victory at International Builders Show competition
A pair of Hampton graduates who attended A.W. Beattie Career Center were part of a team that recently won a national competition. Hanna Gibson and Nathan Tabon, who were in A.W. Beattie’s Carpentry/Building Construction programs, competed in the 2-year College Residential Construction Management Competition at the International Builders Show in...
All American Selections boast new and improved plants
The annual announcement of the latest All-America Selections means spring can’t be too far away. Any variety holding the coveted AAS-winning title has been through rigorous trials by volunteer judges from all over the country. Founded in 1932, with the first winners announced the next year, it’s the oldest independent...
Heckuva way to end Black History Month, Pam Northam
More than two weeks after a heinous medical school yearbook photo of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam roiled Richmond, his wife, Pam Northam, shook things up again by reportedly handing cotton to black kids during a tour of the governor’s residence and asking, “Can you imagine being an enslaved person, and...
Trump’s interior secretary misusing post to aid California water district, complaint says
WASHINGTON — Complaints are mounting against Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt over allegations he used his position to help the interests of his former lobbying client, California’s powerful Westlands Water District. The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint accusing Bernhardt of ethics violations by partaking in decisions directly related...
John Tavares gets showered with boos and profanities in return to Long IslandVideo
John Tavares’ return to Nassau Coliseum did not go as expected. Or maybe it did? The former captain for the New York Islanders made his first appearance to Long Island as a Toronto Maple Leaf and was showered with boos, expletives and projectiles. Leafs hit the ice at the Coliseum....
A therapy dog, with special needs of his own, visits kids at Leechburg Area High SchoolVideo
Don’t tell Boone he ain’t nothing but a hound dog. Boone, a 1-year-old hound mix, cruelly became a double amputee when he was a puppy. “Boone’s legs were intentionally cut off by his previous owner,” said Boone’s human “mom” Tanya Diable, of Butler Township. Boone, sporting a signature bow-tie —...
Patriots owner Robert Kraft enters ‘not guilty’ plea in prostitution case
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft officially entered a “not guilty” plea in his criminal case for soliciting prostitutes in Florida. “The defendant Robert Kraft hereby pleads not guilty to all charges and requests a non-jury trial in the above-styled cause,” according to court documents obtained by TMZ Sports. Police...
Donald Boudreaux: An interview with Adam Smith
My first trip to Europe, in 1987, was to visit the Edinburgh grave of the father of economics, Adam Smith. Born in 1723, Smith died in 1790. During his lifetime he was rightly regarded as one of the world’s greatest thinkers. My admiration for Smith stems largely from the wisdom...
