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James Franklin met with reporters ahead of Penn State ‘s spring camp opening on Tuesday. Franklin addressed several key items, including injury updates for a few Nittany Lions. Penn State linebacker Tony Rojas, offensive tackle Anthony Donkoh and tight end Andrew Rappleyea will not be “fully available” at the start...

A woman who attended the Brawl Under the Bridge wrestling event last summer in Homestead is suing the promoter and two participants, alleging her leg was broken when motorcycles they drove as part of their entrance skidded into the crowd. Stephanie Mirah, a former journalist at PublicSource, an online news...

Colin McNickle’s column casting doubt on the merits of Pittsburgh’s Esplanade project is a tour de force that illustrates all the erroneous misconceptions surrounding it (“The problem with Pittsburgh’s ‘Esplanade’ project,” March 17, TribLive). McNickle’s perspective is based on a policy brief published by his co-workers, our local thinkers at...

In countless reports and studies, obesity is often reduced to just a number: 42% of adults in the U.S. have obesity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s in charts, statistics and graphs that dominate the conversation. But what these numbers fail to capture is the reality...

Embark on a visual journey around the Western Pennsylvania region with TribLive’s latest collection of captivating images for Tuesday, March 25, 2025. From the rustic landscapes of Western Pa. to diverse corners of the globe, experience the shared moments of humanity....

President Trump has been proposing to make Canada our 51st state. The reason Trump has stated for this proposal is to control our borders and stop fentanyl coming across our border. In reality our issues with border crossings and fentanyl have been far more problematic with our border neighbor to...

This year’s spring musical at Plum Senior High School is a journey back to the beginning for its director, John DeLuce. “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” was the musical during his first year at the school, in 1999, when he was the vocal director. This will be the first...

During last month’s winter coat drive, R.A. Lutz Elementary fourth grader Nicholas Marino found a special way to celebrate his mom’s 50th birthday. “He wanted to buy me a gift, and I told him the greatest gift of all is an act of kindness,” his mother shared. Taking that to...

For most of my life, I’ve been interested in matters of scale — the extremes, from the unknowable vastness of our universe to the microscopic worlds of atoms and subatomic particles. There’s nothing any more or less “real” about these perspectives than the human scale where I live my life...

Leo Devine and Micailla Metz made the dean’s list at Geneva College for the fall 2024 semester. Anna Rush was named to Rhodes College’s fall 2024 honor roll. Jon-David Urban has been named to the fall 2024 dean’s list at Radford University. Max Blanc and Calvin Ritchie made the dean’s...

Regarding the article “Struggling Pittsburgh Regional Transit proposes fare hike, ‘brutal’ service cuts” (March 20, TribLive): I have not used this service, as I haven’t needed public transportation into the city. I know there are extenuating circumstances requiring cuts in public transit. I think that with an almost 40% cut...

Pennsylvania has housing issues. There is a crying need for homes — whether houses or apartments — for certain sectors of the population. Specifically, there are needs for affordable housing in low-income and workforce price points where jobs that pay those wages exist. The National Low Income Housing Coalition notes...

When I was in graduate school, I had a professor who was a former Jesuit priest who became a professor emeritus of public administration at Virginia Tech. John A. Rohr wrote a textbook that I studied under his guidance. In “To Run a Constitution: The Legitimacy of the Administrative State”...

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Adapted from an anonymous source: I do not support: • Lowering taxes on the 1% and successful large corporations, resulting in an explosion of the national debt and harming the average American. • Privatizing Medicare, the post office and education or cutting Social Security and Medicaid. • Weakening and demolishing...

High schools Baseball Monday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Plum 8, Armstrong 0 Franklin Regional at Penn Hills, ppd. Penn-Trafford 5, Latrobe 3 Section 2 Bethel Park at Upper St. Clair, ppd. Trinity 6, Chartiers Valley 5 South Fayette 7, Moon 2 Section 3 West Allegheny 10, Allderdice 0 Shaler...

Cy Herchelroath threw a perfect game, striking out 10, to carry Elizabeth Forward to a 1-0 victory over Ringgold in Section 2-4A baseball Monday. Landon Jackson doubled and Mitchell Vuick singled him in in the top of the seventh to deliver the only run of the game for the Warriors...

Allentown officials announced charges Monday against a city employee, alleging that she made a false police report and tampered with evidence after reporting she found a noose on her desk in January. LaTarsha Brown, who works for the city’s community and economic development department, faces charges of making false reports,...

PHILADELPHIA — Constance “Conni” Billé can walk to the Germantown Rite Aid store. But she’s stopped going there regularly, opting instead to drive 20 minutes to a CVS store in Chestnut Hill. Rite Aid’s shelves became so bare in recent years, Billé said, that it’s seldom worth the trip. Often,...

A fire chief in Berks County has been arrested and suspended after police said he dropped his three-month-old daughter and fractured her skull. Falls Township Fire Chief Brian Salt, 36, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated assault after police said he admitted to intentionally letting...

A luncheon in celebration of female veterans and service members, including members of the Pennsylvania National Guard and the Armed Forces reserves, will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Greensburg YWCA, 424 N. Main St. The luncheon is being held in conjunction with Women’s History...

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. HARRISBURG — Power plant operators, gambling magnates, charter school backers, and trade unions are among the interests that gave almost $18 million to Pennsylvania’s top...

I have been getting strange texts on my phone for months now. The two most memorable catchphrases I can recall are “third term president” and “No Kings Act” precisely because they are so contrarian. Are they grist to the mill? Or fly-by-night partisan politics? As a concerned citizen with a...

Comedian Rosie O’Donnell revealed she wrote an apology letter to Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin after her name came up during his meeting with President Donald Trump in the White House. O’Donnell, 63, moved to Ireland after Trump was reelected as president. The two have famously feuded for years. During...

I am an American without any Ukrainian heritage. So I have no “ethnic” bias at play here. What I write below is based on 28 years of experience working in Ukraine. I have made 60 trips to the region since 1997, including four since the war began. I have visited...