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Editorial: When local control means working together
Regionalization is becoming a reality in Pennsylvania. You can see it with police departments. In the Alle-Kiski Valley, departments that were questioning their future are now serving broad swaths of territory. Freeport once struggled to provide round-the-clock coverage with a small roster of officers. Today, as part of the Southern...
The Stroller, Feb. 19, 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. Bowling fundraiser to aid...
Exceptional people and compassionate touch: Verland sets gold standard for caregiving
When Christina Davis began a new career last year as a caregiver at Verland, she knew she’d be caring for a very special group of people. What she didn’t realize was how much she’d be cared for in return. Davis spent 21 years working as a certified nursing aide in...
Shaler Area’s athletic director bows out after 11 years
Editor’s note: The following story was submitted for the Shaler Area Student Section, a collaboration between TribLive and The Oracle, the student newspaper of Shaler Area High School. After 11 years as Shaler Area’s athletic director, retiring Clint Rauscher worked his last day in the school district Feb. 6. He...
Westmoreland happenings: Cooking classes, bingo fundraisers, more
Church news Level Green Presbyterian Church, 105 Olive Drive, Penn Township, will sponsor a pajama party night at 7 p.m. Feb. 21 at the church. The Let It Shine black light puppetry ministry of Bethel United Methodist Church in Lower Burrell will perform. Everyone is welcome to wear their pajamas. Cookies,...
Letter to the editor: Questions about Springdale immigrant arrest, protest
There seem to be a few questions not asked or addressed in the article “Confrontation erupts at anti-ICE protest in Springdale” (Feb. 14, TribLive). First, just a reminder that Springdale is a part of the United States, therefore subject to the country’s immigration laws. Also, when you miss a court...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 18, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Thursday’s schedule Fox Chapel (14-9) at Upper St. Clair (21-1), 7:30 p.m.; Hempfield (15-7) at Seneca Valley (13-9), 7 p.m.; Mt. Lebanon (15-8) at New Castle (21-1), 7 p.m.; Imani Christian (7-16) vs. Central Catholic (20-2) at Fox Chapel, 7:30 p.m....
High school roundup for Feb. 18, 2026: Peters Township springs another upset
Can the defending champs also be a Cinderella story? Peters Township girls basketball is making a strong case for it. Taylor McCullough scored 14 points as the 12th-seeded Indians defeated No. 4 Baldwin, 43-36, for their second straight upset in the Class 5A bracket Wednesday night. Peters defeated South Fayette...
Chiefs restructure Patrick Mahomes’ contract, lowering 2026 cap hit
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs restructured Patrick Mahomes’ contract, freeing up $43.56 million for the upcoming 2026 season, a source confirmed to The Kansas City Star. Over the Cap’s Jason Fitzgerald first reported the news. Before the restructure of Mahomes’ contract, the 30-year-old carried a $78.2 million...
9-time WPIAL champion Bob Palko returns to West Allegheny as football coachVideo
Nine-time WPIAL champion Bob Palko is returning to the sideline at a place he knows well: West Allegheny. The school board rehired Palko on Wednesday night, bringing one of the WPIAL’s most successful football coaches back to a program he led for 24 years. Palko won more than 200 games,...
Trump invokes defense law on phosphorus, herbicide supplies
President Donald Trump signed an order aimed at protecting domestic supplies of elemental phosphorus used by the U.S. military and glyphosate-based herbicides common in U.S. agricultural production, according to a White House official. The executive order, which Trump signed on Wednesday, invokes the Defense Production Act to protect domestic supply...
Seton LaSalle junior wins WPIBL boys singles bowling championship
After the first game of qualifying Wednesday at AMF Mt. Lebanon, Seton LaSalle junior Brody Dilla rolled a 180 and was tied for 44th place. He didn’t stay in that part of the leaderboard for long. Dilla broke 200 in each of the next four games he bowled, defeating New...
Kennedy’s push to find cause of autism divides Hill Republicans
WASHINGTON — One year into his first term, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s focus on autism is showing how polarizing Trump administration health policy can be for Capitol Hill Republicans. Some GOP lawmakers say Kennedy’s interest in autism is counterproductive and could cause long-term mistrust in...
A-K Valley high school basketball playoff preview capsules for Feb. 19, 2026
WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 6A Quarterfinals 8-Fox Chapel (14-9) at 1-Upper St. Clair (21-1) 7:30 p.m. Thursday Winner plays: Winner of 4-Seneca Valley (13-9)/5-Hempfield (15-7) on Monday in semifinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Joe McGivney, Fox Chapel; Ryan Robbins, Upper St. Clair Layup lines: Fox Chapel advanced...
Trump administration releases Hudson tunnel funds it froze for months, allowing work to restart
The $205 million held since October by the Trump administration in a political spat over the region’s largest infrastructure project has been restored, the Gateway Development Commission said Wednesday in a statement. The money, part of nearly $15 billion earmarked by Congress for the construction of the $16 billion Hudson...
Hundreds attend Ash Wednesday services in Greensburg
Students from Aquinas Academy, an elementary school adjacent to Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Greensburg, were among hundreds of people to visit the cathedral for Ash Wednesday services....
Destenie Nock: When the roads freeze, home heat becomes the emergency plan
Three days after the latest storm dumped almost a foot of snow on us, my side of the city still hadn’t been plowed. But I had to get to work. So I bundled up, strapped my daughter into her car seat and headed out. In the back of my SUV,...
‘To dust you shall return’: Christians begin Lent with Imposition of Ashes
Christians across the Alle-Kiski Valley began Lent on Wednesday by donning ashes in the sign of the cross on their foreheads. The “Imposition of Ashes” is a centuries-old Christian tradition meant to signify repentance and mortality. It marks the beginning of the 40 days of Lent, one of the holiest...
Judge gives Trump administration deadline to restore President’s House exhibits
PHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump’s administration now has a hard deadline to restore slavery exhibits to the President’s House. The Department of Interior and National Park Service must restore the President’s House to its condition before the exhibits were removed by 5 p.m. Friday, according to a new order from...
LZ Granderson: There should be no partisan divide about naming Epstein’s fellow abusers
At a House Judiciary hearing last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi was holding a document labeled “Jayapal Pramila Search History” that included a list of files from the unredacted Epstein archive accessible to lawmakers such as Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash. That means, over the course of a year, Bondi’s Department...
Shutdown may delay answers about planned ICE facility in Berks County
This story was produced by the Berks County bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom. Sign up for Good Day, Berks, a daily dose of essential local stories at spotlightpa.org/newsletters/gooddayberks. Update: Berks County Commissioner Christian Leinbach said Tuesday evening there’s no meeting planned for Feb. 18. He said he...
Letter to the editor: Who’s more important, citizens or immigrants?
Before the haters get riled up, let me explain that I am a lifelong Democrat. But after watching the national news tonight and the government shutdown, I need to question who is more important to one party of our elected leaders — the U.S. citizens who put them in office...
Letter to the editor: Abortion and illegal immigration
Scientists tell us that we really do not know much, and, the more scientists learn, the more they realize how little they do know. It has been said by many that, “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” It is...
Letter to the editor: Shameful basketball behavior
I am writing to express my disappointment bordering on anger and disgust at the coach allowing and encouraging Geibel Catholic’s basketball team running up the score against Mapletown, 106-19, on Jan. 29. The details are particularly troubling in light of our Christian mission to be compassionate. Geibel Catholic was winning...
Editorial: Reading between the lines of the First Amendment
There are two ways to read information. One is to look only at the black-and-white letters. You take in the text exactly as written and process it on that basis alone. If you were on the Supreme Court, this would make you an originalist — someone who does not bring...
