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High schools Basketball Boys Sunday’s results Class 6A Section 2 Norwin at Hempfield, ppd. Hoops for Harmony At York St. Benedict’s Prep (N.J.) 60, Imani Christian 46 MLK Showcase At Neighborhood Academy Fort Cherry vs. Monessen, ppd. Neighborhood Academy 67, Riverview 35 Monday’s schedule Nonsection Aquinas Academy at Propel Montour,...

Church News • Greensburg Church of the Brethren hosts a night of fun and fellowship for individuals and groups with developmental disabilities from 5 to 7 p.m. Mondays at the church, 554 Stanton St., Southwest Greensburg. Dinner is included. Participants must be accompanied by a family member or caregiver. Donations...

It’s too bad O.J. isn’t still around; he could have given Coach T a few pointers as to how he assembled his “dream team.” Having stated this, with all the seeds available, it certainly isn’t any major accomplishment to get to the playoffs. Coach T, anything short of making it...

Sometimes, the truth is just as powerful as fiction. Starting this weekend that leads into Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Prime Stage Theatre is mounting a production of “Look Forward: The Ruby Bridges Story,” written by Natalia Temesgen. The hour-long production gives a compact and compassionate introduction to the story...

ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Bart Biamonte sold property at 1067 Black Forest Drive to Carroll and Kimberly Wynne for $265,706. Danielle Diane Stoken sold property at 2310 Marbury Road to Keith and Karen Ortiz for $450,955. Forest Hills Richard Friberg sold property at 244 Berkley Ave. to Hillsfre Partners LLC for...

Bellevue JR1 Holdings LLC sold property at 396 Caughey Ave. to RTN Realty Invests Ltd. Liability Co. for $75,000. Tonya Watson sold property at 564 Dawson Ave. to Wilmington Savings Federal SOC FSB Tr et for $100,000. Mary Fortun sold property at 688 Forest Ave. to Cardo Equity Mgmt LLC...

At a time when Pennsylvania is facing a teacher shortage that’s critical and worsening, the Freeport Area School District should be respecting teachers and the legally binding contract that the district negotiated with teachers, not dragging people into court when they were sick or hurt and need to take the...

The Butler Farm Show grounds shooting will have a lasting impact on the U.S. Secret Service. That was evident from the moment the first shot rang out and when Donald Trump clutched his ear. Few Secret Service-protected events have body counts. Buffalo Township firefighter Corey Comperatore was not there to...

Aspinwall John Myers sold property at 409 Virginia Ave. to Gary Ray and Zoe Georgia Sternberg trustee for $507,500. Etna Estate of Edward Ricci sold property at 65 Dewey St. to Henan Ren for $115,000. Jennifer Zewe Kimmel sold property at 8 Forsaith St. to KGO LLC for $225,000. NDC...

Bell Acres Estate of Walter Smith sold property at 169 Sevin Road to James Thornton and Erika Marshall for $170,000. Leet Michael Alexander sold property at 121 Ambridge Ave. to Robert Dawson for $35,000. Michael Brown sold property at 2 Chestnut Road to Robert Demmon and Linda Long Wright for...

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Check out usdebtclock.org, where you’ll see our debt at $36.4 trillion with spending at $7.2 trillion against $5.0 trillion in revenue. Think about that! If we continue this spending trajectory, our debt will be $48.1 trillion in 2029. The need for innovative solutions like the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)...

Philadelphia Eagles great LeSean McCoy and Los Angeles Rams legend Aaron Donald are putting their money where their mouths are. McCoy and Donald, both Pennsylvania natives and former University of Pittsburgh stars, have a friendly, big money wager going on the result of Sunday’s NFC Divisional Round playoff game between...

High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results Class 5A Section 4 Montour 81, Mars 64 Class 3A Section 3 Seton LaSalle 64, Shady Side Academy 57 (OT) Hoops for Harmony At York York 55, Woodland Hills 41 The Challenge at Allderdice Aliquippa vs. Imani Christian, ppd. Chartiers Valley 76, Thomas Jefferson...

Colton Straight scored 24 points and Ama Sow followed with 23 to lead Montour to an 81-64 victory over Mars in Section 4-5A boys basketball Saturday. Kaleb Platz added 16 points and teammate A.J. Alston chipped in 12 for the Spartans (12-1, 7-0). Will Wilson scored 18 points while Austin...

The Westmoreland County Athletes of the Week is presented by Smail Kia. Look for the tags and look for the savings at Smail Kia in Greensburg. Aubrey Brown School: Belle Vernon Class: Freshman Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: The 6-foot-1 Brown has been a force around the basket for the...

LOS ANGELES — Firefighters are taking advantage of a lull in the wind to make steady progress against the massive fires that have ravaged Los Angeles since Jan. 7. As of Saturday morning, the Palisades fire, which has burned nearly 24,000 acres and killed at least 10 people, was listed...

Joshua “Josh” Willy was a popular social studies and gifted program instructor at Penn Hills High School who was known for warmly welcoming students at the start of the school day and offering them inspiration and encouragement. The 49-year-old husband and father of three died Friday morning after his car...

As winter raged outside, warmer thoughts of spring were on the minds of baseball fans Saturday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center during the latest edition of PiratesFest. Autograph seekers were able to meet some of their favorite current — and past — Pittsburgh Pirates players, including Andrew McCutchen,...

As Jonathan Trosky goes, so does the North Hills hockey team. Trosky, a junior forward, is off to a blistering goal-scoring pace in the 2024-25 season, racking up 21 goals in the first 13 games of the year. It’s happened, in large part, because of an expanded commitment to his...

The North Hills boys basketball team’s overall record at the midway point may not look pretty, but plenty of opportunities lie ahead to change that. And the Indians may be on the right path to taking advantage of them. Entering a Jan. 10 rivalry game against section foe North Allegheny,...

Regarding the article “Pete Hegseth asked to define ‘jagoff’ at Senate confirmation hearing” (Jan. 14, TribLive): The esteem normally accorded to the U.S. Senate reached a new low when Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., asked Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of Defense, to define and explain the term...

The Hollywood sign stands sentinel above Los Angeles, watching as embers dance through the January night like wayward stars. Glowing debris floats on warm winds past million-dollar mansions, while emergency crews battle a blaze that shouldn’t exist — not in winter, not here, not now. Two thousand miles east, in...

Free-for-all coming with Trump in charge So here we are. A convicted felon will be our president. We will be led by billionaires and millionaires, an oligarchy. As if any of them know what it’s like to live this life without any of the struggles that those with less encounter....