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Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Hempfield’s Morgan Walt

When Hempfield’s softball team lost to Norwin in the WPIAL Class 6A semifinals last season, it came as a shock to many players. While the immediate disappointment was hard to shake, the Spartans quickly turned the loss into motivation for this season. “Yeah, I mean, we did not expect to...
Freeport grad Reese Skiba, A-R grad Sophia Yard showing medal capability as Slippery Rock women’s track and field ramps up for PSACs

Reese Skiba and Sophia Yard have known each other since they were 5 years old. Despite graduating a year apart from different high schools — Skiba from Freeport and Yard from Apollo-Ridge — they have maintained their friendship. When Yard joined Skiba on the Slippery Rock women’s track and field...
Measles cases up in Pa. and some counties lag behind school vaccination targets

In late March, a four-year-old in Erie County was diagnosed with measles, a highly contagious and incurable disease that, in rare cases, can cause brain damage and death. The child, who the county did not identify to the Capital-Star, had attended day care at Creative Learning Childcare in Erie, where...
Letter to the editor: Reagan rolling over in his grave

Reagan is rolling over in his grave. So are Eisenhower, Ford, H.W. Bush and a half-dozen other presidents who have had to deal with the Russians. No previous president ever liked or trusted Ivan. Now we have a chief executive who is oddly fascinated with an ex-KGB, criminal dictator. Worse,...
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area news, events for the week of April 7, 2025

Annual Oakmont plant sale The Oakmont Garden Club is hosting its annual Spring Plant Sale. The group will be set up in the Hoffstot’s parking lot on Allegheny Avenue in Oakmont from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 10. The sale will include flats of flowers and vegetables and...
Letter to the editor: Sign pollution

Stay in your own lane and the hell out of the “wrong ways.” This applies to many things in today’s life and for everyone’s life and death situations, literally, figuratively and exponentially. Yes, wrong-way traffic deaths are on the increase and wrong-way campaigns, elections and decisions are always too present....
Editorial: Republicans can have their tax cuts and benefits, too

Congressional Republicans face some tough math. They want to extend tax cuts, set to expire this year, that would add perhaps $4.5 trillion in new deficit spending. To offset such extravagance, they plan to come up with $2 trillion in spending cuts. Can it be done, as the White House...
The Stroller, April 7, 2025: 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. 5K race and vendor...
Letter to the editor: Net metering key to future of solar

We want to thank Rep. Abigail Salisbury for voting “no” on the amendment to House Bill 362 that would have drastically weakened Pennsylvania’s net metering policy and back-tracked years of bipartisan efforts. Pennsylvania is 22nd in the country for solar, based on the Solar Energy Industries Association. Net metering is...
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 7

Editorial cartoons for the week of April 7....
In brief: Happenings from the North Allegheny area

McCandless seeks help to clean up roadsides McCandless’ Environmental Advisory Committee is seeking the community’s help with its spring roadside cleanup from 8:30 a.m. to noon April 12. The rain date will be 8:30 a.m. April 26. Anyone who would like to participate as a “litter getter” should meet at...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 7

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 7....
High school sports schedules for April 7, 2025

High schools Baseball Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny at Butler, 5:30 p.m. North Hills at Central Catholic, 4 p.m. Section 2 Mt. Lebanon at Hempfield, 4 p.m. Norwin at Canon-McMillan, 4 p.m. Class 5A Section 1 Armstrong at Penn Hills, 4 p.m. Latrobe at Kiski Area, 4...
Pirates farm report for April 6, 2025: Sammy Siani’s 2-run homer lifts Curve past Baysox

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 2-4) split two games with Iowa (Cubs). In the continuation of Friday’s suspended game in the 10th inning, Indy won 5-4. LF/2B Nick Solak (.250) hit a walk-off single to secure the victory. DH Malcom Nunez (.250) was 2 for 5 with a double and two RBIs. 1B...
Trump administration orders national parks to remain open amid staffing shortagesVideo

The Trump administration has issued an order demanding that all national parks remain open amid severe staffing shortages — an action that one conservation group called “reckless and out of touch” as park personnel brace for millions of visitors this summer. “This order is intended to ensure that all national...
Scenes from the Valley: Images captured in the Alle-Kiski Valley from March 27-April 2, 2025

Here is a weekly look at recent images captured throughout the Alle-Kiski Valley. From major news events to routine gatherings, TribLive’s “Scenes from the Valley” photo package brings to life activities and moments happening in your backyard....

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