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Molly Parzen: With Washington stepping back on clean energy, Harrisburg must step up
Newly inaugurated President Donald Trump ran on a platform of massive giveaways to billionaire oil and gas CEOs. Trump has pledged to roll back historic clean energy programs — transformational investments that are creating thousands of union jobs and positioning the United States as an international leader in the 21st-century...
Iran supreme leader criticizes proposed nuclear talks with U.S., upending push to negotiation
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s supreme leader said Friday that negotiations with America “are not intelligent, wise or honorable” after President Donald Trump floated nuclear talks with Tehran. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also suggested that “there should be no negotiations with such a government,” but stopped short of issuing a...
Gallery: Photos from Feb. 7, 2025
Embark on a visual journey around the Western Pennsylvania region with TribLive’s latest collection of captivating images for Friday, Feb. 7, 2025....
Country star Kelsea Ballerini postpones Pittsburgh show due to illnessVideo
Grammy Award-nominated country star Kelsea Ballerini, a newly added coach on NBC’s “The Voice,” was scheduled to perform at PPG Paints Arena on Friday night. However, around midnight on Friday, the venue announced that the show was postponed due to illness and rescheduled for April 12. Tonight’s (2/7/25) Kelsea Ballerini...
Letter to the editor: Pecarchik should be register of wills
Thank you for the editorial “Register of wills nomination plays politics when it didn’t have to” (Feb. 2, TribLive). It seems partisan politics resulted in the nomination given to someone other than Katie Pecarchik. From all accounts. Pecarchik has been exceptional, taking the leadership role which was so needed. She’s...
Take the TribLive weekly news quiz: Feb. 7
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Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Feb. 7-9
Most of us don’t have anyone to root for in the Super Bowl this weekend. So if you feel like ignoring it altogether and doing something else that’s more fun, here are some non-football-related events to enjoy. Crafts and Drafts 10-year anniversary East End Brewing Co. is celebrating 10 years...
Letter to the editor: Get off the phone, Veep
It was Jan. 30, and the wake of the worst air disaster in recent memory. As recovery crews were pulling bodies out of the Potomac, the vice president decided that his time would be best spent tweeting. He proceeded to engage in an hours-long argument about theology, culminating in a...
The Stroller, Feb. 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. Lower Burrell Citizen Police...
Laurels & lances: Volunteers, flu & eggs
Laurel: To a sign of the times. Pennsylvania fire departments are struggling with declining volunteers. The state mostly depends on volunteer departments across its 67 counties. There were about 60,000 volunteers in 2000. By 2023, that number had fallen to 38,000. Greensburg fire Chief Tom Bell is trying a new...
Letter to the editor: What Jesus preached
The Episcopal bishop’s remarks at the inaugural prayer service reminded me of the sanctimonious letters that have appeared in the Trib from leftists who want to preach to conservatives about how Trump voters are in contravention to Christ’s teachings concerning compassion toward others. Let’s do a little Bible research. Jesus...
Here are 5 things to do in Westmoreland this weekend: Feb. 7-9
Is it a song-and-dance kind of weekend, a brunch-and-shop kind of weekend or a fun-and-games kind of weekend? No matter how you choose to unwind, there’s something to do in Westmoreland County. ‘Pippin’ at Greensburg Garden and Civic Center Find your corner of the sky with Greensburg Civic Theatre’s production...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 6, 2025
High schools Basketball Boys Thursday’s results Class 6A Section 2 Imani Christian 76, Central Catholic 74 (OT) Class 2A Section 2 Northgate 76, Brentwood 54 Section 4 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 54, South Side 26 Southwestern Christian Athletic Conference Cheswick Christian Academy 73, Western PA School for the...
High school roundup for Feb. 6, 2025: North Catholic, Oakland Catholic share section title
Sam Weir scored 12 points as North Catholic clinched a share of the Section 1-4A girls basketball title with a 75-23 victory over Derry on Thursday night. Harmony Jones added 11 and Brady Wehner finished with 10 for North Catholic (19-3, 13-1). Jane Huss scored eight points to lead Derry...
Task force arrests 2nd suspect in brutal Aliquippa VFW beating
An Aliquippa man accused of nearly beating a fellow city resident to death inside a Veterans of Foreign Wars lodge was arrested Thursday. Brett Ours, 39, was taken into custody without incident at a home along the 400 block of Allegheny Avenue in West Aliquippa. Aliquippa police charged Ours with...
Belle Vernon coach Joe Salvino, 2nd on all-time WPIAL boys basketball wins list, to retire
Belle Vernon boys basketball coach Joe Salvino, the second-winningest coach in WPIAL history with 741 victories, is walking away. Salvino announced Thursday that this season will be his last on the sideline, and he will retire when the Leopards’ playoff run comes to an end. He has a career record...
Authorities seize items in drug task force raid at North Huntingdon vape shop
Authorities raided a North Huntingdon vape shop Thursday morning after undercover officers made purchases there of suspected illegal products. Westmoreland County Detective Tony Marcocci said authorities seized large quantities of items containing THC, the psychoactive ingredient of marijuana, in a raid at Star Smoke and Vape on Route 30. The...
Jury views chilling video showing slain Uber driver’s final fare
The two large monitors in the courtroom showed the split-screen view from Christina Spicuzza’s dashboard camera. On the left, Spicuzza, wearing glasses and a surgical mask, can be seen driving her car the evening of Feb. 10, 2022, talking to her Uber passengers with kindness. “It was nice meeting you,”...
Bruce Yandle: DeepSeek, bottled AI and mankind’s free spirit
The startling news that DeepSeek, an unexpected Chinese AI powerhouse led by 39-year-old founder Liang Wenfeng, has unveiled a chip and software package that could be superior to America’s revolutionary ChatGPT shocked world financial markets and forced political and industrial leaders to rethink their efforts to control the distribution of...
Fiery resignation by Pa.’s consumer advocate breeds fear office will lose independence
HARRISBURG — In a letter announcing he would resign as Pennsylvania’s consumer advocate, Patrick Cicero claimed he was the victim what he called a public campaign led by various investor-owned utilities to seek his removal. David W. Sunday, the incoming Republican attorney general, Cicero said, had asked him to reapply...
In brief: New council leadership, snow removal reminder and more in Quaker Valley
New council leadership John Orndorff was appointed Glen Osborne council president and Bill Monski was appointed vice president Jan. 21. Orndorff was vice president last year. He fills the presidential role of Thomas Huddleston, who resigned at the end of last year. Anne Fruehauf was appointed in December to finish...
Yael Silk: Pittsburgh government must focus on issues, not battling ideologies
Pittsburgh has real problems — an affordable housing shortage that keeps getting worse, a city budget stretched so thin you can see through it and a school district fighting to recover after years of decline, to name just a few. And now, we are facing a tidal wave of chaos...
Monroeville library programs: Eagle talk, chess club, more
The Monroeville Public Library, 4000 Gateway Campus Boulevard, will host the following programs. All events are held at the library unless otherwise noted. Registration is required for some programs at MonroevilleLibrary.org, where a full calendar of upcoming events is posted. • Feb. 15, 10:30 a.m. - Kindergarten Launch Program: The...
Gallery: Photos from Feb. 6, 2025
Embark on a visual journey around the Western Pennsylvania region with TribLive’s latest collection of captivating images for Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. From the rustic landscapes of Western Pa. to diverse corners of the globe, experience the shared moments of humanity....
Letter to the editor: Who would believe Jan. 6 was a normal day?
If you watched what happened at our nation’s Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, and believe it was a normal day, then you will believe anything. Diane Powell New Kensington...
