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Derry, Burrell send 4 to semifinals at PIAA Class 2A Southwest Regional
Derry and Burrell each have four wrestlers in the semifinals and five others alive in the consolation bracket, leading the WPIAL contingent on the first day of the PIAA Class 2A Southwestern Regional on Friday in Altoona. Anthony Mucci (133), Mason Horwat (152), Ewan Olson (160) and Brady Brown (189)...
Zappala hits Palisades Plaza housing complex in Rankin with nuisance charges
The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office on Friday filed nuisance charges against a Rankin public housing complex, listing complaints like backed-up sewage, broken windows and mold. The charges involving Palisades Plaza are similar to ones lodged against West Mifflin’s Mon View Heights in September. Both complexes were managed by the...
ATI reaches tentative contract agreement with United Steelworkers
A tentative agreement was reached between ATI and the United Steelworkers on Friday, according to statements released by both the metals company and union officials. The union released a statement saying it’s a six-year deal impacting 1,000 union members across locations including Brackenridge, Harrison, Vandergrift, Latrobe, Washington, Pa., and Lockport,...
Hempfield farm providing beef for local school nutrition programs
Students in Hempfield Area and New Kensington-Arnold school districts are getting something special in their lunches these days. Both have partnered with Logan Family Farms in Hempfield for a monthly supply of ground beef. It became the star of the show for a smash burger event held at Hempfield Area...
Where to catch up on Best Picture-nominated films before the Oscars
The 97th Academy Awards will take place Sunday, honoring the best and brightest in film from this past year. The ceremony will air at 7 p.m. on ABC and also stream on Hulu, YouTubeTV, AT&T TV and FuboTV. But before they roll out the red carpet, you have the weekend...
Ian Kelly: Has America first become America alone?
Article 5 of the NATO treaty is the bedrock of the alliance: It is the pledge that an attack on one is an attack on all. It created a single security space among the democratic nations in North America and Europe. The concept of a one-for-all, indivisible security across the...
Marc A. Levin and Khalil Cumberbatch: Common ground in Pa. on criminal justice
Polarized politics have led many Pennsylvanians to dark places, but could a common vision of justice for all illuminate the path to unity? A beacon of hope is a new declaration of principles endorsed by many of the nation’s most respected conservative and liberal groups. It encapsulates our shared aspirations...
Gallery: Photos from Feb. 28, 2025
Day 1 of the WPIAL Class 3A and 2A swimming championships included record-breaking performances and memorable moments for athletes from all over Western Pennsylvania. Trib photographer Andrew Palla captured some images from the event. Read about the highlights on the TribLive High School Sports Network....
Letter to the editor: Older people want paper tax receipts
There you go again, government — you cut off the ability for us to get a paper receipt after we pay our house taxes. The elderly don’t have a way to print out a receipt, and many cannot use a computer. I need a receipt for my company’s accounting department....
2025 fish fries in the Alle-Kiski Valley
All menus are subject to change and availability. Allegheny Township Markle Volunteer Fire Department, 470 Joyce St., 4 to 7 p.m. or until sold out Fridays through Good Friday. Dine in or takeout. Menu: hand battered fish sandwich dinner, $15; chicken tenders meal, $12, include coleslaw and fries or pierogi;...
Tapas Talks kicks off 2025 season
The popular Tapas Talks speaker series kicked off its 2025 season on Feb. 13 in the Grand Ballroom of the Allegheny Country Club with a Entrepreneur Confidential: How to Scale a Small Business from Scratch panel discussion. The talk featured three of the Sewickley area’s successful female entrepreneurs, including Beth...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Feb. 28-March 2
We’re all ready to put winter in the rear view, and there’s some hope now that March is here. But there’s still a chill in the air, so here are some fun things to do on (hopefully) one of the last winter weekends for a while. Jurassic Quest For the...
Letter to the editor: Progressivism nothing new in Pittsburgh
I attended the District 5 community meeting for Greenfield hosted by Pittsburgh City Council Member Barbara Warwick. In his column “Progressivism killing the party, the city” (Feb. 22, TribLive), Joseph Sabino Mistick sets up two false dichotomies: incompetent progressives versus competent moderate traditionalists and “new” progressive residents versus deep-rooted residents...
The Stroller, Feb. 28, 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. Gun safety seminar offered...
Is Pittsburgh a future Hollywood powerhouse? Possibly, with more investment
About 20 years since its inception, and three years since its last funding boost, the Pennsylvania film tax credit is ready for a close-up, according to industry experts. The timing might not get any better, they said. Wildfires in Southern California, industry strikes and disruptions from the covid-19 pandemic have...
Laurels & lances: Learning experiences
Laurel: To getting into education. A good book can put a reader into the story. Virtual reality video gaming can put a player in a new world. But how can that happen for a whole classroom? On Tuesday, East Allegheny School District became the first K-12 public school setting to...
Oscars 2025 predictions for all 23 categories
LOS ANGELES — The 97th Academy Awards arrive Sunday after an awards season full of wild momentum swings, online trolling and internecine whisper campaigns that almost made me long for the day when Harvey Weinstein would personally take me to a movie theater just so I’d know how much people...
Letter to the editor: Pa. legislators need to pass gift ban
As a union member in Pennsylvania, I understand if I failed to meet my employer’s expectations I would be fired. Our state legislators, however, face no such accountability when it comes to accepting gifts from lobbyists. Pennsylvania is one of only three states without a gift ban, allowing unlimited perks,...
5 things to do in Westmoreland this weekend: Feb. 28-March 2
March is here, and that means spring (hopefully) will soon follow. In the meantime, here are a few ways to while away one of the last winter weekends. Donnie Iris and the Cruisers Local legend Donnie Iris will appear at the Palace Theatre this weekend to play his classic tunes....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 27, 2025
High schools Basketball WPIAL playoffs Boys Class 6A Finals Friday’s schedule Upper. St. Clair (23-2) vs. New Castle (21-3) at Petersen Events Center, 9 p.m. Class 5A Finals Saturday’s schedule Chartiers Valley (22-3) vs. Peters Township (18-7) at Petersen Events Center, 7 p.m. Third place Thursday’s results Montour 81, Mars...
High school roundup for Feb. 27, 2025: Canon-McMillan girls claim spot in state tournament
Madison Clair scored 18 points to lead No. 4 Canon-McMillan to a 36-34 victory over No. 6 Mt. Lebanon in the Class 6A girls basketball third-place game Thursday night, claiming the WPIAL’s third and final spot in the PIAA playoffs. Faye Saunders added 10 points for the Big Macs (15-9)....
Sewickley Academy will serve up fun and farce with musical ‘Crazy For You’
Spring is on the horizon and love is in the air with the Sewickley Academy senior school’s upcoming musical, “Crazy For You.” The romantic comedy show will run from March 6-8 in the Rea Auditorium. “Crazy For You” debuted on Broadway in 1992 and was nominated for a whole slew...
At the library: Tax resources available at Northland Public Library
Tax resources available It’s “tax season” and Northland has a webpage dedicated to highlighting tax resources and information at www.northlandlibrary.org/adults/tax-information/. The library also has limited supplies of select PA Tax Forms and Federal Tax Forms on the upper level of the library. The tax information webpage lists the forms currently...
Quaker Valley School District considering eliminating admitting tuition students
Quaker Valley School District officials are considering terminating a policy that permits nonresident students to attend the district schools if they pay tuition. District communities include Sewickley, Sewickley Heights, Sewickley Hills, Leet, Leetsdale, Glen Osborne, Glenfield, Bell Acres, Edgeworth, Haysville and Aleppo. Assistant Superintendent Andrew Surloff said many Allegheny County...
Student news: A roundup of accolades from the North Allegheny communities
• The 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program has unveiled its finalists for the National Merit Scholarship Awards. All 17 students from North Allegheny who were named semifinalists in September qualified as finalists: Maxwell Fancher, Ashnavi Ghosh, Megumi Kawabe, Linda Kong, Haresh Muralidharan, Anwita Narra, Praneeth Otthi, Charles Palmer, Anushka Prabhu...
