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A nationwide loss of more than 3 billion birds since the 1970s has spurred an effort to make Pittsburgh and its suburbs a better place to roost. Bird Town, a statewide grassroots program, is partnering with the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania to restore habitat and bring people together for...

Penn State alum and U.S. Olympian Zain Retherford has withdrawn from competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics as a “medical precaution,” ending his opportunity at a bronze medal, USA Wrestling announced Saturday. According to USA Wrestling, the former Nittany Lion suffered a concussion while training prior to the Olympics and...

More opportunity in more places, that’s what awaits hunters this fall across much of Pennsylvania, thanks to additional state game lands enrolled in the Deer Management Assistance Program. DMAP, as the program is commonly called, works like this: hunters can get permits that allow them to harvest antlerless deer —...

Tom Allen was familiar with Dani Dennis-Sutton well before becoming Penn State’s defensive coordinator. Allen, the former head coach at Indiana, watched from the visitors’ sideline at Beaver Stadium last fall as the defensive end put an end to the Hoosiers’ upset bid. Indiana was tied with Penn State late...

I know this has probably been covered before, but … my pharmacy can’t get my insulin, which is Humalin 70/30 vials. That has been going on for about four months now. And now I receive a call telling me their wholesaler can’t get the blood thinner I use, as well....

Blawnox Golam Basir sold property at 400 Carla Drive to Cameron Heskett and Maria Briceno Rojas for $228,500. Penn Pioneer Enterprises LLC sold property at 201 Summit Drive to Peyton Manko for $315,000. Fox Chapel Estate of Dorothy Delprato sold property at 3 Shirl Drive to Michael and Christina Zigler...

Aleppo Mary Mannion sold property at 403 Sewickley Heights Drive to Darrell and Mary Ellen Saunders for $252,500. Jeanine Reid sold property at 711 Timber Ln to Martin and Steven Robert Warhola for $299,000. Bell Acres Estate of Linda Lee Letrick sold property at 1747 Big Sewickley Creek Road to...

Etna Philip Raymond sold property at 16 Mary Lue Drive to Peter Michael Horgan and Sierra Lynn Walp for $225,000. Franklin Park Shu Tong sold property at 1412 Mystic Valley Drive to Tanmay Anil Gokhale and Manisha Bhattacharya for $879,000. Ryan Schwiebert sold property at 1801 Thronewood Ct to Shao...

ALLEGHENY COUNTY Chalfant Wayne Nagle sold property at 232 North Ave. to Heidi Maribel Dubon Corrales for $55,000. Churchill Joseph Zohr sold property at 13 Churchill Road to Isaac and Kelsey Kumar for $605,000. Sadia Sala sold property at 3758 E Rural Court to GMS Global Invests LLC for $113,500....

I find it rather troubling that the party that always calls the other a threat to democracy ignored the democratic process and “installed” Vice President Kamala Harris at the nominee for president. There was no primary for voters to decide who they wanted to run, just the establishment’s choice. After...

The answers about what happened July 13 are coming, but they are coming slowly. Four weeks after the shooting at the Trump rally at the Butler Farm Show grounds, there has already been testimony in front of a joint panel of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Judiciary committees. The...

In 2010, I had the privilege of getting to know Gov. Josh Shapiro personally when he was kind enough to meet me at a Downtown Pittsburgh hotel along with his chief of staff to discuss state government issues. Shapiro was an up-and-coming state representative from Abington at the time, and...

Church News • Mother of Sorrows Parish will offer a free seminar, “Expressing Gratitude,” with Dennis C. Daley from noon to 1 p.m. Aug. 13 in the parish social hall, 4202 Old William Penn Highway. Plan to arrive by 11:30 a.m. Bring a brown bag lunch. Beverages provided. • Living...

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. East Deer Summer Celebration planned Saturday The sixth annual East Deer...

A recent letter-writer asks, “Why do evangelicals support un-Christian Trump?” (Aug. 6, TribLive). Scripture provides his answer. Adam couldn’t resist peer pressure. (Genesis 3:12) Noah, the last righteous man of his time, was a drunk who slept in the nude. (Genesis 9:20-21) Abraham, the forefather of faith, let other men...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 51-58) managed five hits in a 3-0 loss to Nashville (Brewers). 1B Malcom Nunez (.266) and 2B Alika Williams (.311) each went 1 for 4 with a double. 2B Nick Yorke (.322) went 1 for 2. RHP Thomas Harrington (0-1, 6.10) started and gave up two runs on...

GREENVILLE, N.C. — Now that the bats are warming up — along with the weather — West Point is finding its comfort zone in the Little League Softball World Series. West Point scored in each of its first three innings — highlighted by a five-run third — to oust Cranston...

Why did Shaquille Gibson say he beat, and later stomp, his cellmate’s face so severely it caved his nose inward and he died? It was because “Mister Beattie,” his 57-year-old cellmate who used a wheelchair, bumped into him and didn’t say “excuse me,” a state trooper testified. That’s what Gibson...

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. HARRISBURG — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his running mate, and at least nine third-party candidates are facing challenges that could see them kicked off of...

PennDOT will close a section of Creek Road Monday in Fairfield, causing a detour that is expected to continue through late August. The road will be closed between Hirsch and Midget Camp roads while crews replace a pipe. The posted detour will divert traffic along Midget Camp Road and Route...

This year, 2024, might be the year of women’s sports. Incredible stories of women competing abound — from Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese catapulting women’s basketball into the spotlight to Olympians Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky breaking records in Paris. With the uptick in exposure to women’s sports, some are...

On average, adult men are physically stronger, more powerful, faster and have higher endurance than adult women. This is not a theory; it is an indisputable scientific fact. Although anyone with a functional brain intuitively understands that men and women are fundamentally different when it comes to athletic prowess and,...

Penn State should have strength in numbers at the defensive tackle position in the fall. At the very least. The Nittany Lions’ top edge rushers, led by Abdul Carter and Dani Dennis-Sutton, are the headliners and deservedly so. Both players, should they leave PSU after 2024, are projected to be...

Visiting New Kensington recently we made our first visit to the Valley High School veterans memorial. Unfortunately it was in shambles. Half of the bricks with veterans’ names and service dates were discarded in a pile, with holes in the ground where bricks once lay. Even the flags are torn...

‘Weird’ is a mean word, and Trump may take the bait Was anyone surprised last week to hear so many prominent Democratic spokespeople use the same exact word? The word of the day was “weird.” When you see a montage of the clips, it’s obvious to me that they brainstorm...