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The Stroller, Oct. 31, 2024: 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. Happy Halloween! Many municipalities...
Letter to the editor: Check candidates’ abortion stance
Every single person should be able to make their own decisions about their health and their life. Choosing to have an abortion should be no exception. It is clear by now that most Pennsylvanians agree with this, and that it is one of the top issues of the election season....
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 30, 2024
High schools Field hockey WPIAL playoffs At Washington & Jefferson Saturday’s schedule Championship Class 3A Pine-Richland (19-0) vs. Mt. Lebanon (12-4), 4 p.m. Class 2A Fox Chapel (10-6-1) vs. Peters Township (15-3), noon Class A Shady Side Academy (14-4) vs. Aquinas Academy (8-3-3), 2 p.m. Football WPIAL playoffs Class 6A...
High school roundup for Oct. 30, 2024: Beaver sweeps into WPIAL girls volleyball finals
Kailyn Connelly had 12 kills and a block and Jaedyn Brown collected nine kills, 10 digs and three aces to lead top-seeded Beaver to a 3-0 victory over No. 4 Hampton (13-6) in the WPIAL Class 3A girls volleyball semifinals Wednesday night. Set scores were 25-20, 25-17 and 25-20. Aubrey...
Letter to the editor: We need Dziados, not Reschenthaler
Incumbent 14th District Congressman Guy Reschenthaler, who is seeking reelection, has shown a talent for trying to block our Pennsylvania votes. He was one of eight in the Pennsylvania congressional delegation who voted to deny certification of the last presidential election, and recently he joined other GOP lawmakers suing the...
Get a little stitious with The Birdie’s playoff picks in A-K Valley football
Last week: 10-1 Season: 81-22 (78.6%) The Pittsburgh Steelers, with their six Lombardi trophies and 676 all-time victories, haven’t won a playoff game since the 2016 season. The Pittsburgh Penguins, with their five Stanley Cup championships and 2,030 all-time victories, haven’t won a playoff series since the 2018 season. There...
2024 Western Pa. high school football schedule for Week 10
WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Nov. 8 Seneca Valley (3-6) vs. Central Catholic (8-2) at West Mifflin, 7 p.m. Mt. Lebanon (3-7) at North Allegheny (9-1) Class 5A First round Friday’s schedule Franklin Regional (7-3) at North Hills (8-2), 7 p.m. Latrobe (5-5) at Bethel Park (8-2), 7 p.m. Moon...
As he makes his playoff picks, The Birdie wonders which Westmoreland County team will keep streak alive
Last week: 7-5 (58.3%) Season: 91-32 (73.9%) While his pedestrian 7-5 final week of the regular season probably would not have earned him wild-card consideration by the WPIAL committee, the Birdie is fired up for the playoffs. “I make it no matter what my record is,” he said, shrugging his...
Mt. Lebanon School District to pay $350K in legal fees to end lawsuit over transgender identity lesson
The Mt. Lebanon School District has agreed to pay $350,000 in legal fees to end a lawsuit that accused a teacher of violating parents’ constitutional rights when she gave a lesson on transgender identity to first-grade students. A federal judge in September ruled in favor of three mothers in the...
2 charged in vandalism of Jewish buildings in Squirrel Hill
Federal authorities on Wednesday charged two people with hate crime-related offenses in connection with vandalism at Jewish institutions in Squirrel Hill. Mohamad Hamad, 23, of Coraopolis, and Talya A. Lubit, 24, of Pittsburgh, are charged with conspiracy and defacing or damaging religious property, according to a criminal complaint. Hamad was...
Trump no longer planning to attend Penn State vs. Ohio State football game, PSU says
Former President Donald Trump is no longer making plans to return to Happy Valley just days before Election Day. Although he attended a campaign rally this past Saturday at Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center, he was also making plans to return for the Nov. 2 college football game between the...
Will we know the next president on election night? It’s more likely than you might think
WASHINGTON — With polls showing a dead heat between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris entering Election Day, and local election officials cautioning it might take days to complete ballot counts, a conventional wisdom has taken hold: Americans are not likely to know their next president on Nov. 5. Yet, the...
North Huntingdon family sues UPMC Children’s over treatment of son, mother
A North Huntingdon woman is suing UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, claiming doctors performed unnecessary surgery on her son and staff concocted criminal allegations against her when she complained about the boy’s treatment. The woman, Dawn Lewandowski, was found not guilty of disorderly conduct and harassment Monday in Allegheny County...
Ohio State coaches prepare for 2 quarterbacks, disruptive defense in top-5 matchup at Penn State
Penn State is getting ready for its biggest matchup of the regular season Saturday against Ohio State. The Buckeyes have one of the best coaching staffs in the country and spoke to the media Tuesday about their matchup with the Nittany Lions: Ohio State head coach Ryan Day on preparing...
Woodland Hills school board member censured for sharing confidential district emails online
Woodland Hills School District Board of Directors voted Tuesday to approve the censure of board member Darnika Reed during a special meeting. The vote was 5-4. The school district in a statement said that Reed had “made a series of social media posts in which she shared internal district email...
Donald Trump hired him to find voting fraud. He debunked it instead
ATLANTA — Four years ago, Donald Trump insisted that voting fraud cost him the election, and he hired Ken Block to prove it. A data analyst, Block did his best, searching for dead voters, double-voting and absentee ballot fraud. But he found only about a dozen examples of fraud in...
The Home Stretch: Here’s the election news for Oct. 30
Six days to go and the presidential race continues to heat up. Massive rallies, celebrity guests and controversial remarks are the hallmarks of the campaigns for the White House. Here’s what’s going on and what can be expected today. Where is everyone? Candidates are state-hopping at an impressive rate today....
Brian Carr: Casinos mislead the public about slot machine losses
I spent more than 20 years in the casino gaming industry, working for some of the world’s premier casino companies, including Las Vegas Sands in five states, including Pennsylvania. When casinos complain about slot machine revenue losses, I can tell you they are misleading the public. Recently, this has been...
Gallery: Photos from Oct. 30, 2024
Embark on a visual journey around the Western Pennsylvania region — and the world — with TribLive’s latest collection of captivating images for Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. From the rustic landscapes of Western Pa. to diverse corners of the globe, experience the shared moments of humanity....
Westmoreland happenings: Spinning exhibit, cabbage roll dinner, meetings, more
Art • The Loyalhannon Spinners Guild will host a free display of some of their finished works and the raw fleece and tools used to get wool ready for spinning through Nov. 14 during regular operating hours at the Greensburg Art Center, 230 Todd School Road, Hempfield. Membership in the...
Letter to the editor: Facts on Bush and the 2000 election
As usual, columnist Joseph Sabino Mistick cherry-picks facts to slant his view of politics (“Preparing for the post-election crisis,” Oct. 19, TribLive). While it is factual to state that the 2000 election review was stopped by SCOTUS, the popular vote was not then, nor now, the deterministic factor. And a...
‘& Juliet’ is a sparkly, poppy phenom at the Benedum Center
Jukebox musicals — musicals that use existing music to tell a new story — have become a little stale since “Mamma Mia!” shot the genre into prominence 25 years ago. So it’s especially impressive that “& Juliet” managed to bring a fresh take to two things: jukebox musicals and Shakespeare’s...
Letter to the editor: Trump is the way forward
Am I the only one who thinks that Jan. 6 was an exercise of freedom and not an insurrection? That incident was a message of the people, by the people and for the people of the United States of America. A message to our oversized government to stop the corruption...
Letter to the editor: Trump has ruined politics
The author of the letter “Trump is the right pick for president” (Sept. 30, TribLive) indicates that the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot was no big deal, reminding us that President Trump used the word “peacefully” in his speech that day. It amazes me how people want to downplay, forget...
Editorial: Making voting possible for domestic violence victims is empowering
Domestic violence wraps its tendrils around parts of life that most people don’t consider unless they have been touched by it. There are things like doctor appointments. How can you go for a routine visit if you might have to explain bruises? What about work? It can be hard to...
