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New limits, oversight for Pa.’s medical marijuana doctors proposed in response to Spotlight PA investigation
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 — The Pennsylvania Department of Health would be empowered to impose new limits on doctors who want to practice in the state’s medical marijuana...
Linebacker Joey Lutz makes his voice heard on North Hills defense
Like most kids his age, Joey Lutz enjoys playing video games in his free time. But one game has captured his attention the most of late. Lutz, a junior linebacker at North Hills, frequently plays the new EA Sports NCAA Football video game. Thanks to some creativity and a downloadable...
North Hills boys soccer turnaround punctuated by last-second playoff win
After years of quiet, beaten down bus rides home following matches, the North Hills boys soccer team let loose as it made its way from North Huntington to Ross Township on Oct. 22. For the first time in a quarter-century, the Indians were able to celebrate a playoff win. North...
Trib HSSN to break down matchups on 2024 WPIAL Football Playoff Pairings Show
Trib HSSN writers and broadcasters will analyze the WPIAL football playoff pairings at 3 p.m. Saturday with a live broadcast on the network. Don Rebel will be joined by Chris Harlan and Jerin Steele to break down the pairings and preview the first-round matchups. Watch the broadcast here. Also be...
Elon Musk continues to announce $1 million daily winners
After a few days of non-activity, the website for Elon Musk’s PAC is again announcing $1 million daily winners. A letter from the U.S. Department of Justice to America PAC warned that its giveaway in battleground states to swing voters could be illegal. The letter indicated the prize money could...
Letter to the editor: Picking candidates who support abortion puts blood on voters’ hands
The writer of the letter “Do women’s lives matter to Republicans?” (Oct. 10, TribLive) intended to support abortion, but I think she failed to do so and instead proved that her mother needed a better doctor, not an abortion. Before Roe v. Wade, medically induced abortions were performed when the...
Sounding off: Writers lobby for picks as election nears
Honor with Harris, dishonor with Trump If your forebears emigrated from any country in Central Europe on NATO’s front line against Putin’s Russia, honor your forebears who came here for liberty, the good word of the U.S. and Ukraine’s fight for freedom by electing Kamala Harris president. Donald Trump says...
Letter to the editor: Casey’s fentanyl ad deceptive
In Sen. Bob Casey’s political ad against Dave McCormick, he focuses on McCormick’s investment in a Chinese company making fentanyl and smuggling it to Mexico to make illegal drugs and smuggle it back into the U.S. That company is Humanwell. Its income is between $3 billion and $4 billion per...
Editorial: Scirotto chose NCAA over Pittsburgh. That’s why he shouldn’t have taken the job in the first place
Pittsburgh police Chief Larry Scirotto is resigning his position effective Nov. 1. He isn’t doing it because of problems within the department. He isn’t doing it because of rampant crime that can’t be controlled by the officers under his leadership. He’s doing it because he would rather referee basketball games....
Morning services, fall food festival and more at Sewickley area houses of worship
Antioch Baptist Church 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. 412-741-7688. antiochfwbaptist sewickley.org. Morning worship and praise service is at 10:45 a.m. First Sunday Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. First Friday virtual bible study is at 6:30 p.m. A link is available on the website. Beth Samuel Jewish Center 810 Kennedy Drive,...
The Stroller, Oct. 26, 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. Champion’s Crusaiders and Five...
Letter to the editor: Why Trump is against immigrants
Why does Donald Trump say he will gather immigrants into camps and deport them? He must mean illegal immigrants, because 75% of U.S. immigrants are legal. But even those illegal immigrants still do the things that most immigrants do: They work, pay taxes and add to the strength of our...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 25, 2024
High school Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Central Catholic 38, Canon-McMillan 13 Mt. Lebanon 42, Norwin 20 North Allegheny 38, Seneca Valley 0 Class 5A Allegheny Six Moon 28, South Fayette 7 Peters Township 31, Bethel Park 28 Upper St. Clair 59, Baldwin 14 Big East Franklin Regional 29,...
High school football roundup for Oct. 25, 2024: No. 3 Peters Township edges No. 4 Bethel Park in Allegheny Six
Nick Courie ran for 133 yards and the game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter as No. 3 Peters Township clinched second place in the Allegheny Six Conference with a 31-28 victory over No. 4 Bethel Park (8-2, 3-2) on Friday night. Nolan DiLucia threw for 137 yards and a touchdown...
Trib HSSN’s 2024 Week 9 top performers for passing, rushing, receiving
Top performers for Week 9 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 370 - Joey Felitsky, North Catholic (25 of 31) 332 - Jeff Thompson, Clairton (10 of 14) 305 - Michael Pastirik, Seton LaSalle (17 of 22) 288 - Houston Guseman, Jefferson-Morgan (10 of 22) 251 - Jaydon...
Steel Valley runs away from South Allegheny football team in rout
No. 5 Steel Valley and No. 4 South Allegheny were among the better offensive squads coming into a de facto second-place game in the Class 2A Allegheny Conference. The Gladiators scored 48.5 points per game in their last four games, and the Ironmen averaged 47.8 points in their previous five...
Trinity stuns Belle Vernon to clinch playoff spot; Leopards now at mercy of selection committee
With a playoff spot up for grabs between two highly competitive teams, it was Trinity that pulled away from Belle Vernon with a 31-21 victory Friday night to clinch the second postseason spot out of the Big 6 Conference in Class 4A. The Hillers (5-5, 4-1) and the Leopards (4-4,...
Conference champion Elizabeth Forward rallies past playoff-bound Mt. Pleasant
Interstate Conference leader Elizabeth Forward seemed on the way to another dominating victory at Mt. Pleasant on Friday when an unexpected delay led to a change of momentum that created a first-half barnburner. Elizabeth Forward used its potent offense and eventually fought off the Vikings’ challenge to pull away to...
WPIAL clinched: Field of automatic qualifiers set for football playoffs
Here’s a look at teams that have automatically qualified for the WPIAL football playoffs. The WPIAL football committee will choose the wild card qualifiers Saturday. The playoffs begin next Friday. Watch the Trib HSSN playoff pairings show at 3 p.m. Saturday. Class 6A (4 qualifiers) 1. Central Catholic, 2. North...
Mt. Lebanon, North Catholic, Quaker Valley advance at PIAA team tennis tournament
Mt. Lebanon, North Catholic and Quaker Valley are still alive their quests to win state team tennis titles. All three won quarterfinal matches in the PIAA playoffs Friday in Hershey to move on to Saturday’s semifinals. In Class 2A, WPIAL champ North Catholic (19-1) defeated District 3 runner-up Lancaster Country...
Virginia voter purge blocked by U.S. judge ahead of election
A federal judge in Virginia halted what she concluded was an unlawful, systematic purge of names from the state’s voter rolls ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election in a win for the Biden administration. The ruling Friday came after the U.S. Justice Department sued Virginia and Alabama in the...
Texas man punches election worker who told him to remove Trump hat, police say
A Texas man who wore a hat supporting former President Donald Trump punched an election worker who told him wearing items endorsing a candidate are prohibited at voting sites, a sheriff said Friday. The election worker, identified as a 69-year-old man, was treated at the scene Thursday and returned to...
Preeti’s Pitt homicide case ends with mistrial
The trial for a Pittsburgh man accused of killing a North Hills honors student at a Strip District restaurant ended in a mistrial on Thursday after a police officer referenced the defendant’s previous criminal record. A new trial date for Howard Hawkins is scheduled for Jan. 13 before Allegheny County...
Poplawski, on death row for killing 3 Pittsburgh cops, raises new questions about jury’s conduct
Richard Poplawski, convicted of killing three Pittsburgh police officers 15 years ago, claimed in a recent court filing that the jurors who sentenced him to death may have been unduly influenced during a field trip they took during an off day in the trial. Poplawski, 38, is asking an Allegheny...
A-K Valley WPIAL soccer playoff capsules: Games for Oct. 26, 2024
WPIAL soccer playoffs Boys Class 4A Quarterfinals 8-Canon-McMillan (11-4-2) at 1-Plum (15-0-3) 11 a.m. Saturday, Mustangs Stadium, Plum Winner plays: Winner of 4-North Allegheny (15-3-1)/12-North Hills (10-8) on Tuesday in semifinals (site/time TBD) Corner kicks: Canon-McMillan, the third-place finisher in Section 2, beat Gateway, 6-0, in the first round. The...
