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Road closures continue throughout the region as rain forces creeks and rivers out of their banks, and major flooding was predicted at the Youghiogheny River in Sutersville. A flood warning remains in effect for the region until 3:45 p.m. Wednesday. In Pittsburgh, the 10th Street Bypass is closed between the...

When the Penguins boarded a plane bound for Pittsburgh the night of March 24, after blowing a 4-0 lead and losing 5-4 in overtime to the Colorado Avalanche, they had lost eight of 10 games and were nine points out of a playoff spot. Their goaltending was faltering, their power...

Regarding the article “Westmoreland GOP commissioners again nix drop boxes for mail-in ballots” (March 28, TribLive): They need to reverse this ruling and provide free access to voting. I don’t believe that we the voters approved this! This ruling is way too political. Dave Bonazelli Unity...

I have known state Rep. Jill Cooper for years, and the most important judgment I can make of her is she loves the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and our country in every way. Therefore, she works very hard to help the citizens of our community by steering our government toward making...

When the Pittsburgh Steelers from the ’70s were winning Super Bowls, it was because each team member bought into the fact that it would take each member changing his mindset. They drank the Kool-Aid, so to speak. They put the team ahead of themselves. They got rid of the “I...

The rules that make us safer always follow the examples of how safe we are not. In 1911, 146 people — 123 of them women and girls — died in Manhattan when the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory burned. It remains one of the deadliest industrial accidents in American history, but it...

The letter “America must come first” (March 9, TribLive) is another well written yet deceptive and disingenuous screed of pure MAGA propaganda. The writer attempts to argue that America can’t send aid to Ukraine until our southern border is entirely secured. Of course he says this is all the Democrats’...

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. Volunteers needed for Plum Cleanup Day In observation of Earth Day,...

It is said that 10 million- plus illegal immigrants from over 100 countries (vast majority from Latin America) will have arrived at the end of President’s Biden’s term in office. Consequently, I will list the ramifications to America: • Most illegals pay $5,000-plus to the Mexican cartels to get here. Since...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 1-3) lost 7-2 to Memphis (Cardinals ) in a series opener. LHP Cam Allred (0-1, 6.00) started and allowed two runs on four hits in three innings. RHP Brent Honeywell (15.43) pitched the ninth and gave up four runs on five hits, including a homer. In between, RHP...

High schools Baseball Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland at Butler, ppd. Seneca Valley at Allderdice, ppd. Section 2 Baldwin at Norwin, ppd. Canon-McMillan at Mt. Lebanon, ppd. Class 5A Section 1 Gateway at Franklin Regional, ppd. Penn Hills at Fox Chapel, ppd. Penn-Trafford at Armstrong, ppd. Section 2...

Luke Bockius had 15 kills and 14 digs and Justin Peters recorded six kills and 16 assists to lead Canon-McMillan to a 3-2 victory over Moon in Section 1-3A boys volleyball Tuesday night. Game scores were 20-25, 25-16, 17-25, 25-22, 15-9. Ben Kopec had eight kills and five digs and...

Not every stock that gets roughed up deserves it. Finding stocks that have been banged around, and that have good recovery potential, is the point of my quarterly Casualty List. This year’s first quarter saw healthy gains for most stocks, but some stocks took it on the chin. Four that...

Furious Democrats on Tuesday pushed back hard against a Republican proposal to rename Dulles International Airport after former President Donald Trump. Lawmakers from northern Virginia and elsewhere derisively mocked the plan introduced by GOP colleagues to slap the name of the twice impeached, four times indicted president on the main...

Port Authority police arrested a suspect Tuesday in the stabbing of a passenger multiple times on a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus in Hazelwood. The attack occurred about 11:45 a.m. on a 56-Lincoln Place bus near Second and Flowers avenues, said Adam Brandolph, an agency spokesman. The victim was taken to...

Camp Invention, a nonprofit summer enrichment program, is coming to two locations in McCandless. Providence Heights Alpha School, 9000 Babcock Blvd., will host the program during the week of June 10-14, and North Allegheny’s Ingomar Elementary School, 602 W. Ingomar Road, the week of July 8-12. Regional program sponsors include...

The Pine-Richland High School Forensics Speech and Debate team earned the Small School Sweepstakes Award in addition to several individual awards March 15-16 at the annual Pennsylvania High School Speech League State Championship at Bloomsburg University. The club competed in events including Extemporaneous Debate, Extemporaneous Speech, News Broadcasting, Lincoln Douglas...

Pics, or it didn’t happen, right? When millions of Americans look to the sky Monday — wearing the proper safety glasses — a bunch of them will probably have their phone or camera in hand to grab a picture of the once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse. But as anyone who has tried...

After raising an astounding $166,245 during the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Pittsburgh’s seven-week Student Visionaries campaign, Pine-Richland High School junior Noah Mackie was named the Pittsburgh Student Visionary of the Year at the Grand Finale Celebration on March 22. “It feels really good to see all of our hard...

On Saturday night, the Friends of the Carnegie Library of Homestead will put on a night of laughs for a good cause at the Munhall venue. The third annual “Comedy at the Carnegie” benefit will be headlined by Mark Eddie and hosted by Aaron Kleiber, with a slate of local...

Pennsylvania’s energy industry has long created good-paying jobs and ensured consumers have reliable, affordable power. The coal mines and oil fields of Northeastern and Western Pennsylvania fueled the Industrial Revolution, which powered the middle class and led to the creation of the American labor movement. When fascism threatened freedom overseas,...

No matter how you look at it, 400,000 is a lot of deer and Pennsylvania hunters have harvested at least than many in each of the past two years. According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, deer hunters took 430,010 whitetails during the most recent season, up 2% from 2022-23, when...

Residents around the region were experiencing flooding Wednesday as a result of storms and heavy rains moving through the area. A tornado watch issued by the National Weather Service expired overnight but a flood warning remains in effect until 3:45 p.m. Wednesday for Southwestern Pennsylvania. Between 2 and 3 1/2...