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High schools Basketball Boys Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Seneca Valley 61, Butler 56 Central Catholic 63, Pine-Richland 49 North Allegheny 71, New Castle 63 Section 2 Mt. Lebanon 51, Baldwin 46 Upper St. Clair 48, Hempfield 39 Canon-McMillan 51, Norwin 47 Class 5A Section 1 Bethel Park 90,...

Noah Prosser scored 17 points to lead Thomas Jefferson to a 70-58 victory over Peters Township in a key Section 1-5A boys basketball matchup Friday night. Nicholas Trklja and Evan Berger each scored 15 for the Jaguars (13-3, 6-0). Mickey Vaccarello had 17 and Jack Dunbar finished with 13 for...

PHILADELPHIA — This race will be different for Bob Casey. The three-term senator has faced challengers before but never one as well-funded and with as much early GOP support as Dave McCormick. And the Pennsylvania Democrat made the stakes known at the first rally of his campaign in Philadelphia on...

Pennsylvania Republican state Senate leaders have joined a growing chorus of conservatives across the country who are publicly backing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s controversial efforts to thwart illegal immigration into his state. In a joint statement, Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward, Majority Leader Joe Pittman and Appropriations Committee Chairman...

A Pennsylvania appellate court on Friday said that the state Attorney General’s Office had the authority to settle claims against opioid manufacturers over the harms caused by the abuse of the medication. The Commonwealth Court ruling, against the district attorneys of Allegheny County and Philadelphia, wrote in their opinion that...

The Republican establishment is with former President Donald Trump. Nearly every Republican elected official in Washington is rushing to kiss his ring. Yes, the same guys and gals who have played a role in getting us into this mess want to have the sole person who, along with President Joe...

Police are investigating a head-on crash that happened Friday on the Mansfield Bridge in Glassport when one of the cars was heading the wrong way. Allegheny County Police said their initial investigation shows a man driving a four-door Hyundai “traveled the wrong way onto the bridge” and crashed into a...

Already there are questions about the cost to cap tuition and fees for many state university students at $1,000 a semester and who would pay — not to mention bringing state universities and community colleges under one umbrella. There are regulatory, legal and logistical hurdles, all in a state whose...

A new study published this month in Science makes a compelling case that people with long covid have a chronic imbalance in their immune response. The findings don’t explain why that immune response is out of whack and needs confirming in larger studies. Still, this is important new piece to...

A Pennsylvania appellate court on Jan. 26 said that Quaker Valley School District can move forward with its planned construction of a new, $95 million high school. The 19-page Commonwealth Court ruling affirms a decision by the lower court that said that the Leet Township Zoning Hearing Board did not...

Retailers across the nation are under siege, with some struggling to stay afloat amid a rising tide of crime. Many of us take for granted the ease with which we can walk into a store and buy the simple items we need to go about our daily lives — a...

Kiski Area East Primary School in Vandergrift was locked down Friday while police conduct a manhunt in the area. The school went into lockdown early Friday before the school day began as police searched the nearby area for a driver who crashed and fled from a stolen vehicle. What started...

Antioch Baptist Church 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. 12-741-7688. antiochfwbaptistsewickley.org. Sunday school is every first Sunday of the month at 9:30 a.m. Morning worship and praise service is weekly at 10:45 a.m. Virtual Bible study is every first Wednesday at 7 p.m. The link is on the church’s website. Beth Samuel...

Lawmakers, make a commitment to use the Congressional Prayer Room. When considering important legislation for our country, the prayer room offers a quiet place to consider, discuss and pray about essential items on your agenda. “But when you pray, you should go into your room, close the door and pray...

An Allegheny County judge is accused of engaging in improper conduct with teenage boys in a judicial board complaint filed this week. Magistrate Judge Anthony Saveikis, who has served as a judge since January 2002, was notified by the state judicial conduct board that he is facing formal charges before...

I find it most annoying that I cannot say “Because I am unable to properly manage my income I am unable to pay my bills, and because of this you will simply have to raise my Social Security at least 32%.” Yet all of our politicians can do this (“Westmoreland...

Laurel: To cooperation. Many state and local leaders will note that Pennsylvania’s overlapping jurisdictions and duplication of services can cause a lot of headaches. Do we need 500 school districts in 67 counties? Then there are the concentric circles of municipalities that can be contained within other municipalities like a...

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. Drive-thru Valentine meal to benefit Peoples Library Peoples Library will sponsor...

Attorneys for the people injured when the Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed two years ago have added three defendants to their potential claims just days before the deadline to file suit. Court documents were filed putting the City of Pittsburgh on notice that it would be subject to a lawsuit just...

Why is the headline “Greensburg law firm gets $72K raise for Westmoreland water, sewer advice” (Jan. 17, TribLive) interesting? Not because of the sidebar covering the 9% rate hike for many customers. Also, “interesting” is the wrong word. The right word is “outrage” — actually, it’s a double outrage. The...

High schools Basketball Boys Thursday’s results Class 5A Section 4 Moon 58, South Fayette 49 Class 4A Section 4 South Allegheny 59, Avonworth 55 Class 3A Section 2 Seton LaSalle 66, Steel Valley 32 Nonsection Propel Andrew Street 60, Calvary Christian 15 Eden Christian at Chartiers Valley, ppd. Southwest Christian...

Iyanna Wade set a WPIAL girls basketball single-game scoring record with 65 points, leading Clairton (14-2, 6-2) to a 81-32 victory over Steel Valley (0-17, 0-9) in Section 3-2A Thursday night. Wade broke the record of 62 set by Maude Searcy of Wilkinsburg in a win over Clairton in 1990....

A Crafton Heights teen will serve 20 to 40 years in state prison for killing a fellow student outside Oliver Citywide Academy two years ago. Eugene Watson, 19, was sentenced on Thursday in the shooting death of Marquis Campbell, 15, following an emotional hearing before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge...

DALLAS — Texas has had an estimated 26,000 rape-related pregnancies since the state enacted its abortion bans, according to new research published this week. Doctors performed fewer than 10 abortions per month in Texas in the first eight months of 2023, meaning that survivors of rape may have crossed state...