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Sewickley area student achievements for the week of June 4, 2024
On May 11, Sewickley Academy hosted its second annual TEDxYouth @ Sewickley Academy event in Rea Auditorium. This event was planned by the Academy’s TEDxYouth Club, which was founded last year by current senior Anjali Shah. Now in its second year, with Shah as the principal coordinator, it is hoped...
Letter to the editor: Our hero veterans deserve real buglers
Given the recent articles about honoring our heroes by playing Taps, I feel compelled to set the record straight. The photos accompanying these articles depict “buglers” holding instruments, suggesting they are playing Taps. However, these individuals are holding bugles with visible digital playback devices in the bell, and they are...
The Stroller, June 4, 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. MyHeritage research database available at Harrison library The local history department...
Here’s how the pro-Palestine protest at Pitt ended without incident
Intervention by the region’s top two politicians helped end overnight a 30-hour occupation of part of the University of Pittsburgh’s campus by hundreds of pro-Palestine activists. Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey on Tuesday said he joined Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato in conversations with people from a barricaded camp that was...
Letter to the editor: How much is enough for Allegheny Valley?
In a time of great economic hardship, the Allegheny Valley School Board intends to pass a budget with an unnecessary tax increase (“Proposed budget would raise taxes 2.65% in Allegheny Valley School District,” May 24, TribLive). The board seems to be blind to realities facing taxpayers today. The district has...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 3, 2024
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Class 6A First round Monday’s results Downingtown East 9, Ephrata 2 LaSalle College 7, Plymouth Whitemarsh 4 Hazleton 1, Central Bucks East 0 Neshaminy 4, Liberty 0 Hempfield Landisville 12, North Penn 2 Erie McDowell 1, Mt. Lebanon 0 Downingtown West 11, Central 1 Wilson...
High school roundup for June 3, 2024: On a tough day for WPIAL champs, Avonworth prevails
Cooper Scharding allowed one run over six innings and Carson Franc had a double and a pair of RBIs to lead WPIAL champ Avonworth to a 6-1 victory over Martinsburg Central (16-8) in a PIAA Class 3A first-round baseball game Monday. John Dolan and Alexander Rowe added two hits and...
Brother Marquis, member of groundbreaking Miami rap group 2 Live Crew, has died
MIAMI — Brother Marquis, a member of pioneering Miami rap group 2 Live Crew, has died, according to the group’s social media. Born Mark Ross, Brother Marquis passed away Monday, though details about his death were spare. Ross died at the age of 57 due to natural causes, according to...
Mom asks judge to imprison ‘monster’ who killed her daughter in Stowe
Kelly Cody was described as kind, funny, genuine and caring. She had a 6-year-old son who adored her. But she also had a drug addiction, the prosecution said, and she welcomed Lauren Brown, another drug addict, into her life and gave him shelter. That would be her undoing. On Jan....
IUP ousts top-seeded Central Missouri from Division II College World Series
The No. 5-seeded IUP baseball team secured the program’s first victory at the NCAA Division II College World Series on Monday, defeating top-seeded Central Missouri, 4-3, in Cary, N.C. IUP (39-17) scored runs in the second and fifth innings and plated two more in the bottom of the eighth to...
Tension increases as protests continue for 2nd day outside Pitt’s Cathedral of LearningVideo
A barricaded, pro- Palestinian encampment continued Monday outside the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning and protesters continued to gather in the area, with more than 300 people on the grounds, some of whom clashed with police. A University of Pittsburgh Police officer briefly aimed what appeared to be a...
Editorial: Pride is a colorful celebration of acceptance
A rainbow is just a trick of the light. There isn’t really a ribbon of color stretched across the sky. It’s just the way the sun falls through a mist of water suspended in the air after precipitation. The water acts like a cut-glass crystal, slicing through the light to...
SupperMarket to begin 11th season at Lincoln Highway museum in Unity
The Lincoln Highway Experience SupperMarket is returning for its 11th season beginning this week at the transportation-themed museum along Route 30 in Unity. Weather permitting, the BYOB food festivals are held from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 28 on the museum grounds. The $5 cost includes live music...
Plum Class of 2024 graduates a day late after weather postponement
This year’s graduating class at Plum High School had to wait an extra day to get their diplomas, but it might have been worth it for a ceremony under sunny skies. Because of a forecast for rain, the district postponed the Class of 2024’s graduation from May 29 to May...
CDC officials say that closing or limiting syringe exchanges in Philly could cause an HIV outbreak
PHILADELPHIA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shared a warning in the wake of Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s proposal to stop paying for syringe services in Philadelphia: Ending or slowing such programs could result in new outbreaks of HIV, especially among people who use drugs. The agency...
H.D. Berkey Elementary students celebrate end of school year playing mini-golf on course they made
First and second grade students at H.D. Berkey Elementary School in Arnold celebrated the coming end of the school year Monday with some miniature golf, but didn’t have to go far to do it. With the help of art teacher Jennifer DiPerna and physical education teacher Gannon Warrick, second grade...
John Dorfman: 4 CEOs who bought their own stock in May
Defying bad news, several chief executive officers bought their own companies’ stock last month. Here are four cases that caught my eye. Skyworks Solutions CEO Liam Griffin spent just over $1 million to buy 11,142 shares at Skyworks Solutions Inc. (SWKS). That brings his total holding to 153,431 shares, worth...
Convicted in 1975 of Pittsburgh murder, ailing inmate dies 12 days after release from prison
A quadriplegic man granted compassionate release last month after spending nearly 49 years in prison for murder died Saturday, less than two weeks after a judge granted the order to move him to a long-term care facility. Ezra Bozeman, 68, never made it to the care facility. Instead, 12 days...
In brief: Herald area events for the week of June 3, 2024
Spring Art Fling set for June 15 in Blawnox Best of Blawnox will host its annual Spring Art Fling from noon to 3 p.m. June 15 along Freeport Road in the borough’s business district. It will feature various art and food vendors as well as music, exhibits and demonstrations. The...
Lorraine Ali: The jury has spoken. What happens next will be a great test of American democracy
The verdict is in. Former President Donald Trump was found guilty Thursday of all 34 felony counts against him in the New York hush money case in connection with falsifying records around a payment made to silence porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election. Now the real test...
One-season wonder: Seton Hill’s Natasha Bernett places 4th in 2 events at Division II track and field championshipsVideo
As Seton Hill’s Natasha Bernett stepped in front of the blocks for her last collegiate track and field event — the NCAA Division II 100-meter hurdles final — she couldn’t help but smile. That was not her usual on-track demeanor. She always had a game face, one so intense that...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Latrobe’s Jacob Pittman
The track and field season recently came to a close, with the PIAA championships concluding May 25. Latrobe sprinter Jacob Pittman’s season did not end in a state medal, but the Wildcats’ 400-meter relay he was a part of won WPIAL gold after coming into the competition seeded fourth. “We...
Freeport grad Tori Radvan ends softball career with solid senior season for Pitt-JohnstownVideo
When Tori Radvan walked onto the field for Pitt-Johnstown softball’s senior day, she was escorted by her older sister, Kristie. It was a fitting curtain-closer for Tori’s softball career. Three years earlier, when Kristie was a senior and Tori was a freshman with the Mountain Cats, Kristie suffered a torn...
Car fire briefly halts traffic on Tarentum Bridge; no injuries reported
A car fire halted traffic Monday morning on the Tarentum Bridge, but did not cause any injuries, according to emergency responders. Fire crews arrived shortly after 8 a.m. to extinguish a car fire in the northbound lanes, blocking rush-hour traffic in both directions. A single occupant escaped the vehicle unharmed,...
Pine-based nonprofit raises $10K-plus for Make-A-Wish
The theme was tea-party chic for 412 Gives Back’s latest fundraiser on behalf of Make-A-Wish Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia Inc. For the occasion, that meant plenty of brightly colored, floral-patterned dresses worn by the women in attendance, complemented by festive fascinator hats. The event, called Stock the Cellar, served...
