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Thank you, Rich Fitzgerald! As the Trib celebrates your various “achievements” (“Reflecting on 12 years of service,” Dec. 27, TribLive), I can’t help but remember how you mandated me to take an experimental “vaccine” in order to keep my job. I really found it appropriate how my previous employer denied...

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. Food sale to benefit hospital auxiliary Allegheny Valley Hospital Auxiliary will...

In today’s era of fake news and biased political media, I find The Wall Street Journal to be one of the few intelligent, balanced major media outlets. Recently its top economic and political reporters listed their biggest “hits” and “misses” in 2023 as follows: • Hit — Developments in biomedical...

High schools Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 New Castle 72, Central Catholic 67 (OT) North Allegheny at Butler, ppd. Pine-Richland 58, Seneca Valley 43 Section 2 Canon-McMillan 52, Hempfield 46 Upper St. Clair 44, Mt. Lebanon 39 Baldwin 74, Norwin 53 Class 5A Section 1 Bethel Park...

Ralphie Blundo scored 34 points to lead New Castle to a 72-67 overtime win over Central Catholic in Section 1-6A boys basketball Tuesday night. Damian Harrison added 14 for New Castle (10-3, 1-2). Bradley Gompers led Central Catholic (6-4, 1-2) with 23 points and Payton Wehner had 14. Aliquippa 55,...

Young adults who have disabilities are being asked to participate in a survey being conducted by the Westmoreland County Department of Human Services. The survey is aimed at finding out what resources are helpful and where additional assistance might be needed. Its target audience is for young adults who have...

Yet another senseless tragedy has occurred, the latest at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa. A school shooting leaving one dead and five wounded starts 2024 inauspiciously. However, we need more than “thoughts and prayers.” We all demand — and deserve — action. Rather than asking why this happened, let...

It’s winter: dark, dreary and cold. There is a palpable feeling of dread in America as we face the upcoming 2024 political season. Pundits wonder why everyone is so grumpy. Positive economic news fails to change the national mood or lift the electoral prospects of President Joe Biden. We are...

Robert Morris will add 2014 RMU Hall of Fame inductee Tony Lee into its Ring of Honor prior to the men’s basketball team’s game against Purdue Fort Wayne on Jan. 12. Lee accumulated 1,489 points, 751 rebounds and 487 assists at Robert Morris from 2004-08. The four-year letter winner ranks...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans have fired coach Mike Vrabel after six seasons with the franchise having won only six of the past 24 games, including blowing a third straight AFC South title in the 2022 season finale. Titans controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk said in a statement that...

No injuries were reported Tuesday morning when a school bus carrying students rear-ended a car in Lower Burrell. The fender bender occurred about 9:30 a.m. in the area of Puckety Church Road and Route 56. Police described the incident as minor. The Burrell School District was on a two-hour delay....

As the new year begins, Pennsylvania’s state Legislature, the nation’s largest and one of its most expensive full-time legislative bodies, needs to make a New Year’s resolution for 2024 — to earn a return on the investment of the taxpayers whom they were elected to serve. Over the course of...

A child and an adult were killed in a house explosion in York County on Monday morning, authorities say. The York County coroner’s office late Monday night identified the victims as a 4-year-old boy and a 79-year-old man. Their names will be released on Tuesday, the coroner said. The coroner’s...

After white-tailed deer hunting, no big-game species draws the interest of Pennsylvania sportsmen like black bears. The Keystone State is renowned for its bruin-hunting opportunities, as well as the extremely large bears it gives up annually. Over the years, the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) has expanded its bear hunting opportunities...

Federal investigators have seized more than $400,000 from a retired Pennsylvania State Police corporal who, until recently, served as compliance director for Pace-O-Matic, the maker of Pennsylvania skill games at the center of a legal quandary over whether they are gambling devices. The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation branch posted...

HOUSTON — Michigan was voted a unanimous No. 1 in the final Associated Press Top 25 college football poll of the season after the Wolverines beat Washington in the College Football Playoff championship game Monday night to win their first national title in 26 years. The Wolverines (15-0) received all...

Tree and shrub seedlings are for sale through the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Howard Nursery. The nursery grows the seedlings for use on state game lands but any surplus is available to Pennsylvanians. Available this year are a variety of evergreens, deciduous trees and shrubs, the majority of which are native...

The new Leechburg Area School Board is batting 0 for 3. They secretly hired a new solicitor in a shady fashion, drove an outstanding superintendent to resign and destroyed teacher morale. After a series of “fill-in” superintendents, Tiffany Nix took over and stabilized the district. She oversaw a huge and...

The mainstream media’s attacks on Nikki Haley not recognizing slavery as the reason for the War Between the States is way off base. The reason for the war was both economic and political. First, the processing of cotton was controlled by New England states. The South had no processing facilities,...

In 1962, when President John F. Kennedy spoke at Rice University in Houston, Texas, challenging Americans to go to the moon, he used the timeline of advancement to make his argument. Compress human history’s accomplishments to just 50 years, and you could see how quickly things moved, he rhapsodized. “Only...

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National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, held each year on Jan. 9, was created as a way for the community to show their gratitude to all law enforcement officers across the country. Dozens of officers give their lives in the line of duty each year, making law enforcement one of the...

High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s results Class A Section 3 St. Joseph 39, Hillel Academy 34 Nonsection Beaver County Christian 64, Propel Montour 48 Tuesday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 New Castle at Central Catholic, 7:30 p.m. North Allegheny at Butler, 7:30 p.m. Seneca Valley at Pine-Richland, 7:30 p.m. Section...

Rachael Manfredo scored 17 points and Brooke Evans added 16 to lead McKeesport to a 53-40 victory over Thomas Jefferson in a matchup of top girls basketball teams in Section 3-5A on Monday night. Maddy Hertzler had 12 for McKeesport (10-1, 4-0). Laekyn Flinn scored 17 points and Riley McCabe...