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Highlands offense overpowers Valley, secures home playoff game
Highlands running back Tevin Owen-Cratsenberg inflicted pain on Valley on three consecutive drives Friday at Golden Rams Stadium. The sophomore’s 22-yard run put the Golden Rams at their opponent’s 27-yard line, followed two plays later by a 20-yard touchdown. His fifth touchdown in the past two games put his team...
Southmoreland’s Chapman blocks 3 punts in shutout of Greensburg Salem
It was senior night at Southmoreland on Friday, but Stanley Chapman stole the show, blocking a school-record three punts to lead the Scotties to a 38-0 win over Greensburg Salem. Southmoreland held Greensburg Salem without a yard on the first series and took over on their own 49 after a...
WPIAL clinched: Field of automatic qualifiers set for 2025 football playoffs
Here’s a look at teams that have automatically qualified for the WPIAL football playoffs. The WPIAL football committee will choose 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 Allegheny,...
A stage, a latte, a local revolution: Harvest Moon’s Friday nights take off
Harvest Moon Coffee & Chocolates is quietly redefining local nightlife in the Alle-Kiski Valley, one acoustic set and Vietnamese iced coffee at a time. Founded in 2020, the cafe now operates at two locations, the original shop in Tarentum and the other in the Heights Plaza in Harrison’s Natrona Heights...
3 WPIAL teams advance to semifinals of PIAA tennis tournament
Three WPIAL girls tennis teams are still in the hunt for a state championship. Shady Side Academy in Class 3A and North Catholic and Quaker Valley in Class 2A advanced to Saturday’s semifinals at the Hershey Racquet Club with victories Friday. WPIAL champion Shady Side Academy rolled past District 3...
Pentagon accepts anonymous $130 million donation from Trump ‘friend’ to pay military
WASHINGTON ‒ The Pentagon said it has accepted an anonymous $130 million donation from an ally of President Donald Trump that it plans to use to pay military members during the government shutdown. The move marks a dramatic break from the government’s process to fund the military, which relies on...
Ontario to pull tariff ad that angered Trump ‒ but it will stay up for World Series games
WASHINGTON ‒ The Ontario, Canada, provincial government will continue airing an ad critical of tariffs on American TV through the weekend ‒ and then pause the commercial ‒ after President Donald Trump halted United States trade negotiations with Canada over his objections to the ad. Ontario Premier Doug Ford, in...
Putin envoy says U.S., Ukraine, Russia close to ‘diplomatic solution’ on war
Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy for investment and economic cooperation, said Friday he believes his country, the United States and Ukraine are close to a diplomatic solution to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. Speaking to CNN after arriving in Washington for talks with U.S. officials, Dmitriev said...
A-K Valley high school soccer playoff preview capsules for Oct. 25, 2025
WPIAL soccer playoffs Boys Class 4A Quarterfinals 6-Norwin (11-5-3) at 3-Plum (14-2-2) 2 p.m. Saturday, Mustang Stadium, Plum Winner plays: Winner of 10-Pine-Richland (6-10-2)/2-Fox Chapel (14-2) in semifinals (date/time/site TBD) Players to watch: Ian Natale, Norwin; Austin Kolankowski, Plum Throw-ins: Norwin shook off a slow start to blank Woodland Hills,...
Report: Golden Knights to sign goalie Carter Hart to 2-year deal
Goaltender Carter Hart’s professional tryout with the Vegas Golden Knights is expected to convert to a two-year, $4 million contract, TSN reported Friday. Hart, one of five players acquitted of sexual assault charges stemming from an incident in 2018, agreed to a tryout contract with Vegas on Oct. 16. He...
Eagles rule out WR Brown for game against Giants
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown was ruled out for Sunday’s game against the New York Giants after missing each practice session this week with a hamstring injury. Brown was bothered by a hamstring issue in the summer but has suited up for all seven games this season. The three-time...
The White House has a haunted past
The White House might be home to the seat of executive power in the U.S., but if some who have walked its halls are to be believed, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. also plays host to spirits that long ago graced the mansion. Ghost stories and spiritual abnormalities have surrounded the White...
Ravens QB Lamar Jackson listed as questionable for game against Bears
The Baltimore Ravens anticipate having Lamar Jackson in the lineup Sunday after he was a full participant in Friday’s practice at Under Armour Performance Center practice field. Jackson was listed as questionable by Baltimore’s training staff, and he’ll be a game-time decision after his third straight session since returning from...
Jets rule out CB Sauce Gardner, WR Garrett Wilson for game vs. Bengals
The New York Jets ruled out cornerback Sauce Gardner and wide receiver Garrett Wilson for Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Head coach Aaron Glenn provided the updates Friday, adding that quarterback Tyrod Taylor (knee) is questionable but trending in the right direction. Glenn has still not announced whether Taylor...
USDA memo says it will not use emergency funds for November food benefits
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will not use agency contingency funds to pay for food aid benefits set to lapse in November during the federal government shutdown, according to a memo seen by Reuters. More than 41 million people are set to lose Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, also known...
Bret Michaels to perform at halftime for Steelers-Packers gameVideo
Lead singer of rock band Poison and Butler County native Bret Michaels will perform at halftime during Sunday night’s Steelers game, Michaels and the NFL team announced on Friday. The Sunday night game between the Steelers and the Green Bay Packers will kick off at 8:20 p.m. at Acrisure Stadium...
U.S. expects more flight delays as controllers soon to miss paychecks
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Friday said he expects more flights to be delayed, with air traffic controllers set to miss their first paycheck as a federal government shutdown enters its 24th day. Some 13,000 air traffic controllers and about 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers must work without pay...
U.S. military to deploy aircraft carrier to South America amid soaring tensions with Venezuela
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump dramatically escalated a U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean on Friday by deploying the Gerald Ford aircraft carrier group to Latin America, a show of force that far exceeds any past counter-narcotics need and represents Washington’s most muscular move yet in the Latin America region....
White House says October inflation data unlikely to be released next month
WASHINGTON — The White House said Friday it had learned there likely will not be a release of inflation data next month due to the U.S. government shutdown, which could leave a gap in a data series stretching back more than a century. An impasse between Republicans and Democrats in...
Picasso painting held in private collection sells for $31 million at Paris auction
PARIS — A painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, believed to be depicting his muse and partner Dora Maar, fetched $31.49 million — 27 million euros — at a Paris auction Friday. The work, titled “Bust of a Woman with a Flowered Hat (Dora Maar) 1943”, was acquired by a...
N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James pleads not guilty to mortgage-related charges
NORFOLK, Va. — New York Attorney General Letitia James pleaded not guilty in federal court Friday to charges related to allegedly lying on mortgage documents. James, a Democrat who last year secured a $450 million civil fraud judgment against President Donald Trump, is one of three perceived enemies that the...
West Virginia’s QB carousel still spinning as TCU pays a visit
Want to know how bad things are going for West Virginia? Coach Rich Rodriguez said there’s a chance walk-on quarterback Scott Kean could get practice reps ahead of Saturday night’s Big 12 date with TCU in Morgantown, W.Va. Rodriguez isn’t sure if Khalil Wilkins will be able to play after...
Danitra Sherman: Your rights are on the ballot Nov. 4
Everything is political — and pretending that our political choices don’t have consequences for our family, our friends and our community is an act that we can no longer afford to keep up. With our Constitution, our democracy and the rule of law undermined and under daily attack by the...
Violence, racism and Nazi praise: The dark side of U.S. political group chats
WASHINGTON — Three separate controversies involving leaked text messages from private online group chats have rocked U.S. political circles this month, revealing racist, antisemitic and violent statements from figures across the ideological spectrum. The messages — sent privately but now public — include racial slurs, praise for Nazis, and threats...
U.S. military takes steps to adapt new hypersonic weapons to mobile launchers
WASHINGTON — Defense startup Castelion said on Friday it has won contracts to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic strike weapon with current U.S. Army systems, the first step toward allowing the military to place the powerful and nearly unstoppable weapons around the world. The U.S. and China are engaged in an...
