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Eden Christian Academy hosts 1st Community Day on Ohio Township campus
A special guest made an appearance midway through Eden Christian Academy’s inaugural Community Day: The sun. As youngsters participated in a home run derby as a featured event activity, the school’s newly turfed baseball field lit up with a warm glow that quickly made everyone forget about the earlier cloudy...
Ariel Kalil: Multigenerational households key to better support for kids of single mothers
Decades of research show, on average, children who grow up with parents who are not married and living together have worse achievement and behavioral and well-being outcomes than children of two-parent homes. Despite this evidence, rates of nonmarital childbearing have risen dramatically in the U.S., especially among the noncollege-educated. What...
Encampment is gone from Schenley Plaza in Oakland
Protest signs and tents that had punctuated Schenley Plaza were gone by Tuesday, as pro-Palestinian demonstrators ended a weeklong encampment there and briefly on the University of Pittsburgh campus. Since last Tuesday, Pitt students and others had occupied the city-owned Plaza located in the shadow of the Cathedral of Learning,...
Robert Morris, Penn State, Mercyhurst hockey teams join new conference
Hockey teams at Robert Morris (men’s and women’s), Mercyhurst (men’s and women’s) and Penn State (women’s) will be part of a new conference starting with the 2024-25 season. The Atlantic Hockey and College Hockey America conferences have merged to form Atlantic Hockey America. That union was announced Tuesday. Robert Morris’...
Alexandra Paskhaver: Pick of the litter in the suburbs
Just because I think littering should be punishable by death doesn’t mean I’m an unreasonable person. I leave tips at restaurants. I smile when dogs get on public transport. Sometimes, I cry during sitcoms. I also have a freshly oiled chainsaw in my garage. But most suburbanites do. The suburbs...
From Abdul Carter to Drew Allar, a way-too-early look at Penn State’s 2025 NFL draft class
Penn State is coming off a successful 2024 NFL draft. Olu Fashanu and Chop Robinson were selected in the first round. Adisa Isaac and Caedan Wallace went on Day 2. In total, Penn State had eight players drafted, tied for the fourth-most with Georgia and Oregon. But the Nittany Lions’...
Jason McGerr, Death Cab for Cutie drummer, talks tour ahead of Pittsburgh show
Indie staples Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service are coming to Pittsburgh. On Thursday, the two acts will bring the tour celebrating the 20th anniversaries of their seminal records — “Transatlanticism” and “Give Up,” respectively — to the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. The groups are linked by...
Letter to the editor: Transparency in county government
Some letters have appeared in this paper regarding Westmoreland County’s budget and tax increase. Some residents have come to commissioner meetings to voice their concern or called our offices. After reading and hearing these concerns, I think voters are due transparency. Every month in 2024, I will attempt to host...
Letter to the editor: Opposition to drop boxes valid
State Rep. Josh Siegel recently said, “We need to vigorously defend access to drop boxes. Opposition to drop boxes is one of the most unfortunate, pernicious aspects of the increasing efforts to undermine the integrity of our elections.” How so? How in the world can this statement not be seen...
Editorial: Kent State shooting should teach lessons for dealing with protesters
The students were upset. They wanted to be heard. They were emphatic that the university listen to their demands. They were opposed to a war half a world away and wanted to do something. And then people died. In May 1970, U.S. college campuses were rife with protests regarding the...
The Stroller, April 30, 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. Vendor spaces available for Flea-tique season The Alle-Kiski Valley Historical Society’s...
Letter to the editor: More important issues than Trump airport
Recently, Rep. Guy Reschenthaler proposed renaming Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C., the Donald J. Trump Airport. Usually things are named for someone after a consensus has been reached concerning whether his legacy to a community or the nation has been generally good. Trump, being in court and facing 88 felony...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 29, 2024
High schools Baseball Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Seneca Valley 2, Butler 0 Pine-Richland 10, North Allegheny 8 Section 2 Central Catholic 9, Canon-McMillan 5 Mt. Lebanon 15, Baldwin 1 Norwin 10, Hempfield 8 Class 5A Section 1 Fox Chapel 15, Armstrong 0 Plum 7, Franklin Regional 4 Penn-Trafford...
4 suspects in burglary at Mercer County gun shop nabbed by police on Mt. Washington
Three of five people suspected of being involved in a pre-dawn burglary at a gun shop in Mercer County were arrested Monday night in Pittsburgh, police said. The juveniles, whose names were not released, were spotted and stopped by Pittsburgh police at West Warrington Avenue and Saw Mill Run Boulevard...
High school roundup: Pine-Richland beats North Allegheny in Game 1 of pivotal series
Peyton Ford went 2 for 2 with three RBIs and Pine-Richland survived a late-inning rally to defeat North Allegheny, 10-8, and move into first place in Section 1-6A baseball Monday. Sam Heckert doubled and Keegan Diehl got the win for the Rams (15-3, 9-1). Owen Schall doubled and drove in...
Pa. priest accused of stealing $40K for Candy Crush, other phone games
Police have accused a Catholic priest in Montgomery County of stealing over $40,000 from a Chester County parish in order to fund his addiction to cell phone games. The Rev. Lawrence Kozak, 51, of Pottstown, has been charged with theft and related crimes, according to reports from 6ABC and the...
Danny Tyree: Does your town need renaming?
The venerable comic strip “Gasoline Alley” is wrapping up a storyline in which the dastardly assistant mayor schemed to change the town’s name from Gasoline Alley to the ostensibly more modern Electric Acres (without even offering a compromise such as Hybrid Hollow). Sentimentality saved the day in the funnies, just...
2 children critically hurt after fall from 3rd story window in White Oak
Two children were critically injured after they fell from a third story window within moments of each other Monday afternoon in White Oak, authorities said. A six-year-old boy and a three-year-old girl fell out of the window of a house in the 1700 block of Ohio Avenue at about 3:15...
Pa. bill to ban live pigeon shoots advances for first time in a decade
A bill to end the practice of captive pigeon shoots — cruel contests that involve the slaughter of hundreds of birds at close range — cleared the state House Judiciary Committee on Monday. Bill sponsor Rep. Perry Warren, D-Bucks County, called the legislation “progress” in addressing an issue that has...
Boy, 16, who died as a result of racial incident phoned his dad as he ran from classmates
By all accounts, Orville Johnson was building a better life for his son in America. The family hailed from Jamaica, arriving here about two years ago. Johnson built up his HVAC business. And he specifically chose the Central Dauphin School District for 16-year-old Justin because it was ‘the best,” a...
Judge moves Pittsburgh teen’s homicide trial to juvenile court, angering victim’s family
A boy who was 14 when police said he fatally shot a 17-year-old will have his criminal charges handled in juvenile court, a judge announced Monday. As a result, if Nigel Thompson is found to have killed Damonte Hardrick, he could remain in custody only up to age 21. Hardrick’s...
Jeb Bush: What the U.S. can learn from Indiana’s high school redesign
Across the country, most high school classrooms still resemble their 20th-century counterparts despite massive changes in the workforce over the past 50 years. Today’s jobs require advanced skills and education or training, yet many graduates feel unprepared for their next steps. A 2022 YouScience survey found three-fourths of high school...
Tarentum man gets probation for 145-mph Route 28 crash that killed best friend
A Tarentum man who claimed that a heart condition caused him to pass out and hit 145 mph before he crashed his sports car on Route 28, killing his passenger, was sentenced Monday to five years of probation. Frederick Fattman, 79, could have been sentenced to incarceration, but Allegheny County...
In brief: Penn Hills and Verona area happenings, week of April 29, 2024
Zoning hearing board member resigns Joe Tamburrino resigned April 25 from the Penn Hills Zoning Hearing Board, according to Damian Butler-Buccilli, a planner with the municipality’s Department of Planning and Economic Development. Three days earlier, TribLive reported that Tamburrino had moved from Penn Hills to Verona. That made his service...
Robin Abcarian: Criminalizing homelessness is unconscionable, but is it unconstitutional?
Last Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about whether a small Oregon city can cite and prosecute homeless people for sleeping in public places when they have nowhere else to lay their heads. If the case reveals nothing else about the state of our country, it reveals this: We...
