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Trib Lunch Box: Fatal fire, love triangle, allergies, Mega Millions
Here are some noon headlines from TribLive, Wednesday, March 20, 2024: • Father, 4 children killed in Jeannette blaze Five bodies were recovered after two homes caught fire overnight on Guy Street in Jeannette. The body of a man, 27, and four children were recovered from the scene, according to...
Sweetwater Center for the Arts looks forward to 2024 Master Class series
Sewickley’s Sweetwater Center for the Arts is bringing in a slate of renowned artists as instructors for its 2024 Master Classes. The series of five three-day workshops will take place between April and October of 2024. “Our big goal with the Master Classes is to offer something here at the...
Christine Ledbetter: Aging comes with stigma. Let’s admire the defiant.
Who do you want to be when you grow old? Increasingly, senior citizens decide to keep working, including the two front-runners for the 2024 presidential election. Because many Americans consider the candidates too old for the job, age has become part of the national conversation. Both Joe Biden, 81, and...
Marc Champion: Biden is right. Netanyahu is damaging Israel’s future.
Tensions between the leaders of Israel and the U.S. have boiled over, with President Joe Biden accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of doing more to harm than help his own country. These are harsh words to hear from your most important ally, and Biden went further still. He described the...
Letter to the editor: In U.S., many dangers from within
I fear the dangers to our republic are coming from within. Our policies toward immigrants are encouraging more folks to cross the border illegally. Some of these people are receiving pre-loaded credit cards, transportation and housing in the sanctuary city of their choice. California even offers these “newcomers” financial aid...
Letter to the editor: Abstain on MeatOut Day
Once again the mayor of Washington, D.C., has proclaimed March 20 MeatOut Day to her 700,000-plus residents. MeatOut, launched in 1985 by Farm Animal Rights Movement, has grown into one of the largest annual grassroots educational programs encouraging the end of the use of animals for food. On the first...
Editorial: Allegheny County can continue to sue Allegheny County
Allegheny County council is suing the county government over a five-year contract with Adelphoi to reopen and operate Shuman Juvenile Detention Center. Why? Because the contract was entered into by former county Executive Rich Fitzgerald. Under the county’s Home Rule Charter, the executive can do that for services the county...
The Stroller, March 20, 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. Tickets available for annual St. Patrick’s Day dance party The ninth...
Letter to the editor: Another side of Trump
In 2005, Donald Trump sent a handwritten letter to former Miss Wisconsin Melissa Consin Young, who was lying gravely ill in a hospital room. She described the letter in 2016 during Trump’s presidential campaign, noting that he wrote, “To the bravest woman I know”; “I remember, such a wonderful, beautiful...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 19, 2024
High schools Baseball Tuesday’s results Nonsection Carlynton 12, Freedom 9 Ellwood City 6, New Castle 5 East Allegheny 6, Greensburg Salem 5 Hopewell 13, Shenango 12 Peters Township 11, Ringgold 6 Pine-Richland 15, Gateway 6 Riverview 8, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 3 Serra Catholic 9, California 1 Shaler...
High school roundup for March 19, 2024: 4 Serra Catholic pitchers combine on no-hitter
Owen Dumbroski and three relievers combined on a no-hitter to lead Serra Catholic to a 9-1 victory over California (0-2) in nonsection baseball Tuesday. Dumbroski went four innings and struck out 10 while Isiah Petty, Tyler Skaggs and Collin Holmes each went and inning. Jake Holmes was 2 for 3...
Cathedral Prep puts wraps on McKeesport in Class 5A semifinals
McKeesport’s girls basketball team has prided itself on defense all season long, and it maintained its tenacity without the ball Tuesday night in a PIAA Class 5A semifinal matchup against Cathedral Prep. Unfortunately for the Tigers, their offense just wasn’t there in a 35-20 loss to the Ramblers. “I don’t...
Blackhawk knocks off undefeated Wyomissing to make return trip to PIAA finals
ALTOONA – Blackhawk sophomore forward Aubree Hupp and Wyomissing junior post player Amaya Stewart had to carry much of the load offensively while both sides struggled to make shots during their PIAA Class 4A girls basketball semifinal Tuesday at the Altoona High School Fieldhouse. The good news for the Cougars,...
Trump sues ABC News and George Stephanopoulos for defamation
Former President Trump is suing TV journalist George Stephanopoulos and ABC News for defamation for saying he raped advice columnist E. Jean Carroll. On a March 10 edition of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” the anchor said Trump was “liable for rape” during his interview with Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.)....
‘Momentous’ legal settlement promises better treatment of mentally ill Allegheny County Jail inmates
A lawsuit against the Allegheny County Jail and its leadership over the treatment of mentally ill inmates has settled, resulting in what both sides called “meaningful changes” for those incarcerated there. The parties — the county and the mentally ill inmates who sued — filed a motion in federal court...
‘Kidnapping 2’: Escape room in Ross offers new optionVideo
Breakout Games, a national escape room brand with a location in Ross, announces its newest room. “Kidnapping 2: Afraid of the Dark” challenges players to escape total darkness and an abandoned asylum before time runs out and their captor returns. As dim lights flicker on, participants will discover a room...
Police respond to domestic dispute in Brackenridge; no injuries reported
No one was injured following a domestic situation Tuesday afternoon at a home on Ninth Avenue in Brackenridge. Tarentum police, which serves Brackenridge, were dispatched for “reports of a domestic situation involving the threat of weapons and potential violence,” according to a news release from the Tarentum Police Department. Police...
John Dorfman: 7 stocks I like on Nasdaq
The Nasdaq Stock Market has been hitting new highs this year. Nasdaq is a market with a dual personality. It’s home to most large technology companies and also the place where a slew of smaller stocks in other industries are traded. Tech stocks have been the stock market’s leaders last...
Will the early spring freeze affect plants? It depends
Spring officially began on Tuesday with freezing temperatures and frosty grounds, even patches of ice and snow. This came after a run of unusually warm weather in early March that had everyone enjoying the outdoors — and had some flowers blossoming and trees starting to bud. This colder turn is...
Man who triggered Pittsburgh gunfight that left toddler dead gets harsher sentence than killer
Marvin Hill didn’t fire the stray bullet that killed Zykier Young. That was Andre Crawford. But it was Hill, the prosecution said, who started the chain of events in August 2020 that ultimately led to the 17-month-old’s death as he lay in bed on Pittsburgh’s North Side. And it is...
Dr. Asif Ilyas: Leveraging resources for opioid recovery
As the United States continues to confront the opioid crisis, a comprehensive strategy that includes robust support for addiction treatment and recovery services is critical. The opioid epidemic has devastated communities across the nation, leaving a trail of destruction that demands an effective, multifaceted response. Central to this approach is...
North Hills’ NHthon returns April 20 in West View
The annual NHthon returns to North Hills School District’s Martorelli Stadium on April 20. The daylong celebration features dancing, games, food and fun in support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation. Last year’s event raised $19,116. NHthon occurs in two parts at the stadium, 5336 Perry Highway,...
National Library Week activities scheduled at Northland Public Library in McCandless
National Library Week The American Library Association has deemed April 7-13 as National Library Week. This year’s theme is “Ready, Set, Library!” The idea is that in our always-online world, libraries give us a green light to something special: a place to connect with others, learn new skills and focus...
Trib Lunch Box: Shooting, spring arrives, March Madness, breweries
Here are some noon headlines from TribLive, Tuesday, March 19, 2024: • 1 dead, 1 injured, 1 in custody after shooting at Blawnox company A woman was fatally shot and a man was wounded inside a Blawnox company Tuesday morning during what police said was a domestic dispute involving a...
Westmoreland happenings: Living Stations of the Cross, Easter egg hunts, wrestling fundraiser, more
Church news • SS. Joachim and Anne Catholic Parish will a host a free presentation of living Stations of the Cross at 7:30 p.m. March 24 at St. Michael Church, 101 McClay Drive, Elizabeth. The St. Mark the Evangelist Youth Group Ministry from Cranberry Township will perform. Details: 412-741-0663. •...
