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In coach Chandler McCabe’s 2nd season, Robert Morris women expected to contend for Horizon title
In one season, Robert Morris women’s basketball coach Chandler McCabe went from simply trying to get a once-proud program back on its feet to steering a league championship contender. A late-season surge boosted the Colonials from a 1-7 Horizon League record to 10-10. RMU even won its Horizon tournament opener....
Letter to the editor: Shutdown would end if legislators’ pay stopped
I was mentally going over the state of the “United States” at this present time, Congress not getting a budget passed at the top of the list. I had a thought that if all Congress members would not be paid or receive health insurance or any of the “allowances” they...
Letter to the editor: Do we no longer love thy neighbor?
This is an example of a person who came here to be safe. It now happens day after day. My name is No One. I am from a Hispanic country where we are ruled and subjected to cruelty, fear of death, hunger and illness. I wanted to escape this madness,...
Editorial: Two government crises face Pennsylvanians
Pennsylvania is feeling a pinch other states aren’t. Oh sure, everyone is embroiled in the now month-old federal government shutdown. As of Saturday, what started out bad, with federal employees either sent home or working without pay, got worse as important programs were set to shut down. The Supplemental Nutrition...
The Stroller, Nov. 2, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Steelers vs. Colts: Get ready for 2025 Week 9 matchup
The Pittsburgh Steelers will try to avoid a three-game losing streak when they host the Indianapolis Colts at Acrisure Stadium. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. Sunday. The game will be broadcast on CBS, with Ian Eagle on play-by-play alongside analyst JJ Watt and sideline reporter Evan Washburn. The Steelers...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 2, 2025
Aleppo Rocco Aloe sold property at 507 Sewickley Heights Drive to Four 3 Ventrues LLC for $280,000. Edgeworth Kevin Park sold property at 22 Woodland Road to Richard Mark Rotenberg and Christine Bezruki for $1,700,000. Franklin Park Alan Juneau sold property at 2008 Connecticut Ln to Thomas and Bonnie Goodwin...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 2, 2025
Aspinwall Lee Harrison trustee sold property at 5 Knollwood Drive to Joshua Nellist and Anat Kohn for $614,000. Fox Chapel Mark Heinauer sold property at Old Indian Trl to Mansoor and Nabila Raja for $343,550. Mark Biedrdzycki sold property at 106 Shannon Drive to Michael and Cheryl McHale for $989,000....
Westmoreland happenings: Christmas shop sale, Election Day lunch, meetings, more
Church News • Greensburg Church of the Brethren hosts a night of fun and fellowship for individuals and groups with developmental disabilities 5 to 7 p.m. Mondays at the church, 554 Stanton St., Southwest Greensburg. Dinner is included. Participants must be accompanied by a family member or caregiver. Donations will...
Letter to the editor: A eulogy for America
I never expected to feel sorrow comparing my own country to another. But each time I return from China, I do. There, I see pride in motion — trains that whisper across the land, cities lit with care and purpose, and a people who believe in the power of tomorrow....
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 2, 2025
Churchill Kenneth Mitchell sold property at 2509 Creekedge Drive to Heather Powe for $310,000. Kory Riemensperger sold property at 1528 Williamsburg Pl to Aaron Kreimer and Elise Krugh for $255,000. Edgewood Julie Heinrich sold property at 210 Maple Ave. to Robert Michael Zlot and Sandra Sum Yee Mau for $750,000....
Trump administration must pay food aid benefits within days, judge says
NEW YORK — A federal court in Rhode Island on Saturday ordered the Trump administration to make full food aid benefit payments by Monday, or partial payments by Wednesday, while acknowledging the “irreparable harm” that exists without their timely payment. The Rhode Island case is one of two lawsuits filed...
Sites announced for Friday’s WPIAL football playoff matchups
The WPIAL has finalized sites in all six classes of next Friday’s football playoff matchups. Sites for the Class 4A and Class A brackets and one game in Class 2A were announced Saturday. Class 6A Semifinals Friday’s schedule Canon-McMillan (4-6) vs. Central Catholic (9-1) at West Mifflin, 7 p.m.; Norwin...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 1, 2025
High schools Cross country PIAA championships Boys Saturday’s results Class 3A Individual: 1. Travis Furmanski, Cedar Crest, 15:34; 2. Nicholas Mazzeo, Lower Merion, 15:39; 3. Theo Oppermann, State College, 15:45; 4. Carter Smith, Mifflin County, 15:45; 5. Luke Bradbury, State College, 15:46; 6. Alexander Mazzeo, Lower Merion, 15:53; 7. Matt...
District college football roundup: Caron Robinson powers Edinboro past Seton Hill
Caron Robinson rushed for 125 yards and a touchdown to lead Edinboro to a 22-6 victory over Seton Hill in PSAC football Saturday afternoon. Nate Deanes had nine tackles, a forced fumble and a touchdown on a 70-yard fumble return in the fourth quarter for Edinboro (5-4, 4-1). Anthony Stribling...
Penn-Trafford’s Mia Williams closes out high school career with PIAA tennis title
In 2022, Penn-Trafford’s Mia Williams burst onto the high school tennis scene by winning a WPIAL championship as a freshman. On Saturday, she ended her high school career in the same spot on the medal podium. Williams rolled past West Chester Henderson freshman Erika Dunwoody in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0,...
Trump threatens U.S. military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he has asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government “continues to allow the killing of Christians.” The U.S. government will also immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, Trump said in a post...
South Korean president Lee asks China’s Xi for help engaging North Korea
GYEONGJU, South Korea — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung sought Chinese President Xi Jinping’s help in efforts to resume talks with nuclear-armed neighbor North Korea on Saturday, while Xi told Lee he was willing to widen cooperation and jointly tackle the challenges they face. Lee hosted Xi at a...
Egypt opens colossal new antiquities museum after 2-decade wait
CAIRO — Prime ministers, presidents and royalty descended on Cairo on Saturday to attend the spectacle-laden inauguration of a sprawling new museum built near the Pyramids to house one of the world’s richest collections of antiquities. The inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum, or GEM, marks the end of a...
Russia denounces ‘excessive’ U.S. military force in Caribbean, backs Venezuela
Russia’s foreign ministry denounced on Saturday “excessive military force” by the United States in the Caribbean Sea deployed as part of a drive against drug trafficking and reaffirmed its support for Venezuela’s leaders. “We firmly denounce the use of excessive military force in carrying out actions in anti-drugs operations,” foreign...
2 more charged in connection with Louvre jewel heist
PARIS — A woman and a man were placed under formal investigation over the $102 million Louvre Museum jewel heist, the Paris prosecutor said on Saturday, bringing the total number charged in the case to four. The man, 37, known to police for previous thefts, was charged with organised theft...
Hamlin in search of elusive NASCAR Cup Series title as he prepares for Championship 4 race at Phoeniz
Five out of nine. That’s how many times Denny Hamlin has had mechanical problems in the playoffs, and if there is ever a time not to have problems under the hood, it is Sunday in the NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Ariz. The Championship 4 travels...
A-K Valley football notebook: Highlands secures rare shutout victory in postseason
Highlands’ 14-0 victory over Derry on Friday marked the first time the Golden Rams shut out a WPIAL playoff opponent. Before that, the lowest points yielded by Highlands in a playoff game was a 7-6 victory over West Allegheny in 2003. The last time an Alle-Kiski Valley team pitched a...
Makes a lot of cents: Giant Eagle issues over $2 million in gift cards through penny exchange
From a few rolls held in one hand to buckets so heavy they were best hauled in a shopping cart, Giant Eagle’s double-your-money offer for pennies was too good for many to pass up Saturday. “With the way the economy is, every little extra bit of money helps. This is...
A toy maker takes his case against Trump’s tariffs to the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — Within days of Donald Trump announcing his sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs in April, Rick Woldenberg was looking for a law firm to help him sue the U.S. president. “I’m not willing to allow politicians to destroy what we have built up over generations,” said Woldenberg, CEO of educational...
