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High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 26, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Tuesday’s schedule Mt. Lebanon (20-4) vs. Baldwin (17-6) at Bethel Park, 7 p.m.; Central Catholic (15-8) vs. Upper St. Clair (18-5) at Gateway, 8 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Monday’s results Moon 67, Thomas Jefferson 65 Franklin Regional 69, Shaler 40 Championship...
High school roundup for Feb. 26, 2024: North Allegheny beats Peters Township for spot in 6A finals
Lydia Betz led all scorers with 21 points as No. 3 North Allegheny knocked off No. 2 Peters Township, 43-30, in the WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball semifinals Monday night. Grace Heliger scored eight points and Kellie McConnell added seven for the Tigers (22-2), who will meet Norwin for the...
Moon gets past Thomas Jefferson in star-studded semifinal
After missing a pair of free throws with 47.8 seconds to go, Aiden Reesman re-toed the line with 6.5 seconds to go with a chance to give the top-seeded Moon Tigers the lead in the waning seconds of a WPIAL Class 5A semifinal Monday night at the AHN Arena at...
Scott Perry wants House GOP to cancel Biden’s State of the Union addressVideo
If it were up to Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry, House Republicans would pull the invitation to President Joe Biden for the State of the Union address until the southern border is secured. In talking with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo on Monday, Perry noted that Biden “comes at the invitation...
Federal probe targets organ collection groups for potential fraud
The nonprofit organizations that collect and distribute organs for transplantation in the United States are under federal investigation to determine if they’ve defrauded the government, the Washington Post reported Monday. The probe seeks to determine whether organ procurement organizations, or OPOs, which work alongside hospitals to procure everything from kidneys...
Fox Chapel Area musicians perform in PMEA concerts
Several students from Fox Chapel Area School District were selected to perform in the junior high chorus, junior high band and senior high orchestra festivals for District 1 of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. District 1 includes schools from Allegheny, Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmoreland counties. • Dorseyville Middle School...
In brief: Penn Hills and Verona area happenings, week of Feb. 26, 2024
PA Pre-K Counts accepting applications in March PA Pre-K Counts, a program of the Private Industry Council of Westmoreland/Fayette Inc., will begin taking applications in March for its locations throughout Allegheny, Beaver, Fayette and Westmoreland counties for the 2023-24 school year. PA Pre-K Counts, offered at no cost to qualifying...
Black Pa. country musicians celebrate the Beyoncé effect, invite new listeners to stick around
This story first appeared in PA Local, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA taking a fresh, positive look at the incredible people, beautiful places, and delicious food of Pennsylvania. As Beyoncé’s rootsy new country singles “16 Carriages” and “Texas Hold ‘Em” usher in a new era for the superstar, other...
Steven Hill: The election may turn on inflation, but do we even understand it?
How big of a role will inflation play in the upcoming presidential election? That’s anybody’s guess, but one thing is certain: Democrats will cite facts and statistics that they hope will lead voters to think inflation is under control, while Republicans will focus on facts and statistics that counter the...
Mayor Adams won’t release 9/11 toxin reports until NYC’s liability risk determined
New York Mayor Eric Adams won’t be releasing any data about the toxic chemicals floating around Ground Zero after 9/11 until an “extensive legal review” determines the city’s liability risk, the Daily News has learned. Responding to questions as to why city agencies denied Freedom of Information Law requests for...
Trib Lunch Box: Warm weather, new arena at Robert Morris and clunky plastic bag ban rollout
Here are some noon headlines from TribLive, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024: • Warm it up, Pittsburgh! The region will experience above-average temperatures from Monday through Wednesday ahead of an expected cold front that will reach Southwestern Pennsylvanian later in the week. • Robert Morris seeks to build $28M...
Northland Public Library programs, week of Feb. 26, 2024
Programs and activities are scheduled at Northland Public Library, 300 Cumberland Road, McCandless: Featured programs for adults • Great Courses: Sacred Texts of the World, 10 a.m. Tuesdays in March. Join library staff members in watching lectures from the Sacred Texts series and then discussing them. The schedule is March...
Newfound confidence has Hempfield grad Isaiah Vance thinking about wrestling for national title at UPJ
Pat Pecora has coached many talented wrestlers in his legendary career at Pitt-Johnstown. All-Americans. National champions. But there’s only one Carlton Haselrig. Pecora calls him “the greatest heavyweight of all time,” and there’s not a lot of hyperbole in Pecora’s assertion. Haselrig won three NCAA Division II titles and three...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Franklin Regional’s Ben Holm
Franklin Regional’s boys swimming and diving team captured its 28th section title this season, a year after capturing No. 27. The Panthers finished 5-0 with a one-game edge over the second-place finisher, Penn-Trafford. This year, Franklin Regional has a new coach in Dan Taylor. He took over after Vic Santoro...
Valley grad Tyler Santucci takes on latest challenge as Georgia Tech’s defensive coordinator
Last fall, Valley grad Tyler Santucci directed one of the best defenses in the ACC. In his first season as Duke’s defensive coordinator, Santucci oversaw a unit that led the conference in points allowed (19.0 per game) and finished 10th nationally in red zone defense (.744). Those numbers helped Duke...
In brief: Herald area events for the week of Feb. 26, 2024
Students to stage ‘The Little Mermaid’ Fox Chapel Area students will present “The Little Mermaid” at 7 p.m. Feb. 29, March 1 and 2 and 2 p.m. March 3 in the high school auditorium, 611 Field Club Road, in O’Hara. Tickets are $13, and all seats are reserved. Tickets can...
Chris Cargill: Bringing transparency to the cost of college
Is the cost of college still worth the price? According to the Education Data Initiative, the average student loan debt in the United States totals $37,338. The average student borrows more than $30,000 to pursue a bachelor’s degree. And more than 45 million Americans have student loan debt. High school...
Michael J. Socolow: How you can tell propaganda from journalism — let’s look at Tucker Carlson’s visit to Russia
Tucker Carlson, the conservative former cable TV news pundit, recently traveled to Moscow to interview Russian dictator Vladimir Putin for his Tucker Carlson Network, known as TCN. The two-hour interview itself proved dull. Even Putin found Carlson’s soft questioning “disappointing.” Very little from the interview was newsworthy. Other videos Carlson...
Migrant arrests are up along the border in California and dropping in Texas. Why?
A new pattern emerged along the nation’s southern border last month: Migrant arrests plummeted at the Texas border in January compared to the same month a year ago. At the same time, similar arrests soared year-over-year at entry points in California and Arizona. Experts say a combination of factors is...
Letter to the editor: Biden can secure the border
Something has to be done about our border crisis. President Biden claims he cannot do anything about it without Congress. What? You practically opened the border and stopped the agreement with Mexico to hold illegal immigrants. Without Congress. President Trump closed the border without Congress. Stop playing politics and close...
Letter to the editor: Can’t keep up with tax, rate hikes
This is to our wonderful county commissioners, water company officials, Comcast and the illustrious Greensburg Salem school directors (who seem to be ruled by the money-grabbing teachers union). Everyone is expected to pay up for pay raises, raises in taxes, retirement funds. No one pays for our retirement or funds...
Letter to the editor: Abortion doesn’t solve world’s problems
“If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.” — “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens God forbid that the writer of the letter “Backward steps on abortion” (Feb 19, TribLive), who offers to sacrifice the lives of preborn children to decrease...
In brief: Hampton area happenings, week of Feb. 26, 2024
Church hosts spaghetti dinner Hampton Presbyterian Church will host a spaghetti dinner from 4:30 to 7 p.m. March 17 to support youth group mission trips. The menu features spaghetti, meatballs, salad, bread and desserts in the fellowship hall. Gluten-free options and takeout will be available. A freewill donation is accepted....
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area events, week of Feb. 26, 2024
Municipal authority looks to borrow $5M The Plum Borough Municipal Authority is preparing to borrow $5 million for a variety of capital improvements, authority Manager Howard Theis said. The projects include water and sewage work, with about $1 million going toward work on Sardis Road, Theis said. There also will...
In brief: North Allegheny area happenings, week of Feb. 26, 2024
Master gardener visits club Ingomar Garden Club will meet at 10:30 a.m. March 6 at Northmont Presbyterian Church, 8169 Perry Highway, McCandless. The business meeting will be followed by a light luncheon and guest speaker Bill Goff, Penn State master gardener. He will discuss the importance of butterfly weed in...
