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Gun violence plagues our young people. White nationalists terrorize our neighbors. Discriminatory legislation belittles our LGBTQ citizens. Affordable access to housing, health care and education evades more and more families. Unfettered climate change menaces our very existence. But have no fear! Our noble, elected officials have been hard at work,...

Bellevue Successo LLC sold property at 128-130 Teece Ave. to Adi Burrack Bazaui and Liron Burrack for $225,000. Donald Seiling Jr. sold property at 484 Teece Ave. to Andrew Taylor for $270,000. Carolyn Albright sold property at 256 W Riverview Ave. to Christopher Kresic for $185,000. Franklin Park Joseph Bunting...

Edgeworth Richard John Whitlock III sold property at 304 Maple Ln to Hayden John and Grace Wilson Wolf for $1,200,000. Franklin Park Joseph Bunting sold property at 1591 Arndt Road to BMDS McKnight LLC for $130,000. William White Jr. sold property at 2564 Barnwood Drive to Jeremy and Jaclyn Anderson...

Indiana Hidden Falls GP LLC sold property at 115 Hidden Falls Point to Gregory Cummings for $636,248. Keith Turnbull sold property at 214 Indianola Drive to Robert Bliss for $50,000. Cheryl Heresco sold property at 219 Indianola Drive to James Michael Heresco for $39,721. O’Hara Craig Markovitz sold property at...

Churchill Joshua Kubizne sold property at 2335 Greensburg Pike to Gregory Tate for $205,000. Mark Dovey sold property at 2525 Greensburg Pike Unit 303 to Philip Parr for $205,000. Adam Ford sold property at 66 Holland Road to Jeffrey Ford for $187,500. John Kurtz sold property at 108 Valiant Drive...

Baldwin Borough Budhi Biswa sold property at 470 Macassar Drive to Chandra Maya and Krishna Bahadur Dahal for $270,000. Thomas Spisak sold property at 979 Agnew Road to Jared and Jessica Haenel for $156,500. Eugene Settelmaier sold property at 432 Ganlet Drive to Keith John and Patricia Frazier for $185,000....

Bridgeville James DeYoung sold property at 267 Crestvue Drive to Daniel and Annette Murtaugh for $324,000. Joseph Mizia sold property at Lurry St. to Joseph and Lauren Mizia for $470,000. Steven Martin sold property at 630 Baldwin St. to Warehouse 630 LLC for $500,000. Robert David Wagner sold property at...

My thanks to all of my fellow citizens of Western Pennsylvania who proudly display “Old Glory,” our American flag, the Stars and Stripes. All the people I know regard this patriotic display as a show of support for our great President Joe Biden. They realize that he is the greatest...

The Delafield Road interchange northbound ramps (Exit 7) on Route 28 in Pittsburgh will close Monday morning, weather permitting. The closure will allow crews to install rumble strips. Here’s the closure schedule: • Northbound Route 28 to Delafield Avenue (Exit 7): About 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.; • Delafield Avenue...

The more people vote, the more votes count. It shouldn’t matter what party someone joins. It shouldn’t matter whether someone picks no party at all. Ideally, everyone would cast a ballot. Everyone would have their say. That should be a point on which everyone agrees. But there are no points...

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. Open house event planned at Vandergrift Public Library Vandergrift Public Library...

In 2008, Pennsylvania passed its first statewide smoke-free air law restricting smoking in most public places. The law is outdated and doesn’t include e-cigarette devices that are being used in public spaces. Furthermore, 1,300-plus venues across the commonwealth still allow smoking indoors. This means thousands of workers are exposed to...

Bethel Park Kenneth Ranalli sold property at 611 Arkwood Drive to James Jaques and Anna Billetdeaux for $179,000. Earl Rorer III sold property at 5439 Brightwood Road to South Pine Wind LLC for $165,000. Estate of Frederick W Koenig sold property at 630 Broughton Road to Keith and Cara Surmick...

High schools Field hockey Saturday’s results Nonsection Latrobe 4, Hempfield 1 Mt. Lebanon 3, Upper St. Clair 1 Football Saturday’s results WPIAL Class A Big 7 Northgate 28, Summit Academy 20 Nonconference Shady Side Academy 57, South Allegheny 14 Saturday’s summaries Class A Big 7 Northgate 28, Summit Academy 20...

Sonteon Layne threw for 87 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 40 yards and another TD as Northgate earned a 28-20 win over Summit Academy (0-5, 0-2) in the Class A Big 7 Conference on Saturday afternoon. Darius Fields added 92 rushing yards and one touchdown for Northgate (3-2,...

No. 12-ranked Slippery Rock scored 28 straight points to earn a 34-14 victory over Seton Hill in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West opener Saturday at Offutt Field in Greensburg. Brayden Long threw for 213 yards and three touchdowns and also ran for a score for the Rock, which improved...

Motherhood language and symbolism have been part of every U.S. social movement, from the American Revolution to Prohibition and the fight against drunken drivers. Half of Americans are women, most become mothers, and many are conservative. The U.S. is also a nation of organizing, so conservative moms — like all...

Some of the most prominent members of the Proud Boys, a far-right militant group that functions more like a street gang than a militia, have been sentenced to long terms in federal prison for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Experts...

A year after Matt White took over a struggling North Hills girls volleyball program, his imprint has already been made. The Indians, who haven’t won a WPIAL postseason match in decades, are off to a strong start in 2023 thanks to a foundation set last year. North Hills sat at...

Ella Demoise’s plate was already pretty full heading into her senior year of high school. But she was willing to make a little space, and the North Hills cross country program sure is happy about that. Demoise, who has starred for the Indians in the spring track and field seasons,...

Jackson Walsh decided to go for the green on par 5 first hole at Rittswood Golf Course on Sept. 15. His tee shot left him with 250 yards to the hole, so he pulled out his 4-hybrid and struck it clean. The North Allegheny junior then achieved a rare double...

As Hampton’s Grace Stitt wrapped up a straight-set victory in a 5-0 win over Burrell on Sept. 18, her classmate friend stood with a bouquet of flowers and a handmade sign that read “I’d be SET if you’d be my MATCH at homecoming.” The previous week, Stitt had a date...

When Hampton senior Luke Fiscus began playing soccer, he was always one of the smallest kids on the field. He would get pushed around by other players, and doubts crept into his head. “I was a lot smaller, and I wasn’t nearly as good,” he said. “I wasn’t even sure...

Five American detainees have been released from imprisonment in Iran as the terms of the swap that set them free is drawing criticism. The Biden administration’s agreement with Iran for the swap could be seen as a simple business transaction to free five Iranians from imprisonment in the U.S. and...