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North Allegheny notebook: NA girls earn No. 3 seed for WPIAL playoffs
North Allegheny’s girls basketball team was awarded the No. 3 seed in Class 6A when the WPIAL playoff pairings were announced Feb. 12. The Tigers (20-2) will host No. 6 Upper St. Clair (12-10) on Thursday in the opening round. The winner advances to play the winner of No. 2...
Point: Record production means energy and economic security
America’s oil and natural gas producers are innovating to produce more oil and gas than ever while generating less emissions and bringing reliable, affordable energy to Americans and our global allies. In its latest short-term energy outlook, the Energy Information Administration estimated that U.S. crude oil production reached “an all-time...
Counterpoint: A fossil fuel export economy is wrong for America
America is producing more oil and gas than any nation at any point in history, and it’s an accomplishment that fails to give U.S. families energy security or lower prices. At the same time, U.S. exports of oil and gas have surpassed every other country on earth, enriching oil and...
Letter to the editor: Who wants to be a police officer today?
I read with dismay the article lamenting the decline in municipal police officers and the lack of new recruits (“Interest in local police work drops in Western Pa. despite jump in state police academy applicants,” Feb. 7, TribLive). Gee, I wonder why that is. It couldn’t be the result of...
Sounding off: Congress is failing us, Taylor’s election influence, straight talk about MAGA, fix immigration
Congress is failing us An open letter to the United States Congress: To the radicals on the right: You are not conservatives, you are obstructionists. To the radicals on the left: You may be “woke,” but you are not awake. Stop acting like a bunch of amateur circus clowns and...
Letter to the editor: Our National Guard should be protecting us at home
One detail was probably missed by most people when they heard about the Jan. 28 attack on U.S. forces in Jordan. This was that most of the soldiers injured were members of National Guard units. Over the past 20 years of endless military operations in the Middle East, National Guardsmen...
Editorial: Navalny’s death in Russian prison underscores danger for Fogel
Alexei Navalny died in a Russian prison Friday. He was 47, several years in to a 19-year prison sentence. On paper, his crime was “extremism.” In reality, his offense was opposition to Russian president and former KGB intelligence officer Vladimir Putin. The information about exactly how the death occurred is...
Religion Digest – Feb. 17, 2024
Blacklight puppet show planned Friday A free blacklight puppet show will be presented at 7 p.m. Friday in First United Methodist Church, 134 Custer Ave., Vandergrift. The show will be performed by the Let It Shine puppet ministry of the youth of Bethel United Methodist Church, Lower Burrell. Refreshments will...
The Stroller, Feb. 17, 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. NK Arts Center to celebrate ninth anniversary The New Kensington Arts...
Letter to the editor: Taylor’s election influence
As I try to recover from the trauma of the Punxsutawney Phil debacle, now the holy war is all about Taylor Swift and her possible election endorsement. I have heard ludicrous propaganda schemes before, but this one ranks No. 1 and is infuriating. Whether you’re a Swiftie, MAGA or Biden...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 16, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Feb. 23 schedule Times TBA Pine-Richland (7-15) at Mt. Lebanon (18-4); North Allegheny (11-11) at Baldwin (16-6); Canon-McMillan (10-12) vs. Central Catholic (14-8) at TBA; Butler (15-6) at Upper St. Clair (17-5) Class 5A Preliminary round Friday’s result Woodland Hills 64,...
Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium to close Saturday after the deaths of 3 animals, will reopen Sunday
The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium will be closed Saturday after the death of three animals this month. In a Facebook post, a zoo spokesperson said the one-day closure comes “out of respect for staff and recent animal losses” and offer the staff “time for grieving and healing.” The post said...
High school roundup for Feb. 16, 2024: Clairton’s Iyanna Wade wins battle of top scorers in Class 2A 1st round
In a battle of two of the most dynamic scorers in WPIAL girls basketball, Clairton and Iyanna Wade came out on top Friday night. Wade scored 52 points, including 17 in the fourth quarter and 12 in overtime, to lead the No. 10 Bears to a 78-65 victory over No....
South Allegheny surges past Belle Vernon in 2nd half of Class 4A 1st-round clash
With the teams neck and neck entering halftime, No. 10 Belle Vernon and No. 7 South Allegheny both went to the locker room with the belief that they could move on to the second round of the Class 4A WPIAL playoffs to take on No. 2 Hampton. It was the...
Donald Trump heading to Philly on Saturday
PHILADELPHIA — Former President Donald Trump is headed to Philadelphia on Saturday to speak at Sneakercon, a large-scale gathering for sneaker enthusiasts taking place at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Trump announced he would speakat the convention on his social media platform, Truth Social, on Friday, and a spokesperson for the...
House lawmakers unveil $66 billion foreign aid, border plan
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of House lawmakers released a $66.3 billion foreign aid and border package Friday that, backers hope, will be an alternative to the Senate-passed national security supplemental. The newly unveiled legislation includes military-only assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan — a departure from the $95.3 billion...
‘No evidence’ Russia has decided what to do with emerging anti-satellite weapon, Biden says
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Friday there was no sign Russia has decided to go ahead and deploy an emerging anti-satellite weapon, the disclosure of which has rattled Washington this week. The White House has confirmed that U.S. intelligence officials have information indicating Russia has obtained such a capability,...
Report: A’s eyeing Sacramento as temporary home from 2025-27
Well, that happened fast. One day after Oakland A’s president Dave Kaval had a positive meeting with Oakland and Alameda County officials about extending the A’s lease at the Coliseum until 2028, Sacramento emerged as the front-runner to host the A’s from 2025-27. According to a report in The Athletic...
Pa. high court to weigh if life without parole for felony murder is constitutional
The state Supreme Court on Friday said it will take up a Pittsburgh case challenging the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole for second-degree, or felony, murder. It is the first time Pennsylvania’s highest court will consider the issue — looking at it through the...
Carl Golden: Should Biden follow Lyndon Johnson’s example?
Nearly 56 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson, in a nationally televised address, shocked the country with a straightforward 20-word declaration: “I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.” Elected in a landslide — 61% to 38%, 486 electoral...
David McCall: Proposed sale of U.S. Steel puts America’s security at risk
Several hundred members of the United Steelworkers (USW) operate U.S. Steel’s Irvin Plant, producing flat-rolled sheet for the GE refrigerators, ovens and other appliances that keep American households running. USW members at other U.S. Steel locations across the country make tin for food cans, pipe for natural gas distribution systems...
Beaver County man sues Shell, claims cracker plant spews pollution
A Beaver County man is suing Shell Chemical over pollution he says its ethylene cracker plant is spewing onto his property. The complaint, filed by John Flynn, who lives in Beaver, was filed Thursday in federal court and seeks class-action status. The suit follows another brought in May against Shell...
6 Fox Chapel Area seniors named finalists in 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program
Six Fox Chapel Area High School seniors recently were named finalists in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program. Lucas Gravina, Chloe Kim, Shriya Krishnamurthy, Adhitya Thirumala, Abraham White and Dylan Work were selected as finalists based on their Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) scores and other...
Sarah Olexsak: EVs to charge ahead in 2024
The 2023 numbers are in: Plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) contributed to 9.1% of light-duty vehicle sales in the U.S., up from 6.8% in 2022. This means more than 3 million EVs were on roadways across the nation last year — with over a third of those bought in 2023 alone...
Miss Teen International visits Quaker Valley elementary school as part of Kindness Week
Miss Teen International Alaina Barlock of Greentree visited Quaker Valley School District’s Osborne Elementary to kick off Kindness Week on Feb. 12. The Bishop Canevin High School student read “Llama Llama and the Bully Goat” with second graders and talked about how important it is to be nice to people....
