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Gateway school counselor: Advocacy is goal year-round
There’s a lot in store for Gateway School District counselor Colleen Tortorella this month. Current president of the Allegheny County School Counselors Association, she helped plan the group’s next conference, slated for Feb. 1 at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. There are typically four meetings each school year, with the focus...
High school roundup for Jan. 31, 2024: Bethel Park slips past North Allegheny in dramatic WPIAL wrestling quarterfinal
Ryan Walsh won a 6-5 decision over Mason Hartung in the final bout of the night at 189 pounds to lead Bethel Park to a 26-19 victory over North Allegheny in a back-and-forth battle in the WPIAL Class 3A team wrestling quarterfinals Wednesday night. Landon Hartman (285) recorded the only...
Westmoreland happenings: Black History Month programs, bingos, omelet breakfast, more
Art • The Greensburg Art Center will host a window screen painting demonstration from 2 to 4 p.m. Feb. 4 at the center, 230 Todd School Road, Hempfield. Black History Month events • In honor of Black History Month, the Student PSEA group at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg...
Trib Lunch Box: Homeless encampments, Gisele Fetterman, Pitt graduate workers, Steelers
Here are some noon headlines from TribLive, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024: • Some people chose to remain outside after the flooded Mon Wharf homeless encampment was cleared Many of the homeless people who were living in an encampment wiped out by flooding on the Mon Wharf opted to move to...
Tony Award-winner Hinton Battle, original Scarecrow in ‘The Wiz,’ dies at 67
Hinton Battle, who won Tony Awards (featured actor in a musical) for his performances in “Miss Saigon,” “Sophisticated Ladies” and “The Tap Dance Kid,” has died at 67. No cause of death was mentioned. A choreographer, director, actor and writer, Battle made his Broadway debut as the original Scarecrow at...
Edmunds: What you actually need to know about wintertime driving with an electric vehicle
As a big winter storm rolled across the United States in mid-January, many news outlets reported on drivers of electric vehicles dealing with dramatically reduced range and multi-hour waits at public charging stations. It’s true that driving an EV in freezing weather poses extra challenges compared to a gasoline-powered vehicle....
Letter to the editor: Why the poor grammar from professionals?
Turn on your TV or radio and listen to the “professional” broadcast journalists. Whether it’s the local news or sports talk shows, the lack of knowledge of English grammar and pronunciation is disturbing. I don’t know if it’s a Pittsburgh thing, but so many add an “h” to words beginning...
Editorial: Flooded homeless camp highlights failure to address problems
Imagine you have almost nothing. The clothes you have are on your back. If you have a blanket, it might be around your shoulders. Your mattress is the cardboard from an old box. The only roof is the thin fabric of a collapsible tent. If you have things that are...
Letter to the editor: Biden not doing enough for Americans
It’s finally happening, but it’s too late. It seems now, after three years, the Democratic governors who said “our gates are open, come on in” are crying about the drains on their resources from illegal immigrants doing exactly what they were invited to do. Suddenly they think their puppet, President...
The Stroller, Jan. 31, 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. Tree seedling sale planned by Armstrong conservation group Armstrong Conservation District...
Letter to the editor: Stealing money from public schools
Last year, the Commonwealth Court ruled Pennsylvania’s school funding system is unconstitutional. It is estimated that at least $5.4 billion is needed to correct this situation. Harrisburg is struggling to come up with solutions to this problem. One wonders why, when we desperately need funds for public education, our lawmakers...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 30, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Butler 70, New Castle 57 North Allegheny 72, Pine-Richland 53 Central Catholic 60, Seneca Valley 25 Section 2 Baldwin 67, Canon-McMillan 57 Mt. Lebanon 64, Hempfield 49 Upper St. Clair 68, Norwin 30 Class 5A Section 1 Peters Township 79,...
High school roundup for Jan. 30, 2024: Belle Vernon deals section loss to Uniontown
Zion Moore scored 25 points and Trevor Kovatch added 19 to lead Belle Vernon to a 69-65 boys basketball victory Tuesday night, handing Uniontown its first Section 3-4A loss. Tommy Davis added 11 for the Leopards (10-5, 5-2). Jeremiah Hager scored 21, Jamire Braxton added 17 and Notorious Grooms had...
Homestead woman, 44, ID’d as West End bridge hit-and-run victim
The woman killed in a hit-and-run crash Saturday on the West End bridge is Faye McCoy, 44, of Homestead, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Police were still looking for the driver of the car involved in the crash, believe to be a dark-colored sedan with silver wheels....
China and U.S. start working group to combat fentanyl
Chinese and American officials held the first meeting of a working group that aims to curb the flow of illegal drugs like fentanyl to the U.S. and the chemicals used to make them. “We reached common understanding,” China’s Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong said Tuesday, describing the talks in...
Former Pirates pitcher Charlie Morton, back with Braves, seeks to enjoy rest of his journey
In the first weeks of this offseason, Charlie Morton did not talk with Atlanta Braves president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos about his future. Morton had no idea whether the Braves would exercise their club option on him. Morton and his wife, Cindy, did not even really talk about it...
Trump lawyer drops attack on E. Jean Carroll counsel’s ties to judge
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyer backtracked from her suggestion that a new trial may be warranted in writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit against the former president because the presiding judge in the case worked at the same law firm as the New York writer’s attorney three decades ago....
Orioles strike deal to sell team to Baltimore native David Rubenstein for $1.725B
BALTIMORE — The Angelos family has reached an agreement to sell the Orioles to private equity billionaire David Rubenstein, two sources with direct knowledge of the deal told The Baltimore Sun. Rubenstein is set to take over as the team’s control person as part of the deal, which values the...
Shannen Doherty opens up about ‘miracle’ cancer treatment
Shannen Doherty is opening up about a “miracle” treatment she says has given her new hope amid her ongoing battle with stage 4 cancer. During Monday’s episode of her “Let’s Be Clear” podcast, the 52-year-old “Beverly Hills, 90210” star shared she’s experiencing positive results from a new type of infusion...
Taylor Swift searches return to X after temporary block: ‘We will continue to be vigilant’
Taylor Swift is finally out of the woods, at least when it comes to being searched on social media platform X. X (formerly Twitter) lifted its temporary block on search results for the Grammy winner Monday evening. The platform’s block was part of its efforts to limit the further spread...
John Dorfman: Unum, Agco, 3 more mid-cap stocks to consider
If your nose bleeds when you look at the high prices of the market’s most popular stocks, you may find some bargains in mid-sized stocks. I believe mid-capitalization stocks are poised to do well in 2024. I define mid-caps as stocks with a market value of $1 billion to $10...
Column: Pebble Beach trades heritage for $20 million elite statusVideo
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The sure sign of a glorious day at Pebble Beach is when even the players stop to take pictures. Justin Thomas couldn’t resist on the 18th tee, a view that illustrated why Robert Louis Stevenson called it the “most felicitous meeting of land and sea.” The...
Issa Rae eyeing indie move as Black stories get sidelined: ‘I can’t force you to make my stuff’
LOS ANGELES — Issa Rae says she went from being “stupidly optimistic” early in her career to pessimistic about Black stories being made a priority in Hollywood. Despite starring in three of last year’s critically acclaimed and Oscar-nominated films — “Barbie,” “American Fiction” and “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” — Rae...
Pine-based nonprofit doubles fundraising goal on behalf of Make-A-Wish
The inaugural 412 Gives Back Gala brought in $90,000 to benefit Make-A-Wish Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia, which will grant 18 wishes to local children. That represents much more than the original fundraising goal, Pine residents Amy Fleming and Billie Higgins, co-founders of the nonprofit philanthropic organization 412 Gives Back....
Florida to prohibit gender changes on driver licenses, will only allow birth sex
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles issued a memo last Friday telling county tax collectors to no longer allow people to update their gender identities on driver licenses and to prove that the gender on the license is the person’s biological sex using a “primary identification document,”...
