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The Birdie falling back in love with Leopards, the last Westmoreland County title hopefuls
Last week: 3-0 (100%) Season: 106-28 (79.1%) The pigeons are back at Acrisure Stadium. Now, can the Birdie get there again? His only hope is the Belle Vernon Leopards, who are the last Westmoreland County team left in the WPIAL playoffs. And then there was one. “I had a blast...
Ari Mittleman: Pa. must work harder to combat antisemitism
Last week a 69-year-old Jewish man was killed on the streets of Los Angeles. Paul Kessler suffered blunt force head trauma when an anti-Israel protestor deliberately struck him with a megaphone. This homicide was preventable. It did not happen in a vacuum. The primary contributing factor was the increasingly normalized...
Winter activities warming up at Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall
Sweater weather is back, and the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall is warming up for another fabulous winter of activities. After a patron recently described the library as “a hug around our whole community,” I was reminded that our library is a great place to warm up on...
Chuck E. Cheese’s animatronic band leaves all restaurants but 1
Saying its band will be in “residency” in California, Chuck E. Cheese’s has announced the animatronic group is being pulled from almost all of its restaurants. Munch’s Make Believe Band will be at Northridge, Calif., near Los Angeles, the company said in a news release. The location will be a...
Letter to the editor: Do DAs’ duties go beyond prosecuting lawbreakers?
Where in the list of duties of district attorneys in Pennsylvania is the right to condemn the operations of private enterprise, shutting down liquor establishments as nuances, threating Kennywood Park because it doesn’t meet their thoughts and beliefs on proper security? I thought the job of DA was to prosecute...
Westmoreland happenings: Poultry bingo, holiday craft show, more
Church News • St. James Parish, New Alexandria, will sponsor a seminar series “Living as Healthy Disciples” over the winter at the church, 306 St. James Lane. The first session will be at 6 p.m. Nov. 21 in the church social hall. Robert R. Baum Jr., director of counseling services...
Letter to the editor: We all need reliable energy
Regarding the letter “Hydrogen blending not the answer” (Nov. 4, TribLIVE): It is a simple fact that our homes, businesses and industries rely on a dependable supply of energy to satisfy basic needs, drive economic growth and advance our society. That is why, as we plan our path forward, we...
Editorial: Why say intimate partner violence?
Sometimes the names of things have to change because they just don’t fit the information anymore. The term “shell shock” was created during World War I to explain the symptoms of soldiers suffering from a constellation of symptoms suffered in the wake of battle. As more became known about the...
The Stroller, Nov. 15, 2023: 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. Fall play planned by Springdale HS drama department The Springdale High...
Letter to the editor: Consequences of electing Biden
Elections have consequences. So said a famous political figure of recent times. The 2020 presidential election has resulted in numerous consequences, mostly bad, none more disturbing than those resulting from the incomprehensible border policy. After the election, President Biden wasted no time reversing the border policies of the previous administration,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 14, 2023
High schools Field hockey PIAA playoffs Class 3A Semifinals Tuesday’s results Emmaus 2, Lower Dauphin 0 Manheim Township 7, Warwick 0 Championship Saturday’s schedule Emmaus (25-1) vs. Manheim Township (21-1-1) at Cumberland Valley, 3 p.m. Class 2A Semifinals Tuesday’s results Villa Maria 2, Gwynedd Mercy 1 Palmyra 3, Hershey 1...
High school roundup for Nov. 14, 2023: Avonworth wins WPIAL rematch to reach state finals
Fiona Mahan scored on a header in the first half and a 25-yard blast in the second half to send Avonworth to a 2-0 victory over Shady Side Academy (17-6-1) in a rematch of the WPIAL championship game in the PIAA Class 2A girls soccer semifinals Tuesday. Emma Luther and...
John Dorfman: Kraft Heinz, Capital One look good based on book value
I believe the value approach to investing is in the early stages of a comeback, after a decade in retreat. Roughly speaking and oversimplifying, value was usually a good stock-picking method from 1930 to 2013. Since then, growth and momentum investors have smiled, while value investors have wept. A stock...
Pa. Senate committee has ‘no plans’ to move House-approved gun safety measures
A Democratic-led state House committee on Tuesday advanced two more firearms safety bills despite fresh indications that gun reform remains largely intractable along partisan lines. The measures — requiring secure gun storage around children and imposing parental liability — are the latest pitched in the Democratic-majority House this session. Two...
Kevin McCarthy foe accuses former speaker of ‘sucker punch’ elbow in Capitol hallwayVideo
WASHINGTON — Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., accused former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., whom he helped oust from the post last month, of elbowing him in a Capitol Hill hallway on Tuesday. “You just don’t expect a guy who was at one time three steps away from the White House to...
Forest Hills man gets house arrest for Plum crash that left 1 dead, 1 seriously injured
Jean Armany suffered serious injuries on June 15, 2018, when her car was broadsided by a man driving recklessly in Plum. The Shaler woman had 25 fractures that required immobilizers and surgery and her lacerated lungs required chest tubes. Her 90-year-old mother, Olga Kocon, a passenger in Armany’s car, was...
Riverhounds’ Arturo Ordonez named USL Championship’s defender of the year
Arturo Ordonez anchored the best back line in the USL Championship’s Eastern Conference this season, and the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC defender was honored Tuesday for his efforts. Ordonez, 26, was named the 2023 USL Championship defender of the year. The Spain native ranked second in the league with 106 aerial...
Pink will give 2,000 banned books to Florida fans, says she’s ‘unwilling to stand by’
Pink wants her fans to read banned books. The Grammy winner announced this week that she intended to give away 2,000 banned books during the Florida leg of her tour. “Books have held a special joy for me from the time I was a child, and that’s why I am...
Millennial Money: These Airbnb horror stories can teach you what to watch for
Many frequent travelers carry tales of delayed flights and disappointing hotel rooms. Yet Airbnb “horror stories” are a genre all their own. Videos with the tag #AirbnbHorrorStory have more than 63 million views on TikTok, featuring guests venting about unclean properties and last-minute cancellations leaving them stranded. The website Airbnbhell...
Pa. leads nation in Lyme disease cases and development in forests is boosting the risk
This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. HOUSERVILLE — Pennsylvania leads the nation in Lyme disease cases, and the continued development of forested areas increases people’s risk of being bitten by the...
Erika Strassburger: Region at center of clean energy economy
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently visited Greensburg and hosted a town hall in Pittsburgh to talk about how Western Pennsylvania can benefit from a clean energy economy. It makes sense that Pittsburgh, long a hub for industry and innovation, would be a focus of clean energy investment. We’ve been...
Elwood Watson: Israel and free speech at our nation’s universities
Debates over free speech have deeply immersed themselves into the fabric of our culture over the past few years. Wild and sharp finger-pointing has gone in both directions. Last week, a Cornell University junior accused of posting violently threatening statements against Jewish people on campus was held without bail after...
Ring camera video, photo lineup help police ID Vandergrift man charged with attempted homicide
Editor’s note: Through a negotiated plea deal in November 2024, Karaffa pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. The two counts of aggravated assault and the recklessly endangering another person charge were dismissed. The attempted homicide and illegal possession of a firearm charges were withdrawn. He was ordered to pay court costs,...
Republicans win in Collier commissioner race
Collier residents elected a new commissioner on Nov. 7, according to unofficial Allegheny County results. Gabriel Benvenuti, with 1,613 votes, joined incumbent and fellow Republican Dawnlee Vaughn, 1,505 votes, in winning seats on the board. Democratic Ethan Styche was unsuccessful, receiving 1,484 votes. “I want to thank the voters of...
Rare Babe Ruth rookie card expected to fetch $10M at auction
You could call it the Holy Grail for baseball card collectors. The 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth rookie card, one of only ten known to be in existence, is headed for the auction block. The red-bordered card depicting the Great Bambino is expected to fetch upwards of $10 million. The...
