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2 dead in South Fayette fire where ‘there was a hoarding situation’
Two people were found dead on the second floor of a home that burned Monday afternoon in South Fayette, Allegheny County police said. Residents Benito Bonilla, 81, and Barbara Bonilla, 75, were pronounced dead at the scene — Benito just before 7 p.m. and Barbara around 5:30 p.m. The fire...
Wildcat’s Revenge at Hersheypark named among the best new attractions in the nationVideo
Wildcat’s Revenge, a steel and wood hybrid coaster that opened at Hersheypark last year is continuing to garner awards. Wildcat’s Revenge opened at Hersheypark on June 2, 2023. It is the park’s 15th roller coaster and debuted 100 years after the Wild Cat ride opened in 1923. In September, the...
Former Penn State LB, Hopewell star Paul Posluszny elected to College Football Hall of Fame
Penn State visited the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta ahead of its Peach Bowl matchup with Ole Miss. While there, the Nittany Lions recognized names of the program’s past. Now, there will be another Nittany Lion added to the College Football Hall of Fame. Paul Posluszny, a Hopewell...
Government lawyer accuses Comprehensive Healthcare of shorting workers $20M
It wasn’t an isolated issue or the result of a good-faith mistake that employees at Comprehensive Healthcare’s 15 Western Pennsylvania facilities weren’t being paid for all the hours they worked. Instead, a lawyer with the U.S. Department of Labor told a federal judge Monday, it was part of the company’s...
Students await results of Paint the Plow contest
Students at five Westmoreland County high schools are hoping the snow plows they painted will win PennDOT’s annual Paint the Plow contest. Voting is open online for 10 plows in District 12 that followed the theme “seat belts are always in season.” The plows were painted by students at Albert...
School funding, permitting at top of Pa. legislature’s 2024 agenda
This story first appeared in The Investigator, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA featuring the best investigative and accountability journalism from across Pennsylvania. HARRISBURG — In the new year, Pennsylvania lawmakers plan to put a lot of their energy into changing permitting processes, getting a long-sought constitutional amendment over the...
Surviving crash ‘truly a miracle’ for Citizens Hose EMT
A Citizens Hose EMT is lucky to be alive after being struck by a vehicle and thrown nearly 30 yards while responding to a Harrison road made treacherous by ice and snow Saturday. Kelly Jackson of Tarentum was clipped by a vehicle as it slid down Burtner Road before striking...
Greensburg C.C. grad Geoffrey Helm gets new life in basketball with PAC champion Chatham
Geoffrey Helm’s path in college basketball veered from what he originally had mapped out. He envisioned a standout career at Shippensburg, one of the top Division II men’s programs in the region. Instead, the Greensburg Central Catholic grad came home to the Pittsburgh area and won a championship with the...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Derry’s Brady Angus
Derry’s boys basketball team ended last year with a loss to Mohawk in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs. After the loss, Brady Angus had some fire coming into his final high school season. “It definitely gave us some motivation to be the Derry team to make a run...
St. Joseph grad Jimmy Giannetta helps give Carlow men’s basketball more depth as it faces AMCC slate
When Carlow men’s basketball coach Tim Keefer began to speak with St. Joseph’s Jimmy Giannetta, one of the first questions he asked was a curious one. Are you left-handed or right-handed? In watching St. Joseph’s games, Keefer had observed Giannetta shooting with his left hand on jumpers and free throws....
Virginia lawmakers set to take up proposal to help fund new arena for Capitals, Wizards
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Advocates of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s plan to build a new professional sports arena and entertainment district in northern Virginia say the project would be a generational job-creator so lucrative it will pay for itself. Critics, meanwhile, argue the proposal to lure the NBA’s Washington Wizards and...
Jonathan Rothermel: Can a single, 6-year presidential term save us from ourselves?
The 2024 presidential primary season officially begins in just a few weeks, but former President Donald Trump’s commanding lead in the polls of likely Republican primary voters and President Joe Biden’s absence of a Democratic challenger appear to destine a repeat of the 2020 election. The most innovative country in...
Letter to the editor: Go vegan? No thanks.
This is my simple reply to the letter suggesting that we all go vegan in 2024 (”Vegan New Year’s resolution benefits all,” Dec. 27, TribLive): No thanks. Why would I stop eating the proper human diet, even for a single day? I will continue to nourish my body with the...
Letter to the editor: US Steel and what ails corporate America
Now that U.S. Steel is in the news with its impending sale, let’s take a look at the reasons why it is a poster child for what ails American corporations. First is the corrupting influence of lobbies. Because of the steel industry’s decades-long lobbying, the companies have received billions of...
Editorial: Hydrogen isn’t clean if it adds to climate pollution. Biden’s rules are a good start
The Inflation Reduction Act, signed by President Joe Biden more than a year ago, is a game-changing law that invests hundreds of billions of dollars to fight climate change and boost renewable energy. It includes lucrative tax credits aimed at making it cheaper to produce clean hydrogen, which are expected...
Propulsion problems plague Astrobotic’s lunar lander, mission success in doubt
Dire propulsion problems might have doomed a Pittsburgh’s company’s effort to put the first commercial lunar lander on the moon. Hours after a successful pre-dawn launch Monday from a Florida spaceport, Astrobotic issued a grim update on the status of Peregrine, the spacecraft it is seeking to land on the...
The Stroller, Jan. 8, 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. Tickets on sale for drag queen bingo fundraiser A drag queen...
Letter to the editor: Vote as if your freedoms depend on it
Many young men answered their country’s call and served with honor. Many suffered greatly for their efforts, both physically and mentally. Some never came home at all. All the while, our political leaders failed us. Over 300,000 have died since coming home due to Agent Orange, a product private industry...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 8
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 8....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 8
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 8....
High school sports schedule for Jan. 8, 2024
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule Class A Section 3 Hillel Academy at St. Joseph, 7:30 p.m. Nonsection Beaver County Christian at Propel Montour, 7 p.m. Girls Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny at Butler, 7:30 p.m. Norwin at Hempfield, 7:30 p.m. Pine-Richland at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m....
Pickup truck split in half in Pleasant Hills crash, 1 injured
According to a Pleasant Hills Volunteer Fire Company Facebook post, Station 232 was alerted of a motor vehicle crash in the 800 block of Clairton Boulevard around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Rescue crews arrived on scene to find two pickup trucks with heavy damage, one of them split in half. All...
Colorado police investigating apparent altercation with U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and her ex-husband
SILT, Colorado — An investigation is being conducted into an apparent altercation between U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and her ex-husband Jayson Boebert at a restaurant, police in Silt, Colorado, confirmed Sunday. It’s unclear what happened on Saturday, but Boebert’s campaign released a statement Sunday in which she said she “didn’t...
Scenes from the Valley: Images captured in the Alle-Kiski Valley from Dec. 28, 2023 to Jan. 3, 2024
Here is a weekly look at recent images captured throughout the Alle-Kiski Valley. From major news events to routine gatherings, the Tribune-Review’s “Scenes from the Valley” photo package brings to life activities and moments happening in your backyard. To have a photo considered as a “Scenes from the Valley” candidate,...
Bethel Park Council reorganizes, Oakes new president
The first new president of Bethel Park Council since the 20th century is John Oakes. During council’s Jan. 2 reorganization, the Ward 3 representative on council was elected unanimously to succeed longtime leader Tim Moury, who did not seek reelection in 2023. Council elected Joseph A. Consolmagno, Ward 1, as...
