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Speaker to share strategies for parents of disabled children Northland Public Library, 300 Cumberland Road, McCandless, is hosting a session on “Parenting for Different Needs: Supporting Children With Physical or Intellectual Disabilities” from 6 to 7 p.m. Dec. 4. Raising a family member with special medical needs can require extra...

An assistant chief in the investigations unit of the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office was charged last week with breaking into the home of a colleague he previously dated and assaulting her. Richard McDonald, 56, of Oakdale, is charged with burglary, simple assault, harassment and recklessly endangering another person. A...

Georgia moved up one spot to No. 4 in the Associated Press poll Sunday, Oklahoma returned to the top 10 and North Texas, ranked for the first time since 1959, is among three Group of Five teams in the Top 25. Ohio State, Indiana and Texas A&M were the top...

High schools Football Class 6A PIAA playoffs Friday’s schedule Easton (13-0) vs. La Salle College (9-4) at Liberty, 7 p.m.; North Penn (11-2) at Pennridge (12-1), 7 p.m.; Central York (11-0) vs. Harrisburg (12-0) at Cedar Cliff, 7 p.m.; State College (10-2) vs. Central Catholic (11-1) at Mansion Park, Altoona,...

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Terry Smith took off his headset, shuffled his way to the edge of the sideline and looked on as quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer took a knee at Michigan State, stamping Penn State’s first Big Ten win this season and first win of any kind in 63 days....

Armstrong County Senior Centers The Senior Centers in Apollo, Leechburg and Freeport are closed until further notice. ^ Avonmore Center for Active Adults Tuesdays and Thursdays: 10 a.m., cards and games. The center is on Railroad Avenue. Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Details: 724-697-4014. East Vandergrift Center for...

When we see grown women talking about having been sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein, it’s easy to forget that they were children when trafficked and abused. Think of girls 14 to 17 years old that you know. How would you feel seeing them treated like sexual objects? There are also...

If there’s one thing public schools understand, it’s how to apply math to a word problem. “Jimmy has five apples” and “a train leaves Philadelphia heading east at 30 miles per hour” are the kind of things that show up in homework, teaching kids that math problems don’t just come...

If the president, the most important position in the country, can only serve two four-year terms, why should senators, representatives and judges be allowed to serve more? A rogue judge who gets elected to a 10-year term can cause a lot of damage in his decade in office. I believe...

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The Pittsburgh Steelers will look for revenge against an AFC North opponent this week when they welcome the Cincinnati Bengals to Acrisure Stadium. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. Sunday. The Bengals beat the Steelers, 33-31, on Oct. 16, at Paycor Stadium. The game will be broadcast on CBS, with...

ALLEGHENY COUNTY Chalfant Anthony Thomassey sold property at 286 Brighton St. to Fifth Ave Property Group LLC for $75,000. Denise Trasoline sold property at 225 North Ave. to Bridgeloft One LLC for $230,000. Churchill Mircia Martin sold property at 1900 Garrick Drive to James Lewis and Suzanne Marie Spearman for...

Bell Acres Estate of Margaret Aurin sold property at 2430 Hopkins Church Road to Meanor Family Properties LLC for $150,000. Estate of Richard Lunak sold property at 111 Lewis St. to Tyler Jenkins and Crystal Wilson for $202,000. Franklin Park Samuel Miller sold property at 2515 Adele Court to Michael...

Blawnox Janki Varindani sold property at 307 Freeport Road to Telm Holdings LLC for $470,000. Etna Bradley Johnson sold property at 42 Hickory St. to Etna Flippers LLC for $75,000. Penn Pioneer Enterprises LLC sold property at 16-18 Weible St. to Scolieri Properties LLC for $100,000. Harmar Leonard Lachina sold...

Fundraiser • A Sinatra Big Band Holiday Celebration to benefit Westmoreland Performing Arts will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, at Live Casino Greensburg, Route 30, Hempfield. Doors open at 6:30 and dinner will be at 7 p.m. Cost: $75, includes Italian buffet dinner, dessert and dancing. Menu: chicken...

If Westmoreland County Commissions Sean Kertes and Doug Chew want to switch to paper ballots to conform to neighboring counties (“Westmoreland voters opt for computers over paper ballots,” Nov. 6, TribLive), why not wait until the 900 touch-screen machines purchased in 2019 for $7 million are no longer operational? It...

As he sat on the platform during Presidents Athletic Conference football media day in August, Washington & Jefferson coach Mike Sirianni made no secret of the chip his team would carry on its collective shoulder. In the veteran coach’s estimation, his program wasn’t receiving the respect it deserved, even though...

Though he excelled on both sides of the ball at Fox Chapel, Zidane Thomas was recruited to play linebacker at Edinboro. But injuries in the Fighting Scots’ running backs corps prompted then-coach Jake Nulph to move Thomas to running back. Thomas was happy to contribute, but every season, he asked...

Duquesne fell short of the Villanova Challenge championship Saturday night against the host team, but not without a fight. Acaden Lewis scored 19 points and Bryce Landsay added 18 to lead Villanova past Duquesne, 87-77, at Fineran Pavilion in Villanova in the title game of a multi-team event that also...

SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP — Spring-Ford entered the PIAA Class 4A volleyball tournament with a perfect 29-0 record. It finished the dream season with a 3-1 win over WPIAL runner-up Pine-Richland at the Cumberland Valley Eagle Dome on Saturday. The game scores were 26-28, 25-10, 25-21 and 25-14. “If someone had...

High schools Field hockey PIAA playoffs Championship Saturday’s results At Cumberland Valley Class 3A Emmaus 3, Central Bucks West 2 Class 2A Palmyra 3, Warwick 2 Class A Susquenita 2, Boiling Springs 0 Football Class 6A Championship Saturday’s result Central Catholic 42, North Allegheny 7 Class 5A Championship Saturday, Nov....

SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP — Three-time defending state champion Pope John Paul II swept its way to the PIAA Class 3A championship for the fourth time, winning 26-24, 26-24, 25-18 over Oakland Catholic on Saturday at Cumberland Valley High School. “We have struggled this year with injuries and changing personnel, but...

Judd Novak threw for 188 yards and two touchdowns to lead No. 4 Kutztown to a 28-23 victory over IUP in the PSAC championship game Saturday afternoon. Steven Burkhardt led Kutztown (11-0) on the ground, rushing for 107 yards and a touchdown. Brayden Pohlman, who was named the game’s MVP,...