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While a loss isn’t exactly the way any team wants to end the year, losing to the eventual champion always helps shake that bad feeling off a little. This was the case for Norwin’s boys soccer team, which fell to Pine-Richland in the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs last season. Center...

Change can be a disruptive force. For the Kiski Area boys soccer team, a coaching change leading into the season has been met with a determination to sustain the status quo. New coach Ben Fiore comes in from Ambridge and was a Kiski Area soccer player from 2011-15. When he...

An immediate annuity is an insurance product that provides guaranteed income: You give an insurer a chunk of money, and the company gives you a stream of payments that can last for life. The payments begin within 12 months of purchase. Now may be a good time for retirees to...

Nick Singleton accelerated through an open hole, crossed the end zone and let his feelings flow, slamming the ball to the ground and pumping his fists. Saturday’s 16-yard touchdown run at Illinois was a moment of relief for Singleton. It was also, believe it or not, his longest rush of...

(The Center Square) — Pennsylvania could become a national leader in innovation — if the support is there and state leaders embrace reform. “Innovation matters so much to economic performance, yet the state’s innovation drift is resulting in a broader economic drift,” Brookings Metro Senior Fellow Mark Muro told legislators...

A car cruise to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is scheduled for 2 to 5 p.m. Oct. 7 at Highpoint Fitness, 1000 Higbee Drive, Bethel Park. The cruise is open to classic, exotic and super cars, plus trucks. Donation is $5 per participating show vehicle, and admission for spectators...

International Day of Peace The Rotary Club of Monroeville is coordinating an International Day of Peace event from noon to 2 p.m. Sept. 23 at Monroeville Park West, 2399 Tilbrook Road. Featured will be ethnic food trucks, cultural music, free Kona Ice and family activities. Feel free to wear your...

Benefit concert planned The Oaks Theater in Oakmont will host a benefit concert for the Rosedale Food Pantry in Penn Hills. Doors at 310 Allegheny River Blvd. open at 1 p.m. Sept. 24. The show is scheduled for 2 to 5. Entertainment includes Miss Freddye Blues Band, the Nied’s Hotel...

Contract approved Edgeworth officials recently approved a new police contract. The five-year agreement is for 2024-2028. It includes a 5% raise the first year, 4% raises in years two and three and 3% raises in years for and five. Officers agreed to contribute 12% toward their medical insurance. Borough manager...

Trunk or treat Penn Hills Masonic Lodge (Infinity Lodge No. 546) is partnering with Verona’s Masonic Lodge (Verona Lodge No. 548) to host a Trunk or Treat 5-7 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Penn Hills Masonic Center, 5793 Saltsburg Road, Verona. For more information, visit infinity freemasons.com. Penn Hills Library Health...

Fall leaf pickup Richland’s fall leaf pick ups will be Oct. 18, Nov. 8 and Nov. 29; or Oct. 20, Nov. 10 and Dec. 1 depending on which day residents’ garbage pick up occurs. The service is provided to reduce the impact of leaves on the municipal stormwater system, streams...

Clean energy is something that we need more of in Western Pennsylvania. The announcement of the expansion of the Mon Valley Eos Energy facility (“Federal loan to support $500M expansion at Eos Energy’s Mon Valley facility,” Sept. 1, TribLIVE) is a step in the right direction. For too long, the...

In my letter “Biden’s proposed Title IX changes no way to help children” (April 16, TribLIVE), I wrote of the danger of the Biden administration’s proposed rule change to Title IX. Among other harms, I speculated that it would lead to a mixing of boys in girls’ locker rooms. Unfortunately,...

The problem with cuts to education is that you are shorting the future. The future is bright for certain people who possess certain skill sets. If they don’t develop, we as a nation on’t develop. Lost potential leads to decline in the individual and the nation. It’s expensive, yes. But...

Fear of visiting the dentist is a long-running trope in American culture, but in terms of maintaining good health, the bigger problem is not having access to dental care. Dental health long has been treated as a separate part of the health care system, even though a large and growing...

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. Plum Fall Fest to celebrate autumn The Plum Fall Fest will...

In a recent Allegheny County Jail health care staff survey, there were 10 responses that spoke to the dangers of health care staff being forced to pre-pour medications on a previous shift, which they feel violates licensure and puts the resident at risk. Jeffrey Leonatti, president of Reliant Staff, which...

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Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he wants to avoid a U.S. government shutdown because it would undermine his party’s leverage in negotiations over spending cuts sought by Republicans. “I want to make sure we don’t shut down,” McCarthy said on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures. “I don’t think that is a...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 66-76) lost to Omaha (Royals), 11-5. SS Nick Gonzales (.272) was 3 for 5 with two doubles and an RBI in the leadoff spot. 2B Vinny Capra (.283) was 2 for 5 with two RBIs. CF Matt Gorski (.275) hit a solo homer. LF Ryan Vilade (.254) had...

High schools WPIAL Field hockey Monday’s schedule Section 3A Mt. Lebanon at Pine-Richland, 7:30 p.m. North Allegheny at Allderdice, 3:15 p.m. Peters Township at Norwin, 7 p.m. Nonsection Fox Chapel at Hempfield, 6 p.m. Soccer Boys Monday’s schedule Class 3A Section 1 Hampton at North Catholic, 6:30 p.m. Section 4...

WPIAL soccer rankings Girls Class 4A 1. North Allegheny (8-0) 1 2. Peters Township (6-0-1) 2 3. Upper St. Clair (7-0) 3 4. Seneca Valley (7-0) 5 5. Mt. Lebanon (5-3) 4 Out: None Class 3A 1. Mars (6-0) 2 2. Moon (6-1-1) 1 3. Plum (4-0-1) 3 4. Latrobe...

Jersey Shore senior football player Max Engle has died, according to a heartbreaking statement from his family that was shared on the school district’s Facebook page Saturday. The news comes just more than a week after Engle collapsed on the field during his team’s game against Selinsgrove. In its statement...