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Geyer to hold Halloween show, first children’s performance
A vampire, mummy, werewolf and other scary figures will take the stage next week at the Geyer Performing Arts Center in Scottdale for the theater’s family-friendly production, “I Want My Mummy.” The comedic Halloween-themed show will take place at 7 p.m. on Oct. 27, as well as 11 a.m. and...
Editorial: Elections board owed voters a real vote on drop box
If you were planning to drop off your ballot at the Westmoreland County Courthouse for the general election this year, you are going to have to switch things up. The three-member elections board has rejected the idea of placing a drop box for mail-in ballots in the courthouse lobby. The...
The Stroller, Oct. 21, 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. Donations being accepted for holiday turkey vouchers Allegheny Valley Association of...
Letter to the editor: Comparing Hamas, Nazis
As one whose parents were Jewish Holocaust survivors, I find the behaviors of the butchers of Hamas eerily reminiscent of the descriptions relayed to me by my parents who witnessed the murder of their families by the Nazis. This current Middle East war, in part, is based on antisemitic propaganda....
City League football roundup: Westinghouse heads back to championship game
Lloyd Penn caught a pair of touchdown passes from Khalil Green to lead defending champion Westinghouse to a 42-18 victory over No. 4 Allderdice (1-8) in the City League semifinals Friday night at Cupples Stadium. The top-ranked Bulldogs (8-0) led 7-6 at halftime before pulling away in the second half....
WPIAL Class A football roundup: Kole Olszewski tosses 4 TDs as No. 3 Bishop Canevin clinches playoff berth
Kole Olszewski threw for 325 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 3 Bishop Canevin to a 41-7 Class A Black Hills Conference win at OLSH (4-5, 3-3) on Friday night. Jayden Lindsey caught four passes for 154 yards for the Crusaders (7-1, 5-1), who clinched a playoff spot with...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 20, 2023
High schools Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Central Catholic 42, Seneca Valley 7 Class 5A Allegheny Six Bethel Park 49, South Fayette 29 Upper St. Clair 43, Moon 42 (2OT) Big East Gateway 48, Norwin 20 Plum 38, Hempfield 20 Northeast Penn Hills 14, Shaler 0 Pine-Richland 28, Woodland...
WPIAL Class 2A football roundup: Keystone Oaks upsets No. 1 Washington
Dimajio Locante scored his second touchdown of the game on a 2-yard run in the fourth quarter to lift Keystone Oaks to a 21-14 upset win over top-ranked Washington (8-1, 4-1) in the Class 2A Century Conference on Friday night. The Golden Eagles (5-4, 3-2), who clinched a playoff spot...
WPIAL Class 3A football roundup: West Mifflin freshman Armand Hill runs for 495 yards, 5 TDs
Freshman Armand Hill ran for 495 yards and five touchdowns to lead playoff-bound West Mifflin to a 42-7 victory over Hopewell (1-8, 0-5) in Class 3A Western Hills Conference play Friday night. Hill’s total is the second-highest single-game rushing total in WPIAL history behind Mapletown’s Dylan Rush, who ran for...
WPIAL Class 4A football roundup: Jack Fennell scores 6 times in North Catholic victory
Jack Fennell ran for 252 yards and five touchdowns and returned a kickoff 82 yards for another TD to lead North Catholic to a 42-6 Class 4A Greater Allegheny Conference win against Indiana (2-7, 0-6) on Friday night. The Trojans (5-4, 4-1) clinched a playoff berth with the win. Fennell...
Trib HSSN’s 2023 Week 8 top performers for passing, rushing, receiving
Top performers for Week 8 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 421 - Nico Lamonde, South Fayette (30 of 40) 381 - Quadir Stribling, Serra Catholic (13 of 18) 361 - Dennis Hawkins, Monessen (17 of 27) 325 - Kole Olszewski, Bishop Canevin (13 of 20) 293 -...
In brief: news from McCandless, Marshall and more
EduNations concert EduNations is hosting its tenth annual benefit concert on Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. featuring artist Phillips, Craig & Dean. The concert will be held in the Memorial Park Church Sanctuary, 8800 Peebles Road, McCandless. Tickets are on sale now for $10 for an individual or $25 for...
In brief: news from Aspinwall, Indiana Township and more
Trick or treat Trick or treating in Fox Chapel, Indiana Township, Sharpsburg, O’Hara and Blawnox is set for 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31. Trick or Treating in Aspinwall will begin at 6 p.m. on Oct. 31 and end at 7:30 p.m. followed by a costume parade beginning at the borough building,...
WPIAL Class 5A football roundup: Bethel Park tops South Fayette, stays in playoff hunt
Ja Vaughn Moore ran for 185 yards and two touchdowns as Bethel Park earned a 49-29 victory over South Fayette (4-5, 1-3) in Class 5A Allegheny Six Conference play Friday night. Tanner Pfeuffer threw for 212 yards and three touchdowns for Bethel Park (4-5, 3-1), which remains in the hunt...
WPIAL Class 6A football roundup: Payton Wehner leads No. 1 Central Catholic past Seneca Valley
Payton Wehner threw for 198 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 1 Central Catholic to a 42-7 victory over No. 5 Seneca Valley (3-6, 0-3) in a Class 6A Conference game Friday night. Peter Gonzalez caught six passes for 152 yards and two touchdowns for the Vikings (8-1, 4-0)...
Jefferson Hills man faces child porn charges
A Jefferson Hills man faces charges after police say he took nude photos of a 4-year-old child and shared them with others. Matthew Lee, 28, of Snee Drive, was arrested after authorities received a cyber tip from the MeetMe website that Lee had shared a nude photo of a child...
Elizabeth Forward maintains undefeated record in victory over Greensburg Salem
Elizabeth Forward’s Ryan Messina found success through the air and on the ground Friday night against Greensburg Salem. The junior quarterback threw for three second-quarter touchdowns and had another score on the ground in the Warriors’ 48-13 victory over the visiting Golden Lions in Interstate Conference play. Messina was effective...
McKeesport takes control in 2nd half, runs past Latrobe
When Latrobe’s Ja’Tawn Williams took McKeesport’s second-half kickoff 95 yards for a game-tying touchdown, it seemed like the game was destined to be decided by a few plays in the final two quarters. And it was, as Latrobe (6-3, 4-2) proceeded to turn the ball over three times in the...
Belle Vernon rolls past Southmoreland behind dominant ground game
Belle Vernon flexed its size and strength as the offensive line got rolling downhill to steamroll host Southmoreland, 49-7, at Russ Grimm Field. The Leopards (7-1, 4-0) racked up 364 yards on the ground, with four ball carriers recording 50 yards or more. Penn State recruit Quinton Martin led the...
A new field of would-be U.S. House speakers takes shape after Jim Jordan fails
WASHINGTON — House Republicans have dispensed with Jim Jordan as their nominee for the U.S. speakership, and several more representatives are preparing to enter the fray. The new field began to take shape minutes after the party voted by secret ballot to rescind the nomination of Jordan, who had been...
Gary Franks: No speaker yet? The ball is in the Democrats’ court.
Today’s Democrats have an opportunity to make history and have a positive impact on America. With assistance, they can select which Republican will be the next speaker of the House. Well, a turnabout would be fair play. After all, Democrats brought about former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s demise along with just...
Trial begins in fatal shooting of 1-year-old struck by stray bullet in Spring Hill
Allegheny County prosecutors admitted Friday that Marvin Hill is not the man who fired the stray bullet that killed 1-year-old Zykier Young as the child lay in bed in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill three years ago. But they said Hill is guilty of criminal homicide anyway, because he was armed with...
Former Florida lawmaker who sponsored ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law gets prison for covid-19 relief fraud
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The former Florida lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” was sentenced to six months in federal prison Thursday for defrauding a federal coronavirus relief loan program for small businesses. Former state Rep. Joe Harding, a 36-year-old Republican, resigned in December after being...
Another guilty plea entered in Trump Georgia election interference probe
ATLANTA — Another defendant has reached a plea deal in the Fulton County election interference case, ending a trial that was set to begin with jury selection Friday. Attorney Kenneth Chesebro — one of the authors of a plan to use Republican presidential electors to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s victory...
Maryland police officer suspended after arrest on Capitol riot charges
SILVER SPRING, Md. — A Maryland police officer who fatally shot a stabbing suspect this year was arrested Thursday on charges he assaulted police during a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Montgomery County Police Department said in a news release it has suspended Officer Justin...
