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Franklin Regional secured its 27th boys swimming section title last month, continuing a dominant stretch for the team. The WPIAL meet March 2-3 did not come with the same success, at least when it comes to first-place finishes. So while the Panthers did have a solid showing from several swimmers,...

New Penn State defensive line coach Deion Barnes will be working with one of the most talented end rooms in the country this spring. And Barnes, a former PSU defensive analyst who succeeds John Scott Jr., knows defensive end talent when he sees it. Barnes played the position at a...

These days, it seems it is always political campaign season. That is true on the presidential level, with several candidates already seeking the Republican nomination. Here in Pennsylvania, we will also be electing a U.S. senator (Bob Casey’s seat) and a full state and federal House delegation next year. As...

The president is calling for the American people to go to all-electric vehicles. With something like 12,000 airplanes in the sky at one time, I believe it’s time for President Biden to show the world he is not all talk. Biden needs to have the “Next Air Force One” made...

MeatOut was launched in 1985 by Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM) and has since grown into the world’s largest annual grassroots educational campaign encouraging the end of the use of animals for food. On March 20, the first day of spring, we ask people to turn over a new leaf...

Stop signs approved New stop signs are coming to Pine Township following a public hearing at the Pine board of supervisors meeting on March 6. Authorization was added at the following locations: 15 new stop signs on Curtis Drive, six on Spruce Road, and two on Walnut Way. There will...

Library program Learn how alumnae of Chatham University (then the Pennsylvania Female College) participated in the movement to achieve women’s suffrage in the United States from 6-7 p.m. March 27 at Penn Hills Library. Using materials found in the Chatham University Archives, the speaker will share historical photos and documents...

Lunch & Learn Fern Hollow Nature Center and the Sewickley Heights History Center will offer a new Lunch and Learn Series on the third Tuesday of each month from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Each program will take place at the History Center and will focus on a different nature-related topic such...

I would like to express my appreciation for the Citizens Hose EMS crew and director Jim Erb. They were recently honored at a Harrison Township meeting for their lifesaving efforts (“Harrison emergency crews lauded for saving 2 lives,” March 2, TribLIVE). I am extremely grateful that our township has a...

State capitals from Honolulu to Augusta, Maine, heard Gideon’s trumpet when the U.S. Supreme Court sounded it in 1963. But Harrisburg has remained deaf for 60 years to the clarion call to provide lawyers for indigent criminal defendants. The court ruled on March 18, 1963, in Gideon v. Wainwright. A...

‘Egg My Yard’ The second annual “Egg My Yard” fundraiser for Hampton boys lacrosse is scheduled for April. Team members will hide candy-filled eggs in front yards, along with letters from the Easter Bunny to be posted on front doors for Eastern morning. Order by April 3 for delivery (Hampton...

Farm market moving The Monroeville Lions Farmer’s Market is moving to the Monroeville Mall parking lot between Dick’s Sporting Goods and Best Buy. It will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays from May 13 through Nov. 18. The previous location was Monroeville Community Park West, where traffic and...

Recently, UPMC announced it would increase its minimum wage to $18 by 2026. While I agree wages should be raised, we can’t wait three years for it to happen. We are in the middle of a critical hospital staffing shortage. Many of my co-workers who’ve left say they’re leaving because...

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. St. Joseph HS to honor alumni St. Joseph High School, Natrona...

The Center for Strategic and International Studies has reported that the incidence of domestic terrorism attacks are on the rise. These attacks come from the far right and the far left. The center emphasized that the words right and left do not refer to the Republican or Democratic parties but...

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 20....

Editorial cartoons for the week of March 20....

Pittsburgh police responded to an emergency call just before 2:15 p.m. Sunday for a possible human skull found by hunters in a wooded area of the Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood. According to a post on the public safety blotter, detectives were dispatched to the 1200 block of Washington Boulevard for further investigation....

High schools WPIAL Baseball Sunday results Nonsection Belle Vernon 10, Regis 0 Montour 14, Lutheran South, Mo. 3 Monday’s schedule Nonsection Bishop Canevin at Fort Cherry, 4 p.m. Burrell at West Mifflin, 4 p.m. Carlynton at Freedom, 4 p.m. Central Valley at Canon-McMillan, 7 p.m. Chartiers-Houston at Jefferson-Morgan, 4 p.m....

Banking must have been next on the to-do list of the things the Biden administration is planning to destroy. In two years, President Biden and the wrecking crew of crazies, wokesters and career incompetents he has put into his government have screwed up every corner of America. Everything from the...

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,...

Thanks to the efforts of four Boy Scouts, institutions in Bethel Park and Upper St. Clair have received upgrades and new amenities. Projects organized by Troop 4 members Teddy Allison, Cavan Gable, David Lusk and Jack Miller helped them earn the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest achievement attainable in...

Prior to March of 1936, there had been 63 inches of winter snowfall in the upper Allegheny River Valley. Warm weather, coupled with melting snow and two days of torrential rains, resulted in one of the region’s worst natural disasters — the great flood of 1936, commonly known as the...