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Sarah Corrie likes to think of herself as small but mighty. At 5-foot-4 and with the ability to bench press more than 200 pounds, the senior isn’t likely to get many arguments over that assertion. Yet there were some coaches and a few fellow track and field athletes through the...

Millions of people in the United States have died due to not being able to afford needed medications. The “pill bill” passed last year by Congress does nothing to stop most of these deaths. Oh yes, it helps lower insulin prices, but only for people on government programs, Medicare and...

One person was wounded in a shooting in Aliquippa late Saturday, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. The shooting occurred about 10:30 p.m. on Irwin Street, Beaver County emergency dispatchers said. The victim was flown to the hospital. Additional details were not available early Sunday....

Aleppo Edward Aiken Jr. sold property at 146 McCoy Place Road to Jordan Case for $291,030. David O’Connell sold property at 305 Trailside Drive to Neil and Sherry Traurig for $239,500. Franklin Park Kathleen Hale sold property at 2573A Grouse Rdg to Gary Gaddy and Sandra Herring for $326,000. Allan...

Blawnox Omolara Shodipo sold property at 24 Riverside Ct to Holdings Limited LLC for $45,000. Harmar David Black sold property at 132 Rivermont Ct to Keith Lantz for $120,000. Indiana Catherine Parham sold property at 2203 Middle Road to Sean and Bonnie Austin for $250,000. Syed Ali Akbar sold property...

I am writing on behalf of Pennsylvania casino workers who are working in secondhand smoke on a daily basis . I lost my mother in 2015 due to COPD. I am also pushing this cause in her honor to save others from this terrible lung condition. Casino workers love their...

Arnold Councilman George Hawdon aims to encourage and reward volunteer firefighters through a tax relief proposal that could include neighboring communities. Hawdon said he plans to put forth a proposal in April that would give people volunteering as Arnold firefighters a tax credit of either 100% of the city real...

“It’s the best three weeks in basketball, Pennsylvania,” Gov. Josh Shapiro tweeted. It seems like just about everyone has caught the rabid athletic bug that sweeps across the country every year as winter turns to spring. Welcome to the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament. The brackets come out with people...

Bellevue Denise Estep sold property at 33 Greenough Ave. to Isolution Space LLC for $65,000. Adam Charles Blind sold property at 49-51 S Balph Ave. to Roman Empire Holdings LLC for $335,000. Bradford Woods Tulika Ranjan sold property at 100 Burry Road to Claye and Nichol Greene for $1,170,000. Franklin...

One reads with interest the column “The problem with the word woke” (March 10, TribLIVE). Lori Falce decries how a word supposedly “meant to be about opening eyes turned into a club.” Such linguistic weaponization, however, might be implicit in the term “woke” itself. Merriam-Webster defines “woke” as “aware of...

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. ‘Godspell’ to be performed by St. Joseph High School St. Joseph...

State Rep. Brian Smith, R-Punxsutawney, and Sen. Lisa Boscola, D-Bethlehem, have both announced plans to introduce legislation to move the opening day of Pennsylvania’s rifle deer season back to its traditional Monday after Thanksgiving. These legislators and others have recognized through considerable constituent contacts from hunters and businesses that moving...

The CEO of Devon Energy (DVN), Richard Muncrief, made two purchases of his own company’s stock in February. That’s intriguing, because the price of oil and natural gas have been falling lately. Shares of Devon, the 18th-largest U.S. energy company by market value, are down more than 18% in the...

Churchill Chad Gales sold property at 2424 Greensburg Pike to Troy Hoster and Troy Prather for $230,000. Peter Cnossen sold property at 3709 Greensburg Pike to Kimberly Williams for $312,000. Edgewood Estate of Rolland Ritts sold property at 324 Dewey Ave. to Jacon Edward Johnson and Margo Helena Lynch for...

High schools WPIAL Baseball Saturday’s results Nonsection Franklin Regional 17, Priory (Mo.) 7 Father Judge 6, Mars 1 Mercyhurst Prep 6, Serra Catholic 4 Moon 7, Deer Lakes 2 Serra Catholic 15, Beth-Center 0 Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Saturday’s results Archbishop Wood 78, Coatesville 64 Roman Catholic...

Alayna Rocco scored 19 points to lead North Catholic to a 60-27 victory over Wyomissing in the PIAA Class 4A girls basketball quarterfinals Saturday. as North Catholic (25-3) beat Wyomissing (28-3) in the PIAA Class 4A quarterfinals at Bald Eagle. Tori Drevna and Dacia Lewandowski added 16 points each for...

Nino Bonaccorsi, a 197-pound Bethel Park graduate, became Pitt’s first NCAA wrestling champion in 15 years Saturday night, and he didn’t have to wait long to receive congratulations from the last Panther to achieve that honor. Bonaccorsi defeated South Dakota State’s Tanner Sloan, 5-3, to become Pitt’s 17th national champion....

Albert Dikwa took care of all the scoring Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC needed Saturday evening. The striker netted his first career hat trick in leading the Hounds to a 3-1 victory over Memphis 901 FC in Memphis, Tenn. Dikwa scored in the fifth, 39th and 71st minutes to tally the 12th...

SHARON – Cathedral Prep shut down the play South Fayette drew up in a timeout with just a few seconds left in the game. Villanova recruit Maddie Webber knew exactly what to do. Webber popped out to the top of the key, took one dribble to set her feet and...

Bridgeville Estate of David Bojanac sold property at 684 Elizabeth St. to Michael Kinslow for $168,000. Daniel Woodall sold property at 1001 Grandview Ave. Unit 703 to Ann Lockhart for $115,000. John Heinrich sold property at 1392 Pennsylvania Ave. to Jeffrey Berry for $225,000. Art Image America LLC sold property...

The Federal Reserve is facing a rather sticky problem. Despite its best efforts over the past year, inflation is stubbornly refusing to head south with any urgency to a target of 2%. Rather, the inflation report released on March 14, 2023, shows consumer prices rose 0.4% in February, meaning the...

Thirteen champions were crowned March 12 at the Pennsylvania girls wrestling state championships at Central Dauphin High School. North Allegheny’s Leyna Rumpler and Canon-McMillan’s Valarie Solorio were among those standing at the top of the awards podium. Rumpler pinned Carlisle’s Katelyn Coldren in 4 minutes, 25 seconds to win the...

More than half — 54% — of all firearm deaths in the United States in 2021 were attributable to suicide, according to February 2023 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Suicide deaths involving firearms — the most common means of suicide in the U.S. — have increased...

I agree with Tom Purcell (“Still time to save us from DST,” March 6, TribLIVE): This back and forth with the time is all wrong. Instead of moving back and forth one hour, just move a half-hour and leave it be. We’re all tired of moving back and forth. William...

‘What-ifs’ regarding legal marijuana and workers I have a few questions and thoughts for all those people who want to make marijuana legal. Has anyone mentioned anything about those who employ someone on marijuana? What happens to the employer if this employee injures himself or someone else? Do you want...