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After missing by two points last year, the Burrell hockey team is ready to take on the playoffs this season. The Bucs go into the first round with a record of 8-5. Contributing to the success this season is senior defenseman Ryan Scheftic. “This year, the team understood that we...

To say Redeemer Lutheran High School faced some challenges in fielding its first girls varsity basketball team might be an understatement. Consider: • The school in Verona — with 36 students in grades nine through 12 — does not have a gymnasium large enough to host varsity basketball games. •...

Sometimes in sports, a team needs a little failure to propel itself forward. That was the case for Latrobe’s hockey team last season and the start of this season. The Wildcats missed the postseason for the first time in 17 years last year. Senior Fletcher Harvey was on that team,...

Regarding the article “DA: Police justified in killing man who ambushed Brackenridge Chief Justin McIntire” (Feb. 24, TribLIVE): When District Attorney Steven Zappala said “there’s too much violence in the community and they are directing it toward the police,” his words were the truth for the dangers a police officer...

Psychic fair 3 Rivers Psychic Fair, with more than 50 vendors, will be held 11 a.m.-5 p.m. March 11 at the Comfort Inn, 699 Rodi Road in Penn Hills. Workshop topics include manifesting, authenticity and telepathy. The fairs offer psychic, intuitive, and medium readings, Reiki healers, energy healers, holistic and...

Sewickley Music Club The Sewickley Music Club presents Carnival of Souls performing 30 years of Celtic Music at 1:30 p.m. March 14 at St. Stephen’s Angelican Church, 405 Fredrick Ave. Carnival of Souls has been performing traditional and original Celtic music in western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and West Virginia for...

Hosanna Gibsonia Kitchen Club Jr. is for anyone 4-11 years old. During each session, students will be hands on creating after school snacks, entrees, pastas, baked goods, and breakfast, along with kitchen safety, table setting, kitchen responsibilities, and basic table etiquette. If you have any questions, contact Emily at emilysafran@gmail.com....

As a former social worker and public interest lawyer, I worked on issues related to access to medical care by the disenfranchised. In the 1970s, I co-wrote a 100-page report about inhumane conditions at Kane Hospital. It resulted in two Senate Committee on Aging hearings. I helped form a citizens...

When it comes to the environment, things can be a lot like the Reagan era saying about nuclear disarmament: trust but verify. Or sometimes distrust and verify. You cannot always see the particles in the air that make taking a breath a danger. You cannot always taste what makes the...

Oakmont Elks fish fry The Oakmont Elks Lenten fish fry runs from 3 to 7 p.m. on Fridays through April 7. Only takeout is available. Featured are jumbo beer- battered cod with Mancini’s rolls, baked cod loins or breaded shrimp dinners, including french fries and coleslaw, for $15. Homemade haluski, macaroni...

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. Ukrainian egg workshop offered in Harrison Faith Lutheran Church, 1500 Broadview...

There are several misconceptions about Social Security. It was never meant to be the sole income of retired workers. It was intended as a supplement to workers’ savings. In most cases, Social Security benefits come not from what the worker paid into the system. Everything they paid in Social Security...

What to believe … President Biden’s recent State of the Union speech, or Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders’ rebuttal speech? Is our country doing amazingly well, as Biden kept repeating, or is the economy hanging by a thread with raging inflation, record debt, an unprecedented crisis on the Mexican border, out-of-control...

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 6....

Editorial cartoons for the week of March 6....

The Kennesaw State men’s basketball team is going to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. Terrell Burden hit a free throw with 0.7 seconds remaining to lift the Owls past Liberty 67-66 on Sunday in front of a school-record announced attendance of 3,805 to win the...

High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs Class 6A Saturday’s schedule Chambersburg (15-11) at Plymouth-Whitemarch (24-4), 4 p.m.; CB East (22-4) vs. Archbishop Wood (16-8) at Archbishop Ryan, 6:30 p.m.; Cenral (16-11) vs. North Penn (18-8) at West Philadelphia, 3 p.m.; Coatesville (18-9) at Scranton (14-11), 5 p.m.; WC Henderson (16-11)...

Donald Trump Jr. is taking flak for calling Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman, D-Pa., “a vegetable” during an address at the Conservative Political Action Conference Friday. Trump Jr., who often manages to out-brash his own father when it comes to taunting political opponents, made his latest slam during a rant about...

Immigration activists are trying to stop an Allentown hospital from forcibly repatriating a desperately ill woman to her Dominican Republic homeland, saying the undocumented mother of two could die if sent away. The 46-year-old woman, identified only as S.C. to protect her privacy, experienced complications from surgery after suffering a...

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” package brings to life activities and moments happening in your backyard. To have a photo considered as a “Scenes from the Valley” candidate, please...

Prior to the 19th century, there was a general state of illiteracy in society, with education confined to the upper classes. Things changed in 1802, when England enacted the Factory Act, which compelled the owners of new factories to provide schools for the children of their workers. In 1840, the...

A day after being acquired in a three-team trade, forward Nick Bonino played the first game of his second stint with the Penguins on Saturday in a 4-1 road loss to the Florida Panthers at FLA Arena in Sunrise, Fla. Primarily deployed as the center of the fourth line between...

Regarding the article “Don Lemon to return to ‘CNN This Morning’ after training” (Feb. 21, TribLIVE), about Lemon’s unfortunate comments about former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and women in general: As a woman in her 70s, I was particularly interested in his statement that “A woman is considered to...