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High school roundup for Sept. 19, 2023: Nothing settled when unbeaten North Allegheny, Seneca Valley meet
North Allegheny and Seneca Valley came into Tuesday night’s Section 1 showdown as the only undefeated teams in WPIAL Class 4A boys soccer. They left the same way. Arnav Patel scored for North Allegheny and Tyler Prex buried the equalizer for Seneca Valley as the teams played to a 1-1...
Coraopolis woman gets 3 to 6 years in prison for DUI crash that killed pedestrianVideo
Jeremia Scales always wanted to be the first, texting or calling his family at the stroke of midnight to wish them a happy birthday or happy Mother’s Day. The 25-year-old from West Mifflin loved music. He could play piano, drums, trumpet, harmonica and guitar, and served as assistant director of...
Column: Duane Bock thought he would have the summer off. Now the caddie is going to the Ryder CupVideo
Duane Bock finally gets a chance to caddie in the Ryder Cup, and to have told him that at the start of the year would have meant only one thing. “That Kevin Kisner had a great year,” Bock said Monday as he unpacked from a quick trip to Europe to...
Elwood Watson: The puppet of the House
Get your popcorn ready, because a gut-wrenching level of drama has gripped the House of Representatives! To quote Democratic minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, “The Republican Party is currently in a civil war.” Last week, Speaker Kevin McCarthy slid over to a lectern and called for an impeachment inquiry into President...
White supremacist who posted threats during synagogue trial pleads guilty in federal court
A self-proclaimed white supremacist accused of targeting witnesses, jurors and law enforcement during the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in West Virginia. Hardy Lloyd, 47, of Follansbee, W.Va., was initially charged with obstruction of justice, transmitting threats over interstate and foreign commerce and witness tampering...
Leetsdale cleanup efforts help families
About a dozen people recently volunteered to do some light landscaping at various Leetsdale properties earlier this month. Borough and Allegheny County council members participated, as well as other residents and a road crew member. They did some landscaping for seniors and low-income properties as part of a new cleanup...
Letter to the editor: Pittsburgh should be celebrating life
Oh, Pittsburgh City Council! The city authorities who allow our bridges to decay and fall down while protecting cats from declawing is at it again. First, you encourage the shedding of the blood of innocents in the womb, proclaiming Pittsburgh to be a sanctuary for abortion. Now, you welcome the...
Student achievements in Pine, Richland for the week of Sept. 19, 2023
Brett Leeper is enrolled at Lehigh University as an undergraduate student. Hunter Baxter and Monica Ewansik graduated from Thiel College with a master of science in physician assistant studies. Ryan Zabielski, Jacob Spencer, and Juliana MacDonald made the president’s list at Southern New Hampshire University for the summer 2023 semester....
Letter to the editor: Why we walk to ‘End Alzheimer’s’
The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Join us for the Pittsburgh Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Oct. 14 at Highmark Stadium as we come together as a community to fight the disease, honor...
Editorial: New Shuman Center plans don’t mean Allegheny County responsibility is over
In August 2021, the Shuman Juvenile Detention Center in Allegheny County closed its doors. It wasn’t just that the county decided to get out of the business of detaining young people who are accused or adjudicated of crimes. The closure was not the county’s idea. It came after the Pennsylvania...
The Stroller, Sept. 19, 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. Adventures with Wine dinner to benefit Peoples Library The Peoples Library...
Letter to the editor: Funding our public schools
There are three bills dealing with public school funding that the Pennsylvania Senate must address. Contact Sen. Kim Ward to let her know you support House Bill 1422, the cyber charter reform bill. In 2021-22, these schools pulled $1 billion away from our public school districts. Almost one-half of that...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 18, 2023
High schools WPIAL Field hockey Monday’s results Section 3A Pine-Richland 6, Mt. Lebanon 0 North Allegheny 11, Allderdice 0 Peters Township 4, Norwin 0 Nonsection Fox Chapel at Hempfield, (n) Tuesday’s schedule Section 2A Fox Chapel at Penn-Trafford, 7:30 p.m. Upper St. Clair at Oakland Catholic, 7 p.,. Section 1A...
High school roundup for Sept. 18, 2023: Peters Township gets past Upper St. Clair in battle of girls soccer unbeatens
Julia Spergel scored early in the first half and Peters Township (7-0-1, 5-0-1) made it stand up in a 1-0 victory over Upper St. Clair (7-1, 5-1) in a matchup of unbeaten teams in Section 2-4A girls soccer Monday night. Cam Klein assisted on the winning goal, which was the...
John Dorfman: Short-selling contestants clean up betting on losses
In 20 years of running the annual Short Sellers Don’t Have Horns short-selling contest, I’ve never had a winner request anonymity. Until now. The winner, whom I will call Sam, is a 22-year-old stock analyst who recently earned a master’s degree in finance from a college in the Boston area....
5 former Pennsylvania governors call for open primaries; ‘it’s the right thing and smart thing to do’
Pennsylvania’s five former governors are calling for the state to end its generations-old practice of limiting participation in primary elections to Republicans and Democrats. In a letter, Govs. Tom Ridge, Mark Schweiker, Ed Rendell, Tom Corbett and Tom Wolf call for having Pennsylvania join the 43 other states that allow...
Pa. Lottery’s big winners would get to choose if they want to remain anonymous
Pennsylvania Lottery players could choose to remain anonymous after cashing in a winning ticket that carries a prize of at least $100,000 under legislation that passed the state Senate on Monday. The chamber voted 45-0 to send a bill to the House of Representatives that would limit the required information...
Attorneys for suspect in Uber slaying try to block use of dashcam footage, statement in court
Attorneys for the Pitcairn man accused of killing an Uber driver nearly two years ago are asking the court to suppress video evidence from a camera inside the car that captured the moments leading up to the woman’s death. Calvin Crew, 24, could face the death penalty if convicted of...
‘El Chapo’ son pleads not guilty to federal narcotics charges under tight security in Chicago
A son of Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman pleaded not guilty to sweeping narcotics trafficking charges Monday during a brief hearing under tight security in Chicago’s federal courthouse. Dressed in an orange jail jumpsuit and shackled at the ankles, Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 33, listened to the proceedings through a Spanish interpreter,...
Commentary: How are Russians overall reacting to the war in Ukraine? With indifference.
“The special military operation in Ukraine unified Russian society. An absolute majority of Russians support the special military operation.” In September, this war propaganda trope will become a part of the official school curriculum in Russia. It will be among many other lies about the war in Ukraine that will...
Allegheny County grand jury investigating Haunted Hills Hayride, Airbnb shootings
An Allegheny County grand jury is hearing evidence in at least two high-profile cases involving deadly shootings that both happened more than a year ago but police have yet to file charges, sources familiar with the proceedings said. The panel, which sits at the District Attorney’s Office in the Dormont...
Bell Acres man gets 1 year, 1 day in federal prison for $15M tax fraud
A federal judge called Joseph Nocito’s crime “almost inexplicable.” Nocito grew from humble beginnings to become a wealthy businessman who supported a variety of charitable causes, from the Catholic Church and youth organizations to his alma mater. The Bell Acres man was known to help his employees in times of...
Erwin Chemerinsky: When is it wrong to urge social media platforms to take down false information?
A recent decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit puts in jeopardy one of the few tools that exist to deal with false speech on the internet. The court ruled that the White House, the FBI, the surgeon general’s office and the...
Norwin grad Declan O’Brien thriving in 3rd season as receiver at Allegheny
When Braden Layer was serving as offensive coordinator for the Allegheny football team, he had speedy wide receiver Alex Victor at his disposal. He was a player who, in Layer’s words, “made my life a lot easier.” The numbers bear it out. Victor graduated in 2020 as the Gators’ all-time...
Greensburg Central Catholic’s Sasha Hoffman excels on, off tennis court
Alexandra “Sasha” Hoffman got into tennis later than most who pick up the sport. The junior at Greensburg Central Catholic only began playing tennis four years ago, while many of her opponents picked up a racquet in elementary school. But one can hardly tell she’s a relative beginner because of...
