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Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 24....

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 8-13) beat Memphis (Cardinals), 6-4. C Grant Koch (.308) hit a two-run homer. DH Miguel Andujar (.286) was 2 for 4 with two RBIs and now has 13 RBIs for the season. SS Josh Bissonette (.265), who was 3 for 4, and 3B Ryan Vilade (.321) also each...

This week, the trial begins for the man accused of shooting and killing 11 people at my Pittsburgh synagogue 4½ years ago. Reports say he was motivated by antisemitism, white supremacist ideology and hatred for immigrants, but what made the attack deadly was the guns. On April 13 of this...

High schools WPIAL Baseball Sunday’s results Ligonier Valley 15, Johnstown 0 Richland 4, Ligonier Valley 1 Monday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Butler at Allderdice, 7 p.m. North Allegheny at Seneca Valley, 4 p.m. Section 2 Canon-McMillan at Baldwin, 4 p.m. Mt. Lebanon at Hempfield, 4:15 p.m. Norwin at Central...

WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that the House will pass his $1.5 trillion debt ceiling increase plan this week, but he dodged when asked if he has already secured the 218 Republican votes he needs. “We will hold a vote this week and we will pass it,” McCarthy said...

WASHINGTON — The nine Supreme Court justices in total are worth at least $24 million. Or it might be closer to $68 million. It’s impossible to get more specific than that. That’s because federal ethics laws require justices to disclose only those assets that might pose a conflict of interest....

A cat was rescued from a Jeannette house fire Saturday night that caused significant damage, according to Fire Chief Bill Frye. Residents of the Lafferty Street home were able to escape uninjured just before 8 p.m. after they were alerted to the blaze by neighbors. Flames were seen in the...

Ligonier Valley’s baseball team split a pair of games Sunday. Duncan Foust tossed a one-hitter with seven strikeouts and also was 3 for 4 with two doubles and five RBIs as the Rams beat Johnstown, 15-0, in four innings. Broderick Schreyer was 2 for 2 with a double and three...

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,...

Stories of a car crash that occurred 55 years ago still haunt many drivers who use the Tarentum Bridge. For those who were not alive at the time, the story has become somewhat of an urban legend. The crash occurred on the morning of Nov. 20, 1968. The story dominated...

I teach in a district that supports culturally affirming practices, which made it all the more surprising when I was asked to remove the word “identity” from a unit title in a ninth grade course. Even though I was not asked to change the curriculum, I could no longer call...

April 23-29 is National Library Week! But maybe you haven’t been to the local library in a while. Quite a while. Your library card expired, say, a couple of decades ago. Maybe you remember having to pay for a card back then. Maybe you’re not “into” books that much. Maybe...

No incumbent Westmoreland County commissioners deserve your vote. They are the ones who sent millions of dollars back to the federal government because they could not find the time to figure out how to award the money — money that was needed by small businesses and the needy. No incumbent...

My first Hempfield School Board meeting concerned the policy for challenging school library books. Points from both sides were presented, along with those of a sexual abuse survivor who identified being “triggered” by scenes described in a book. As a licensed counselor and survivor of sexual assault myself, I am...

Aspinwall Estate of Ronald Chatham sold property at 315 Western Ave. to Adam and Allyson Caputo for $395,000. Harmar Samuel Dobson sold property at 243 Herron Ave. to Samuel Dobson and Lynda Cimino for $25,905. Charles Lightner sold property at 145 Shadow Ridge Drive to Caitlin Kelley for $470,000. Indiana...

Baldwin Borough Thomas Wojtowicz sold property at 714 Baldwin Drive to Alex Nutter and Rachel Alexander for $220,000. Keilan Walls Jr. sold property at 38 Somerset St. to Keilan Walls Jr. and Chyna Walker for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $51,889). Jesse Wyland sold property at...

Regarding Natalie Frydryck’s op-ed “Young Methodists concerned about disaffiliation, too” (April 9, TribLIVE): I’m a member of a former United Methodist church that chose to disaffiliate. I’ve heard and read opinions about the disaffiliation and have not heard one that told the entire truth. Our church chose to join the...

On Monday, the trial of Robert Bowers will begin with jury selection. The 12 people in the jury box — and the alternates who will back them up — will comprise the backbone of one of the most important trials Pittsburgh may ever see. It will decide whether Bowers is...

Bellevue Carol Nabors sold property at 610 Forest Ave. to Kathleen Beatty for $55,000. New Homestead Development Co. sold property at 102 S Fremont Ave. to Rostyslav Hrystak for $13,000. McCandless Estate of Carol Beatty sold property at 1181 Bingay Drive to Lee Bennett and Katherine Marcinko for $290,000. Thomas...

Chalfant Estate of James Minnaji sold property at 1115 Electric Ave. to Gregory and Lucille Dinardo for $1,500. Churchill Joel Carrick sold property at 116 Merrie Woode Drive to Daniel and Tracy Ann Marsh for $249,000. Edgewood Joanna Camarda Webb sold property at 430 W Swissvale Ave. to Giancarlo Scuderi...

Bridgeville A & H Equipment Co. Inc. sold property at 1124 McLaughlin Run Road to GLM Real Estate LLC for $830,000. Carnegie St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church sold property at Third St. to David and Patricia Klug for $25,000. Collier 76 Development LLC sold property at 304 Champions Way to...

Bethel Park Estate of John Reibold sold property at 5817 Glen Brook Drive to Todd Andrew Pistorius for $275,000. Estate of Michael Krisfalusi sold property at 129 Grand Ridge Road to Brian David and Christina Kathryn Murtaugh for $419,000. Thomas Marecic sold property at 2007 Grandview Farms Ct to Brandon...

I’m not opposed to gun ownership, but like an overwhelming majority of Americans I support commonsense gun legislation. Neither the Christian Bible nor the U.S. Constitution forbids reasonable limits on gun ownership. Based on this, I am intrigued by politicians and recent letter-writers who proclaim that unbridled gun ownership is...

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. Children welcome at free fishing derby Concordia Lutheran Ministries in Jefferson...

William Difenderfer still remembers the day. It was a Friday. April 28, 2000. A Mt. Lebanon man went on a killing spree, fatally shooting five people from Western Pennsylvania because of their race and religion. Difenderfer, a well-known criminal defense attorney, lived in Mt. Lebanon. His children attended schools there....