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High school roundup for Feb. 3, 2023: Upper St. Clair claws past rival Mt. Lebanon
Devin Hall scored a game-high 14 points as Upper St. Clair split the season series and moved into a tie for first place in Section 2-61 with a 37-36 victory over rival Mt. Lebanon on Friday night. The Blue Devils (13-6, 7-1) jumped out to a 10-1 lead after one...
Laurel Highlands torches reeling Belle Vernon
What could have been a rebirth and momentum builder for the Belle Vernon boys basketball team was anything but that Friday night. Laurel Highlands went into the Belle Vernon gymnasium and embarrassed the out-of-sorts Leopards, 78-59, in front of a capacity crowd. The bread and butter of a Joe Salvino-coached...
Springdale boys eke out win over Leechburg
The Springdale boys basketball team kept its playoff chances alive by beating Leechburg in a 43-41 thriller Friday night at Donald G. McGhee Fieldhouse. The Dynamos (9-11, 3-7) completed a season sweep of the Blue Devils (8-11, 3-7). Leechburg led 41-39 with under a minute to play, but a John...
2 teens held for trial in Brighton Heights funeral shootingVideo
Clothing, bullets and shell casings, jackets and shoes, gunshot residue and even underwear were all pieces of evidence cited by the prosecution on Friday as they laid out in detail the evidence Pittsburgh police gathered against two teens accused of shooting five people outside a Brighton Heights funeral in October....
Gary Franks: Our 21st-century Klansmen no longer have sheets and hoods
Maybe I have been too exposed to the Ku Klux Klan and their sympathizers over the years — whether they were dressed in white robes or now wearing Brooks Brothers suits. I have had classic KKK experiences. As a youngster I was a victim of the KKK when they burned...
An NBA player prop and road underdog: Best Bets for Feb. 3, 2023
by ZACH EWING | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
‘Skinamarink’: Inside the ‘polarizing’ $15,000 horror movie that became a viral hit
LOS ANGELES — “Skinamarink,” the runaway success story of the moment, is at once the stuff of literal nightmares and every indie filmmaker’s dream: a $15,000 chiller that’s earned $1.8 million in theaters in a matter of weeks. And, love it or hate it, polarizing reactions have made writer-director Kyle...
Vision loss, 1 death possibly linked to brand of artificial tears, CDC investigation shows
ATLANTA — The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a multistate cluster of bacterial infections linked to a brand of over-the-counter eyedrops. One person has died and at least three people have suffered permanent vision loss after using preservative-free EzriCare Artificial Tears, the CDC announced in a...
Former Steelers running back Sidney Thornton dies at 68
Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Sidney Thornton, who won two Super Bowls with the team, has died. The franchise announced the death of Thornton, 68, earlier this week. The Steelers selected Thornton in the second round (48th overall) of the 1977 NFL Draft out of Northwestern State University in Louisiana....
Move to rename Brackenridge street after police chief could take time
The Brackenridge street where police Chief Justin McIntire lived his life — and met his death — may soon bear his name. On Thursday, exactly one month after McIntire was shot and killed on duty, borough council authorized Solicitor Craig Alexander to draw up an ordinance renaming Third Avenue in...
Frontier Airlines, which flies out of 3 Pa. cities, cuts price on unlimited summer pass
It is still chilly outside and summer is still a few months away, but no doubt there are plenty of folks in Pennsylvania already dreaming of taking that summer vacation. But, heck, why not go ahead and make that plural? Vacations. If that sounds dreamy, Frontier Airlines might have a...
Letter to the editor: Why doesn’t PennDOT keep roads clean?
Which PennDOT division is responsible for keeping our highways free of litter, trash and animal carcasses? Whoever they are, they’ve either retired, been fired, quit, moved or died. Route 28 north of Pittsburgh looks like a dump, both north and southbound lanes. It’s embarrassing! I guess all of the PennDOT...
Fellowship: Weekly listings of Sewickley area churches, places of worship
Beth Samuel Jewish Center Shabbat Morning Services are held every Saturday at 10 a.m. in person and on Zoom. Beth Samuel Jewish Center is at 810 Kennedy Drive in Ambridge. For more information, visit bethsamuel.org. Christ Church at Grove Farm Sunday services are at 9 a.m. (traditional) and 11:15 a.m. (modern)....
Letter to the editor: WCCC’s ‘equity’ isn’t ‘equality’
Isn’t this special. Westmoreland County Community College has created a “Center for Equity, Inclusion and Belonging,” according to a glowing newspaper report (“Westmoreland County Community College opens Center for Equity, Inclusion, Belonging,” Jan. 27, TribLIVE). Lots to unpack here, but let’s pick one nit: equity. “Equity” is not “equality.” Equality...
The Stroller, Feb. 3, 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. Adult prom event planned Feb. 11 in Brackenridge A King and...
Laurels & lances: Vaping, heating and smiling
Laurel: To adding new tools. As the song says, “Everybody knows that smokin’ ain’t allowed in school.” That historically has been about cigarettes but has branched out to the modern version — vaping. It is illegal to sell any tobacco products, including vaping products, to those under 21 in Pennsylvania....
Letter to the editor: Voting encouraged in Feb. 7 special election
If there is one thing we know at AARP, it’s that Pennsylvanians 50-plus vote. That’s why we want to ensure that people age 50-plus and their families know about the quick-approaching elections in Allegheny County. Although the first opportunity to vote in the 2023 election cycle was anticipated to be...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 2, 2023
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Thursday’s results Class 4A Section 2 North Catholic 66, Central Valley 47 Class A Section 3 Neighborhood Academy 50, Hillel Academy 18 Friday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 New Castle at Central Catholic, 7:30 p.m. North Allegheny at Butler, 7:30 p.m. Seneca Valley at...
‘Solar Express’ helps kick off Catholic Schools Week at Providence Alpha School in McCandless
All aboard Providence Heights Alpha School secretary Leslie Beck, left, and Principal Peggy Ruefle, right, give people their ‘tickets’ for the Alpha Scholar Express, a student showcase, held at the school on Babcock Boulevard in McCandless on Jan. 29 to help to kick off Catholic Schools week. A spaghetti dinner...
High school roundup for Feb. 2, 2023: Kaley Rohanna hits 1,000 points in key Waynesburg win
Kaley Rohanna scored 20 points, including the 1,000th of her career on a free throw with 1.3 seconds left, to lead Waynesburg to a 48-40 victory over Yough in a key Section 4-3A matchup Thursday night. Peyton Cowell had 11 and Josie Horne added 10 for the Raiders (17-2, 7-1),...
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby to team up with Alexander Ovechkin at All-Star Skills event
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby will team up with longtime rival Alexander Ovechkin in the breakaway competition in the NHL’s All-Star Skills event Friday. Participants for all the competitions were announced Thursday by the league. The breakaway competition will be staged at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Fla., and also...
How anxiety came to dominate the big business of medical marijuana cards in Pa.
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. When Lehigh Valley doctor Charles Harris started approving patients for medical marijuana a few years ago, most of them were dealing...
K-9 Officer Falco visits O’Hara Elementary
Third-grade students at O’Hara Elementary School got a chance to meet Fox Chapel K-9 Officer Falco and his handler, Fox Chapel Police Officer Rob Katich, on Feb. 1. The visit helped illustrate a reading lesson about training, duties, and partnerships between police dogs and their officers. Falco is a 10...
New state Rep. Arvind Venkat of McCandless hosts opening of district office
Newly elected Rep. Arvind Venkat, D-McCandless, opened his new district office in McCandless on Jan. 29....
Shapiro administration orders 2,300 state employees to return to the office
Gov. Josh Shapiro is ordering many state employees to return to the office. Here are the details: What’s new: About 2,300 state government employees, many of whom had been working a hybrid schedule allowing them to work remotely, will now be reporting to the office at least three days a...
