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Handicapping the 14 new Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees
Oh, to be in the room where it happens. The nominating room for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Those debates must be fiery. Should we recognize hard rockers Iron Maiden and Rage Against the Machine again and again? Is Willie Nelson really rock ‘n’ roll? We need more...
Why the Pa. Game Commission voted to keep opening day for firearms deer season in place
The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Board of Commissioners have given preliminary approval to the 2023-24 hunting seasons and dates, including a firearms deer season that opens on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The board took the action at its meeting last week. While some hunters had been urging the agency to return...
Peter Morici: WTO no longer serves U.S. foreign-policy interests
The World Trade Organization no longer serves U.S. foreign policy interests. The U.S. and its allies established the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to limit tariffs and quantitative restrictions and to promote trade in goods. Rechristened the WTO in 1995, agreements were added to cover trade in services and...
Memorable LeBron James moments as he closes in on NBA record
As LeBron James closes in on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and is about to become the NBA’s career scoring leader the journey has included several memorable moments. And there have been many. Many. Through 20 seasons and four NBA championships, the list of James’ unforgettable nights is immeasurably long. But here are...
Penn State’s tight end picture has changed: The 2022 top 3 are now a 2023 big 2
Penn State’s tight ends were in the middle of everything that went right for the Nittany Lions’ offense in 2022. PSU’s top three at the position possessed the size and skill to be factors as blockers and receivers. The offense averaged 433.6 yards per game and scored just under 36...
Letter to the editor: Should we believe Clinton, Bush on documents?
According to news reports, former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush say they have no classified documents. Really? Does anyone believe them, given their history of veracity? I.e., Monica Lewinsky and Iraq WMDs. Gerald Schiller Penn Hills...
Osborne Elementary students host Polar Ball dance
On Jan. 19, Osborne Elementary School hosted a school dance dubbed The Polar Ball to support the local Union Aid Society. The students raised $3,945 by selling tickets to the dance, and they also sold raffle tickets for a chance to win themed baskets that were donated by the parents....
Letter to the editor: Republicans not nihilists
Columnist Joseph Sabino Mistick claimed there are now nihilists in the House Republican Party (“Kevin McCarthy and the GOP nihilists” Jan. 14, TribLIVE). He was referring to the 20 House members who “wrecked McCarthy’s plans to smoothly assume” speaker of the House. Nihilists, as most know, are people with no...
Editorial: Does Pennsylvania have a real-life ‘Groundhog Day’ problem?
In “Groundhog Day,” the 1993 Bill Murray movie, the holiday centered around a prognosticating Punxsutawney Phil is not the point. They are just the kick-off for the story about a weatherman trapped in the same 24 hours with the same events happening over and over again. There was never an...
The Stroller, Feb. 2, 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. Highlands HS to present annual cabaret concert Saturday The 11th annual...
Letter to the editor: Hoping The River stays in New Kensington
On the corner of Freeport Road and Elizabeth Street in New Kensington stands an architectural beauty, commonly known as the Old Nurse’s Residence. Circa 1923 red bricks are punctuated by a row of stately arches I’ve admired since I was a kid. For years, the vacant property was maintained, never...
Shady Side Academy in Fox Chapel staging ‘Chicago: Teen Edition’
In the mood for some “Razzle Dazzle”? Shady Side Academy is presenting “Chicago: Teen Edition” at the Senior School on Feb. 17-19, that features show-stoppers like “All that Jazz” and “Cell Block Tango.” Set in Roaring Twenties Chicago, the musical centers on chorine Roxie Hart, played by senior Sloane Simon...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 1, 2023
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results Class 5A Section 3 Kiski Area 66, Franklin Regional 49 Class A Section 3 Aquinas Academy 64, Hillel Academy 34 Nonsection Aliquippa 49, Obama Academy 43 California 57, Carrick 47 Moniteau 61, Laurel 42 Riverview 73, Apollo-Ridge 51 West Greene 68, Waynesburg 37...
High school roundup for Feb. 1, 2023: Hempfield pulls pair of upsets in WPIAL team wrestling
Hempfield busted the WPIAL Class 3A team wrestling tournament bracket Wednesday night, knocking off sixth-seeded Trinity and third-seeded Butler en route to a berth in Saturday’s semifinals. The Spartans, who went 6-4 in dual meets in the regular season, will take on second-seeded Canon-McMillan at 10 a.m. Saturday at Peters...
Judges temporarily block probe of U.S. Rep. Scott Perry’s cell phone data
A federal appeals court panel has put a secret hold, for now, on the U.S. Department of Justice’s effort to access U.S. Rep. Scott Perry’s cell phone as part of a broader probe of efforts by former President Donald J. Trump and his allies to subvert the 2020 election. The...
Beyoncé announces Renaissance world tour
Beyhive, this is not a drill. Beyoncé on Wednesday announced her forthcoming Renaissance world tour and posted the concert dates on her website. The singer will travel across Europe, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States, with the tour kicking off May 10 in Stockholm and concluding Sept. 27...
WPIAL, City League Class of 2023 college football commitments
A look at where Western Pennsylvania senior football players signed to play at the Division I and II levels during the early-signing period in December and Wednesday. Division I FBS Name, school, pos., college Chase Arrington, North Catholic, DB, Eastern Michigan Cruce Brookins, Steel Valley, DB, Pitt* Kameron Cheatom, Brashear,...
Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa clears concussion protocolVideo
MIAMI — Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has been cleared from the NFL’s concussion protocol, a league source confirmed to the Miami Herald, over a month after being diagnosed with his second concussion in the 2022 season. Tagovailoa had been in the protocol since Dec. 26 and missed Miami’s final three...
Why a Pa. school district decided to arm its officers with semiautomatic rifles
This story first appeared in Talk of the Town, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA’s State College regional bureau featuring the most important news and happenings in north-central Pennsylvania. Sign up for free here. ALTOONA — At least two school districts in Pennsylvania now allow their police officers to store...
Movie review: M. Night Shyamalan brings signature touch, good and bad, to ‘Knock at the Cabin’Video
It seems that M. Night Shyamalan has the end of days on his mind. A couple of years ago, he pondered the quandary of aging in “Old,” based on the graphic novel “Sandcastle,” by Pierre Oscar Levy and Frederik Peeters. In his latest film, he turns toward the apocalypse, or...
4-star 2023 OT Chimdy Onoh commits to Penn State
On Dec. 15, a week before the early signing period, Chimdy Onoh took a risk. Onoh, for a while an under-the-radar recruit in the 2023 cycle, was verbally committed to Old Dominion since September. But as the signing period drew closer, Onoh’s stock rose as the offensive tackle was bumped...
Pa. takes over troubled mortgage relief program from contractor after complaints, backlogs
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. HARRISBURG — In an abrupt change, Pennsylvania’s struggling mortgage relief program will no longer work with the private company originally hired...
North Allegheny board to meet in special session about controversial Auditor General report
The North Allegheny School Board has scheduled a special meeting Feb. 8 to discuss a state audit that criticized the school district for raising taxes even though the district had millions in cash on hand. The meeting will be 7 p.m. in the Central Administrative Office’s Board Room. At issue...
Westmoreland happenings: Spaghetti dinner benefit, bingos, museum trip, more
Submissions from nonprofit organizations for Briefly Speaking can be emailed to Carol Pinto-Smith at cpinto-smith@triblive.com or mailed to Briefly Speaking, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084. Include a complete address and daytime phone number. Submissions are due at least two weeks before the event. Each announcement is printed once; there...
Griner return, free agency could spark charter flight change
Brittney Griner’s return to the WNBA this summer after being traded in a dramatic prisoner swap in December with Russia has collided with free agency, creating potential travel complications for the league out of safety concerns for her. If Griner, who is a free agent but has said she’ll return...
