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Letter to the editor: World AIDS Day
Everyone around the world deserves to lead a life of dignity and opportunity. That’s why we mark World AIDS Day today. I urge Sen. Pat Toomey to ensure the U.S. can maintain its historic leadership in the global fight against AIDS by reauthorizing one of the most effective tools in...
Editorial: Corrections officers are key to a successful jail
The most important part of a corrections operation is not the bars. A jail is not a cage. It isn’t a place where people are chucked in and the door is locked behind them like some medieval dungeon. At least, it’s not supposed to be. No, the word “corrections” implies...
The Stroller, Dec. 1, 2022: 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. Events set to kickoff holiday season There are many holiday happenings...
Letter to the editor: What will Republicans do?
Accepting that Republicans have gained control of the U.S. House, I was anxious to hear their plans for dealing with inflation and crime, these being the primary issues raised during their campaigns. I was especially eager to learn of their ideas for ways of battling worldwide inflation. How capturing just...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 30, 2022
High schools Bowling WPIBL Wednesday’s results Boys Freeport 7, Riverview 0 Top series: Dylan Granata, Colin Cummings (F) 556; Noah Prosky (R) 329 St. Joseph 7, Apollo-Ridge 0 Top series: Aidan Dehnert (SJ) 596; Jordan Abell (AR) 592 Shaler 4, North Allegheny 3 Carlynton 7, Bishop Canevin 0 Blackhawk 7,...
Belle Vernon’s Viva Kreis takes home national High School Heisman honors
In 1994, the Heisman High School Scholarship was created to extend the Heisman Trophy’s prestige from college football to the nation’s most esteemed high school seniors. Now, Westmoreland County is home to one of the winners. Belle Vernon senior Viva Kreis is the female recipient of the 2022 Heisman High...
Mark Cuban’s prescription drug company in talks with hospitals to fill drug shortages
Mark Cuban’s prescription drug company, known for “cutting out the middle man,” is in conversations with hospitals around the nation to identify the most common drug shortages. The goal is to fill the gap by targeting production at its new manufacturing facility in Dallas toward cranking out the most needed...
Falcons QB Marcus Mariota remains upbeat heading into Steelers gameVideo
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Falcons quarterback Marcus Mariota credited teammates for giving him a chance to win Sunday’s game against Washington, and the Commanders for making a play that resulted in the 19-13 defeat. “That’s the NFL,” he said. Trailing by six and facing a second-and-goal at the 4-yard line,...
Penn State CB Joey Porter Jr. declares for the NFL Draft, will not play in bowl game
Penn State cornerback and North Allegheny graduate Joey Porter Jr. declared for the 2023 NFL Draft on Wednesday and announced he will not play in the team’s bowl game. “I sincerely appreciate my teammates, coaches, family and every member of the Penn State community who have made the last four...
Media layoffs mount as CNN announces it will make cuts this week
CNN employees are in for a rough week as the news network’s chief, Chris Licht, told staff to prepare for a round of layoffs. The cuts have been anticipated as CNN parent Warner Bros. Discovery is looking for cost reductions across the company as it tries to bring down debt....
Robert Morris football coach Bernard Clark Jr. to be inducted into Orange Bowl HOF
Robert Morris football coach Bernard Clark Jr. is headed to the Orange Bowl. The former Miami linebacker who was named MVP of the 1988 Orange Bowl will be recognized for his accomplishments when he is inducted into the Orange Bowl Hall of Fame. Clark joins Dewey Selmon (Oklahoma) and Grant...
Cooper-Siegel, Sharpsburg libraries conduct needs survey of Fox Chapel Area communities
Cooper-Siegel Community Library in Fox Chapel and the Sharpsburg Community Library in Sharpsburg are conducting a survey of residents in and around the Fox Chapel Area School District to better understand the changing needs of the community and ensure that the libraries are investing their resources to maximize the benefits...
Time to play The Birdie’s favorite game show: Leopardy!
The Birdie Last week: 1-0 (100%) Season: 106-28 (79.1%) This … is … Leopardy. The Birdie is a gameshow host this week as he preps for Belle Vernon’s first PIAA playoff game in 27 years. He wants to test your Leopards knowledge on the eve of their matchup with Martinsburg...
Voting begins for Pennsylvania’s 2023 River of the Year
HARRISBURG — The public is invited to again vote online for the 2023 Pennsylvania River of the Year, choosing from among four waterways nominated throughout the state. “Honoring the River of the Year has become one of my favorite annual traditions and I am hopeful that we receive a record...
Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship holds annual student summit
Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship held its Sixth Annual Entrepreneurial Summit on Nov. 11 with the theme “Social Entrepreneur.” Twelve seventh and eighth grade student businesses from five schools throughout the Pittsburgh region participated in the event at Commonwealth Charter Academy in Homestead. The purpose of the event was...
Penn State RB Nick Singleton named Big Ten freshman of the year
Penn State’s vaunted 2022 recruiting class produced another accolade — and it was doled out to one of Pennsylvania’s own. Nick Singleton, the Nittany Lions’ star running back, was named the Big Ten’s Thomson-Randle El Freshman of the Year on Wednesday afternoon. The Governor Mifflin graduate became the fourth Nittany...
Give the gift of experience
Happy Holidays from the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall! As the paper copy of this issue of the Signal Item hits your doorstep or mailbox on Dec. 8, there are 17 days until Christmas. Is your holiday shopping done? Or, like the much-beloved character Ralphie from “A Christmas...
Westmoreland happenings: craft show, wreath and live greens sale, breakfast with Santa
Art • The Greensburg Art Center will sponsor a bus trip Dec. 14 to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Special exhibits will include Sargent and Spain, Vermeer’s Secrets of Venice and Capaccio’s Italian Art. The bus will leave at 5:30 a.m. from the art center, arrive at...
Pa. lawyer pleads guilty to stealing $1 million from his clients
A formerly prominent Chester County attorney has plead guilty to stealing over $1 million from clients, according to a story from The Daily Local News. Thomas Evan Schindler, 62, of Newlin Township admitted in court that he had taken money from clients that he was not entitled to, and had...
Bethel Park woman’s club gives back for holidays
The Ruthfred Acres Woman’s Club in Bethel Park welcomed the holiday season with a spirit of thanksgiving and giving back. Donations of 52 toys for children of veterans associated with Operation Troop Appreciation were collected at the club’s Nov. 8 meeting, during which members also were given the opportunity to...
Pirates A to Z: Examining the team’s 40-man roster
During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z: an alphabetical, player-by-player look at the 40-man roster, from outfielder Miguel Andujar to pitcher Bryse Wilson. This story will be updated daily through the offseason. Miguel Andujar Miguel Andujar is intent on proving that his rookie season wasn’t a...
New Year’s Six scenarios: Breaking down Penn State’s path to Rose, Orange, Cotton Bowl
Going into the final regular-season Saturday of the season, the Citrus Bowl was looking likely for the Nittany Lions. And that would’ve been a fine destination. Then, LSU lost to Texas A&M. The Tigers, ranked No. 5 by the College Football Playoff committee, fell as 10-point favorites to an Aggies...
Jiang Zemin, former president of China, dies at 96
Jiang Zemin, the unlikely former leader who stewarded China through groundbreaking economic reforms and served as a bridge between the country’s strongman era and a more consensus-driven government, has died. He was 96. Chinese state television reported Jiang’s death Wednesday, saying the former leader had died in Shanghai, a city...
NCAA women’s volleyball tournament has plenty of WPIAL connectionsVideo
Taylor Cigna has been here before. Sophia Spiridonakos thought this day never would come. Cigna (Oakland Catholic) and Spiridonakos (Ambridge) will be leading their teams into the NCAA volleyball tournament this weekend, and they will be among a number of western Pennsylvania connections to the tourney. Cigna, a junior libero...
Tilda Swinton reunites with childhood pal Joanna Hogg for ‘Eternal Daughter’Video
As a child, Tilda Swinton always felt like an outsider, an observer of others, sometimes even in her own family. One day at the British boarding school she loathed, she met another girl, Joanna Hogg, who shared a similar worldview. (Another classmate was Diana Spencer, the future princess.) “We were...
