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High school roundup for Oct. 24, 2022: Mars girls need OT to finish Penn-Trafford, get out of 1st round
Top-seeded Mars ran its winning streak to 78 consecutive games with a victory in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A girls soccer playoffs, but it wasn’t easy. Gwen Howell scored the game-winner in the first overtime to lift the Fightin’ Planets to a 1-0 victory over No. 16...
West Mifflin gets past Belle Vernon, earns elusive trip to WPIAL quarterfinals
In what is believed to be a first in program history, West Mifflin is advancing to the WPIAL quarterfinals after holding off a late Belle Vernon push for a 1-0 win in a Class 2A boys soccer first-round match at The Beach at James Weir Stadium. Senior Nick Kosuda’s rocket...
Penn State protests lead to last-minute cancellation of Proud Boys founder’s appearance
Penn State University officials canceled a Monday evening appearance by Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes as protests gained steam outside of the event. “Due to the threat of escalating violence associated with tonight’s event, Penn State University Police determined that it was necessary to cancel the speaking event in the...
Two men on trial in federal court for poisoning dozens of birds
When state Game Commission Officer Byron Gibbs found 25 dead birds near wetlands on a Lawrence County farm in the summer of 2020, he immediately suspected they had been poisoned. Along a trail of yellow corn about 100 yards long, there were 17 Canadian geese — including at least two...
Justice Thomas issues temporary order shielding Sen. Lindsey Graham from testifying in Georgia election case
WASHINGTON — Justice Clarence Thomas issued an order Monday that temporarily shields Sen. Lindsey Graham from testifying about his phone calls to Georgia election officials after President Donald Trump’s narrow loss there in November 2020. Thomas oversees appeals coming from the 11th Circuit Court based in Atlanta. Late last week,...
Defending champs look to continue reigns as WPIAL unveils field hockey playoff pairings
A trio of WPIAL field hockey powerhouses will look to add to their trophy cases when the 2022 playoffs begin Thursday. Three-time defending champion Pine-Richland earned the top seed in Class 3A. Penn-Trafford, the top seed in Class 2A, will be looking for its seventh consecutive WPIAL crown. Shady Side...
Jim Harbaugh: James Franklin ‘ringleader’ in Michigan tunnel flap with Penn StateVideo
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh called Penn State coach James Franklin “the ringleader” of a halftime discord between the teams in the Michigan Stadium tunnel less than a week after Franklin described the tunnel as a “problem.” At least two videos surfaced from the Michigan-Penn State halftime...
John Dorfman: What’s a fun-sized stock? Around $1 billion
A company with a market value of about $1 billion is small enough to grow fast, yet large enough so that it can begin to appeal to institutional investors such as pension funds. I define large-capitalization stocks as those with a market value of $10 billion or more, mid-capitalization stocks...
Everclear’s Art Alexakis reflects on the band’s 30th anniversary ahead of Southern California shows
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Art Alexakis went from being flipped off on the highways of Portland, Oregon, for having California license plates to becoming the frontman of one of the city’s most notable rock bands. After moving from Los Angeles to Portland and disbanding his previous project, Colorfinger, he searched for...
Visit Kauai to tour, taste through one of America’s only working chocolate farms
KAPA’A, Kauai, Hawaii — In a quiet clearing on the lush, tropical fruit and chocolate plantation of Lydgate Farms, we take our first bite of tangy, mucilaginous cacao fruit. The creamy white pulp could have become an epic sour candy flavor had it not been overshadowed two millennia ago by...
North Park Lake in McCandless to be lowered for inspection of dam, wetland barriers
North Park Lake’s water level will be lowered by two feet to allow for an inspection of the dam and wetland barriers located on the upstream end of the lake, the Allegheny County Parks Department has announced. The county will release water from North Park Lake in McCandless using the...
Pa. National Guard soldier from New Castle killed at Fort Indiantown Gap
A service member killed in a Fort Indiantown Gap training accident that injured three others has been publicly identified. Spc. Mackenzie L. Shay, 20 of New Castle, was killed Saturday in an accident that involved multiple service vehicles, according to the Pennsylvania National Guard. The New Castle News reported that...
North Park’s Lake Shore Drive in McCandless to close starting Oct. 31
Lake Shore Drive within North Park in McCandless will be closed to vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic starting at 6 a.m. Monday, Oct. 31 for slope stabilization work, the county Parks Department announced Oct. 24. The closure is expected to end in December. Park visitors will not be able to...
Periodic single-lane closures to start Oct. 31 on River Road in Harrison
The Allegheny County Department of Public Works announced Monday that periodic single-lane closures will begin at 6 a.m. Oct. 31 on River Road in Harrison. The restrictions, which are expected to end in November, will take place from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays between Mile Lock Lane and Federal...
Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Franklin Regional’s Gary Zhang
The boys soccer team at Franklin Regional has undergone some big changes since last season. First, the Panthers lost one of the biggest contributors in program history in Anthony DiFalco, who graduated with more than 100 goals in his soccer career. Senior Gary Zhang, who played with DiFalco last season,...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Springdale’s Bret Overly
Springdale soccer has had a lot of success in the past three years, making it to the WPIAL quarterfinals last year and the semifinals in 2019 and 2020. This year, senior Bret Overly is determined to help the team go further. “The past three years, we’ve lost to the same...
Norwin grad Caleb Yuricha’s goal-scoring ability helps make UPG men’s soccer a contenderVideo
Caleb Yuricha isn’t going to lie. He loves scoring goals. And why not? He has proven to be good at it in club soccer and at Norwin. Now, he is showing his goal-scoring prowess at the college level. Through Pitt-Greensburg’s 3-0 win over Pitt-Bradford on Saturday — it raised the...
Plum grad Gina Proviano excited for future of LIU women’s soccer teamVideo
Plum grad Gina Proviano was eager to try something new when she chose to play soccer at Long Island University. The program was new. Three years ago, LIU’s two campuses, Post and Brooklyn, merged their athletic departments to form one Division I program. There was also New York City. The...
After vote of confidence from James Franklin, Sean Clifford comes through for Penn State
STATE COLLEGE — He’s soft-spoken and serious on Saturdays, and that mood doesn’t typically shift much even after the game ends for Parker Washington. The junior receiver has to catch the football, has to make big plays, has to have a positive effect on a Penn State offense that needs...
Letter to the editor: Will Oz run in Turkey next?
Should Dr. Oz lose the Senate seat in Pennsylvania, will he run in the Turkish parliamentary election in 2023? After all, he has dual citizenship. Maybe that is a political ambition of his? James Mark Zink Youngwood...
Letter to the editor: Putin’s ‘press gangs’
Shocking new revelations about Russia, as reported in the Wall Street Journal and other publications: The Russian military has formed “press gangs,” rounding up men in public places and forcing them into the military. They are given 10 days of training and then moved to the front lines of the...
Man found shot to death in vehicle in Wilkinsburg
Police are investigating a fatal shooting overnight in Wilkinsburg. Allegheny County Police Department say that a 58-year-old man was found shot to death in his vehicle. At 12:15 a.m. Monday morning, 911 said that there was a report of a shooting in the 1000 block of Maple Street, according to...
Letter to the editor: Elections are not popularity contests
People need to remember one thing about voting. It is not a popularity contest. It is a job interview. Vote for the candidate who has the qualifications and background to do the best job. Take a good, long look at your gas, grocery and utility bills. Don’t go in and...
Woman rescued from Mt. Washington hillside
A woman was rescued after she fell about 20 feet down a Mt. Washington hillside on Sunday, Pittsburgh police said. According to a report from the police, the woman had been bicycling along East Sycamore Street when she struck a median and tumbled down the hill and became stuck. Pittsburgh...
Letter to the editor: We should be preserving farmland
The $45 million question, asked in your recent editorial: “How many state parks is enough?” (Oct. 3, TribLIVE). Good question, but aren’t we missing the point here? In the 1970s, there was a movie called “Three Days of the Condor.” At the end of the movie, Cliff Robertson told Robert...
