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North Allegheny notebook: Shannon takes 3rd in PIAA hurdles
North Allegheny senior Kena Shannon capped her high school career last week by earning a bronze medal in the 300-meter hurdles at the PIAA Class 3A track and field championships in Shippensburg. Shannon ran a time of 44.38 seconds in the finals, setting a school record. Neshaminy’s Sanaa Hebron won...
Shady Side Academy captains reflect on another WPIAL girls lacrosse championship
The WPIAL Class 3A title game victory for the Shady Side Academy girls lacrosse team was significant for the seniors who have known nothing but championships. But it was also significant for their coach. Coach Katy Phillips, also assistant athletic director for the school, will be leaving for another position...
Shady Side Academy boys lacrosse savors win in ‘electric’ WPIAL title game
Shady Side Academy players and coaches knew the WPIAL Class 3A boys lacrosse championship game would be a close battle. It lived up to those expectations and then some. The Bulldogs (17-5) defeated Mt. Lebanon in overtime, 12-11, at Robert Morris’ Joe Walton Stadium. A goal by J.P. Henry on...
Kate Centellas: Decades after Winnetka school shooting, the trauma remains
When I glanced at my phone and saw the notification of a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, my hands started to shake and I turned my phone off for a few hours. I was one of many children impacted by a school shooting when I was the age of the...
Gene Barr: Turning Pa. around means meaningful tax reform
The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously said states are the “laboratories of democracy.” That still being the case, policymakers in Harrisburg would do well to note how the current state of affairs is being scored by governors of other states — and, in turn, chart a new...
Letter to the editor: Consider a rescue for Adopt a Cat Month
They may be America’s most popular pet, but our country’s felines desperately need our help. Not only are thousands of newborn kittens joining the millions of cats already in shelters across the country during spring’s “kitten season,” but a decrease in funding and supplies at many shelters further threaten these...
Letter to the editor: Protecting children from authorities
I believe that every day, Family Court judges knowingly send children to be sexually abused, physically abused, mentally abused. I came to this conclusion because statistics show that 60% of the children found to be sex trafficked in the United States come directly through the child protective services (CPS) system;...
Editorial: McCormick-Oz debacle is lawmakers’ fault
The counting of the ballots ground the neck-and-neck race to a near halt, becoming contentious as the candidates argued over whose votes would be counted and whose wouldn’t. If you think this is about David McCormick and Dr. Mehmet Oz and the Republican nomination in the U.S. Senate battle in...
The Stroller, June 4, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Annual sawdust carpet celebration planned in Tarentum Guardian Angels Parish will host...
Letter to the editor: Open primaries would benefit all
Regarding the letter “Keep Pa.’s primary as is”: Pennsylvania voters should not have to just “join the party” for a choice between something better than the lesser of two evils in November. In 2020, I can’t have been the only one who wondered why, with 330 million people in this...
In brief: news from McCandless, West Deer
McCandless Vacation Bible School is coming to Ascension Lutheran Church, 8225 Peebles Road. Classes will take place from July 11-14 from from 5:45-8:15 p.m. More information is available from Emily Marcellus, VBS director at 412-364-4463 or vbs@ascensionpgh.com. Students can register on: . West Deer Highpointe at Rebecca will host a...
Pirates farm report for June 3, 2022: Travis Swaggerty stays hot for Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 26-25) rallied past Omaha (Royals), 5-2. CF Travis Swaggerty (.280) went 2 for 4 and hit a go-ahead three-run homer, his fourth, in the seventh inning. He also doubled. In his last seven games, Swaggerty is 12 for 29 with two home runs and eight RBIs. 1B Mason...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 4, 2022
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs First round Monday’s schedule Class 6A Owen J. Roberts vs. Emmaus at Boyertown, 4 p.m.; Hazleton vs. Coatesville at Mountain Top, 4:30 p.m.; Liberty vs. Manheim Township at DeSales, 7 p.m.; LaSalle College vs. Pennsbury at Lincoln, 4 p.m.; Hatboro Horsham at Warwick, 1 p.m.;...
Pittsburgh Maulers eliminated from playoff contention with loss to New Jersey
The first season of the second chapter of Pittsburgh Maulers football will not end with a playoff berth. Darius Victor ran for 87 yards and three touchdowns, leading the New Jersey Generals to a 28-19 victory, eliminating the 1-7 Maulers from USFL playoff contention. The Maulers turned to Slippery Rock...
Patience at plate pays off for Armstrong softball in WPIAL championship win
After earning a reputation as an aggressive batting aggregation, patience turned out to be a virtue for the Armstrong softball team Friday. The River Hawks — averaging 11 runs per game — used patience at the plate, and it paid off. Leading off the bottom of the seventh in a...
Introducing the Apollo-Ridge High School Class of 2022
Here is the Apollo-Ridge High School Class of 2022: Ashby Ambrose Abernathy, Brianna Marie Ahsmann, Kenneth David Baustert, Logan Michael Baynar, Kalob Nathaniel Bentz, Madison Paige Blystone, Emily Rose Bonja, Andrew W. Booth, Hannah Brown, Savannah R. Brown, Spentzer Austyn Brunner, Matthew Franklin Burkholder, Garrett Matthew Calderone, Nicholas Anthony Cecchini,...
Congratulations to the Highlands High School Class of 2022
Here is the Highlands High School Class of 2022: Blake Adams, Gionna Brielle Allias, Michale Peter Ankney, Jacob Arner, Daniel Babinsack, Cameron Michael Baker, Zachary Thomas Balog, Noah Daniel Barch, Parker Barry, Conner Best, Hannah Blythe, Olivia Catherine Bonnett, Blake Austin Bowser, Mckenna Lauraly Burk, Brandon Hunter Paul Burns. Lucas...
Introducing the St. Joseph High School Class of 2022
Here is the St. Joseph High School Class of 2022: Ryan H. Anderson, Wyatt M. Barr, Olivia Marie DiNatale, Logan Scott Fitch, Jonathan Thomas Fontana, Trevor K. Greenwald, Anthony Thomas Kuhns, Hannah M. Laskowski, Rhiannon Dee Litz, Trinity Ann Lockwood-Morris, William R. Mason, Nicholas E. Mote, Leeann Parsi, Sophia Perrino,...
Bluegrass band Sideline is first SummerSounds concert of the season
Bluegrass music kicked off St. Clair Park’s start to the summer as Sideline performed during a Friday night concert. SummerSounds hosted the nationally touring band during its first concert of the season. The group hit the stage at 7 p.m. in the Greensburg park. Formed in 2012 as a jam...
Gary Franks: School prayer could stem mass shootings
It is truly the minds, hearts and souls of those who kill people that must be altered. Due to Supreme Court decisions rendered in 1962 and 1963 that prevented American children from doing what every member of Congress does every day — have a prayer before commencing the day or...
Covid-19 was deadly to working-class Americans in 2020, study finds
TAMPA, Fla. — Working-class Americans died of covid-19 at five times the rate of those in higher socioeconomic positions during the first year of the pandemic, according to a study. The staggering disparity was revealed in a study of roughly 69,000 U.S. coronavirus victims ages 25 to 64 who died...
Toxic exposure bill would rewrite America’s compact with veterans
WASHINGTON — In a year in which Congress has strained for legislative achievements, a big one is in sight. When senators return from a Memorial Day recess spent honoring those who gave their lives for the United States, they will take up a bipartisan bill that will dramatically broaden America’s...
Fox Chapel’s Adam Rosenberg gets life in prison for 2 killings
Christian Moore-Rouse volunteered with the Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, at the Jubilee Kitchen and at UPMC Presbyterian and UPMC Montefiore. Jeremy Dentel spent his free time working with Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh, teaching coding to students at Carrick High School and serving as an adviser for his University of...
Kathi Boyle: GOP agenda dangerous for area seniors
Republicans are finally being honest about what they intend to do: raise taxes on lower- and middle-income Americans and sunset federal programs like Medicare and Social Security after five years. The GOP plan not only threatens my financial security, but the health and security of all Americans. It is cruel....
Thomas Jefferson High School graduates 229
Thomas Jefferson High School’s class of 2022 received their diplomas on June 1, concluding a four-year journey unlike any other since the first TJ class graduated in 1960. A total of 229 Jaguar seniors graduated at TJ Stadium before a large, enthusiastic crowd in a ceremony that began an hour...
