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Husband of one of the teachers fatally shot at Uvalde school dies from heart attack
The husband of one of the fourth-grade teachers killed in the Uvalde school shooting Tuesday has died, according to multiple news reports. Irma Garcia, who was a 23-year veteran teacher at Robb Elementary School, was killed after an 18-year-old gunman entered the campus, barricaded himself in a fourth-grade classroom and...
Housing supply squeeze finally begins to ease
During the record-breaking housing boom of the past two years, a drastic under-supply of homes for sale has bedeviled buyers and delighted sellers. Now, the squeeze is slowly easing — a shift that could mark the start of a much-anticipated cooling of the white-hot housing market. The abnormal conditions of...
Westmoreland happenings: Car show, strawberry festival, more
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Hampton Township School District hosts Innovative Learning Spaces Tour
As part of Remake Learning Days 2022, Hampton Township School District hosted an Innovative Learning Spaces Tour and Discussion on May 24. Educational leaders and community members who attended began the day with a tour of Central Elementary School’s redesigned Outdoor Learning Lab and Sensory Garden, which was built with...
Memorial Day-related events in, around Westmoreland County in 2022
All events are on Monday, unless otherwise noted: Delmont, Export, Murrysville • The White Valley AMVETS will join the Export, Delmont and Murrysville American Legions in hosting a series of events to mark Memorial Day. The schedule is: 8 a.m., honor roll at the Export American Legion on Kennedy Avenue...
Letter to the editor: Sewickley Academy should embrace local history
Sewickley Academy will soon be asking the Edgeworth Planning Commission to approve a plan to reconfigure Nichols Field and the Newington Blacksmith’s House property at the corner of Village Drive and Beaver Road. Unfortunately, their preliminary plans call for the demolition of the historic houses on both properties. In an...
Students envision future of Hampton through cross-curricular project
How can the Hampton Township community be improved? Ninth-grade honors geography and honors English students at Hampton High School set out to answer that question in a project that culminated with a poster presentation on May 25 in the school auditorium. About 80 students, divided into 23 groups, conducted research...
Kentucky basketball trailblazer Reggie Warford, a former Pitt assistant coach, dies at 67
Reggie Warford, who was the first Black basketball player to have a four-season career and graduate at Kentucky, died Tuesday at age 67. He was known as a trailblazer and patriarch of integration for the Kentucky basketball program. Warford spent five seasons as an assistant basketball coach at Pitt under...
Libraries offer free museum admission through Experience Kits program
Libraries may be bursting with books, but they offer much more to their card holders, including free museum admission with the Experience Kits program. Beginning June 1, libraries including Monroeville Public Library will offer their card holders free admission to nine historical sites: Sen. John Heinz History Center, Duncan &...
In brief: Pine-Richland band fundraiser, Women’s Business Network and more
Pine-Richland band fundraiser The Pine-Richland Band Boosters organization is selling Kennywood tickets as a fundraiser to support the Pine-Richland Marching Band. Is one of the largest fundraisers annually. The cost for a ticket to the P-R Kennywood day on Aug. 19 is $36. Tickets for any other date are $40....
Mike Sielski: Claude Giroux’s star-crossed career adds another missed Stanley Cup chapter
PHILADELPHIA — Claude Giroux had begun to acknowledge the inevitability of his situation years ago. It was the summer of 2018, just before the Flyers’ first day of training camp. Dave Hakstol had helped him revitalize his career the season before, moving him from center to left wing. With the...
Penn State QB Christian Veilleux showed promise in his 2021 debut: Can he take another step forward in the fall?
STATE COLLEGE — Christian Veilleux was more than a little rusty when he relieved ailing starting quarterback Sean Clifford early in Penn State’s Big Ten East game with Rutgers last November at Beaver Stadium. Veilleux, a freshman, made his debut for the Nittany Lions vs. the Scarlet Knights when Clifford...
Mark Roth: Health care lessons from the military
The inescapable pain and death of war have also produced many of the medical breakthroughs that have enhanced our health in peacetime. The Civil War created advances in surgical techniques. World Wars I and II led to the development of prosthetics and the widespread use of antibiotics. And the Vietnam...
Letter to the editor: Jesus on abortion — thou shalt not kill
I am writing in response to David Ninehouser’s letter “Jesus never preached about abortion” supporting the supposed “right” to abortion. To paraphrase, Ninehouser criticized Republicans (and Christians) for opposing abortion. To support his argument, Ninehouser wrote that Jesus spoke of God’s “all-embracing love” but never once mentioned abortion. Apparently, in...
Hearts ‘forever broken’: Here are the victims of the Texas school shooting
UVALDE, Texas — At least 21 people — including 19 children — were killed by a gunman during Tuesday’s massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Among them were a 10-year-old girl who had just made the honor roll and a fourth-grade teacher who had worked for the school...
Photo album: Quaker Valley High School prom
Quaker Valley High School held its prom on May 20. Students participated in the traditional grand march promenade at the high school before heading off to the Pittsburgh Marriott North in Cranberry for dinner and dancing. This year’s theme was “An Enchanted Garden.”...
Letter to the editor: Clemente was the greatest
OK, OK, enough already! Where’d you get this Paul Kengor guy from, anyhow? Put a couple letters and a title after his name and he goes berserk? I usually ignore his “oblique” ramblings, but this time he went too far (“From GOAT to Groat,” May 12, TribLIVE). I’m not going...
Medical marijuana card companies push access in Pa., while doctors are silenced
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 — When Pennsylvania lawmakers legalized medical cannabis in 2016, they struck an unusual deal: Physicians can approve patients for the...
The Stroller, May 26, 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. Lower Burrell Farmers Market to open for summer The Lower Burrell Farmers...
Letter to the editor: Solution to school shootings
Solution to horrific school shootings: Make every school a hard target with one entrance with an armed guard and a metal detector; keep all other doors locked. Protect a school like a Tiffany jewelry store. Allow teachers with training to carry concealed pistols. Problem solved. The government can ban guns,...
Pirates farm report for May 25, 2022: Mason Martin homers, drives in 5 for Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 22-19) split a doubleheader with St. Paul (Twins), winning 16-10 and losing 5-3. In the opener, Indianapolis’ bats heated up. RF Bligh Madris (.247) went 3 for 4 with an RBI double and a solo home run. 1B Mason Martin (.260) continued his hot streak with a three-run...
North Park pool open for summer
The Boyce Park Wave Pool, North Park Swimming Pool, and Settlers Cabin Park Wave Pool will open for the June 4, the Allegheny County Parks Department announced. The South Park Wave Pool is undergoing concrete and other maintenance work and will have a delayed opening. Once a date for opening...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 25, 2022
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Tuesday’s schedule Mt. Lebanon (15-7) vs. Upper St. Clair (12-8) at Wild Things Park, 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Championship Wednesday, June 1 Peters Township (21-1) vs. West Allegheny (18-4) at Wild Things Park, 7:30 p.m. Third place Tuesday’s schedule Thomas Jefferson (15-7)...
High school roundup for May 25, 2022: Undefeated Neshannock, Frazier reach WPIAL finals
Neshannock has been the most dangerous offensive team in the WPIAL this season, averaging more than 12 runs per game. On Wednesday, the Lancers managed to score only one run, but that was all they needed. Winning pitcher Addy Frye, a freshman, delivered the game-winning RBI double in the bottom...
Plum High School Class of 2022 graduates
Here is the Plum High School Class of 2022: Lindsey Adams, Hira Adeel, Kenyah Adonai, Beau Aiello, Dylan Akut, Elizabeth Amen, Sydney Anderson, Alexander Arelt, Tyler Atkinson, Trystn Auth, Macey Barritt, Madison Beard, Caleb Bedillion, Jake Bell, Emma Bennethum. Mark Berezanich, Dominic Bergamasco, Amanda Beyer, Kriti Bhandari, Angelo Borrelli, Sofia...
