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Westmoreland County Senior Spotlight: Franklin Regional’s Alisa Kane
Franklin Regional’s softball team has shown a ton of power this season, scoring runs at a high rate. It’s a big part of why they finished second in their section and earned a spot in the WPIAL playoffs. One thing that cannot be undervalued, though, is their defense. Senior third...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Leechburg’s Bella Vozar
The majority of softball players get out more than they get on base. Not Leechburg’s Bella Vozar, who is batting .545 in her senior season. Vozar hit safely in nine of 11 games at the tail end of the regular season and has helped the team significantly behind the plate...
Supreme Court refuses to take up appeal by ex-Pittsburgh Councilwoman Darlene Harris on ethics fine
The state Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal by former Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Darlene Harris over fines levied against her for failing to file financial disclosure reports during her 2019 campaign. The court provided no explanation for its decision, but noted in the order that Justice David...
Kellie Lynch: Heard/Depp trial opportunity to discuss intimate partner violence
Strip away the celebrity intrigue and media frenzy, and the high-profile court battle between actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard involves issues painfully familiar to many women and men across America. The civil defamation case, which is due to conclude May 27, centered around discussion of intimate partner violence. IPV...
Student loan forgiveness unlikely to boost the economy
The Biden administration has been considering a plan to cancel at least $10,000 of federal student-loan debt. President Biden promised something of the sort during the 2020 presidential campaign. And with about 45 million current and former students carrying $1.76 trillion in debt, some sort of debt forgiveness is appealing...
How a mail ballot ruling in Pa. could affect 2022 primary election results
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 — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that election officials in one Pennsylvania county must count legally cast mail ballots...
Caddie gives Thomas an honest talk, leaves PGA with a flagVideo
TULSA, Okla. — The morning after was like any other after a week’s work as a caddie, with one exception. Jim “Bones” Mackay finished his laundry, packed his car and began the four-hour drive from Southern Hills to Colonial, this time with a special souvenir riding shotgun. He has been...
McKees Rocks man pleads guilty in killing after marijuana deal gone wrong
A McKees Rocks man, who was 16 when he shot and killed someone two years ago, believed his life was in danger when he pulled the trigger. Peyton Wiser told a judge on Tuesday that he was walking to a local store the afternoon of May 3, 2020, when he...
North Park, other county pools scheduled to open June 4
Allegheny County’s North Park Swimming Pool in McCandless, Boyce Park Wave Pool in Plum and Settlers Cabin Park Wave Pool in Robinson will open for the season June 4. Daily hours of operation are 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., weather and conditions permitting. Admission varies by age and county residency....
Boyce Park, other county pools scheduled to open June 4
Allegheny County’s Boyce Park Wave Pool in Plum, North Park Swimming Pool in McCandless and Settlers Cabin Park Wave Pool in Robinson will open for the season June 4. Daily hours of operation are 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., weather and conditions permitting. Admission varies by age and county residency....
Police: Missing Mt. Oliver man charged after parents found badly beaten
Police are searching for a Mt. Oliver man they allege beat his parents after they came to visit from Florida and then took off in their SUV. Joshua Roth, 41, is charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and theft in connection with the assaults earlier this month. Allegheny...
5 Turkish soldiers killed in clashes against PKK in Iraq
ANKARA, Turkey — Five Turkish soldiers were killed Tuesday in clashes with Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, Turkey’s defense ministry said. Two other soldiers were wounded in the fighting. The clashes took place during Turkey’s latest cross-border offensive against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which maintains bases in northern...
Wexford man charged after bringing gun to Pittsburgh airport
Transportation Security Administration officials at Pittsburgh International Airport confiscated a loaded handgun from a Wexford man on Monday morning. The .380 caliber handgun, which was loaded was six bullets, was the seventh gun detected this year at the airport’s security checkpoints. Allegheny County police cited the man on a weapons...
Stephanie Catarino Wissman: Natural gas fundamental to bringing manufacturing back to Pa.
Not long ago, the U.S. was reliant on unstable regimes for natural gas and oil. Now, the U.S. is the largest producer of natural gas and oil in the world thanks in large part to the shale revolution and expansion of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling. This homegrown energy now...
Fern Hollow Nature Center holding Gala in the Garden
Fern Hollow Nature Center will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a Gala in the Garden benefit from 6 to 9 p.m. June 10. Guests in garden cocktail attire will gather on Fern Hollow’s grounds to toast the nature center’s last 25 years as the voice for environmental education in the...
Letter to the editor: Ross Perot’s wisdom on abortion
When asked about abortion, Ross Perot once said, “That’s putting the cart before the horse.” Think about it. Mark Wright Mt. Pleasant...
South Hills student news for the week of May 24, 2022
Robert Graham of Jefferson Hills graduated with a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic’s Main campus in Davenport, Iowa, on Feb. 25. Lucy DePretis was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. DePretis was...
North Hills student news for the week of May 24, 2022
Graduates with 4.0 Rebecca Ettore, a psychology major in the psychology honors program, graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a perfect 4.0 GPA. The daughter of Lisa M. Ettore and Donald J. Ettore, she is a 2018 graduate of North Hills Senior High School. She received the Stanley Lore...
Shaler Area student news for the week of May 24, 2022
Class of 2022 graduation The Shaler Area High School class of 2022 graduation will take place at 7 p.m. June 3 at Titan Stadium. Rain date is June 4. Guests must have a ticket to attend. Eagle Scout rank Michael Ulery of Shaler earned Boy Scouting’s highest rank when he...
Letter to the editor: Blame for the Roe v. Wade uproar
Op-ed writer Chris Talgo blames “the left” for the uproar over Justice Samuel Alito’s leaked opinion (“Left’s reaction to potential Roe overruling shows authoritarian druthers,” May 14, TribLIVE). The uproar started when conservatives on the court let Texas keep its anti- abortion law without deciding the case. The pro-choice arguments...
Editorial: Let’s cut the politics and speed up vote counting
Six days and counting. Still counting. That’s the story of the Pennsylvania race to the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, the decision between Dave McCormick and Dr. Mehmet Oz — the leading two candidates on a crowded slate of GOP candidates. The votes were cast by 8 p.m. May 17....
Letter to the editor: Jeannette looking good
A big thumbs-up to the last couple of Jeannette mayors and city council members, and the workers who put new sidewalks in downtown Jeannette. That, and no parking meters, might help Jeannette businesses a little. Also, West End Creek looks good. Jeannette is looking good. Now, the city needs a...
The Stroller, May 24, 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. Tarentum Summer Concert series to feature American Pie The Tarentum Summer Concert...
Letter to the editor: Time to close the border
So, is it any wonder to Joe Biden that he can’t get any bipartisan cooperation on anything? Just look at what he’s planning to do about the border with the lifting of Title 42. He knows full well that the Border Patrol is overwhelmed, but does he care? I guess...
Penguins general manager Ron Hextall weighs in on Rangers’ hit on forward Sidney CrosbyVideo
During his season-ending media availability in Cranberry on Monday, Penguins general manager Ron Hextall was asked about a suspected head injury suffered by forward Sidney Crosby during Game 5 of a first-round series against the New York Rangers on May 11. In the second period of that contest, Crosby was...
