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Pirates farm report for May 17, 2022: Nick Gonzales doubles twice, homers for Curve
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 18-16) blanked Toledo (Tigers), 7-0, as five pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout. RHP Osvaldo Bido (3.76) worked a scoreless first. RHP Cody Bolton (1-1, 3.86) followed with four scoreless, allowing one hit and fanning six. LHP Cam Vieaux (1.53) and RHP Yerry De Los Santos (1.98) pitched...
Remember When: Phone calls have come quite a long way
Sometimes, it can take a cellphone user longer to scroll down a list of familiar phone numbers than it does to complete the call. In some ways, things seemed much easier in the past. For instance, if you lived in Freeport in the early 1950s and wanted to call the...
Washington Township tabs 34 streets for sealing this summer; culvert replacement on hold
It’s looking like it will be a busy summer of paving for Washington Township, as 34 streets will be part of the seal coat project. Supervisors on May 12 awarded a nearly $396,000 contract to Russell Standard Corp. for the seal coating work. The only other bidder was Youngblood Paving,...
High school roundup for May 17, 2022: West Allegheny tops Fox Chapel in pitchers’ duel
Anthony Pass pitched a two-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts, leading No. 3 West Allegheny to a 1-0 victory over No. 14 Fox Chapel in a Class 5A baseball first-round game Tuesday. With two outs in the bottom of the first, Colin Marinpetro tripled and scored on a wild pitch to...
Keystone Oaks softball rallies from 7-run deficit, tops Valley in 1st round
Sometimes in high school softball, that 21st out is the toughest to get. Valley had a 7-3 lead over Keystone Oaks with two outs in the seventh inning. But the Golden Eagles (10-10) pushed across four runs to tie the score, then scored a run in the eighth to hand...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 17, 2022
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Wednesday’s schedule First round Seneca Valley (13-7) at Hempfield (8-12) at Plum, 5 p.m. May 23 schedule Quarterfinals Mt. Lebanon (13-7) vs. Seneca Valley/Hempfield winner, TBA; Norwin (10-8) vs. Central Catholic (10-9), TBA; North Allegheny (14-5) vs. Upper St. Clair (10-8), TBA; Pine-Richland...
Fetterman headed toward Democratic nomination in U.S. Senate race
Lt. Gov. John Fetterman jumped out to a commanding lead for the Democratic nomination in Pennsylvania’s high-stakes U.S. Senate race, but he didn’t get to enjoy the moment alongside supporters. As of 7 a.m. Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Department of State was reporting that Braddock’s Fetterman had collected 58.96% of the...
Traveling this summer? CDC recommends testing for covid-19 in days before flying
If you are traveling internationally or within the United States this summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends you test for covid-19 in the days before flying. The agency’s recommendation for all travelers regardless of vaccination status came in an update to its covid-19 testing website on May...
2022 Pennsylvania primary election results
Polls in Pennsylvania closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday night, but the counting continues. • State Rep. Emily Kinkead, D-Brighton Heights, won Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Pennsylvania’s 20th State House District, according to unofficial results. • State Rep. Jessica Benham, D-South Side, trounced her opponent in Tuesday’s Democratic primary race in...
Column: Best to never win major label starting much earlierVideo
TULSA, Okla. — Jerry Barber holds a distinct place in history at the PGA Championship. He was 45 when he won an 18-hole playoff at Olympia Fields to become the oldest first-time winner of a major. Viktor Hovland already is being asked about winning his first major. He’s 24. One...
Congress is taking UFOs more seriously, but many questions remainVideo
WASHINGTON — Unidentified flying objects were a punchline for years, but now Congress is taking these unexplained encounters more seriously. “For too long, the stigma associated with UAPs has gotten in the way of good intelligence analysis. Pilots avoided reporting, or were laughed at when they did,” said Rep. André...
Yough baseball team rallies from 6-0 deficit to edge Mt. Pleasant in 8 innings
Yough baseball coach Craig Spisak isn’t a fan of seeing his team try to play from behind. But this season, it has happened so often, he knows the Cougars aren’t fazed when facing an early deficit. That was the case on Tuesday as Yough spotted Mt. Pleasant a big lead...
Coronavirus vaccine could have saved 319,000 people, if they had taken shot, study finds
About a third of the 1 million lives lost to covid-19 could have been saved with vaccines, a new analysis shows. Researchers at the Brown School of Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Microsoft AI for Health analyzed data from the Centers...
Dave Murray: What would I give up for a climate emergency?
Many in my party (Democrat) are calling on President Biden to declare a climate emergency. In an emergency, he can dictate new rules and regulations to control our lives and impact our pocketbooks. If this is a serious emergency, then there are things in our lives we should consider doing...
Primary updates: Polls are closed; 90K mail-ins processed in Allegheny County
Polls in Pennsylvania for the primary election have closed. Now candidates — and voters — must sit and wait for the ballots to be tallied. Several high-profile races are on the ballot, including the governor’s office and the U.S. Senate seat held by Sen. Pat Toomey. Toomey, a Republican, announced...
‘Fly Us to the Moon’ with Benny Benack III at Andrew Carnegie Free Library
Staff and board at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall are still walking on air following the grand opening of Library Park on April 23. Dreams really do come true! We had perfect summer weather for the opening. Earlier that week we’d had snow; temperatures plunged back to...
Pa.’s richest person has spent at least $18 million on 2022 primary — mostly to influence 1 issue
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 — What does a conservative upstart challenging a top House Republican in York County have in common with a scion...
Democratic governor candidate Josh Shapiro says he has covid
Attorney General Joshua Shapiro, the presumptive Democratic nominee for governor, announced that he has tested positive for covid-19. He tweeted that Monday night, before heading to Johnstown and Pittsburgh, he took a precautionary covid test. “I’m experiencing some mild symptoms and will continue serving the people of Pennsylvania as I...
Letter to the editor: Women, vote while you’re still allowed
Everyone knows women are not intelligent enough to make good health care choices on their own. That’s why I believe lawmakers in every state should decide whether abortion is legal. What a relief that we will have some overweight, unhealthy (both physically and morally), old, possibly impotent, white men to...
Week in pictures: May 9-15
A selection of the most compelling images from Tribune-Review photographers from around the region during the week of May 9-15....
Sewickley Nonprofit Corner for the week of May 17, 2022
St. James Church 200 Walnut St., Sewickley. 412-741-6650. divine-redeemer.org. Plastic Bag Sleeping Mat Society Workshop The Plastic Bag Sleeping Mat Society is having a workshop at St. James Church’ Gathering Space (in front of the parking lot) from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. May 26. The organization is seeking crocheters and plastic...
Letter to the editor: Tough talk from Biden could help end war in Ukraine
Almost the entire world is outraged with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but where is President Biden’s outrage? Sure, he condemned the invasion, called Putin names and implemented some sanctions. It took Biden a month to have an emergency meeting with NATO. When he implemented sanctions in February, Biden said, “we’ll...
Richland History Group: Butler Short Line trolley made 7 stops in Richland
Each month, the Richland History Group highlights notable aspects of the area’s past. When Judy Garland sang the “Trolley Song” (“Meet Me in St. Louis,” 1944) the “clang, clang, clang of the trolley” and the “ding, ding, ding of the bells” had already fallen silent in Pittsburgh’s North Hills. During...
Arnold officials consider joining Westmoreland land bank to fight blight
Joining the Westmoreland County Land Bank holds appeal for Arnold officials who see it as a boost to its battle against blight. However, as is the case for its sister city, New Kensington, whether Arnold joins depends on the New Kensington-Arnold School District joining it, too. Representatives from the land...
Editorial: Every Pennsylvania vote matters
Elections often are talked about in terms of what makes them consequential. An election is supposedly important because of a presidential year or the midterms when congressional seats are on the line. It ostensibly matters because it decides the governor or the attorney general or the state legislators. That message...
