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Letter to the editor: Teaching history will not divide us
Once again, one must point out that critical race theory is not being taught in any public school in the United States. Nor was it ever intended to be. The real attack is on the normal process of updating American history, something which every country engages in. Beginning in the...
Pirates farm report for April 30, 2022: Roansy Contreras throws 3 scoreless for Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 12-10) topped Iowa (Cubs), 4-3. RF Canaan Smith-Njiba (.219) and pinch hitter Brendt Citta (.235) each hit a solo homer in the top of the ninth in a comeback victory. LHP Trey McGough (0.00) pitched two scoreless innings of relief to earn the win and RHP Cristofer Melendez...
Top scorer issued red card as Riverhounds lose in Louisville
In a battle of the top two teams in the USL Championship’s Eastern Conference coming into the weekend, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds dropped a 2-0 decision at Louisville City FC on Saturday night. To make matters worse, the Riverhounds lost leading scorer Dane Kelly to a red card in the 80th...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 30, 2022
High schools Baseball Saturday’s results Nonsection Avonworth 15, East (N.Y.) 5 Chartiers Valley 5, Carrick 1 Eden Christian 4, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 1 Fox Chapel 8, North Hills 2 Portage 6, South Allegheny 2 South Allegheny 20, Conemaugh Township 5 South Park 12, Ringgold 0 Lacrosse Saturday’s...
High school roundup for April 30, 2022: Neshannock wins Class 2A softball showdown
Hunter Newman broke a 1-1 tie with an RBI double in the fourth inning, leading No. 5 Neshannock to a 3-1 nonsection softball victory over No. 3 Ligonier Valley in a matchup of top Class 2A teams. Newman had two doubles, Ali Giordano tripled, and Addy Frye doubled and was...
George Guido: Leechburg softball heading to playoffs for 35th straight season
Spring is upon us. The flowers are blooming, the lawn mowers are humming and Leechburg is in the WPIAL softball playoffs. The Blue Devils clinched their WPIAL record 35th consecutive Class A softball berth Friday with a doubleheader victory over The Ellis School, 15-0 and 12-1. Leechburg is 6-1 in...
A-K Valley Sports Hall of Fame inductee Terry Preece was 3-sport standout at Oakmont
For Terry Preece, there was nothing better than growing up in a small town in the 1960s, not far from the big city. Preece excelled in athletics for that small-town school — Oakmont High School — serving as a team captain in football, basketball and track. In football, he set...
Delmont Busy Beaver’s grand opening a hit; CEO looks to expand
The loss of a Delmont-area venue for moviegoers has provided a new destination for the growing numbers of residents with home improvement plans. Shoppers at the newest Busy Beaver Building Centers store filled the 350 parking spaces at the Salem Township outlet and stretched in a line around two sides...
Why independents can’t vote for candidates this May, and the push to change that
HARRISBURG — When Diana Dakey registered to vote in Pennsylvania, she chose to tick the box that would leave her without a political party. “I did not feel that I could label myself as a Republican or a Democrat,” said Dakey, an independent voter from Lackawanna County. “I can’t bring...
Sounding off: Leaders must address border crisis
The Trib recently reported 168 drug overdose deaths in Westmoreland County in 2021, up 37% from the prior year (“Coroner’s report shows 168 accidental overdose deaths in 2021 in Westmoreland County”). What a senseless tragedy this is for families that have needlessly lost loved ones. Sadly, addiction is an illness,...
Mathias Bernard: Macron’s victory has deep challenges
Emmanuel Macron’s decisive victory over Marine Le Pen in the second round of France’s presidential election April 24 is no surprise. For more than a year, opinion polls had been predicting it. As early as April 2021, the leading polling institutes estimated the final score of the outgoing president in...
Why independents can’t vote for candidates this May, and the push to change that
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 Diana Dakey registered to vote in Pennsylvania, she chose to tick the box that would leave her without...
Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan: Pa. just took major step to address maternal mortality crisis
Uncertainty. Anticipation. Fear. These are just a few of the emotions that run through the minds of almost every expecting parent. And for many expecting Black parents, those feelings can be more acute. That’s because for far too many, having a child can be a life-threatening event. Across our country,...
Shady Side Academy tandem captures school’s 11th WPIAL doubles title
The WPIAL boys tennis doubles title has returned to Shady Side Academy. Bulldogs senior Sam Bitzer and junior David Mnuskin overcame weather more suited for late January than late April to prevail over Franklin Regional’s Prerit Yadav and Dhruv Kulkarni, 6-3, 6-3, at North Allegheny High School. The duo was...
Fox Chapel to induct 7 new members into Sports Hall of Fame
The Fox Chapel Area School District Sports Hall of Fame will induct seven new members at its 25th induction banquet, June 4 at the Harmar House. Here is a sketch of the 2022 inductees listed alphabetically with their graduation years in parentheses: Jeff Armor (1981) A two-time all-WPIAL selection in...
North Allegheny notebook: Tigers baseball team blanks Butler
North Allegheny’s quest for a Section 1-6A baseball title stayed intact last week after the Tigers shut out Butler, 4-0, on April 26. Senior Connor Smith allowed three hits and two walks with 13 strikeouts over six innings en route to the victory. David Posey struck out the final three...
Letter to the editor: Small businesses, not airport, should get free money
Regarding the article “Arnold Palmer airport, Adelphoi among Westmoreland recipients of $14M in state funds” (April 22, TribLIVE): Not long ago, the airport received $2.3 million in federal pandemic grant money, and it is asking the county for more. I don’t think it’s fair to small family businesses that a...
Letter to the editor: Republican Party taken to lowest point
Letter-writer Ralph Dunsworth seems to think Sen. Ted Cruz’s treatment of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was appropriate, asking, “What about treatment of Brett Kavanaugh?” (April 6, TribLIVE). Unlike Jackson, Kavanaugh was accused of sexual misconduct. Wouldn’t you want to really look into accusations like that? I wonder if Dunsworth thought...
Editorial: Domestic violence and public office
A Wayne County judge has responded to a three-page, handwritten petition from a Poconos woman by granting a temporary protection-from-abuse order against her husband. This isn’t unusual. The petition complains of verbal, physical and mental abuse, including stalking the wife at work, preventing her from seeing her family — even...
The Stroller, April 30, 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. Please include a daytime telephone number. Pa. Career Link to host job fair in New Kensington A Pa. Career Link job fair will be from 10 a.m....
Letter to the editor: We don’t need stronger gun laws
Regarding Alicia Chatkin’s letter “Fox’s Pizza shooting shows need for stronger gun laws” (April 10, TribLIVE): We do not need stronger gun laws in Pennsylvania. What we need to do is get rid of these lily-livered, soft-hearted judges and prosecutors in our courts. We need the death penalty — I favor...
Pirates farm report for April 29, 2022: Ji-hwan Bae has 5-hit night in Indy win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 11-10) manhandled Iowa (Cubs), 8-1. 2B Ji-Hwan Bae (270) went 5 for 6 with two doubles and his second home run. 1B Mason Martin (.319) went 1 for 3 with a walk and an RBI. SS Hoy Park (.211) was 1 for 3 with an RBI. SS Oneil...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 29, 2022
High schools Baseball Friday’s results Class 2A Section 1 California 4, Beth-Center 1 Section 3 Northgate 10, Jeannette 5 Section 4 Seton LaSalle 21, Fort Cherry 0 Class A Section 2 West Greene at Jefferson-Morgan, (n) Nonsection Ambridge 14, Indiana 4 Avella 12, Mapletown 2 Belle Vernon 9, Thomas Jefferson...
High school roundup for April 29, 2022: Seneca Valley, West Allegheny knock off unbeaten foes
Lexie Hames hit a tie-breaking solo home run in the fifth inning, leading Seneca Valley to a 2-1 victory over Hempfield in Section 2-6A softball Friday. Wining pitcher Maddie Gross and Hayley Walter doubled for the Raiders (6-6, 4-5). Mia Bandieramonte hit a double for Hempfield (9-1, 7-1). West Allegheny...
In Brief: Women’s Business Network
Women’s Business Network Women’s Business Network is an award-winning business association that supports the success and growth of women in business through networking, education, and leadership opportunities. Part networking group, part mastermind group, part educational resource, WBN provides members with the tools to be successful, including goal setting, marketing, leadership,...
