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Laurels & lances: Football and fumbles
Laurel: To the best return in football. After two seasons away, the Pittsburgh Steelers gave fans a return to normalcy with an announcement Wednesday. The team plans to return to its longtime training camp location at Saint Vincent College near Latrobe. It was welcome news for the community, too. For...
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson filmed punching passenger on plane
NEW YORK — Mike Tyson took his skills out of the ring Wednesday night when he repeatedly punched a passenger on a plane that was set to take off from San Francisco to Florida. The retired heavyweight boxer was filmed leaning over the back of his seat and attacking the...
Gibsonia native advocates for bone marrow donations
Many Slippery Rock University students have interesting life experiences encountering both adversity and advocacy. One such example is Madalyn Mote, a junior early childhood education major from Gibsonia. In 2016, Mote’s younger brother, Nicholas, was diagnosed with aplastic anemia, a disease in which the body fails to produce blood cells,...
Police in North Park host National Prescription Drug Take Back Day site
The North Park Police Station, 700 West Ridge Drive, will serve as a site for Allegheny County police’s participation in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30, area residents can drop off any over-the-counter, controlled substance or prescription-required drugs. Tablets, capsules, ointments, creams,...
Happenings for week of April 25, 2022: Library programs in Hampton
Hampton Community Library programs Hampton Community Library will continue its current children’s programming mask policy: Tuesdays, masks are required, and on Thursdays, masks are optional. It’s a Wonderful World Drop-in Storytime is scheduled starting at 10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through May 19, featuring stories and songs, “investigate and create,”...
Photo album: Tapas Talks at Allegheny Country Club
Tapas Talks’ second event for the 2022 season took place on April 7 at Allegheny Country Club. Many friends and neighbors attended the event. Matt Galluzzo, president and CEO of RiverLife, shared his involvement with RiverLife with a program entitled “Riverfronts for All: Advancing a 21st Century Vision for Pittsburgh.”...
Want to volunteer on Earth Day? Here are events happening all over Western Pennsylvania
If you’re looking for an Earth Day project, local, state, federal and nonprofit officials have plenty of them happening all across the region. Here are some of the opportunities available for volunteering: Army Corps of Engineers The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host several volunteer days. A lake-shore cleanup...
Letter to the editor: Philadelphia masks an election ploy?
Why is Philadelphia requiring masks again when other cities aren’t? The midterms are coming up and without Philly, the state could turn conservative. They know their liberal base will stay home because a lot are not vaccinated and fear the virus and the mask will make them feel safe to...
Letter to the editor: Conservatives have reason to be skeptical of media
The print edition headline on Leonard Pitts Jr.’s column “No more common national identity” is correct, but his conclusions are wrong. Not one for introspection, he of course blames conservatives. Apparently with a straight face he states, “The average Republican trusts almost no mainstream source of information.“ With mainstream media...
Editorial: Earth Day is no time for politics
Happy Earth Day to you — all of you. On Friday, we will celebrate the annual event that brings attention to the planet and the way people impact it. It’s a holiday born on April 22, 1970. For more than 50 years, the day has served to spotlight the many...
Highlands educational equity policy gets initial approval; another vote needed to finalize
The Highlands School Board on Tuesday gave its initial approval to a controversial educational equity measure. The educational equity measure, opposed by most of the residents who commented on the proposal, is recommended by the Pennsylvania School Boards Association. The measure now requires a second reading that, under school district...
Letter to the editor: PSEA serves its members, students well
I write to voice my strong support for my union, the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA). I was troubled to read Joseph P. Ferguson’s letter criticizing PSEA (“PSEA leadership should be challenged,” April 2) based on vague claims that the union wasn’t aggressive enough. The PSEA I know has always...
The Stroller, April 21, 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. Free paper shredding event planned at Clearview Federal Credit Union A free paper shredding event and electronics collection will be hosted...
Letter to the editor: Americans gullible when it comes to Bidens
It’s amazing how gullible the American people are, especially when it comes to believing everything that a group pretending to be the Democratic Party says and does. These people seem to be the new means to end this country as we know it, led by “the big man.” Oh, don’t...
Pirates farm report for April 20, 2022: Anthony Alford homers in Indy win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 7-6) moved back over .500 with a 5-3 win over Columbus (Guardians). LF Anthony Alford (.167), on a rehab assignment with a wrist injury, went 1 for 4 with a home run. RF Cal Mitchell (.372) went 3 for 4 with a stolen base. LC Canaan Smith-Njigba (.235)...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 20, 2022
High schools Baseball Wednesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Butler 7, Pine-Richland 2 Central Catholic 2, North Allegheny 1 Seneca Valley 14, Allderdice 1 Section 2 Mt. Lebanon 4, Hempfield 3 Canon-McMillan 2, Norwin 1 Baldwin at Upper St. Clair, ppd. Class 5A Section 1 Latrobe 8, Gateway 2 Penn-Trafford...
High school roundup for April 20, 2022: Hampton strengthens grip on 1st place
Anthony Bucci and Joey O’Donnell each had a hit and two RBIs as Hampton scored all its runs in the fifth inning of a 6-0 victory over Fox Chapel, sweeping a doubleheader Wednesday to stay in first place in Section 2-5A. Cam Marshalwitz earned the shutout victory for the Talbots...
With Griffin back in circle, Ligonier Valley softball handles Serra Catholic
Senior Maddie Griffin finished with 15 strikeouts and a three-hit performance at the dish to help lead Ligonier Valley to a 7-2 victory over Serra Catholic in Section 2-2A play Wednesday afternoon in McKeesport. Griffin, a Youngstown State commit who helped guide the Rams to a state championship game appearance...
Fox Chapel man accused in 2 separate killings said Satan compelled him to kill; offers plea of guilty, but mentally ill
Adam Rosenberg said he was compelled to kill by Satan and had designs on becoming a serial killer. He already had shot two people to death and intended to kill more, he told a forensic psychiatrist. “Why didn’t he become a serial killer?” defense attorney Casey White asked. “I believe...
Fox Chapel man accused in 2 separate killings said Satan compelled him to kill; offers plea of guilty, but mentally ill
Adam Rosenberg said he was compelled to kill by Satan and had designs of becoming a serial killer. He had already shot two people to death and intended to kill more, he told a forensic psychiatrist. “Why didn’t he become a serial killer?” asked defense attorney Casey White. “I believe...
Jerry West demands retraction of his ‘cruel’ portrayal in ‘Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty’
NBA icon and Los Angeles Lakers legend Jerry West is declaring the depiction of his character in HBO’s “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” to be “cruel” and “deliberately false,” and is demanding a retraction within two weeks from today. “The portrayal of…West…is fiction pretending to be fact...
It’s April 20. Here’s why everyone associates 420 with marijuana.
Whether you know a lot about marijuana or very little, chances are you’ve heard that the numbers 420 are particularly significant in weed culture. But what does it mean? And why do weed aficionados hold April 20 and 4:20 p.m. so sacred? According to Time Magazine, 420 can be traced...
Musical headliners announced for Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is promising one of the most diverse music lineups ever assembled for this year’s Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival. Running June 3-12, the free concerts will begin at 7 p.m. nightly on the Dollar Bank Main Stage, at the intersection of Ninth Street and Penn...
5 takeaways from Spotlight PA’s Republican gubernatorial debate
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 — Five of the nine Republican candidates running to be Pennsylvania’s next governor participated in a debate hosted by Spotlight...
David Callahan, Robert Brundrett and Charlie Burd: Celebrating Appalachia’s green transformation
Our fellow Americans may not consider the so-called “Rust Belt” to be the epicenter of our nation’s green economy. But the discovery of our region’s abundant and clean natural gas resources over the last 15 years has transformed Appalachia into a technology hub and innovation-driven economy at the forefront of...
