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Stocks end higher, bringing S&P 500 to the cusp of a record
Solid earnings from health care companies helped send stocks higher on Wall Street Wednesday and pushed the benchmark S&P 500 to the brink of another record high. The market has been gaining ground as investors shift their focus to the latest round of corporate earnings. Stocks have been choppy for...
Food Podcast: Halloween and checking food labels for bad sugarsVideo
On the latest episode of the Food Podcast presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union on the TribLIVE podcast network, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank focuses on sugar. With Halloween right around the corner, kids, and lots of adults, will be eating a large amount of candy. “Halloween is a...
Greensburg Salem hockey in search of ‘next step’
Corey Mentch would love nothing more than to continue on the path he and his alma mater are taking. The third-year hockey coach at Greensburg Salem has revitalized a once-lowly program. That was evident last season when, despite a bit of a roller-coaster ride in their season, the Golden Lions...
Defense paves the way for another Freeport playoff berth
Freeport is getting set for another football postseason — which is nothing new. The school will be making its 31st trip to the WPIAL football playoffs, all coming since 1963. Freeport is the only Alle-Kiski Valley school to make the playoffs at least twice in seven straight decades. The Yellowjackets...
Erwin Chemerinsky: Biden’s death penalty hypocrisy
The Biden administration is hypocritical in simultaneously imposing a moratorium on the federal death penalty and urging that the Supreme Court reinstate the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Indeed, the Biden administration’s choice to defend capital punishment for Tsarnaev reflects the inherently arbitrary nature of death penalty...
Westmoreland happenings: kolache sale, card party and marching band championship
Church news • Christ Bearers Unite will sponsor a free online retreat at 2 p.m. Oct. 24 in honor of Judy Huber. There will be a slide show of Judy and pictures of past special needs retreats. The Rev. Larry Kiniry will be the speaker. Access information: Irene Perry, greenthumb103@gmail.com...
Cadet Brendan Moyer of Gibsonia, Citadel Class of 2022, wears the ring
Brendan Moyer of Gibsonia joins the thousands of alumni who proudly wear The Citadel class ring. More than 550 cadets, active duty and veteran students from the Class of 2022 were celebrated during the Ring Presentation Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 1, after marching across Summerall Field, directly into Summerall Chapel,...
Penguins pay tribute to retired announcer Mike LangeVideo
Longtime Pittsburgh Penguins announcer Mike Lange would greet viewers with “It’s a hockey night in Pittsburgh!” Well, on Tuesday, it was a “Mike Lange Night in Pittsburgh” as the Penguins honored the retired broadcaster throughout the Pens’ game against the Dallas Stars at PPG Paints Arena. Lange, who retired this...
For the good of Mankind: There’s a new woman-owned barbershop in Shaler
Breaking news: mullets are back in style! Since opening their barbershop on Aug. 30, Harley Dischner and Paige Reis have been cranking out the hairdos that are all business in the front, party in the rear. “I’m doing a perm on a mullet later today,” Reis says with a smile....
Letter to the editor: Parklet sale slap in face to those who worked to create it
I concur with Marco Sylvania’s letter “Questions about Greensburg parklet sale” (Oct. 12, TribLIVE). Did anyone truly look into this, or was it just easier to sell it? It is extraordinary to me that land sold for $18,000 in the mid-1980s, then updated with more than $20,000, could be so...
Brentwood council race has 8 hopefuls running for 4 seats
Eight candidates appear on the ballot for Brentwood council, vying for four open seats. According to the Allegheny County Office of Elections’ unofficial candidate list, incumbents AJ Doyle and Robert Pasquantonio will square off against newcomers Melissa Lenigan, Karen L. McWilliams, Stephen J. Thomas, Nicole M. Novak, Chris Fargotstein and...
Jim Rossman: Is upgrading your operating system worth it?
Last week I wrote about keeping your computer’s operating system up to date. I mentioned that you need to pay attention to software update notifications from your computer and keep current with major upgrades and minor updates. The minor updates can happen in the background automatically, but major updates require...
Editorial: School boards can defuse tension by following rules
Public schools don’t just teach the rules. They have to follow them, too. School districts have to fall in line with federal requirements regarding students with disabilities and equal opportunity for male and female sports teams. They have to measure up to state Department of Education demands about curriculum and...
The Stroller, Oct. 20, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, community events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Kiski Township Boy Scouts to host Haunted Trail Boy Scout Troop 589 of Kiski Township will host a Haunted Trail from...
Letter to the editor: Natural gas saves Pa. residents thousands
Pennsylvania homeowners, small businesses and manufacturers are realizing significant energy savings thanks to natural gas safely and responsibly produced across our region, key facts that were overlooked in the editorial “Why do Pennsylvanians pay higher price for energy?” (Oct. 3, TribLIVE). Natural gas is not priced globally, and therefore varies...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 19, 2021
High schools Field hockey Tuesday’s results Class 2A Penn-Trafford 9, Latrobe 0 Fox Chapel at Upper St. Clair, (n) Nonsection Norwin at Oakland Catholic, (n) Wednesday’s schedule Class 3A Mt. Lebanon at Peters Township, 7:45 p.m. Norwin at Hempfield, 6 p.m. Pine-Richland at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. Class A Winchester...
High school roundup for Oct. 19, 2021: Nathan Prex leads Seneca Valley to tune-up win
Nathan Prex had a hat trick as Seneca Valley defeated Franklin Regional 7-1 Tuesday in a nonsection tune-up for WPIAL boys soccer title contenders. Beaux Lizewski scored twice and Joey Coon and Jeremiah Laslavic also scored for Seneca Valley (15-0-1). Anthony DiFalco scored for Franklin Regional (13-3). WPIAL playoff pairings...
8 potential jurors advance in Ahmaud Arbery slaying trial
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A judge found eight potential jurors qualified to advance Tuesday following intense questioning aimed at finding an impartial jury for the trial of three white men charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery, whose slaying last year sparked a national outcry. Father and son Greg and Travis...
6 candidates running for 3 seats on Collier’s board of commissioners
Six candidates will square off in November, each seeking one of the three open seats on the Collier board of commissioners. According to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list, Democrats Mary Ann Cupples Wisniowski, Sadie Lee Restivo and Frank Trosky will face Republicans Wayne M. Chiurazzi, Timothy...
Baldwin Whitehall welcomes 2 new principals
Baldwin Whitehall School District has two new faces in leadership roles. Whitehall Elementary School welcomed a new principal to the helm this fall. Rebecca Gill brings a robust experience in education, having served as both a teacher and principal in the region. “Ms. Gill brings has demonstrated her commitment to...
James Stavridis: What Colin Powell taught me about war and optimism
In 2009, I was nominated to be the 16th supreme allied commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. While I had already served three years heading one of the military’s 11 combatant commands — U.S. Southern Command, focused on Latin America — this new job would be jumping into the...
Jury to begin deliberating fatal shooting at Club Erotica in McKees Rocks
Seth McDermit wouldn’t be dead if Charles Becher and his relatives had let McDermit and his friends leave a McKees Rocks strip club early Jan. 29, a prosecutor told an Allegheny County jury Tuesday. Instead, Becher, 24, and the two women he was with escalated the situation, Assistant District Attorney...
Health clubs want you back. Here’s what they’re offering
Health club chains are pedaling hard to woo pandemic-weary consumers back to the gym. But some of the largest companies are taking different paths as the industry waits to see whether covid-19 infection rates recede enough to make consumers feel safe to resume communal workouts. Discount chains YouFit and Planet...
Paul Muschick: Pennsylvania was wise not to dangle millions as bait to get people vaccinated. Here’s why
I told you so. This spring, I lamented how some states were bribing people to get their COVID-19 shots. I said vaccine lotteries, such as Ohio’s that gave away $5 million, were a disgusting waste of public money. A new study confirms that. Research published Friday in the online JAMA...
Excela listed among Healthiest Employers in region
Excela Health has been recognized among the Healthiest Employers in Western Pennsylvania, a distinction it has received for 10 consecutive years. The Greensburg-based health system also, for the sixth year in a row, was named a Healthiest 100 Workplace in America. The Healthiest Employer awards program, powered by Springbuk, recognizes...
