TribLive stories, Page 36

Just when you think Pennsylvania has decided to zig, it zags. The November election proved the state’s reputation as swingy as a circus trapeze. Keystone State voters have blown with the political winds, siding with Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump again and Barack Obama in the last five presidential elections....

Waste, fraud and abuse in government are pretty much an accepted fact. People often use humor to soften their disgust and resentment of the obscene and absurd spending. Presidents Obama and Biden and others have promised but failed to address it. President Trump is actually trying. The one person possibly...

Art in Bloom, an exhibit that combines the artwork in the galleries at Westmoreland Museum of American Art with creations from local florists, will be on display through Sunday at the museum in Greensburg. Admission is free for members and $10 for nonmembers through Saturday and free for all on...

What is James Franklin’s checklist for his veteran quarterback this spring? Drew Allar, entering his fourth season at Penn State and his third as the starter, is coming off a season in which he threw for 3,327 yards and 24 touchdowns against only eight interceptions. Allar threw for 391 yards...

High schools Baseball Wednesday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 18, Penn Hills 0 Class 4A Section 2 Belle Vernon at Uniontown, ppd. Class 3A Section 3 Burrell 9, Yough 5 Section 4 Waynesburg 13, Brownsville 5 Seton LaSalle 5, Keystone Oaks 4 Class A Section 1 Carmichaels 14,...

The conventional wisdom — really, it’s an Article of Faith for the Republican Party — is that the federal bureaucracy is a hopeless swamp of waste, fraud and inefficiency staffed by lazy, incompetent idlers. But is it? It’s a question worth considering, since it’s the rationale that drives the chainsaw...

STATE COLLEGE — Despite a nationwide trend of major college programs canceling spring games, often citing the length of the 2024 season, Penn State has no plans of doing so — both for this year and in the future. The annual Blue-White Game is set for 2 p.m. April 26...

I’m a Republican, always have been. I believe in small government, low taxes, a free market and personal liberty. For these reasons, I support the legalization of adult use of cannabis. Every state surrounding the commonwealth with the exception of West Virginia has already legalized, and it seems almost a...

Art • The Greensburg Art Center will present a free exhibit “The 2025 Biennial” through May 5 at the center, 230 Todd School Road, Hempfield. The juried entries include art in all mediums and examples of pottery and other three-dimensional art. Public welcome. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays...

Embark on a visual journey around the Western Pennsylvania region with TribLive’s latest collection of captivating images for Wednesday, March 26, 2025. From the rustic landscapes of Western Pa. to diverse corners of the globe, experience the shared moments of humanity....

I have to wonder where the writer of the letter “Time to find common ground with Trump” (March 15, TribLive) has been these past 20 years or so. The writer paints the Democrats as mean-spirited by pointing out Rep. Al Green’s vocal and disruptive opposition to President Trump’s recent speech....

The legend of lobbying is that it began in a Washington, D.C., hotel when people would wait for Ulysses S. Grant, pressing the president for political favors. The reality is Grant wasn’t even born yet when the first paid lobbyist was hired in America. It was 1792, three years after...

I’m sure many conservatives have come to the conclusion their representatives capitulated to the conservative political agenda decades ago. Conservatives failed after the Wilson, Roosevelt, LBJ ’60s and Obama-Biden eras. Conservative pushback was limited at best. However, Republicans put forth the old college try every November, appealing to the electorate...

High schools Baseball Tuesday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 18, Penn Hills 3 Penn-Trafford 9, Latrobe 6 Plum 14, Armstrong 6 Section 2 Moon 8, South Fayette 4 Chartiers Valley 5, Trinity 4 Bethel Park 7, Upper St. Clair 4 Bethel Park 15, Upper St. Clair 0 Section...

This year through March 21, stocks were up 9% in France, 15% in Germany and 18% in Hong Kong. In the U.S., stocks were down 3%. A little international diversification might be a good idea, especially with U.S. stocks currently on the expensive side. Yet many American investors have 100%...

James Franklin met with reporters ahead of Penn State ‘s spring camp opening on Tuesday. Franklin addressed several key items, including injury updates for a few Nittany Lions. Penn State linebacker Tony Rojas, offensive tackle Anthony Donkoh and tight end Andrew Rappleyea will not be “fully available” at the start...

A woman who attended the Brawl Under the Bridge wrestling event last summer in Homestead is suing the promoter and two participants, alleging her leg was broken when motorcycles they drove as part of their entrance skidded into the crowd. Stephanie Mirah, a former journalist at PublicSource, an online news...

In countless reports and studies, obesity is often reduced to just a number: 42% of adults in the U.S. have obesity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s in charts, statistics and graphs that dominate the conversation. But what these numbers fail to capture is the reality...

Embark on a visual journey around the Western Pennsylvania region with TribLive’s latest collection of captivating images for Tuesday, March 25, 2025. From the rustic landscapes of Western Pa. to diverse corners of the globe, experience the shared moments of humanity....

President Trump has been proposing to make Canada our 51st state. The reason Trump has stated for this proposal is to control our borders and stop fentanyl coming across our border. In reality our issues with border crossings and fentanyl have been far more problematic with our border neighbor to...

For most of my life, I’ve been interested in matters of scale — the extremes, from the unknowable vastness of our universe to the microscopic worlds of atoms and subatomic particles. There’s nothing any more or less “real” about these perspectives than the human scale where I live my life...

Leo Devine and Micailla Metz made the dean’s list at Geneva College for the fall 2024 semester. Anna Rush was named to Rhodes College’s fall 2024 honor roll. Jon-David Urban has been named to the fall 2024 dean’s list at Radford University. Max Blanc and Calvin Ritchie made the dean’s...

This year’s spring musical at Plum Senior High School is a journey back to the beginning for its director, John DeLuce. “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” was the musical during his first year at the school, in 1999, when he was the vocal director. This will be the first...

During last month’s winter coat drive, R.A. Lutz Elementary fourth grader Nicholas Marino found a special way to celebrate his mom’s 50th birthday. “He wanted to buy me a gift, and I told him the greatest gift of all is an act of kindness,” his mother shared. Taking that to...