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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
Latrobe shows toughness, knocks off seventh-seeded Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson head coach Dom DeCicco called a timeout with 10 seconds remaining in Wednesday’s WPIAL playoff opener to devise an appropriate offensive strategy. With TJ trailing Latrobe by two points, the veteran mentor scripted up a pair of play calls: A shot inside for 6-foot-6 senior forward Ethan Dunsey...
Bethel Park’s Olivia Westphal too much for Shaler in Class 6A clash
Shaler started Wednesday’s Class 6A first-round girls basketball playoff game playing a box-and-one defense against Bethel Park senior Olivia Westphal. The junk defense didn’t last long because no matter what the Titans did, they couldn’t slow down the district’s top scorer. The Duquesne recruit scored 33 points as Bethel Park...
Senior forward’s big night boosts Baldwin past Penn-Trafford
Baldwin girls basketball coach Jamal Woodson sounded like he was at the podium at an awards show when senior forward Meghan Dryburgh’s name came up in a postgame interview. He went all Golden Globes after he and his team celebrated with a small group of fans Wednesday night. And the...
What will Brentwood’s Fourth of July Celebration look like this year?
Brentwood’s annual Fourth of July Celebration will happen this year – but the form it will take is still up in the air. “We will not have a completely silent Fourth of July like we did last year,” said AJ Doyle, vice chairman of Brentwood’s Fourth of July Committee. Doyle...
Dormont Pool to reopen this summer
Get ready to splash around again in the Dormont Pool. One of the more depressing aspects of the pandemic has been the limits put on recreational activities. The Dormont Pool was one of last summer’s casualties, sitting empty for all of 2020 because of the covid-19 pandemic. But that will...
High school roundup for March 2, 2021: Pine-Richland girls rally past Peters Township
Kaili Doctor and Sophie Catalano scored 14 points each as Pine-Richland mounted a second-half surge and defeated Peters Township, 54-45, in a WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball first-round matchup Tuesday night. The No. 10 Rams (7-10) outscored Peters Township 21-10 in the third quarter. Sarah Pifer added 12 points, including...
Hempfield boys hold off Baldwin in Class 6A first round
Stepping foot into what is considered a wide-open WPIAL Class 6A playoff field, while exciting, can also be like a mine field. Leads, no matter how large, can be unstable in a year like this as teams look for bracket-busting upsets. Need proof? Look at Hempfield. Need proof of a...
Westmoreland basketball playoff capsules: Games for Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Here’s a look at Wednesday’s WPIAL basketball playoff games involving Westmoreland County teams: Girls First round Class 6A 9-Baldwin (8-7) at 8-Penn-Trafford (10-6) 6 p.m. Wednesday Coaches: Jamal Woodson, Baldwin; John Giannikas, Penn-Trafford Winner plays: At 1-North Allegheny (19-1), noon Saturday About Baldwin: After a rash of early-season postponements, the...
Court cases in Brentwood, South Park for the week of March 2, 2021
District court judges in Brentwood and South Park handled these criminal cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the appropriate district courts or the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Judge Ralph Kaiser, Brentwood • Veronique Mbakop, 29, of Brentwood on charges of aggravated assault and recklessly endangering...
Westmoreland basketball playoff capsules: Games for Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Here’s a look at Tuesday’s WPIAL basketball playoff games involving Westmoreland County teams: Boys First round Class 6A 14-Baldwin (6-12) at 3-Hempfield (11-5) 6 p.m. Tuesday Coaches: Jeff Ackermann, Baldwin; Bill Swan, Hempfield Winner plays: Winner of 11-Peters Township (6-8) at 6-Pine-Richland (11-5), 6 p.m. Friday About Baldwin: Baldwin, under...
In brief: Sen. Robinson opens Bethel Park office, garden club meeting and more in the South Hills
State senator opens district office Freshman state Sen. Devlin Robinson. R-37th, has announced the opening of his district office in Bethel Park. The office is located at 1700 North Highland Road, Suite 307 and is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, constituents are...
Preston Zandier joins list of Thomas Jefferson Big 33 players
Preston Zandier has joined an exclusive club as a senior member of the Thomas Jefferson football program. A sturdy 6-foot-2, 200-pound wide receiver/linebacker and Youngstown State recruit, Zandier has been selected to participate in the 2021 Big 33 Football Classic. He is one of two players labeled as “athletes” on...
Baldwin girls basketball honors senior class that has seen it all
They have been friends and teammates throughout their high school careers, sticking together through thick and thin. The seniors on the Baldwin girls basketball team were honored at home Feb. 17 during pregame ceremonies with Canon-McMillan. The 2020-21 senior hoopsters are guards Lexi Bernotas, Sydney Carr, Anna Lucarelli and Taylor...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 28, 2021
Baldwin Borough Regis Perich sold property at 614 Agnew Road to Daniel Best for $82,500. Estate of Aloysius Shore sold property at 509 Barbara Drive to Kim Stephen Haines Jr. for $154,500. Karyl Leonhardt sold property at 5444 Hacienda Drive to Michael and Tara Leonhardt for $180,000. Robert Burns sold...
South Park’s O’Connor, North Catholic’s Foley capture WPIAL Class AA diving titles
Cole O’Connor saved his toughest dive for last and it paid off. The South Park senior trailed by five entering the final round, but successfully executed an inward double with a 2.8 degree of difficulty to score 46 points and vault himself to his first WPIAL Class AA diving championship...
Sen. Robinson’s bill to boost veterans donations when renewing driver license passed unanimously by Pa. Senate
A measure introduced by a South Hills lawmaker to increase the amount of money that can be donated to help military veterans when a resident renews their vehicle documents was approved unanimously by the Pennsylvania Senate. Sen. Devlin Robinson, R-Bridgeville, was the prime sponsor of Senate Bill 96, which increases...
How to buy a wedding dress during a pandemic 
In the showroom at MB Bride & Special Occasion, Tracey Hess holds two essential devices for bridal-wear shopping these days: An iPhone is in her right hand and an iPad in her left. She positions the electronics with precision, so the people she’s connecting with virtually can see the dress...
Woodland Hills hosts summit on tough topics with Western Pa. high schools
Mental health. Racial injustice. Student grief and loss. Economic hardships. Self-care in a pandemic. Cultural discrepancies. Misrepresentation in media. These were topics explored by Western Pa. high schoolers on Thursday. A virtual Student Summit organized by students at Woodland Hills High School included peers from Aliquippa, Mt. Lebanon, Hampton, Gateway,...
Allegheny County to administer Pfizer vaccine at Castle Shannon site
The Allegheny County Health Department will start administering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at its Castle Shannon distribution site next week. County officials said the health department received four trays of the Pfizer vaccine to be used for first doses. Appointments are required to receive a dose — and individuals must be...
Former Mt. Lebanon nursing home administrator indicted on health care fraud charges
As part of an ongoing state and federal investigation into the activities at long-term care facilities owned by Comprehensive Healthcare Management Services LLC, the former administrator at its Mt. Lebanon skilled nursing home was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury. Susan Gilbert, 60, of Lawrence, is the only defendant....
Baldwin-Whitehall uses app to communicate more efficiently with Nepali speakers
Families who speak Nepali as their primary language in the Baldwin-Whitehall school district now have a better way to communicate with teachers — and vice versa — thanks to a mobile app. The district launched “Talking Points” as a pilot program designed for the 654 families who speak Nepali. Essentially,...
Thomas Jefferson junior wins WPIBL boys singles title by 4 pins
Thomas Jefferson’s Nick Johnson edged Freeport’s Mark Livingston by four pins to capture the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League boys singles championship Wednesday at AMF Mt. Lebanon Lanes. Johnson, the No. 2 seed for the bracketed playoffs, rolled a 195 in the finals to Livingston’s 191. The Jaguars junior made...
While others tried to flip him, West Mifflin’s Nahki Johnson remained committed to Pitt
When Nahki Johnson committed to Pitt in the early days of the summer of 2019, he was barely removed from his sophomore year at West Mifflin. Two more seasons of high school football lay ahead. There were still 18 months before he could sign a binding letter of intent with...
Levin Furniture reopens stores in McMurray, Robinson; soon Mt. Pleasant 
Jeff Federoff had just been laid off from his job at Levin Furniture & Mattress. The new ownership had gone bankrupt — and then the pandemic hit. “I open my mail and there is a letter and a check from Robert Levin,” said Federoff, a 20-year employee from Canonsburg, as...
Baldwin-Whitehall’s Peretin named Technology Administrator of the Year
Baldwin-Whitehall School District has reason to celebrate, particularly during a time when technology plays a very integral part in education. Dr. Janeen Peretin, director of communication, innovation and advancement for the Baldwin-Whitehall School District, has been selected as the Technology Administrator of the Year by The Pennsylvania Education Technology Expo...


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