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The Birdie takes his shot at predicting records for Westmoreland County teams
The Birdie Last season: 72-23 (75.8%) A new football season has the Birdie smiling ear to ear, although you can’t quite see his smile because he still is wearing his mask. Good boy, Birdie. Pulling up a soap box, old yellow is in the mood to preach this preseason and...
The Stroller, Aug. 21, 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. Trylife Center seeks volunteers for day and night positions TryLife Center, a pregnancy and family resource center in Lower Burrell, is...
Editorial: Westmoreland Fair fun is back
Is there anything more quintessentially summer than a county fair? It’s the kind of event that brings all of those snapshot memories of summertime fun into focus. Cotton candy. Blue ribbons. Funnel cake. Carnival rides. Midway games. The Westmoreland Fair runs through Aug. 28. For the next week, dads will...
Letter to the editor: What will Jan. 6 justice look like?
Pat Buchanan’s comparison of Jan. 6 to 9/11 (“Why the left can’t let go of Jan. 6,” July 27, TribLIVE) is a good example of turning the facts upside down. Jan. 6 was not “just a protest, a riot, a shameful disgrace.” Most sources say it was an act of...
This date in sports history: Aug. 21Video
1901 — William Larned wins the first of seven men’s singles titles in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship. 1914 — Walter Hagen captures the U.S. Open golf title by edging Chick Evans. 1920 — Jock Hutchinson wins the PGA Championship with a 1-up victory over J. Douglass Edgar. 1931...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 20, 2021: Oneil Cruz has 3 hits in return from injury
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 44-49) blanked Toledo (Tigers), 5-0. RHP Max Kranick (2-3, 4.97) threw six scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks, fanning three. LHP Sam Howard, rehabbing an oblique injury, threw two perfect innings of relief with two strikeouts. RHP Tyler Bashlor (2.92) pitched a perfect ninth. RF Jared...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Aug. 20, 2021
Golf WPIAL Boys Friday’s results Class 2A Section 2 Derry 229, Ligonier Valley 239 Medalists: Hunter Jurica (D), 39; Logan Smith (LV), 42 Nonsection North Allegheny 203, Blackhawk 222 Butler 211, Kiski Area 227 Medalists: Tyler Figlioli (B), 43; Campbell Curry, Jason Buczak (KA), 42 Armstrong 214, Knoch 223 Medalists:...
Gov. Tom Wolf reinstates mask mandate for Pa. state employees
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is reinstating a mask mandate for all state employees and contracted staff working under his jurisdiction regardless of their vaccination status, starting on Monday. State employees were notified on Friday about this change in policy that comes as cases of covid-19 infections are on the rise....
Nicole Molinaro: Criminal justice system failing domestic violence victims
The article “Police: Desperate notes in Walmart, Fallingwater led to woman held captive” (July 16, TribLIVE) described incidents of violence that shocked the mind and the soul. Like others throughout our community, I was horrified to read about the extensive abuse this victim survived, including being held captive, multiple physical...
Police: McKeesport man dies after being shot in Pitcairn; 1 arrested, 3 others sought
A White Oak man was awaiting arraignment Saturday in connection with a fatal shooting in Pitcairn, according to Allegheny County Police. Johnathon Nathan Dawson, 18, is charged with homicide and conspiracy. Police said they are attempting to identify three additional suspects in the shooting death of Kaliq Dade, 20, of...
How many people in Pa. use cannabis for addiction? The Wolf admin won’t say
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 — In 2018, the Wolf administration endorsed cannabis as a treatment for opioid use disorder, despite an absence of research...
Penn State WRs need to ‘bring it’ in competition to contribute
The Penn State wide receiver situation is well-trod territory entering the 2021 season. Senior Jahan Dotson and sophomore Parker Washington appear entrenched atop the depth chart. Sophomore KeAndre Lambert-Smith appears to be the top candidate to move into the No. 3 spot, especially after he was singled out by wide...
WWE star Charlotte Flair discusses SummerSlam, Becky Lynch chants and social media trollsVideo
WWE star Charlotte Flair is one of the most decorated wrestlers in history, winning multiple world titles while entertaining fans around the world. She will be competing Saturday for the Raw women’s title against Rhea Ripley and Nikki A.S.H. in a Triple Threat match at the SummerSlam pay-per-view in Las...
Franklin Regional, Hempfield and Norwin schools team up for K-5 online academy
Three area school districts are banding together to create an online academy for students in kindergarten through fifth grade during the upcoming school year. Franklin Regional, Hempfield Area and Norwin formed the consortium Westmoreland Online Academy. A total of six teachers — two from each district — will be assigned...
Top Pa. GOP senator orders change in election integrity plan
HARRISBURG — The top Republican in Pennsylvania’s state Senate said Friday that he is putting a different senator in charge of an “election integrity” undertaking and removing a senator who had aimed to carry out an Arizona-style “forensic investigation” of Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election. Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman...
Greg Fulton: The day St. Franco was anointed
Similar to today, in 1972 our nation was polarized. The Vietnam War, the Equal Rights Amendment providing equality for all sexes and busing of children for integration were dividing lines for many. Then, on Dec. 23, something magical happened in Pittsburgh, what some would call an early Christmas present. According...
North Huntingdon couple found dead; carbon monoxide poisoning suspected
Residents along Altman Street in North Huntingdon were shocked Friday to learn about the deaths of two elderly neighbors, believed to have been victims of carbon monoxide poisoning. Joseph and Freda Polinski, both 88, were found dead inside their home Thursday. “A family member was unable to contact his parents...
Letter to the editor: No vaccine, no treatment
Short and sweet, executive order: Everyone age 12 and up gets vaccinated. If you refuse, your name goes in a file and when you get covid, you don’t get treatment at a hospital. Christopher Morelli Ligonier Township...
Could John Calipari be on the verge of an incredibly rare recruiting achievement?
LEXINGTON, Ky. — For all of John Calipari’s massive recruiting success in the past decade-plus at Kentucky, there’s something the UK coach has never been able to pull off. In fact, it’s something that has been accomplished only once over a span of 25 recruiting cycles. Calipari could make it...
Letter to the editor: God does care about church rules
In his letter “God doesn’t care about churches’ rules”, Carl Jones opines that God, not for one second, cares about the rules and regulations of the Catholic Church. Thus he thinks all letters relating to the receiving of Holy Communion by President Biden should stop. Jones claims God has no...
The Stroller, Aug. 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. Concert to raise money for NK Memorial Park New Ken/Arnold Social in the Park will host a Band Blast benefit concert...
Letter to the editor: Will Shell really trigger growth?
In his op-ed “The Shell cracker plant is a boon for business” (Aug. 9, TribLIVE), Allegheny County Councilman Sam DeMarco said the “science of economics” shows that Shell’s massive plastics factory in Beaver County is going to “trigger a period of regional economic growth unrivaled by any industrial project since...
High school sports scores for Aug. 19, 2021
High schools Golf Boys Thursday’s results Nonsection Greensburg Salem 231, Gateway 282 Medalist: Mike Kingerski (GS) Ligonier Valley 217, Central Cambria 238 Medalists: Logan Smith (LV), 39; Ian Mulligan (CC), 43 Pine-Richland 199, North Catholic 220 Girls Thursday’s results Nonsection Fox Chapel 186, Shaler 247 Medalists: Nina Busch (FC), 40;...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 19, 2021: Miguel Yajure strikes out 6 in Indy rehab start
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 43-49) lost to Toledo (Tigers), 5-2. RHP Miguel Yajure (.343) is continuing a rehab stint in the minors for a forearm injury and got the start after being reinstated from the 60-day IL. He allowed one run on two hits with six strikeouts and a walk in four...
Mike McCarthy finally feels at home as Cowboys coach, but to stay, he must winVideo
FRISCO, Texas — North Texas finally feels like home for Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy. His family has relocated to Allen after spending much of last year in Green Bay because of the covid-19 pandemic. His stepson just started college at SMU. It all has given McCarthy, a Greenfield native,...
