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Twins give pitcher Randy Dobnak a 5-year contract extension
Pitcher Randy Dobnak of South Park has agreed to a contract extension with the Twins, a major league source confirmed. The five-year, $9.25 million extension could be worth nearly $30 million if all incentives are reached. ESPN’s Jeff Passan was first to report the deal. Dobnak, 26, will be the...
UCLA defeats Alabama in overtime thriller to reach NCAA tournament Elite EightVideo
The runaway finish was set up by some crazy momentum swings, a wild back-and-forth battle that none of the breathless fans wanted to end. UCLA has this game! No, wait, Alabama isn’t going away! In a lopsided overtime, there was no doubt. It was all Bruins. UCLA scored the first...
High school sports schedules for March 29, 2021
High schools Baseball Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 5A Section 2 Fox Chapel at Mars, 3:45 p.m. Hampton at Woodland Hills, 5 p.m. Class 4A Section 2 Ambridge at Central Valley, 4 p.m. Montour at Quaker Valley, 4:15 p.m. Section 3 Belle Vernon at Uniontown, 4 p.m. Greensburg Salem at Elizabeth...
Man shot in the chest in MillvaleVideo
A man was in critical condition Sunday afternoon after being shot in the chest in Millvale, officials said. Emergency dispatchers received an alert of a shooting near North and Lincoln avenues about 2:30 p.m., Allegheny County Police said. Police arrived at the 300 block of North Avenue to find a...
With 7 starters back from 2019, Monessen softball poised for success
Count Monessen softball among the teams left wondering what might have been had the covid-19 pandemic not wiped out the 2020 season. The Greyhounds returned more than a handful of starters from a team that finished 6-10 the year before and qualified for the WPIAL Class A playoffs for a...
Patience key for inexperienced Monessen baseball team
Bill Matush took over the Monessen baseball program 18 years ago, not long after the Greyhounds went through a 38-game losing streak, but the veteran coach still likes to keep things fun for his players. One game Matush enjoys playing during practice is called “21” — something he picked up...
A bill that criminalizes spitting on Pa. police includes extra penalties for people who are sick
Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan 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 — A bill moving through the Pennsylvania legislature that would criminalize spitting on a police officer is partially predicated on...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of March 28, 2021
Hampton Estate of Doris Hauswalk sold property at an unknown address to Ann Rebecca Ensminger for $153,000. Cathy McMullen sold property at 3133 Cheltenham Court to Sarah Bader for $183,133. Theodore Nalepa sold property at 4860 Cherry St. to et al for $285,000. Guy Bacco sold property at 3124 Mohawk...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of March 28, 2021
Chalfant John Tougher sold property at 243 Greenfield Ave. to Slimcan Akyuz for $145,000. Churchill Patricia McKee sold property at 47 Churchill Road to Gary William and Barbara Phillips Gardiner for $232,500. Estate of Gernard Lapietra sold property at 2340 Greensburg Pike to Thing Of Ours Limited for $75,000. Delmont...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of March 28, 2021
Aspinwall Kurt Simmonds sold property at 325 Second St. to Elizabeth Krahe for $325,000. Blawnox Arlie Nogay sold property at 1206 Carla Drive to Tilman Nadolski for $195,000. Etna Wells Fargo Bank NA sold property at 21 Sycamore St. to Sang Hyun Woo for $87,087. Estate of Jefrey Woyick sold...
Shaler area real estate transactions for the week of March 28, 2021
Etna Wells Fargo Bank NA sold property at 21 Sycamore St. to Sang Hyun Woo for $87,087. Estate of Jefrey Woyick sold property at 141 Vista St. to Michael Ujazdowski for $15,000. James Woods sold property at 88 Wilson St. to Milaena Properties LLC for $165,000. Millvale Joseph Sable sold...
With solid core returning, Penn-Trafford volleyball has talent to contend
Following last season’s cancellation, the Penn-Trafford volleyball team is anxious to get back on the court. After all, the Warriors had a streak of 12 straight appearances in the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs interrupted, including the 2016 championship. Penn-Trafford begins the season ranked fifth in the WPIAL coaches poll. “This...
Letter to the editor: End of the virus or end of Trump letters?
Which happens first? The covid-19 pandemic ends and life returns to “normal,” or tear-stained letters from pouty President Trump fans disappear from the pages of this newspaper. My money is on the virus. Dan Skantar North Fayette...
Police: Woman shot outside South Side club
Pittsburgh police are investigating a shooting that wounded a woman late Saturday outside a South Side night club. The victim suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, was in stable condition and taken to a local hospital by private means, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. Police responded just after 11...
Two injured in motorcycle-car collision in McKeesport
A motorcyclist was critically injured in a collision with a car Saturday evening in McKeesport. The crash was reported to Allegheny County 911 just after 6 p.m. in the 3000 block of Walnut Street. The 21-year-old man suffered head injuries and was taken to an area hospital in critical condition,...
Letter to the editor: Giving stimulus check back to government
In response to Cheryl Rossetti’s letter “Disagree with election results? Return stimulus checks”): This is a great idea to try to “pour money back into the Treasury.” I’m ready to lick the stamp to send it back. Before doing that, however, I propose the following caveats: In return for my...
Collier, South Fayette area real estate transactions for the week of March 28, 2021
Bridgeville Emerio Sanchez sold property at 804 Bower Hill Road to Wayne Richard Pilarski for $115,000. Luke Patnesky sold property at 334 New York St. to Blaine and Mikki Warfield for $279,900. Carnegie David Soubie sold property at 712 Charles St. to New Community Properties LLC for $50,000. Judith Popivchak...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of March 28, 2021
Aleppo Thomas Medvitz sold property at 201 Forest Edge Drive to Fairlady Properties LLC for $187,000. Edgeworth John Corbett sold property at 213 Chestnut Road to Josh and Elizabeth Cohen for $682,500. Dana Edwards sold property at 617 West Drive to Kevin and Marguerite Park for $1,600,000. Leet William Wright...
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of March 28
Pine Christopher Hunzeker sold property at 10756 Babcock Blvd. to Nicholas Frederick Quarantillo and Janine Clare Melvin for $265,050. Pine Develop Co. sold property at 203 Emerald Fields Drive to Matthew Poremba and Heather Rehrig for $145,000. Michael Gartley sold property at 606 Fairgate Drive to Truesdell Properties 002 LLC...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of March 28
Bradford Woods William Chewning sold property at 47 Forest Road to Cathy Reed for $280,000. Shophouse Home LLC sold property at 4944 Wexford Run Road to Nathaniel Blume trustee and Megan McGarry trustee for $660,000. Franklin Park Nancy Hamilton trustee sold property at 2567 Aldon Drive to Amy McGuigan for...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of March 28, 2021
Baldwin Borough Dori Capretti sold property at 458 Balconade Drive to Nicole Curtin and Cassandra Ferguson for $175,800. Belashova Anastasia LLC sold property at 1144 Boni Drive to Sven Zepic for $32,000. Mary Jo Stoner sold property at 812 Brentview Drive to Property Prince LLC for $52,000. April Edwards sold...
Letter to the editor: Learn, take action on anti-Asian racism
Given the rise over the past year in anti-Asian racism and racial incidents, here are just a few resources for learning and action. If you experience bullying, intimidation or violence related to being Asian and/or Pacific Islander (API), go to stopaapihate.org and standagainsthatred.org/ report to report the incident so that there...
Editorial: 1 million covid cases, and a path forward
One million. It is the kind of number that we think we can understand because it is thrown about with such abandon. The price of a big house. A mere sliver of a school building project. The top prize on a really good lottery ticket. But it’s a huge number...
Letter to the editor: More guns means more shootings
As people are tiring of covid, the mass gatherings are resuming, and so are the mass shootings. No other country has this problem, and no other country is so saturated with guns. Coincidence? I hear all the gun advocates’ arguments and scoff, like guns don’t kill, people do. It’s as...
Letter to the editor: Democracy for all people, not just the powerful
In the 1800s the Republican Party championed the democratic principles of freedom, liberty, justice and equality for all. The Democratic Party stood for the wealthy and powerful, the plantation owners, the captains of industry. It was a tug of war between democracy and oligarchy. Today we are in that same...
