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Penguins to award $100K to renovate one of 3 Western Pa. ice rinks
The Penguins are staging a contest in which a local ice rink will be selected to receive $100,000 for renovations. Online voting will determine the winner. Bradys Run Park Ice Arena in Beaver Falls, the Belmont Sports Complex in Kittanning and S&T Arena in Indiana are the finalists. The team...
Community meeting scheduled as Shenango revisioning process nears completion
An advisory council composed of local government and community representatives has drafted a set of principles to guide the reuse of the 50-acre former Shenango Coke Works site on Neville Island. The Shenango Reimagined Advisory Council, convened by the nonprofit Delta Institute, has met more than 10 times in the...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s con succeeds
Vladimir Putin must be rubbing his hands in glee. With the aid of GOP senators, his man in D.C. has succeeded in a masterful con. Better yet, Alan Dershowitz has argued that anyone running for office can do almost anything. No sense of ethics needed; laws are apparently mere suggestions....
535Media unveils AI startup MeSearch, with focus on reader-tailored experience
A Pittsburgh artificial intelligence startup built on decades of search technology launched Monday with an aim to change the way news is published, delivered and consumed online. MeSearch, founded as a joint venture with 535Media, will start the first tests of its technology with Trib Total Media to provide neighborhood...
Letter to the editor: Kids are brainwashed on climate change
Watching a news report about children protesting about so-called climate change gave me something to ponder. The young can lead us old nonbelievers by first scrapping their video games, computers, cellphones and other electronics that use energy in order to be manufactured, mostly from oil that injects carbon into the...
The Stroller, Feb. 18, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Stroller is your go-to place for local charitable events and volunteer opportunities. Information for The Stroller may be dropped off or mailed at least a week in advance to: The Stroller, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084, email vndnews@tribweb.com or fax 724-226-4677. Fundraiser planned March 14...
Letter to the editor: We should unite behind the president
I never thought of myself as a political person, and I certainly never thought that a TV reality show host would become our president. But I am pleased with how things turned out. The economy is good, people are working, wages are favorable, unemployment is low and terrorists are being...
Changing clocks is bad for your health, but which time to choose?
Changing over to daylight saving time — a major annoyance for many people — may be on its way out as lawmakers cite public health as a prime reason to ditch the twice-yearly clock-resetting ritual. The time change, especially in the spring, has been blamed for increases in heart attacks...
2 years later, Parkland students tackle the real struggle — mental health
All it takes is the shrill sound of a fire alarm. When Ryan Deitsch heard the sound in his dorm at American University earlier this month, he froze. As the rest of the students fled, yelling at him to follow, the freshman’s heart raced as he relived the afternoon of...
Mayo Clinic Q&A: Cause of ventricular tachycardia determines treatment
Dear Mayo Clinic: Recently, I was diagnosed with ventricular tachycardia, but doctors said a cause cannot be determined. What usually causes this problem? Does knowing the cause make a difference in treatment? Answer: There are many causes of ventricular tachycardia. Some do not present a serious health threat, while others...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Girls basketball No. 5
There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the last 10 years. They expanded from two days to three days and from eight boys and girls finals to a dozen championship games. The district also switched venues, moving from the Palumbo Center at Duquesne to the...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week: Week ending Feb. 15, 2020
It was a big week for the Shenango boys basketball team. It began with a stunning win to end the regular season, then concluded with a big victory to open the postseason. Leading the way was Colin McQuiston, as the senior scored 51 points in wins over Mars and California....
WPIAL boys 6A, girls 5A and A headline Day 4 of first-round basketball
Last year, Peters Township knocked off Penn-Trafford in a Class 6A boys basketball first-round playoff game before losing an upset bid to Pine-Richland in heartbreaking fashion at the buzzer, 66-64, in the district quarterfinals. The opening-round win was the first Indians’ postseason victory in seven years. Hempfield is making its...
West Allegheny, last team into WPIAL boys playoff field, shocks McKeesport
The WPIAL playoffs apparently don’t follow a last-in, first-out policy. West Allegheny, which needed help on the final day of the regular season to qualify for the Class 5A tournament, got 30 points from Scott Bilovus to knock off fifth-seeded McKeesport, 65-62, at North Allegheny High School. West Allegheny led...
OLSH new No. 1 in 2A with few other changes in latest HSSN PIAA boys basketball rankings
Only one team dropped from this week’s Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings as the transition from regular season to postseason is made. Only Camp Hill Trinity was bumped and Bishop McDevitt in Wyncote was added in Class 3A, but there were changes at the top in classes 3A, 2A...
Indiana girls clean glass, knock off shorthanded McKeesport
All season long, the McKeesport girls basketball team wreaked havoc on the glass thanks to the play of Jhayla Bray. The senior went over the 1,000 mark in both points and rebounds this season, and the Tigers earned the No. 5 seed in the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs. McKeesport was...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week: Week ending Feb. 15, 2020
Neshannock finished in fourth place in Section 1-3A and seeded No. 9 for the WPIAL playoffs, which meant a first-round game against Section 4-3A co-champion and perennial power Washington. It looked like the section champs would knock off the Lancers as the Prexies took a 26-13 lead into halftime. “Make...
DUI cases among those recently handled by Judge Herbst
Monroeville District Judge Jeffrey Herbst handled these cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted. Waived preliminary hearings • Monica McCann, 64, of Trafford on charges of driving under the influence and careless...
Literacy celebration planned at Hampton Community Center
Literacy will be celebrated at “Hampton Reads,” coming to the Hampton Community Center on March 5, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. All of Hampton’s school district libraries are joining with the Hampton Community Library to offer the all-inclusive, free event geared for children from kindergarten to 12th grade, according to...
Reynolds makes clutch plays as Shaler boys beat Gateway
Late in the fourth quarter of Monday’s WPIAL Class 5A first-round game, seventh-seeded Shaler Area’s 14-point halftime lead was gone, erased by upset-minded, 10th-seeded Gateway. With the score tied at 42, and the Titans reeling, senior Mekhi Reynolds saw an opening to the basket and wasn’t going to miss. Reynolds’...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 17, 2020
Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Tuesday’s schedule Hempfield (12-10) vs. Peters Township (13-9) at Mt. Lebanon, 8 p.m. Pine-Richland (14-8) vs. Connellsville (8-14) at Fox Chapel, 8 p.m. Central Catholic (12-10) vs. Penn-Trafford (14-8) at Norwin, 8 p.m. Bethel Park (13-8) vs. North Allegheny (11-11) at North...
High school roundup for Feb. 17, 2020: Laurel Highlands handles Hampton
Thanks to a first-round victory Monday night, Laurel Highlands will find itself in an intriguing WPIAL boys basketball quarterfinals matchup on Friday. Tim Smith scored 20 points, including six 3-pointers, as eighth-seeded Laurel Highlands got off to a quick start and held off ninth-seeded Hampton, 52-46, in Class 5A. Laurel...
John Bolton warns of possible ‘censorship’ of his White House memoirVideo
WASHINGTON — Former national security adviser John Bolton raised alarm the Trump administration could block his memoir that describes his interaction with the president over Ukraine. “I hope it’s not suppressed,” Bolton said Monday at a speech at Duke University in Durham, N.C. “This is an effort to write history,...
Freeport comes up big in 4th, holds off Belle Vernon
After three hotly-contested quarters, Freeport was looking for players to come up big in the fourth quarter. And seniors Sidney Shemanski and Madeline Clark did as the No. 7-seeded Yellowjackets held off No. 10 Belle Vernon, 44-38, in an WPIAL Class 4A first-round game at North Hills Middle School. Leading...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz, Mark Madden break down Penguins’ wins, Myles Garrett-Mason Rudolph controversyVideo
TribLIVE columnists Tim Benz and Mark Madden recap a bunch of news from the weekend. The Penguins earned five of six possible points this past weekend with wins over the Montreal Canadiens and the Detroit Red Wings. The goaltending has been terrific, the defense has played well and the offense...
