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GOP optimism grows on blocking witnesses as Democrats focus questions on what John Bolton might knowVideo
WASHINGTON — Former national security adviser John Bolton loomed large in Democratic senators’ inquiries during the question-and-answer phase of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial Wednesday, but Republicans are increasingly confident that by the end of the week they will have the votes to rebuff calls to subpoena him and other...
Citizens Police Academy registration open in Hampton
Hampton Township Police Department is offering its Citizens’ Police Academy, returning for its third year, with applications now being accepted until Feb. 28. The free academy will be held every Thursday from April 2 to May 28 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Hampton Township Community Center on McCully...
Shaler Area unified bocce team hopes to build off last year’s success
The Shaler Area unified bocce team kicked off the season with its first home game Feb. 5 against Fox Chapel Area High School. With the sport in its third year at Shaler Area, the team has expanded from eight to 16 players playing on two courts. Assistant Coach Christin Pintar,...
Carlynton school board unanimously approves 2020-21 preliminary budget
Carlynton officials will have plenty of tough decisions to make as the school board approved the 2020-21 preliminary budget that has a $859,000 deficit and a slight millage increase. Board members unanimously approved a $30.7 million preliminary budget at their Jan. 28 meeting. District officials will have until the end...
The Stroller, Jan. 30, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Free performance by Sadecky’s Puppets set Saturday Sadecky’s Puppets will present a free performance at 11 a.m. Saturday at First United Presbyterian Church, 913 Lock St., Tarentum. All members of the family will enjoy their fun and positive message. Hospital auxiliary sponsors vacation raffle Allegheny Valley Hospital Auxiliary is sponsoring...
Bartoletti pens book on journey after stroke
Not even a massive stroke could keep Marie Bartoletti from running the world. Boston. Tokyo. Dublin. Berlin. Rome. Jerusalem. Chicago. New York City. In all, she’s completed more than 420 marathons, over 100 of which she has run since suffering a massive stroke on Thanksgiving Day in 2015. “It’s her...
Board of supervisors hear proposal for changes at Pine Community Center
Members of the Pine Community Center may see some changes in the coming months, as township manager Scott Anderson and director of parks and recreation Joni Patsko have started looking into repurposing certain areas in order to better utilize the space. They presented their initial ideas to the board of...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 29, 2020
Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results WPIAL Nonsection Armstrong 59, United 37 Carmichaels 51, West Greene 49 Ellwood City 63, Wilmington 48 Gateway 78, West Mifflin 44 Laurel Highlands 62, Uniontown 54 Norwin 67, Elizabeth Forward 60 Shady Side Academy 62, Freeport 45 South Allegheny 81, Serra Catholic 54 Winchester Thurston 81,...
High school roundup for Jan. 29, 2020: Top seeds hold serve in WPIAL wrestling playoffs
Eight bouts into its WPIAL Class AAA team wrestling tournament quarterfinal match Wednesday night, No. 2 Seneca Valley looked primed for an upset. Six matches later, the Raiders looked primed to challenge for a WPIAL title. Tyler Chappell (106) recorded a fall to start a run of six straight wins,...
Plenty of big girls basketball games in Beaver County on Thursday
The top two girls basketball teams in the latest Trib HSSN weekly rankings will square off with first place at stake on Thursday. The strange thing is, both Mohawk and Beaver are coming off losses on Monday. Mohawk (16-2) is in first place with a 10-1 record in Section 1-3A...
Fox Chapel boys, Chartiers Valley girls remain on top of HSSN power rankings
The boys and girls Trib 10 from last week to this week was like an impatient card dealer, a little bit of shuffling before getting down to business. All 20 teams kept their power ranking with no new teams and nobody falling out. There were two drops on the boys...
Parent resistance thwarts school desegregation efforts
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. — As they try to address stubborn school segregation, many of the nation’s school districts confront a familiar obstacle: resistance from affluent, well-organized and mostly white parents to changes affecting their children’s classrooms. From New York City to Richmond, Va., sweeping proposals to ease inequities have been...
Chick-Fil-A’s war with Popeyes drains supply of little chickens
CHICAGO — Fast-food titans, embroiled in a chicken-sandwich battle, are trying to beat each other with small weapons. Little chickens, whose quarter-pound breasts fit perfectly inside a bun, are proving essential to the war effort. In the process, they’re getting harder to come by. A shortage of the smaller birds...
NASA chooses company for first habitable commercial space on space station
The International Space Station may soon become a duplex. NASA announced Houston-based Axiom Space has won the contract to begin to build what could become a commercial space station that connects to to the ISS. The first step is letting Axiom Space hook up to the ISS with an initial...
Humpback whales’ food chain snarled by climate change
LOS ANGELES — Karin Forney still remembers when an unusual number of humpback whales started showing up in Monterey Bay a few winters ago. She could see them out her window — so close to the surf that kayakers could literally paddle up to them. But with this delightful arrival...
Editorial: Who should pick the Lt. Gov.?
Elect a president and you get his running mate, too. It’s like a buy-one-get-one-free offer. You don’t get to split the deck. You don’t get to take George H.W. Bush but swap Dan Quayle for Newt Gingrich. You don’t get Jimmy Carter without Walter Mondale. It’s all or nothing. With...
Kiski manager resigns; supervisors unsure if she’ll be replaced
The Kiski Township manager’s position is in limbo. Supervisors Wednesday afternoon accepted the resignation of Donna Piper, hired as the township’s first manager on Sept. 24, 2018. Supervisors Chairman Mike Bash said he didn’t know how the position will be filled. Piper had been paid $75,000 per year. The manager’s...
West Jefferson school board plans to renew assistant superintendent contracts
A majority of West Jefferson Hills School Board members agreed they plan to renew the contracts of the district’s two assistant superintendents. Board members at their Jan. 28 meeting voted 7-0 with two abstentions to confirm their intent to keep Matthew Patterson as assistant superintendent for elementary education and Scott Milburn...
Letter to the editor: Media shouldn’t print names of arrested
Regarding the article “Police: Pittsburgh woman accused of arson in Greenfield apartment fire case” (Jan. 16, TribLIVE): The American criminal justice system is founded on the principle that a defendant is innocent until proven guilty. Yet news outlets print the names of arrested adults, regardless of acquittal or conviction. A...
Letter to the editor: Pelosi, Democrats fear Trump
I disagree with everyone who says the Democrats hate President Trump. Nancy Pelosi said she hates no one. Hate can be changed with love or doing good to those who hate you. Pelosi does not hate; she and her friends in the House who voted to impeach Trump have a...
Letter to the editor: Trump has brought out worst in us
Don’t you know that the world will stop rotating if Donald Trump isn’t reelected president? Don’t you know money is America’s god? Does it matter how many sins Trump has committed in the past or will commit in the future? We have become a nation of sins. When the church...
Western Pa. native, country singer Matt Westin keeps racking up international accolades
Country singer Matt Westin has fans in Singapore, Australia, South Africa, the U.K., Italy and Spain. In 2018, he was named the International Music and Entertainment Association’s Male Country Artist of the Year. His album “Legacy” has drawn favorable reviews around the world and placed singles on international charts. He’s...
Monroeville teen charged as an adult in Leslie Road shooting
A 16-year-old who police said shot an 18-year-old in Monroeville on Tuesday night has been charged as an adult. Rayshaun Jackson, 16, allegedly shot an 18-year-old man in the torso twice around 9:30 p.m. in front of a house along the 100 block of Leslie Road and then fled to...
WPIAL Clinched: Boys basketball through Jan. 28.
The WPIAL boys basketball regular season has a week and a half left as January is coming to an end with only three days remaining. The playoff field is starting to take shape. When the regular season ends, at least 76 boys basketball teams will earn a spot in the...
TJ students learn to solve crimes through DNA testing
It was a case of “Who done it?” inside Nicole Cook’s ninth-grade biology class at Thomas Jefferson High School. A man named Edward had been murdered on his walk home from work on a late October night and it was up to students to find the killer using DNA testing....
