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WPIAL Clinched: Girls basketball through Jan. 27.
The WPIAL girls basketball regular season is winding down. There are less than two weeks left in section play with four days remaining in January. The playoff field is starting to grow. When the regular season ends, at least 68 girls basketball teams will earn a spot in the WPIAL...
Saint Vincent men’s volleyball team launches after short prep time, casts eye toward futureVideo
Serves zipped past the end line. Pass attempts went astray. Spikes died in the heart of the net. A ragged 3-0 loss to Penn State Behrend on Sunday wasn’t what the Saint Vincent men’s volleyball team wanted in its inaugural match at Carey Center. But the result almost didn’t matter....
WPIAL, local college players dot XFL rosters with opener nearingVideo
Final roster cutdowns for XFL teams were Monday, and several former WPIAL and local college players are scattered around the league. Pitt has James Folston (linebacker, Dallas Renegades), Dewayne Hendrix (defensive lineman, St. Louis Battlehawks) and Belle Vernon’s Dorian Johnson (guard, Defenders) in the upstart league. Penn State is represented...
Trump campaign to deploy Cabinet secretaries, lawmakers, allies to Iowa
The Trump campaign says it will dispatch high-level government appointees to stump in Iowa ahead of the state’s Monday caucuses, setting up potential pitfalls for Cabinet secretaries and other officials bound by ethics restrictions on their politicking. “This goes above and beyond anything I’ve ever seen when it comes to...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week — Week ending Jan. 25, 2020
There are various ways and reasons teams are successful in WPIAL basketball. Combine some of them, and you get a team that’s on a serious roll that has now taken control of its section. Chartiers Valley beat the two teams in closest pursuit in the Section 2-5A standings last week...
Knoch, North Catholic enter, Mars exits latest Trib HSSN boys hoops state rankings
Seven teams started the week ranked among the elite in the state, but a bump or two in the road had all seven headed to the exits in the hopes of returning soon. The latest Trib HSSN weekly boys basketball state rankings heading into the final week of January has...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week — Week ending Jan. 25, 2020
Two big wins last week not only clinched a playoff spot for Leechburg with two weeks left, it also kept them in the hunt for a piece of the Section 3-A title. Leading the way for the Blue Devils in a week in which they scored 191 points in two...
Editorial: DUI is deadly serious
How serious does a crime have to be in order to be considered a “serious crime”? In a precedent-setting opinion delivered this month, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals called a Montgomery County man’s DUI a grave enough offense to preclude him from buying a gun. Raymond Holloway Jr....
John Dorfman: Screwy January isn’t going by the book
When I was a boy, my father took me to the race track. I was entranced by the Daily Racing Form, which contained a wealth of information about every horse’s past performance. “There’s one problem,” my father said. “The horses don’t read the form.” As I look at the stock-market...
Community mourns Penn-Trafford grad’s death in auto accident
Maclean “Mac” Maund was a typical teenager who liked to have fun. But he knew when he stepped up to the pitching mound, it was time to get serious. Maund was an elite talent in his senior year in 2019 at Penn-Trafford High School, where he was a pitcher and...
Nighttime attack on U.S. Embassy in Baghdad injured 1
BAGHDAD — A top U.S. commander said on Monday mortars were used in an attack on the American embassy in Baghdad that injured one person and caused some material damage the previous night, not katyusha rockets as was initially reported by staffers and a statement from the military. Gen. Frank...
Suspect arrested in killing of 1 baby, linked to 4 others
WOODLAND, Calif. — An arrest has been made in the death of an infant whose body was found in 2007 by a fisherman in California, and the person is also suspected in the killings of four other babies, authorities said Monday. The arrest came after the infant found in Woodland-area...
PIHL high school hockey standings through Jan. 26, 2020
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Jan. 26. Exclusive coverage of the 2020 PIHL Penguins Cup hockey playoffs can be heard and viewed only here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. In Class AAA, the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs. In Class AA,...
Letter to the editor: Guns & gun owners
Many changes have been made to gun regulations over the years, but when will people finally think it is enough? After working with a bipartisan nonprofit, I know positive change can be made. Now I see, though, that there are many things wrong. But it isn’t the guns; it is...
Letter to the editor: On Trump, who’s gullible?
As I read Bob McBride’s letter “Trump haters should be mindful of facts” (Jan. 18, TribLIVE), I had to laugh when he brought up the word “gullible” to broadly paint anyone who believes that the House has indeed presented enough facts to impeach President Trump. Talk about gullible. A crowd...
Threat to shoot up high school closes Plum Borough School District
All Plum Borough School District schools were closed Monday because of a threat against the high school, the district announced on its website. Police chief Lanny Conley said it was a “generalized threat to shoot up the school.” “We couldn’t say with 100% certainty that the threat was eliminated or...
Letter to the editor: Three cheers to Trump
Three cheers to President Trump, our responsive commander-in-chief, and our military for the successful planning and execution of the drone strike in Iraq that took out Iran’s top general, terrorist Qassem Soleimani. Naturally, the subversive liberals in Congress could only find fault to add to their anti-Trump rhetoric. They seem...
The Stroller, Jan. 27, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Deer Lakes HS to present, “Beehive: School Edition” The Deer Lakes High School Drama Department will present, “Beehive: School Edition,” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the high school auditorium, West Deer. The show celebrates the powerful female voices of the 60s and includes hits...
A woman’s touch makes Aspinwall’s business district shine bright
Stroll, sip and shop your way around Aspinwall, a tiny historic borough that’s big on supporting its thriving small business district, which encompasses several blocks on two main avenues: Brilliant and Commercial. Aspinwall Chamber of Commerce President Giuseppe Francioni says the “ ‘Wall” is more than just a neighborhood. “We’re...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 27
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 27....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 27
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 27....
Richland supervisors approve splash pad improvement, food trailer
With the continued improvements at Richland Township Community Park, the board of supervisors approved two purchases at the most recent January meeting that patrons can expect to see this summer. One is a new piece of equipment at the splash pad. The splash pad opened for the first time last...
Shaler native’s goal of making the world a better place inspired business
As Kristy Weidner dealt with her marriage ending, she wanted to make a change. She considered volunteering for the international medical organization Doctors Without Borders. Instead, she and her former supervisor co-founded the Village Center for Holistic Therapy because she saw a local need for services aimed at improving one’s...
Hampton students make adaptive glove to aid teacher
Two high school students at Hampton have designed and built an assistive glove for a Hampton Middle School teacher who has very limited use of her arms and hands. Dakota Basista, 15, and Danielle Sutterlin, 16, both sophomores, made a hand-aiding device for Beth Dolan, who, in 2006, was diagnosed...
BizTown in South Fayette to help students learn about workforce, career optionsVideo
A group of 10- to 12-year olds will prove that they have what it takes to run the world — or at least a small town filled with Pittsburgh’s top businesses. Inside Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania’s new BizTown, a true-to-life simulation that mirrors a thriving Pittsburgh-area community, students will...
