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Letter to the editor: Impeachment & misinterpretation of facts
Out with the old, in with the new is the mantra for ushering in a new year. So it was that an activity of clearing out old files led me to discover an article from 1997 about a 14-year-old boy named Nathan Zohner who got 43 out of 50 ninth-graders...
11 U.S. troops flown to medical centers after Iran strikeVideo
WASHINGTON — Eleven U.S. troops were flown out of Iraq for evaluation of concussion-like symptoms in the days following an Iranian missile strike that President Donald Trump had said caused no harm to American forces, officials said Friday. The Pentagon’s chief spokesman, Jonathan Hoffman, said Defense Secretary Mark Esper did...
The Stroller, Jan. 17, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Library accepting entries to its annual Quilt Show Community Library of Allegheny Valley-Harrison will host its annual Quilt Show Feb. 1 to March 7. Entries will be accepted through Monday through Jan. 31 at the Harrison library, 1522 Broadview Blvd., Natrona Heights. Quits must be handmade, but the person submitting...
Pine-Richland Middle School to perform production of ‘Seussical’
Pine-Richland Middle School musical director Angela Gross first saw the musical “Seussical” over a decade ago and left thinking that, on the surface, it was such a silly, whimsical kind of show. “But when you really start to look at it, you have people changing themselves because they think that’s...
Shaler Area competitive cheerleaders head to World, National Championships
The Shaler Area Competitive Cheerleading squad is ready to take on the world’s best cheerleaders Feb. 7 through 9 at the Walt Disney World Resort. The cheerleaders are heading to Orlando for the World School Cheerleading Championships and Universal Cheerleaders Association National High School Cheerleading Championship. The team of 15...
Herbs offer fresh taste from windowsill planters
Bright afternoon sun streams in the dining room window, backlighting a tall ‘Genovese’ basil plant. The herb is flanked by rosemary, thyme, tarragon, parsley and dill. The dill has bitten the dust, but the others are doing well on the windowsill. They will never grow with the vigor of outdoor...
Explore Sewickley reducing services after funding cut
The nonprofit business development organization Explore Sewickley has seen a $56,000 drop in funding from Sewickley Borough since last year, a reduction its Main Street Manager Alexandra Lancianese called “devastating.” As a result, the organization will organize fewer events in 2020 and cease to provide certain advisory, planning and promotional...
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Jan. 16, 2020
Basketball Boys Thursday’s results WPIAL Class 3A Section 3 South Allegheny 65, Deer Lakes 41 Nonsection Baldwin 66, Penn-Trafford 57 Fox Chapel 50, McKeesport 36 Knoch 72, Indiana 57 Mt. Pleasant 60, Elizabeth Forward 57 Penn Hills 92, Latrobe 71 Southmoreland 74, Geibel 59 Norwin at Elizabeth Forward, ppd. District...
High school roundup for Jan. 16, 2020: Woodland Hills hits clutch shots to down Oakland Catholic
Peyton Pinkney and Joi Burleigh hit huge shots down the stretch to lead Woodland Hills to a 55-53 overtime victory over Oakland Catholic in a matchup of ranked teams Thursday night. Pinkney banked in the winning shot from the foul line as time expired in overtime. She led No. 2...
Second half of WPIAL section boys basketball tips off Friday
Penn Hills has a two-game lead at the midway point in Section 1-5A boys basketball. The two teams deadlocked in second place square off on the first night of the second half of section play Friday. Both Laurel Highlands and McKeesport are 4-2 in the section and tied for second...
Arizona Sen. Martha McSally calls CNN reporter ‘liberal hack’ in combative encounterVideo
Maybe Martha McSally was having a bad day. On Thursday, the senator from Arizona debased CNN reporter Manu Raju by dismissing his questions and calling him a “liberal hack.” “Manu, you’re a liberal hack. I’m not talking to you,” the senator said, when she refused to answer Raju’s question whether...
Court documents allege congressional candidate Robert Hyde tracked and stalked woman
A female political consultant was granted a protection order against Robert F. Hyde last year after alleging that he “demonstrated an inveterate pattern of monitoring, tracking, and surveilling” her location, according to court documents obtained by The Hartford Courant. Hyde is tied to a growing controversy over alleged surveillance of...
Bishop Canevin’s Alyssa Pollice goes from role player to reliable scorer
When Alyssa Pollice transferred from Seton LaSalle to Bishop Canevin last season, she gave the Crusaders girls basketball team something every team needs: that player who does the dirty work. Defense, rebounding and intangibles that don’t show up in the scorebook were her calling card. She didn’t need to be...
Brackenridge man ID’d as victim in fatal Arnold shooting as police hunt for suspect
Police on Friday continued the search for a suspect they say shot and killed a Brackenridge man in an Arnold apartment Thursday afternoon. The Westmoreland County Coroner’s office identified the victim as Michael Coover Jr. of Brackenridge. Officers found him dead inside an apartment at 200 17th St. Coover, 33,...
Leet man charged with assault of an unborn child
A Leet Township man facing assault charges from a domestic dispute on New Year’s Day has waived his right to a preliminary hearing. Scott Boggs, 36, faces one count each of aggravated assault of an unborn child, and simple assault and harassment involving physical contact, according to a court summary...
Laurels & lances: Develop, restart, honor
Laurel: To realizing big change can start small. Pittsburgh is looking beyond big development projects and placing emphasis on rebuilding neighborhoods and modeling transformation with its own blighted properties. Mayor Bill Peduto made the announcement Wednesday, pointing to the potential impact that rehabilitating neighborhood business districts and the city-owned buildings...
Warrant issued for Odell Beckham Jr. after allegedly slapping officer’s backsideVideo
Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. did not endear himself to New Orleans police Monday night when he apparently slapped a Superdome security officer on the backside in the LSU football team’s locker room after the Tigers defeated Clemson for the national championship. On Thursday morning, New Orleans police obtained...
DA stops short of saying investigation into Penn State football hazing allegations is closed
While insisting criminal charges aren’t warranted at this point, Centre County District Attorney Bernie Cantorna didn’t completely close the door Thursday on his investigation into allegations of brutal hazing on Penn State’s football team. Cantorna gave that sign in a statement he released in response to a federal civil rights...
Review: Mac Miller posthumous album is heartbreakingly full
“Why does everybody need me to stay?” Mac Miller asks on the first single from his latest release. He answered his own question with the superb posthumous “Circles.” Miller’s 12-track album is heartbreakingly sublime, a portrait of a wry and honest musician acknowledging his demons but looking past them. “I’m...
WPIAL team wrestling sectional matches set
The WPIAL team wrestling regular season is complete. The top three teams from each sub-section have qualified for the section tournaments Wednesday, Jan. 22. The first-place teams in each of the two sub-sections will face the runners-up in the opposing sub-section with the two winners then doing battle for the...
Producer Ryan Murphy is getting LGBTQ award from GLAAD
Prolific TV producer Ryan Murphy will be honored by GLAAD this year for making “a significant difference in accelerating LGBTQ acceptance.” The media watchdog announced Thursday that “The Politician” director will be this year’s recipient of its prestigious Vito Russo Award when the 31st GLAAD Media Awards take place in...
Baldwin council under fire for solicitor switch process
A majority of Baldwin council members decided through a straw poll — conducted by phone before the borough’s Jan. 6 reorganization meeting — that they planned to switch solicitors that night, according to the current council president. Dating back to December, some council members had individually discussed the idea and...
FedEx facility expansion approved by Richland supervisors
Richland Township supervisors approved the expansion of a FedEx Freight facility while promising surrounding neighbors to hold the operators accountable for nighttime noise pollution at the Jan. 15 meeting. The approval comes after two years of numerous appearances at township zoning board and planning commission meetings often attended by both...
Ride-hailing service RubyRide adding Sto-Rox pilot to South Hills testing
A new ride-hailing service already operating in the South Hills is eyeing a second test area in Pittsburgh’s suburbs. RubyRide has a pilot program that launched in the Clairton area in late October and will be starting a second pilot Feb. 1 in areas that make up the Sto-Rox School...
Plans for South Fayette pickleball facility stall
Plans to turn South Fayette Township into a regional mecca for pickleball have stalled. Township commissioners unanimously voted to deny a zoning change for approximately eight vacant acres off Mayview Road, just north of Boyce Road that was requested to accommodate a pickleball facility. Commissioners denied the request to change...
