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Zottola’s Pub and Eatery in West Deer is a marriage of flavorsVideo
Business consultants and marriage counselors often caution husbands and wives about the perils of also working together. The arrangement, they say, can strain a relationship. Or, it can create something wonderfully tasty and satisfying. Happily, that’s exactly what it’s done at Zottola’s Pub and Eatery in West Deer. Not only...
Remember When: Jan. 13
100 years ago Borough official prevents wreck Tarentum Council President A.B. Davidson discovered a broken rail on a railroad bridge crossing Bull Creek near Ross Street. Trains, including a passenger train, were halted until repairs could be made. 75 years ago Santora dies in the Pacific Seaman First Class Anthony...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Week ending Jan. 11
Their names are legendary in Greene County and well known by WPIAL softball and basketball fans. Madison and McKenna Lampe, Kaitlyn Rizor, Brianna Goodwin and Savannah Pettit graduated this last spring after leading West Greene to four straight WPIAL softball championships, two PIAA softball titles along and three straight girls...
Report: Trump tells Kim Jong Un he wants to resume talks with North Korea
The national security adviser claims the Trump administration has “reached out to North Koreans” to resume diplomatic talks, Axios reported on Sunday. “We’ve reached out to the North Koreans and let them know that we would like to continue the negotiations in Stockholm that were last undertaken in early October,”...
High school schedules for Jan. 13, 2020
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class A Section 3 Clairton at Greensburg Central Catholic, 7:30 p.m. Nonsection Bentworth at Brownsville, 7:30 p.m. Mohawk at Portersville Christian, 7:30 p.m. Mt. Pleasant at Brentwood, 7:30 p.m. Rochester at Freedom, 7:30 p.m. District 6 Heritage Homer-Center at Northern Cambria, 6 p.m....
Bethel Park joins Chartiers Valley, North Catholic on top in Trib HSSN state rankings
There were big changes to the state’s highest classification in the Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings after the first full week in January. Three teams, including No. 1 Upper Dublin, exited the Class 6A rankings. The shakeup centered around District 1, where two teams were bumped, and two D-1...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Player of the Week — Week ending Jan. 11
The 2018-19 season was a struggle for perennial girls basketball power Mt. Lebanon. While section rival Peters Township was perfect, the Blue Devils finished 12-11 and lost to Norwin in the opening round of the playoffs. But it was hardly a lost season for Mt. Lebanon, as it marked the...
PIHL high school hockey standings through Jan. 12, 2020
Here are the latest PIHL standings through Sunday, Jan. 12. Exclusive coverage of the 2020 PIHL Penguins Cup hockey playoffs can be heard and viewed only on the TribLive High School Sports Network. In Class AAA, the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs. In Class AA, the top two...
Trib HSSN PIHL Team of the Week: Jan. 12, 2020
After a 6-0 start to PIHL play, Seneca Valley started a tailspin. The Raiders lost four of their next five heading into the break. The holidays allowed the Raiders to reset after the rough patch, and they righted the ship this week. Seneca Valley has wins in back-to-back games, 3-2...
Big week for WPIAL basketball, section wrestling on HSSN
High school basketball hits the midway point of section play, and the regular season for team wrestling winds down this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We are covering plenty of WPIAL boys and girls section basketball games, including the HSSN Video Stream Games of the Week. There...
She stole checks from her elderly mother. Now the ex-Mrs. Florida will head to prison.
MIAMI — The former Mrs. Florida 2016, a conservative media pundit, has been sentenced to a month in jail for stealing her late mother’s Social Security checks instead of spending the money on nursing home care. A federal judge handed down the ruling on Thursday, saying that he wanted to...
Trib HSSN PIHL Player of the Week: Week ending Jan. 12, 2020
The name Tyler Stewart should be familiar to anyone who has followed the PIHL recently. Two seasons ago, he was the TribLIVE High School Sports Network PIHL Player of the Year. Last season, he earned Trib HSSN’s honor as the top player in Division II. As a sophomore in 2016-17,...
First half of section play concludes in WPIAL girls basketball Monday
The first half of section play concludes in WPIAL girls basketball Monday. Outright first place will be up for grabs in three games, including a pair in Class A. In Section 2, 5-0 West Greene will visit 4-0 Avella. “We still have to twice play a really good Avella team...
As Ravens move on after stunning playoff loss, they look back and ahead: ‘It was fun, man, while it lasted’Video
BALTIMORE — Cornerback Marcus Peters was one of the first Ravens to head to his locker late Sunday morning, pack up his belongings and acknowledge that the end had well and truly come. “It was fun, man, while it lasted,” he said before a legion of cameras and microphones, but...
Iran’s leaders face a second day of protests amid rage over downing of Ukrainian planeVideo
BAGHDAD — Anti-government protests continued for a second day across Iran amid fury over the military’s admission it had downed a Ukrainian International Airlines jetliner near Tehran last week, killing all 176 of its passengers. The demonstrations mark yet another crisis for Iran’s leaders, who have been blamed for a...
Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of Iran situation, ABC News/Ipsos poll showsVideo
A majority of respondents in a recent poll say they disapprove of the way President Trump is handling Iran amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran and feel less safe because of it. The poll, conducted by ABC News/Ipsos shows that 56 percent of respondents said they disapproved of Trump’s...
Franklin Regional earns another trip competitive spirit state championships
Since the WPIAL officially sanctioned competitive spirit as a district-sponsored sport for the 2012-13 academic year, only 10 teams have qualified for the PIAA championships at least seven times. One of those teams is Franklin Regional, whose third-place finish in the medium division at this year’s WPIAL championships vaulted the...
Letter to the editor: The Bloomberg factor
If you haven’t seen a political ad promoting mega-billionaire Michael Bloomberg yet, just hold on — you will. Bloomberg suddenly prefers to be called “Mike,” I guess to appeal to the working class. Reminds us oldsters of the 1970s comedy character Raymond J. Johnson Jr., best known for Miller Lite...
Letter to the editor: Jesus wouldn’t have a shot for president
I was thinking that if Jesus Christ returned and wanted to run for president, he could never get the Democratic nomination, with his anti-abortion stance and his constant harping on acknowledging and depending on (shudder) God. And if he ran as a Republican, he would lose, about 10 seconds after...
Letter to the editor: Russia & China missile threats
President Trump is correct in withdrawing from the intermediate range missile treaty with Russia enacted 30 years ago, because Russia broke the treaty with its missile development. Another problem with the treaty was it did not prevent non-treaty countries from developing intermediate range missiles; and China has developed and deployed...
Hifter’s forces say they’ll abide by Libya ceasefire deal
Benghazi, LIBYA — Libya’s east-based forces have announced that they will abide by a Russia- and Turkey-brokered ceasefire starting Sunday in a last-minute reversal. The Libyan Arab Armed Forces, which are led by ex-general Khalifa Hifter, said in a video statement that the ceasefire would take effect starting early Sunday....
Wrestling teams qualified for WPIAL sectionals through Jan. 12, 2020
The WPIAL team wrestling regular season is down to the final week. Section matches are set to conclude Wednesday. The top three teams from each sub-section qualify for section tournaments. The WPIAL team sectionals are scheduled for Jan. 22. The top teams in each of the two sub-sections face the...
Drinking deaths double in 2 decades with faster rate for women
WASHINGTON — Deaths from boozing and bingeing more than doubled in the past two decades, as alcohol consumption per person rose 8%, with sharp increases in the rate for women and the middle-aged. Men were three-quarters of the total but fatalities for women rose at a faster rate: 85% versus...
Mayo Clinic research solves deadly Amish medical mystery
Research led by Mayo Clinic has solved a 2-decade-old mystery about why so many otherwise healthy children and young people in Amish communities have been dying from sudden unexplained cardiac deaths. Examining the DNA of four Amish siblings who suffered cardiac deaths while playing or exercising, researchers found they all...
Highway deaths continue to mount, though U.S. roadways are safer than everVideo
A horrific crash that killed five people on the Pennsylvania Turnpike last Sunday represents only a fraction of a percentage point of the annual death toll on the nation’s highways. Highway design has advanced dramatically and features such as seat belts, airbags and stability controls have made vehicles safer than...
