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Plum-area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 5
Edgewood Joseph Zohr sold property at 206 Oakview Ave. to 206 Oakview LLC for $213,000. Forest Hills Mary Kubick sold property at 1987 Centurion Drive 305 to Conchetta DeCrosta for $38,000. Amber Sunseri sold property at 612 Edgewood Road to Shirley Tolbert for $314,000. Irwin Andrew Miller sold property at...
Football alignment questions to be discussed in WPIAL pow-wow
Many questions surround the WPIAL football landscape for the 2020 and 2021 seasons as realignment is set to take place. Will there be changes to the playoff format? Will the WPIAL use a more geographical setup when creating regular-season schedules? How will conferences be affected by teams moving up or...
Montour comes up big in the clutch to beat South Fayette in overtimeVideo
Montour struggled offensively in the second half and into overtime, but when the Spartans needed a tying hoop and then a winning basket, they were a scoring machine. Senior Tyler Banks hit an off-balance shot before the buzzer to tie the game at the end of regulation, then sophomore Isayh...
Springdale ekes out win over rival Apollo-Ridge
Another game between Springdale and Apollo-Ridge, another nailbiter. After two games decided in the final seconds last season, Springdale held on to defeat Apollo-Ridge, 51-48, Tuesday night at Donald McGhee Fieldhouse. Dynamos sophomore Logan Dexter made two steals in the final minute of play near the Apollo-Ridge key to help...
No. 1 Fox Chapel stays unbeaten with convincing win over Norwin
Fox Chapel, the top-ranked team in Class 6A, jumped ahead in the first minute and didn’t look back, leading the entire way to a 63-48 victory over Norwin on Tuesday night. Shots fell, defensive adjustments worked wonders and multiple players stepped up in the scoring department in the absence of...
Rutgers tops No. 20 Penn State behind Ron Harper Jr.Video
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers’ season of expectations is off to a historic start in conference play. Ron Harper Jr. had 22 points to help Rutgers beat No. 20 Penn State, 72-61, on Tuesday night as the Scarlet Knights are 3-1 for the first time as member of the Big Ten....
George Guido: Plenty of intrigue surrounding WPIAL football scheduling
As Rod Stewart once sang, “Tonight’s the Night.” But on an entirely different topic than Rod’s, tonight’s the night the WPIAL will hold a football meeting with coaches, athletic directors and principals regarding how the sport should be set up for the next two seasons. The meeting is slated for...
Lack of passenger seat belts on bus a concern in deadly Pa. Turnpike crash
The lack of safety belts in a passenger bus involved in a deadly crash Sunday on the Pennsylvania Turnpike could be a critical factor as civil liability issues unfold, a transportation lawyer said. Three people — the bus driver and two passengers — died when they were ejected from the...
Pitt volleyball setter Maddie Soboleski transfers to South AlabamaVideo
Pitt redshirt freshman setter Maddie Soboleski, who last season ranked second in assists for the ACC women’s volleyball champion Panthers, has transferred to South Alabama. Soboleski, an Edinboro native, announced the move Tuesday on her Instagram account, and the transfer was confirmed by the Pitt athletic department. She recorded 140...
Golden Globes draw 18.3M viewers on NBC, down slightly from 2019
The 77th Golden Globes on Sunday night was watched by 18.3 million viewers, a drop of nearly 2% from last year. While Nielsen data show the ceremony hosted by acerbic comic Ricky Gervais dipped for the third straight year, the audience is still among the biggest nonsports draws for network...
Letter to the editor: Churches should help homeless
With the number of homeless people increasing yearly, I believe churches should get more involved to provide some relief. This especially holds true during the winter months. The Diocese of Greensburg could be instrumental in addressing this serious and depressing situation, possibly by providing some cots and warm meals. The...
Letter to the editor: Abortion as population control?
Al Duerig’s “Abortion least of evils?” is one of the most shocking and disgusting letters to the editor I have ever read. In his support for abortion as a means of population control, he states, “Where better to start trimming our numbers than those who are defective and will be...
PennDOT vehicles enforcing speed limits in work zone on Boulevard of the Allies
PennDOT has launched a new automated system that records the speed of vehicles traveling through work zones to make it safer for road repair crews. The electronic speed timing devices, which will be mounted on vehicles so they can easily be moved to various locations, were deployed Monday in seven...
Letter to the editor: Facts on Ukraine, Biden, Trump
Letter-writer Kathleen Bollinger (“Biden’s actions in Ukraine should be examined,” Dec. 26, TribLIVE) seems to be unaware of facts already established. President Trump is running an ad in which Joe Biden brags that he called for the firing of Viktor Shokin in exchange for the United States releasing $1 billion...
Quaker Valley athlete of the week: Sophie Besterman
Sophie Besterman School: Quaker Valley Sport: Swimming Class: Senior Claim to fame: Bloomsburg commit Sophie Besterman took a hiatus from swimming lasting more than a year, and she’s still one of the best local athletes in the sport. Besterman recently qualified for WPIALs in the 100 backstroke, 200 free relay...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 6, 2020
Basketball Boys Monday’s results WPIAL Class 4A Section 2 Ambridge 63, Central Valley 61 Class 3A Section 4 McGuffey 64, Southmoreland 49 Nonsection Hundred (W.Va.) 44, Jefferson-Morgan 38 Tuesday’s schedule WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Central Catholic at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m. North Hills at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m. Pine-Richland...
High school roundup for Jan. 6, 2020: Rochester tops Vincentian in double OT
If Monday night’s result is any indication, the race for the WPIAL Class A girls basketball championship this season should be a barnburner. Corynne Hauser scored 23 points and Alexis Robinson added 22 as Rochester, No. 1 in this week’s Trib HSSN rankings, edged No. 3 Vincentian Academy, 72-69, in...
‘The Talk’ co-host Sheryl Underwood hasn’t forgotten her stand-up comedy roots
Weekday mornings on CBS, Sheryl Underwood sits at a table with her fellow co-hosts on “The Talk,” but she’s far from forgetting her roots in stand-up comedy. Fans may remember Underwood’s early days on HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam” and BET’s “Comic View,” honing raw routines on the urban comedy circuit....
Dry January or Dry-ish January? Both can have health benefits
The holiday parties are over, the New Year’s resolutions are in and many likely revolve around a healthier 2020. For those who may have been over-served during December’s festivities, or are just looking for a challenge, that could include cutting out the glass of wine with dinner or the cocktails...
How to read the new nutrition facts label
The Food and Drug Administration has updated the nutrition facts label on packaged foods and beverages to reflect new scientific information, including the link between diet and chronic diseases. Manufacturers with $10 million or more in annual sales were required to switch to the new label by Jan. 1. Angie...
‘I feel like I’m in jail’: Hospital alarms torment patients
When Kea Turner’s 74-year-old grandmother checked into Virginia’s Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital with advanced lung cancer, she landed in the oncology unit where every patient was monitored by a bed alarm. “Even if she would slightly roll over, it would go off,” Turner said. Small movements — such as...
Sewickley’s War Memorial Park improvements continue after flooding damage
Particularly wet weather in 2019 prompted the need for restoration and infrastructure replacement work at Sewickley’s War Memorial Park on Blackburn Road. Nearly $180,000 has been allocated for two projects that are in different stages. In late October, a contractor replaced a storm sewer pipe running underneath the park as...
Several big boys basketball games set for Tuesday in Class 6A
The two rivals met in the very first WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball championship game three years ago in 2017. Now, Pine-Richland will visit Butler for the first of two Section 1-6A meetings in the regular season coming up on Tuesday. Back in March of 2017, Phil Jurkovec led Pine-Richland...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week — Week ending Jan. 4, 2020
Last year, the Brentwood boys basketball team finished with a .500 record in both Section 2-2A and overall. The Spartans finished the regular season in fourth place with a 6-6 record and an 11-11 mark for the season. “Last year, we finished .500, but there were a number of games...
Fox Chapel in, Butler, Penn Hills out of latest PIAA boys basketball rankings
There was a fair amount of change in the Trib HSSN weekly boys basketball state rankings over the holidays, especially in the higher classifications. Two Class 6A teams along with one each from 5A and 4A dropped out, opening the door for four new teams to crack the top five....
