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Kittanning’s Meredith Inn combines history, good foodVideo
What’s old is new again in Kittanning. The Meredith Inn, a restaurant, taproom and private event venue housed in what was an historic former residence and later, a YMCA facility, opened in June. Located at 138 N. Water St., patrons experience dining in a Victorian-themed turn-of-the-century Kittanning residence. Co-owner and...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 28, 2019
Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Apollo-Ridge tournament Championship Apollo-Ridge 66, Leechburg 58 Consolation Saltsburg 52, Riverview 49 Avella tournament Consolations Avella 85, Brownsville 79 Fort Cherry 61, Propel Montour 43 Semifinals Burgettstown 61, Avonworth 54 McGuffey 64, Chartiers-Houston 50 Bentworth tournament Championship Eden Christian vs. Propel Braddock Hills (n) Consolation...
High school roundup for Dec. 29, 2019: Highlands tops Lincoln Park in battle of title contenders
For the second straight night, the CJ Betters Holiday Classic featured a matchup of WPIAL boys basketball title contenders from different classes. Lincoln Park was on the winning end of a marquee matchup Friday night. On Saturday, the Leopards took the loss. Luke Cochran had a game-high 18 points and...
Springdale boys win again, get off to best start since mid-1980s
Springdale is 9-0 for the first time since the 1984-85 season. The Dynamos kept their record unblemished Saturday night with a 56-42 victory over Winchester-Thurston in the championship game of the St. Joseph Holiday Tournament at Walter Dlubak Center. Demetri Fritch, named a tournament MVP for the second time this...
Officials confirm no survivors from Hawaii helicopter crash
HONOLULU — There were no survivors of a Hawaii tour helicopter crash that killed three minors and four adults, officials confirmed Saturday. A helicopter that was set to tour the rugged Na Pali Coast, the picturesque and remote northern shoreline of Kauai that was featured in the film “Jurassic Park,”...
Father-son duo headline 2020 A-K Valley Sports Hall of Fame class
For the first time, the Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame will be inducting a father and son simultaneously. Bob Mills, a standout basketball player at Highlands and later at Maryland-Baltimore County, will be inducted with his father, Glenn, long-time sponsor, builder and supplier of regional sports teams. The younger...
James Thrasher: Division I athletics all about the money
During an episode of Lebron James’ online show “The Shop,” California Gov. Gavin Newsome signed into law a bill allowing California student athletes to sign endorsements while in college. The NCAA Board of Governors, having studied this issue for years, responded by announcing that college athletes can “benefit from the...
Lawrence McCullough: Educational theater boosts STEM with STEAM
The first email I opened this morning notified me I’d just put a little more STEAM into the world. An ecology play I’d written some years back had been licensed by a science teacher at Our Lady Help of Christians School in Victoria, Australia. Using class students as performers, “Home...
Outdoors notices for Dec. 29, 2019
Outdoors RIFLE LEAGUES • In the Pittsburgh and Suburban Rifle League on Dec. 18, Frazier-Simplex (5-0) defeated Murrysville (0-4), 1,476-1,162, and Dormont-Mt. Lebanon (4-1) beat Allegheny (2-3), 1,472-1,433. Green Valley (0-3) had a bye. Frazier-Simplex’s Kayla Andreoli shot a 299 and was the high individual, high female and high junior....
Top 19 of ’19: Trib HSSN breaks down the top stories of the year — No. 4
The 2019 high school sports season is nearly in the books. While we anxiously look ahead to 2020, let’s reflect on the district high school sports scene over the last 12 months. Here is a look back at the top 19 stories from around the WPIAL in 2019. HSSN Top...
Man arrested in fatal shooting of 90-year-old man in Greenfield
A White Oak man is charged with homicide and robbery for the murder of an elderly man in the Greenfield section of Pittsburgh. City police arrested Anthony Miller, 27, Saturday evening in connection with a shooting earlier that day. Police said the victim, Samuel Rende, 90, of Pittsburgh, was in...
Jim Beam fined in massive bourbon spill that killed fish
VERSAILLES, Ky. — Jim Beam was fined $600,000 earlier this month after a July warehouse fire sent a nearly 23-mile plume of alcohol into the Kentucky and Ohio rivers, killing fish. The distiller agreed to the fine in a Dec. 6 order from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, The...
Sounding off: Our politicians should all be independents
George Washington warned Americans about the evils of political parties and partisan politics in his Farewell Address to Congress. When I ran as a Libertarian candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, I did so because I saw how the two major parties and partisan politics were destroying our country,...
Editorial: Are turnpike spikes toll road to ruin?
Brother, can you spare a dime? Well, that will work if you have an E-ZPass, but if you don’t, how about two, because that’s how much tolls are going up. Yes, again. No one can possibly be surprised. We have all seen this coming for years. For twelve straight years,...
Letter to the editor: ‘Investing in children’ means more taxes
Property owners in New Kensington-Arnold School District should be seeing red (“New Kensington-Arnold preliminary budget spikes taxes, exhausts reserves,” Dec. 12, TribLIVE): They are being bled to death in school taxes. Ask the school board: How much did the football field renovation cost? How much money in the budget went...
Letter to the editor: On Biden blackmail, where’s outrage?
A widely available clip of a January 2018 video — rarely shown on network television — should end the impeachment farce. The clip not only absolves President Trump, but indicts the Obama administration for bribery, an actual impeachable offense. When the key perpetrator began campaigning for president, it became Trump’s...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 27, 2019
Basketball Boys Friday’s results Apollo-Ridge tournament Apollo-Ridge 65, Saltsburg 46 Leechburg 66, Riverview 55 Avella tournament Avonworth 85, Brownsville 50 Burgettstown 62, Avella 59 Chartiers-Houston 63, Propel Montour 25 McGuffey 63, Fort Cherry 28 Bentworth tournament Eden Christian 45, Jefferson-Morgan 34 Propel Braddock Hills 63, Bentworth 18 Bethel Park tournament...
High school roundup for Dec. 27, 2019: Lincoln Park knocks off Butler
Tanner Mathos scored 20 points as Lincoln Park pulled away in the second quarter and defeated Butler 74-60 in a marquee boys basketball matchup Friday night at the CJ Betters tournament at the Golden Dome in Monaca. Andre Wilder scored 14 points and Isaiah Smith added 13 for Lincoln Park...
Nancy O’Dell promises she’ll be back after taking break from ‘ET’
Question: What happened to Nancy O’Dell on “Entertainment Tonight”? She hasn’t been on for several weeks. Answer: More like several months. In August, O’Dell announced she was leaving “ET” after nine years with the show. In a statement quoted by EW.com at the time, O’Dell said in part, “Not long...
The Stroller, Dec. 28, 2019: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Concordia to offer classes Concordia Institute for Lifelong Learning is offering free classes for those of retirement age. Classes will include Beavers: Behavior and Habitat, Backyard Bird Identification, Importance of Pollinators, Women Suffrage, Creative Journal Writing, Book Crafts and many more. Some classes have a nominal fee. For a catalog,...
Shaler Area hosting band festival featuring musicians from 9 districts
Approximately 230 students from nine area school districts will perform in the Allegheny Valley Honors Band Festival Jan. 9 and 10 at Shaler Area High School. More than 500 seventh- through 12th-graders auditioned for the band, with 31 Shaler Area students securing spots in the ensembles. After spending two days...
Penn State RB Ricky Slade says competition making him ‘100% better’Video
DALLAS — Penn State’s running back depth chart starts with redshirt sophomore Journey Brown, and after that, the Lions have three more intriguing options in freshmen Noah Cain and Devyn Ford and sophomore Ricky Slade. At the beginning of the season, Slade was the No. 1 guy. But Brown was...
Athletic director declares James Franklin is going to remain a Penn StaterVideo
DALLAS — The details of James Franklin’s recent contract extension must be shuffled through the legal dots and crosses in which universities specialize. Until they are completed, the most interesting speculation will revolve around not merely how much the sixth-year Penn State coach will earn in the future, but how...
Philly refinery, a big polluter, shut down 6 months ago. So, do we have cleaner air?
PHILADELPHIA — The vast Philadelphia Energy Solutions refining complex was the single largest stationary source of air pollution in the city before it shut down after a catastrophic June 21 fire. So it would be reasonable to assume the city’s air quality has improved in the six months since the...
Leechburg boys turn up pressure, run past Riverview
One thing Leechburg coach Damian Davies likes about Christmas week — besides the gifts — is the chance to work on some things during the off days on the schedule. The Blue Devils turned up the defensive pressure in the second half, forcing six Riverview turnovers in the third quarter...
