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High school roundup for Dec. 19, 2019: Butler girls beat Pine-Richland with fourth-quarter comeback
Emma Monteleone hit a layup with 3.7 seconds left to complete a comeback for Butler in a 49-47 Section 1-6A girls basketball victory over Pine-Richland on Thursday night. Down 45-35, Butler (4-2, 2-1) closed the game on a 14-2 run. Makenna Maier led Butler with 14 points. Sarayne added 12...
Top-ranked Bethel Park pulls away to beat Mt. Lebanon in 6A showdown
Top-ranked Bethel Park showed a strong kick at the end of each half to pull away from Mt. Lebanon and remain undefeated. Maddie Dziezgowski led all scorers with 21 points as the Black Hawks improved to 3-0 atop Section 2-6A with a 65-52 win over the visiting Blue Devils. “This...
CNN’s feed of Democratic debate goes dark in China when candidates mention human rightsVideo
The live feed on CNN of the Democratic presidential debate went black on Thursday in Beijing when the candidates veered into the discussion of China’s human rights abuses. Former vice president Joe Biden criticized China over its mass detention in Xinjiang for Uighurs, a Muslim minority in the country. “We...
Top 5 teams go head-to-head in WPIAL boys basketball section action
For many district boys basketball teams, Friday will be the final section game played until 2020. For Seton LaSalle and North Catholic, Friday is the first of two huge meetings that will eventually decide the Section 2 standings and help shape the top seeds in the Class 3A postseason. A...
Putin defends Trump against ‘spurious’ impeachment by DemocratsVideo
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin rode to the defense of Donald Trump by dismissing the “spurious” impeachment of the American leader as an attempt by his political opponents to oust him. The vote against Trump in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives reflects a continuing “domestic political battle” in the...
J.K. Rowling stirs transphobia debate again with new tweetVideo
“Harry Potter” scribe J.K. Rowling brewed up a whole new controversy Thursday after she tweeted her support for a British woman who had been fired for making transphobic remarks. The outspoken billionaire author chimed in on the trending hashtag, #IStandWithMaya, a campaign backing researcher Maya Forstater. The researcher claimed online...
Plum library hosts ‘Elf on the Shelf’ show
Families with children of all ages packed the Plum Community Library Dec. 18 for a special Christmas performance of “The Elf on the Shelf Saves Christmas” presented by Stage Right, a performing arts and theater company based in Greensburg....
Laurels & lances: Giving, pleading and delivering
Laurel: To really giving back. For Trafford Borough Council President Kris Cardiff, the idea of giving back to the community is more than lip service. He is actually returning his $600 a year in pay for being a public official. It’s something he says he has been doing for a...
Review: ‘Bombshell’ is another sneaky, fact-adjacent docudramaVideo
One week after the tepid box office reception for “Richard Jewell,” a well-acted, sneakily political, fact-adjacent drama of no little controversy, here comes “Bombshell” — another well-acted, sneakily political and fact-adjacent picture, representing the other side of what’s left of the aisle in this country. It’s hard to assess the...
How Christmas decorations sent hundreds to the ER last year
On the first day of Christmas, the universe gave to me: A new toy and an injury … OK. That was bad. But things were worse for the 423 people who had a not-so-joyous Christmas last year, thanks to the injuries that sent them to emergency rooms because of the...
Review: Love it or hate it, ‘Cats’ is a pop culture phenomenonVideo
There’s apparently enough groundbreaking technology used in “Cats” for NASA to send a rocket to unexplored parts of the universe — perhaps to a far-off planet where cats sing, dance on two legs and recite T.S. Eliot poetry in half-Cockney accents. But let’s forget the much-discussed “digital fur technology” used...
Western Pennsylvania lawmaker wants hunting licenses revoked for animal cruelty
A state lawmaker from Western Pennsylvania wants to give the Pennsylvania Game Commission the power to revoke or deny a hunting license to someone convicted of cruelty to animals. The proposed legislation was prompted by the investigation of two teenagers from Jefferson County’s Brookville area who appeared to torture an...
Plans for new South Fayette municipal building, community center move forward
South Fayette commissioners hosted a public meeting Tuesday as the first step in drafting a strategic plan for the township. Commissioners listed facilities, economic development, public safety, infrastructure, finances, operations and parks and recreation as the issues to address. They also agreed to prioritize facilities and began discussing a new...
Letter to the editor: Impeachment is cartoonish
The ’toon seemed to begin two days after inauguration with Maxine, the Squad and the pack calling for the impeachment cannon on Road Runner Trump, but the “hidden” episode showed Brennan, Clapper and Comey coyotes used the “Hillary paid for” dossier to try to torpedo the candidate RR. Following “Stormy”...
Letter to the editor: Reparations for abuse are important
In his op-ed “Statute of limitations ‘window’ wrong path for past abuse cases” (Dec. 7, TribLIVE), Rep. Paul Schemel notes that “the growing cost of legal settlements relating to old claims of child sexual abuse by Scout leaders” is causing the Boy Scouts of America to increase its annual dues...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s ‘Crazy Train’
What more can be said about Donald Trump? Well, I can think of a few things. First of all, he promised to withdraw troops from Syria because he doesn’t seem to believe in intervention in other countries. Then he sends them to Iraq. Now he wants to take over Syria’s...
Pleasant Hills 2020 budget holds the line on taxes
Real estate taxes will remain the same for Pleasant Hills residents in 2020. Borough council members on Dec. 16 approved the borough’s annual budget that holds the line on real estate taxes at 6.75 mills. Of that, 6.3855 mills goes to the borough, .2734 mills goes toward the purchase of...
Sewickley’s St. Andrew’s hosting blood drive
Antioch Baptist Church The church is at 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. followed by worship and praise service at 10:45 a.m. A Bible study and prayer service is at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. For more information, call 412-741-7688 or visit antiochfwbaptistsewickley.org. Beth Samuel Jewish Center The...
Burchfield Primary receives grant for buddy bench
Burchfield Primary School staff unveiled a new buddy bench Dec. 13 during a monthly school-wide positive behavior assembly. Students may sit on the bench when they seek someone with whom to play during recess. Their classmates, in turn, are encouraged to invite them to play. “Students have used and benefited...
The Stroller, Dec. 19, 2019: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Third Time’s A Charm to entertain at Knead Community Cafe Music group Third Time’s A Charm, with Marcie Covey and Paul Leo, will perform Christmas selections from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 2 p.m. Saturday at Knead Community Café, 1011 Barnes St., New Kensington. Grab a bite to...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 18, 2019
Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 5A Section 2 Chartiers Valley 65, West Mifflin 32 Nonsection Apollo-Ridge 72, St. Joseph 59 Belle Vernon 67, Laurel Highlands 64 California 58, Yough 47 Highlands 76, Shaler 49 Hopewell 55, Ellwood City 46 Ringgold 88, Charleroi 77 Woodland Hills 58, Mt. Pleasant 37...
Section, holiday basketball near and far make for busy Thursday
One of the best girls basketball rivalries in the WPIAL continues Thursday when perennial powers Mt. Lebanon and Bethel Park square off. Both the host Black Hawks and the Blue Devils are ranked in the Trib HSSN top five with Bethel Park top ranked and Mt. Lebanon at No. 5....
Butler, Chartiers Valley sit on top of first Trib 10 basketball power rankings
For the first time in the 2019-20 WPIAL basketball season, the Trib Live High School Sports Network presents the weekly Power Rankings. These rankings will be released every Thursday through the postseason and have zero classification boundaries. Class 6A Butler sits at No. 1 in the inaugural Trib 10 poll...
High school roundup for Dec. 18, 2019: North Allegheny pins loss on North Hills
Nick Marcenelle (195), Ben Grafton (285), Sam Horton (113) and Grant Mackay (152) won by fall and Bobby Snyder (170) won in a tiebreaker to lead North Allegheny (2-0) to a 51-19 Section 3B-AAA wrestling victory Wednesday night. Ethan Uechi (182) and Sam Hillegas (145) scored bonus points for North...
Penn State pleased with recruiting class; James Franklin might not be doneVideo
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State did not land all of its top targets in this recruiting cycle, and it suffered some turbulent moments and prolific periods of success along the way. Add it up, and you have the 27-member Class of 2020 that officially became Nittany Lions on Wednesday during...
