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High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 13, 2019
Basketball Boys Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 2 Peters Township 61, Upper St. Clair 52 Class 5A Section 1 Albert Gallatin 60, Greensburg Salem 47 Gateway 58, Woodland Hills 53 Laurel Highlands 65, McKeesport 58 Section 2 Thomas Jefferson 63, South Fayette 62 Trinity 84, Chartiers Valley 73 West...
High school roundup for Dec. 13, 2019: Thomas Jefferson wins Class 5A thriller
Jake Pugh scored the go-ahead basket with 36 seconds left and Shane Stump blocked a shot with time running out to preserve a 63-62 win for Thomas Jefferson over South Fayette in Section 2-5A on Friday night. Noah Pierce had 18 points for TJ (2-3, 1-0). Stump and Isaac McNeil...
The Stroller, Dec. 14, 2019: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Holiday open house planned Tuesday in Kittanning Sen. Joe Pittman will host a holiday open house from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at his Armstrong County office, 109 S. Jefferson St., Kittanning. Information about programs and services will be available. His district includes Saxonburg and Buffalo, Clinton, Jefferson and...
Baldwin High School students bake cookies for senior citizensVideo
The smell of freshly baked snickerdoodles fills the hallways at Baldwin High School. Inside Beth Fochtman’s cooking basics class, students are baking dozens of cookies for the holidays. But these aren’t just any cookies — these cookies are being made specifically for the senior citizens living in the district, as...
Richland, Pine real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 14
Pine Benjamin Craven trustee sold property at 99 Clover Lane to Daniel Mickel and Julie Teresa Duffy for $485,000. Showcase Properties Inc. sold property at 522 Douglas Drive to Barbara Papson for $350,354. Thomas Schrecengost sold property at 104 Lyndhurst Circle to Christopher Hetrick for $640,000. Pine Development Co. GP...
Shaler, Etna real estate transactions the week of Dec. 14
Etna Allegheny County Redevelopment Authority sold property at 37 Grant Ave. to Etna Borough for $1,500. Brandon Chatham sold property at 120 Vista St. to Nicholas Miller and Raejana Cleckley for $190,000. Shaler Kyle Allen sold property at 40’ Private Road to Jamie and Lisa Parke for $178,500. John Hall...
A look at real estate transactions in the North suburbs the week of Dec. 14
Franklin Park Richard Shubert III sold property at 1120 Castletown Ct to Old Republic Diversified Services Inc. for $940,000. Kimberly Brunner sold property at 1567 Duncan Drive to Nicole McCann for $192,000. Marshall Celtic Capital LLC sold property at Faulk Drive to David and Geanine Lamberger for $234,140. Carolyn Hrach...
Hampton real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 14
Hampton Carol Capezzuti sold property at 5136 Hamlet Drive to Stephanie Petrack for $380,000. The Hamptons L.P. sold property at Hampton Place Drive to NVR Inc. for $172,172. Troy Larkin sold property at 4186 Latache Ct to Peter and Stephanie Keahon for $506,000. Elaine Morrow sold property at 2853 School...
Hoop tournaments, showcase events make for busy Saturday
Fourteen Westmoreland County boys basketball teams will converge on Hempfield High School for a one-day, two-gym event Saturday. Here is the line-up of games for the Westmoreland County Coaches Association event to be played at the main and auxiliary gyms at Hempfield: Noon – Kiski Area vs. Hempfield and Mt....
Top 19 of ’19: Trib HSSN breaks down the top stories of the year — No. 19
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...
Greensburg Central Catholic uses second-half surge to run past St. Joseph
Greensburg Central Catholic coach Christian Hyland thought his team wasn’t playing hard enough in the first half. Up by just four at the intermission, the Centurions responded with a huge run to start the second half and rolled to a 71-46 victory Friday night over St. Joseph at Walter Dlubak...
Jake Hoffman scores 30 again as Mt. Lebanon wins showdown with Pine-Richland
Mt. Lebanon senior Jake Hoffman wears uniform No. 33. He might consider changing it to No. 30. The Blue Devils have played four games this season. Hoffman has scored exactly 30 points in each of them. Hoffman’s fourth 30-spot in a row led all scorers and carried Mt. Lebanon to...
Are extended warranties worth it? Not so much, experts say
Consumers generally don’t need extended warranties. “They are cash cows for retailers,” said Linda Sherry, a spokeswoman for the advocacy group Consumer Action. “Salespeople get commissions, which is why they push them so hard.” But that doesn’t mean you want to dismiss the idea of purchasing extra protection in all...
Happy holidays from Comcast. Your cable bill is going up again.
Comcast is giving the gift of higher cable bills this holiday season. Tens of millions of Xfinity customers will see their bills rise 3.6% nationwide, on average, the company said Thursday, as it boosts prices for broadband plans and hikes TV fees starting next week. Customers in the Philadelphia region...
LAPD officer’s own body cam captured him allegedly touching dead woman’s breast
Since the Los Angeles Police Department started rolling out body cameras worn by officers, the videos have captured confrontations with suspects, pursuits and other high-profile interactions. But authorities allege a body camera worn by Officer David Rojas recently captured something highly disturbing: the lawman fondling a dead woman’s breasts. Rojas...
Editorial: Human trafficking is cheap crime
What is the cost of human trafficking? In terms of dollars, it’s huge. Advocacy group Human Rights First puts the profits at about $150 billion a year, and that year was 2014. Five years later, it could well be larger. While only 19% of trafficking victims are sex workers, $99...
Outgoing Kentucky governor pardons man convicted of beheading a woman, stuffing her in a barrel
LEXINGTON, Ky. — It’s not clear if Betty Carnes was killed by asphyxiation or by the eight blows to her head that Delmar Partin delivered with a metal pipe. The coroner couldn’t tell which killed the mother of three first, but it was very clear that her head was then...
Letter to the editor: Trump empowering Russia
Dec. 7, 1941, was a day of infamy when over 2,000 American servicemen were killed at Pearl Harbor. Unfortunately, America experienced another day of infamy on Nov. 8, 2016, when Donald Trump was elected president. Vladimir Putin was celebrating. From his inauguration on, Trump has enhanced Russia’s military power in...
Letter to the editor: We need action on climate
Walter Williams’ op-ed “On climate, are scientists dishonest or afraid?” (Nov. 22, TribLIVE) begins with the sentence, “The absolute worst case of professional incompetence and dishonesty is in the area of climate science.” It doesn’t take but a few minutes to find that both he and Tony Heller, whom he...
Carnegie, Collier and Scott happenings
LifeSpan’s Chartiers Resource Center for Older Adults will host a trip to Wildwood, N.J., from May 31-June 5. The cost is $575 per person for a double and includes transportation, hotel, breakfasts, dinners, cruise and tourist attractions. Call 412-464-1300 for more information. Carnegie happenings • Escorted by the Carnegie Volunteer Fire...
Bridgeville gets grant to help alleviate flooding
Bridgeville leaders are hoping $525,000 in grants will help to alleviate flooding in the community. In November, the Commonwealth Financing Authority announced that the municipality received funds for two projects through the Allegheny County Gaming and Economic Development fund that will address flooding in the borough. “There is a need...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 12, 2019
Basketball Boys Thursday’s schedule WPIAL Class 5A Section 3 Shaler 42, Kiski Area 39 Class 4A Section 3 Belle Vernon 78, Waynesburg 60 Class 3A Section 1 Beaver Falls 54, New Brighton 36 Class A Section 2 Geibel 55, Avella 51 Nonsection Allderdice 69, Canon-McMillan 37 Central Catholic 62, Latrobe...
High school roundup for Dec. 12, 2019: Alyssa Pollice lights it up for Bishop Canevin
Alyssa Pollice had a big night, scoring 27 points, hitting seven 3-pointers and pulling down 10 rebounds to lead Bishop Canevin (1-2, 1-0) to a 52-42 Section 3-2A girls basketball win Thursday night. Diajha Allen added 14 points. Emily Prasko had 14 points and Madison Kozares added 11 for Burgettstown...
Curtain goes up on WPIAL boys basketball section play Friday
For the last several years, one of the better rivalries in WPIAL boys basketball has been going toe-to-toe in Section 3-2A with Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and Sewickley Academy. There might be a new sheriff in town, however, this season. On opening night of section play on Friday,...
The Stroller, Dec. 13, 2019: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Volunteers needed to tutor students at Peoples Library Peoples Library in New Kensington is seeking adult volunteers to tutor elementary students in its afterschool program. Adult tutors work one-on-one with at-risk students from the New Kensington-Arnold School District from 4 to 5:20 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at the New Kensington...
