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Turnovers doom Clairton in PIAA semifinal loss to Farrell
It was a night of missed opportunities for WPIAL champion Clairton in the PIAA Class A semifinals against Farrell on Friday. The Bears committed five turnovers, four inside the Farrell 10, and turned the ball over on downs three more times in Steelers territory as Farrell held on for a...
‘Strangest thing’: Police say man tried to rob West Manchester bank, then did this …
YORK, Pa. — A man attempted to rob a Wells Fargo bank branch in West Manchester Wednesday morning, then waited for authorities to arrive, West Manchester Township Police said. About 11:30 a.m. Nov. 27, the suspect allegedly jumped over the counter and grabbed money out of the register before throwing...
Gateway knocked out by Archbishop Wood on last-minute field goal
ALTOONA — Gateway’s wait for its first PIAA football championship continues. Chamor Price’s dazzling run with a screen pass for a 30-yard touchdown near the end of the third quarter tied the game and put the WPIAL Class 5A champion Gators in position to play for the state title next...
Fan loyalties in Shenango Valley divided between Steelers, Browns
You’re not just in Steelers Country when you visit the Shenango Valley, an area that’s about the same distance from Pittsburgh as it is Cleveland. Browns fans make up a sizable minority of the football fan base. That’s made the past couple of weeks interesting in the Shenango Valley as...
Penguins call up Joseph Blandisi from Wilkes-Barre
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Penguins recalled forward Joseph Blandisi from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL on Friday afternoon. The transaction comes after forward Bryan Rust was shaken up following a fall in the morning skate at Nationwide Arena. Rust left the ice for a few minutes but returned for a power-play...
Editorial: Harrisburg targets hunting changes
It used to be that the Saturday after Thanksgiving was about hunting for bargains or hunting for Christmas ornaments or maybe just hunting for the remote to watch college football. “Used to be” was last year. That changes this weekend. This year, the Saturday after Thanksgiving is also the first...
Watch how fast Penguins’ all-time leading scorers climbed team’s ranksVideo
Most Penguins fan knows that Mario Lemieux is the franchise’s all-time leading scorer. But do you know how quickly he and the likes of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin climbed the team’s ranks? Here’s an animation of the Penguins’ all-time leading goal scorers from 1967 until now....
Letter to the editor: Grateful for right to disagree
Regarding George A. West’s letter “Trump & the Pharisees” (Nov. 22, TribLIVE): It’s great to live in a country where people are free to voice their opinions. It’s great to live in a country where people are free to voice their opinions without fear of reprisal. Let us all pray...
Letter to the editor: Shame on Comcast
Well, Comcast has done it again. As of Oct. 10, the Turner Classic Movies network is no longer available to Preferred Digital customers. In order to receive TCM, one must upgrade (at a cost of $9.99 per month) to its “Sports and Entertainment” package. Comcast never has a problem increasing...
Letter to the editor: Were Ike, Nixon ‘crazy socialists’?
According to President Trump and the national conservative news media, someone who simply supports a federal government social program that helps people, like Social Security and Medicare, is a “crazy socialist.” If we go by that definition, then that would make Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon “crazy socialists” because they...
Sewickley Community Center among recipients of state grants
Grants totaling $250,000 for improvements in the municipalities of Sewickley Borough and Ohio, Crescent and Moon townships were recently approved by the Department of Community and Economic Development. “These municipalities have fought hard for this funding, which will go towards critical improvements and necessary renovations,” said state Rep. Valerie Gaydos....
Police: Glassport woman expected to survive gunshot wound
Allegheny County police arrested Jonah Reid, 47, after a shooting in Glassport on Thursday night. According to county police, Glassport police went to a house in the 600 block of Ohio Street around 9 p.m. for a report of a woman who had been shot. Officers found a 52-year-old woman...
Pleasant Hills mom pens children’s book
Nicole Leckenby hopes her new book, “Summer Vacation,” will not only serve as a fun bedtime read for youngsters but will raise money for children suffering from cancer. Leckenby, 43, of Pleasant Hills, and a mom of two boys, released “Summer Vacation” Nov. 12. One dollar from each book sale...
The Stroller, Nov. 29, 2019: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Toys For Children drive to benefit Deer Lakes children West Deer Police Department is sponsoring its 23rd annual Toys for Children drive to benefit children age 1 to 14 living in low-income households in the Deer Lakes School District. New toys can be dropped off from 7 a.m. to 3...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 29Video
Harmar LSF9 Master Participation Trust sold property at 765 Guys Run Road to Nicholas and Vanessa Weir Pollino for $25,977. Indiana Ask One LLC sold property at 1918 Fox Chapel Road to Segavepo LLC for $144,000. Manohar Yarlagadda sold property at 3032 Sylvan Ter to Haifeng Wang for $320,000. O’Hara...
How to plant that live Christmas tree in your yard
There’s an unmistakable pine scent released when brushing against the evergreen trees lined up outside of Best Feeds Garden Center’s location in Ross. That aroma conjures up childhood memories of sleepless nights and presents under the tree the next morning. Owner and manager Dwayne Evans is getting ready for the...
Sounding off: Yovanovitch’s intimidation claim is laughable
Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch said during the impeachment hearings that she felt intimidated by President Trump’s tweet critiquing her performance as ambassador. As a retired Foreign Service employee, I find that unbelievable and laughable. Our ambassadors around the world are made of sterner stuff. Yovanovitch apparently is not. Irrelevant to impeachment,...
PIAA football: semifinals factoids
What better way to follow up Thanksgiving than to digest some high school football state playoff factoids. • This is the 31st year of the PIAA football playoffs. • The most District 7 teams qualifying for the PIAA finals is four. That has happened 10 times with the most recent...
Peters Township native Brendon Todd overcame ‘yips’ to revive PGA Tour careerVideo
Rolling Hills Country Club in McMurray is no more. The grounds are being converted into a park. PGA Tour pro Brendon Todd, a native of Peters Township, went back there recently. In a manner of speaking, at least. Todd spent his early years learning to play golf at Rolling Hills...
Taking next step on minds of Chartiers Valley, Bishop Canevin, Carlynton boys basketball
The Chartiers Valley boys basketball team, under first-year coach Brandon Sensor, came within a game of playing for the WPIAL Class 5A title last season. Bishop Canevin, which also had a first-year coach, Gino Palmosina, qualified for the Class A playoffs but was eliminated in the first round. Carlynton, under...
Laurels & lances: Filming, closing, giving and picking
Laurel: To not giving up. Aspinwall’s Philip Beard proves the old saying about good things coming to those who wait. Filming on a movie version of his 2004 novel “Dear Zoe” just wrapped last week after shooting around O’Hara, Squirrel Hill and Braddock. It may have taken 15 years to...
Fired Navy Secretary Spencer criticizes Trump in SEAL caseVideo
WASHINGTON — Richard Spencer, who was fired as Navy secretary for his handling of a SEAL war crimes case championed by President Donald Trump, wrote that the commander in chief “has very little understanding” of how the American military works. The extraordinary accusation came in an opinion piece published on...
Letter to the editor: On impeachment, let system work
On impeachment, let our system do its job On the impeachment hearings: We need to let the system work. If President Trump, his staff or personal attorneys have done things they’re accused of, and if he violated his oath of office, they should be punished. We need to go by...
Letter to the editor: Why doesn’t media report on Biden blackmail?
Mainstream media claims no bias favoring Democrats. So where are the stories on Joe Biden’s public confession of the Obama administration’s blackmail of Ukraine? Isn’t it relevant given the current impeachment inquiry? Many believe corruption that bold by a wannabe American leader made it President Trump’s civic duty to ask...
Letter to the editor: Deal with it, Greensburg Salem teachers
Regarding the article “Greensburg Salem approves 5-year teachers contract” (Nov. 14, TribLIVE): First, we are lucky to have Robin Savage and Jeff Metrosky on the school board. I feel that they are the only two who stand up for us taxpayers. Election Day was a joke. Those of you who...
