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Hiatal hernia repair options include laparoscopic, robotic surgery
Dear Mayo Clinic: After a recent CT scan, endoscopy and colonoscopy, I learned that I have a hiatal hernia containing both stomach and colon and extrinsic stenosis at the splenic flexure. My understanding is that this is rare and that I will need surgery. Will I need to find a...
Hospital fall prevention rules can harm patients by keeping them in bed
Dorothy Twigg was living on her own, cooking and walking without help until a dizzy spell landed her in the emergency room. She spent three days confined to a hospital bed, allowed to get up only to use a bedside commode. Twigg, who was in her 80s, was livid about...
‘Millvale Loves Jenny Day’ recognizes resident’s tireless commitment to her community
Millvale loves Jenny Jo Mendak so much that the borough’s residents and visitors adorned pins Sept. 27 declaring their adoration for the 34-year-old. Since June, she has volunteered to organize monthly youth dances at the Millvale Community Center. Attendance reached 75 at the inaugural “school’s out for summer” bash. Mendak’s...
Fall Run Park renovations, flood control discussed by Shaler officials
Shaler Township engineer Matt Sebastian said that heavy summer rains “displaced or otherwise damaged” some of Fall Run Park’s in-stream structures. As a result, he recently walked through the park with Shanin Asbury of Gateway Engineers to discuss stream maintenance and the items that the township can accomplish using its...
Local businesses sought for special education program at Hampton School District
A $30,000 Special Education Performance grant helps add to the ongoing efforts to provide a quality education for Hampton’s special needs students and to prepare them for a career. Along with their non-disabled peers, these students have their eyes set on life after high school. The grant from the Pennsylvania...
High school roundup for Nov. 18, 2019: Vince Abel’s third-period goal leads North Allegheny past Upper St. Clair
Vince Abel scored the game-winning goal with less than four minutes left in regulation to lead North Allegheny to a 5-4 victory over Upper St. Clair in a PIHL Class AAA hockey matchup Monday night. Tyler Putnam scored twice, including the game-tying goal in the third period, and Tyler Lamark...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 18, 2019
Football WPIAL championships Saturday’s schedule Class 5A Peters Township (12-1) vs. Gateway (11-2) at Norwin, 6 p.m. Class 2A Washington (13-0) vs. Avonworth (13-0) at Norwin, noon PIAA playoffs Quarterfinals Class 6A Friday’s schedule Coatesville (10-2) at Downingtown West (12-1), 7 p.m.; Nazareth (12-1) vs. St. Jospeh’s Prep (9-2) at...
Trib HSSN PIHL Player of the Week for Nov. 18, 2019
For the first time this season, Class B, formerly Division 2 in the PIHL, has a forward as the TribLIVE HSSN PIHL Player of the Week. It’s not been because the classification hasn’t had its fair share of scoring or impressive games. The Ringgold Rams, last year’s champions, have four...
Trib HSSN PIHL Team of the Week — Nov. 18, 2019
One sign of a good program is sustaining success even after taking hits from graduation, and Thomas Jefferson has managed just that. The Jaguars, this week’s Trib HSSN PIHL Team of the Week, have run their way through Class A at the start of the 2019-20 season. Their 14 points...
Belle Vernon girls have skill, drive to compete for section title
Coach Ronnie Drennan learned a lot in his first season at the helm of the Belle Vernon girls basketball team. The Leopards led a season of streaks in 2018-19. The team lost three straight games twice, including to start the season, but also went on seven- and five-game winning streaks....
Belle Vernon boys looking for momentum to carry over
The beginning of Joe Salvino’s tenure as the Belle Vernon boys basketball coach was not ideal. The team started last season winning only two of its first 12 games, including one victory in six Section 3-4A games. But with seven games remaining, the Leopards managed to win five contests to...
Benjamin Hochman: New technology lets SLU hoopsters become ‘shot doctors’
ST. LOUIS — Big Brother is watching you … and he wants you to keep your shooting elbow in. Over at Chaifetz Arena, looming sensors track the Saint Louis Billikens, who wear small devices on their sneakers. And the sensors track the basketballs, which are equipped with computer chips. The...
WPIAL Football Team of the Week: Week 12
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Pitt Panthers football teams only wish they had this kind of ‘home-field’ advantage. Saturday marked the 19th season the WPIAL has staged four of its football championships at Heinz Field. With its win Saturday, Clairton has improved to 9-1 on the natural surface on the North...
These stocks could bounce high in January and beyond
Energy stocks, and to a lesser extent bank stocks, have been the market’s whipping boys in 2019. Now they are being punished anew, as investors sell shares to establish tax losses. In the fall frenzy of tax-loss selling, certain stocks are often pushed below their intrinsic value, and that is...
Detroit police officer testifies in Chelsa Wagner trial
DETROIT — Attorneys spent several hours Monday wrangling over a few seconds of video in the trial of Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner. In a hearing marked by multiple arguments, objections and Wayne Circuit Judge Dalton Roberson repeatedly chiding both defense attorneys and prosecutors, two Detroit police officers testified about...
Chick-fil-A no longer funding Salvation Army, Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Atlanta-based Chick-Fil-A has stopped donating to The Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, two organizations that have come under fire from LGBTQ activists. The company told the Thomson Reuters Foundation it has stopped donating to the organizations on Monday, according to CNBC. “We made multiyear commitments to both...
Editorial: Kids shouldn’t suffer for politics
Kids need homes. A kid doesn’t necessarily need a smartphone or a new game system or a puppy, though those might all be on a wish list. But there are basics, like a roof and a door and clothes and food that are non-negotiable. There are things like love and...
Prosecutors: Sean Kratz spared the death penalty in grisly slayings on Pennsylvania farmVideo
PHILADELPHIA — In a surprise move Monday, Bucks County prosecutors decided not to pursue the death penalty against Sean Kratz in the violent murders of three young men on a remote Solebury township farm. Kratz will instead face a mandatory sentence of life in prison for his first-degree murder conviction...
Pitt men’s soccer team earns 1st NCAA bid since 1965
A season to remember for the Pitt men’s soccer team isn’t over yet. The No. 25 Panthers (9-7-2) earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament on Monday, marking their first appearance since 1965. No better feeling!?#H2P | @NCAASoccer pic.twitter.com/mtXNcqecyl— Pitt Men's Soccer (@Pitt_MSOC) November 18, 2019 Pitt, ranked for...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden debate discipline in Myles Garrett case, Steelers’ standing in AFCVideo
Should Mason Rudolph have been suspended for his actions in the Pittsburgh Steelers-Cleveland Browns melee last week? Tim Benz and Mark Madden debate the discipline handed down in the wake of Myles Garrett swinging his helmet to strike Rudolph during Thursday night’s game. The guys also discuss Colin Kaepernick’s weekend...
Editorial: Give thanks for food bank grants
The shopping lists are being made. There’s the turkey. You’ll need the stuff to make the stuffing. Potatoes, of course — both sweet and starchy. The cranberry sauce that might not get eaten at all but still somehow seems necessary. Pies, lots of pies, but with whipped cream or ice...
Letter to the editor: Trust NASA on global warming
If you’re still not sure who to believe about global warming, NASA has a website devoted to the subject. You can access the site by Googling “NASA global warming.” There are good reasons why one might trust NASA’s information. They literally are “rocket scientists,” and please recall that 50 years...
Letter to the editor: Help out Alzheimer’s caregivers
Alzheimer’s disease is devastating — not only for the more than 5 million Americans living with the disease, but also for the more than 16 million family and friends serving as caregivers. The caregiving needs for someone living with Alzheimer’s are extensive and increase over time – on average four...
Letter to the editor: Pro-life candidates succeed
After the election I was scared to find out how the candidates we identified on the LifePAC flyer as pro-life had done. I knew that only one of two Superior Court candidates won and that Allegheny County did poorly, and even my township conservatives did poorly. But my initial fears...
Sewickley’s Penguin Bookshop celebrates 90 years
The smell of freshly printed books greets you as you enter the Penguin Bookshop, located in the heart of Sewickley. Friendly faces offer assistance to the steady flow of customers that enter the cozy space, quickly helping them find their next read or wrapping the perfect present to give to...
