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Letter to the editor: Americans want to be ‘united’
Americans want to be ‘united’ Do any Americans actually like fake news? I would think not. Do most American want a “UNITED” States of America? I think yes. Do any Americans like that the FBI has sunk so low? I would think not. Do any Americans think the country should...
Letter to the editor: Columbus Day feature biased
Your front page Columbus Day piece (“5 facts you might not know about Columbus Day,” Oct. 14, Trib LIVE) was a disservice to your readers. Your effort appears to be more of an editorial or opinion disguised as balanced historical reporting. While you refer to colonization, you fail to acknowledge the...
Letter to the editor: Say no to Westmoreland County ‘squad’
You can’t be an elected member of the Democratic Party and not eventually align yourself with the left on some issues. Earlier this year, Westmoreland County Commissioner Gina Cerilli posted a picture of her hand-picked candidates for row offices and sheriff. The photo excluded Commissioner Ted Kopas. The “Cerilli squad”...
South Fayette couple celebrates 60 years
Sylvia (Szramowski) and Phil Makowski of South Fayette, formerly of Heidelberg, celebrated 60 years of marriage Oct. 17. They are the parents of Cindy (Don) Settina, Sharon (Michael) Chabalie and Carla Bonkowski. Sylvia and Phil have two grandchildren, Jason Palas and Tina Chabalie, and three great-grandchildren, Jace, Jere and Lyam Palas....
U.S. troops in Syria going to Iraq, not home as Trump claims
KABUL, Afghanistan — While President Donald Trump insists he’s bringing home Americans from “endless wars” in the Mideast, his Pentagon chief says all U.S. troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq and the American military will continue operations against the Islamic State group. They aren’t coming home and the...
Mom, inventor seeks change in how insurance companies operate
When Rose Morris couldn’t find a suitable product to keep her special needs son safe while he slept, she invented one. Now, the president and founder of Abram’s Nation (www.abramsnation.com) has hopes of finding others who can help influence the way insurance companies pay for safety beds for special needs...
Shaler Area Middle School sets the stage for comedic fall play
Audiences will view Christopher Columbus’ ship, attend the Declaration of Independence’s signing, witness the telephone’s invention and observe the first moon landing during Shaler Area Middle School’s fall play. “Almost History: That Whole Space Time Continuum Thing” tells the story of news anchor Sandra (performed by eighth-grader Ava Bardakos) and...
Hampton residents flood public meeting to discuss stormwater utility fund
It was standing room only to hear details on a planned stormwater utility fund at a Hampton Township Council public hearing Oct 9. A concept for a stormwater management plan and utility fund was presented by Gateway Engineers, a Pittsburgh-area multidiscipline engineering firm hired by Hampton Township. The utility fund...
Living with Children: The ‘Doctor’ is in
I have good news for parents: You do not need more than a few tools in your disciplinary tool-bag. One especially valuable tool, one that belongs in every modern home, is the “Doctor.” The Doctor is akin to a genie — an invisible parenting sprite, so to speak — whom...
Trump says G7 summit won’t be held at his Florida golf resort
WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Saturday that the 2020 G7 summit will not be held at his Doral resort in Miami amid concerns of a conflict of interest. “Based on both Media & Democrat Crazed and Irrational Hostility, we will no longer consider Trump National Doral, Miami, as the...
WPIAL boys soccer playoffs roundup: Butler edges Connellsville in 1st round
Landon Mohney scored two goals 45 seconds apart in the 27th minute and that was enough for No. 7 Butler to secure a 2-1 victory over No. 10 Connellsville (12-7) in the first round of the WPIAL Class AAAA boys soccer playoffs Saturday at Art Bernardi Stadium. Butler (13-5-1) advanced...
WPIAL football playoff picture entering Week 9
The stretch run continues as the WPIAL football season heads into the final week of the regular season. Heading into Week 9, the list of teams that have clinched has risen to 56 with only six spots still up for grabs. The playoff fields are set in both Class 6A...
High school scores, schedules for Oct. 19, 2019
High schools Field hockey WPIAL playoffs First round Class AAA Wednesday’s schedule North Allegheny at Pine-Richland, 7:30 p.m.; Peters Township vs. Mt. Lebanon at Pine-Richland, 6 p.m. Class AA Tuesday’s schedule Latrobe vs. Oakland Catholic at Penn-Trafford, 6:30 p.m. Bye: Penn-Trafford Class A Wednesday’s schedule Sewickley Academy at Shady Side...
District football roundup: Seton Hill rallies past Mercyhurst for 2nd straight win
Ryan Barabe threw for 348 yards and two touchdowns as Seton Hill defeated Mercyhurst, 30-20, on Saturday in PSAC action. Michael Valentino rushed for 60 yards and caught three passes for 88 yards and a 78-yard touchdown for Griffins (2-4, 2-2), who have won two in a row after an...
Youth carries Steel Valley to 4th win in 5 games in victory at Summit Academy
For the first time in four years, Steel Valley will not be playing in the WPIAL Class 2A championship game. In fact, thanks to East Allegheny’s win Friday night, the Ironmen won’t even be participating in this year’s postseason. However, it is not an end of an era at Steel...
One year later: The path to recovery after the Tree of Life attackVideo
On Oct. 27, 2018, a gunman opened fire inside the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill, killing 11 worshippers and wounding two. It was the deadliest act of anti-Semitic violence in U.S. history. Four Pittsburgh police officers were injured by gunfire as they responded to the attack. For the...
WPIAL clinched: Final girls volleyball playoff field
The WPIAL girls volleyball regular season is in the books. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie qualify for the postseason. Trib HSSN’s exclusive coverage of the 2019 WPIAL girls...
Fifth-seeded Charleroi ousts Burrell boys in WPIAL soccer playoffs
Charleroi, the fifth seed in the WPIAL Class AA boys soccer playoffs, lost one game this season, and it was its final game, a 4-3 defeat to Bentworth that moved the Cougars’ record to 17-1 entering the postseason. Coach Jon Doculi said his kids were asking when they could get...
Historically black colleges play significant role in NFL’s 1st 100 years
NFL rosters are crowded with players who performed in the national spotlight at major colleges: Notre Dame, Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, etc. Sprinkled throughout, however, are players from schools such as North Carolina A&T, Howard and South Carolina State. Those schools, identified as historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), aren’t...
Victoria Betsill and Thomas Reiter: Black Catholics’ faith inspires in challenging times
What do novelist Toni Morrison, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, basketball coach John Thompson, gymnast Simone Biles and acclaimed Pittsburgh jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams all have in common? If you guessed they’re black, you’ve got it half right. The correct answer is that they, together with approximately 3 million...
Outdoors notices for Oct. 20, 2019
Outdoors Notices HUNTER SAFETY COURSES Note: All hunter safety courses require preregistration at www.pgc.state.pa.us. • Northside Sportsman Club Clubhouse, Allegheny County, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Oct. 26. Class limit 150. • Rockwood Area High School, Somerset County, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 29-30. Class limit 50. • Plum Creek Masonic Hall, Allegheny County,...
Pittsburgh International Airport auction has highest turnout everVideo
Jet setters departing from Pittsburgh International Airport left thousands of personal items behind last year. And eager auction goers were on hand Saturday to bid on lost, unclaimed and abandoned items left in the airport’s lost-and-found at the annual public auction held by the Allegheny County Airport Authority. Items up...
Sounding off: Trump is no savior
D.A. Scandrol’s letter “Trump as messiah” was the most sacrilegious drivel I’ve read in 84 years of living. To admire and support President Trump is one thing; but to even remotely compare him to Christ is utterly ridiculous. Trump came to make America great again. America was already great, only...
Letter to the editor: America tired of war
What the RINO Republicans do not understand is that most of middle America is tired of the continuous wars that the Bush and Obama administrations have entangled America in. No one elected America’s sons and daughters to police the world, let alone go and die in places where we do...
Letter to the editor: Fox News & factual news
Does letter-writer Michael Bitterice (“Media’s bias dangerous,” Oct. 16, TribLIVE) include Fox News in his opinion of “factual news”? Jon Herby Blairsville...
