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2019 is 100% the year of Lizzo
Lizzo is having a year that has moved so readily from peak to peak that sometimes it feels scripted. She appears destined to win a bunch of artist-of-the-year accolades in a few months, a case of a talented if highly unconventional innovator arriving on a bigger stage at just the...
Pine-Richland on heightened security after bullet found
Pine-Richland High School operated on Thursday under heightened security measures following the discovery of a nine-millimeter bullet in the cafeteria on Wednesday. “Our detectives are still currently working the case,” said Northern Regional Police Department captain John Sicilia on Thursday afternoon. He confirmed that increased police presence on campus will...
Veterans honored with meal at Carnegie banquet hallVideo
Homeless and struggling veterans piled their plates with a hot meal from Cefalo’s Banquet and Event Center in Carnegie on Wednesday. Thanks to the Elks Carnegie Lodge No. 831, Allegheny Lodge No. 339 and American Legion Post No. 82, they left with new socks, gloves, hoodies, hats and flannel shirts...
Letter to the editor: Bills would work to end gerrymandering
Let’s work together to stop partisan gerrymandering. Gerrymandering puts power in the hands of a few — the politicians — at the expense of the rest of us — the citizenry. We can stop this crooked process by telling our state reps that we support House Bills 22 and 23....
Letter to the editor: Democrats deceitful, deranged
Impeachment inquiry: Disgusting, deceitful, deranged, demented Democrats. ‘Nuff said. Frank Novotny Unity...
Letter to the editor: Undermining our freedom of self-defense
For hateful rhetoric like Robert Jedrzejewski’s letter “NRA’s terroristic ways” (Sept. 10, TribLIVE) to be spewed out on your pages on 9/11 — a day reminding us that we are victims in the face of oppression unless we mass and fight to overcome our assailants, as those on Flight 93...
Letter to the editor: Youth, vaping & climate
Regarding two prominent topics in the Sept. 20 edition (“Vaping defense is up in smoke”; “Greensburg joins in Global Climate Strike”): Our youth are not educated, enlightened and mature enough to grasp the fact that sucking an unknown foreign substance directly into their little pink lungs is dangerous (basic anatomy/physiology),...
Review: ‘Abominable’ just misses being a really special movieVideo
“Abominable” is just about the most cuddly piece of East-West synergy a corporation could dream up. The first co-production between DreamWorks Animation and the Shanghai-based Pearl Studios (formerly known as Oriental DreamWorks), “Abominable” is a rare kind of creature, but the sort we’re likely to see more and more of...
Remember When: 1979
In the news this week 40 years ago: • At its meeting last week, Sewickley Borough Council voted to hire its first director of public works at an annual salary of $17,500. Only one council member, Marie Guy, dissented, saying “$17,500 is an awful lot to put on our taxpayers....
Cosby ‘doing very well’ on 1-year prison anniversary, determined to continue appeal, spokesman says
Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby, once known as “America’s Dad,” marked his one-year prison anniversary touting his new paternalistic role behind bars, his spokesman said Wednesday. “He’s doing very well regarding this unwanted anniversary,” spokesman Andrew Wyatt told the New York Daily News. “I just ended a visit with him. He...
Green Grocer, author talks, more at Sharpsburg, Cooper-Siegel libraries
Sharpsburg Activities at Sharpsburg Community Library can be registered for by calling 412-781-0783. • Green Grocer, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 30. Buy fruits, vegetables and herbs from the truck that visits weekly. It will be in the library parking lot at 1212 Main St. • Homework Help, 3:30 to 5...
Vocelli Pizza chain sprouted from first Pittsburgh-area store
While there are more than 100 Vocelli Pizza locations across six states, the pizzeria’s roots are local. Founder Varol Ablak and his father opened their first restaurant in 1988, and in less than five years, opened 20 restaurants in the Pittsburgh area. In 1993, the first franchise was sold. Now,...
Hampton Farmer’s Market enjoys successful first season
Vendors at the Farmer’s Market in Hampton will be closing shop for the season with their last day on Oct. 16. The event was a first for the township, and program director Bill Ryder said the response was very good. “Overall, our first season was successful and we are grateful...
Lindsey Graham launches campaign to defend Donald Trump amid threat of impeachment
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham spent Wednesday spreading words of unequivocal support for Donald Trump as the president embarked on the first 24 hours of life under official threat of impeachment. Shortly after the White House released the rough transcript of a phone call congressional Democrats say could be...
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Sept. 25, 2019
Cross country Boys Wednesday’s results WPIAL Division I Section 6 Canon-McMillan 20, Peters Township 35 Canon-McMillan 15, Trinity 50 Peters Township 15, Trinity 50 Girls Wednesday’s results WPIAL Divison I Section 6 Canon-McMillan 15, Trinity 48 Peters Township 15, Trinity 38 Peters Township 20, Canon-McMillan 36 Football Thursday’s schedule District...
High school roundup for Sept. 25, 2019: Emma Bundy comes up big for North Allegheny
Emma Bundy scored her second goal of the game in overtime to lead North Allegheny (9-1-1, 7-0) to a 3-2 victory over Pine-Richland (6-3, 4-3) in a matchup of top girls soccer teams in Section 1-AAAA on Wednesday night. Tulasi Sayamala also scored for North Allegheny. Peters Township 1, Bethel...
One Class 5A rival replaces another in the new Trib 10 power rankings.
Two Trib 10 teams from a week ago lost in Week 4, one dropping a spot while the other dropped out completely. While the top three teams remain the same, Penn-Trafford lost to Ohio power Massillon Washington last week, dropping from No. 4 to No. 5. The Warriors flip-flopped with...
The Daily 3: WPIAL history might be made on the links Thursday
History can be made Thursday at the 2019 WPIAL Class AA boys’ individual golf championships. Skylar Fox may become the most decorated boys golfer in district history as he shoots for a fourth WPIAL title. Last year, the Riverside senior captured his third district championship in three years when he...
Tom Richard & Justin Schwartz: Universities must lead on climate solutions
Headlines from around the world increasingly reinforce a sobering point: Climate change is the defining crisis of our time. A new poll shows the number of Americans who see climate change as a crisis is growing — just after the strongest hurricane on record. For the sake of the planet...
Editorial: Conversion therapy proposals pure politics
Conversion therapy is a grab bag of practices that utilize psychological, emotional, spiritual or physical techniques to try and remake someone who is gay or bisexual into a heterosexual. The practice also has been used on people identifying as transgender. Subjects are often minors. So kudos to the Allegheny County...
Birdie fired up for Burrell-Deer Lakes air show
Overall Record: 40-14 Last week’s record: 9-3 Before heading into the office on Monday, the Birdie was playing catch with a stringer in the parking lot. After several drops, the stringer gave up on the big yellow bird. “As good as you are with picking games, you sure can’t catch...
High school football schedule for Week 5
Thursday District 8 City League Westinghouse at Brashear, 7 p.m. Friday WPIAL Class 6A Butler at Norwin, 7 p.m. Hempfield at Mt. Lebanon, 7:30 p.m. North Allegheny at Seneca Valley, 7 p.m. Pine-Richland at Central Catholic at Carnegie Mellon, 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny 8 Baldwin at Chartiers Valley, 7...
The Birdie doesn’t need a backup to pick Westmoreland County games
Last week: 12-3 (80.0) Season: 52-11 (82.5) The Birdie would like to join Franklin Regional and take the week off, but he does not have a good backup like the Steelers or Penn-Trafford to fill in and make his picks for him. While many area teams are battling injuries, the...
DA Zappala holds firm on misdemeanor charges in Pittsburgh gas station fightVideo
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. said Wednesday he isn’t bowing to political pressure to file more serious charges against the men caught on video beating two women at a gas station in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood. “The evidence, based on what I saw, doesn’t support aggravated assault,” Zappala...
Pitt basketball player Kyla Nelson has cancerous appendix tumor
Kyla Nelson, a junior guard on Pitt’s women’s basketball team, has a cancerous tumor on her appendix, the team announced Wednesday. She is set for surgery at the beginning of next month and expects to play this season. Nelson was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumor when she was scheduled for...
