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West Jefferson Hills School District appoints 2 new principals
Two newly appointed principals in the West Jefferson Hills School District have one thing in common, leaders say: They love kids. School board members on Aug. 27 officially hired longtime Pleasant Hills Middle School educator Adam Zunic as the principal of Gill Hall Elementary, at a salary of $100,000. Zunic,...
Chartiers Valley athletic director accepts Notre Dame position
Chartiers Valley athletic director Angie Potthoff is headed back to Notre Dame to work as the director of operations for women’s basketball. Potthoff, a former WNBA player who has worked in various roles at the University of Notre Dame, including as assistant women’s basketball coach, has served as Chartiers Valley’s...
Pittsburgh Army Corps teams in Puerto Rico, Florida ahead of Dorian’s mainland arrival
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Pittsburgh sent its emergency power team to Florida and Puerto Rico before Tropical Storm Dorian became a hurricane hurling 80 mph winds and heavy rains near the U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday afternoon. Dorian is expected to become a dangerous hurricane as it...
South Fayette eyed as site of self-driving vehicle test track
The future of self-driving vehicles may start in South Fayette Township. Developers have announced plans to construct a track for an autonomous-vehicle testing site at the former Campbells Airport site between Cecil-Sturgeon and Mohawk roads. They made their pitch to township commissioners at a public hearing Aug. 21, as part...
Lawrence McCullough: Making consumers’ green choices pay off for everyone
Is it possible the U.S. economy can successfully transition to a clean energy foundation without top-down legislative reform effort from Congress? Three market-based approaches would seed and speed the process at the local, micro-economic level and lay groundwork for far-reaching effects in U.S. energy policy: 1. Suspend for three years...
Letter to the editor: Mainstream media should be held accountable
There ought to be an accounting and punitive measures taken against the mainstream media, especially CNN and MSNBC, for what they do to the people who watch, listen and believe. Fortunately, many folks are realizing that many of the accusations against President Trump are baseless. So MSNBC’s ratings are down...
Letter to the editor: What has happened to America?
Why … are there so many abortions? Why … are children’s video games so violent? Why … do people say things on social media sites that they wouldn’t say to a person’s face? Why … is there so much violence? Why … do many athletes refuse to visit our nation’s...
Letter to the editor: Trump is dividing us
I would like to commend Carl Mochak for his letter “Disagreeing with Trump supporters”. The subsequent letter by Bob Serena (“Many veterans support Trump,”) rested my case. I have a rough time accepting the fact that any level-headed, honest-thinking American could cast a vote for such a hateful individual as...
Is a 3-D printed gun free speech? This isn’t your 1791 right to arms
NEW YORK — It’s a question of who’s violating the U.S. Constitution when it comes to print-at-home guns — the federal agency accused of recklessly deregulating the weapons or the states that claim they’re a threat to public safety. A federal judge could provide an answer any day now —...
Lettuce takes the empty calories out of your favorite wrap
Ari LeVaux, a syndicated weekly food columnist, says, “When I was a teenage prep cook, I created a dish that never made it onto the menu, even as a special, even though it was called the ‘Ari Special.’ It was a favorite among the staff, and everyone, from the absent...
‘Florida women’ keep it real in 2 Sunshine State comedies
Florida! America’s joke state! Home to fire ants, sand spurs, palmetto bugs, manatees, alligators, hurricanes, floods, the “Florida man” meme (plus actual Florida men) and the “stand your ground” law (see: Florida men). A land of promise and false promises, built on swamps and speculation, purported site of the Fountain...
Brewers’ special collaborations key to Greensburg Craft Beer Week
Greensburg Craft Beer Week is a nine-day, multi-venue event showcasing breweries, restaurants, local businesses and more through craft beer-centric events and community involvement throughout the Greensburg area. This year, events run from Sept. 20 to 28. Each year, Greensburg Craft Beer Week grows larger and offers more exciting events than...
Deutsche Bank has tax returns sought by House Democrats
NEW YORK — Deutsche Bank AG has confirmed that it has tax returns requested by U.S. lawmakers seeking financial information for President Donald Trump and his family. Whose returns are those? That’s still a secret. The disclosure was made by the bank in a letter filed Tuesday in response to...
Pirates farm report for games of Aug. 27, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 64-70) lost 11-3 to Toledo (Tigers). The Mud Hens scored eight runs in the last two innings. RHP Dovydas Neverauskas (3-4, 5.04) took the loss after allowing seven runs on five hits in 1 2/3 innings of relief with four strikeouts, three walks and three home runs surrendered....
High school scores for Aug. 27, 2019
High schools Golf Boys Tuesday’s results WPIAL Class AAA Section 1 Hempfield 203, Norwin 205 Medalists: Logan Divald (N), 37; Sal Cerilli (N), 38; Jon Kebe (H), 38; Mitch Sarsfield (H), 39 Section 5 Blackhawk 214, Montour 242 Medalists: Ryan Robinson (BH), 38; Ray Knallay (BH), 40 Section 8 Mars...
Trib HSSN state football rankings for Week 1
There were very few changes to the Trib HSSN state rankings coming out of Week Zero. Only three of the 30 ranked teams were bounced from the PIAA top five. Penn Hills in Class 5A, Bishop McDevitt in 4A and Lackawanna Trail in A are all out, replaced by Peters...
Trump’s White House dismisses Taylor Swift’s VMA plea, calls the Equality Act ‘poison’Video
Taylor Swift’s movement-stirring global influence apparently does not extend to President Donald Trump’s White House. The Trump administration has issued a response to the pop star’s MTV Video Music Awards speech, which urged the White House to acknowledge her petition to the Senate in support of the Equality Act demanding...
U.S. is becoming more diverse — and quickly, in certain places
The United States is becoming more diverse as the white share of the population declines and Hispanic, Asian and African American populations grow — and that change is happening quickly in certain places. While whites remain the largest racial or ethnic group nationwide, accounting for 60% of all Americans, 109...
Appeals judge allows New Jersey’s aid-in-dying law to go forward
A New Jersey appellate court Tuesday reversed a lower court’s decision to grant a temporary restraining order against the state’s aid-in-dying law. The law became effective Aug. 1, but was suspended on Aug. 14 after a suit filed by Josef Glassman, a Bergen County physician, argued that the lack of...
Editorial: Opioid verdicts have to hurt
What is the cost of a crisis? The opioid epidemic has been a greedy monster, demanding more and more resources from all levels of government as well as hospitals and insurance companies over the last 20 years. It has eaten lives and devoured communities. In 2013 alone, the Centers for...
U.S. soccer star Carli Lloyd receives offer from NFL team to kick in preseason gameVideo
As all 32 NFL teams ready for their final exhibition game on Thursday, the general sentiment from fans is a simple one: meh. Usually, starters for said teams do not participate and most who do will never make the squad. But one game could be of interest. Enter Carli Lloyd....
Ed Pfeifer: Blacktopping is hard work, but it used to be much worse
Professional driveway coaters are hard workers doing a dirty job. If it is daylight between May and October, they are covered, nose to toes, in tar. The black splatter dots their tanned skin like freckles and dyes their clothing the color of a Starbucks French roast. Blacktopping is tough work...
Police departments create video on keeping Shaler Area students safe
The Police Departments in the Shaler Area School District — Shaler, Etna, Millvale, and Reserve — are united in a traffic safety initiative for school zone and school bus safety. They would like to thank their partners with the Shaler Area School District, SATV, and the ABC Transit, Inc for...
George Guido: Hard works comes to fruition for Knoch, new head coach
It was a successful head coaching debut for Knoch’s Brandon Mowry as the Knights blanked Hampton last Friday, 24-0. But even for someone who has been around football all his life, a head coaching debut can be daunting as we’ve found over the years. “In the lead up to the...
Farmer x Baker in Aspinwall gives different meaning to ‘food from a box’
A unique waterside dining option is open inside Aspinwall Riverfront Park. Farmer x Baker, a repurposed shipping container-turned-cafe nestled along the Allegheny River in the scenic 10-acre park, is the first of its kind in Pittsburgh. All 160 square feet of it. The eco-friendly creation of owner Jennifer Urich, Farmer...
