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Gallery: Shaler Area hosts kickoff to 2019 football season
A crisp, cool evening was the perfect way to kickoff the 2019 high school football season as Shaler Area hosted New Castle in a back-and-forth, non-conference battle that saw the Titans come up on the wrong side of a 34-27 score. The team will be back in action Friday night...
Letter to the editor: No air conditioning in Greensburg Salem schools
It’s that time of year again, back to school, and I am again writing that I am terribly upset that Greensburg Salem schools are opening this year, again, with no air conditioning in mostly all schools, except for one elementary school. Why is that? I believe this is a tragedy....
Letter to the editor: Going vegan can help clean up planet
This World Water Week, Aug. 25-30, we can all do something to help conserve water and keep our waterways clean: Go vegan. The water footprint of vegan foods — the amount of water it takes to produce them — is generally much smaller than that of animal-derived ones. For example,...
Letter to the editor: Wolf’s charter school blindside
When one of your biggest donor’s competitors is providing a better service, what do you do? “Blindside” them with rules and regulations to cripple them (“Gov. Wolf calls for sweeping reforms for charter schools in Pennsylvania,” Aug. 13, TribLIVE). Gov. Wolf, we know the teachers’ union is in your pocket;...
Scott couple celebrate 44 years
Happy 44th wedding anniversary to Christine (Homa) and Joe Zyra of Scott Township, who celebrate Sept 1. They are the parents of Lindsay (Brian) Frank and Allison (Shaun) Darrah. Chris and Joe have three grandchildren, Logan and Brady Frank and Lillian Darrah, with one on the way. Harry and Jack...
St. Stephen’s welcomes new rector
St. Stephen’s Church of Sewickley has elected the Rev. Clint Kerley as its next rector. Kerley will replace the Rev. Geoff Chapman, who is retiring after 24 years at St. Stephen’s. Kerley, originally from Fort Worth, Texas, is a third-generation pastor with a lifelong focus on Christ, the Bible and...
Police: 7 adults hurt in shooting at child’s birthday party
CAMP SPRINGS, Md. — A Maryland police chief says seven adults were injured when shots were fired at a child’s birthday party a few miles southeast of the nation’s capital. Prince George’s County police Cpl. Nicholas Clayton tells The Associated Press the shooting occurred Saturday night near the Camp Springs...
Zuriah Fisher returns 2 fumbles for touchdowns as Aliquippa tops ClairtonVideo
The first game in defense of their WPIAL and PIAA football championships was far from a masterpiece, but when big plays were needed, Aliquippa answered the bell like a true champion. Zuriah Fisher returned two fumbles for touchdowns, and fellow senior Chinua Soloman caught a pair of long touchdown passes...
Thomas Edison and Henry Ford: The original American road-trippers
Author Jeff Guinn of Fort Worth, Texas, has written acclaimed biographies about some really bad dudes: Charles Manson, Jim Jones and Clyde Barrow. And, oh yeah, the guys at the O.K. Corral. To be fair, Guinn is also the author of “The Autobiography of Santa Claus,” which launched his career...
Living with Children: Couple turned down by adoption agency
Question: A Christian (but very liberal) adoption agency recently turned down our application because they disapprove of our parenting approach, which is your parenting approach. We told them we subscribe to your philosophy and do things like sending the kids to bed early due to whining and tantrums. They said...
Shaler Area grad proud to be part of U.S. Navy
“We Build, We Fight” has been the motto of the U. S. Navy’s Construction Force, known as the “Seabees,” for more than 75 years. Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Porter, a 2017 Shaler Area High School graduate and native of Etna, builds and fights around the world as a member...
High school football roundup for Aug. 24, 2019
The game might have been a day late, but a second trip to Beaver County paid off for McGuffey on Saturday night. After falling behind by six points early, the Highlanders scored 41 unanswered points to secure a 41-6 nonconference victory at Ambridge. The game was originally scheduled for Friday...
High school scores, summaries for Aug. 24, 2019
High Schools Football Saturday’s results WPIAL Western Pa. vs. Everyone Showcase At the Wolvarena, Turtle Creek Calvert Hall (Md.) 44, Woodland Hills 20 McKeesport 28, Woodrow Wilson, DC 13 National Christian Academy (Md.) 70, Imani Christian 6 OLSH 33, Westinghouse 30 Nonconference Aliquippa 35, Clairton 14 McGuffey 41, Ambridge 6...
McKeesport opens season with resounding win vs. Woodrow Wilson
The McKeesport Tigers won a Week Zero matchup against the Woodrow Wilson (D.C.) Tigers on Saturday night, 28-13. The game was the third of four that took place at the Wolvarena in Turtle Creek in the WPIAL vs. Everyone Showcase. Both teams played in the event last season: Woodrow Wilson...
Pirates minor league report for Aug. 25, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 64-67) won 7-0 at home against Louisville (Reds). C Christian Kelley (.185) went 2 for 4 with a double, two RBIs and a run. LHP Brandon Waddell (3-6, 8.58 ERA) went six innings allowing no runs on three hits with seven strikeouts and three walks. Next: Sunday vs....
Defending WPIAL Class A champ OLSH rallies past City League’s Westinghouse
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart dealt the deciding blow in a game of momentum swings as the Chargers defense put a stop to Westinghouse’s shot at victory in the final minute to secure a 33-30 win in the Western Pa. Everyone Classic at the Wolvarena in Turtle Creek. Chargers...
Ray Regan: Words do count, and they can save lives
We use anywhere from 20,000 to 40,000 of the 171,476 basic words that make up the English language. Language entertains us. We use it to share joy, to express anger, to influence, to appreciate, or just to enjoy an idle chat. Words are like food; we need them to live....
Peter Morici: Economy will drag on Trump’s re-election hopes
The U.S. economy is delivering bad news to the White House. Second-quarter growth was only 2.1% and is not likely to return to 3% on a sustained basis. Significant wage increases, booming corporate profits, and double-digit stock grains SPX, -1.22% are not likely in the months leading up to the...
Outdoors notices for Aug. 25, 2019
Notices Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES There were 130 shooters who competed in the Twi-Night Trap League on Thursday, and 14 managed perfect 25 straights. Connellsville finished in first place with a score of 199 targets. East Huntingdon (194), Hecla (193), Ruffsdale (187) and Youngwood (185) rounded out the scoring. Connellsville (107)...
National Christian Academy rolls past Imani Christian
In just its sixth year of football, National Christian Academy has designs on becoming a national powerhouse. The Eagles could be well on their way to that status with a resounding, 70-6 victory Saturday in the Western PA vs. Everyone Showcase at Turtle Creek’s Wolvarena. After a fumble in its...
Editorial: Vaccination info should be epidemic
Disease is not political. It doesn’t have an ideology. It doesn’t practice religion. It doesn’t espouse an opinion. Disease just wants to grow and spread. And it’s usually pretty good at it. So political arguments about vaccinations don’t faze diseases. The mumps couldn’t care less if you don’t believe your...
3rd locally transmitted dengue fever case confirmed in Miami-Dade County
MIAMI — The third locally transmitted case of dengue fever this year has been confirmed in Miami-Dade County, the Florida Department of Health announced Friday. The first case of the mosquito-borne ailment was confirmed in March. The second came earlier this month. The three cases don’t seem to be related,...
Sounding off: What is ‘supremacy’?
I offer this opinion at the risk of being labeled, but I believe that it’s important that the term “supremacy” deserves greater scrutiny. I first heard the term years ago. It gradually and ultimately disappeared as a result of the civil rights movement begun in the ’60s. The left has...
Letter to the editor: Now’s not the time to restrict guns
At a time in the history of our country when we have seen massive undocumented immigration, now is not the time to pass legislation restricting the rights of Americans to obtain and utilize guns for protection. Jackie Frazier Bellevue...
Letter to the editor: Killers deserve swift, final justice
Recently two Jewish leaders from Squirrel Hill announced they have petitioned U.S. Attorney General William Barr to seek a plea deal to spare the life of Robert Bowers, the killer of 11 Jewish worshippers in Squirrel Hill in October 2018 (“Dor Hadash, New Light leaders urge AG to accept life...
