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Bridgeville couple announces birth of baby girl
Robert Stein and Robyn Kerr of Bridgeville celebrate the birth of a baby girl. Kylie Jade Stein was born July 29 at St. Clair Memorial Hospital. Kylie is the granddaughter of Cynthia Kerr of Bridgeville and Jeffrey Dumm of Carnegie, and Margie and the late Ronald Morris of Carnegie. Kylie...
This weekend in Sewickley: Jaguars, speedbikes and more
Happening this weekend around Sewickley: Saturday, Aug. 10 • The Sewickley Farmers Market returns to the St. James parking lot, 200 Walnut St., from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. • The Jaguar Club of Pittsburgh will hold their Annual Display of Exceptional Cars from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. along...
Pirates farm report for Friday, Aug. 9, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 57-59) lost 9-5 to Durham (Rays). LHP Brandon Waddell (1-5, 9.91) gave up seven runs in one inning pitched, including seven in the second inning, with four walks and six hits allowed in a losing effort. 3B Ke’Bryan Hayes (.255) hit a fourth-inning two-run homer. 1B Hunter Owen...
Documents cache details how Jeffrey Epstein, madam lured girls into depraved world
MIAMI — A chilling picture of how hundreds of girls and young women from around the world were trafficked for sex by Jeffrey Epstein, his madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, and — allegedly — a number of powerful business and world leaders emerged Friday in court documents unsealed in New York. The...
Editorial: The politics of making tragedy political
On its best day, politics is a balancing act. The politician is like a waitress with a giant, carefully coordinated tray of plates and bowls and glasses. Move this constituent’s sandwich and it affects that agency’s soup which could slosh all over the opposition’s dessert and make the whole table...
Heidelberg native cast in ‘Hello, Dolly!’ playing at Benedum
Davis Wayne couldn’t stop smiling as he stepped onto the Benedum Center stage. He was home. “I love Pittsburgh, and I won’t shut up about it, and everybody knows that,” said Wayne, 23, a native of Heidelberg. For the past year, he’s been traveling the United States as part of...
How will ‘Empire’ handle Jussie Smollett’s character’s departure?
Although it was officially announced that FX’s popular hip-hop series “Empire” was ending its final season, no one really knew how the Lee Daniels-created drama would handle the departure of one of its biggest stars. In the aftermath of the legal woes surrounding Jussie Smollett following accusations he fabricated a...
Letter to the editor: Heartland will again pull through for Trump
Much has been made that President Trump’s election was invalid because he lost the popular vote. Accordingly, efforts are underway by the left to derail the Electoral College process in ways that would elect the presidency by popular vote. In 2016, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by a little...
Letter to the editor: Pa. parole process must be reviewed
The Pennsylvania General Assembly must hold hearings to determine the effectiveness of Pennsylvania’s parole system after a recent Associated Press report found six homicides allegedly committed by five Pennsylvania parolees in two months. The report also found 93 murders were committed last year by parolees, according to the Department of...
Letter to the editor: Parking ticket mars Greensburg trip
I just wanted to say THANK YOU for making our trip to downtown Greensburg for Antiques on the Avenue Aug. 3 a pleasant experience. We received a parking ticket that really made our day. That is a great way to make folks want to come back and support the downtown...
Little Sisters of the Poor celebrates 150 years in America with Brighton Heights mass
As a child, Sister Marcel Joseph wasn’t too keen on old people. But, as a member of the Junior Legion of Mary, an organization dedicated to the spiritual development of young Catholics, she was assigned to visit a Little Sisters of the Poor nursing home on a weekly basis. “I...
Erie County man drowns in Lake Erie
MAYVILLE, N.Y. — Federal and local authorities are continuing the search of Lake Erie for an Erie County man who drowned while swimming at the Ripley Beach area in Chautauqua County, New York, late Thursday afternoon. The man who drowned has not been identified. Information released by the Chautauqua County...
Beth Samuel hosts rummage sale
Beth Samuel Jewish Center The center is at 810 Kennedy Drive, Ambridge. For information, visit bethsamuel.org or contact the center at beth samueloffice@comcast.net or 724-266-5238. • 8 a.m. Aug. 11 – Rummage sale • 5 p.m. Aug. 12 – BSJC serving The Ladle • 7:05 p.m. Aug. 21 — Jewish...
Whitehall’s Community Day ‘bigger and better’
Whitehall Borough Community Day will feature some new and improved aspects, as the borough’s new recreation director is working to give recreation in the community a boost. “We’re doing bigger and better starting this year,” said Hannah Vetere, who began her role as Whitehall’s new recreation director in February. Whitehall...
Rostraver couple turning the page on glory days of plant breeding
Sarah Zolock’s well-worn straw gardening hat reveals her silver hair through a hole in the top. “I want the hat like that,” she says smiling. “It lets the air through the crown better.” Along with her husband Steve, she conducts a tour of their expansive and beautiful garden, explaining the...
Police: Benedum, AVH, other bomb threats came from same phone number
Police continue to investigate bomb threats called into five establishments in two counties Thursday. The threats were made from the same phone number, Allegheny County police said Friday . The bomb threats were called in between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. to Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison, St. Clair Hospital...
Pirates minor league report: Aug. 8, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 57-58) split a doubleheader with Norfolk (Orioles) in a pair of 3-2 games. The Indians dropped the first game. Two first-inning runs off of a wild pitch followed by an RBI single from LF Kevin Kramer (.259), gave Indianapolis a 2-0 advantage until the sixth inning, when the...
Letter to the editor: We must enforce immigration laws
Regarding the article “Visits to border detention centers widen Congressional divide” (July 22, TribLIVE): Back in 2014 President Obama said that there was a crisis at the southern border. Back in 2016 President Trump said that there was a crisis at the southern border and now is trying to do...
Clairton product Lamont Wade on starting track for Penn State
Lamont Wade declared for the transfer portal in mid-January, cleaned out his locker and then changed his mind two weeks later. So far, returning seems like it was a good idea for the former Clairton safety. The Penn State junior appears to have the edge at safety, maybe the most...
Ex-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe sues Justice Department over his firingVideo
WASHINGTON — Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe sued the Justice Department and Attorney General William Barr, claiming he was illegally fired last year for allegedly failing to fully disclose conversations he had with a reporter about pending investigations. Barr’s predecessor, Jeff Sessions, fired McCabe in March 2018, just before...
Demolition of former Pittsburgh Playhouse continuesVideo
Demolition of the Pittsburgh Playhouse buildings in Oakland is underway. The site of live theater since the 1930s, the structures became vacant last year when the new Pittsburgh Playhouse opened Downtown as part of Point Park University’s ongoing expansion. The Oakland site will be sold by Point Park for development....
Saquon Barkley hits Giants coach with ill-fated, no-look passVideo
Saquon Barkley is no Pat Mahomes. Barkley, the New York Giants running back, proved this recently at preseason camp in East Rutherford, N.J., by trying a no-look pass and promptly pegging an assistant coach in the head. "No-look. Mahomes." @saquon's impression did not go according to plan ? pic.twitter.com/rhTa1n5ZSa— Sports...
Healthy Hartman ‘keeps everything solidified’ for Belle Vernon offense
It’s third-and-long. Belle Vernon breaks the offensive huddle and heads to the line of scrimmage. In years past, the run-heavy Leopards might be tempted to call a run play, or with strong-legged punter Cameron Guess, kicking to the opposition and letting a stout defense go to work a little early...
Baldwin alum, Nepal native receives full scholarship to Villanova
Ritika Chamlagai has never doubted that she will someday be a doctor. As a child growing up in a refugee camp in Nepal, the hospitals were lacking even basic sanitation and people, if they had the money, were forced to travel to different countries to get the health care they...
Tour the new Thomas Jefferson High School at its open house
The long-anticipated opening of the new $95 million, 300,000 square foot Thomas Jefferson High School is finally here. On Aug. 18, the West Jefferson Hills School District will open the doors to the school, located at 830 Old Clairton Road, for the community to see. Following a VIP, invite-only ribbon...
