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PIAA baseball, softball playoffs roundup for June 6, 2019: Frazier edges Chartiers-Houston
Savannah Berklovich knocked in two runs, and Logan Hartman scattered five hits to lead WPIAL runner-up Frazier to a 4-3 victory over Chartiers-Houston in a PIAA Class 2A quarterfinal softball game Thursday at Peters Township High School. Kathryn Barch and McKenzie Kelly also had RBIs for the Commodores (19-4), who...
Beaver offense again shines in PIAA quarterfinal win over New Castle
The Beaver Bobcats couldn’t have picked a better time to put their offense in high gear. Beaver scored in double digits for the third consecutive game Thursday afternoon with a 10-2 victory over New Castle in a PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal baseball game at Butler’s Pullman Park. Brady Hansen, the...
Lafferty fans 12 as Seton LaSalle edges Laurel in PIAA quarterfinals
Seton LaSalle freshman Drew Lafferty is not a big strikeout pitcher. Entering the Rebels’ PIAA quarterfinal game against Laurel, he had 44 punch outs in just over 42 innings pitched. But on Thursday, the Kentucky recruit had his knockout pitch going with a capital K. Lafferty pitched a complete game...
Expectations to remain high for Leechburg softball program
Even though expectations are always high for Leechburg softball, coach Debbi Young had her own expectations exceeded this year. Not that the fifth-year coach didn’t expect a section title and a 33rd consecutive WPIAL playoff berth for the program. The Blue Devils made the Class A semifinals and won the...
Gill Hall Elementary student recognized as ‘super hero’
When a fire broke out at his Jefferson Hills home, Izaiah Sabori-Cole knew just what to do. He had learned in school how to respond to an emergency less than a week prior. Making sure to follow every rule he was taught, Izaiah, 7, put on a pair of shoes,...
Chartiers Valley grad Alexa Golden making transition from college basketball player to coach
After her freshman season with the Kent State women’s basketball team, Alexa Golden lost some of her passion for the game. The Golden Flash won six games overall and only three in the Mid-American Conference. A new coaching staff, headed by Todd Starkey, came in the next season, and Golden,...
Vandergrift officials pondering options for abandoned structure
Officials in Vandergrift are looking to Westmoreland County to begin the process of getting rid of a deteriorated structure. On Monday, Melissa Adams, who lives near the deteriorated property at 113 East Adams Ave., asked council if there is something more that can be done about it. She said although...
Laurels & lances: Reach out, reveal, redd up
Laurels: To showing true colors. Pittsburgh police vehicles are sporting rainbow-skylined decals in June to celebrate Pride Month, a focus on the LGBT+ community. This is one of several decals the department will be using over the year to “focus on inclusiveness, community police work and building bridges,” according to...
Brentwood council censures colleague
Brentwood council members censured colleague Pat Carnevale on May 28 for the “misuse of his position” and “actions unbecoming of an elected official.” The resolution, which also states that Carnevale violated the borough’s elected official policies, was approved in a 5-2 vote. Carnevale and Councilwoman Jennifer George dissented. The censure...
Digital Bookmobile making stop at Baldwin Borough Public Library
Many offers from your local public library can be accessed with the tap of a finger on your smartphone, tablet or laptop. Enter Libby, a free app that offers access to thousands of ebooks, audiobooks and magazines to borrow on your device just like you would borrow a traditional book...
Baldwin’s Morgan Traud wins Gene Kelly Award
Morgan Traud has long dreamed of winning best actress at the Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater. As a freshman at Baldwin High School, she wrote her senior self a note expressing her desire to win. She even practiced in her bedroom what her acceptance speech...
Fox Chapel Area multimedia teacher encourages students to embrace change
Fox Chapel Area teacher Ryan Devlin knows his curriculum will change — a lot — in coming years. That’s a given for anyone teaching multimedia and technology. Keeping up with the times is part of the reason Devlin was awarded the inaugural Young Alumni Award from Waynesburg University. The newly...
Levi Walls, 2, inspires Hampton youth at Poff Elementary
A visit by a 2-year-old Hampton boy who has spina bifida inspired first-graders at Poff Elementary School to never give up and to treat all people the same. Levi Walls spent close to a half-hour showing off his mobility skills. Walls was born with the condition that affects the spine...
Facts and figures about the D-Day invasion
Operation Overlord: Code name for the Allied invasion of Western Europe. D: Stands for “day” as the final invasion date was unknown and depended on the weather. 150,000+: Troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Free France and Norwaymade up the Allied Forces. Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and...
Review: ‘Secret Life of Pets 2’ suffers from too many plot linesVideo
All dogs are good dogs. Oh, sure, yours might poop in a shoe from time to time, or snatch a snack from the counter. But overall, the human race would be a lot better if we all strove — doggedly — to be a little more, er, doggish. “The Secret...
Review: After ‘Dark Phoenix,’ is it time for X-Men to move on?Video
I mean, whatever with the “X-Men” movies. It’s hard to even rent an opinion on the discrete strengths and weaknesses of a franchise that has devolved to the point of “Dark Phoenix,” a lavishly brutal chore nearly as violent as the Wolverine movie “Logan,” and a movie featuring more death...
Letter to the editor: Democrats & secrecy
“The very word ‘secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. … Our way of life is under attack.” John F. Kennedy knew the extreme dangers of government agencies...
Letter to the editor: Credits for natural gas vehicles
Earlier this year, I traveled to Washington, D.C. with other members of the natural gas vehicle industry. We met with over 60 congressional offices, calling on Congress to immediately restore the alternative fuel tax credit (AFTC). The AFTC is crucial to deploying more clean-burning, domestically fueled natural gas vehicles. Deployment...
Letter to the editor: Thankful for Trump
I agree with letter-writer Ron Raymond (“Obama vs. Trump,” May 26, TribLIVE) on the differences between Obama and Trump differences. I also agree with the rest of his letter. I am thankful every day that we elected Donald Trump, though I wish he would stop tweeting and talking too much....
‘Words can injure’ says Holocaust survivor
Shulamit Bastacky spent the majority of her first four years hidden in a dark cellar. She was deprived of basic things a child needs to thrive, including nourishment, nurturing from family and stimulation. “What did I do? I was born Jewish, so I was not supposed to be alive,” Bastacky,...
Podcast part 4: Going one-on-one with Mike Ditka
What is Mike Ditka’s favorite thing to do when he returns to the Pittsburgh area? What is his favorite type of cigar? Gus Frerotte and Dave Hager go one-on-one with the former Pitt All-American and Pro Football Hall of Famer in the final segment of this week’s “Huddle Up with...
Walk the Moon back on tour with Pittsburgh Pride Week stopVideo
With the current album “What If Nothing,” Walk The Moon hasn’t just returned from an extended gap between albums, the band members have come back with a whole new level of understanding about why they’re in the band, the kind of music they want to make at this point in...
Raptors overcome Curry’s big night, take 2-1 lead in NBA FinalsVideo
OAKLAND, Calif. — For every amazing shot in a career night by Stephen Curry on his home court, Kawhi Leonard, Kyle Lowry and Danny Green kept finding dazzling answers of their own. The Toronto Raptors decided to “let it rip,” and now they have the momentum again in these back-and-forth...
Glenshaw Century Club gives $29k to Shaler scholars
The Glenshaw Century Club Inc. (local woman’s club) awarded scholarships totaling $29,000 to 13 deserving Shaler High School graduates. To be considered, students must complete a detailed application which goes through a rigorous evaluation process. Before making the final decisions, selected students then participate in a live interview with the...
Monsignor shares recipes inspired by faith
Before long, many people will be planting their gardens and capturing the joy of harvest. Monsignor Michael Begolly, pastor of Mt. St. Peter Roman Catholic Saints Parish in New Kensington, will harvest more than most. First of all, his love of cooking and gardening comes from a childhood filled with...
