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Photo gallery: Poff Elementary dance raises funds for food pantry
Poff Elementary held its first All School Dance on May 10 at Hampton High School. This event sold 248 tickets. Guests donated more than 350 nonperishable food items to benefit North Hills Community Outreach’s food pantry. Sponsors for the dance included Poff PTO, Wildwood Sports Complex, Katie’s Clay Studio, Caliente...
Millvale kicks off summer with bike rally
Millvale is slated to celebrate the start of summer with its family-friendly Rally on Grant: Summer Kickoff Party & Bike Rally featuring bicycle safety information, bike and helmet giveaways for resident children, entertainment, crafts and refreshments. The Millvale Borough, Millvale Community Library, Millvale Community Development Corp. and Millvale Borough Bike...
Julianna Margulies fights Ebola in ‘The Hot Zone’Video
Julianna Margulies knew her role in the National Geographic limited series “The Hot Zone” would give her a multitude of layers to play. She could concentrate on the medical part of the character bringing to the screen the doctor who, in 1989, recognized the first appearance of the deadly Ebola...
Grandmother remembered for Italian feasts
It doesn’t matter how old you are, it seems that the best recipes come from the kitchens of grandmothers and grandfathers. Lucy Yannotti, who lived in Morningside, gathered her family of four adult children and 14 grandchildren every Sunday into her kitchen and served an Italian meal from scratch that...
Four WPIAL teams enter Trib HSSN state baseball rankings
The weekly Trib HSSN PIAA baseball rankings looked more like the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace after a busy week of district postseason play this past week. Thirteen baseball teams dropped out of the state Top 5 with at least two changes in all six classifications. The two...
Four WPIAL teams fall out of Trib HSSN state softball rankings
There will be no district gold for six teams who were ranked last week in the Trib HSSN state softball rankings. Some of those teams saw their season come to an end while a few have a second chance in the upcoming PIAA postseason. Other significant changes included: There were...
Pirates minor league report: May 24, 2019
Pirates INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 26-18) won 3-1 over Columbus (Indians). With the score tied 1-1, 2B Kevin Kramer (.285) drove in two runs on an eighth-inning double. Kramer has 14 doubles and 22 RBIs in 35 games this season. DH Corey Dickerson (.000) went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in...
Pine-Richland beats Mt. Lebanon to capture 1st WPIAL boys lacrosse championship
For the first time in the history of Pine-Richland boys lacrosse, the Rams are the WPIAL Class AAA champions after defeating Mt. Lebanon, 12-5, Friday night at Robert Morris. “This means everything to the program,” Pine Richland coach Kevin Welty said. “We walk into that first practice next season with...
High school scores, schedules for May 24, 2019
High Schools Baseball WPIAL Playoffs Class 6A Championship Wednesday’s schedule Penn-Trafford (18-3) vs. Pine-Richland (17-4) at Wild Things Park, 7:30 p.m. Consolation Tuesday’s schedule North Allegheny (16-6) vs. Bethel Park (15-4) at Washington & Jefferson College, 7 p.m. Class 5A Championship Tuesday’s schedule Shaler (14-7) vs. Laurel Highlands (14-6) at...
Ashley Judd not interested in Weinstein settlement, says she plans to see him in court
NEW YORK — The tentative $44 million settlement involving Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct allegations won’t drop the curtain on all lawsuits filed against the movie mogul, some of his accusers said Friday. Ashley Judd, the first A-list actress to speak publicly about Weinstein’s alleged pattern of predatory behavior, said in...
Mars boys claim 4th straight WPIAL Class AA championship
For the fourth straight year, the Mars Fightin’ Planets were crowned the WPIAL Class AA boys lacrosse champions after defeating Hampton, 9-8, in overtime Friday night at Robert Morris. Although the scene and the outcome were the same for the third time in four years, the feeling of this matchup...
Evidence tells grim story of the night a police officer killed Justine Damond
MINNEAPOLIS — In plastic evidence bags lay Justine Rusczcyk Damond’s pajamas from that night: the pink top emblazoned with the words “Koala Australia,” stained and ripped from when the paramedics tried to save her that night. Next to it was the iPhone she used to summon the police officer who...
Fox Chapel’s Shymansky advances to PIAA singles semifinals
WPIAL champion Robby Shymansky breezed to a pair of victories at the PIAA Class AAA singles tournament at Hershey Racquet Club on Friday, advancing to the semifinal round. The Fox Chapel senior defeated Hershey’s Andreas Wingert, 6-1, 6-0, and then beat Unionville’s Ethan Bradley, 6-1, 6-0. He will take on...
Sewickley VFW Auxiliary collecting for troops
The Sewickley VFW Auxiliary is holding a drive to collect personal care items for troops overseas. From June 2-23, new men’s and women’s stick deodorant, lip balm, and baby wipes will be collected in the foyer of the Sewickley Public Library during regular business hours. These items will be forwarded...
Editorial: Impeachment isn’t the only I word
The “I” word. That’s what President Trump said derailed a meeting with Congressional Democrats Wednesday. He claimed that before that planned confab, House Dems gathered to discuss the “I” word. The “I” in this case stands for impeachment. Democrats, especially House members, have definitely been throwing around a lot of...
Playoff losses shift Trib HSSN baseball, softball power rankings
This past week’s quarterfinals and semifinals shuffled the deck with major changes in the Trib HSSN Power Rankings. Six baseball teams and five softball teams saw their district championship hopes comes to an end, as well as their times in the power rankings. This week, Trib HSSN ranks the 12...
Bethel Bakery, Spoonwood brew up new chocolate raspberry cake stout
You can now have your cake and drink it too. So says the motto for the Retort Chocolate Raspberry Cake Stout, a new beer brewed up through a collaboration between South Hills-staples Bethel Bakery and Spoonwood Brewing Co. The beer, which made its debut on May 24, combines Spoonwood’s traditional...
Little Sewickley Creek fuel spill monitored by DEP
A woman was walking her dogs along Little Sewickley Creek near Edgeworth on Mother’s Day when she noticed something out of the ordinary about the water. She called Cochran Hose Company, who, along with an Allegheny County hazardous materials response team and the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), responded...
Thomas Jefferson student artwork to brighten up UPMC Children’s health center
Vibrant, colorful, kid-friendly murals created by Thomas Jefferson High School students will adorn the walls of UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh’s Center of Adolescent and Young Adult Health’s clinical and research hub in Oakland. For the past several weeks, about 40 students in the school’s drawing and painting classes have...
Pleasant Hills Arboretum Story Hike lets visitors travel through books
Nestled among the tall grass at the Pleasant Hills Arboretum, there’s a place where visitors can journey through a book. The Story Hike, a permanent fixture featuring pages of a book posted around the large meadow at the grounds on West Bruceton Road, debuted on May 18 with a celebration....
Letter to the editor: REAL ID requirements daunting for seniors
By Oct. 1, 2020, Pennsylvanians will need a REAL ID-compliant license, identification card or other federally acceptable identification to board domestic commercial flights or enter military bases and federal facilities (“Here’s what you need to know about Real ID”). First, you must prove identity with a certified, raised-seal birth certificate....
Letter to the editor: End emissions testing
Only 17 states require safety testing, and 33 states require emissions testing of automobiles. States like Florida told the federal government in the’90s they wouldn’t do the emissions, even in large cities like Orlando. They still don’t have it. I think it’s time to end both of them. Walter Parker...
Letter to the editor: Reschenthaler on Trump
For several weeks I’ve tried, unsuccessfully, to learn freshman Congressman Guy Reschenthaler’s view’s on Trump’s insults of the late Sen. John McCain, then on the president’s actions as found in the Mueller report, and recently on how he feels about the statement from more than 800 former federal that Trump...
Proposed plan could link Mon-Fayette Expressway, Route 885
Imagine a commute from Jefferson Hills to Pittsburgh taking only a few minutes. State Rep. Mike Puskaric (R-Washington/Allegheny) says he has a plan that could make such a drive a reality. By adding a three-mile connector from the Mon-Fayette Expressway to Route 885, South Hills and Mon Valley residents could...
St. Stephen’s car wash to fund medical mission
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. • 9 a.m. May 25 – Torah Yoga • 3:30 p.m. June 2 – Peace is a Community Project with speaker Shulamit Bastacky, Holocaust survivor....
