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South Hills voters choose candidates for November race
Voters across the South Hills decided who they want to see on their party ballot in the November election for school board and council seats. All results are unofficial and do not include write-in totals, which have not yet been finalized. Baldwin Borough Newcomers Denise Maiden and Patty Boyer and...
Here’s what’s happening around town: Wednesday, May 22
Hello, Sewickley, Sweetwater Center for the Arts is launching a new series of workshops beginning in June. Nationally and internationally recognized professional artists will lead three- and four-day intensive masterclasses that are open to all levels. Figure painting with Alexander Soukas will be held June 13-15; plein air landscapes with...
Police: Lincoln man arrested in SWAT standoff had 22 rifles seized weeks ago
A Lincoln man who spurred a SWAT situation that lasted for several hours Wednesday morning is accused of threatening to kill his girlfriend, prompting the woman to call police and flee with her young child, police said. Edward Thomas Jr., 36, was arrested and charged with making terroristic threats after...
A rejuvenated Hozier back on the road with stop at Benedum CenterVideo
Even if Hozier’s newly released second album, “Wasteland! Baby,” fails to come close to having the success of his debut effort, the Irish singer/songwriter will always have at least one memory that will make the new album stand out over time. That experience came in recording the lead track and...
South Fayette’s Grant Franjione spreads the good word
South Fayette resident Grant Franjione grew up in Bridgeville, graduated from Chartiers Valley High School, then Carnegie Mellon University with honors with a major in applied mathematics and industrial management. He moved to California to work in information systems at the corporate headquarters of Oracle. He was with the company...
Pine-Richland prom photo gallery
The Pine-Richland prom theme was “Throw Back to 2000” and held at Heinz Field....
Take your Caesar salad to the grill to get a smoky char
Memorial Day is just around the corner. It’s the unofficial start of summer and, for many, the beginning of grilling season. The smoky char of the grill brings a whole new dimension to plain old Caesar salad. To develop good char and maintain crisp lettuce without ending up with scorched,...
This Chinese salt and pepper shrimp is a savory-spicy joy
There’s probably no recipe that better showcases salt and pepper working in multiple ways and together than Chinese salt and pepper shrimp, an enticing dish of plump, moist fried shrimp with shells as shatteringly crispy — and appealing to eat — as fried chicken skin, and a killer savory-spicy flavor...
Carlynton grad honored for chemistry prowess
Olivia Jame Kalimon was honored by the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh on May 14 at an awards dinner at Duquesne University. Olivia, a student majoring in biochemistry at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a 2015 Carlynton graduate, received the College Chemistry Award at the dinner. The award includes...
High school scores, schedules for May 21, 2019
High Schools Baseball WPIAL Playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Tuesday’s results Bethel Park 3, Seneca Valley 2 (10 inn.) North Allegheny 4, Butler 2 Penn-Trafford 7, Upper St. Clair 3 Pine-Richland 2, Norwin 1 Semifinals Wednesday’s schedule Penn-Trafford (17-3) vs. North Allegheny (16-5) at Fox Chapel, 3:30 p.m.; Pine-Richland (16-4) vs....
Shoemaker’s single in 10th lifts No. 3 Bethel Park past Seneca Valley in WPIAL quarterfinals
Brandon Cole had four hits, including a solo homer, and Cooper Shoemaker knocked home the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning as Bethel Park edged Seneca Valley, 3-2, in the WPIAL Class 6A baseball quarterfinals Tuesday at Boyce-Mayview Park. The victory propelled the No. 3-seeded Black Hawks...
Pirates farm report for games of Tuesday, May 21, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 23-18) won 4-3 over Louisville (Reds). RHP Mitch Keller (5-0, 3.45) earned the victory after allowing one run on six hits with six strikeouts and a walk in seven innings. CF Jason Martin (.226) and SS Kevin Kramer (.277) hit solo home runs. Martin’s came in the first...
ACC seeks to bolster mental health treatment for athletes
DURHAM, N.C. — Several times during his speech on Tuesday, Mark Hilinski paused a few moments to compose himself. He always cries, his wife said later, when he addresses an audience and tells the story of his son, Tyler, the former Washington State quarterback who died by suicide in 2018....
Election results: 2019 primary
Click here for the 2019 primary election results from Allegheny and Westmoreland counties....
WPIAL baseball playoffs roundup for May 21, 2019: Shaler takes down No. 4 Gateway
Shaler’s Justin DeSabato scored on a wild pitch in the top of the seventh inning and the No. 5-seeded Titans held off No. 4 Gateway in the bottom of the inning to secure a 2-1 victory in the WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals Tuesday at Fox Chapel. Hunter Boyan threw a...
Housing Secretary Ben Carson confuses real-estate term with an OreoVideo
Ben Carson might do more for Oreo cookie sales than “Game of Thrones” ever did. But Carson, the housing secretary under President Trump, did not offer the promotion intentionally. On Tuesday, Carson appeared to think that a California Democrat was questioning him about the cookies during his congressional testimony, when...
New Castle edges No. 1 Greensburg Salem in 11th inning of WPIAL quarterfinal game
It took two days and two different venues. Finally, New Castle pushed across a run in the top of the 11th inning and held on to defeat top-seeded Greensburg Salem, 1-0, in a WPIAL Class 4A baseball quarterfinal Tuesday at North Allegheny High School. Vince Soukovich scored on a wild...
George Guido: The 1989 baseball, softball playoffs were wettest on record
Last year was the wettest in the Pittsburgh region’s history. But for anyone who was involved in scholastic sports in these parts during the spring of 1989, you would have a hard time convincing them that year wasn’t a record-setter. It was punctuated by rain, rain and more rain. The...
Editorial: Morehouse College gift is valuable example
It isn’t every day that Leslie Odom Jr. gets upstaged — especially from 700 miles away. The “Hamilton” star came back to Pittsburgh on Sunday to give the commencement address at his alma mater, Carnegie Mellon University. “I place my faith in the highest possible intentions in all things these...
Hampton students to perform in PMEA Elementary Band Fest
Thirteen Hampton students were selected to perform in the PMEA Elementary Band Fest at Chartiers Valley Intermediate School this past weekend. They rehearsed with a guest conductor from the United States Navy and performed a concert with 150 students from nearly 50 schools in the area. The 13 musicians who...
Editorial: Highlands shouldn’t appeal Open Records ruling
Just because you can doesn’t mean that you should. You can eat your co-worker’s unattended hoagie. You shouldn’t. You can steal your neighbor’s newspaper out of his driveway. You shouldn’t. You can paint your house PennDOT orange. You really, really shouldn’t. And yes, Highlands School District, you absolutely can appeal...
Letter to the editor: Opposing Bill Peduto’s gun opposition
I oppose Mayor Bill Peduto’s opposition to the Pennsylvania Senate gun bill (“Bill Peduto, Philly mayor: Why we oppose Pa. Senate gun bill,”). You say the bill “gives the gun lobby the ability to sue local governments … whenever they do not like a local gun law.” Obviously, you don’t...
Letter to the editor: Wikipedia as source?
In the letter “Voting and voter suppression” (May 14, TribLIVE), Robert Jedrzejewski asks you to check out a Wikipedia article. I would like to add that Wikipedia is a free internet encyclopedia that is created and maintained by general users who can change anything on it. Ergo, if it’s on...
Letter to the editor: Where will immigrants live, work?
I couldn’t agree more with letter-writer Dwayne Buffer (“Pittsburgh’s homeless should come first,”). He says it like it is. It sounds great for Democrats to spew about inviting with open arms thousands of illegal immigrants. Where are they going to stay, and more importantly, where are they going to work?...
Letter to the editor: Seniors deserve increased Medicaid funding for nursing homes
Our commonwealth has the fourth oldest population in the nation, and our fastest growing population is individuals 85 and older. Many of these residents will increasingly need intensive around-the-clock care for such diseases as Alzheimer’s and dementia. And make no mistake: This segment of our population will continue to grow....
