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Paul Kengor: Do you believe in miracles?
Do you believe in miracles? That’s a line made famous, of course, by sportscaster Al Michaels regarding the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. But that’s nothing compared to the miracle I heard about two weeks ago. I was at Eureka College, alma mater of Ronald Reagan, speaking on Reagan, Pope...
Rocco Monteleone, Penn Township boy who lost battle with leukemia, laid to rest
A Penn Township boy was laid to rest Thursday after losing his battle with acute Myeloid leukemia. Rocco Joseph Monteleone, 2, the son of Brandon and Michelle Monteleone, died Sunday. He had been diagnosed with leukemia Dec. 30. A Penn Township police command truck helped lead the funeral escort from...
Laurels & lances: Treats, charges, legends and speaking out
Laurel: To spring being sprung. Regardless of predicted snowflakes Friday, spring is officially here and high temperatures in the coming week are predicted to stay in the 40s and 50s and all the way to 60s. It’s the perfect time to appreciate those longer days and brighter evenings, so thanks...
Pleasant Hills landslide continues to affect homes on Arbor, Temona
Kelly Deegan looks out her kitchen window every morning at the big hole that once was her backyard. She checks to see if the plastic sewage pipes lining the steep slope are connected. If not, her husband needs to head into what the couple calls “the pit” to re-connect the...
Robert Morris commit Garver set to lead Ligonier Valley softball
She throws a wicked curveball, a high-speed fastball and a rise that leaves batters swinging at air. The work ethic is there, so is the dedication. When “Eugene” is pitching, the Ligonier Valley softball team likes its chances. “Eugene” is junior Jane Garver, a Robert Morris commit, who was given...
Pieces in place for Ligonier Valley baseball
There are batters at the top of the order with speed who regularly get on base and cause problems. There are run-producing bats in the middle of the order. Ace pitchers? Yep, there are a couple of those. The players are tested by a challenging regular-season schedule that includes perennial...
Don Rebel: District 12 continues decade of basketball dominance
It really has been a decade of dominance. Since joining the PIAA, District 12 schools have left their mark on many sports, but none more impressive then what they have accomplished on the hardwood. District 12 is made up of schools from the Philadelphia Public League and Philadelphia Catholic League....
Peters Township’s trip to Hershey was 6 years in the making
When Peters Township girls basketball coach Bert Kendall took over the program in the 2013-14 season, the Indians were coming off a winless campaign in Section 2-4A and only managed to win six games. “We had to instill a winning culture and instill a lot of changes in our work...
Pleasant Hills council’s newest member eager to help community continue to thrive
When Justin Horvat moved to Pleasant Hills nearly four years ago, he took it all in: The borough crews cleaning up the parks and the public works staff cleaning the snowy streets in the winter. Living on the hillside above the borough building, he sees it all. “I got a...
Review: Mötley Crüe biopic ‘The Dirt’ as sexist as the band in its heyday
“Girls, girls, girls.” Mötley Crüe sings about them, sleeps with them, vomits on them, punches them in the face and can expect oral sex from anyone in a skirt in Netflix’s astoundingly tone deaf biopic “The Dirt.” The film, which premieres Friday, is based on the group’s 2001 book, “The...
Phil Collins ‘Still Not Dead’ tour adds Pittsburgh stop
A limited run of Phil Collins Still Not Dead Yet, Live! dates have been confirmed for fall 2019. An Oct. 2 Pittsburgh show in PPG Paints Arena is among the 15 added stops on the tour. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. March 30 at livenation.com. Citi cardmembers can register...
Letter to the editor: Politics & hate
Letter-writer Robert Jedrzejewski’s reasoning for the hate directed at President Trump is interesting (“Trump ‘hate’ is justified,” March 6, TribLIVE). He mentions fraud, narcissism, rudeness, lewdness, crudity, bullying, bigotry and arrogance — he could talking about any politician, old or new. You try to impress using eloquent words to describe...
Letter to the editor: Why I love Trump
Here’s why I love President Trump. Do I believe he would: Speak and tweet without thinking? Yes Chased and was a dog with women? Yes Used every legal means to pay lower taxes? Yes Whisper to enemies: “Tell Vladimir I’ll have more flexibility after the election”? No Ignore pleadings for...
Letter to the editor: Legal pot is a Pandora’s box
In January, Gov. Tom Wolf announced he was considering the legalization of marijuana and has sent Lt. Gov. John Fetterman on a listening tour to get input from state residents (“Fetterman’s marijuana tour stop in Greensburg draws large, divided crowd,”). In a Jan. 24 press release stating his support of...
Review: Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ conjures sinister American nightmaresVideo
Jordan Peele has tightened his grip in “Us,” a less satirical and more slaughterhouse horror parable than the writer-director’s astonishing debut, “Get Out,” that despite its deficiencies will leave all who enter its shadowy world convinced of Peele’s growing command as a singular conjurer of American nightmares. It’s a movie...
Pennsylvania lawmakers attempt to head off transportation funding problems
A state lawmaker announced Wednesday that she will lead an effort to address Pennsylvania’s looming transportation crisis and the possible $50 million annual revenue loss for the next three decades. Pennsylvania Senate Transportation Committee Chair Kim Ward, R-Hempfield, said during a news conference at the Capitol that the funding challenges...
Remember When: 1920
In the news this week 99 years ago: • The front page of the Herald featured an image of the first well drilled by the Hartle Farms Company, “the pioneer in the Sewickley oil field’s new development.” An article reprinted from the McKeesport Gas Journal stated “That Sewickley has an...
Here’s what’s going on around town: Thursday, March 21
Hello, Sewickley, The Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring, Mountain Watershed Association and the Breathe Project will hold a stream and pipeline monitoring workshop focusing on the Shell Falcon Pipeline from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Fern Hollow Nature Center. Leaders will discuss how to assess and report violations...
Man, Woman, Citizen, Emerging Citizen of Year selected
The Sewickley Herald Citizens of the Year have been selected from a pool of deserving nominees. Those who were chosen stood out for their dedication to the community. The Sewickley Herald Man of the Year is James Maslanka, a longtime Sewickley mail carrier who dedicates his time and knowledge to...
Police nab Butler County homicide suspect in Venango County
Police on Thursday arrested a man accused of shooting to death a 23-year-old man in Butler County earlier this week. Alec D. Miller, 19, of Oakland Township is charged with homicide in the death of Maximillian W. Halterman in Oakland Township. After hours of searching for the suspect, officials found...
PSU podcast talks spring football, Nittany Lions wrestling … and Pittsburgh beer?
Brandon Noble, Chris Buchignani, Kevin Horne and Mike “The Mailman” Herr are back, talking Penn State football, wrestling and hockey, including with some special guests....
Testimony on Day 3 of Rosfeld trial concludes with use-of-force expert
The homicide trial of former East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld entered its third day on Thursday. Proceedings got underway around 9 a.m. in Room 323 of the Allegheny County Courthouse. Rosfeld is accused of shooting Antwon Rose II three times as he ran from a June 19 traffic stop...
Dave McElhinny: The 21st century’s secret genocide
Today is World Down Syndrome Day. It is held annually on March 21 (3/21 = Trisomy 21). The technical term for DS is Trisomy 21. But a prenatal test that reveals this condition is more than a diagnosis — it’s a death sentence for thousands and thousands. Utah’s House of...
Eden Christian Academy students win mock trial competition
Students from Eden Christian Academy won the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division (PBA/YLD) Mock Trial Competition for Region 1 (Allegheny County), advancing the team to the State Championship, to be held in Harrisburg on March 29-30. The students are coached by Aubrey Smith, an associate at Dingess, Foster, Luciana,...
Kiski Area hires first out-of-district food services manager
The Kiski Area School District is outsourcing management of its food services department for the first time. The school board awarded a contract to Nutrition Inc. to manage the district’s food services. The contract, which Business Manager Peggy Gillespie said must also be approved by the state Department of Education,...
