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Last week: 8-3 (72.7%) Season: 75-26 (74.3%) With the final week of the regular season upon us, it was crystal clear to The Birdie what his column needed to be this week. It needed to be a motivational speech. There are four teams in the A-K Valley fighting for their...

Thursday WPIAL Class A Big 7 Union at Summit Academy, 12:30 p.m. Friday Class 6A Mt. Lebanon at Canon-McMillan, 7 p.m. North Allegheny at Seneca Valley, 7 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny Six Baldwin at Moon, 7 p.m. Bethel Park at Peters Township, 7 p.m. Upper St. Clair at South Fayette,...

Last week: 13-1 (92.9%) Season: 86-25 (77.5%) When the Birdie heard about Hempfield and Franklin Regional staying on the field after home games to watch their bands play, he drew inspiration for this week’s column. He was touched by the sentiment. You might even say he, well, he jumped on...

On this episode of Next on the Tee, host Chris Mascaro is joined by authors and Golf TV broadcast producers Keith Hirshland, PGA Tour legend Hal Sutton, host of “Grilling at the Green” and BBQ aficionado Jeff Tracy, and sports psychologist Dr. Bob Winters. Hirshland has written six books, including...

I’m partial to small and midsize stocks, and I especially like the size that’s right on the border between them. “Large” in the stock market these days means $10 billion or more in market value, by my classification. Midsize stocks are $1 billion to $10 billion, and small stocks are...

Arts • Westmoreland Performing Arts will perform “Rocky Horror Picture Show” at 8 p.m. and midnight Oct. 27 and 28 at the Westmoreland County Community College Science Hall Theatre. Tickets: 724-672-3322 or westmorelandperformingarts.com. Church News • Greensburg Church of the Brethren will host a revival “Jesus Is Coming” at 6...

A new look is coming to the Eat’n Park restaurant in Hampton. The location at 5143 Route 8 is undergoing a major renovation, with its reopening anticipated in early December. The remodeled restaurant will include a pickup window and feature and updated lobby, added seating with more options for larger...

Fiction writers are in an uproar that artificial intelligence will intensify competition. They want large-language models to either stop training on their literature or to be paid royalties. Like the Luddites weavers in the 18th century, who broke into factories to smash textile looms, these writers want special status to...

It’s only been a few days since Penn State’s frustrating and disappointing loss to Ohio State. The Nittany Lions, previously unbeaten and hoping to topple the Buckeyes in a highly-anticipated top-10 matchup, came up painfully short yet again in a series full of heartbreak. That pain doesn’t go away with...

Pennsylvania Superior Court candidate Maria Battista has been released from a hospital and is “doing well” after she was injured Sunday when a car hit her, according to her campaign. A statement issued by the campaign Tuesday afternoon said that Battista, a Clarion County Republican, was “putting out her campaign...

To answer the letter “Happy with Biden?” (Oct. 12, TribLIVE): Yes, very much, compared to Donald Trump. Those of us who voted for President Biden believe in democracy and the Constitution, two institutions that wannabe dictator Trump attempted to overthrow. The writer can come up with all the Fox News...

If people don’t think our government lives in one of Stephen Hawking’s alternate universes, take a look at the headline “3.2% hike in Social Security benefits fails to keep up with rising costs, Western Pa. seniors say” (Oct. 13, TribLIVE). This just screams that we live in a brainwashed America....

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said late Wednesday that a Pittsburgh man whose body was found in the Allegheny River last October accidentally drowned. First responders found the body of Adam Benjamin Gettens, 25, next to Herr’s Island in Pittsburgh on Oct. 24, 2024. A release from the medical...

The connectivity of Beaver Street is one of the many moving points of this great town. It provides an ease of access unrivaled in the Greater Pittsburgh region of parking lots and stoplights. The proposed location of the new high school disrupts this simple convenience. With all of the Quaker...

No matter how the November election plays out, three new faces will be elected to Whitehall Borough Council according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list. Six hopefuls running for three open seats, and all six are newcomers as incumbents Philip J. Lahr, Bob McKowon and Glenn...

As a retired chief of police for the city of Lower Burrell, I, along with the members of the Allegheny Valley Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 39 and the Pennsylvania State Police Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 62, ask that you support attorney Leslie Uncapher Zellers for magisterial district judge...

Pennsylvanians are in the prime political endorsement window for the general election. With the polls opening Nov. 7 and so many mail-in voters already considering their ballots, many organizations and news agencies are taking this time to put a stamp of approval on a particular candidate in this race or...

We are voting for Michael Girardi for district judge. Criminal activity has greatly increased over the past 20 years, so we need someone who knows, understands and can interpret the law on a day-to-day basis from the onset. The law has changed over the years and continues to do so;...

Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Senior Expo planned in Lower Burrell A free senior expo will...

Coming from middle-class roots, Westmoreland County’s Judge Harry F. Smail has a deep-seated faith and sense of personal responsibility, fair-mindedness and achievement through hard work. As an attorney and as a judge, he firmly holds to his strong belief that issues must be decided purely on the basis of the...

A high-ranking Penn State executive who served as a member of the President’s Council was charged Monday with a felony count of strangulation after an argument with a woman turned physical. Keith Brautigam, the university’s interim vice president for information technology and chief information officer, was charged after a fight...

High schools Field hockey WPIAL playoffs Class 3A Semifinals Saturday’s schedule North Allegheny (8-8-2) at Pine-Richland (17-0), noon; Mt. Lebanon (10-3-3) at Peters Township (12-4-2), noon Class 2A Semifinals Saturday’s schedule Latrobe (5-6-2) at Penn-Trafford (16-2), noon; Upper St. Clair (5-9-1) at Fox Chapel (11-6), noon Class A Semifinals Saturday’s...

Freeport entered the WPIAL Class 2A girls soccer playoffs winners of eight in a row, and the fourth-seeded Yellowjackets added to that streak Tuesday in a first-round matchup against No. 13 Beaver. Freshman Camryn Woods scored two first-half goals, and the second one was the difference in a 2-1 victory...

A Boalsburg man was arrested last week after two women alleged he surreptitiously recorded them as they showered in a Penn State dorm. Xinyu Li, 24, admitted to recording the women earlier this month after illegally entering Hamilton Hall, Penn State police wrote in an affidavit of probable cause. Li...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed efforts to prevent the conflict between Hamas and Israel from escalating during a phone call Tuesday, the White House said in a statement. The two spoke about “ongoing diplomatic and military efforts to deter state and non-state...