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Top performers for Week 8 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 421 - Nico Lamonde, South Fayette (30 of 40) 381 - Quadir Stribling, Serra Catholic (13 of 18) 361 - Dennis Hawkins, Monessen (17 of 27) 325 - Kole Olszewski, Bishop Canevin (13 of 20) 293 -...

EduNations concert EduNations is hosting its tenth annual benefit concert on Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. featuring artist Phillips, Craig & Dean. The concert will be held in the Memorial Park Church Sanctuary, 8800 Peebles Road, McCandless. Tickets are on sale now for $10 for an individual or $25 for...

Trick or treat Trick or treating in Fox Chapel, Indiana Township, Sharpsburg, O’Hara and Blawnox is set for 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31. Trick or Treating in Aspinwall will begin at 6 p.m. on Oct. 31 and end at 7:30 p.m. followed by a costume parade beginning at the borough building,...

Ja Vaughn Moore ran for 185 yards and two touchdowns as Bethel Park earned a 49-29 victory over South Fayette (4-5, 1-3) in Class 5A Allegheny Six Conference play Friday night. Tanner Pfeuffer threw for 212 yards and three touchdowns for Bethel Park (4-5, 3-1), which remains in the hunt...

Payton Wehner threw for 198 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 1 Central Catholic to a 42-7 victory over No. 5 Seneca Valley (3-6, 0-3) in a Class 6A Conference game Friday night. Peter Gonzalez caught six passes for 152 yards and two touchdowns for the Vikings (8-1, 4-0)...

A Jefferson Hills man faces charges after police say he took nude photos of a 4-year-old child and shared them with others. Matthew Lee, 28, of Snee Drive, was arrested after authorities received a cyber tip from the MeetMe website that Lee had shared a nude photo of a child...

Elizabeth Forward’s Ryan Messina found success through the air and on the ground Friday night against Greensburg Salem. The junior quarterback threw for three second-quarter touchdowns and had another score on the ground in the Warriors’ 48-13 victory over the visiting Golden Lions in Interstate Conference play. Messina was effective...

When Latrobe’s Ja’Tawn Williams took McKeesport’s second-half kickoff 95 yards for a game-tying touchdown, it seemed like the game was destined to be decided by a few plays in the final two quarters. And it was, as Latrobe (6-3, 4-2) proceeded to turn the ball over three times in the...

Belle Vernon flexed its size and strength as the offensive line got rolling downhill to steamroll host Southmoreland, 49-7, at Russ Grimm Field. The Leopards (7-1, 4-0) racked up 364 yards on the ground, with four ball carriers recording 50 yards or more. Penn State recruit Quinton Martin led the...

WASHINGTON — House Republicans have dispensed with Jim Jordan as their nominee for the U.S. speakership, and several more representatives are preparing to enter the fray. The new field began to take shape minutes after the party voted by secret ballot to rescind the nomination of Jordan, who had been...

Today’s Democrats have an opportunity to make history and have a positive impact on America. With assistance, they can select which Republican will be the next speaker of the House. Well, a turnabout would be fair play. After all, Democrats brought about former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s demise along with just...

Allegheny County prosecutors admitted Friday that Marvin Hill is not the man who fired the stray bullet that killed 1-year-old Zykier Young as the child lay in bed in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill three years ago. But they said Hill is guilty of criminal homicide anyway, because he was armed with...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The former Florida lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” was sentenced to six months in federal prison Thursday for defrauding a federal coronavirus relief loan program for small businesses. Former state Rep. Joe Harding, a 36-year-old Republican, resigned in December after being...

ATLANTA — Another defendant has reached a plea deal in the Fulton County election interference case, ending a trial that was set to begin with jury selection Friday. Attorney Kenneth Chesebro — one of the authors of a plan to use Republican presidential electors to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s victory...

SILVER SPRING, Md. — A Maryland police officer who fatally shot a stabbing suspect this year was arrested Thursday on charges he assaulted police during a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Montgomery County Police Department said in a news release it has suspended Officer Justin...

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office agreed to pay $295,000 to quietly settle a sexual harassment complaint against one of his most trusted advisors, according...

Unity’s annual holiday luncheon for seniors and Santa Claus drive-thru for children are set to be held on the same day this year — Dec. 1. The township’s senior holiday luncheon is for those age 55 and older, and it’s been a tradition for more than 18 years, according to...

A scratch-off lottery ticket worth $3 million was sold at a Butler County gas station, the Pennsylvania Lottery announced Friday. The “$3 Million Diamonds and Gold” scratch-off was sold at Rummy Mart on South Main Street in Chicora. The store gets a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. The...

A decade ago, the U.S. was deep into a misguided elite-driven freakout about the federal budget deficit. Back then, inflation was low, interest rates were low, and unemployment was high. In other words: There was no urgent reason to have a debate about ways to reduce federal borrowing. Now the...

The average American may spend little time thinking about the domestic steel industry, but despite its low profile it remains vital to the American economy (especially in manufacturing) and to our national security. According to BDO, “annual (steel) production was approximately 1.25 million tons in 1880, 10 million tons in...

I am writing to recommend Judge Cheryl Peck Yakopec for reelection in Magisterial District 10-1-04. I have known Peck Yakopec for more than 30 years, and she had been an effective magistrate. When I took students into her office for various incidents, she was fair and consistent. She always worked...

Where is the outcry to immediately relieve President Biden of his office? It was too easy to dump the guy who is two heartbeats from the presidency (speaker of the House). The current unbelievable happenings in Israel could come to our soil because of Biden’s weak enforcement of our immigration...

Beth Samuel Jewish Center 810 Kennedy Drive, Ambridge. 412-266-5238. bethsamuel.org. Beth Samuel Jewish Center offers weekly Shabbat services, family services once a month, and Kabbalat Shabbat services online once per month. There is also Religious School every Sunday. First Friday: Family Service at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary, followed by...

The letter “Fetterman an embarassment” (Oct. 6, TribLIVE) seems to be nothing more than a way to disparage someone who was able to win an election. Some people can’t accept the fact that Sen. John Fetterman beat Dr. Oz. Most people I know admire Fetterman, for his battle and the...

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. Plum Education Association to host Festival of Honor fundraiser The Plum...