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We know a rip-off when we see it, and we see it year after year. I’m talking about Pirates owner Bob Nutting and Steelers owner Art Rooney. Twin brothers of another mother. These billionaire bums shortchange Pittsburgh by making little effort to compete for championships. The City of Champions is...

A car crashed into a house in the Natrona section of Harrison late Saturday. The crash was reported along Federal Street just before 11 p.m. The driver was reportedly taken to a hospital. It was unclear if they or anyone in the house were hurt. Firefighters from several area departments...

The cryptozoological phenomenon Bigfoot is normally associated with the Pacific Northwest, but Pennsylvania is an unlikely hotbed of sightings — so it makes sense that director of the Pennslyvania Bigfoot Society Eric Altman of West Hempfield Township can bring so many would-be fellow researchers to the area for the Pennsylvania...

Aleppo Dana Melisko sold property at 481 Glenfield Road to Joseph Robert Cerula for $251,000. Franklin Park Deerfield Estate FP Development LLC sold property at 1326 Adrian Drive to Maronda Homes LLC for $140,300. Stephan Strunk trustee sold property at 1509 Brimfield Drive to Kiler and Steven Wilson for $660,000....

Aspinwall Jeremy Greenberg sold property at 121 Second St. to Michael and Lisa Gahagen for $615,000. Margaret McGinley sold property at 306 Brilliant Ave. to SMMC Real LLC for $389,900. Fox Chapel Jennifer Clark sold property at 702 Delafield Road to Anthony Matthew Gross and Catherine Theresa Shea for $385,000....

Etna Terry Wagner sold property at 61 Spring St. to MB Trade LLC for $100,000. Franklin Park Deerfield Estate FP Development LLC sold property at 1326 Adrian Drive to Maronda Homes LLC for $140,300. Stephan Strunk trustee sold property at 1509 Brimfield Drive to Kiler and Steven Wilson for $660,000....

ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Gina Stephens sold property at 2307 Marbury Road to Chase Ryan and Miranda Johnston for $497,000. Randall Russell trustee sold property at 1515 Old Beulah Road to Erin Winstanley for $530,000. Edgewood Estate of Robert Kellerman sold property at 112 Gordon St. to JBS Rental Associates LLC...

Bethel Park Alyssa Stouden sold property at 1307 Buckskin Trl to Eric Large for $210,000. Debra Haid sold property at 5474 California Ave. to Sanjip Basnet and Tek Kumari Mahatara for $281,000. Estate of Joseph Lavrich sold property at 5557 California Ave. to Marc Fawcett for $190,000. Chris Matthews sold...

After the tax increase scam the former Greater Latrobe School Board members tried to pull last year and the one the current Westmoreland County commissioners did pull as a Christmas present to all of us, it’s obvious that the taxation powers of all local Pennsylvania politicians need to be severely...

The U.S. Secret Service has a remarkable record when it comes to protection. It was born in 1865 — not because of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln but because of wildfire counterfeiting in the wake of the Civil War. The Secret Service is a child of the Treasury Department, transferred...

Baldwin Borough Karoline Surman Geibel sold property at 5224 Blossom Road to Chuck Sabo and Kristy Stone for $119,500. Lynne Munz Lee sold property at 5404 Brownsville Road to Mathew L Georgetti LLC for $110,000. Janet Hartung sold property at 628 Charlotte Drive to Bhagi Bastola for $250,000. Estate of...

Farmers market • Independence Health System Westmoreland will host a farmers market from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 28 in the administrative parking lot at Westmoreland Hospital, West Pittsburgh Street, Greensburg. Everything sold will be locally sourced and produced by the vendor. Festival • First Church of God in...

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. Exercise class offered for Parkinson’s Disease patients A wellness class for...

In our politics and related economics, there are many questions whose answers largely reflect a point of view vs. a specific data-based conclusion. Are government-­paid school lunches a good investment, are they morally sound? Is an abortion justifiable at three hours, three days, three months? Little in the way of...

High schools Football Saturday’s results Nonconference Beaver 28, Westinghouse 26 Clairton 30, Steel Valley 7 Cornell 44, Brashear 0 Summit Academy 20, Frazier 16 Imani Christian 45, Philadelphia West Catholic 6 Mars 47, Boone, Fla. 35 Susquehanna Township 36, Penn Hills 30 St. Frances Regional Academy (Md.) 44, Central Catholic...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 59-62) lost 6-3 to Columbus (Guardians). CF Jack Suwinski (.180) went 2 for 4 with a double and his third Triple-A home run. 2B Nick Yorke (.332) went 2 for 5. DH Henry Davis (.307) went 1 for 5 with two RBIs. C Jason Delay (.283) went 2...

Kayakers took to the Lower Youghiogheny River on Saturday evening to race downstream — and back upstream. The Upstream Nationals took place on a half-mile section of the river at Ohiopyle State Park in Fayette County. The race started just below the falls at Ohiopyle and continued part of the...

The parties are over. Now it’s time for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump to get down to business. With this year’s Democratic and Republican national conventions in the history books, both sides have wrapped up their warm-up acts and are now plunging into an intense stretch of politicking ahead of...

Bridgeville Paul Zuccaro sold property at 297 Patterson Ave. to Luke Zidek for $215,000. Sheryl Gigliotti sold property at 1069 Grandview Ave. to Austin Schott and Annalise Bolek for $176,000. Timothy Collins sold property at 636 Dewey Ave. to Patricia Sharpe for $244,900. Randi Watson sold property at 430 Shady...

Luke Goodworth hit Gabe Hein with touchdown passes of 80, 84 and 30 yards to lead Class 4A No. 3 Mars to a 47-35 road victory over Boone (Fla.) in a game postponed until Saturday due to a storm Friday night. Goodworth threw for 365 yards and five touchdowns while...

Edward Kizza scored goals, Eric Dick recorded another shutout and coach Bob Lilley recorded a milestone win as the Pittsburgh Riverhounds rolled to a 3-0 road victory over Birmingham Legion FC on Saturday night. The win was critical for the Riverhounds (7-9-10), who stayed within three points of Loudoun and...

Once again, we are seeing how female nominees create excitement in presidential politics. But in the past, it’s mostly worn off by Election Day. Kamala Harris and the Democrats hope this time will be different, but it’s too early to know. The vice president’s nomination marks the fifth time in...

A long time ago, the American people expected reporters to gather and report the facts, explain the arguments of political parties and keep their opinions out of it. Today, reporters openly express their opinions, in their stories and in nearly every utterance on television and social media. The “objective” media’s...

Donald Trump’s esteem for Vladimir Putin is well known. For more than a decade, starting before he became president, Trump has expressed admiration for the Russian strongman, from his October 2013 claim that Putin had “done really a great job of outsmarting our country” to his July 2018 assertion at...