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Our election system is archaic. Consider the lottery system: Hundreds of millions of entries are recorded, and a winner is known within a few hours. Not only the winner, but also the location where the ticket was purchased, plus all the lesser winners that didn’t quite get all the numbers....

High schools Football PIAA playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Saturday’s results Harrisburg 44, Manheim Township 6 St. Joseph’s Prep 52, Parkland 21 Semifinals Garnet Valley (13-0) vs. St. Joseph’s Prep (10-1); State College (13-0) vs. Harrisburg (10-2) Class 5A Quarterfinals Saturday’s result Imhotep Charter 55, Whitehall 7 Semifinals Imhotep Charter (10-1)...

A letter to readers from Jennifer Bertetto, president and CEO of Trib Total Media • Like you, we’re sick and tired of political attack ads. So, we’re getting rid of them. All Trib Total Media publications now have a new policy for political advertisements: They can be about the candidate,...

Fox Chapel Garden Club is hosting Glitter and Glow from 7-9 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Fox Chapel Golf Club, 436 Fox Chapel Road. The club will be selling festive fresh arrangements made by its members. Other activities include an auction and cash bar. Tickets are $35. More information is...

Hartwood Elementary School fourth-grader Charlene “Cici” Xu was recently won the Allegheny County Sumdog contest, which is an online math quiz students take on their own time. Cici took the online test in November and answered 991 out of 1,000 questions correctly, more than any other participating student in the...

After a slow start, Springdale won seven of eight boys basketball games down the stretch to qualify for the WPIAL playoffs. It was the 37th time Springdale has made the postseason, second-best in Alle-Kiski Valley history behind Ford City’s 49. One of the reasons for the slow start was the...

At a glance Springdale girls basketball Last year’s record: 5-15 (3-7 in section) Returning starters: Grace Gent (Sr. G), Caity Stec (Sr. C), Ashlyn Ferderbar (So. G) Top newcomers: Abby Williams (Jr. G), Jocelyn Walters-Vrabel (Jr. F) For a number of years, the issue with the Springdale girls basketball team...

Mak Sexton threw for 142 yards and two touchdowns to lead No. 15 IUP to a 19-13 victory over No. 12 Ashland in the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs Saturday. Adam Houser added 125 rushing yards for IUP (10-1), which will face Shepherd in the quarterfinals next...

With the unusually quick convergence of the fall sports season with the winter sports, our sports department has been as busy as the guy who runs the fake snowmaking machine for Hallmark Christmas movies. Completion of the football playoffs with basketball and wrestling seasons being moved up a week is...

President Joe Biden and his family are tackling a weighty question during their Thanksgiving holiday retreat to the chilly quiet of Nantucket: whether he’ll seek a second term in 2024. A final decision won’t be made on the Massachusetts island, where the Bidens are staying at a home owned by...

A gun rampage at a Walmart in Virginia is the latest amid a rise in mass shootings in general in the U.S., and mass shootings at grocery and retail stores in particular. Multiple people including the gunman were killed in the incident Nov. 22 at a Walmart in Chesapeake. It...

The 22-year-old suspected shooter at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo., who allegedly killed five and injured dozens faces five counts of murder and hate crimes charges. Hate crimes are known as “bias-­motivated” crimes in Colorado. The charges against the shooter are still preliminary, although Colorado Springs Mayor John...

Three takeaways from the Penguins’ 4-1 win in Philadelphia on Friday night: Fight card Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson recorded the sixth fighting major of his career Friday night. At at 2:04 of the second period, Pettersson dropped the gloves with winger Nicolas Deslauriers — considered one of the NHL’s toughest...

I’m grateful for real leaders such as Sen. Doug Mastriano who, regardless of the cost, will defend life, freedom and the Constitution of the United States. The truth shall prevail. Gina Rudiselle Mt. Pleasant Township...

Looking at logic on Trump The last time I got into an argument over partisan politics, I tried to explain to someone that the tariffs President Trump imposed on Chinese imported goods were common sense. It was a moderate course of action intended to manage the trade imbalance in a...

One person was taken to a hospital after a pickup was hit by a train in Brackenridge on Friday night, according to borough Mayor Lindsay Fraser. A Norfolk Southern train hit the pickup at the railroad crossing at Morgan Street and Sixth Avenue around 10 p.m. Brackenridge police responded immediately,...

President Biden has pledged 20 billion American taxpayer dollars to Indonesia to help them end their reliance on coal. Citizens of our great nation are struggling to heat their homes, fill their gas tanks, pay their bills, buy food and medication, etc. Imagine if we had a president willing to...

What happened on Nov. 8 makes me ashamed to be from Pennsylvania. Our state is the laughingstock of the country. Only fools would vote for more inflation, more crime, unsecure borders, sanctuary cities, drugs, critical race theory, racism and socialism. We now have to suffer because of the uneducated voters who...

Black Friday started its less-than-subtle expansion by creeping forward hour by hour into Thanksgiving, until one could rush through a Thanksgiving lunch to go line up for pre-Christmas deals. While there was pushback from some against cutting into the national holiday, that didn’t mean people objected to expanding access to...

Poor Ed Davis (“Biden will take blame for destruction,” Nov. 10, TribLIVE)! He must be so thrown by the lack of the “red wave,” he’s forced to attack President Biden. Davis says the Democrats were responsible for racial, economic and religious differences. It’s the GOP that brought discriminatory voting laws,...

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. Alle-Kiski Kids Toy Drive donations being accepted New, unwrapped toys are...

Although I have been an independent for years, I have leaned toward the Republican way of thinking — definite plans to improve life, the Reagan era, stock market on a positive note, low prices, low taxes, etc. The exception: I have voted for the Democratic candidate when I knew he...

Sealarks Women’s Group will meet 1 p.m. Dec 14, at Memorial Park Church, 8800 Peebles Road, McCandless. This group provides Christian fellowship and social activity for women alone – widowed, divorced or never married. All women alone are welcome to attend and consider joining the group. Entertainment will be provided...

Aliquippa 34, Central Valley 7 Central Valley 0-0-0-7 — 7 Aliquippa 7-7-7-13 — 34 How they scored A: Tiqwai Hayes 2 run (Malachi Shegog kick) A: Hayes 1 run (Shegog kick) A: Hayes 3 run (Shegog kick) A: John Tracy 2 run (kick failed) A: Jayace Williams 34 pass from...