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High schools Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A North Allegheny 20, Mt. Lebanon 6 Class 5A Allegheny Six Bethel Park 27, Upper St. Clair 14 Peters Township 48, Moon 8 Big East Franklin Regional 35, Norwin 0 Gateway 21, Penn-Trafford 10 Northeast North Hills 35, Shaler 23 Penn Hills 29,...

Alec Anderson threw for 291 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two TDs as Carmichaels outlasted Monessen, 40-36, to pick up the WPIAL Class A Tri-County South Conference win Friday night. Tyler Richmond and A.J. Donaldson caught TD passes for Carmichaels (5-2, 3-1). Tyvaughn Kershaw ran for 181 yards...

Amire Spencer had 143 receiving yards and two touchdowns as No. 3 Serra Catholic scored a 28-14 win over Yough (2-5, 1-3) in WPIAL Class 2A Allegheny Conference play Friday night. Elijah Ward threw for 121 yards and a touchdown while teammate Quadir Stribling tossed for 131 yards and one...

Kaden Sarver hit Gavin Kamody with a 19-yard touchdown pass in overtime to give North Catholic a 13-7 victory over Hampton (3-4, 1-2) in the Class 4A Greater Allegheny Conference on Friday night. North Catholic (4-3, 2-2) tied the game in the fourth quarter on a 65-yard punt return by...

Fox Chapel Area High School National Honor Society students are sponsoring the fourth annual Boo Bash from 6-7:30 p.m. Oct. 27 at the high school. This Halloween celebration is for children from pre-kindergarten through third grade. Participants will trick-or-treat through the halls of the high school, engage in fun games...

Darrin Haynes scored on a 20-yard run in the first quarter and Joey Bellinotti had two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to lead Shady Side Academy to a 30-12 victory over Knoch in a WPIAL Class 3A Allegheny 6 Conference football game Friday night. Carter Simko also scored on a...

Logan Kushner and Khiryn Boyd ran for touchdowns and Jack Yatchenko scored on a fumble recovery as top-ranked North Allegheny earned a 20-6 victory over No. 3 Mt. Lebanon (2-5, 1-2) in a Class 6A football game Friday night. Kushner threw for 81 yards for the Tigers (6-1, 3-0). Canon-McMillan...

Sto-Rox lost two nonconference games by three points apiece and allowed 48 points in those losses combined to open the season. Since then, the Vikings have allowed only seven points, all of which came in the first of what is now four-straight wins after Friday night, to Charleroi. In the...

The Gateway Gators defeated the Penn-Trafford Warriors, 21-10, at Antimarino Field at Gateway High School in the Battle of the Victory Bell. It was Gateway’s first win over the Warriors (4-3, 1-2) in three seasons. After last season’s loss, coach Don Holl and the Gators (6-1, 2-1) were hungry for...

Southmoreland has had a rough go of things lately, but its playoff hopes were boosted in a big 36-6 win at South Allegheny in Class 3A Interstate Conference play Friday night. “It was a great win, but we’ve got to win one more to make playoffs, and that’s our goal,”...

As soon as Lt. Gov. John Fetterman accepted a debate invitation for Oct. 25, Mehmet Oz said their matchup would fall too late in the cycle — two weeks before Election Day — given people could start voting by mail as early as late September. He criticized Fetterman for declining...

Covid-19 booster vaccinations can save tens of thousands of lives in the weeks and months ahead, Biden administration officials said, citing new data that shows the impact of previous shots on hospitalizations and deaths among older Americans. Primary immunizations were associated with up to 680,000 fewer covid hospitalizations and between...

Freeport might not be the biggest team around, but the Yellowjackets have the ability to dominate the line of scrimmage. That’s what happened Friday night as Freeport posted a key Allegheny 6 Conference victory, 35-13 over East Allegheny. The Yellowjackets ran for 407 yards — 263 by senior Ben Lane...

A quick-strike offense and a shutdown defense helped lead Elizabeth Forward to a 42-14 win over visiting Mt. Pleasant in Class 3A’s Interstate Conference on Friday night at Warriors Stadium. EF’s Zach Boyd continued to show he’s one of the most dominant players in the WPIAL, and the Warriors defense...

I’ll never forget the laughter about my candidacy when I first ran for office in an area in Connecticut that is over 90% white. Political leaders joked that white voters would not vote for me because I am Black, and Black people would not vote for me because I am...

A University of Pittsburgh basketball player is facing charges of aggravated assault, strangulation and false imprisonment after an incident that took place last month. Dior Johnson, 18, of Forbes Avenue, Oakland, is accused of assaulting a woman Sept. 5 and again the next morning in his apartment because he was...

At the WPIAL girls tennis doubles championships Friday, a Knoch team gave its school a four-peat while a Mt. Lebanon duo put its school back on top after a long time away. In Class 2A, Knoch’s Ally Bauer and Lindsey Greb, the top seed, defeated Sewickley Academy’s Rayna Thakkar and...

With the death last week of Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Max Baer, the state’s highest court is left with a vacancy that the Pennsylvania Constitution says must be filled. The question now: Will Gov. Tom Wolf nominate someone during his last few months in office, or will he wait...

The new British government is off to a very rocky start — after stumbling through an economic and financial crisis of its own making. Just a few weeks into its term Sept. 23, Prime Minister Liz Truss’ government released a so-called mini-budget that proposed £161 billion — about $184 billion...

Massive storms like Ian and Fiona mark the beginning of a long and frustrating process for anyone who loses their home and possessions. Recovery usually takes years. Everyone’s experience is unique, but I’ve noticed some common patterns while researching disaster recovery. Understanding this complex process, which includes dozens of nonprofit...

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Julia formed off the Guajira Peninsula of Colombia Friday morning and is forecast to turn into a hurricane this weekend while it moves across the Caribbean Sea toward Nicaragua. The National Hurricane Center announced the formation of Julia in its advisory at 11 a.m. Friday. Julia...

Hanover Township police said an off-duty Pittsburgh police officer punched a woman in the face during a September concert at the Pavilion at Star Lake, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. Chas Kulow was at the Washington County venue with his girlfriend for a Five Finger Death Punch concert on...

And you thought the Steelers’ offense had its problems. The Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos played a Thursday night game for the ages — and not in a good way. Neither team scored a touchdown. Both quarterbacks — Matt Ryan and Russell Wilson (whom the Broncos signed to the second-largest...

If you’re amazed that so many Germans supported Hitler, and if you’re amazed that so many Russians support Putin, you should also be amazed that so many Americans support Trump. Rudy Svitek Harmar P.S. Trump thinks Putin is a pretty good guy....

Michael Pardus’ letter “Say no to ‘Let Mom Die‘ laws” (Oct. 3, TribLIVE) is a gross exaggeration. The vast majority of abortions are done for reasons other than saving the mother’s life; there are very few “lifesaving” abortions. Life is sacred. Kudos to anyone who strives to protect life from...