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The regular-season results are in, and the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs are set. Austin Dillon, with his win on Sunday afternoon thanks to some calm racing through the carnage and a winning move down the final stretch, jumped into the 16-car playoff picture seemingly out of nowhere. The Cup postseason...

On Aug. 12, the Democrats in the House of Representatives agreed with their Senate partners and passed a reconciliation bill filled with money for the EPA, climate, health care and pharma, with $80 billion going to the IRS . It is clear to me that enormous manpower added to the...

In my day, kids were told to go out and play, and we went. Usually empty-handed or maybe with a ball, hoping some other kid would bring a bat and when the other kids showed up, we’d play ball. There were no overweight kids in the neighborhood because we were...

Glass recycling bin offered Allegheny County and the Pennsylvania Resources Council are offering a Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Program in county parks. Locally, a bin will be at Hartwood Acres Park from 7 a.m. to sundown Sept. 17-22 in the amphitheater overflow lot off Middle Road. Residents can drop off...

New season for Plum Area Ladies Society Plum Area Ladies Society will start its new season with a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Sept.7 at Plum Community Center, 499 Center New Texas Rod. The speaker for the meeting will be Kim Weber, a registered nurse. She will speak on the challenges...

During the covid-19 pandemic, how many businesses shut down, never to open again, because of Gov. Tom Wolf’s decisions? I wanted to buy a truck, but could not go to a dealership because they had to shut down. It would have been me and one salesman. Down the street were...

Girl Scouts Recruitment Night Find out about Girl Scouting and how you can get involved when Sewickley-area volunteers present information about Glen Oaks Girl Scouts and answer questions about how to register your K-12 daughter, become a volunteer or both. The event will take place from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Sept. 15...

Car show Hampton Presbyterian Church is hosting its fourth Car Show 2-6 p.m. Sept. 10. All makes and models are welcome. The grill will be hot, the sodas will be cold and the tunes will be spinning. Feel free to bring your own tables, chairs and EZ-ups for family friendly...

Women’s Business Network Women’s Business Network allows members can take advantage of networking with other business women throughout the region, ongoing professional education and leadership opportunities. All professional women are invited to visit a local meeting as our guest. Find out more at wbninc.com. Allegheny Valley Chapter’s next meetings are...

Our overpaid, underworked Republican state politicians are proposing amendments to the state Constitution that would deny taxpayer-funded abortion and any other rights related to abortion and deny citizens the right to choose who they want to run for lieutenant governor. And the big one is that they want all electors...

Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. HOPE Center shares wish list for clients The Alle-Kiski Area HOPE Center,...

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Aug. 29....

Editorial cartoons for the week of Aug. 29....

High schools Football Sunday’s result Battle at the Beach (at Ocean City, N.J.) Millvale, N.J. 41, Thomas Jefferson 10 Soccer Boys Sunday’s results Chartiers-Houston Tournament McGuffey 1, Chartiers-Houston 0 Steel Valley 3, Waynesburg 0 Pine-Richland Tournament Moon 3, Franklin Regional 2 North Allegheny 1, Winchester Thurston 0 Pine-Richland 3, Penn-Trafford...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 62-59) lost to Rochester (Nationals), 5-2. Ji-hwan Bae (.299) was 2 for 4 with an RBI, his 46th of the season. Diego Castillo (.258) doubled in a run. 1B Brendt Citta (.221) and 3B Josh Bissonette (.213) doubled. RF Travis Swaggerty (.255) was 0 for 4 with three...

A man was shot in the leg Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood, authorities said. A ShotSpotter alert sent officers to North Murtland Street about 1:15 p.m., police said. First responders discovered a man with a gunshot wound to his upper leg. He was taken to the hospital in serious...

The Philadelphia Police Department has faced a critical shortage of officers for months — one that’s all but certain to get worse as hundreds more cops plan to leave. With the police force already operating about 20% below its target staffing level, more than 800 officers and civilian employees have...

Penn State’s preparations for its season-opening Big Ten contest Thursday at Purdue are more challenging than they might look. James Franklin and his defensive coaches know they must slow Boilermakers veteran quarterback Aidan O’Connell, a sixth-year player like the Nittany Lions’ Sean Clifford. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound O’Connell, who joined the...

Blawnox Joseph Casile sold property at 462 Walnut St. to Christine Carnevali for $240,000. Etna Grant Watkiss sold property at 116 Cherry St. to Kyle Helal and Dawn Furman for $220,000. Tyler Nowakowski sold property at 45 Greeley Ave. to QZ Funding LLC for $57,000. Patrick McTighe sold property at...

Regarding the letter “Oz’s dual citizenship a concern” (Aug. 21, TribLIVE): A man is born in the United States, grows up here, is educated here and makes his career here. He is American in both form and substance. Is he any less American because he holds citizenship elsewhere? If so,...

“E finita la cuccagna!” (no more free lunch), a quote attributable to former New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, must be unfamiliar to letter-writer Dianna J. Rumbaugh (“We need Wolf’s stimulus checks,” Aug. 20, TribLIVE), who advocates another $2,000 from the government printing press. Are you financially better off today...

Pennsylvania has a data problem. A Commonwealth Court ruling recently directed the Department of Health to provide information on its medical marijuana program. The court got involved as Spotlight PA has tried to investigate the state’s decision to allow medical marijuana to treat opioid addiction. The Department of Health has...

Aleppo Logan Hammerschmitt sold property at 1005 Sewickley Heights Drive to Dani Properties LLC for $207,500. Valerie Gaydos sold property at 411 Trailside Drive to Norman and Deborah Meanor for $238,000. Franklin Park John Marklewicz sold property at 1625 Forest Ridge Drive to Nolan and Elizabeth Kurtz for $445,000. Richard...

As the world crumbles under our feet with unprecedented droughts — which by the way means not only will there be no water to drink, but also no water for crops and livestock, raising the price of groceries even more — it is time we start to look at the...

Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Hometown Christmas production seeking performers Rehearsals will begin Thursday for the 25th...