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Beyza Akinci has been named to the Dean’s List at Lehigh University for the Spring 2022 semester. Lee Forrest from Sewickley was honored with distinction on the thesis “No Business like Show Business: An Exploration of Anti-Capitalist Theatre,” at the Marlboro Institute Honors Thesis Awards. Forrest is majoring in theatre...

Cognitive dissonance is the subject of two letters published June 12 (“Are we OK with child sacrifice?” and “Children suffer when we cater to minority of gun owners”). In 2021, there were 45,222 deaths by firearms in the USA. 24,292 (53.72%) were suicides. 19,384 (42.86%) were murders. 611 (1.35%) were...

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. Kennywood Slovak Day activities planned for July 18 The Western Pennsylvania Slovak...

Earlier this month, I spoke at the Penn Township, Westmoreland County, Zoning Hearing Board about emerging information regarding widely available technology upgrades that could be made at gas drilling well pads and compressor stations to significantly reduce air pollution. Olympus Energy is proposing to use intermittent bleed pneumatic controllers at...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Maine can’t exclude religious schools from a program that offers tuition aid for private education, a decision that could ease religious organizations’ access to taxpayer money. The 6-3 outcome could fuel a renewed push for school choice programs in some of the...

Ten years ago, President Obama created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to protect the Dreamers and give them an opportunity to work and go to school without fear of deportation. This vitally important program has changed the lives of nearly 830,000 Dreamers and their families across the...

A man who has spent nearly 30 years in prison for first-degree murder — even after his co-defendant confessed to killing the victim on his own — is seeking relief in federal court. Shawn Burton, 55, argued in a petition filed Friday in the Western District of Pennsylvania that he...

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands — Snorkeling in sparkling, shallow water as clear as glass, my husband and I spotted schools of gemstone-bright fish in colors of sapphire, topaz and amethyst. On the white sand bed of the sea near a tiny atoll, slow-moving heavy-shelled conch sort of rolled along...

Street paving and a new fire engine are two uses of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds approved by Arnold Council. Council held its first required hearing to gather citizen input on uses for a federal allocation of $305,473, which, after subtracting $54,985 for redevelopment salaries and administration and $25,000...

For nearly a decade, siblings Chris and Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes were estranged, brothers broken by acrimony and resentment. Not anymore. The Atlanta natives reconciled a few years ago and are now on good terms. The band has been touring since 2019 with the pandemic creating an unexpected...

There is one person Carlos Santana is careful to keep out of his home, and it’s … Carlos Santana. Or, more precisely, it’s the famous Carlos Santana who you won’t find a hint of in the home he shares with his wife and band mate, drum dynamo Cindy Blackman Santana....

Former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner voiced her support for the international swimming federation’s decision that transgender athletes cannot compete in women’s events if they didn’t transition before 12 years old. Jenner, who is transgender, has been outspoken in her belief that it’s not fair for transgender women to take part in...

HARRISBURG — Amid budget negotiations, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and legislative Republicans are weighing a major tax cut on Pennsylvania corporations. The state levies a 9.99% tax on corporate net income, the second-highest rate in the country. Cutting that tax has become a rare area of bipartisan agreement between the...

Lamar Jackson was shocked, to say the least. It had been over a month since the 2022 NFL draft, during which the 2019 NFL Most Valuable Player watched the Ravens trade top wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown to Arizona and show up just minutes later at the Cardinals’ draft party....

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Amid budget negotiations, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and legislative Republicans are weighing a major tax cut on Pennsylvania corporations....

Members of the Chartiers Valley High School Class of 2022 graduated May 26: • A-B — Jordan Edward Aitken, Colin Christopher Albert, Eric Robert Allen, Raymond Dain Andrews, Michael Latin Aponte, Lauren Elle Bailey, Nicholas Evan Baker, Mohammed Hseen Baled, Devon Mycole Ballard, Rachel Linnea Bayer, Christopher Robin Beatty, Jacob...

So the current occupant of the White House recently took to the mic and told us that this country is undergoing “a great transition.” Indeed we are. He has already transitioned us citizens to the standard of living of Muscovites, circa 1957. And the DNC is so tha-RILLED with the...

A selection of the most compelling images from Tribune-Review photographers from around the region during the week of June 13-19....

Let’s thank the brothers and sisters we have and love in this world for establishing the month of June to recognize the character trait of pride. So let us recognize it for what it is … one of the seven deadly vices or sins. It’s not to be celebrated as...

Tyler Horvat is spending his summer in Charlottesville, Va., playing in a collegiate baseball league with the Charlottesville Tom Sox. The Penn-Trafford grad primarily is serving as a pitcher, but, he said, he will get to swing the bat once in awhile, too. During his three seasons at Washington &...

Jacob McCaskey garnered Division II second-team All-American honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association in early June. A well-earned honor for certain, but it was only the second biggest piece of news during a whirlwind week for McCaskey, a Deer Lakes grad who put together a superb senior season and...

Nick Killinger spent four years of high school balancing soccer, basketball and volleyball. The 6-foot-5 senior right-side hitter made an immediate impact in his first year of volleyball this spring and was named third-team All-WPIAL and first-team all-section in Section 2-2A, alongside junior teammate Seth Favero (libero). His teammates also...

Give credit to letter-writer Lynne Hughes (“Republicans just want their guns,” June 7, TribLIVE), because it takes courage for a person to say, “I am a registered Republican who votes Democrat,” aka RINO. That said, Hughes made an asinine statement saying that the Republican Party will “sacrifice every single child...

Vacation Bible School Salem Church in Wexford will hold its Vacation Bible School 5:30-7:45 p.m. July 10-14. It is open to all children aged 4-11. The theme this year is Food Truck Party, on a roll with God. For more information or to register, visit salem-umc.org. Pine-Richland band fundraiser The...

I find Republican Rep. Eric Nelson’s proposed college voucher program ill conceived and rife with omissions (“Hempfield lawmaker’s bill targets Pitt, Penn State funding,” June 2, TribLIVE). It would take money away from Pennsylvania’s public universities and give it to parents for any postsecondary education or any other qualified education...