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Classic Thursdays is running every Thursday through August at the Tull Family Theater. All showings are at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. June 16 – Set against the backdrop of World War II, “Casablanca” remains “one of the most popular films ever made. It is about a man and a...

OK, I own guns: rifle, pistols and an air rifle, kept locked up with safety devices on them. Most of the deadly shootings as of late were done with large-bullet-capacity rifles that could shoot large amounts of rounds in seconds. If you hunt, in most cases one or two shots...

Colleen Phillips of Leechburg has seen firsthand how inflation rates cause her grocery bill to add up faster, making it almost unaffordable to purchase essential items. “It’s outrageous,” Phillips told the Tribune-Review while shopping at Walmart in Natrona Heights this week. “You have to make meals like spaghetti where you...

The five-day workweek is a concept that seems like it is knitted into the fabric of our culture. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It’s the shorthand for what it means to be in business or to have a job. Weekends are the time we have to ourselves,...

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. Corpus Christi procession postponed due to forecasted weather Due to the forecasted...

I believe that there are very few of us who don’t understand that the climate crisis is now on our doorstep and, in many cases, has come crashing through, in the form of drought, fire, flood and famine. Just ask the folks in south Florida. And yet the Associated Press...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 30-30) was edged out by Gwinnett (Braves), 5-4. CF Jared Oliva (.228) went 1 for 4 with a two-run homer, his fifth. LF Travis Swaggerty (.279) went 1 for 4 with a pair of RBIs. RF Bligh Madris (.301) was 2 for 4 with a double. 2B Ji-hwan...

High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Championships At Medlar Field, Penn State Class 6A Thursday’s schedule Liberty (26-2) vs. Warwick (22-2), 4:30 p.m. Class 5A Friday’s schedule Selinsgrove (23-2) vs. Bethel Park (20-3), 4:30 p.m. Class 4A Thursday’s schedule Holy Ghost Prep (18-5) vs. Montour (20-6), 1:30 p.m. Class 3A Friday’s...

The Pennsylvania Senate on Wednesday passed a concurrent resolution that would block Gov. Tom Wolf’s regulatory changes to the state’s charter school law from taking effect. By a 30-20 near party-line vote, the chamber approved the House-passed disapproval resolution which now goes to the governor who is expected to veto...

The stakes over state investment in Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education got higher on Wednesday with the approval of a new enrollment-driven formula for allocating dollars to the system’s soon-to-be 10 universities. The system’s governing board on Wednesday unanimously voted to implement a funding distribution formula that at the...

It wasn’t all that long ago Penn State was going through a “churn” at the wide receivers coach position and started making the wrong kinds of headlines about the way the program was developing its playmakers. David Corley lasted just the 2018 season coaching wideouts, and Gerad Parker spent the...

Monroeville Council on June 14 approved a contract of slightly over $1.5 million for a road paving program. The project will be carried out by A. Liberoni Inc. of Plum. Despite having yet to work with Monroeville directly, the construction company has completed successful projects for the Pennsylvania Department of...

For several years, every week during the academic year, Monroeville Christian Church has hosted groups from multiple special-needs schools. The church works with the students and staff, helping to provide them with a safe and inviting place to learn basic life and trade skills. Allegheny Intermediate Unit’s Sunrise School of...

Problems persist for Fawn Township on Sun Mine Road. The township supervisors on Tuesday night made part of the township road one lane after another hillside slippage took place recently. Supervisors also declared an emergency on Sun Mine Road. The move will enable the township to expedite repairs on the...

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I’m all for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. This project was long overdue to help America solve an ongoing problem. Oil, not necessarily. If we engineer this properly, we can possibly bring water to the Midwest, West and Southwest. People don’t need gasoline to survive. Fresh water is...

With so many competing priorities in Washington and Harrisburg, we’ve been fortunate to have leadership here in the Pittsburgh area that hasn’t forgotten about the real issues that matter to our community. While the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate didn’t break his way, we’re glad that the rest of the...

What is it about bikes that causes such friction? There was the push and pull with former Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto that stamped him with the “Bike Lane Bill” moniker for many critics. Now you’ve got people squaring off in Export. Fights might make sense if you were talking about...

The Associated Press article “Christian nationalism on the rise in some GOP campaigns” (May 29, TribLIVE) was subversive yellow journalism. It contained all the conventional sleights of journalistic hand. Doug Mastriano and campaign officials “ignored requests for comment” and rejected the Christian nationalist label, yet it was positioned as fact....

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. Leechburg area veterans book available The Leechburg Museum Genealogy Group compiled a...

Gary Franks’ column “School prayer could stem mass shootings” (June 3, TribLIVE) was lacking. Back in the ’50s, children went to smaller schools that were located in the communities. Mothers generally didn’t work and were involved in the home and schools, PTA and community groups. The neighbors were involved with...

The Dorseyville Middle School (DMS) Girls Chamber Chorus and the DMS FoxTones performed both separately and together as the DMS Combined Honor Choirs at the High Note Festival adjudication, which took place May 27, 2022, at Duquesne University and Kennywood Park. All three groups earned the highest rating of “Superior”...

With the recent news that Freeport Borough and Gilpin Township are looking to consolidate their police departments, geography becomes an issue. But what if the original plans to build a bridge between the two municipalities would have come about? There were plans in the early 1960s to build a bridge...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 30-29) was beaten by Gwinnett (Braves), 8-2. RHP Miguel Yajure (3.52) started and worked three innings, allowing one unearned run on one hit and one walk with two strikeouts. LHP Joe Jacques (0-1, 40.50) took the loss, allowing three runs, two earned, on one hit and two walks...

New Kensington police said they found a man sitting in a pool of his own blood after a neighbor attacked him with a brick Monday. Police said the suspect, Christopher Michael Perry, 39, told officers he hit his neighbor in the head with a brick because the man is “a...