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Two-time defending champion Chad Brachman of Sanborn, N.Y., will help open the 25th anniversary of the Bicknell Racing Products Tour on Friday at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver. The BRP Big Blocks will be joined at the track by the weekly Fab4 Revved Up divisions of the sprints and pro stocks,...

Despite facing rivals who outspent him by well over $20 million and a whirlwind of negative media, state Sen. Doug Mastriano has won the Republican nomination for governor in Pennsylvania. His ascension can be largely credited to an undercurrent of grassroots supporters who act and vote as though they’ve found...

Josiah Schweitzer, a junior premed/predent major, was among approximately 750 Bob Jones University students named to the Spring 2022 Dean’s List. Elijah Mellott, Dustin Runkel, Anthony Vehec, Christine Ritz, Aubrey Lewis and Dorian Adams were named to the President’s List at Southern New Hampshire University for the Winter 2022 semester....

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 — More than two years after the first coronavirus cases were reported in Pennsylvania state prisons, some of the mitigation...

Aleppo Bonnie Johnston sold property at 106 Woodcrest Drive to Bernadette Petrillo for $207,000. Bell Acres Sound Ideas Media LLC sold property at 562 Ambridge Ave. to St. Barnabas Land Trust Inc. for $480,000. Gregory Wagner sold property at 105 Bell Farm Estate to Michael and Jodi Dowling for $1,550,000....

The Hampton High School spring musical production, “Into the Woods,” has received nine Gene Kelly Award nominations, including Andrew Kaehly as Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of “Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf.” Other nominations are for Best All-Student Orchestra and in the award’s Budget Level II category: Best Costume Design, Best Lighting...

The Food and Drug Administration has reached an agreement with Abbott Laboratories to resume production at the company’s Sturgis, Mich., facility. The announcement gives hope of relief for the three-fourths of American parents who rely on infant formula and have struggled to find the product in recent weeks. But the...

West Deer has taken the first major step toward constructing a new municipal building. Supervisors on Wednesday awarded a nearly $420,000 contract to HHSDR Architects of Pittsburgh to design the new township building to replace the current facility, built in 1952. The new building will be constructed beside the current...

May 19—Veteran catcher Roberto Perez, who was helping guide the Pittsburgh Pirates pitching staff through the difficult early days of the season, will have season-ending surgery to repair his hamstring, director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk said Wednesday afternoon. Perez, who signed a one-year, $5 million contract in November, to...

Plum Borough School District hosted its first multi-district Special Olympics event on May 19 at the high school stadium. Special Olympics Pennsylvania provides year-round athletic training and competition in 21 sports for individuals with intellectual disabilities, providing them with continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness skills, express courage, and participate...

The North Allegheny School Board plans to give final approval to a 2022-2023 budget package of more than $191 million on June 21, according to school district spokeswoman, according to Brandi Smith. The vote had been scheduled for June 15. The budget will be discussed at a June 8 board...

Miriam Cheng, owner-operator of Wild Child Native Gardens LLC, is presenting gardening classes at Monroeville Public Library, 4000 Gateway Campus Blvd. The classes are scheduled from 7 to 8:30 p.m. On May 25 is “Seed Sowing for the Beginning and Advanced Gardener.” Cheng will discuss how to start seeds inside...

Brianna Thompson Class: Senior School: Springdale Report card: The senior catcher had a productive week for the Dynamos as she had a clutch RBI single during a key two-run sixth inning against Leechburg. Springdale won the game 3-1 and earned the section 3-A title outright. In her next game, Thompson...

The hatred and intolerance in this country, very intentionally built over the past several decades, is going to take sustained effort from thoughtful, conscientious leaders to tear down. Unfortunately, our broken political system reduces the electability of thoughtful, conscientious people more with every cycle. But until we stop flooding the...

Penn Hills Coding Team, comprised of Penn Hills High School students Peter Frachioni, Rachael McCann, Paige Webb, Samantha Yee, Eric Cronin and Olivia Senge won the PNC Code for Your Cause competition. The team designed and created a wearable device that would warn the user if they were in danger...

For three years, we had waited for the moment to physically gather together and collectively raise both money for and awareness of pediatric brain cancer. On April 9, at the 14th annual Race for Grace, that moment finally came to fruition with 1,564 registrants, 300 volunteers and hundreds of spectators...

Hate crimes are different from other crimes because they have an impact more broad than on just the intended victim. They are a form of terrorism that is hard to address with other anti-criminal actions. That is why the U.S. Department of Justice addresses them. But while hate-motivated attacks are...

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. Please include a daytime telephone number. Touch-a Truck planned at Highlands High School Harrison Township Recreation Board will sponsor at touch-a-truck event from noon to 3 p.m....

In Pennsylvania, we are approaching a date that should live in infamy and responsibility given. We the people are living through difficult times, dealing with inflation, gas prices and supply chain issues. The hope for positive changes in the near future is dim. The meddling of the Federal Reserve and...

The 18-year-old gunman accused of a deadly racist rampage at a Buffalo supermarket seems to fit an all-too-familiar profile: an aggrieved white man steeped in hate-filled conspiracies online, and inspired by other extremist massacres. Payton Gendron of Conklin, New York, appears to have been driven to action roughly two years...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 18-17) and Toledo (Tigers) were rained out. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader Thursday starting at 11:05 a.m. Next: Thursday vs. Toledo (Tigers), 11:05 a.m. ALTOONA (Double-A, 16-19) rallied past Richmond (Giants), 7-5. The Curve scored two runs in the bottom of the...

High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Wednesday’s results First round Seneca Valley 4, Hempfield 1 Monday’s schedule Quarterfinals Mt. Lebanon (13-7) vs. Seneca Valley (14-7); Norwin (10-8) vs. Central Catholic (10-9); North Allegheny (14-5) vs. Upper St. Clair (10-8); Pine-Richland (11-9) vs. Butler (13-5) Class 5A Thursday’s schedule Quarterfinals...

Class 3A Boys 100: 1. Brandon Jackson, Central Catholic, 10.92; 2. Donovan Jones, Central Valley, 11.06; 3. Tyler Yurich, Seneca Valley, 11.07; 4. Kanye Thompson, McKeesport, 11.11; 5. Rocky Fennell, Mount Lebanon, 11.29; 6. Kadin Johnson, Quaker Valley, 11.38; 7. Kaevon Gardner, New Castle, 11.48; 8. Brayden Young, Butler, 11.50...

Casey Barton threw a no-hitter with 10 strikeouts to lead Seton LaSalle to a 5-1 victory over Carmichaels in a WPIAL Class 2A first-round softball playof game Wednesday. Barton also drove in a pair of runs. Delaney Baker doubled twice, Paige Kuisis had two hits and two RBIs and Hannah...

The offensive production of McKenzie Pritts and the right arm of Emma Augustine helped lift Yough into the WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinals Wednesday. Pritts finished a triple shy of the cycle and drove in a team-high five runs, and Augustine finished with eight strikeouts and kept the opposition at bay...