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Church News • The Jeannette campus of Charter Oak Church, 100 Second St., will host vacation Bible school from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 24 to 27. The theme will be “SCUBA: Diving Into Friendship With God.” Reservations required. Reservations: 724-527-3639 or visit charteroak.church/vbs and click on Jeannette campus. Juneteenth...

Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Plum SummerFest to include fireworks display Plum SummerFest will be Thursday...

The gap between Penn State University’s sprawling main campus and its 20 branches can be measured these days in ways more personal and profound than highway miles. Stung by double-­digit enrollment losses, the branch campuses and their students are about to lose 10% of their faculty and staff to buyouts...

If you follow the Bible, you can vote in favor of abortion. That runs contrary to what the writer of the letter “If you follow the Bible, you must vote against abortion” (June 9, TribLive) claims: “If you are a follower of its teaching, you must vote against it (abortion).”...

Dressed in a blue suit and bow tie, Aaron Gibson looked pensive. It was finally his turn to appear before the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons. The regional executive director of three Pittsburgh YMCA branches — who oversaw the $7.4 million transformation of the Centre Avenue Y into housing for at-risk...

High schools Lacrosse PIAA playoffs Championships Saturday’s schedule At Panzer Stadium, Penn State Boys Class 3A Radnor 9, LaSalle College 6 Class 2A Marple Newtown 11, Mars 9 Girls Class 3A Conestoga 10, Radnor 4 Class 2A Archbishop Carroll 16, Twin Valley 7 Volleyball Boys PIAA playoffs Championships Saturday’s schedule...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 29-37) handled Jacksonville (Marlins), 6-2. CF Matt Gorski (.262) went 2 for 4 with double and his 13th home run. LF Joshua Palacios (.238) went 2 for 5 with a double and his first Triple-A homer of the season. SS Andres Alvarez (.267) went 4 for 4 with...

A slow start to the 2024 season for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds has dragged on into the middle of June. Michee Ngalina scored twice in the first 17 minutes of the match, and the Riverhounds were unable to mount a comeback, losing 2-0 at Hartford Athletic on Saturday night. The Riverhounds...

The Pittsburgh Penguins will play an exhibition game in Northern Ontario in the fall. The Penguins will face the Ottawa Senators on Sunday, Sept. 29, as part of the NHL’s Kraft Hockeyville contest, which was won by Elliot Lake, Ontario. It will be the third Hockeyville appearance by the Penguins,...

STATE COLLEGE — Shaler dropped last year’s PIAA Class 3A championship to District 11 champion Parkland in three straight games and wanted revenge. They got it with a complete team victory and a three-game sweep Saturday at Penn State’s Rec Hall. Game scores were 25-21, 25-15, and 25-20, giving the...

Mt. Lebanon’s Neal Shipley is 4-over par after three rounds of the U.S. Open at Pinehurst. If his ball hadn’t moved a matter of millimeters at an inopportune time Saturday, he’d be 3-over par. Shipley was assessed a one-stroke penalty on the 13th hole when his ball, sitting on an...

Bring your parent to school, bring your child to work, bring your mother to a job interview. That last one may stick out as odd, but it is apparently a growing phenomenon in the workforce. A recent study indicates that as much as 25% of Generation Z job applicants have...

Anti-war protesters decry a president who is running for reelection: Are we talking Joe Biden in 2024 or Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968? After all, just as demonstrators this spring at campuses across the country demanded that Biden call for a cease-fire in Gaza and cessation of American military support...

The “Father of our Country,” George Washington, was ironically not himself a father — not a biological one anyway. He was a stepfather and raised two of his stepgrandchildren, one of whom was named after him. With his stepchildren/grandchildren and many nieces and nephews, he relished his large family and...

A man broke the jaw of a bartender at a popular Lebanon County restaurant and assaulted two other female employees after they asked him to leave earlier this week, the owner told CBS 21. The owner of Downtown Lounge on the 700 block of Cumberland Street said two men came...

The old saying “keep your friends close and your enemies closer” was President Trump’s train of thought. That way, he knew what they were up to. This resulted in no wars. I guess President Biden does not adhere to this, and what has happened? Pointing your finger and saying “you...

Ending Pittsburgh’s homeless problem The homeless problem in Pittsburgh can be almost completely eliminated by taking a page out of the Texas and Florida illegal immigrant playbooks. A one-way Greyhound bus ticket from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles is approximately $200. If the city offered to buy their tickets, there would...

Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Annual night race scheduled July 20 in Apollo Roaring Run Watershed...

Making payments in time to avoid penalties is a regular occurrence at a county courthouse. It happens when people pay taxes. It can happen when closing a deal or settling a case. Taking care of the money aspect of a legal transaction can be the final piece that cements everything....

The homeless problem in Pittsburgh can be almost completely eliminated by taking a page out of the Texas and Florida illegal immigrant playbooks. A one-way Greyhound bus ticket from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles is approximately $200. If the city offered to buy their tickets, there would be a lot of...

James Franklin leaned back in his seat as he pondered the question. Was he as happy as he anticipated being 10 years into his Penn State career? He sat in a makeshift office two floors lower in the Lasch Football Building than his office of the past decade, due to...

After reading the article “Deer Lakes to refund more than $700K to 3 Pittsburgh Mills properties after reassessments” (May 28, TribLive), I wonder why rich companies that have businesses in the Pittsburgh “Travel at Your Own Risk” Mills complex get to get money back for assessments. Who pays people for...

High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Championships Friday’s results At Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, Penn State Class 5A Governor Mifflin 2, Hollidaysburg 1 Class 3A Neumann-Goretti 12, Avonworth 0 Class A Faith Christian 4, Eden Christian 1 Lacrosse PIAA playoffs Championships Saturday’s schedule At Panzer Stadium, Penn State Boys Class...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 28-37) beat Jacksonville (Marlins), 3-2, on a solo home run by SS Liover Peguero (.265) that snapped a 2-2 tie in the top of the ninth. It was Peguero’s fourth homer of the season. LF Matt Fraizer (.240) went 1 for 3 with two RBIs. 3B Malcom Nunez...

ATLANTA — Atlanta leadoff hitter and center fielder Michael Harris II will be placed on the 10-day injured list after leaving the Braves’ game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night with tightness in his left hamstring. Harris led off the first inning with a single off right-hander Zack...