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Here in the midst of June, we are entering a slew of patriotic holidays and anniversaries, starting on Friday with Flag Day and concluding on the Fourth of July. At the Sen. John Heinz History Center and more than 400 other museums and cultural institutions around the country, this period...

STATE COLLEGE – Taylor Karpac’s bases-loaded single in the bottom of the eighth inning gave Thomas Jefferson a 2-1 victory over Pittston Area in the PIAA Class 5A softball championship game Thursday evening at Penn State’s Beard Field. Karpac’s hit through the left side of the infield with no outs...

West Penn Power volunteers assembled bicycles as part of the United Way’s Build-A-Bike program Thursday at Mammoth Park in Mt. Pleasant Township. The program provides bicycles, helmets and locks to 300 children across Westmoreland, Allegheny, Fayette, Butler and Armstrong counties. The program marks its 10th anniversary this year. Volunteers have...

City officials unveiled a new and improved Spring Avenue Park in Greensburg’s Fifth Ward Thursday. The city began looking at rehabbing the 1.4-acre site in 2020. Greensburg received about $600,000 in funding for the design and the construction through the city’s Community Development Block Grant program. Sports and Recreation Associates...

On this Father’s Day weekend, here are a variety of events to excite any dad, from beer lovers to history buffs. Frontier Court Days For a peek into history, check out Historic Hanna’s Town this weekend for Frontier Court Days. On Saturday and Sunday, go back to a time when...

For the past two decades, Pennsylvania has been at the forefront of the shale revolution, which has delivered incredible quantities of affordable natural gas and fundamentally reshaped national and global energy markets. What’s incredible is not just the sheer scale of production — the gas produced in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale...

Shady Side Academy held its 2024 commencement ceremony, starring 133 graduates, on June 8 at Michael J. Farrell Stadium on the senior campus in Fox Chapel. The Class of 2024 officers are Yi (Thompson) He, president; Liam Michael Atkinson, vice president; and Eliot Belle Glusker, communications officer. Harihar P. Viswanathan...

STATE COLLEGE – Carmichaels was facing a tough battle in the PIAA Class A softball championship game Thursday afternoon, taking on a DuBois Central Catholic team making its third state final appearance in six years. The Cardinals’ pitcher, Rylee Kulbatsky, was already known as a dangerous opponent. But the Mikes...

With a sunny sky and temperatures in the 80s, Main Squeeze was a popular place on June 12. The Tarentum-based food truck, offering a variety of cold concoctions, visited the Hampton Farmers Market that afternoon, and proprietor Shelby Brown provided plenty of service with a smile. Plenty of other vendors...

Pennsylvania stands at a crossroads: Our state has a rich history of industrial, commercial and business prowess, but to remain economically competitive, we must continually compete and adapt for the future. The Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance (LERTA) program, established in 1977, has served us well, but it’s time to...

Editor’s note: This story first posted on June 11, 2023. For Diane Lang, the big push to focus on her health and weight came from her grandchildren. “I was exhausted,” she said. “When they would visit, I would just try to keep up with them. I want to run with...

The examples in the lawsuit are many. One man held in jail for three months on $100 bail for a minor trespassing and marijuana possession charge. Another man incarcerated for 10 weeks for charges he drove an unregistered car without proof of insurance. One man who sat in jail for...

To the writer of the letter “Message to Madden on Negro League stats” (June 5, TribLive), who wrote that if Mark Madden thinks that Negro League stats shouldn’t be counted for Major League Baseball players, then Wayne Gretzky’s WHA stats shouldn’t be counted: If you visit this site, www.hockey-reference.com/players/g/gretzwa01.html, you...

Millennials deserve some nostalgia, too. And T-Pain is the perfect artist to deliver it. He made a name for himself in the aughts in hip-hop and R&B, starting with his breakout 2005 hit “I’m Sprung.” And that was just the beginning. T-Pain’s stylistically autotuned vocals were a fixture on radio...

Margie Zelenak is running to oppose Leslie Rossi this fall for the House of Representatives 59th District. I ask you to think carefully about your choice, do your homework and put politics aside. Such an examination will show the right woman to represent the people of the 59th and Westmoreland...

As a society, we believe that making something false and passing it off as something real is wrong. You can’t fake money. You can’t make bootleg recordings of movies or music. You can’t forge a check and cash it at a bank. You can’t paint a picture and tell someone...

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. Miss Freddye to perform tonight in Tarentum Tarentum Summer Concert Series...

As chancellor of Penn State New Kensington, one of Kevin Snider’s goals was to sink his campus’ roots so deeply into the city that its initiatives would continue without him. Now that he’s set to retire at the end of the year with his campus falling under a new leadership...

Students value the small-college atmosphere at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus near Uniontown, but that increasingly intimate nature is triggering a major change. In the face of declining enrollment and budget deficits, Penn State is consolidating oversight of some of its branch campuses and is paring its payroll. The...

The only recourse for this sham trial in Lower Manhattan is for Republican state attorneys general to sue the state of New York, which would create a path to the Supreme Court using original jurisdiction allowing the court to hear and decide a case for the first time before any...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 26-37) lost 3-1 to Jacksonville (Marlins). RHP Domingo German (0-4, 6.93) started and allowed three runs, one earned, on five hits, including a home run. He walked two and struck out four. LHP Nick Dombkowski (3.86) followed with 2.2 scoreless innings, not allowing a hit. RHP Connor Sadzeck...

ATLANTA — Federal prosecutors have arrested an Arizona man in an alleged mass shooting plot targeting Black Atlantans with the intent of sparking a “race war” ahead of the presidential election in November. Mark Adams Prieto, 58, of Prescott, Ariz., was arrested last month after the FBI received a tip...

High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Championships At Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, Penn State Class 6A Thursday’s schedule LaSalle College (24-3) vs. Hempfield Landisville (21-5), 4:30 p.m. Class 5A Friday’s schedule Governor Mifflin (21-4) vs. Hollidaysburg (17-5), 4:30 p.m. Class 4A Thursday’s schedule Holy Ghost Prep (15-8) vs. Indiana (16-10),...

Elizabeth Forward softball’s Shelby Telegdy admits last season’s WPIAL semifinal against rival Belle Vernon wasn’t one of her best days. The Warriors came into that game with a perfect 17-0 record with two wins over the Leopards, outscoring them 16-2 in those games. But the Warriors’ rival to the south...

The elections were overseas, but for members of the MAGA movement, the rightward tilt in the European Parliament was still a chance to declare victory. Steve Bannon, who led former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and served as a chief advisor in the White House, compared this week’s election results...