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High schools Baseball Monday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 14, Allderdice 4 Pine-Richland 3, Seneca Valley 2 Section 2 Central Catholic 5, Baldwin 2 Hempfield 6, Canon-McMillan 3 Mt. Lebanon 4, Norwin 1 Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 9, Fox Chapel 6 Armstrong 13, Gateway 4 Plum...

Brody Takacs hit a walk-off three-run home run to lead Peters Township to a 6-5 victory over Bethel Park in Section 2-5A baseball Monday. Peters Township (4-6, 2-3) trailed by three runs entering the bottom of the seventh. Zachary Miner delivered an RBI single before Takacs’ game-winning blast. Michael Bruckner...

Penn State is looking into the construction of a 1,500-bed student housing project that would be located a short walk from the Lasch Football Building, raising the question of whether the proposed project would primarily cater to football players and other student-athletes. According to a source with knowledge of the...

Two Dallas County residents are suing Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice and fellow driver Teddy Knox for damages of at least $10 million, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in Dallas County, Texas. On March 30, Edvard Potrovskiy and Irina Gromova were traveling in their 2022 Lexus 350 SUV, according to...

Bethel Park School District again received the “Best Communities for Music Education” designation by the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation. Now in its 25th year, the designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement in providing music access and education to all students. To earn the recognition, Bethel...

In an effort to help its local business community obtain a robust workforce, the municipality of Bethel Park in cooperation with the Bethel Park Chamber of Commerce, will hold a free job fair. The event is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon April 27 at the Bethel Park Community Center,...

Bethel Park High School teacher Brad Kszastowski knew that annually, someone is recognized as the regional adviser of the year at the Pennsylvania Student Council Regional Meeting. As he sat at South Fayette High School listening to the presentation announcement, he arrived at a realization. “In the first few sentences,...

PHILADELPHIA — Days after a shooting at an Eid al-fitr celebration near the Philadelphia Masjid, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced a new prosecution unit targeting people who repeatedly break gun possession laws in the city. The Prolific Gun Offenders unit, Krasner said at a news conference on Monday morning,...

KeAndre Lambert-Smith, Penn State’s leading receiver last season, is moving on. Lambert-Smith has entered the transfer portal in search of a new home, according to multiple reports. The senior will have one year of eligibility at his next school. The news comes after Lambert-Smith was not seen at the media’s...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey has nearly double the available cash of Republican challenger Dave McCormick, who has put nearly $2 million of his own money into this year’s campaign. Federal campaign finance reports for the first quarter of the year show that Casey raised $5.67 million, including $4.35 million...

Shade Tree Commission plans Arbor Day event The Penn Hills Shade Tree Commission invites the community to participate in a family-friendly Arbor Day Celebration from 2 to 4 p.m. May 4 in Universal Park. The rain date is May 5. The group is celebrating Penn Hills being recognized as a...

Back in the 1990s, I was in Poland visiting a concentration camp. As I exited the gas chamber, I looked across the camp to the barbed wire fence. Immediately beyond it were the backyards of the residents of the town in which the camp was situated. “Were those houses there...

A skill player emerged in Penn State’s Blue-White game on Saturday at Beaver Stadium. Maybe not the one you expected. It wasn’t a receiver. It was a freshman. The question is, what will running back Quinton Martin’s role be in the fall? The Nittany Lions’ top two backs, Kaytron Allen...

Volunteer members of the West Penn Power Green Team will be handing out 300 free trees Friday in Jeannette. The white flowering dogwood saplings will be distributed starting at 9 a.m. at the community garden at Clay Avenue and South Seventh Street. Dogwoods are a low-growing species native to Pennsylvania...

Liz Tapper isn’t exactly where she thought she would be. Competing as a Division I athlete? Probably. But that’s where her dreams and her reality diverge. An elite-level gymnast in her youth, the Hempfield grad figured she would carry that endeavor as far as she could. But by the time...

At Franklin Regional, there’s a young gymnast who’s had a ton of success this year. Her name is Linzi Shaffer, and for a sport that often gets overlooked, gymnastics is anything but easy. She’s a member of the Elegant Elite Gymnastics team in Delmont, an organization she’s been with for...

Karli Thomas has faced down opponents in MMA matches. She has worked her way up to being a purple belt (intermediate level) in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Those challenges, however, might pale compared to her latest venture. Thomas, a Plum resident, is tasked with building the Waynesburg University women’s wrestling team from...

More than $1 billion in unclaimed tax refunds is set to expire in a few weeks, and a good chunk is up for grabs for Pennsylvanians. Roughly 940,000 people across the U.S. are eligible for unclaimed refunds for the 2020 tax year with a median return of $932, the Internal...

Two days before he was gunned down on a Wilkinsburg street, 17-year-old Darin Hobdy discovered a burglary at his friend’s home in Plum. Deontae Nalls’ apartment had been broken into, police said, and $30,000 in cash, a pound of marijuana and an assault rifle were stolen. Investigators believe that burglary...

Pittsburgh will get another shot to see smash-hit Broadway musical “Hamilton” this fall. On Monday, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announced their 2024-2025 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh season, which will kick off with “Hamilton” from Sept. 11-29, 2024, at the Benedum Center in Downtown Pittsburgh. The season will also include shows...

Federal law is clear: Foreign money is prohibited in U.S. elections. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. FEC created a loophole allowing corporations with significant foreign ownership to use their corporate coffers to spend unlimited amounts of money in U.S. elections. With the next presidential election...

Four teams continue to battle for the final wild-card spot in the NHL’s Eastern Conference entering the final days of the regular season. While the New York Islanders have the inside track on the third-place position in the East with 90 points, Washington, Detroit, Philadelphia and the Pittsburgh Penguins remain...

As a proud veteran who has served our great nation, I am writing to express my great appreciation for the unwavering support and dedication shown by our state representative, Jill Cooper, in advocating for the well-being and rights of veterans. Her tireless efforts in ensuring that those who have served...

Functional beverages — or drinks promoted as offering mental or physical benefits beyond hydration — are growing in popularity around the world. Hundreds of companies have jumped into the market, hoping to get some buzz with trendy and sometimes unfamiliar ingredients. Here are some of the latest ones found in...

Please support Jamie Lingg for state representative, District 55. Holding conservative values, she defends the Constitution and the Second Amendment, and is strongly pro-life. Mom of four children, Lingg is passionate about maintaining the character of our community for future generations. Earning a bachelor’s degree in engineering with a specialization...