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Leetsdale Brent Darroch sold property at 10 Beaver St. to 10 Beaver St. LLC for $255,000. Sewickley Hills Estate of Raymond Ott sold property at 1045 Glenfield Road to Glenfield Properties LLC for $50,000. Real Estate Transactions provided by RealSTATs. Contact RealSTATs at 412-381-3880 or visit www.realstats.net....

In the last five months more than 30,000 humans have died violently in Gaza as a result of the military action ordered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. Sen. John Fetterman has stated: “We have an opportunity to stand with Israel in this situation, and this is what I...

U.S. Steel stockholders Friday voted for the merger with Japanese-based Nippon Steel Corp. It was not a close decision, with 71% of stockholders voting and 98% of those approving the proposal. For perspective, the last U.S. president to be elected with a margin like that was James Monroe in 1816....

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. Local food bank seeking donations The Allegheny Valley Association of Churches...

State Senate Republicans Kim Ward, Joe Pittman, Patrick Stefano and others passed Senate Resolution 251 calling on Gov. Josh Shapiro to deploy the Pennsylvania National Guard to the Texas border. The text of the resolution and Ward’s March 23rd e-newsletter incorrectly assert that undocumented migrants are the source of fentanyl...

Church News • St. James Church, New Alexandria, will present the third installment of the speaker series “Living as Healthy Disciples” at 6 p.m. April 17 in the church social hall, 306 St. James Lane. The topic will be grief and loss. Bob Brinker, a counselor at Catholic Charities, will...

In his op-ed “My commonsense plan for a new era of energy leadership in Pa.” (April 2, TribLive), Gov. Josh Shapiro claims, “Doing nothing is not an option.” However, his energy proposals are solutions in search of a problem that will do nothing but harm Pennsylvania’s energy industry and raise...

Another match with a point, but also without a goal. For the second consecutive game, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds played to a scoreless draw, this time at Rhode Island FC Saturday night. The Hounds (0-3-2) now have one goal in five contests, but secured their second point of the young season....

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 6-8) was swept by Toledo (Tigers) in a doubleheader, 13-4 and 3-2. In a makeup game from Thursday, SP Cam Alldred (10.00) yielded seven runs in the bottom of the first inning. Alldred lasted two innings. The bullpen didn’t fare much better as Kade McClure (16.88) surrendered four...

High schools Baseball Saturday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 6, Butler 1 Section 2 Hempfield 13, Baldwin 1 Mt. Lebanon 2, Central Catholic 1 Norwin 9, Canon-McMillan 5 Class 4A Section 1 Montour 12, Ambridge 4 Montour 4, Ambridge 0 Hopewell 5, Blackhawk 0 Section 4 Indiana 10,...

Sawyer Klasnick doubled home two runs in the top of the seventh inning to propel Mt. Lebanon to a 2-1 victory over Central Catholic in Section 2-6A baseball Saturday. Weston Airey picked up the win in relief for the Blue Devils (7-3, 4-2), striking out seven over four innings, and...

As of Friday, the Pittsburgh Penguins had yet to secure a playoff berth as they enter the final days of the regular season. “I feel like for the last two or three weeks here, we’ve been right in it,” Penguins forward Sidney Crosby said Wednesday in Cranberry. “It’s brought out...

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump said he’ll have no issue taking the stand in his upcoming criminal trial centered on an illicit hush money payoff to porn star Stormy Daniels. “I’m testifying,” he declared during a news briefing Friday night. “I tell the truth. All I can do...

WASHINGTON — Two steel-state Democrats in tough reelection fights are urging President Joe Biden to do more to stop the proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel by Japan-based Nippon Steel Corp. “We’re pushing the White House on national security grounds and on trade enforcement,” Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio told Bloomberg...

LOS ANGELES — Oh, Goofy, what have you done now? Katrina Amian Redfern Griffin was bent over, tying her daughter’s shoes during a trip to Disneyland in April 2022, when a park employee dressed as Goofy — the klutzy but lovable cartoon canine — barreled straight into her, according to...

North Allegheny freshman Advaita Sircar made the most of his inaugural WPIAL tournament opportunity as he took down No. 1 seed Adam Memije, a junior from Gateway, in three sets to capture a Class 3A boys tennis singles title. He won the first set 6-2 and saw Memije rally for...

If there’s one thing we should be able to agree upon, it’s that everyone should pay the taxes they owe without having to pay for the privilege of doing so. This year, for the first time, residents of 12 states who file simple tax returns can file online for free...

Tax Day looms, and the taxman cometh. It is a certainty, as Ben Franklin said. This year, the Internal Revenue Service has launched a pilot program dubbed “Direct File” through which Americans can opt to have the IRS prepare their taxes for free (well, except for the billions of taxpayer...

Regarding all the letters about “mail-in drop boxes” and the absence of same: No one is trying to squash anyone’s vote. If you have the ability to travel to a drop box, then you have the ability to go and vote in person at your voting precinct. Otherwise, since it’s...

Senate must take action on gun violence I read the essay Meredith Elizalde wrote about her son Nick, who was killed during a mass shooting at his school’s football game in September 2022 (“State leaders disdain gun victims,” Feb. 9, TribLive). The reaction of lawmakers in Harrisburg to this mother’s...

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, as part of their 2023-2024 PNC Pops season, brought a heavy dose of “Fascinatin’ Rhythm” to Heinz Hall on Friday night with their Gershwin celebration. This selection comes in what would be the 125th year of George Gershwin’s life. Gershwin, in some ways the quintessential 20th...

More than two dozen barges broke loose Friday night and floated uncontrolled down the Ohio River, causing extensive damage to at least two marinas and prompting temporary closures of the West End, McKees Rocks and Sewickley bridges. Twenty-six barges broke free about 11:35 p.m. Friday from a location near the...

Regarding Elwood Watson’s op-ed “The creep of Christian nationalism” (March 12, TribLive): Elwood, Elwood, Elwood, lend me your brain. On second thought, please don’t. There are a few skinless sheep shivering out there. You owe them an apology. To call you a country bumpkin would be an insult to country...