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Last September, Opus One Productions — the previous owners of South Side listening room Club Cafe — announced the impending closure of the quarter-century-old venue, to the surprise and disappointment of local musicians and music fans. Club Cafe closed its doors at the end of 2024. On Monday, music management...

Thank you, Lori Falce, for an informative and balanced column on prisons, the Constitution and choices we, as the citizenry, allow our country to make (“Prisons, private prisons and foreign prisons,” April 18, TribLive). How refreshing; just information, no digs at anyone, no name calling! Vickie Oles Ligonier...

A number of municipal and school board races in the South Hills are uncontested for the May 20 primary election, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list. Baldwin Borough The mayoral race in Baldwin Borough only has current Mayor David Depretis, a Democrat, on the ballot....

I am voting for Katie Pecarchik for register of wills in the May primary. She is the person most qualified for this position, with 21 years experience. She gracefully returned from retirement and changed her party to Republican after the county commissioners asked her to clean up Sherry Hamilton’s disaster;...

ALLEGHENY COUNTY Chalfant Ashley Morcheid sold property at 120 Shadeland Ave. to Sam Pascal II for $59,250. Churchill Carrington Mtg Services LLC sold property at 1648 Jamestown Pl to Meir Atais for $200,000. Edgewood Mary Patricia Conway sold property at 858 E Hutchinson Ave. to Hilarie Alberico for $362,500. Maureen...

Annual Oakmont plant sale slated The Oakmont Garden Club is hosting its annual Spring Plant Sale. The group will be set up in the Hoffstot’s parking lot on Allegheny Avenue in Oakmont from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 10. The sale will include flats of flowers and vegetables...

Ever notice how politics makes people break out in song? Maybe that only happens in Broadway musicals. Anyway, no other American presidency has made me feel as tuneful as now. I have a song in my heart, and I want in the worst way to belt it out. It’s called...

Even in the depths of space, there’s no escape from politics. The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope is parked 1 million miles away. In the nearly three years since it became operational, “Webb,” as it’s called, has made some incredible findings. Webb uses infrared scanning to show how stars...

When I finished grad school in the early ’80s, I studied primary source documents to discover what our Founding Fathers and others in early American history actually wrote, believed or did. Thus, I found Thomas Jefferson’s warning to Judge William Johnson June 12, 1823: “History may distort truth, and will...

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Congressional Democrats seem to be completely out of touch with the views of the vast majority of the American people. I believe they align themselves with issues that have very little public support, such as supporting transgender ideology, allowing biological males to compete against young girls and women and to...

Editorial cartoons for the week of April 28....

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 28....

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 13-12) fell to St. Paul (Twins), 5-3. PH/DH Nick Solak (.394) hit a solo homer. 2B Nick Yorke (.242) was 1 for 3 and knocked in two runs. CF Ji Hwan Bae (.266) was 2 for 5 with a double. LF Jack Suwinski (.400) doubled. RHP Carson Fulmer...

Fundraisers • Lincoln Heights Civic Association will have bingo 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, May 1, at the center, 42 Millersdale Road, Hempfield. There will be 20 regular games and five quickies. Payout is 50-50. Free coffee. Cost: 25 cents for a three-card board; $1 for quickies. • A murder...

STATE COLLEGE — Penn State started spring ball back in March with a few question marks. Fast forward to Saturday when the Nittany Lions wrapped up camp with the Blue-White game, and one of the biggest questions still doesn’t have an answer — and might not until the fall. Who...

More than once at Saturday night’s sold-out Everclear show at Jergel’s Rhythm Grille in Warrendale, lead singer Art Alexakis asked the crowd, “Who wants to hear some ’90s alternative rock and roll?” And the response was overwhelming. It’s a reasonable question. Everclear hit their peak in the 1990s with hit...

The Pittsburgh Steelers had seven picks in the 2025 NFL Draft, starting with the 21st overall in the first round. Here are the team’s selections: • Round 1, selection 21 >> Oregon defensive tackle Derrick Harmon • Round 3, selection 83 >> Iowa running back Kaleb Johnson • Round 4,...

As a Pirates fan since the late 1960s, I’ve never been as saddened and frustrated with ownership as I have been recently. The Clemente memorial, the Bucco Bricks and the Rowdy Tellez release all just point to an owner who doesn’t care about history, fans, players, youth or the city...

Aspinwall Douglas Carhnel sold property at 401 Virginia Ave. to Katie Pakler for $485,000. Blawnox Brandon Skonieczny sold property at 156 Second St. to Norman Skonieczny for $160,000. Etna Lawrence B Properties LLC sold property at 34 Ganster St. to South Side Passive LLC for $1 (state deed transfer stamps...

Aleppo Ralph Tajak Jr. sold property at 616 Sewickley Heights Drive to Brooke and Julie Johnson for $240,000. Bell Acres Estate of Jayne Haddon Swan sold property at 2420 Henry Road to Amanda Malarik for $250,000. Rochelle Murano sold property at 139 Witherow Road to Trumbull Corp. for $1,200,000. Franklin...

The Pittsburgh mayoral election is exhausting. We know the winner of the Democratic primary will become our next mayor. That means Democrats are the only voice who will get heard May 20. Republican votes will get ignored, and independents will be silenced altogether. On Thursday, I spoke with the Pennsylvania...

Computer data exists in a series of electronic blips. They are the 1s and 0s of a code that compiles, catalogs and categorizes billions of pieces of information. Storing information physically takes up a lot of space. Think about how much room your cassette tapes, compact discs, DVDs, VHS tapes,...