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The Stroller, March 1, 2026: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Annual Shamrock Shuffle event...
Letter to the editor: No ICE in Allegheny County
I’m writing in favor of the proposed ordinance before Allegheny County Council that bars elected officials and county employees from cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents unless ordered by a federal judge. The chaos and tragedies in Minnesota, throughout the country and now in Allegheny County have once...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 28, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 5A Championship Saturday’s result Chartiers Valley 63, Thomas Jefferson 37 Class 3A Championship Saturday’s result Aliquippa 65, South Allegheny 54 Saturday’s result Class 3A Everett 60, Perry 47 Girls WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Saturday’s result Canon-McMillan 50, Norwin 38 Class 4A Championship...
High school roundup for Feb. 28, 2026: Allderdice girls move into PIAA 1st round
Rhyan Sledge and Bailey White scored 14 points each to lead Allderdice (18-8) to a 39-32 victory over McDowell (13-9) in a PIAA Class 6A District 6-8-10 subregional girls basketball game Saturday. Alba Potter had 12 points for McDowell. Boys basketball Everett 60, Perry Traditional Academy 47 – Jacari James...
Jeannette, New Castle bowlers win regional titles
Jeannette’s Natalie Christoff and New Castle’s Jeffrey Natale won Western PA Regional singles bowling titles Saturday. The boys and girls singles matches featured matchups of the top two bowlers in qualifying. On the girls side, Apollo-Ridge’s Allison Beighley led qualifying with a five-game series of 1,000 with a 223 high...
Dukes can’t sustain success on road, fall at conference leader St. Louis
It’s no secret Duquesne’s road success in Atlantic 10 games this season has helped the Dukes stay in contention for an A-10 Tournament high seed. They had won five of seven against conference opponents away from UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. With time winding down in the regular season, Duquesne took an...
Derry freshman among 4 WPIAL champs at PIAA Class 2A Southwest Regional
ALTOONA — One of Derry’s six WPIAL champs wore gold for the second consecutive week Saturday, and he needed only one point to make it happen. Freshman Patrick Bulger won the 114-pound championship at the PIAA Class 2A Southwest Regional tournament in Altoona, making a second-period escape stand up for...
W&J women defeat Saint Vincent, successfully defend PAC basketball title
LATROBE — Winning last year’s PAC women’s basketball championship created a confident foundation for the returning players at Washington & Jefferson. That confidence traveled with the Presidents to Robert S. Carey Center for Saturday’s conference tournament final against top-seeded Saint Vincent despite the Bearcats sweeping the regular season series. It...
Islamic group calls Iran strikes illegal; Pennsylvania expats in Israel weather counterattack
A Jewish social worker who called Pittsburgh home for 32 years spent most of Saturday sheltered behind a steel door and reinforced-concrete walls waiting for Iranian missiles to strike. Carri Golden, who raised her two children in the city’s Greenfield neighborhood before emigrating to Israel during the pandemic, heard the...
Westmoreland County athletes of the week: Hempfield’s Madison Altman, Franklin Regional’s Tommy Westerman
Madison Altman School: Hempfield Class: Junior Sport: Track and field Claim to fame: Altman won the 60-meter hurdles at the Tri-State Track Coaches Association Indoor Championships at Edinboro’s Mike Zafirovski Sports and Recreation Dome. Her winning time was 8.99 seconds. She also ran a leg of the winning 1,600-meter relay...
Penguins, forward Evgeni Malkin to discuss contract after season
Following his team’s 3-2 shootout loss to the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden in New York, Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin indicated his agent, J.P. Barry, will discuss a potential contract extension with the team following the season. “We talk a little bit with J.P. a couple of days...
Oakland Catholic girls beat No. 1 Blackhawk to win back-to-back WPIAL crownsVideo
After a thriller last season that saw Oakland Catholic defeat Blackhawk with a basket in the final 10 seconds, the Eagles and Cougars met again Saturday for Class 4A’s WPIAL championship. Oakland Catholic won its eighth WPIAL championship and second straight by knocking off previously unbeaten Blackhawk, 51-44. The Eagles...
Trump’s push for election power raises fears he will ‘subvert’ midterms
Ahead of the midterm elections, an emboldened President Donald Trump has shown an increased eagerness to leverage the full investigative, prosecutorial and legislative powers of the federal government to bend election mechanics to his will. With his words and deeds, the president — who pushed to overturn his 2020 defeat...
Ryan Dennis: How Trump could earn farmers’ support
Every morning over buckwheat pancakes and sausage, my father and grandfather would decide which fields to work that day and share an update about their cattle. Then, inevitably, the talk would move on to the low price of milk and the government’s part in it. “It’s all a game,” my...
QAnon faithful see validation in the Epstein files
The theory at the heart of the QAnon conspiracy theory was simple, even if the details were not: A global cabal of elites was running a child sex-trafficking ring. The latest release of files about Jeffrey Epstein has the QAnon faithful crowing that they were right. The documents revealed that...
Jim Nowlan: Our way of dying is evolving
Illinois recently joined 11 other states in enacting a law that allows physician-assisted suicide. I propose an additional tweak that would make dying more humane for those who might like to let go a bit prior to the six-month window of legality that seems to be the standard. The American...
Letter to the editor: McCormick, Fetterman fulfilling constitutional duties
The editorial “McCormick, Fetterman and why ICE matters in Pennsylvania” (Jan. 28, TribLive) was a welcome reminder of what the Constitution intended: a balanced and participative form of government. Your examples of Sens. Dave McCormick and John Fetterman looking to their constituents rather than perpetually heaving to the party line...
Alle-Kiski Senior Citizen News: Feb. 28, 2026
Armstrong County Senior Centers Apollo Monday: 10 a.m., card games. Wednesday: noon, site council meeting. Hours: 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. weekdays. Details: Charlotte at 800-368-1066 or Amy at 724-478-1410. The center is at 707A N. Fifth St., Apollo. Freeport Tuesday and Thursday: bingo. The center is at 102 Fifth...
Letter to the editor: Armstrong County leadership must take action for growth
Armstrong County has a real opportunity in front of it — and we cannot afford to let it slip away. The Armstrong County commissioners must take decisive action to support local manufacturing by approving Keystone Opportunity Zone (KOZ) status for a local manufacturer wanting to move forward with its proposed...
Editorial: Alcoa’s sales for data centers signal new industrial revolution
It can be hard to understand in a world of soda cans and smartphones that there was a time when aluminum was rarer than diamonds. That changed in Southwestern Pennsylvania. It wasn’t that aluminum was scarce in the earth. It was that turning it into usable metal was nearly impossible....
The Stroller, Feb. 28, 2026: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Cabin Fever Reliever Raffle...
Westmoreland happenings: Fallingwater lecture, bingos, meetings, more
Class • Rostraver Sportsmen and Conservation Association, 539 Cedar Creek Road, Rostraver, will offer a hunter and trapper education class for youths and first-time hunters from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 14 at the club. The class is a requirement for first-time hunters and there will be a certification...
Letter to the editor: Congress takes critical step for rare disease families
I know firsthand the uphill battle parents of children with rare diseases face. Finding knowledgeable, compassionate care can feel like navigating an endless maze. Families are often left exhausted and overwhelmed as they search for specialists who understand their child’s condition and can offer real solutions. Each year on the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 27, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Friday’s results Upper St. Clair 52, New Castle 51 Class 5A Championship Saturday’s schedule Chartiers Valley (22-2) vs. Thomas Jefferson (23-2) at Petersen Events Center, 7 p.m. Class 3A Championship Saturday’s schedule South Allegheny (16-8) vs. Aliquippa (17-6) at Petersen Events...
High school roundup for Feb. 27, 2026: Allderdice rallies past State College, earns date with Central Catholic
Lukas Stead tallied 22 points and seven rebounds to lead Allderdice to a 45-43 victory over District 6 champion State College in a PIAA Class 6A District 6-8-10 subregional game Friday night. Zachary Coffey hit an off-balance 3-pointer with four minutes to go to give the Dragons the lead for...
