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PennDOT announces drilling operations on Wexford Bayne Road
Drilling operations are expected to last on Route 910 — Wexford Road/ Wexford Bayne Road/Gibsonia Road — in Franklin Park and Pine, Richland, and Marshall townships through late September, PennDOT announced. Single-lane alternating traffic on Route 910 will occur weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. between I-79 and Hardt...
Pennsylvania woman accused of stealing Pelosi’s laptop allowed to visit Renaissance Faire again
A Cumberland County woman on house arrest for allegedly stealing Nancy Pelosi’s laptop during the U.S. Capitol riots will be allowed to attend the Renaissance Faire this weekend for the second time in two months. A federal judge has ruled 25-year-old Riley J. Williams, of Mechanicsburg, will be allowed out...
Laurels & lances: Cleaning up and cracking down
Laurel: To preserving natural beauty. Southwestern Pennsylvania is defined as much by its water as it traditionally has been by its industry. However, the area’s rivers have both accommodated the businesses that built up around them and been negatively impacted by that development over the years. Reversing the pollution of...
Pirates front office members take part in Clemente Day of Service
Roberto Clemente’s legacy of service was celebrated Thursday throughout Major Leauge Baseball. Members of the Pittsburgh Pirates front office staff volunteered with several service projects around the community, sponsored by Pirates Charities initiatives. Many worked at a local ball field located within Olympia Park in Mt. Washington in support of...
Arnold plans to use federal covid-19 relief money to target blight
The landscape in Arnold could look vastly different several years from now, thanks to money from the federal American Rescue Plan Act. The city will receive a portion of the $10.1 million sum allotted to Westmoreland County for blight remediation. Arnold will then be able to tear down 79 of...
Chick’s Picks hopes Week 3 in the WPIAL goes better than her fantasy draft did
Welcome to Week 3. Chick’s Picks participated in her annual fantasy football draft this past weekend. To commemorate the event, Chick’s Picks hosted a draft party at her home. As the other team managers gathered around the table, laptops humming, the draft was set to begin. Chick’s Picks logged her...
Jimmy Kimmel apologizes to Quinta Brunson for viral Emmys moment and its backlash
LOS ANGELES — Days after winning her first Emmy Award — and having her big moment seemingly spoiled by Jimmy Kimmel — Quinta Brunson showed restraint when she sat down on his show Tuesday night. She did not, in fact, punch him in the face, as she told reporters she...
Safeties, cornerbacks in the spotlight for Penn State defense
Penn State’s defensive backfield is deep and confident. First-year defensive coordinator Manny Diaz won’t hesitate to play a minimum of four corners and four safeties during the course of a game. And those numbers might start to grow. Penn State (2-0) leads the nation in pass breakups with 25 in...
‘Confess, Fletch’ review: Jon Hamm does not rise to the occasion as the jokily intrepid reporter unraveling a mysteryVideo
The crime novels of Gregory Mcdonald emerged in the ’70s as a self-amused antithesis to more typically hard-boiled detective stories. The series began with “Fletch” in 1974 and continued a 20-year run, ending with “Fletch Reflected” in 1994. Irwin Maurice Fletcher (Fletch to everyone who knows him) is a shaggy...
Hampton Council discusses potential 4-way stop sign near high school
At a Hampton Township Council meeting held Sept. 14, police Chief Thomas Vulakovich requested that the township commission a traffic study to determine if putting a four-way stop sign at Topnick Drive at Park Road would improve safety and traffic flow near Hampton High School. Vulakovich said traffic is “heavily...
Through the Years: 50 years ago, Art Sack lifted Springdale past Hampton
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic legacy. Springdale workhorse Art Sack ran for 125 yards on 28 carries, including a 60-yard scoring run as the Dynamos knocked off Hampton, 29-16,...
Michael Butler: Shell ethylene cracker complex shows value of never giving up
The French writer Victor Hugo once called perseverance “the secret of all triumphs.” Those words came to mind as I read that Shell this year expects to open its estimated $10 billion ethylene cracker complex in Beaver County outside Pittsburgh. It’s been a decade since the company announced the site...
Migrants, long used as political props, dumped at the vice president’s residence
WASHINGTON — Politicians have been using migrants as props for decades. Republicans visit the Southwest border and declare that immigration is out of control. During the Trump administration, Democrats made their way to detention centers to decry the treatment of children locked in cages. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas...
Letter to the editor: If Trump loses, China wins
Considering past and recent events of the current administration, I can no longer hold my tongue, and feel compelled to comment on the upcoming 2022 and 2024 elections: It is my opinion, within a reasonable degree of engineering certainty, that if President Trump and his supporters lose, China wins. It’s...
Letter to the editor: Mason Rudolph should sue Steelers
Don’t be surprised if Mason Rudolph sues our classless Steelers. We have labor laws, and I believe the Steelers are in violation. Talk about a hostile work environment; their conduct has been atrocious. They sat back and did nothing while their insecure QB alienated the teammates against Rudolph from the...
Editorial: Suicide is military’s last battlefield
There is one thing that soldiers and sailors, Marines and airmen understand from the moment they undertake their task. It is that their lives are counted. They are the real weapons of war — more than bullets or bombs. They are the single greatest commodity in the logistics of defense...
The Stroller, Sept. 15, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Freeport to celebrate September By the River Freeport Renaissance Association will host...
Letter to the editor: Former inmates deserve second chances
Flagger Force employs over 1,000 workers across Pennsylvania, including more than 320 people in Western Pennsylvania. Team members bring diverse backgrounds, ethnicities and experiences, including a significant number who are justice-involved. As a believer in fair-chance employment and giving people who want to work the opportunity to do so, I...
Cost of living increases force everyone to find ways to make ends meet
Paul Resnick waited in a line of more than 200 vehicles before snaking his way through a monthly food distribution at the Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer. “I’d starve without it,” Resnick said. “Everyone in every realm that I know is up against it.” With prices ticking upward on groceries,...
Riverhounds’ road winning streak ends in Birmingham
Enzo Martinez and Sadik Balarabe scored second-half goals as Birmingham Legion FC rallied for a 2-1 victory that snapped a four-game road winning streak for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds on Wednesday. Albert Dikwa scored in the first half for the Riverhounds (15-8-7), who remain in fifth place in the USL Championship’s...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 14, 2022: Liover Peguero homers in Altoona win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 70-66) relinquished the lead late in a 4-3 loss to Toledo (Tigers). CF Ji-hwan Bae (.295) doubled in the bottom of the first and scored on a double by 1B Brendt Citta (.250) to put Indy up one. C José Godoy (.214) hit a two-run homer, his fifth,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 14, 2022
High schools Field hockey Wednesday’s results Class 3A North Allegheny 11, Hempfield 0 Class 2A Penn-Trafford 2, Fox Chapel 1 Golf Boys Wednesday’s results Class 3A Section 6 Canon McMillan 196, Thomas Jefferson 198 Medalists: David Szalay, Braden Gerchow (CM) 37,Ashton Kahler (TJ) 38 Class 2A Section 1 Freeport 203,...
High school roundup for Sept. 14, 2022: Moon scratches out win over South Fayette
Gabby Larson scored off a Kendall Dydek corner kick to help Moon (5-0, 4-0) to a 1-0 victory over South Fayette (4-2-1, 2-1) in a matchup of top girls soccer teams in Section 4-3A Wednesday. Allderdice 3, Pine-Richland 2 – Sophia Bovier scored twice to lead Allderdice (3-3, 2-3) to...
Greensburg Central Catholic girls soccer stops Serra Catholic
Bouncing back from a lopsided loss can be a challenging task. Attempting to do so against a team like Greensburg Central Catholic can make it an even more difficult one to achieve. That was the task at hand for the Serra Catholic girls soccer team, just two days after suffering...
Pittsburgh man accused of killing off-duty Oakdale officer ordered to stand trial
A Pittsburgh man accused of killing an off-duty Oakdale police officer following a road rage incident in July will stand trial. Kevin McSwiggen, 40, appeared for a preliminary hearing Wednesday before District Judge Nick Martini. Following testimony, all charges were held for trial, including charges of criminal homicide and two...
