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The Stroller, Aug. 5, 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 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Wine tasting fundraiser planned at Wooden Door Winery Burrell Education Foundation will...
Letter to the editor: Pa. Republicans aim to take away rights
Our Republican-controlled state Legislature can’t accomplish everything it wants through legitimate legislative processes. Senate Bill 106 will allow Republicans to amend the state Constitution to attack your right to privacy and undermine state election laws. The most egregious and far-reaching change proposed by SB 106 is a declaration that the...
Pirates farm report for Aug. 4, 2022: Rodolfo Castro homers in Indy win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 49-51) scored three runs in the fifth inning and two more in the sixth to beat Louisville (Reds), 5-3. SS Rodolfo Castro (.248) went 1 for 4 with a two-run homer, his 12th. DH Brendt Cita (.250) was 1 for 4 with his second home run. C Carter...
Living Treasures Wild Animal Park hosts a ‘Beastly Beard’ competition
Living Treasures Wild Animal Park hosted a “Beastly Beard” competition Thursday at its Laurel Highlands location in Jones Mills. About 20 men competed for the title. Robert DuVuvei was declared the winner. Retired Pittsburgh Steelers great Brett Keisel lent his support. Keisel was known for growing a long beard and...
Pittsburgh-area lawyers call legal blunder in Alex Jones trial a ‘breathtaking set of multiple catastrophes’
For a trial attorney, it was the stuff of dreams. On Wednesday, as cross-examination was underway in the defamation case against Infowars’ Alex Jones, the attorney representing the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., caught Jones in a lie....
Letter to the editor: Have we forgotten about ‘well-regulated’?
Regarding the letter “Cracking open the door on gun control” (Aug. 3, TribLIVE): Second Amendment rights to own a gun include these words — well-regulated. We seem to have buried those words. Harold Maio Fort Myers, Fla....
Laurels & lances: Caretakers, campuses and cake
Laurel: To a respectful service. Western Pennsylvania has been home to settlements since long before America was a country. That translates to a large number of cemeteries, big and small, that are the final resting places of those long passed. Soldiers from the French and Indian War, the American Revolution...
Monroeville Foundation hosts 4th annual CommUNITY Day
Monroeville celebrated its fourth annual CommUNITY Day on July 30. The event was hosted by the Monroeville Foundation and sponsored by multiple businesses, including Forbes Hospital, Highmark and Allegheny Health Network The day began at 9 a.m. with the CommUNITY Day 5k run/walk. After participants were done, they headed over...
Penn State did not prove its legal standing to have public court filing sealed, experts say
This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for our regional newsletter, Talk of the Town. STATE COLLEGE — Penn State did not prove it had legal standing to request the...
Pa. congressional members lobby Secretary of State to help Oakmont teacher in Russian prison
Eleven members of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation on Wednesday sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging him to include an Oakmont teacher being detained in Russia for possessing medical marijuana in any possible prisoner exchange. “Although he may not carry the notoriety of a celebrity WNBA athlete,...
Winning $207M Powerball ticket sold at New Stanton Sheetz store
A winning Powerball ticket worth $206.9 million was sold in New Stanton, lottery officials said, marking the first time since 2018 a jackpot was won in Pennsylvania. The ticket was sold at the Sheetz on North Center Avenue. The store will receive a $100,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket....
Elizabeth Zumpe: 5 of the biggest threats today’s K-12 students and educators face don’t involve guns
While many American students and their parents worry that the next mass shooting could happen at their school, schools are also facing a number of other threats that do not involve guns. Many of these threats are related to the mental health of educators and students. From 2018 to 2021,...
North Huntingdon’s Aubrey Burchell moves on to ‘America’s Got Talent’ live showsVideo
North Huntingdon singer Aubrey Burchell is among the 54 acts that are moving on to the live shows on “America’s Got Talent” on NBC. Burchell, 21, will compete in the next round. Next week the show will begin to air twice a week, from 8 to 10 p.m. Tuesday and...
New officer, police secretary hired in Kiski Township
Kiski Township continued rebuilding its police department by hiring a new part-time officer and a police secretary. Supervisors approved hiring Anthony Mangee as a part-time officer at a starting rate of $21.25 per hour. Also hired was Bethany Allera to serve as a police clerk two days per week. The...
Mars girls soccer makes preseason top 10 in national poll
By winning three consecutive WPIAL and PIAA championships, it’s clear that Mars girls soccer is one of the top programs in the state. The Fightin’ Planets are one of the top teams in the country, too. After going 20-0-1 last season, Mars is ranked sixth in the nation in the...
Peter Morici: Fed’s inflation promises are simply not credible
With inflation running high for the last 14 months, we can sadly conclude it’s entrenched, will be difficult to conquer and is hardly the province of the Federal Reserve alone. The present morass stems from both sides of the supply-demand scissor. Too much covid spending and the Federal Reserve printing...
Find quiet wilderness and a touch of luxury on water so treacherous, it’s known as the ‘River of No Return’
SALMON, Idaho — When Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery were in Salmon, Idaho, in 1805 looking for a river that could help speed their journey west, they hoped to find something akin to the Missouri with a slow, gentle flow. Instead, they found the Salmon River, a...
‘SNL’ veteran Victoria Jackson shares how religious beliefs got her blacklisted in Hollywood
One of the more jarring moments during a chat with Victoria Jackson had nothing to do with her far-right convictions. Near the end of a roughly 45-minute phone interview, the former “Saturday Night Live” star abandoned her trademark Betty Boop voice to do an impression of an older Jewish woman...
Italian festival returning to New Kensington; Vandergrift Festa canceled
One Italian festival is returning to the Alle-Kiski Valley, while another has been canceled, possibly for good. The 41st annual Festa Italiana will be held Friday and Saturday at Mount St. Peter Roman Catholic Church in New Kensington. The festa, not held since 2019, was replaced by drive-thru lasagna dinners...
Nobody wanted to make ‘Squid Game.’ Now it’s making history
LOS ANGELES — For a very long time, no one wanted to make “Squid Game.” No one, that is, but creator-writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk. Then one of Korea’s biggest stars, suave box office champion Lee Jung-jae, signed on to play the show’s grubby, compromised hero, and the deeply symbolic, meticulously designed,...
Letter to the editor: Jan. 6 witch hunt
The government hearings on the Jan. 6 protest were a political farce and a waste of tax dollars. I doubt they changed anyone’s opinions. They have been compared to a witch hunt. That is an accurate description. One hundred years from now, people will be comparing these hearings to the...
2 charged in attempted robbery of Uber driver in the West End
Police charged two teenagers Wednesday in connection with the attempted armed robbery of an Uber driver in the West End a day after a ride-share driver was carjacked at gunpoint in the same block, authorities said. Cara Cruz, a police spokeswoman, said investigators believe the incidents are connected. The first...
Letter to the editor: Congress should take holistic approach to lowering drug prices
As a national voice for individuals with liver disease, the Community Liver Alliance is acutely aware that patients need relief from burdensome prescription drug costs. However, the latest drug pricing proposal in the congressional budget reconciliation package will only make the situation worse for them at the pharmacy counter. By...
Editorial: Stop raising turnpike tolls
Two things in Pennsylvania are as dependable as the sunrise. The Pittsburgh Pirates will disappoint everyone but their opponents, and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission will raise toll rates. Even the state Legislature and governor — whoever that might be — tease us a bit with their annual budget battle. They...
The Stroller, Aug. 4, 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 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Western Pa. toy run to benefit children’s charities The 33rd annual Western...
