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Gibsonia girl attends American Legion Auxiliary conference, other student news
Delaney Allen of Gibsonia was one of 100 young women selected to attend the 75th American Legion Auxiliary Girls Nation session July 23-30 in Washington, D.C. As part of the premier ALA program, two outstanding high school seniors are selected to represent their respective state as “senators” at ALA Girls...
Letter to the editor: Where have all the flowers gone?
“Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” Reading that the late Pete Seeger, writer of that song, is being memorialized and honored with the issuance of a U.S. postage stamp was heartwarming to me. Having met Seeger and exchanged letters, one legendary songwriter (Pete) to an aspirant (me), the news made...
The Stroller, Aug. 2, 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. Fort Armstrong Folk Festival to arrive in Kittanning The 50th Annual Fort...
Letter to the editor: Ward’s ideas dangerous to our democracy
Sen. Kim Ward’s op-ed “A step toward election integrity in Pa.” (July 24, TribLIVE) was riddled with dangerous ideas that will restrict voting access, all seemingly based on the “voter fraud” lie propagated by Donald Trump. According to all 50 states’ secretaries of state, there was no widespread voter fraud...
House lawmakers seek to question DHS watchdog staff on missing Secret Service texts
WASHINGTON — Leaders of two House panels want the Homeland Security Department’s Office of Inspector General to answer questions about what they say are possible attempts to cover up the loss of Secret Service texts tied to the attack on the U.S. Capitol. In a letter Monday, Committee on Oversight...
Pine-Richland graduate earns Passavant scholarship
Passavant Memorial Homes Foundation announces the recipient of its 2022 Community Service Scholarship. Norah Carter of Pine-Richland High School was presented with a check for $10,000 to be applied to her college tuition. The scholarship was created to honor the memory of Jamie Ellenberger, an individual served by Passavant Memorial...
Man pleads guilty to killing Duquesne woman
A man who had been staying in White Oak will serve 11-1/2 to 23 years in state prison after pleading guilty Monday to killing a woman in McKeesport two years ago. Gerald Walker, 39, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and two firearms counts before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Edward...
Hampton graduate interning with School of American Ballet
You could say that Hampton High School graduate Tyler Anderson is dialed in for his summer internship at the School of American Ballet in New York City. Anderson, who attends Slippery Rock University, is among a select few college students working this summer through DIAL, the Diversity in Arts Leadership...
Hampton Community Pool serves up discount franks on National Hot Dog Day
From the title of a Led Zeppelin song to an item listed with baseball and apple pie in a catchy car-commercial jingle, the humble hot dog occupies a prime position in popular culture. Oh, and lots of people love to eat ’em. That was evident during the recent celebration of...
Burrell High School teacher faces multiple charges involving 18 minors and alcohol
A Burrell High School teacher is facing charges after, police say, they found 18 minors drinking alcohol during a party at her house July 24, according to a criminal complaint filed in the case. Heather McKallip, 52, of Lower Burrell was charged Friday with 16 counts each of corruption of...
Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ is a landmark expression of Black joy (and you can dance to it)Video
LOS ANGELES — Consider the wiggle released. When Beyoncé told fans about her seventh solo studio album, “Renaissance” — and let’s just say right here that as far as seventh albums go, this one feels like as big a swing as “Born in the U.S.A.” or “Ray of Light” or...
More details emerge in death of former Steelers wide receiver
More details emerged this week in the death of former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Charles Johnson. Johnson, 50, was reported missing by his wife the day before he was found dead in a Hampton Inn about 6.5 miles from his home in Raleigh, North Carolina back on July 17, USA...
Dragon Boat date night is Aug. 6 at Fox Chapel Yacht Club
The Steel City Dragons will host its inaugural “Date Night with a Dragon (Boat)” on Aug. 6 from 7-9 p.m. at the Fox Chapel Yacht Club at 1366 Old Freeport Road. Couples can learn the fundamentals of dragon boating while paddling to romantic music with members of the Steel City...
Gateway School District takes steps to achieve equity
Gateway School Board members invited Anthony Kane Jr. to their July 26 meeting to discuss his work regarding diversity, equity and inclusion, also known as DEI. He is director of the Center for Excellence in Diversity and Student Inclusion at Duquesne University, where he earned his doctorate in educational leadership....
Springdale Township officials hire former political aide for new manager position
Springdale Township commissioners hired a familiar figure throughout the lower Alle-Kiski Valley as their new township manager. William “Red” McElligott of Oakmont, a longtime aide to former State Rep. Frank Dermody, D-Oakmont, was hired by the commissioners Thursday to fill the new position. McElligott served as Dermody’s chief assistant and...
‘Let’s try something new’ meets the national housing squeeze
BOISE, Idaho — Riley Romazko and her fiancé Julien Rivera were among the first to buy a shipping container home at Caritas Commons, a cluster of single-family houses built for limited-income residents on a quiet street in an older Boise neighborhood. Romazko, 27, who runs an online naturopath consultancy and...
Sharon Pillar: Time for Pa.’s energy freedom
The Public Utility Commission (PUC) warned customers in May that all of the state’s electric utilities intended to significantly raise their prices on June 1, ranging from 6% to 45%. The PUC said this is because “higher wholesale market prices for electricity, fueled in large part by shifts in supply...
Deshaun Watson’s 6-game suspension equals Ben Roethlisberger’s from 2010
Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has been suspended for six games for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy following allegations of sexual misconduct made by 24 women, the AP reported Monday. It’s the same length of suspension Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger received for violating the personal conduct policy after two...
As fewer kids enroll, big cities face a small schools crisis
CHICAGO — On a recent morning inside Chalmers School of Excellence on Chicago’s West Side, five preschool and kindergarten students finished up drawings. Four staffers, including a teacher and a tutor, chatted with them about colors and shapes. The summer program offers the kind of one-on-one support parents love. But...
Kimberly Palmer: 5 ways to feel richer (even if you’re not)
In some ways, feeling “rich” is less about how many zeroes you have in your bank account and more about knowing how to use them to get what you want out of life. For author and certified financial planner Tom Corley, feeling rich comes from having an Irish pub-style structure...
Racehorse deaths drop sharply in Pa. following new rules to protect thoroughbreds
Pennsylvania recorded 17 thoroughbred racehorse deaths in April, May and June, down from 30 during the same period a year ago. The decline in deaths comes as the commonwealth on March 1 began implementing a batch of new measures intended to reduce fatal breakdowns of thoroughbreds and increase safety for...
Letter to the editor: Dems pleased that Trump wall stopped
President Biden’s hissy fit in stopping the completion of the Trump wall must be pleasing to the Democrats. So now we have an avalanche of illegal immigrants and drugs coming in from Mexican cartels. If one is complicit with evil, one may lose the ability to repent. R. Buck Gray...
Letter to the editor: Inflation, borders, gas prices, crime, drugs, not climate change, the emergency
President Biden recently made the statement, “Let me be clear: Climate change is an emergency.” Let me be clear: While climate change is important, it will take many years to fix. What is an emergency is inflation, control of our borders (200,000 undocumented people crossed our southern border in June),...
Letter to the editor: Taxpayers funding schools their children don’t attend
There is a lot of talk these days about tax dollars being used to fund private and/or parochial schools. This debate has gone on for decades. I have this to say on the subject: People who send their children to these schools are taxpayers! Yes, taxpayers would be funding these...
Charges filed against grandmother after baby revived with naloxone in McKees Rocks
An infant had to be revived with the overdose-reversal drug naloxone Sunday night in McKees Rocks, according to charges filed against the child’s grandmother. Robbie Boyer, the child’s grandmother, is charged with aggravated assault, child endangerment and drug violations. Police responded to the home on Fair Oaks Street about 8:45...
