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Man pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in 2020 Mt. Washington shooting
A Pittsburgh man will spend three to eight years in state prison after pleading guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter for a shooting outside a bar in Mt. Washington. Damian Schott, 26, of Mt. Washington, admitted to shooting and killing Edgard Fumbula, 22, outside of Satalio’s Bar just after midnight on...
John Dorfman: Foot Locker and CVS look good on price-to-sales
Stock-market bargain hunters are a little like baseball scouts, trying to find talent that other teams have overlooked. A scout might find a pitcher who is wild (walks a lot of batters) but has a thunderbolt of a fastball. An investor might find a stock with a low price relative...
‘Nontraditional’ DNA technology leads to arrest in 1975 stabbing death of Pa. newlywed
Lancaster County investigators arrested a 68-year-old man in connection with the brutal stabbing death of a 19-year-old newlywed 46 years ago using new DNA technology and genealogical research. Police on Sunday arrested David Sinopoli, of Lancaster, in the death of Lindy Sue Biechler, on Dec. 5 1975 inside her apartment...
New Pa. budget injects $125M into private school tax credit program that lacks accountability
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — When Gov. Tom Wolf and the Republican-led Legislature hammered out the $45.2 billion budget deal in early July, they...
Doug Mastriano is deleting his videos from Facebook as he runs for Pa. governor
PHILADELPHIA — In early April, Doug Mastriano was recording a Facebook Live video on his phone after a legislative session in Harrisburg when he segued into his thoughts on global warming. The state senator from south-central Pennsylvania, who would become the Republican nominee for governor the following month, told his...
Allegheny County Airport Authority CEO testifies about concession company ‘putting us at risk’
Allegheny County Airport Authority CEO Christina Cassotis told a judge Monday that leaving the concessions company in place at Pittsburgh International Airport is a security concern. “We cannot risk having them out there doing business as usual,” she said. Cassotis was the last witness called as part of a multi-day...
From success at Penn State to 1st pro tournament, Greensburg native climbing tennis ladder
When Loren Byers was 17, he won the USTA National Level 3 Tennis Championship in Arizona. The win helped Byers gain recognition across the country, and he eventually climbed the national ranks. “The person I beat in my last match was pretty high ranked, so that helped out my ranking,”...
New Kensington gym sends 5 young female boxers to nationals
Not a lot of gyms can say they are taking five female boxers to a national tournament, but Sanctuary Boxing Club in New Kensington accomplished that feat. Rich Cantolina, a professional boxer and the coach of Sanctuary Boxing, sees the potential in his gym and in his boxers. “These girls...
Greensburg Salem grad Shane Talarico hired to Princeton men’s hockey staffVideo
Hockey has been Shane Talarico’s life. He started skating when he was 3 years old, and, thanks to being pulled along by his brother B.J., who is 6 years older, he started playing at age 5. The 2008 Greensburg Salem grad transitioned from playing to coaching as he grew up...
Freeport ballplayers stick together on successful team in Butler County league
In an era when community baseball teams often are fragmented, Freeport has kept together enough homegrown players to form a competitive team. Freeport’s entry in the Butler County Area Baseball League is getting set for next week’s double-elimination playoff to determine a league champion. Freeport has a 9-6 record this...
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland sheriff, deputies prepared to keep us safe
When I was a young mayor in Southwest Greensburg in charge of a police department from 1981 to 1992, a school or mass shooting was not even thought about by law enforcement. Nowadays, we find ourselves as a nation in the middle of this senseless violence. I give Westmoreland County...
Letter to the editor: Alternatives to salt for deicing
Regarding the letter “Road salt destroying bridges, water, roads, cars” (July 13, TribLIVE) that identifies the use of salt on Pittsburgh’s roads as a major reason for bridge corrosion and collapse: I’m not an engineer or a chemist, but I believe the writer has made an important point. However, his...
In brief: Events around Monroeville area, week of July 18, 2022
Arts council schedules concert The Monroeville Arts Council’s first summer concert will be a memorial tribute for three of its deceased members. Sheila Cartiff, Margaret Caine and Mary Lou Span will be honored and remembered. Featuring the East Winds Symphonic Band, the concert is scheduled for 4 to 6 p.m....
In brief: Library programs, volunteers sought in Plum, Oakmont, week of July 18, 2022
PAWS to Read at Plum library includes therapy dogs Plum Borough Community Library will host PAWS to Read, a storytime for students in first through fourth grades with therapy dogs from Westmoreland County Obedience Training Club, at 10 a.m. July 26 at 445 Center-New Texas Road. Participants can read to...
Letter to the editor: Legislators, do your job
Thank you, Jeanne Passarelli, for your letter “We need new rules for our legislators” (July 10, TribLIVE). A specific case on point: The civil penalties section of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law has never been updated since it was passed and made effective in 1968. It allows...
Editorial: Do the Pittsburgh Pirates really need a new scoreboard?
Apparently the Pittsburgh Pirates decided to save the Steelers from all the sports fan outrage last week. Sure, the football team started it with the announcement July 11 that Heinz Field was changing its name to Acrisure Stadium, selling the naming rights to a Michigan-based financial and tech insurance company...
In brief: St. Barnabas 5K, car show and more in Pine, Richland
St. Barnabas 5K St. Barnabas Charities hosts the 31st Annual Free Care 5K presented by Paracca Interiors Flooring America on Aug. 6. The race will begin at 9 a.m. at the St. Barnabas Gibsonia campus on Meridian Road. Proceeds from the annual event support the St. Barnabas Free Care Fund,...
In brief: Hard to recycle event, Shade Tree changes and more around Sewickley
Shade Tree moves Sewickley council accepted the resignation of Katie Kirsch from the Shade Tree Commission, and appointed Mary Jablonski to the Shade Tree Commission. Both actions took place at council’s July 12 meeting. Evaluation planned Sewickley council approved Gateway Engineers to complete a financial evaluation to restore and upgrade...
In brief: Spaghetti dinner, upcoming meetings and more in Penn Hills, Verona
Spaghetti dinner Verona Volunteer Fire Company will host its inaugural spaghetti dinner fundraiser and open house from 4-7 p.m. July 30 at the station, 465 Parker St. Plates are $12 and include pasta, salad, bread, dessert and a drink. People can also tour the station and check out some of...
Letter to the editor: Circus of madness
The late, great Nat King Cole long ago sang, “It’s a Barnum and Bailey world. Just as phony as it can be.” But now we’re living in the middle of the greatest circus ever seen … and phony is an understatement. Take a seat and watch people virtue signal by...
The Stroller, July 18, 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. Concert planned Thursday in Tarentum’s Riverview Memorial Park Let’s Duet will be...
1 killed in Larimer shooting
A 22-year-old Pittsburgh man with multiple gunshot wounds was found dead in Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood late Sunday, according to city police. Officers responded to Shetland Street just after 10 p.m. when two ShotSpotter alerts notified them of 14 rounds fired. Isaiah Sterdivant was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics,...
Letter to the editor: Fitzgerald’s action on park drilling applauded
Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald’s veto of council’s ban on natural gas drilling beneath county parks — along with his proposed compromise bill — should be applauded, based on the direct experience of the Deer Lakes Park lease in 2014 (“Fitzgerald defends decision to veto Allegheny County parks fracking ban...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 18
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 18....
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 18
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 18....
