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The Stroller, June 26, 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. Bike run planned to benefit Alle-Kiski HOPE Center A bike run to...
Letter to the editor: Will Americans ever come together?
In my lifetime, I’ve only seen Americans come together two times as a country: when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Sept. 11, 2001. Americans are so sensitive anymore. America is the only country where we can have anything we want, and we are still not satisfied. We are...
Pirates farm report: 4 Pirates make rehab starts in Indy loss
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 34-35) gave up five runs in the final three innings to lose to Memphis (Cardinals), 6-5. Four players on rehab assignments started. DH Josh VanMeter (finger) went 0 for 3 with a walk and a run scored. 2B Kevin Newman (hamstring) went 1 for 4. LF Ben Gamel...
Area clergy split on Roe v. Wade ruling
The Supreme Court’s controversial ruling Friday overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortions divided local clergy like it has the nation, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll be talking about it at services this week. While most clergy members say they support the ruling with regard to...
North Allegheny school news: Forensics Institute, golf classic
North Allegheny Forensics Institute is a week-long summer camp geared toward North Allegheny students interested in learning about speech and debate. The most experienced and successful members of the North Allegheny Speech and Debate Team, which is ranked No. 13 in the nation, run the camp. Campers will be given...
Riverhounds’ winless streak continues with home loss to Tampa Bay
Leo Fernandes scored a pair of goals, one in each half, as the Tampa Bay Rowdies defeated the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, 5-2, Saturday night at Highmark Stadium. The loss left the Riverhounds (7-6-3) winless in their last six games (0-4-2). They’re in sixth place in the USL Championship’s Eastern Conference. Tampa...
Missing West Mifflin teen found safe; mother facing charges
Police filed charges against the mother of teen reported missing from West Mifflin on Thursday after the teen was found safe. Evelyn Liddell, no age given, of Las Vegas is charged with false reports to law enforcement, interference with custody the of children, concealment of the whereabouts of a child,...
2022 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Leechburg’s Braylan Lovelace
Editor’s note: The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 15 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. When coach Randy Walters talks about Leechburg football star Braylan Lovelace, he...
George Guido: Times have changed for high school coaches
With the recent bombshell resignations of successful, local high school coaches, it’s apparent that outside responsibilities are derailing careers on the sidelines. Deer Lakes boys basketball coach Terence Parham, winner of 86 games in just seven seasons, resigned last week because of his expanded duties with Amazon. Several weeks earlier,...
Sheldon Jacobson: NHL general managers should study computer science
Ron Hextall, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ general manager, holds the 21st overall pick in the upcoming National Hockey League entry draft to be held July 7 . This pick gives him the opportunity to add outstanding hockey prospects. Pittsburgh has not been particularly effective with its selections, with 2015 the last...
Sarah Fay: I received 6 psychiatric diagnoses in 25 years. They were a dead end.
The day I sat in my psychiatrist’s windowless office and was told I had bipolar disorder, I’d already been in the mental health system for 25 years. It was my sixth diagnosis. Starting at age 12, I’d also been told I had anorexia, generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive...
7 letters: Readers sound off on guns, cars, Mastriano and Juneteenth
Bad guys will always get guns In response to recent letters about sensible gun control: Background checks are a must and registration is good, but I’d like to think these writers would agree the evil element can bypass background checks and certainly won’t register illegal firearms. So where does that...
Letter to the editor: Kudos to CMU for honoring Pittsburgh’s Billy Porter
At Carnegie Mellon University’s commencement May 14, Billy Porter and several others were awarded honorary Ph.D.s. Porter also was commencement speaker. What a wonderful choice. He’s a credit to CMU and a treasure for the entire Pittsburgh region. Best speech I ever heard. I was disappointed when he finished; I...
Editorial: Does the primary really have to move?
Every year, the closer we get to the polling stations opening, the more pious the exhortations become. Get out and vote. Do your duty. Show up. You can’t be part of the solution if you aren’t part of the process. The Pennsylvania Legislature has to stop being part of the...
The Stroller, June 25, 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. Saxonburg Fireman’s Carnival opens Tuesday The Saxonburg Volunteer Fireman’s Carnival will be...
Letter to the editor: Government not doing its job on guns
Why is it OK for the NRA to fight for you to have the right to have a gun, but they can’t give you the OK to buy a gun? Only the government can give you that OK after you pass the “instant gun check.” You either pass or fail....
Letter to the editor: Six-figure salaries don’t belong in Freeport schools
Tom Yerace’s article “Freeport Area property taxes to increase; amount depends on where you live” (June 10, TribLIVE) was very informative. Apparently they decided not to fill six positions that had been costing $900,000. That’s an average salary of $150,000. In an area where you have taxpayers living in $19,000...
Take care when handling fireworks
Fireworks are a staple of many Independence Day celebrations, and state and health officials are warning people to be careful when handling them. Fireworks are not toys, said Acting State Fire Commissioner Charles McGarvey. “First and foremost, we want people to understand the risks, how to properly handle fireworks and...
News from the Fox Chapel Area School District
The Dorseyville Middle School Philharmonic and Sinfonia orchestras earned high ratings at the High Note Music Festival. Both orchestras were rated Superior, and the groups received trophies for their performances. The festival was held May 27 at Kennywood Park and Duquesne University. The Dorseyville Middle School Philharmonic Orchestra includes 50...
Pirates farm report for June 24, 2022: Henry Davis’ 2 RBIs help Curve to victory
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 34-34) lost 11-8 against Memphis (Cardinals). The Indians scored six runs in the bottom of the fifth but couldn’t rally from a 9-0 deficit. 2B/SS Ji-hwan Bae (.308) was 3 for 5 with two RBIs. LF Jamie Ritchie (.171) was 1 for 2 with two RBIs, 3B Josh...
Gary Franks: When politics and theater mix, the public loses
Theater — I cannot help but mix a theatrical incident that attempted to portray a narrative meant to hurt one political party. No, not the Jan. 6 congressional hearings. I am referring to the Jussie Smollett saga. You will recall that Smollett was found guilty of orchestrating his own beating....
Abortion decision will lead some to question Supreme Court legitimacy, experts say
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the 50-year precedent that was Roe v. Wade and roll back abortion rights in this country could cause many Americans to question the court’s legitimacy, legal experts and constitutional scholars said Friday. The scholars said nothing has changed in American jurisprudence to lead...
Gateway School Board adopts budget with 4.1% tax increase
Gateway School Board on June 21 adopted the 2022-23 budget of $92.5 million, reflecting a 5.61% increase from the last school year’s spending plan. As a result of the increase, the district’s real estate tax rate will increase by 4%, to 21.7479 mills. This equates to approximately $2.17 on each...
ABORTION DECISION: The ruling, the reaction, the future
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ended constitutional protections for abortion. The 6-3 ruling puts the issue back in the hands of states for the first time in nearly 50 years. The court’s conservative majority overturned the 1973 case of Roe v. Wade and 1992’s Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The...
Gabriela Suarez: Kids’ neighborhoods can affect their developing brains, study says
Children growing up in more disadvantaged neighborhoods — meaning those with poor housing quality, more poverty, and lower levels of employment and education — show observable increases in brain activity when viewing emotional faces on a screen, according to our team’s new study. But importantly, we found that this association...
