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The Stroller, April 19, 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. Please include a daytime telephone number. Alle-Kiski Sports Hall of Fame tickets on sale Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame will have its 51st induction banquet at...
Letter to the editor: Time to downsize Pa. General Assembly
Since the 2020 election, there has been crying and whining by members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. There are too many political wannabes in this state. If you can’t find a regular job, become a Pennsylvania legislator. Because their “main man” lost, they want results overturned. These are the same...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 18, 2022
High schools Baseball Monday’s results WPIAL Class 5A Section 4 Bethel Park at Peters Township, ppd. Class 4A Section 3 West Mifflin at Elizabeth Forward, ppd. Class 3A Section 1 Hopewell at Ellwood City, ppd. Class 2A Section 2 Aliquippa at Shenango, ppd. Riverside at Summit Academy, ppd. Class A...
High school roundup for April 18, 2022: TJ’s Joyce scores winning goal in inaugural PIHL girls game
Brooklyn Joyce of Thomas Jefferson scored the tie-breaking goal with 11:29 left in the third period to lead Central to a 4-3 victory over East in the inaugural PIHL girls division game Monday night at Alpha Ice in Harmar. Baldwin’s Delaney Howard scored the first goal in PIHL girls hockey...
Pittsburgh Maulers shut down by Tampa Bay in opener
One game in, the second incarnation of the USFL’s Pittsburgh Maulers didn’t look any better than the first. Jordan Ta’amu threw for 185 yards and a touchdown and the Tampa Bay Bandits handled the Maulers, 17-3, Monday night at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Ala. Tampa Bay’s head coach is former...
Man who supplied drugs to Mac Miller sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison
An Arizona man involved in supplying counterfeit prescription pills that led to the 2018 overdose death of Pittsburgh-based rapper Mac Miller has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison, according to documents filed in federal court on Monday. Ryan Michael Reavis, 39, was sentenced to 10 years and 11...
Pittsburgh Maulers, released running back in dispute over lunch menu incident
Before their first game kicked off, the USFL’s Pittsburgh Maulers found themselves in the headlines – for a truly unusual reason. In a two-minute clip from United By Football, a Fox documentary about the return of the spring football league, Maulers running back De’Veon Smith is shown being cut by...
Trib Total Media co-sponsoring debate in Pa.’s hotly contested GOP primary race for governor
Spotlight PA and its founding members, including Trib Total Media, are sponsoring a debate Tuesday featuring five candidates seeking the Republican nomination in Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial race. The 90-minute debate at Gettysburg College will be broadcast on the nonprofit cable television network PCN, airing at 7 p.m., and livestreamed by the...
John Dorfman: 5 stocks to buy in teeth of the small-stock debacle
The small-stock slaughter continues. In the 12 months through April 14, small stocks fell almost 10%, while large stocks rose 8%. Moreover, the market’s big boys have beaten the small fry in four of the past five years. With inflation roaring, the Federal Reserve raising interest rates and Russia waging...
Florida education agency rejects math books it claims contain Critical Race Theory
Florida rejected 42 math textbooks publishers wanted to sell to the state’s public schools, claiming the books contained “critical race theory” or other “prohibited topics” and “unsolicited strategies,” the Department of Education said. A news release announcing the move did not say which textbooks — many meant for elementary schools...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking ‘The Flight Attendant,’ ‘Outer Range,’ USFL ratings and ‘Be My Guest’
In this episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment, including former Squirrel Hill resident Rob Marshall’s appearance on discovery+’s Food Network show “Be My Guest with Ina Garten.” Benz and Owen talk about Amazon’s...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court hosts art, essay contest for students
Students are invited to celebrate the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s 300th anniversary by participating in an essay and coloring contest. “Recognizing the crucial role that civics education plays in the public’s understating of the judiciary, we are excited to expand our 300th celebration efforts to involve students at all grade...
Driver pleads guilty in DUI crash that killed Jefferson Hills police officer
Dale T. Provins Jr. was more than just a police officer who died in the line of duty. His daughter, Mariah Provins, told a judge Monday that her father was a Desert Storm veteran, a dependable son, a fun uncle and, to her, the strongest man in the world. That’s...
After 8 seasons, a fond farewell to ‘Black-ish’
In the latest episode of “Black-ish,” advertising executive Andre “Dre” Johnson returns from an unfulfilling day of work with life changes on his mind. “I feel like I’m questioning everything,” he says. His wife, Rainbow, admits she’s feeling the same way. So what else is new? For eight seasons, the...
Refusing masks, smoking weed and more: Unruly passengers still disrupt U.S. flights
The Federal Aviation Administration announced its largest ever fine for unruly behavior this month, demanding $81,950 from a woman who was duct-taped to her seat on an American Airlines flight to Charlotte in July. According to the FAA, the woman threatened to hurt a flight attendant after falling into the...
Celebrate South Hills with SHIM in Bethel Park
South Hills Interfaith Movement has hosted the annual fundraising event Celebrate the South Hills with SHIM, for 10 years, honoring individuals who share SHIM’s values of neighbors helping neighbors. While the event traditionally consisted of a dinner program and silent auction, it became a virtual event for two years through...
New vice president appointed by St. Clair Health
St. Clair Health has appointed Rich Taylor as vice president of facilities management and operations. Taylor has more than two decades of management experience. He began his career in the construction industry, serving as a project manager for companies in the Baltimore area, before transitioning to healthcare with progressively responsible...
Why is Philadelphia requiring masks again today when other cities aren’t?
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia’s return to indoor masking on Monday has drawn as many different reactions as there are new variants of the coronavirus. Relief among those concerned about the recent rise in cases of covid-19. Grudging acceptance from others. And resentment among those who see the move as overcautious and...
Chartiers Valley educator up for year’s NHL Most Valuable Teacher
Voting starts in May for a National Hockey League contest in which a Chartiers Valley Middle School teacher is one of three finalists. Scott Caplan was named the NHL and NHL Players Association’s Future Goals Most Valuable Teacher, presented by software provider SAP, for March, qualifying him for potential honor...
Andrew Shubin: Statute of limitations reform will enable justice to be served
Thank you, Gov. Tom Wolf, for pressing the Pennsylvania Legislature to immediately enact civil child sexual abuse statute of limitations reform so that thousands of middle-aged and older survivors can bring predators and their institutional enablers to justice. For far too long, perpetrators and the religious institutions, schools, summer camps,...
How the test-to-treat pillar of the U.S. covid strategy is failing patients
The federal “test-to-treat” program, announced in March, is meant to reduce covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths by quickly getting antiviral pills to people who test positive. But even as cases rise again, many Americans don’t have access to the program. Pfizer’s Paxlovid and Merck’s Lagevrio are both designed to be started...
Yough grad Nicole (Sleith) Schaffer playing role in success of Duke softball teamVideo
Since joining the Duke softball staff as a volunteer assistant coach, Yough grad Nicole (Sleith) Schaffer has become popular with the players. Although her popularity wanes when she steps on the mound to throw batting practice. The players found out quickly why she graduated from Robert Morris as the softball...
Westmoreland Senior Spotlight: Yough’s Emma Augustine
As the only senior on the Yough softball team, pitcher Emma Augustine is obviously in a leadership position. She’s even helping to groom her successor in the circle for the Cougars. Right behind Augustine on the pitching depth chart is Sidney Bergman, a freshman. Augustine has gotten close with Bergman,...
Recruited as an outfielder, Fox Chapel grad Dante DiMatteo shines for W&J baseball as relieverVideo
Mention Fox Chapel grad Dante DiMatteo around these parts, and those who follow high school baseball might remember him as the kid who pitched pitched 11 consecutive no-hit innings last April. He pitched a five-inning no-hitter in a mercy-rule victory over Woodland Hills on April 23. Five days later, he...
Letter to the editor: Denying the horror show
What has been exposed over the past few years through corruption and crimes beyond the pale, all verifiable and undeniable, has shown that our nation has almost reached its moral and ethical nadir. And the fact that hardly anyone has been held accountable for anything shows that we may be...
