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Letter to the editor: Biden a better car salesman than president
Joe Biden said in his State of the Union address that if you buy an electric vehicle (EV), you can save $80 in gasoline every month. Imagine that. In August, the White House held an EV summit, inviting executives from GM, Ford and Chrysler but none from the world’s largest...
Editorial: A gigabyte of prevention is worth a server farm of cure
Prevention is important, whether we are talking about disease or drugs or crime. It is easier to extinguish a match than to put out a house fire. It’s the kind of thing that frequently is said and frequently ignored on a host of topics. The most obvious and timely might...
Hopelessness springs eternal for Pirates fans
It’s been a winter of discontent for Pirates fans. It started Dec. 1 when the Pirates traded catcher Jacob Stallings, a player beloved by fans and his teammates, not long after he won a Gold Glove award for his excellent 2021 season. It was perceived by the Pirates faithful as...
Letter to the editor: Use ARP funds to fix Westmoreland’s safety net
Ninety-eight people died June 24 when a 12-story condo in Surfside, Fla., collapsed. This tragedy occurred because warnings regarding the building’s crumbling structure were ignored. Westmoreland County commissioners have spent $7 million of American Rescue Plan funding to repair structural defects to a courthouse parking structure. These necessary repairs will...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 6, 2022
High school Baseball WPIAL Wednesday’s results Class 4A Section 1 Knoch 9, Highlands 8 Section 3 Ringgold 11, Laurel Highlands 1 Class 3A Section 1 Hopewell 5, Mohawk 3 Class 2A Section 1 Washington 12, Beth-Center 11 Bentworth at Frazier, ppd. Section 3 Shady Side Academy at Jeannette, ppd. Thursday’s...
High school roundup for April 6, 2022: Knoch rallies for extra-inning win
Angelo DeLeonardis hit an RBI single and Eli Sutton followed with a run-scoring double in the top of the eighth as Knoch rallied for a 9-8 victory over Highlands in Section 1-4A baseball Thursday. Highlands loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the eightht, but Jacob Stallsmith...
Media critic Eric Boehlert killed in bike accident
NEW YORK — Media critic and journalist Eric Boehlert has died following a bike accident in New Jersey. He was 57. Boehlert was fatally struck Monday night in Montclair, where he lived with his family, about 20 miles northwest of New York City, his wife, Tracy Breslin, confirmed to the...
Bobby Rydell, Philly teen idol known for ‘Wild One’ and ‘Volare’ dies at 79
Bobby Rydell, the singer who rose to fame as a South Philly teen idol with hits such as “Kissin’ Time,” “Wild One” and “Wildwood Days” and maintained a career in show business that lasted six decades, has died at age 79. Rydell’s death was confirmed by his marketing and event...
Vandergrift hires a street paver to repave 8 streets, but needs to come up with a bit more money
Vandergrift Council has awarded a $147,000 contract to A. Folino Construction of Oakmont for this summer’s paving program. The amount allocated for paving by Westmoreland County is $137,000. Vandergrift officials had thought that the county’s allotment would be enough to pay the whole cost, but the price of asphalt has...
Victoria Elliott and Rick Seipp: Without action, Pennsylvanians could lose access to pharmacy vaccination care
Together we have sacrificed a lot to get through the covid-19 pandemic. It is understandable that many want to move on. Still, a critical job remains — acting on the emergency’s lessons once and for all so our sacrifices are not in vain. Pennsylvania legislators and Gov. Tom Wolf have...
Attorneys for accused Tree of Life gunman say they won’t be ready for trial before late 2023
Federal prosecutors say the man accused of killing 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill should go to trial in the fall. But defense attorneys for the accused gunman, Robert Bowers, told the newly assigned judge in the case Wednesday that they don’t anticipate being...
No charges to be filed in Jeannette man’s 2019 killing, district attorney says
No criminal charges will be filed in connection with the October 2019 shooting outside a Jeannette home that left one man dead, Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli announced Wednesday. Mariell McGowan, 29, an aspiring rapper and former basketball and football star at Jeannette High School, was killed and two...
Feds announce disruption of Russian malware attack in operation aided by Pittsburgh FBI, U.S. Attorney’s office
The U.S. Department of Justice announced a series of measures Wednesday to combat Russian criminal activity, including an operation to disrupt a malware program that officials said would have allowed the Russian government to control thousands of infected security devices around the world. The operation to disrupt the “Cyclops Blink”...
Chicago ER doctor writes ‘Emergency’ about covid’s 1st year — and the time his own hospital failed his mother
Thomas Fisher figured he would end up in the very place he works, in the emergency room. Eventually, everyone passes through. Two springs ago, at the onset of the pandemic, he thought he might die of the thing he was treating in others. He updated his will, removed enough cash...
Andrew Cuff: Progressives sacrifice Pittsburgh’s prosperity for activist politics
The Republican National Committee recently narrowed down its list of cities to host the party’s 2024 national convention to two: Milwaukee and Nashville. But the original list from earlier this year included Pittsburgh. What scared the GOP off the Steel City? Considering its outsize role in U.S. politics, Pittsburgh would...
If your bank merges, should you shop around or stay put?
Bank mergers and acquisitions happen regularly and can lead to streamlined services and better offerings for consumers, but they can also sometimes create challenges like less access to branches or customer service difficulties. If your bank is merging or being acquired, it will probably try to make the transition process...
Q&A: Barbara Kruger on remixing her own art and her visits to 4chan
LOS ANGELES — In 1985, Los Angeles County Museum of Art curator Kathleen McCarthy Gauss organized a series of exhibitions exploring new ways in which photography was being deployed in art. Among the seven featured artists was a former Mademoiselle magazine graphic designer who had landed in Los Angeles at...
Trib Total Media to co-host political debates ahead of Pa. primary election
Trib Total Media, in partnership with Spotlight PA and its founding members, will co-host debates this month featuring candidates for Pennsylvania governor and the state’s open U.S. Senate seat ahead of the spring primary. The gubernatorial debate features Republican candidates Joe Gale, Charlie Gerow, Melissa Hart and Nche Zama. It...
Westmoreland happenings: Living tableau, Easter events, pie sale
Church news • Greensburg Church of the Brethren will host a night of fun and fellowship for individuals and groups with developmental disabilities from 5 to 7 p.m. Mondays at the church, 554 Stanton St. Dinner is included. Participants must be accompanied by a family member or caregiver. Donations will...
Future of covid boosters comes down to crucial meeting of FDA advisers
An all-star panel of covid-19 experts will convene this week to hash out how and when vaccines should be updated to address future variants as the virus continues to rapidly mutate. The meeting of U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers should provide some of the first hints of its strategy...
Letter to the editor: We’re all responsible for keeping our rights safe
Let the sunshine in! That is, let the Sunshine Act intent in our school board and local council public meetings. Everybody needs to know that you have a right to know and an obligation to care about what is right, just, equitable, ethical and fair. More than ever before, there...
Letter to the editor: Money for education not making kids smarter
We have a governor who I believe feels by throwing money at teaching our children, they will become smarter. Or is it because teachers unions give millions of dollars to his party? We spend more per student than any other country in the world. But our students keep falling further...
Editorial: Debates need all candidates to participate
There is a point to primary debates. It’s hard to imagine after the sideshows of the 2016 Republican presidential primary and, not to be outdone, the equally circus-like 2020 Democratic presidential primary. But it’s true. The point of a general election primary is for all of the voters to decide...
Letter to the editor: What about treatment of Brett Kavanaugh?
Letter-writer Robert J. Reiland thinks several Republican senators embarrassed themselves during Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings, and that Sen. Ted Cruz made racist attacks on the nominee (“Republicans’ questioning of Jackson embarrassing.” Asking difficult questions, as Cruz did, is not an attack and does not make one a...
The Stroller, April 6, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your community events 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. Animal Protectors welcomes donations Animal Protectors of Allegheny Valley, 730 Church St., New Kensington, is accepting donations to help with daily operations...
