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Hampton Community Library offers variety of programs
Plenty of programming is on tap for the spring at Hampton Community Library, with the exception of April 15, when the library will be closed for Good Friday. Among the offerings: • It’s a Wonderful World Drop-in Storytime, for children of all ages and abilities, takes place on Tuesdays and...
Aquinas Academy musician makes all-state ensemble
Helayna Baer, a student at Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh in Hampton, reached the highest level a high school musician can achieve by earning a place in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association All-State Festival ensemble. Each year, thousands of high school musicians across the state audition in their respective geographic areas....
Payments to begin for UPMC employees who fell victim to data breach
UPMC on Thursday will begin making payments to 66,000 employees who were victims of a 2014 data breach — as part of a settlement approved late last year. Employees were notified via an email on Monday that they will receive a payment notification with a link to claim it electronically....
Ryan Liu: Vaccine hesitancy complicating physicians’ obligation to respect patient autonomy
Sitting barely 6 feet away from me, my patient yelled angrily, his face mask slipping to his upper lip: “No, I will not get vaccinated. And nothing you do or say will change that fact.” He provided no reason for why he was so opposed to the covid-19 vaccine. As...
All about Florida’s ‘Don’t say gay’ bill
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 1557, officially named the “Parental Rights in Education” bill, into law on Monday. Critics of the measure, dubbed by opponents as the “Don’t say gay” bill, range from state Democrats to Hollywood celebrities to President Joe Biden. It’s been mentioned on...
I-81 crash victim: ‘It was like shotgun blasts going off’
MINERSVILLE — Bill Wickwire knew he was in trouble when his car went into a slide Monday morning on Interstate 81 in Foster Township. On his way from the Isle of Palms in South Carolina to his home in New Hampshire, the 81-year-old Navy veteran slid off the highway amid...
Letter to the editor: Time for a horse and buggy
Hey, Joe, have you filled your tank up lately, or are you busy riding the train? How about a gas stimulus check or some infrastructure at the pump? Is this your play to get us to convert to electric cars, then break our banks replacing batteries at a cost of...
Trout fishing season opens Saturday with single statewide opening day
Trout fishing season opens at 8 a.m. Saturday. It’s the first single statewide opening day since the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission last October approved an end to dual opening days. From 2007-20, there was a statewide opening Saturday preceded by an earlier regional opening in 18 southeastern counties. When...
Shanghai lockdown tests ‘zero-covid’ limits, shakes markets
BEIJING — A two-phase lockdown of Shanghai’s 26 million people is testing the limits of China’s hard-line “zero-covid” strategy, which is shaking markets far beyond the country’s borders. China’s largest city on Tuesday entered the second day of the lockdown’s first phase, which includes the Pudong financial district and adjacent...
Letter to the editor: Thanks to those who served in Vietnam
On behalf of Pittsburgh-based Veterans Place board members and staff, I want to express our gratitude to Vietnam veterans today, National Vietnam War Veterans Day. From 1961 to 1975, approximately 2,700,000 American men and women served in Vietnam. More than 800,000 of those vets are alive today, many who need...
Sewickley Academy to hold art auction to benefit Fine Arts programming
Sewickley Academy has been given an art collection by a generous local donor to offer for sale to benefit the Fine Arts programming at the school. Twenty-five pieces will be on display to the community on April 13 in the Campbell Gallery of the Rea Auditorium on campus from 4-6...
News from Shaler Area School District for the week of March 29, 2022
Bernesser to play at Notre Dame College Shaler Area High School senior Logan Bernesser, a 6’7” offensive tackle, signed his formal commitment to play Division 2 football for Notre Dame College in S. Euclid, Ohio, in February. Shaler Area teacher semifinalist for 2023 PA Teacher of the Year Shaler Area...
Letter to the editor: Honoring Vietnam veterans
March 29 is the official date of National Vietnam War Veterans Day as proclaimed by President Trump in 2017. This is not a day to debate the war. This is a day to honor the men and women who served proudly out of loyalty and love of country. They gave...
Editorial: Natural decline in population demands shift in priorities
Pennsylvania has a population problem. The problem isn’t that the overall population is shrinking. It’s not. According to the 2020 census, the number of people who call the state home grew by 2.4% — just over 300,000 — in 10 years. That’s not bad. Compared to neighboring West Virginia, which...
Letter to the editor: Green values vs. destroyed lives
The unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is shown every day on TV. War is ugly as peaceful, hardworking people are being maimed and killed. Rather than concern for the Ukrainian people, we hear comments from elites like climate tsar John Kerry of his concern that Russia may lose its focus on...
The Stroller, March 29, 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. Family Feud game night to benefit local fire departments A Family Feud Game Night will be April 23 at Oklahoma School House...
Letter to the editor: Rational curation of books vital in our schools
The Hempfield Area School Board is to be commended for attempting to model a framework for parents and educators to determine which materials are appropriate in public school libraries (“Hempfield school board shelves any changes to its library book policy and selections for now,” March 11, TribLIVE). The internet provides...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for March 28, 2022
High schools Baseball WPIAL Monday’s results Class 5A Section 2 Mars at Fox Chapel, ppd. Plum at Armstrong, ppd. Woodland Hills at Hampton, ppd. Class 4A Section 2 Central Valley at Ambridge, ppd. New Castle at Beaver, ppd. Section 3 Elizabeth Forward at Greensburg Salem, ppd. Uniontown at Belle Vernon,...
John Dorfman: In the Dow, 3 Stocks I Like, 3 I’d Avoid
At times like these, when investors are nervous, many will flee to the safety of the biggest, best-known stocks. The 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average fit that description. They are chosen for the index specifically because they are industry leaders. Investors have reason to be skittish at...
Gov. Ron DeSantis signs Florida ‘don’t say gay’ bill into lawVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — Rejecting criticism that it would harm the LGBTQ community, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Monday the controversial measure derided as the “don’t say gay” bill. “We will make sure that parents can send their kids to school to get an education, not an indoctrination,” DeSantis said...
Lawsuit says lack of treatment at Allegheny County Jail led to leg amputation
A man is suing Allegheny County Jail and medical officials alleging that their failure to treat a wound on his heel while he was incarcerated there led to him having his right leg amputated below the knee. Clayton McCray, 27, is suing the county, the jail’s medical director and staffers...
Lane from Highland Park Bridge to Route 28 North closed
The lane from Highland Park Bridge to northbound Route 28 closed Monday morning, part of the yearslong work on interchanges around the bridge. Construction will keep the lane closed through late June. PennDOT’s suggested detour calls for exiting the bridge at Aspinwall, taking Freeport Road to Fox Chapel Road and...
Man gets 18 to 36 years in connection with East Hills, Penn Hills robberies
A man who shot at police officers responding to an armed robbery in Pittsburgh’s East Hills will spend 18 to 36 years in state prison. Timothy Franks, 24, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty Monday to the Jan. 18, 2019, robbery of a Family Dollar store in East Hills. He also...
Week in pictures: March 21-27
A selection of the best photos from Tribune-Review photographers from around the Pittsburgh region from the week of March 21-27....
After 4 seasons at Notre Dame, Hempfield grad Morgan Ryan back home to help Seton Hill softballVideo
Morgan Ryan and Jenna Osikowicz started playing softball together as young girls. They continued through travel ball, Little League and at Hempfield, where they helped to make the Spartans one of the best teams in the state. Now, the pair is finishing their playing days together. Ryan, after spending four...
