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The Stroller, Jan. 14, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Start the new year off right! Publicize your events, club meetings and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Free tax preparation available at Springdale library Springdale Free Public Library is accepting appointments for AARP’s...
Letter to the editor: Democracy is being threatened
Thomas Wagner writes a curious letter (“Baseless claims.”) I found his syntax rather confusing, but he seems to be complaining that election fraud is not adequately being illuminated in the media. And yet his letter was only two sentences — he had plenty of space to be specific about this...
High school scores, summaries and schedule for Jan. 13, 2022
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Thursday’s results Class 2A Section 2 Sto-Rox 70, Chartiers-Houston 35 Nonsection Imani Christian 68, Nazareth Prep 25 Friday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 Butler at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m. North Allegheny at Pine-Richland, 7:30 p.m. Section 2 Bethel Park at Mt. Lebanon, 7:30 p.m. Peters...
High school roundup for Jan. 14, 2022: Beaver’s Payton List hits 1,000-point mark
Payton List had 25 points and surpassed the 1,000 mark for her career with a layup in the fourth quarter, leading Beaver (6-3, 3-1) to a 50-26 girls basketball victory over Quaker Valley (4-7, 2-4) in Section 2-4A win Thursday night. Avonworth 54, Steel Valley 29 – Rebecca Goetz hit...
Allegheny Township supervisor donates $2,500 for gate to help curb vandalism in Finnin Park
A recently elected Allegheny Township supervisor said complaints he received from residents during his bid for office about damage done to Finnin Park by people using all-terrain vehicles after hours aren’t going unheeded. To begin to address the problem, Supervisor James Morabito donated $2,500 to install a gate at the...
Knoch doesn’t have to look far to find new football coach
For Tim Burchett, it happened to be the right fit at the right time. Burchett was named head football coach at Knoch by the South Butler County School District earlier this week. A computer teacher at Knoch Middle School and a business teacher in the high school, Burchett, 33, has...
Gary Franks: Biden’s Jim Crow 2.0 remarks are the worst hyperbole to date
President Biden’s claim that being against the Democrats’ version of voting rights in 2022 is equivalent to being for Jim Crow 2.0 gives hyperbole a bad name. In the 19th century, most southern states had a majority or near-majority Black population because of slavery. To prevent this majority from politically...
California governor rejects parole for Sirhan Sirhan, convicted assassin of Robert F. Kennedy
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday refused to parole the man convicted of gunning down Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles, a brazen assassination of a presidential candidate that scarred the nation and altered the course of American politics during the turbulent 1960s. A two-person state parole panel recommended in...
Laurels & lances: Christmas, permit and reports
Laurel: To a second chance. Christmas didn’t come just once for Isaiah Olson this year. The Norvelt 6-year-old and his family lost their home on Jan. 5 to a house fire that claimed the life of his great-aunt, Alisa J. Richwine, 62. That’s a lot to disappear in a traumatic...
U.S. vows ‘decisive’ response if Russia pursues threatened deployments to Cuba, Venezuela
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration responded Thursday to threats from Russian officials that Moscow could begin military deployments in Cuba and Venezuela if tensions continue to rise with the United States, vowing a “decisive” response if it sees any evidence that the threat is real. Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergei...
Monster Energy buys Oskar Blues, other CANarchy brands for $330M
Corona-based Monster Beverage Corp., maker of Monster Energy drink, is acquiring Colorado’s Oskar Blues Brewery and several other brewing brands, as it makes its first foray into the alcoholic beverage space. According to an announcement Thursday, Monster has agreed to buy CANarchy Brewery Collective, which includes Oskar Blues, Florida’s Cigar...
Kiski Area boys basketball enjoying turnaround this season
Kiski Area’s boys basketball team has not only exceeded last year’s win total, the Cavaliers have actually doubled it. New coach Corey Smith, a standout with the program from the early 2000s, has taken over as head coach and has his alma mater at 2-1 in Section 3-5A play and...
Philadelphia-area hospitals are overwhelmed, but not only by covid-19 patients
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia-area hospitals are jammed with patients, but not always because they are truly sick enough to be there. Staff shortages at nursing homes and home care companies, difficulty finding dialysis slots for covid-19 patients, and even a lack of space in city homeless shelters are forcing hospitals to...
Pittsburgh activist found not guilty of obstruction in 2019 incident
A well-known Pittsburgh activist was found not guilty Thursday of obstruction in connection with a 2019 incident in Wilkinsburg. Nicky Jo Dawson, 28, had been charged with obstruction, disorderly conduct and jaywalking. A criminal complaint filed against her said Wilkinsburg police were conducting a traffic stop on Peebles Street just...
6-8 inches of snow expected to hit Western Pa. starting Sunday
The couple of inches of snow that hit the Pittsburgh region last week was minor compared to what is likely headed our way this weekend. As of Friday morning, the National Weather Service in Moon was predicting heavy snow will begin falling in Southwestern Pennsylvania sometime Sunday afternoon and continue...
Pine-Richland Middle School re-designated as ‘Don Eichhorn Schools: School to Watch’
Pine-Richland Middle School is one of 14 exemplary Middle Grades Schools in Pennsylvania that has been re-designated as PA Don Eichhorn Schools: “School to Watch” as part of a recognition program developed by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform. “I would like to thank the students, staff and the...
Former Eden Hall Farm has rich history in Richland Township
Each month, the Richland History Group will highlight notable aspects from the area’s past. For some 350 years, the Richland Township rolling hills through which Ridge Road now passes have maintained their pristine rural beauty and been used for the noblest of purposes, despite numerous ownership changes. The Delaware and...
Roberto Clemente Jr., family members sue Allstate, alleging discrimination by insurer
The Roberto Clemente Jr. Family Agency filed a federal lawsuit this week against Allstate and several people affiliated with the insurer, alleging breach of contract and claims they were discriminated against and ultimately shut down. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Roberto Clemente Jr. and his wife Kailee Clemente,...
Pittsburgh man gets a year of house arrest for actions during Downtown George Floyd protests
A Pittsburgh man who used his skateboard to break the window of a city police vehicle during the 2020 George Floyd protests Downtown will serve one day in custody and one year on house arrest. Joseph Craft, 29, of Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood, must report to U.S. marshals on Friday morning....
Letter to the editor: Decade of despair ahead for Steelers
Tim Benz wrote about life after Big Ben (“Appreciating Ben Roethlisberger’s career, and grasping the massive task of replacing him.”) But he and the rest of the local media don’t know the half of it yet. Because now the team faces a unique situation they never have before: They are...
Letter to the editor: Praise for mainstream media coverage of Jan. 6
Regarding the faux outrage and divisive editorial cartoon “Mallard Fillmore” in the Tribune-Review: I would like to comment on the Jan. 3 cartoon decrying the mainstream media’s potential failure to cover violence against law enforcement. I will start by saying I pray for the families and mourn the loss of...
Editorial: If schools want parents to decide about masks, how do they enforce that?
Let the schools decide, people said. When the Pennsylvania Department of Health, the state Department of Education and Gov. Tom Wolf called for masks to protect from covid-19, there was protest from some parents and community members. This shouldn’t be a state decision. It shouldn’t be an edict from on...
The Stroller, Jan. 13, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Start the new year off right! Publicize your events, club meetings and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Nominations sought for Alumni Hall of Fame Allegheny Valley School District is accepting nominations for its...
Letter to the editor: Republicans’ plans
In her letter, “Republicans are not planning for our well-being”, Patty Satalia said, “The Republican Party has no plan.” The Republicans have a commonsense plan. It is to: • Patrol the border, build a wall and keep asylum-seekers in Mexico, not let in over 1.5 million illegal immigrants. • Combat...
Offerings from the Zelienople Library
Children’s author Brittany J. Thurman kicks off this year’s Zelienople Area Public Library annual arts and culture speaker series, Zelienople Library Presents … . Thurman is the author of the recently released picture book, “Fly,” the story of a little girl named Africa who dreams about entering a double Dutch...
