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Letter to the editor: Military discount policy doesn’t work for all vets
The heavily reported new Home Depot “veteran discount” policy actually excludes veterans from using the discount, rather than making it easier to use. Online registration for the discount is fairly easy, at home, on a computer. But trying to use the discount at the store is not possible for veterans...
Letter to the editor: Concerned about well blowouts in Penn Township
My wife, Marcia, and I live just 0.45 miles from the Apex Energy Drakulic multi unconventional gas-well pad in Penn Township (“Activists continue to protest gas wells in Penn Township,” Oct. 21, TribLIVE). One of our biggest concerns is a well blowout like the one in Belmont County, Ohio, in...
Editorial: Watch the spending, DA Ziccarelli
When you run for office, it’s all about selling yourself to the voters. You are the product, and the price is a ballot. But after you win, the job becomes only partially marketing. The rest of the time is spent doing the mundane work of the office you have taken:...
The Stroller, Jan. 8, 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. Drive-through food distribution set Tuesday at Pittsburgh Mills Allegheny Valley Association of Churches and the Greater...
Letter to the editor: Bringing down out-of-control prescription drug prices
The op-ed “AARP’s drug pricing conflict of interest” (Jan. 1, TribLIVE) reads like all the other opinions that Big Pharma and its enablers recycle. If anyone has a conflict, it is astroturf groups like Patients Rising, claiming to speak for patients but cozying up to Big Pharma. For decades, millions...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 7, 2022
High schools WPIAL Basketball Boys Friday’s schedule Class 6A Section 1 North Hills 69, North Allegheny 59 Pine-Richland 61, Seneca Valley 49 Section 2 Mt. Lebanon 60, Baldwin 46 Bethel Park 37, Canon-McMillan 34 Upper St. Clair 54, Peters Township 45 Section 3 Central Catholic 58, Norwin 44 Penn-Trafford 90,...
High school roundup for Jan. 8, 2022: South Allegheny’s Bryce Epps hits milestone
Bryce Epps scored 18 points, hitting the 1,000 mark for his career, to lead No. 5 South Allegheny to a 50-47 victory over Shady Side Academy in Section 3-3A boys basketball Friday night. Dillion Hynes added 14 forr the Gladiators (8-2, 4-0). Eli Teslovich led the Bulldogs (6-3, 2-1) with...
Burrell evens record with section victory against Deer Lakes
It took Burrell’s Brandon Coury a full quarter to get rolling. But when he did, the Bucs were on their way to a big victory. Coury poured in 30 points, including 18 in the second quarter, as the Bucs held off Deer Lakes, 53-45, in a Section 1-4A contest. Burrell...
Police: Lower Burrell woman hit a mom, daughter at Tarentum Bridge, kept driving and went shopping
Police say a Lower Burrell woman stopped at a nearby Giant Eagle for 20 minutes just after hitting a woman and her daughter with her SUV near the foot of the Tarentum Bridge in Tarentum on Dec. 30. Allegheny County Police on Friday charged Lois A. Davis, 55, with two...
Antonio Brown: Tom Brady was his friend because ‘he needs me to play football’Video
TAMPA, Fla. — Antonio Brown said Friday that his friendship with Tom Brady was based only on the fact that he could help the future Hall of Fame quarterback win football games. Appearing on the Full Send podcast, the former Bucs receiver called Brady the team’s “GM” and a “politician”...
Allegheny County Jail circumventing ban on solitary confinement, non-lethal weapons, critic says
Allegheny County Jail officials sought assistance early last year from the Department of Justice’s National Institute of Corrections, which provides training and services to local and state facilities. The jail for years has been the subject of criticism and repeated lawsuits for violations ranging from the use of excessive force...
Ice, slick conditions impact region’s northern counties; Allegheny, Westmoreland miss the worst
Westmoreland and Allegheny counties largely missed a weather system that moved through the state this weekend, bringing with it freezing rain and slick conditions for several counties in northern parts of the region. Freezing rain impacted several areas north of Interstate 80, which were under a winter weather advisory for...
Allegheny County Jail circumventing ban on solitary confinement, non-lethal weapons, critic says
Allegheny County Jail officials sought assistance early last year from the Department of Justice’s National Institute of Corrections, which provides training and services to local and state facilities. The jail for years has been the subject of criticism and repeated lawsuits for violations ranging from the use of excessive force...
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic spends religious day in detentionVideo
Regardless of who made an error on the visa or the vaccination waiver or whatever, the reality Friday for tennis No. 1 Novak Djokovic was spending one of his important religious holidays in an Australian detention hotel working on his challenge against deportation. Djokovic has been receiving calls from Serbia,...
Supreme Court casts doubt on Biden’s vaccine rule for the workplace
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority cast doubt Friday on President Joe Biden’s plan to require that most American employees be vaccinated for covid-19 or undergo weekly testing. The justices agreed to weigh in on the partisan divide over vaccines and hear from lawyers for 27 Republican-led states, who...
Riverhounds sign USL Championship all-time leading scorer Dane Kelly
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC announced the signing of veteran striker Dane Kelly, the USL Championship’s all-time leading goal scorer on Friday. Kelly signed a one-year deal with a club option for 2023, pending USL and U.S. Soccer Federation approval. Kelly, 30, won a championship with the Charleston Battery in 2012, and...
Contemplating a covid party for your kids? It’s still a bad idea
In the days before a vaccine for chicken pox became widely available, some parents would host “chicken pox parties” amidst an outbreak to try to ensure that their kids wouldn’t be left out of the wave of infections. The thinking was that chicken pox was a mild disease for kids...
Letter to the editor: Why hasn’t synagogue shooting suspect gone to trial?
A white supremacist in California murdered worshippers at a Passover service in a Southern California synagogue in 2019. Both federal and state trials were held, and the accused was found guilty and sentenced to life sentences. Those who defended this individual reported he was influenced by the killings at the...
Letter to the editor: Time for Biden to go
For President Biden: If you were accused of being an American citizen with a profound belief in our Constitution and Declaration of Independence, would there be enough evidence to convict you? Three (among many) items are noteworthy: 1. Actions in accord with the sanctity of life. 2. Responsibility for our...
Letter to the editor: Scanlon a conservative after carjacking?
Regarding the article “U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon carjacked in Philadelphia park, uninjured” (Dec. 22, TribLIVE): The best way to turn a liberal into a conservative. Clem Zahrobsky Delmont...
2022 NFL mock draft: Steelers take QB in 1st round … but not Kenny Pickett
Both Jacksonville and Detroit have home games to close out the 2022 season. The Jaguars face an Indianapolis Colts squad who will clinch a playoff spot with a victory. The Lions are matched up with the Green Bay Packers, who have already locked up home-field advantage by virtue of tiebreakers...
Sewickley Academy teacher named Pa. First Lego League Mentor of the Year
During the Western PA First Lego League Robotics Grand Championship held at Sewickley Academy on Dec. 11, 2021, Erin Whitaker, Middle School technology coordinator, was named 2021 Pennsylvania First Lego League Mentor of the Year. Three years ago, First Lego League began a process with the U.S. Mint to create...
Construction company wants to buy former Tarentum roller rink, use it for equipment storage
A Wexford-based construction company is seeking to buy the old Tarena roller-skating rink in Tarentum and convert it into a storage facility. Representatives of Bridges and Company Inc. appeared before the Tarentum Planning Commission on Wednesday to outline its plan and gain the commission’s recommendation that council approve the project....
The Stroller, Jan. 7, 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. Rotary offers annual scholarships to high school seniors The Bob Williams Memorial Rotary Scholarship, sponsored by...
Letter to the editor: Attacks on Shapiro demonstrate right-wing fear
I despise negative campaigning, and it started a year before the critical Pennsylvania gubernatorial election. I already have received by mail multiple hit pieces that attack the presumed Democratic nominee, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro. They emanate from Commonwealth Partners of Harrisburg, an association of radical right-wing entrepreneurs. The group...
