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Laurels & lances: Election, sportsmanship and honor
Laurel: To having your say. The people turned out and made their wishes known. Because of that, there will be a lot of change in the area come January. Pittsburgh will have its first Black mayor in Democrat Ed Gainey, something not exactly surprising as the city hasn’t seated a...
Elizabeth man gets probation for sabotaging rail equipment, causing ‘complete signal failure’
What William Curry Brown did could have been catastrophic. In 2017, the lifelong railroad buff sabotaged rail signals and vandalized other equipment belonging to CSX in Braddock, causing a “complete signal failure” at tracks that carried both passenger and freight trains. Investigators said the damage was caught before any trains...
Sun shines on recess at O’Hara Elementary
A sunny, fall day on Nov. 3, 2021, makes recess all the more fun at O’Hara Elementary School in O’Hara Township....
Christian Pulisic to return to USMNT roster for World Cup qualifier vs. Mexico
LOS ANGELES — Christian Pulisic is returning to the U.S. national team for next week’s World Cup qualifier with Mexico after missing last month’s three qualifiers with an ankle injury. Pulisic proved his fitness Tuesday in the Champions League match, going 16 minutes in Chelsea’s 1-0 win over Malmö. “It’s...
With trade deadline in rear view, Chick’s Picks makes 1st-round football playoff predictions
Welcome to Week 10. The days leading up to the trade deadline are always a frantic time for high school football prognosticators throughout the country. Though Chick’s Picks has felt secure in her spot as top prognosticator at the TribLive High School Sports Network, one never knows what kind of...
Katharine Gorka: Solving the civics crisis begins at home
As the election results in Virginia and elsewhere demonstrate, many parents are upset with how American history and civics are being taught in schools. And it’s hard to blame them. Some feel we are tearing down our nation’s past. Others believe we are not doing enough to tell the history...
Diverse group of new Allegheny Co. judges to be ‘gravitational force,’ legal expert says
Candidates elected Tuesday to the Allegheny County Common Pleas bench will not only change the makeup of the court, but also could change the community’s perception of it and influence already sitting judges, observers of the race say. The group of 10 elected judges includes six women and four people...
2 newcomers elected as Pine supervisors
As incumbents Michael Dennehy and Ed Holdcroft decided not to seek reelection for their seats on the Pine Township board of supervisors, voters chose from four newcomers to fill the pair of openings. Republicans Casey White and Audrey Mackie came out on top, with 2,214 and 2,065 votes, respectively. Democrats...
Crafton man charged in George Floyd protests in Pittsburgh gets time served on federal count
A Crafton man already serving time in state prison for his actions during the May 30, 2020, George Floyd protests in Downtown Pittsburgh was ordered Thursday to time served in his federal case. Raekwon Blankenship, 25, appeared before U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab via video conference. In addition to...
Jackie Calmes: The losses in Va. should be a warning to Democrats everywhere
Historic trends are very hard to buck. Like the fact that off-year and midterm elections usually go badly for the party that holds the White House. In Virginia, for example, the candidate of the president’s party almost never wins the race for governor in the year after the presidential election....
4 elected to Verona council
Verona Council candidates Vince Flotta, Patricia Lynn Hredzak-Showalter, Rhoda Worf and Ray Suchevich were leading in a five-person race for four, four-year seats, according to unofficial returns from the Allegheny County Office of Elections. A little more than 66 percent of precincts were reported online as of Nov. 3. Flotta,...
Quaker Valley School Board race mainly retains incumbents
The Quaker Valley School Board race saw a community divided on the issues of a new high school, curriculum and masks. There were six candidates on the ballot for the race, and one, Stratton Nash, who was cross-filed, ran unopposed in the district’s Region 2. According to the Allegheny County...
4 elected to Riverview School Board
Riverview school board candidates Stefani Nycole Garibay, Wendy Wilton, Brian Hawk and Jeanine Hurt-Robinson were leading in a race for four four-year seats, according to returns from the Allegheny County Office of Elections. Garibay had 1,577 votes. Wilton had 1,553 votes. Hawk had 1,536 and Hurt-Robinson had 1,527. Democrat Laura...
Letter to the editor: Always bad news from Pittsburgh airport
Regarding the article “Pittsburgh airport’s $1.4B construction project cleared for takeoff; completion delayed to 2025” (Oct. 14, TribLIVE): Send in the clowns! Nothing generates more bad news stories than the Pittsburgh airport. I thought the correct evolutionary model was to reward good behavior and punish bad. Looks like the “visionaries”...
Events at Sewickley area churches, synagogues for the week of Nov. 4, 2021
Antioch Baptist Church Antioch Baptist Church would like to invite you to witness the Installation Service of its new Pastor, Reverend Verton L. Dean Sr. of Moon Township, on Nov. 21. The festivities will begin at 10:45 a.m. at Antioch with a worship and praise service. The guest speaker for...
Letter to the editor: Great time to pull the plug
Anyone that dumped their dish or any other alternative paid television subscription because of high cost and selective programming may have installed their own antennae in order to watch local TV. Pittsburgh news programming coverage is time-competitive, with each station supplying repetitive news in order to fill the time allotted....
Letter to the editor: We must help creatives get out of their slump
Did you ever lament the loss of something trendy? You were digging something, life was grand, then … poof? If you care what’s surfacing in my portents, it is the downfall of the gig economy that’s making old little me … terribly blue. A fleet-footed happy job market, adored by...
Letter to the editor: Quaker Valley school tax millage and future operating costs
Millage increases a concern As I write my October 2021 check payable to Quaker Valley School District, I look at the millage rate of 0.0194711 ($19.47 on every thousand dollars of assessed property value) and wonder about inevitable increases. The millage will rise by yearly increments for an updated high...
Letter to the editor: Results of lowering expectations
When you lower your expectations, here are just a few of the results. A president who cannot complete a sentence that makes any sense or has any real meaning. A president who thinks spending 3, 4 or 5 trillion dollars doesn’t cost a single red penny. A very neat trick....
Editorial: Wolf vaccine days off not his to give
Every elected official has good causes they would like to pursue and good ideas to get off the ground that are restrained by two things. First, you need the money to accomplish the task. Second, doing so has to be part of your job. Gov. Tom Wolf has problems with...
The Stroller, Nov. 4, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, community events 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. Springdale chiropractic clinic hosts food drive Frazetta Family Chiropractic’s 28th annual Thanksgiving food drive for Lower Valley Food Bank will be...
Penn Township father, son hike rogue trails to supervolcano doorstep
Robert Szypulski, a computer programmer with Windstream Communications, lives in Penn Township. His son, Scott Szypulski, is a financial research administrator for the University of Pittsburgh who lives in Oakland. This is the story of their recent adventure to Mt. Rainier and Grand Teton national parks. With national park visitation...
Letter to the editor: Why public questions vaccines
In the article “ ‘You can’t fix it with facts’: Doctors share patients’ excuses for covid vaccine refusal” (Oct. 17, TribLIVE), you ask, “How can a patient be in disbelief over the coronavirus, pandemic and vaccine …?” One answer is later in the article, which states the following: “Some have...
Northern Tier Library’s Bookmobile headed to Pine Community Center
The Northern Tier Library is coming to the Pine Community Center. Bookmobile service began Nov. 1 and continues each Monday from 2-3 p.m. Family fall fun run & walk Get your sneakers ready and join us Nov. 20 at 9:30 a.m. for a 1-mile walking and running course around the...
High school roundup for Nov. 3, 2021: Freedom girls, Ambridge boys make states
Renae Mohrbacher scored four goals to lead No. 5 Freedom to a 6-0 victory over No. 2 Springdale in the WPIAL Class A girls soccer consolation game Wednesday night at North Allegheny. Shaye Bailey and Grace White also scored. As the third-place finisher from the WPIAL, the Bulldogs (15-4) will...
