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The Stroller, July 15, 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. Harrison church invites community to free picnic Christ Our Hope Anglican Church, Harrison, will host a free community picnic from 5...
RMU men’s hockey coach Derek Schooley hoping funds can be found to resurrect programs
For Robert Morris men’s hockey coach Derek Schooley, it sounds like he’s employing some good ol’ fashion hockey cliches. Right out of Hockey Media Relations 101. One play at a time. One shift at a time. One period at a time. One game at a time. For Schooley, though, there’s...
Federal arrest warrant issued for Fox Chapel cardiologist who skipped sentencing
A federal judge on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for a former Fox Chapel cardiologist convicted two years ago of health care fraud in a “fountain of youth” treatment scheme. Dr. Samirkumar J. Shah was scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday by U.S. District Judge David S. Cercone. But just...
Judge to rule Tuesday on Shaler teacher’s pre-trial detention in Capitol case
A federal judge will rule on Tuesday whether a substitute teacher at the Shaler Area Middle School ought to be released on bond pending trial for his involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol attacks. On Wednesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey, in Washington, D.C., heard argument from the federal...
Woman gets 4 to 8 years in prison for fatal DUI crash in East Hills
A Hazelwood woman will spend at least four years in prison for killing her close friend in a 2018 drunk-driving crash. Kai Roberts, 36, pleaded guilty in February to homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence and DUI before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jill E. Rangos. According to...
Food Podcast: Pittsburgh food bank’s mission for equity, diversity and inclusion
On this episode of the Food Podcast presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union, we take a look back at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s Food Justice is Social Justice Initiative. It has been one year since the food bank launched the initiative. The goal is to create awareness about...
No Red Tide relief in sight as dead fish overwhelm St. Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Sunshine City and its sparkling waterfront parks have become the center of Tampa Bay’s Red Tide crisis. Rafts of dead fish are washing ashore more quickly than crews can gather the carcasses. Workers have picked up 477 tons of dead marine life from the coastline...
South West communities receive fire, EMS grants
Local fire and EMS companies have received grants from the annual Fire Company and Emergency Medical Service Grant Program. The program is open to volunteer and career fire companies, emergency medical services and rescue squads, according to the Office of the State Fire Commissioner, which oversees the grant applications. The...
New Kensington police ask for help finding 16-year-old runaway
New Kensington police are asking for the community’s help in finding a teenage runaway. Patience Daniella Lynn Johnson, 16, was last seen at her home in the city on July 6, police said. Police Det. Dino DiGiacobbe said police believe Johnson may still be in the New Kensington area, or...
Westmoreland news includes concerts, meetings and reunions
Class • Laurelville Retreat Center, 941 Laurelville Lane, Mt. Pleasant Township, will host Ann Talarek at a Lunch and Learn event at noon July 24 in Laurelville’s small dining hall. Talarek is horticulturist at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater in Mill Run. After lunch guests will go outside with Talarek to...
July 4 fireworks caused 2nd-highest air pollution levels from the holiday in Southern California in a decade
LOS ANGELES — This year’s Fourth of July fireworks created the second-highest air pollution levels from the holiday in the last decade and were the highest since the Bobcat wildfire in September, the South Coast Air Quality Management District said Tuesday. The agency said that although last week’s fireworks-related air...
Former Hempfield lab owner ordered to jail, house arrest in kickback scheme
The owner of a defunct Hempfield drug testing lab who admitted to paying kickbacks to a Kentucky doctor for referrals will serve 60 days in jail. William Hughes, 74, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge David S. Cercone on Tuesday to serve an additional year of home detention and...
Lawsuit says Georgia Medicaid should cover gender-affirming surgeries
ATLANTA — Two Georgians have filed a lawsuit saying their constitutional rights were violated when the state Medicaid program declined to cover the gender-affirming surgeries they say they need to live a full life. At issue is whether the reconstructive or plastic surgeries sought by Shon Thomas and Gwendolyn Cheney...
Robert Morris reverses course, eyes path to resurrect men’s and women’s hockey programs
Robert Morris hockey might have a path back to existence. Three months after university officials said they were eliminating the men’s and women’s hockey programs, the school announced Wednesday it had reversed course and is hoping to resurrect the programs. University officials said they would work with the recently formed...
Letter to the editor: End daily covid case count
As America and the world strive to have life resume to “normal,” it is long overdue that the covid case numbers be removed from the Tribune-Review and the TribLIVE website. Seeing those numbers are reminiscent of the daily body counts during the Vietnam War — and if you recall, those...
Outdoor cinema, summer reading and more at Sewickley Public Library
Sewickley Public Library, 500 Thorn St., has returned to normal (pre-pandemic) business hours. It is offering limited meeting and study room spaces, and some programs are taking place in person. For more information, call 412-741-6920 or visit sewickleylibrary.org. Upcoming programs • SPL Outdoor Cinema — Bring your lawn chair or...
Toddler Tuesday, Bow Wow Book Club and more at Bethel Park Public Library
Bethel Park Library, located at 5100 W. Liberty Ave., is open Monday-Thursday from 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and is closed on Sundays in the summer. For more information, call 412-835-2207 or visit bethelparklibrary.org. • Lunch Bunch will discuss a few chapters of “Charlotte’s Web”...
Library Park nearly finished at Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall
As I wrote in this column on May 21, the Library & Music Hall is embarking on the last leg of transforming its facility from rundown to remarkable – we are completing the Carnegie Carnegie. What began with men in hazmat suits remediating asbestos in late 2004 soon morphed into...
Letter to the editor: Not watching the Olympics
Hey NBC (“Nothing But Commercials”) and United States Olympic Committee: You have a big problem. And the following point isn’t even covid-19 related. You’re paying millions of dollars to broadcast the Olympics from Japan. You would like the American people to watch the events and the commercials that paid you...
Editorial: Giving constables an updated role in local law enforcement
Do you know what a constable is and exactly where the position falls in the tangle of law enforcement and court duties in Pennsylvania? No? You aren’t alone. The position is something of a relic — a leftover from a time before police departments, when sheriffs could be far removed...
Letter to the editor: Americans’ ‘tyranny and oppression’
The July 5 print edition’s front-page centerpiece featured an article with the headline “American resolve.” The subhead referred to the “determination of colonists,” and the article itself quoted the Hanna’s Town Resolves document, which cited the British “system of tyranny and oppression” and declared that all Americans needed to “resist...
Penguins receive grant for diversity program at Hunt Armory
On Wednesday, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced they were awarded a grant from the NHL and NHLPA to create access to hockey for youth players of color in the city. Last month, the team announced the launch of the Willie O’Ree Academy which provides “targeted training, social and mentorship opportunities for...
Pirates farm report for July 13, 2021: Mitch Keller strikes out 8 in Indianapolis victory
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 30-29) earned a 3-2 win over Omaha (Royals). RHP Mitch Keller (1-0, 1.80) earned the victory after after allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits with three walks and eight strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. SS Dee Strange-Gordon (.254) was 2 for 4 in his fourth game...
Governor hopeful told Trump he was waved off Pa. election investigations. Bill Barr says that’s not true
PHILADELPHIA — Former Attorney General Bill Barr on Tuesday sharply denied that he ordered the top federal prosecutor in Philadelphia at the time not to investigate allegations of 2020 election fraud, and said Bill McSwain is only leveling that accusation to curry favor with former President Donald Trump in his...
Column: Even without Woods, majors not any easier to winVideo
The Masters green jacket had been in his possession for just over three weeks, and Dustin Johnson already was looking ahead at more major titles. U.S. Open champion. Masters champion. Two-time major champion. Which title sounded the best to him? “Masters champion. It’s got a nice ring to it,” Johnson...
