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The Stroller, July 3, 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. HOPE Center offers shelter for families and pets The Alle-Kiski HOPE Center offers a Sheltering Animals and Families Together (SAF-T) Kennel...
Editorial: The legal lessons of the Cosby debacle
Bill Cosby is at home now, free from SCI Phoenix for the first time in more than two years after a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision Wednesday overturned his sexual assault conviction. The move did not come because of new evidence or something that fell apart in the case that sent...
Letter to the editor: Protecting women’s sports
Here in the United States, Title IX, enacted in 1972, defined sports as education. That opened the door for a wide-ranging menu of choices for girls and women from elementary school to college to feel the joy of winning and the emptiness of defeat. Many learned how to compete, and...
Harrison family displaced by fire; kids’ fears of trapped mom unfoundedVideo
As fire engulfed their Fourth Street house Friday, Antoine and Alyssa McDaniel of Harrison thought their mother was trapped in her bedroom. “We were freaking out and screaming,” said Alyssa McDaniel, 20. “But we couldn’t go in her bedroom. It was all in flames.” It turns out their mother, Dana...
Pirates farm report for July 2, 2021: Curve’s Trey McGough strikes out 9 in victory
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 27-24) fell 5-2 to Iowa (Cubs). The Indians managed just four hits. RF Christian Bethancourt (.294) had an RBI single, his 23rd of the season. 2B T.J. Rivera (.265) hit an RBI double. SS Cole Tucker (.208) was 1 for 4. RHP Steven Wright (3-4, 5.80) allowed three...
Cowboys to be featured in ‘Hard Knocks’ on HBO this summerVideo
DALLAS — The Cowboys will be featured on the “Hard Knocks” documentary series this summer for the third time in the program’s 16 seasons. HBO and NFL Films announced Friday five hourlong episodes, beginning Aug. 10 at 10 p.m., will profile the Cowboys during training camp and the preseason. The...
With family ties, American Sebastian Korda heads to Wimbledon’s 4th roundVideo
WIMBLEDON, England — When Sebastian Korda struck his last competitive shot as a 20-year-old — an overhead winner that closed out a third-round victory over Wimbledon’s No. 22 seed Friday — the American raised both arms, then doubled over and rested his hands on his knees. Up in a Centre...
Marks bypasses charters to buy entire Ganassi NASCAR teamVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Immediately after the bombshell announcement that Justin Marks had purchased Chip Ganassi’s NASCAR team, the outgoing owner took the soon-to-be new boss back to the shop to address a room full of anxious employees. “It was important to me to get in front of people and look...
It’s now Hurricane Elsa: South Florida is in forecast track with possible landfall early next week
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Elsa became the season’s first hurricane Friday morning and South Florida along with most of the rest of the state remains in the forecast path for a possible landfall early next week, according to the National Hurricane Center. Elsa is located 20 miles west-southwest of Barbados,...
What will happen to the collapsed Surfside condo if Hurricane Elsa affects Florida?
SURFSIDE, Fla. — Authorities managing the search under the rubble of the partially collapsed building in Surfside are worried that Hurricane Elsa could bring down the portion of Champlain Towers South Condo that remains standing. Ray Jadallah, assistant Miami-Dade fire chief, said at a private briefing Friday morning that while...
Emily Greene: Infrastructure debate leaves Pa. behind
The president and a group of senators have come together on a bipartisan deal on President Joe Biden’s “infrastructure” package. The president has already spelled out conditions under which he would veto the deal, highlighting how tentative the agreement may be. Either way, we all ought to be concerned that...
Michigan boy dies 3 days after getting Pfizer covid-19 vaccine; CDC is investigating
DETROIT — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating the case of a 13-year-old Saginaw County, Mich., boy who died in his sleep three days after getting his second dose of a covid-19 vaccine in mid-June. The county health department confirmed the investigation, telling the Free Press...
Pandemic ‘hangover’ could lead to shortage of backyard fireworks
Business was booming for the consumer fireworks industry ahead of the Fourth of July weekend, but a shortage of product could be looming. Impacts from the covid-19 pandemic are causing consumer fireworks companies across the country to receive about 70% of the inventory they ordered, according to Bruce Zoldan, CEO...
Letter to the editor: U.S.-Russia nuclear weapons freeze critical
I don’t know if nuclear first strike capability is possible. We need to determine whether an arms race with Russia could lead to our annihilation, and if so, we need to have both countries agree to a freeze on new nuclear weapons. There should of course be immediate inspection of...
Letter to the editor: Trib is fair and balanced
Howard L. McHenry’s letter “Are you a political fool?” (June 5, TribLIVE) awakened the need for a letter that I have been meaning to write for some time. McHenry seems to insinuate that the Associated Press (AP) coverage as presented in the Tribune-Review is somehow not to be trusted, and...
The Stroller, July 2, 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. Operation Gratitude to benefit troops, first responders The fourth annual Operation Gratitude Collection drive will take place through July 31. The...
Career and technical schools cope with pandemic, share optimism about future
When the covid-19 pandemic extended into the 2020-21 school year, districts had to find a way to safely accommodate students and still deliver quality education. For career and technical education (CTE) schools, that challenge was multiplied, but as individual schools rose to meet it, they took away plenty of positives...
Letter to the editor: Big business should pay fair share
The writer of the letter “We don’t deserve the wealthy’s money” (April 11, TribLIVE) asked, “Why do we deserve their money?” and stated that “we do not.” Excuse me — do these wealthy leeches not profit from the roads, railroads, schools and other forms of infrastructure which they use to...
Pirates farm report for July 1, 2021: Cal Mitchell homers twice for Altoona
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 27-23) beat Iowa (Cubs), 7-6, in 12 innings. 1B Christian Bethancourt went 3 for 5 and hit a two-run single in the bottom of the 12th for the decisive runs. RF Bligh Madris went 3 for 4 with two walks and an RBI. 3B Kevin Kramer went 2...
Penn State athletes begin cashing in with name, image, likeness deals
Thursday marked the first day that the NCAA allowed student-athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness. Several athletes already announced plans or agreements to make money during their time in college — including some at Penn State. Several football players, including linebackers Brandon Smith and Curtis Jacobs, defensive...
Laurels & lances: Opening early, taking too long
Laurel: To exceeding expectations. Remember last week when we gave a lance to the crash on the Tarentum Bridge? The one that happened right there in the middle of the construction project that was already complicating everyone’s commuting? It was going to delay reopening of the bridge amid the $3.24...
New Pittsburgh soccer team hires noted Italian scout
Pittsburgh United FC, the newly formed United Premier Soccer League club, announced a signing Thursday that it hopes will make a major impact on its roster when it begins play in the fall. It’s not a striker or goalkeeper. It’s a scout. The team announced the addition of Nicola Martini...
Mitch McConnell has warned of ‘likely catastrophe’ over U.S. troop pullout in Afghanistan. Will he be proved right?
WASHINGTON — For more than two months, Mitch McConnell has excoriated President Joe Biden’s decision to leave Afghanistan as a “hasty abandonment” that will “threaten the U.S. homeland” and lead to a “likely catastrophe.” An accelerated exit that will now pull a significant number of U.S. troops out by this...
Cheech & Chong cancel Palace Theatre showVideo
The comedy duo of Cheech & Chong canceled their concert that had been scheduled at the Palace Theatre in Greensburg. Richard “Cheech” Marin and Tommy Chong, the Grammy Award-winning comedy duo, were supposed to play on Oct. 2. Drusky Entertainment, which had been promoting the show, made the announcement Thursday....
O’Connor no longer head of Sewickley Academy
According to the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, Head of School Kolia O’Connor is no longer serving the school, effective June 25. Dr. Ashley (Brown ‘00) Birtwell is currently serving as the Interim Head of School. In a statement released to the school community, chair of the board of trustees...
