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The Tribune-Review’s “Best of the Best” awards listed Fort Ligonier Days as Westmoreland County’s best “Festival/Fair” category winner, followed by the Delmont Apple ’n Arts Festival and the Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival as finalists. None of these events, however, took place in 2020. The Export Ethnic Food & Music...

From the time of the Three-fifths Compromise in 1787 to determine federal representation, we have been a nation that increased the political power of a white minority while devaluing the power of minorities of color. The current Republican leadership is now doubling down on their intent to achieve minority rule...

A woman was in critical condition after being shot multiple times in McKeesport, according to Allegheny County Police. The shooting in the 200 block of Fifth Avenue was reported to 911 shortly after 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, county police said. The woman was shot inside a gas station convenience store, police...

Publicize your non-profit’s fundraiser or community event in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Remembering a friend It would be remiss of me not to make mention of the death of Karen Motosicky on Saturday. Karen was my...

If you drive around Westmoreland County, you might think that Mike Reese was running for the state House of Representatives again. The green-and-white signs promoting support for him have popped up again like mushrooms. This time they aren’t about swaying a vote in the November election, which he won for...

A week ago, Antoinette Yates got word that her husband, who is awaiting sentencing at the Allegheny County Jail, fell off the second tier on pod 2C. Witnesses who were conducting video visits with their loved ones on the pod saw Robert Yates fall on Dec. 28. Since then, Antoinette...

Pizza-making is a tradition for Quaker Valley School District second grade students, but this year it required some creativity and help from Sewickley’s Bridgeside Market. For the 10th year, second grade teacher Kristina DiRenzo uses the pizza-making lesson to teach about procedural writing and many math concepts that come with...

PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. — A Wisconsin pharmacist told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine because he felt the medicine wasn’t safe, a prosecutor said Monday. Police in Grafton, about 20 miles north of Milwaukee, arrested the Advocate Aurora Health pharmacist last week following an investigation...

Residents can recycle their Christmas trees at Hartwood Acres through Jan. 14. Dropoff is is the mansion parking lot. The Allegheny County Parks Department started its program Dec. 26 and offers collection from 8 a.m. until dusk. All lights, decorations, tinsel and stands must be removed. Trees will be mulched...

Target has recalled two types of clothing for infants and toddlers that could become a safety issue for the children wearing them. According to information from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the two recalls involve Cloud Island infant rompers and Cat & Jack Infant-Toddler One-Piece Rashguard Swimsuits. Both items...

A 1.2 mile stretch of Valencia Road in Richland will be closed to all traffic for two weeks starting on Tuesday. The road will be closed around-the-clock in both directions between Chessrown and Dambach avenues for the repair work, according to the transportation agency. The project involves slide repairs between...

A Delmont man is free on bond after police accused him of sexually assaulting two teenage girls and asking them to not report the incidents because of their ages, according to court papers. William Jonathan Seibert, 20, is charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors...

Delmont Steven Smith sold property at 5 W White Oak Drive to Michael Daverio for $180,000. Export Kim Eberman sold property at 2797 Italy Road to Robert McGrath for $79,700. Christopher Schmader sold property at 5829 Madison Ave. to Farbarik Enterprises LLC for $27,000. Ken Blunkosky sold property at 5928...

Etna David Hanahan sold property at 20 Vilsack St. to Erik Peasland and Courtney Leigh Drahovsky for $235,000. Millvale Jane Ann Hammond sold property at 404-406 North Ave. to Elileo LLC for $300,000. Shaler Robert Silvis Jr. sold property at 3761 Bradley Drive to Margaret Wiskeman for $91,884. Alain Cavlovic...

Hampton Estate of William Harnett sold property at an unknown address to Farrell and Stephanie Frank for $165,000. Michael Watson sold property at 3088 Camberly Drive to Daryl and Andrea Nowacki for $310,000. National Transfer Services LLC sold property at 2615 Carriage House Drive to Joseph Totten III and Jennifer...

Etna David Hanahan sold property at 20 Vilsack St. to Erik Peasland and Courtney Leigh Drahovsky for $235,000. Fox Chapel Estate of George Tippins sold property at Hickory Hill Road to William Tippins for $235,000. Harmar Blue Roof Holdings LLC sold property at 11 Rich Hill Road to Bart Hill...

The article “38 states, including Pennsylvania, file anti-trust lawsuit against Google” (Dec. 17, TribLIVE) outlines how elected officials are filing another antitrust lawsuit against Google. It is the job of the government to promote a competitive marketplace, but this lawsuit could have unintended consequences for small businesses. One of the...

Oakmont officials recently reappointed residents to various boards and committees. • Heather Pletcher was reappointed to the Oakmont Carnegie Library board for a five-year term ending Dec. 31, 2025. A recommendation for the remaining board vacancy is expected sometime in January. • Karen Amodeo was reappointed to the Kerr Museum...

Thank you, Ken Mowl, for your letter regarding the Westmoreland County Election Bureau (“Provisional vote not counted,” Dec. 21, TribLIVE). I and two of my neighbors requested mail-in ballots, and none of us ever received them, though the Election Bureau did find time to enter our requests in its computer...

An 85-year-old Armstrong County woman was scammed out of $10,000 by someone claiming to represent Publishers Clearing House, according to state police. State police said the theft took place between Dec. 1 and Dec. 23. According to state police, a man identifying himself as “John Green” contacted the East Franklin...

Police will be training Monday at the old Thomas Jefferson High School in Jefferson Hills. Jefferson Hills Police said there will be activity inside and outside the former high school at 310 Old Clairton Road. Loud noises may be heard coming from in and around the building while the training...

January is here. It’s time for that special ritual of the new year. Not the swearing in of new elected officials. Not signing up for a gym or diet plan to pursue a resolution that could wither by February. No, in the Keystone State, there is something that happens every...

Delmont Council Vice President Bill Marx’s feigned outrage is pure political grandstanding (“Everyone should follow the rules”). Elected officials define a “good citizen” as someone wearing a mask and a “dangerous citizen” as someone not wearing a mask. Marx’s obtuse argument endangers the health and welfare of himself and the...