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Editorial: A clear rejection of solitary confinement in Allegheny County Jail
Tuesday’s election was heavy on ballot questions. The ones that tended to gain the most attention were the two at the top — statewide proposals to fence in the emergency powers of the governor; those amendments passed by a close 53% to 47%. Another amendment that would protect people from...
Letter to the editor: Dollar stores and the Green New Deal
Our plethora of dollar stores have improved everyone’s life so much I can’t withhold gratitude. I have purchased skin care products that reduced acne. Serious medical problems too personal to go into have been treated successfully with dollar store frankincense and myrrh. Poison ivy. ’Roids. Bicycle injuries. All treated with...
Pirates farm report for May 21, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 10-5) beat St. Paul (Twins) 6-4 in 10 innings. SS Kevin Kramer hit a two-out, two-run home run in the top of the 10th and RHP Jandel Gustave held St. Paul scoreless in the bottom of the inning. It was Kramer’s second home run of the season. He...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 22, 2021: Storied programs meet in 6A baseball
Central Catholic faces Hempfield, Mt. Lebanon meets Butler, and Norwin battles Seneca Valley in three of the four Class 6A quarterfinals baseball games slated for Saturday afternoon. They’re six schools with great baseball traditions that have only missed the playoffs a handful of times in the last decade and a...
High school scores, summaries and schedule for May 21, 2021
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Friday’s results Upper St. Clair 4, Canon-McMillan 3 Quarterfinals Saturday’s schedule North Allegheny (17-3) vs. Upper St. Clair (9-9) at Shaler, 2:30 p.m.; Mt. Lebanon (11-7) vs. Butler (13-6) at Shaler, noon; Norwin (13-3) vs. Seneca Valley (11-8) at West Mifflin,...
High school roundup for May 21, 2021: Serra Catholic tops Laurel in pitchers’ duel
Nico Eremic led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a triple and scored on a Michael Schanck groundout to lead No. 4 Serra Catholic to a 1-0 victory over No. 5 Laurel in a WPIAL Class 2A baseball quarterfinal pitchers’ duel Friday afternoon. Zack Karp threw a five-hit...
Penn-Trafford baseball team rallies from 5-0 deficit, but West Allegheny wins on walk-off walk
After trailing by five runs in the first inning, Penn-Trafford worked its way into a lead and needed three more outs to record a Class 5A quarterfinal win. But West Allegheny rallied for a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh to pull out a 7-6 victory on...
Correctional officers charged with sleeping night of Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide dodge jail time in proposed deal
NEW YORK — Two federal correctional officers accused of sleeping on the job and browsing the internet the night Jeffrey Epstein hanged himself will dodge jail time under a proposed deal with prosecutors. Tova Noel and Michael Thomas will complete 100 hours of community service and be under pretrial supervision...
Freeport hires new coaches for boys basketball, boys soccer
Two new coaches will be on the sidelines at Freeport next school year. The Freeport Area School Board on Thursday night hired Tahlon Kirkland to lead the boys soccer program and Sean Devinney to coach the boys basketball team. Both will be among the WPIAL’s younger coaches as Kirkland is...
Allegheny County Jail guard charged in federal court with having sawed-off shotgun
The Allegheny County correctional officer accused in state court of taking illicit drugs into the jail for sale was charged Friday in federal court with possessing a sawed-off shotgun. Lewis Bagnato, 32, of Kennedy was charged by the U.S. Attorney’s office with possession of a weapon made from a shotgun...
Ohio man gets $2.75 million after botched foot surgery leads to leg amputation
The federal government will pay an Ohio man $2.75 million for a botched surgery at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System that led to the amputation of his leg. Darwin Gurto, 58, of Pierpont, Ohio, initially was seen at the VA’s Podiatry Clinic in February 2015 for pain in his left...
Injunction seeks to halt repair of railing that gave way where man died at Duquesne Incline
The parents of a man who fell to his death on West Carson Street early Sunday morning are seeking an emergency injunction to halt the replacement of the railing they said he fell through. Brandon James Boburka, 22, of Coraopolis, died after falling in the 1200 block of West Carson...
Franklin Regional boys tennis falls in PIAA quarterfinals
The Franklin Regional boys tennis team’s remarkable season came to an end in the PIAA Class 3A quarterfinals with a 4-0 loss to District 1 champion Lower Merion on Friday at Hershey Racquet Club. Lower Merion won at No. 2 and 3 singles and No. 1 and 2 doubles. The...
2 incumbents defeated, 2 victorious in Pittsburgh Public Schools Board Democratic primary
Two incumbent Pittsburgh school board candidates were defeated in the Democratic primary on Tuesday, and two earned their spots on the ballot this November. Five out of the nine seats on the Pittsburgh Public Schools Board are up for grabs this year, creating the potential for significant change on the...
David Zurawik: ‘This Is Us’ is network TV’s greatest family drama, and I am already suffering separation anxiety about it
I have been feeling separation anxiety for weeks, and it is only getting worse. Season five of NBC’s “This Is Us’ ends Tuesday. And the network has also officially announced that the greatest family drama in the history of network TV will conclude after season six next year. That was...
Pa. teachers union demands leadership changes at embattled PSERS pension fund
A union that represents 61,000 schoolteachers statewide called on most of the board of the Pennsylvania Public Employees’ Retirement System to resign amid an ongoing FBI investigation. “Through alleged errors and omissions, and under a shroud of secrecy, this PSERS Board appears to have jeopardized the present and future financial...
Billie Eilish bringing world tour to Pittsburgh in 2022Video
Billie Eilish is bringing her Happier Than Ever, The World Tour to Pittsburgh next year. Eilish, the multiple Grammy Award winner, will play PPG Paints Arena on Feb. 8, 2022. It will be her first time performing in Pittsburgh. In 2020, Eilish won the Grammy for record of the year...
‘Hocus Pocus’ sequel to put a spell on Disney+ next year
They’ll put another spell on you, come 2022. The long-awaited “Hocus Pocus 2” will hit Disney+ in 2022, with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy reprising their roles as the Sanderson sisters, according to a press release Thursday. The sequel to the 1993 Halloween cult classic will center...
Clymer man killed in 3-vehicle crash in Cherryhill Township
A 59-year-old Clymer man was killed in a three-vehicle crash Thursday in Indiana County, according to state police. Police said the man was headed east on Route 286 in Cherryhill Township northeast of Blairsville and was over the fog line when he came up on a disabled box truck on...
Bethel Park Memorial Day Program scheduled
Bethel Park’s Memorial Day Program will honor the fallen on May 31. The event is open to the public and will consist of a ceremony at the Veterans Memorial, parade and cemetery service. The ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Plaza in front of the Bethel Park Municipal Building will begin...
Letter to the editor: Russia and China going green
I’m happy Russia is joining countries signing on to the “green” initiative to reduce carbon emissions. This is good news because in January 2020 they committed the equivalent of $300 billion in incentives for oil and gas developments in the Arctic Ocean. I’m sure Russia’s goal is to protect these...
Letter to the editor: Freedom, passports and guns
Regarding the letter “Expanding, not restricting, our freedoms” (May 4, TribLIVE): I’ll put these “facts” to bed, in order. Vaccine passports? Guess what — I already have the freedom to go into a restaurant or stadium without a passport. If one is required, that is not freedom, that’s privilege. The...
The Stroller, May 21, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, 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. Free food distribution set Saturday in Lower Burrell Burrell Community Church, Lower Burrell, will host a free drive-thru food distribution from 10...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s hall of criminals
My list for President Trump’s hall of corruption includes Bill Barr, Mike Pompeo, Rudy Giuliani and many others. The following is a list of members of Trump’s hall of criminals. All of these individuals were pardoned, except Rick Gates and Michael Cohen, by Trump. They all lied to the FBI,...
Letter to the editor: Some truths about Trump
What is the “new government” so afraid of? If the President Trump supporters (rioters) had really meant harm, they couldn’t have been stopped. There may have been some “plants” who intended harm, but most were demonstrating against what they felt was an unjust election of a president unfit for the...
