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Pirates farm report for May 20, 2021: Plum’s Kirilloff homers against Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 9-5) fell 3-2 to St. Paul (Twins) in the resumption of a suspended game from Wednesday and won 7-3 in the scheduled game on Thursday. Plum native Alex Kirilloff, down from Minnesota on a rehab assignment as he recovers from a wrist injury, homered in both games for...
High school roundup for May 20, 2021: North Hills softball knocks off No. 1 Penn-Trafford
Sophia Roncone threw a four-hitter with 13 strikeouts to lead No. 8 North Hills to an upset 6-1 victory over top-seeded Penn-Trafford in a WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinal softball game Thursday, ending the reign of the Warriors, the 2019 PIAA champs. Kassidy Wittig hit a two-run double during a four-run...
Maryland to offer covid-19 vaccine lottery incentive with $2 million in cash prizes
Forty daily drawings for $40,000 each and a $400,000 Fourth of July jackpot. Get at least one jab, and you’ve got a shot. Maryland’s latest effort to encourage people to get vaccinated will shower cash — a total of $2 million — on top of protection against covid-19 for those...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 20, 2021
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Friday’s schedule Upper St. Clair (8-9) vs. Canon-McMillan (8-10) at West Mifflin, 4 p.m. Quarterfinals Saturday’s schedule North Allegheny (17-3) vs. Upper St. Clair/Canon-McMillan winner at Shaler, 2:30 p.m.; Mt. Lebanon (11-7) vs. Butler (13-6) at Shaler, noon; Norwin (13-3) vs....
Southmoreland softball sluggers knock off 2nd-seeded North Catholic
The Southmoreland softball team didn’t waste any time setting the tone for Thursday’s WPIAL Class 3A second-round playoff game. The No. 7 Scotties took a three-run lead in the first inning and held second-seeded North Catholic at bay late in the game to advance with an 11-5 victory at Gateway...
Westmoreland judge approves settlement of Richard Mellon Scaife trust
A $200 million settlement in a long-fought battle over a 1935 trust left to late philanthropist and newspaper publisher Richard Mellon Scaife was approved in Westmoreland County court Thursday. The approval during a brief hearing before Judge Harry Smail closes the book on a legal entanglement dating back to 2014...
Laurels & lances: Doses, closures, alternatives
Laurel: To house calls. To reach the 70% vaccination threshhold that experts say is necessary to fight off the coronavirus pandemic, it is important to get to as many adults as possible. Protecting people with medical conditions that put them at particular risk is even more important. But home care...
Gov. Tom Wolf extends covid-19 disaster declaration, days after votes to curb his powers
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has signed a renewal of the state’s disaster order related to the coronavirus pandemic. The governor announced the renewal Thursday afternoon, just two days after voters approved two measures to curb his powers in disasters. The previous covid-19 disaster order expired Thursday. “Covid-19 vaccinations have increased...
Sewickley’s Nonprofit Corner for the week of May 25, 2021
Editor’s note: The Nonprofit Corner is a new weekly listing of the Sewickley area’s nonprofit events and fundraisers. To have your information listed, email Sewickley Herald editor Katie Green at kgreen@triblive.com. Tull Family Theater 418 Walnut St., Sewickley. 412-259-8542. thetullfamily theater.org. Science on Screen finale June 1 is the 2021 finale...
Photos: Sewickley Music Club 100th Anniversary Luncheon
The Sewickley Music Club celebrated its 100th Anniversary on May 11 with a luncheon at Sewickley Heights Golf Club. Musicians Steven Vance and John Garrick opened with a song recorded by Music Club founder Olive Nevin in 1920, “My Days Have Been So Wonderous Free.” “It is such an honor...
Lou Barletta: Why I’m running for Pa. governor
Thirty-seven years ago, my wife Mary Grace and I started our pavement marking business with $29.95 and a dream to build something for our family, and five years later it was the largest of its kind in Pennsylvania. Along the way we had setbacks, as any business owners will face,...
Editorial: Enhancing high school graduations with a virtual touch
The Class of 2020 didn’t graduate the way the classes that came before them did. For most graduates, the restrictions of the coronavirus pandemic stole the pomp and circumstance from their commencements. There were no auditoriums packed with parents and grandparents snapping pictures and cheering when names were called and...
Pa. closes in on 10 million covid-19 vaccinations
Pennsylvania has given 9.9 million covid-19 vaccinations as of early Thursday, with about half of state residents 18 or older fully vaccinated, the state said in its daily update. Just over 55% of all Pennsylvania residents have received at least one dose, the health department said. The state is averaging...
Covid-19 vaccines don’t cause sudden hearing loss, study finds
When you administer tens of millions of doses of covid-19 vaccine, you’re bound to get reports of all kinds of side effects. That includes accounts of sudden hearing loss. Doctors at Johns Hopkins University treated some of the people whose hearing suffered in the wake of a covid-19 shot, and...
District Judge Tom Swan wins Democratic, Republican nominations
District Judge Tom Swan defeated challenger Shea Kraft in Tuesday’s Republican and Democratic primaries in the magisterial district that includes East Deer, West Deer, Hampton and Richland. Unofficial tallies showed that Swan collected 90% of the votes counted in the Republican primary, compared with Kraft’s 9.8%. In the Democratic primary,...
More than 50% of Pennsylvania adults fully vaccinated for covid
Pennsylvania passed a milestone with more than 50% of adults considered fully vaccinated against covid-19. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are 5,088,210 million adults — those 18 and older — who are considered fully vaccinated. That’s 50.1% of the adult population. Pennsylvania’s mask mandate can...
Hacker who sold UPMC employee data on the dark web pleads guilty
A Michigan man pleaded guilty Thursday morning to hacking a UPMC employee database in 2014 and stealing the personal information of more than 65,000 people and then selling it on the dark web. Justin Sean Johnson, 30, will be sentenced by U.S. District Chief Judge Mark Hornak in about four...
Penn-Trafford jazz band to perform parking lot concert
The Penn-Trafford High School Jazz Band will hold a “Parking Lot Rock and Roll Jam” at 7 p.m. May 20 in the front parking lot of the high school. Those who attend are asked to bring lawn chairs and enjoy the music by the students. Selections will include the music...
Letter to the editor: About the Keystone XL pipeline …
Regarding Ben Day’s letter “What about the Keystone XL pipeline?” (May 19, TribLIVE): Mr. Day, that pipeline was never intended to supply finished petroleum products. In fact, it was an interface to move a third-rate oil sand crude to port from Canada. Nothing more. Lenny Mucci Derry Township...
Carnegie Primitive Methodist Church Rev. Pastorius retiring
Carnegie Primitive Methodist Church will see a transition in leadership – but the congregation will be familiar with the name – when Rev. Daniel Pastorius retires and his son, Rev. Todd Pastorius, is welcomed as the new pastor. Rev. Daniel Pastorius will give his farewell sermon at 11 a.m. May...
Letter to the editor: Problems with ‘alternative’ sources
Producing carbon fiber is a very polluting process, almost as bad as lithium for batteries or ethanol for gas, not quite as bad as solar cells. (Look it up, but don’t Google it: Check DuckDuckGo for a partial list of Google’s data partners.) All four of these “alternative” sources depend...
3 incumbents, 1 newcomer will be on November ballot for Quaker Valley School Board race
In the Quaker Valley School Board races, all candidates were cross-filed with the exception of Region 1’s Brett Williams and Lynn Truskie, who were only on the Republican ticket. In Region 1, incumbents Daniela Helkowski and Jonathan Kuzma faced newcomers Holly Teegarden, Williams and Truskie. According to the Allegheny County...
Letter to the editor: Republican liars and deniers
The former president has turned the GOP into a party of liars and deniers who are trying to rewrite history. I watched the siege of the Capitol on Jan. 6. No way did it appear to be a “normal tourist visit” of the Capitol. Normal tourists don’t usually arrive armed...
Letter to the editor: Ranking quarterbacks
Mark Madden’s column “Aaron Rodgers is a Hall of Famer and a giant diva” (May 8, TribLIVE) was a mostly successful attempt to demonstrate how Rodgers’ media profile is generally shaped to his benefit. Unfortunately, he then took the usual Pittsburgh route of blaming Rashard Mendenhall for depriving Ben Roethlisberger...
The Stroller, May 20, 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. NK Arts Center to host street fair The New Kensington Arts Center will host a Spring Fling street fair from 11 a.m....
