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Letter to the editor: Biden proving to be worst ever
I thought it was impossible to have in my lifetime a president who is even worse than Barack Obama. But in only three months. President Santa Claus has proven that he is that guy! Aside from screwing up the border hideously and, like Obama, running as a unifier and then...
Police: Man in critical condition after shooting in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood
A man is in critical condition after police say he was shot in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood early Monday morning. Officers who responded to 911 calls for a person shot in the 300 block of Mathews Avenue around 2:20 a.m. found a man with gunshot wounds to the buttocks and legs,...
Editorial cartoons for the week of May 10
Editorial cartoons for the week of May 10....
The Stroller, May 10, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
If your organization or community is planning a Memorial Day event, please send the information in as soon as possible to: Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084; e-mail cpinto-smith@triblive.com or fax 724-226-4677. Tarentum church collecting used mobility aides Central Presbyterian Church, Tarentum, is collecting canes,...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of May 10
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of May 10...
Holy Family Catholic in Plum to reopen after faculty exposure to covid-19
Holy Family Catholic School is set to reopen Monday after possible covid-19 exposure affecting multiple faculty members prompted officials to close the Plum campus last week. “Due to a few of our Holy Family Catholic school staff members being exposed to covid-19, we are unable to adequately fill instructional positions...
Pirates farm report for May 9, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 2-3) lost 2-0 at Iowa (Cubs). Four Iowa pitchers combined for a no-hitter with 15 strikeouts. RHP Miguel Yajure (0-1, 1.50) allowed four hits and one earned run in six innings with two walks and six strikeouts. SS Cole Tucker (.190), 3B Kevin Kramer (.150) and LF Anthony...
California man used $5 million in coronavirus relief loans to buy luxury cars, federal authorities say
LOS ANGELES — An Irvine man was arrested on fraud charges this week after authorities say he used $5 million in pandemic relief loans to buy luxury sports cars, take lavish vacations and cover his personal expenses. Mustafa Qadiri, 38, submitted bogus applications for federal loans under the Paycheck Protection...
High school sports schedules for May 10, 2021
High schools Baseball Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 5A Section 1 Gateway at McKeesport, 4 p.m. Section 2 Mars at Hampton, 3:45 p.m. Plum at Fox Chapel, 4 p.m. Woodland Hills at Penn Hills, 5 p.m. Section 3 Moon at West Allegheny, 7 p.m. Section 4 Connellsville at Thomas Jefferson, 4:30...
Letter to the editor: Pittsburgh needs plastic bag ban
Pennsylvanians use almost 4.6 billion plastic bags every year, and each bag typically only has a lifespan of 20 to 30 minutes, or the time it takes to drive home from the store. It is high time for Pittsburgh to ban the use of single-use plastic bags or, at the...
China says most of its Long March 5B rocket burned up during its reentry to Earth’s atmosphereVideo
China’s space agency said a core segment of its biggest rocket reentered Earth’s atmosphere above the Maldives in the Indian Ocean and that most of it burned up early Sunday. Harvard astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, who tracked the tumbling rocket part, said on Twitter, “An ocean reentry was always statistically the...
Facebook rules are ‘shambles,’ oversight board co-chairman saysVideo
WASHINGTON — Facebook Inc.’s internal rules for banning content are a “shambles,” and the company needs to fix the process to have credibility in enforcing them, a member of the social media giant’s independent content oversight board said. The comments by Michael McConnell, the panel’s co-chairman, follow its decision last...
Dr. Anthony Fauci says ‘no doubt’ U.S. has undercounted its covid-19 deathsVideo
WASHINGTON — There’s “no doubt” the U.S. has undercounted its number of deaths from covid-19, which now stand at more than 581,000, President Joe Biden’s top medical adviser said. But Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that a...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of May 9, 2021
Churchill Estate of Claraine King sold property at 436 Woodland Hills Drive to Kevin Alfaro for $258,000. Edgewood Robert Spagiare sold property at 109 Dewey St. to Eric and Angela Holtzman for $480,000. Forest Hills Thomas Murphy Jr. sold property at 311 Barclay Ave. to HD Acquisitions LLC for $90,000....
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of May 9, 2021
Pine Nvr INC sold property at 710 Mulkerrin Court to Matthew and Jennifer Saunders for $723,509. Nvr INC sold property at 713 Mulkerrin Court to Jennifer Esterheld for $702,590. Ryan Parker sold property at 630 Pearce Mill Road to Michael and Hannah Lugar for $440,000. Cavalier Land Partn. L.P. sold...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of May 9, 2021
Hampton Cristina Tomeo sold property at 3150 Camberly Drive to Outlander LLC for $127,500. Christopher Waltz sold property at 3162 Camberly Drive to Miranda Pinkerton for $145,000. Stephen Strom sold property at 4382 Maryville Drive to Brian Strom for $300,000. Ryan Edward Hamilton sold property at 3041 McNeal Road to...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of May 9, 2021
Aspinwall John Ferreira sold property at 406 Virginia Ave. to Chad Schafer for $350,000. Fox Chapel James Conway sold property at 2 Willow Farms Lane to Terrence and Beth Palmer for $450,000. Harmar Anthony Lucas sold property at 156 Shadow Ridge Drive to Ronald and Lois Folino for $310,000. Indiana...
China says most rocket debris burned up during reentry
BEIJING — China’s space agency said a core segment of its biggest rocket reentered Earth’s atmosphere above the Maldives in the Indian Ocean and that most of it burned up early Sunday. Harvard astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, who tracked the tumbling rocket part, said on Twitter, “An ocean reentry was always...
Letter to the editor: Celebrating 150 years of the NRA
We are celebrating 150 years of America’s longest standing civil rights organization, the National Rifle Association (NRA). The NRA works on gun safety, police and civilian shooting club programs and has reached over 32 million young Americans. Here are quotes from three life member presidents: • “I believe the Second...
Letter to the editor: What citizens should do during traffic stops
There’s been a lot of talk concerning police reform needed, but what about citizen reform on traffic stops? A public service announcement is needed across the country detailing what police should (rightfully) expect from the citizen who has been pulled over on a traffic stop. Here’s what we need to...
Letter to the editor: If we believe, fight, we can get through pandemic
This year has been crazy for everyone. Coronavirus has taken a lot from every single person in some way, from teachers to students, big businesses to small businesses. Some have lost family members. All of us have had to miss family traditions and not attend events we have been waiting...
Bethel Park real estate transactions for the week of May 9, 2021
Jenna Lynn Hammond sold property at 1253 Beagle Drive to Jose Alonso and Lindsey Templeton for $290,000. Phillip St. Pierre sold property at 395 Broughton Road to Cody Meyer and Emily Brower for $265,000. Streamlined Investments LLC sold property at 5715 Clark Ave. to Andie Lugg for $285,000. Michael Cwalina...
Carnegie, South Fayette area real estate transactions for the week of May 9, 2021
Bridgeville Matthew George sold property at 638 Chestnut St. to Christopher and Leslie Mosesso for $362,000. Dennis Bott sold property at 115 Greenwood Pl to Matthew and Lindsey George for $435,000. Carnegie Lorraine Barker sold property at 843 Charles St. to Alicia Mixter for $90,000. = Northstar Chevrolet Inc. sold...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of May 9, 2021
Baldwin Borough Briar Cliff Financial Services LLC sold property at 952 Angelo Drive to Paul Chalmers for $68,000. Brian Pollitt sold property at 5274 Becky Drive to Nathan Bostedo and Crystak Pollitt for $160,000. Patrick Swindell sold property at 264 Cedar St. to Citylife South 2 LLC for $142,000. Estate...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of May 9, 2021
Bellevue Patrick Earley sold property at 554 Highland Pl to Kristopher Maier and Carolyn Ivanusic for $245,000. Scott Alan Dougherty sold property at 175 N Jackson Ave. to SFR 3 LLC for $77,800. Donald Anderson sold property at Riverside Court to Michael Kovacic for $8,500. Wana Bird sold property at...
