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Wendy Bell, I’m in your corner all the way. Go Trump! Linda Spiering West Leechburg...

For the first time in memory, I believe Americans will select the form of government we will be living under for generations. Will it be America’s system of freedom, with its opportunities for all to grow and enjoy the fruits of that freedom? Or will it be socialism, with its...

A big shout-out to the men and women of our U.S. Post Office for helping us to vote safely and securely from our homes. My husband and I received our ballots Oct. 14, mailed them back Oct. 15 and had confirmation of their arrival at our county Election Bureau on...

Is your church or organization going to host a free Thanksgiving Dinner? Send information to The Stroller at least a week in advance to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Leechburg VFD to host Oktoberfest Leechburg Volunteer Fire Department will host Oktoberfest 2020 from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday...

Robert Steup’s letter to the editor frames the decision to build a new high school as one of tax impact. What his letter ignores is the reality that tens of millions of taxpayer dollars have arguably been wasted, over several decades, by continually repairing and renovating the almost century-old former...

Cross country Boys Wednesday’s results WPIAL Tri-State Track Coaches Association Championship White Oak Park, White Oak Class 2A Individual results 1. Ryan Pajak, Ringgold, 16:11.30; 2. Quintin Gatons, Greensburg Salem, 16:21.29; 3. Mike Formica, Knoch, 16:26.38; 4. Lucas Pajak, Ringgold, 16:38.5; 5. Joel Beckwith, Indiana, 16:43.59; 6. Will Lamb, Beaver,...

The WPIAL Class AA girls team tennis final is set, and for the fourth year in a row, Knoch and Sewickley Academy will battle for the championship. The match is at 3 p.m. Thursday at Shady Side Academy. The Knights (13-0) punched their ticket to the finals with a 5-0...

Environmentally conscious travelers are in a quandary. Global airline travel has grown over the decades, and so have the industry’s carbon emissions. Not everyone has the time to use more eco-friendly travel methods, such as Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg’s famous two-week voyage last year across the Atlantic Ocean on...

WASHINGTON — The lawsuit filed by the Justice Department against Google on Tuesday marks the first major antitrust enforcement case against a technology company since a case against Microsoft began in 1998 and ended in a settlement with the government in 2002. The Justice Department is accusing Google of using...

Crazy Mocha, with 23 coffee shop locations around Allegheny and Beaver counties, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week. The filing cites the covid-19 pandemic as the need for a reorganization of the company. In addition to Crazy Mocha, the company also operates Kiva Han Coffee, a roaster and wholesaler....

Pittsburgh Police will move to 12-hour shifts beginning the day before the Nov. 3 election and remain on that schedule for nearly a week, officials said Wednesday. In an email, Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said the department “acknowledges that there is a heightened level of interest” in how police...

The 2016 presidential contest made some people skeptical of polling. But this is perhaps more of the situation where one remembers the emotion more than the facts. Yes, there were a lot of entities doing a lot of polling that year, and some of it was just bad. That’s what...

For years, measures like the Nation’s Report Card have assessed educational opportunity in America. Long story short: Our scores are abysmal, and our children are falling further and further behind both national and international norms. Now enter covid-19. The pandemic has put this ugly truth on display for all to...

A Forest Hills man claims in a lawsuit that he was rejected for a job as a corrections officer at the Allegheny County Jail because he is prescribed medical marijuana. Andrew Reed filed the complaint against the county under the Americans with Disabilities Act in federal court, alleging that the...

The families of 10 residents who died and five residents still living at Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center sued the nursing home’s leaders on Wednesday for what they deem a “reckless” handling of the covid-19 outbreak, which has killed at least 73 residents of the Beaver County facility. “They show...

Regarding Dorothy Shock’s letter “Why Electoral College works” (Oct. 11, TribLIVE): I firmly disagree! The U.S. is a country with individual states. The population in each state is different, and every person has the right to vote. It’s a free country. We should eliminate the Electoral College and let the...

Gov. Wolf, please, please be careful! Stop openings to satisfy people who want to drink, people who have to eat in restaurants. They have these views of restraint and inconvenience that translate to impinging on their American freedoms. Selfish is a better description. Your management of the virus conditions will...

Pennsylvania State Police are looking for the person who shot a pet cat in the head with a crossbow over the last week in Dauphin County. Two South Hanover Township residents, of the 7200 block of Union Deposit Road, told state police their black cat was missing for about a...

I only have a few requests of Joe Biden supporters before this important election. 1. Please put your hate- consuming personal feelings aside and only look at the facts. 2. Know that riots, destroying statues, defunding and killing police solve nothing. You can rest assured these criminals are not MAGA voters....

Fundraisers • Laurelville Christian Retreat Center, 941 Laurelville Lane, Mt. Pleasant Township, will host a lunch fundraiser about Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater at noon Nov. 1 in the center small dining hall. Amy Humbert, Fallingwater’s school program and outreach manager, will be the speaker. Cost: $15 paid in advance. CDC...

“I never met a man I didn’t like.” — Will Rogers Born in Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma), part Cherokee, the former cowpoke and humorist died in a plane crash in 1935; thus he never met Donald Trump. Trump is easy to dislike, and had the two met, I’m...

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Sept. 17 ruling on mail-in ballots. The state high court ruled that ballots cast by mail could be counted if they were received as late as 5 p.m. Nov. 6, three days after the...

We sometimes forget the importance of our state and local elections, which affect our day-to-day lives. State Rep. Joe Petrarca, a Democrat from Washington Township, is running to retain his seat. He took office in the state House on Jan. 3, 1995. When we vote, we hire someone to work...

Three people were taken to the hospital in stable condition after a shooting in Brighton Heights Tuesday night, Pittsburgh Police said. Officers responded to the area of Fleming Avenue and Kalorama Way around 10:50 p.m. after receiving multiple Shotspotter alerts, according to police spokesman Maurice Matthews. While investigating the scene,...

Is your church or organization going to host a free Thanksgiving Dinner? Send information to The Stroller at least a week in advance to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Clothing, household items being collected Women of Alle-Kiski Engaging, a division of the Alle Kiski Strong Chamber, is conducting...