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Woman shoots at Burger King employees over drive-thru wait-time, police say
A woman in a Memphis Burger King drive-thru line no longer wanted to wait for her food, so she took matters into her own hands. Fox 13 Memphis reported that on Tuesday, Memphis Police said a woman exited her car at a Burger King on Winchester Road, walked up to...
Have an idea to improve masks? Biden administration holds $500K contest
President Joe Biden’s administration is looking for ways to improve face masks — and will give out $500,000 in prizes to help do it. The Mask Innovation Challenge invites Americans to submit ideas to make masks more comfortable to wear and to eliminate “barriers to use,” such as discomfort, contact...
In brief: Shaler Area High School musical, drive-thru spaghetti dinner and more in Shaler
‘The Wedding Singer’ planned Shaler Area High School students will present “The Wedding Singer” in four livestream performances from April 15 through 17. Tickets are available to purchase. For more information, visit sasd.k12.pa.us. ^ Drive-thru spaghetti dinner The Elfinwild Lions Club is holding a drive-thru, free-will offering spaghetti dinner at...
In brief: Aspinwall flea market, adopt-a-block and more in the Fox Chapel area
The Aspinwall flea market is back. The event will be April 11 starting at 11 a.m. in the Aspinwall Municipal parking lot, 217 Commercial Ave. For more information, visit aspinwallpa.com. Adopt-a-block program The Best of Blawnox Organization is introducing a new volunteer opportunity, an adopt-a-block program, for community members. Adopt-a-block...
In brief: Senior vaccine event, drug collection and more in Plum
Plum senior vaccine event The Allegheny County Health Department and Plum Community Center will sponsor a first-shot covid vaccine clinic from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 13 at the Plum Community Center, 499 Center New Texas Road. The clinic is for Plum residents 65 and older only. To register...
In brief: Thompson Run Road trash pickup, student news and more in Penn Hills
Thompson Run Road pickup set for April 10 The Penn Hills Anti-Litter Group is holding a litter pickup event on Thompson Run Road from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. April 10 Volunteers can meet at the Penn Hills VFD No.6, 2240 Main St. Gloves, vests and bags will be provided. RSVP...
In brief: Botanical Garden Committee seeking volunteers, license to carry event and more in Monroeville, Pitcairn
The Monroeville Botanical Garden Committee is looking for volunteers that would like to help with planting and maintaining the flowerbeds in the Monroeville Community Park located on Tilbrook Road. The schedules is as follows: • May: Clean up the beds, plant the annuals around the gazebo and replace any lost...
In brief: Hampton Community Library activities, Carnegie Science Center program and more in Hampton
At the library The Hampton Community Library is continuing its virtual programming. See below for more details. • On the Road: A Family Adventure on Wednesdays mornings at 8 a.m. We care about the important learning that happens through reading, writing, singing and playing. Tune in to a new adventure...
Man pleads to manslaughter in deaths of 2 men found in burning Point Breeze home
A man who said he was trying to kill himself when he set a fire in a Point Breeze home three years ago pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of voluntary manslaughter in connection with the deaths of two men. Vincent Smith, 61, of Point Breeze North, will be sentenced...
In brief: North Hills Home Show, spaghetti dinner drive-thru and more
North Hills Home Show The North Hills Home Show will take place April 23-25 at the North Park Sports Complex in Hampton, offering three action-packed days of experts, exhibits and demonstrations to educate and entertain. Show hours will be 3-8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m....
In brief: PRHS blood drive, garden club seeking volunteers and more in Pine, Richland
PRHS scholarship blood drive Pine-Richland High School is hosting a scholarship blood drive April 18 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Vitalant North Hills Donor Center, located at 9365 McKnight Road. Four PRHS seniors – Ava Foster, Max Romano, Caitlin Golla and Aakash Kottakota – organized the drive to encourage fellow...
In brief: Sewickley Music Club, Earth Day cleanup and more in and around Sewickley
Sewickley Music Club The Sewickley Music Club will hold its first in-person, socially distanced event following a year-long covid shut down by welcoming world performer and current Pittsburgh resident Allan Snyder. Snyder, accompanied by Bill Brewer, will be singing a program of tunes entitled “Broadway and Beyond – Music from...
In brief: Book club, cleanup events and more in Collier, Rosslyn Farms area
Book club discussions All are welcomed to attend the Rosslyn Farms Community Club Publication’s book club discussions held the third Thursday of every month at 8 p.m. This month’s book discussion is on “A Study in Scarlet” by Arthur Conan Doyle. The discussion will be held at Chrissy Green’s home...
In brief: Paper shredding event, yard waste collection and more in the South Hills
Paper shredding event A Better Business Bureau free paper shredding event will take place April 17 from 10 a.m. to noon. (or until filled) at the Pleasant Hills Borough Building, 410 E. Bruceton Road. BBB volunteers will guide cars though a moving line, offload and shred disposable items on the...
Letter to the editor: Other countries aiming to take us down
President Biden says “America is back.” How true. America is now back to giving billions to countries that hate us and want to destroy us. We will go back to being energy dependent. While we are going “green,” other countries, our enemies who don’t care about emissions, will be ramping...
Letter to the editor: We’ll be glad to have another Republican president
To all you liberals out there, I hope you see what is happening to our country after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Democrats were going to “change America.” There have been so many changes in only two months of President Biden’s four-year term. They are putting illegal immigrants...
Letter to the editor: AP too biased
As a longtime subscriber to the Trib, I am concerned that it has veered far left in just the last few years. I don’t consider the Associated Press a journalistic news organization any longer, and think the Trib’s relationship to it should be terminated. AP’s use of inflammatory and unproven...
Letter to the editor: Immigration debacle
With current numbers of undocumented immigrants already surpassing last year’s total, calling President Biden’s immigration policy a debacle is certainly a fitting term. On his first day in office, Biden stopped the border wall construction and discarded the Migrant Protection Protocols agreed to by Mexico’s president that kept would-be migrants...
Letter to the editor: Mail-in ballots allow more voters to vote
I was disappointed to learn that Westmoreland County Commissioner Doug Chew told a Pennsylvania Senate committee that his constituents want to eliminate no-excuse mail-in voting (“Westmoreland commissioner says county voters want end to no-excuse mail-in ballots, another disputes that,” March 23, TribLIVE). He claimed that 20,000 county residents were “potentially”...
The Stroller, April 5, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, events and fundraisers in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Manos Gallery seeking entries for child’s art exhibit The Manos Gallery, 320 E. Fifth Ave., Tarentum, is accepting entries from children age 5 to...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 5
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 5....
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 5
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 5....
High school sports schedules for April 5, 2021
High schools WPIAL Baseball Monday’s schedule Nonsection Laurel at Seton LaSalle, 4 p.m. Hockey PIHL Penguins Cup Playoffs Monday’s schedule Quarterfinals Class AAA Peters Township (15-4) vs. Bethel Park (7-11-0-2) at Robert Morris, 6:30 p.m. North Allegheny (13-5-0-2) vs. Seneca Valley (13-6-0-1) at Baierl Ice Complex, 6:30 p.m. Canon-McMillan (15-4)...
Epidemiologist warns of covid-19 variant’s effect on kidsVideo
One of the covid-19 variants can infect children more easily, posing a new risk to kids, a nationally respected epidemiologist warned on Sunday. The variant called B.1.1.7, first detected in the U.K., represents “a brand-new ballgame” in the fight against covid-19, Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious...
Restaurants seeing resurgence as restrictions loosenedVideo
It was a great day for family gatherings this Easter, as the country emerged from the darkness of a year ago when restaurants were open only for takeout and the covid-related restrictions were just beginning to clamp down on the country. “We had 2,000 reservations,” Ron DeNunzio said Sunday, counting...
