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Serving bottled water at Oblock Junior High School in Plum is no longer necessary. The school district notified families on Monday that water restrictions at the school have been lifted after tests for Legionella came back negative. Community members and parents in the district were notified through a school district...

In the past two days, 23 new cases of coronavirus have been added to Westmoreland County’s total, according to a report Monday from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. All of the new cases — eight from Sunday, 15 from Monday — have been confirmed. Four previously probable cases were confirmed...

A federal judge in Pittsburgh on Monday ruled that orders issued by Gov. Tom Wolf restricting the size of gatherings and closing nonessential businesses to protect against the spread of covid-19 were unconstitutional. In a statement, Wolf said his office will seek an immediate stay to halt the order and...

The covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the economic and environmental inequities that plague Pittsburgh, and a strong public transit system will be necessary to get those impacted back to work and jump-start the economy when conditions are safe. With the Trump administration’s response to covid-19 a complete disaster — characterized by...

The CORPS Act, a bipartisan proposal currently in the Senate, expands national service by attracting volunteers to help needy citizens during the pandemic. Within a capitalist framework, service isn’t emphasized, except within religious communities. This attitude must change, and it bears directly on race relations. Since the George Floyd killing,...

A central Pennsylvania couple was behind bars Monday, charged with killing a 12-year-old boy by starving and beating him and keeping the child imprisoned in a feces-caked and darkened and locked room for years. The boy, Maxwell Schollenberger, never received medical care, wasn’t enrolled in school and was rarely seen...

Your editorial “Keep protests out of residential areas” (Sept. 8, TribLIVE) was ridiculous. The Trib doesn’t see a problem with Democratic mayors unwilling to do what it takes to restore order in their city’s various neighborhoods, but is fine with them ordering police to protect their own? All the while...

President’s List Marissa Canzian of Gibsonia was recently named to the President’s List at Kennesaw State University. Canzian was among the more than 900 Kennesaw State students honored for academic excellence in the Summer 2020 semester. To be named to the President’s List, each student must have satisfactorily completed at...

President Trump has told over 20,000 documented lies since his inauguration. He repeats many even when there is proof he is lying. He repeats debunked conspiracy theories. Even Jim Jones had followers, so I suppose that explains Trump. Why would police or military support Trump? His budgets have called for...

The nursing home crisis is not going to go away. We have had failures in five blue states. In Pennsylvania, with the help of the health secretary, a mandate sent patients who tested positive for covid-19 to nursing homes. Then the spread of the virus skyrocketed, impacting people with heart...

Sen. Kim Ward’s recent op-ed on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) (“Now is not time for more taxes on electric, gas consumers,” Aug. 29, TribLIVE) mentions her concern for “hard-working Pennsylvanians.” As one of those Pennsylvanians, I take issue with her way of caring for us. Contrary to her...

In debate about criminal justice reform, one area frequently targeted for change is drug arrests. Our prisons and jails and other detention facilities hold more than 2 million people. According to the Prison Policy Initiative, one in five is there for a drug offense. Of those, many are for minor...

Democrats have always been on the wrong side of history. Eight Democrats of the first 15 presidents owned slaves and encouraged the notion that people can be property. Wilson was a racist. The Democratic god, FDR, twice paved a “trail of tears” — denying 917 Jewish Germans on the liner...

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Sept. 14....

Editorial cartoons for the week of Sept. 14....

Is your non-profit organization going to have a fundraiser? Send information to The Stroller at least a week in advance to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. 11th annual Tails on the Trails walk planned Sept. 26 The 11th annual Tails on the Trails dog walk to benefit...

McCandless seeks volunteers for fall roadside cleanup McCandless is signing up volunteers for the annual fall roadside cleanup planned for 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17. To be able to conduct the cleanup safely during the coronavirus pandemic, people who sign up will be placed into small groups ahead of time...

Sewickley is looking to fill the upcoming vacancy of the mayor’s office. At the August meeting, council accepted Mayor Brian Jeffe’s resignation effective Dec. 31. Council needs to appoint someone to the vacancy; that person will serve until the first Monday in January after the next municipal election. There is...

St. John and St. Martin Closet From 12:30-2:30 p.m. Sept. 20, St. John and St. Martin Closet will take place at Sts. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 220 Mansfield Ave. Clothing for men, women and children and some household items will be available. Trade something old for something new,...

Lions to hold drive-through barbeque dinner Bethel Park Lions Club is replacing its fall fish fry with a drive-through barbecue dinner from 4-7 p.m. Sept. 18. Meals include chicken, ribs, baked beans, coleslaw, cornbread and a drink for $14. Children’s meals are $5 and include a hotdog, coleslaw, chips and...

Police are seeking the public’s help to identify the man whose body was found Sunday afternoon in the Allegheny River near the Kittanning Marina. The body was found in the water around 3 p.m. several hundred feet north of the Allegheny Mariner restaurant, according to Armstrong County 911 dispatchers. He...

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Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter. HARRISBURG — Eight years ago, as the state was still recovering from the fallout of a severe economic recession, lawmakers...

A “high intensity” migration of birds is expected to move across Pennsylvania on Monday night. According to BirdCast, more than 50,000 birds per square mile could be flying south above Pittsburgh by 7 p.m. Monday. Over Philadelphia it could be more than 41,000 birds. And, over Harrisburg it could be...