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Oklahoma City bombing provides insights into how Merrick Garland would run Justice DepartmentVideo
WASHINGTON — Arriving in Oklahoma City the night after the worst domestic terrorist attack in U.S. history, Merrick Garland grasped the enormity of the task ahead of him. Downtown resembled a war zone. Military vehicles blocked streets. For blocks, federal agents and police were busy collecting evidence. At the federal...
WPIAL bracketology: HSSN’s Chris Harlan, Don Rebel forecast boys basketball playoff seeds
The WPIAL basketball regular season is entering its final days, but there’s no need for playoff scenarios this winter. There are no win-and-you’re-in games this week. No anxious moments for players and coaches on the bubble, knowing their postseason fate rests in hands of others. This year, there’s no bubble....
Oath Keeper claims she met with Secret Service before Capitol riots
A member of the far-right Oath Keepers charged with rioting at the U.S. Capitol met with Secret Service agents before the siege and received a VIP pass to the rally where then-President Donald Trump spoke, according to a court filing. A defense attorney for Jessica Watkins said in Saturday’s filing...
Letter to the editor: Thankful for support of Salvation Army
2020 was a historically challenging and, for many people, devastating year. Families and households coped with the loss of jobs, income, homes and, in the worst cases, the lives of loved ones. But together, we did not lose hope. The Salvation Army Western Pennsylvania Division is grateful for the support,...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 21, 2021
Chalfant Excalibur REP 01 L.P. sold property at 765 Greensburg Pike to Pittsburgh Real Estate Invest Group LLC for $30,000. Churchill Estate of Joseph Malone sold property at 828 Beulah Road to Robert and Judith Yulfo for $124,900. Sonja Austin sold property at 47 Holland Road to Thomas and Diane...
Shaler area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 21, 2021
Etna Estate of Kenneth Wayne Moots sold property at 143 Sherman Ave. to Richard Begenwald Jr. and Brittany Begenwald for $110,000. Brian Berkheiser sold property at 54 Sycamore St. to Rodney and Ron Walzi for $100,000. Kevin Cody sold property at 129 Vista St. to Garrett Burke Vrbanic and Alexandra...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 21, 2021
Hampton William Bernet sold property at 3299 Antler Drive to Matthew Williams for $210,000. Dennis Fischer sold property at 5002 Meadow Crest Drive to Michael Eric and Lindsey Lee Johnson for $300,500. Hampton Development Co. LLC sold property at 4402 South Meadow Drive to Sarah Smolik for $85,000. Raymond Betz...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 21, 2021
Aspinwall Patricia Frain sold property at 404 Lexington Ave. Unit 1 to Peter David Eberle for $134,900. Blawnox Thomas Michael Lieb sold property at 1066 North Ave. to John Miclot and Marie Minahan for $220,000. Etna Estate of Kenneth Wayne Moots sold property at 143 Sherman Ave. to Richard Begenwald...
Letter to the editor: Remembering, mourning Butterball
Butterball was a wild turkey who made her home in the town of Forbes Road (“Forbes Road residents shocked gobbler ‘Butterball’ shot by game warden,” Jan. 16, TribLIVE). The people of Forbes Road accepted her and took her in as one of their own; they fed her and looked after...
Editorial: The dollars and sense of toll bridges
Toll roads are not a new concept. There were tolls collected in Babylon. Aristotle spoke of them in the ancient world. During the Middle Ages, they were common tools of both official and criminal collection. But now PennDOT is planning to expand its network of toll roads with the Pathways...
Letter to the editor: In defense of Se. Pat Toomey
When I heard this on the news, I was stunned and had to see it in print: “We did not send him there to vote his conscience,” David Ball, chair of the Washington County Republican Party, told KDKA political editor Jon Delano. “We did not send him there to do...
Letter to the editor: Impeachment and the First Amendment
One reads with interest Jonah Goldberg’s essay “Impeachment trials aren’t about proving criminal behavior” decrying how lawyer pundits discuss impeachment, a political process, in terms of criminal proceedings. But one need not be a President Trump supporter to recognize the danger in asserting that, during impeachment, Congress merely plays a...
The Stroller, Feb. 21, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s meetings, fundraisers and community events in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. East Vandergrift parish conducting raffle for beef, gift cards, freezer Our Lady, Queen of Peace Parish is selling raffle tickets for a Half...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 20, 2021
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Butler 74, Pine-Richland 71, OT Section 3 Central Catholic 58, Greensburg Salem 15 Class 5A Section 2 Trinity 55, West Allegheny 42 Section 4 Highlands 65, Mars 52 Plum 43, Hampton 32 Shaler at Armstrong, ppd. Class 4A Section...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 21, 2021
Aleppo Jetnet Corp. sold property at 505 North Drive to Rossco Partners LLC for $5,800,000. Leet Stephen Macurak sold property at 73 Beech St. to Emily Bennett for $152,750. Richard Watach sold property at 108 Main St. to Melinda Nicholson for $138,000. Dionna Kost sold property at 125 Oak St....
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 21, 2021
Pine Cavalier Land Partn. L.P. sold property at Unknown Address to NVR INC for $294,376. NVR INC sold property at Unknown Address to Alexander Jospeh Kubicek and Roslyn Michelle Wells for $323,610. NVR INC sold property at Unknown Address to Owen McGrann and Audra Stanton for $351,490. Yue Wu sold...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 21, 2021
Bellevue Estate of Michael Frawley Jr. sold property at 252 Dakota Ave. to Thomas Beerman for $80,000. Home Buying Solutions Inc. sold property at 573 Dawson Ave. to Elizabeth Holverson for $195,000. SnO Properties LLC sold property at 25 S Sprague Ave. to Lucarini Properties LLC for $102,000. Donald Pelissier...
Carnegie, Scott area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 21, 2021
Bridgeville Megan Lee Enterprises Inc. sold property at 829 McLaughlin Run Road to Lexin Shan and Nikki Lui for $61,000. Brandon Jones sold property at 230 Ramsey Ave. to Brandon and Ashley Tardio for $167,000. Kenneth Gillim sold property at 987 Ridge Road to Kenneth and Sherri Gillim for $105,000....
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 21, 2021
Baldwin Borough Gordon Sullivan sold property at 834 Becks Run Road to Carrick Pittsburgh Properties L.P. for $55,000. Thomas Bigley sold property at 3483 Brickley Drive to Timothy Lewis for $234,000. Brandon Godesky sold property at 340 John St. to Michael George Gillespie Jr. and Kristy Marie Gillespie for $240,000....
High school roundup for Feb. 20, 2021: Trinity girls stun North Allegheny
In a battle of the top-ranked girls basketball teams in the WPIAL’s top two classes, Alyssa Clutter hit five 3-pointers and scored 21 points to lead Class 5A No. 1 Trinity past Class 6A No. 1 North Allegheny, 59-56, on Saturday. Courtney Dahlquist added 17 points for Trinity (15-1), which...
Highlands beats Mars, grabs at least share of section title
Highlands reached a milestone Saturday afternoon, securing a school-record fourth consecutive section title. And the Golden Rams did it against a long-time nemesis. Highlands defeated Mars in a Section 4-5A make-up game, 65-52, sweeping the season series against the Planets. Before this season, Mars had a 15-game winning streak against...
Allmendinger back at Daytona in 1st Cup race since 2018Video
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — AJ Allmendinger is back, racing for wins this time, and eager to help young Kaulig Racing reach the big show. Allmendinger will run his first Cup race since the 2018 season finale in Kaulig’s first Cup race not at a superspeedway. The team last week made...
George Guido: WPIAL’s 1984 open tournament remembered for wild upsets
For the first time since 1984, the WPIAL will hold an open basketball tournament. In other words, any team that wants to get in can. The playoff brackets are scheduled to be distributed Tuesday, with action expected to begin Saturday. For now, let’s take a look back at the tournament...
The $1B plan to close the gap between growing and shrinking Pa. school districts
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan 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 newsletters. HARRISBURG — When Pennsylvania passed a new formula to distribute money for public schools in 2016, it was hailed as a...
Sounding off: Teachers don’t need ‘immediate’ vaccination
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s letter to Gov. Tom Wolf calling for the “immediate” inoculation of teachers, although well-intentioned, looks only at the proposed benefits without the associated costs (“Peduto asks Gov. Wolf to vaccinate Pennsylvania teachers immediately”). This approach will have dire consequences. The covid-19 data shows a clear relationship...
