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I have heard about unemployed people receiving only one month’s worth of regular unemployment compensation along with the $600 a week pandemic pay, and not being able to resolve the problem despite multiple efforts to do so. I believe there is a conspiracy to force people to find income elsewhere...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A homeless man has been arrested after he reportedly lived in the luxury suite of a professional soccer stadium for two weeks, wearing the team’s clothing and eating food he found in the facility, reports say. A cleaning crew discovered Daniel Albert Neja, 39, after it...

Westmoreland County Commissioner Gina Cerilli’s letter “Trump’s attacks on voting rights” I believe clearly shows her Trump Derangement Sydrome and her hate for conservatives. Ms. Cerilli, everyone should agree that voting needs to be as secure as possible. Purging voter rolls simply is removing the deceased or folks who have...

Wow! Kamala Harris, you should be ashamed of yourself for calling young adults ages 18 to 24 stupid in your 2015 address to the Ford Foundation. My 21-year-old son earned an associate degree in welding, graduating with honors. He has a good head on his shoulders. He has made up...

The rubes in the center loved their country a lot. The urbs on the coastline really did not. The urbs passed laws that the rubes would cry over. It didn’t matter. They were just fly over. The rubes went to work in collars of blue. White collars are preferred by...

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Aug. 17....

Editorial cartoons for the week of Aug. 17....

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Ukrainian food festival slated The Parish of Sts. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church will host the Ninth Annual Ukrainian Food Festival, featuring delicious homemade Ukrainian foods and pastries, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sept. 11-12. The Covid-safe festival will offer phone orders, take out and limited outdoor dining at SS Peter...

It’s a good news day for TV lovers. Nationally known TV writer Rob Owen will join Trib Total Media this month, providing readers the latest in local TV news and hand-picked recommendations on shows to watch on broadcast/cable networks and streaming services. Owen, who spent 22 years at the Pittsburgh...

Some people will try anything to snag a buck. Last week, the Pennsylvania departments of Aging and Health stepped up to warn residents about coronavirus pandemic scams. It starts with a communication about contact tracing. The scammer would like a Social Security number as part of the trace. Or a...

The most important diplomatic breakthrough in the Middle East in a generation meant so little to the man who first announced it on Twitter that within an hour he had moved on to tweeting about football and predicting the collapse of the United States under Joe Biden. Donald Trump, in...

I’m on Social Security and Medicare. I was dismayed when President Trump signed executive orders on payroll tax suspensions. This effectively is the lifeline for both programs. He said if reelected he would make the cuts permanent. This is an attempt by Trump and the Republicans to gut both programs,...

What was meant to be a “low-visibility arrest” of a protester by plainclothes officers in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood Saturday turned into a social media firestorm, pushing Mayor Bill Peduto to call a news conference Sunday to express his concerns over the incident while police leadership explained why they thought their...

The whole world trembled at the news of the coronavirus, which made its way into the United States in January and has since spread like wildfire, showing no signs of stopping. Countries have come together to discuss this pandemic and have learned from one another. Jobs have been a key...

Wendell Young’s attack on Sen. Pat Toomey (“Pa. families need Toomey to lead in covid-19 debate,” July 28, TribLIVE) is the latest in the union executive’s history of mistruths. If you read Young’s column, you might assume the federal government has provided no relief at all or that Gov. Tom...

Public corruption seems like the kind of thing that happens where public service is big business. People almost expect to see dirty politics in Washington — and let’s face it, there is a reason that “drain the swamp” was an easy refrain to encourage. The bigger the city, the less...

I was perplexed when I read the editorial “Wolf needs to stop playing chicken” (Aug. 8, TribLIVE) regarding the administration’s suggestion that Pennsylvania schools postpone interscholastic sports until January. As the editorial board admits, the governor is labeled an overreaching tyrant when he unilaterally closes restaurants or doesn’t allow a...

I am saddened to hear Americans call covid-19 a hoax. I believe these are patriotic Americans. But what’s patriotic about dismissing covid-19, when it has killed more than twice as many Americans as died in the Vietnam War? What’s patriotic about not social distancing to limit its spread and allow...

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Hampton Thomas Oconnor Jr. sold property at 3312 Stag Drive to Jeffrey and Kristen Ninehouser for $210,000. Real Estate Transactions are provided by RealSTATs. Contact RealSTATs at 412-381-3880 or visit www.RealSTATs.net....

Churchill Katelyn Butler sold property at 2331 Forest Drive to Benjamin Wise and Kathryn Straatmann for $102,000. Delmont David Huczko sold property at 524 Athena Drive to Scott and Jessica Gordon for $228,500. Joseph Sesti sold property at 319 E. Pittsburgh St. to Robert Cole II and Kerri Rae Cole...

Penn Hills Dennis Quinlisk sold property at 11679 Althea Drive to Shaun Thomas and Kara Jamaun Overby for $175,000. Phyllis Tomashewski sold property at 217 Bryant Drive to Kathleen Muller for $82,400. Brandon Marsico sold property at 1054 Jefferson Road to Angel Boyd for $128,500. NDBS Investments LLC sold property...

Aspinwall Andrew Minnotte sold property at 300 Brilliant Ave. to Jacob Guertin and Sara Thompson for $425,000. Blawnox Anthony Spewock sold property at 718 Laurel St. to Jennifer Amorose for $85,000. O’Hara James Williams sold property at 102 Bristol Square to Lawrence Crossett and Nancy Hickcox for $499,900. Edward Joyce...

Glenfield William Eaton sold property at Glen Mitchell Road to Watchword Partners LLC for $48,720. Real Estate Transactions are provided by RealSTATs. Contact RealSTATs at 412-381-3880 or visit www.RealSTATs.net....