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Rep. Greg Vitali: A realistic climate agenda
There are many things Pennsylvania state government should do this year to address climate change — but won’t, given the political composition of the state Legislature. But a few significant things are possible. Pennsylvania emitted about 215 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2017 (the most recent data available),...
2 FBI agents fatally shot, 3 wounded while serving warrant in FloridaVideo
SUNRISE, Fla. — Two agents were shot and killed and three wounded while serving a warrant at a Sunrise home Tuesday morning, the FBI confirmed. After barricading himself in the home for several hours, the suspected gunman is believed to have shot and killed himself, one law-enforcement source said. Sunrise...
Animal Friends has 2 new Humane Society police officers
Two Humane Society police officers, Justin Galvin and Krista Koontz, were officially sworn in as Allegheny County Humane Society police officers on Jan. 25, according to a release from Animal Friends. Koontz and Galvin will serve Allegheny County as members of Animal Friends’ Humane Investigations team. Among the many programs...
Forest Hills Council committees meet Tuesday
Forest Hills Council will host committee meetings virtually at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. The committee meetings include: Borough Property, Public Works, Operations & Policy and Public Safety. Individuals can join via Zoom. Committee meetings do not have a formal agenda. Click here to submit a question or concern....
Letter to the editor: Voters will remember Reschenthaler’s actions
Congressman Reschenthaler: Your military oath: I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the...
Living with Children: Get her to sleep in her own room
Question: In a recent column, you described our 5-year-old daughter. She is in bed at 6:30 in the evening but usually wakes up during the night and wants to talk to us about whatever is on her mind. We both work and need our sleep, so that’s a huge problem....
Police log: Theft, trespassing, drug possession among recent charges filed in Monroeville
Monroeville police filed the following charges recently with District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted: • Jennifer Harshman, 33, with resisting arrest, defiant trespassing and possession of drug paraphernalia. Charges were filed Dec. 25 in connection with an incident along the 2700 block...
Cases of child corruption handled by District Judge Regis Welsh in Sharpsburg
The following cases were handled recently by District Judge Regis Welsh in Sharpsburg: • Kelshon Lovelace, 19, of Pittsburgh waived to court charges of corruption of minors. The charges were filed Dec. 14 by O’Hara police. • Shaylon Pinkston, 21, of Pittsburgh was held for court on charges of corruption...
Fleeing, escape, DUIs among charges recently handled by Monroeville judge Jeffrey Herbst
Monroeville District Court Judge Jeffrey Herbst handled these cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Shaquawn Cole, 24, of Rankin on charges of fleeing or attempting to elude...
Letter to the editor: Missing Trump already
Hope you Biden voters are feeling good about your choice. So far, I see him making an aggressive run at sliding our country back to the dismal Obama days — miserable economy, growing unemployment, ban on drilling and fracking, inviting in illegal aliens, no deportation of criminal aliens, crushing free...
Editorial: Punxsutawney Phil, Western Pa.’s gift to perpetual news
It happens every year. All eyes turn toward a Western Pennsylvania hamlet to wait for a sleepy rodent to pop out of his burrow, look around for his shadow and make a prediction about when spring will start. Let’s be honest. No one really thinks Punxsutawney Phil — or any...
Letter to the editor: Election ushered in socialism
Exasperated and mournful, I am offering a few belated comments since America now suffers the throes of an election that has ushered socialism into a republic not being saved. Damn the liberal, subversive, progressive Democrat and RINO turncoat torpedoes, full speed ahead against tyranny and treason. The Washington swamp saved...
The Stroller, Feb. 2, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Stroller is compiling a list of fish fries taking place Ash Wednesday and/or Fridays during Lent. To your non-profit’s fish fry listed in the paper and online, send complete information in writing to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084 or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. HOPE Center...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 1, 2021
Boys Monday’s results WPIAL Class 5A Section 3 McKeesport 71, Kiski Area 34 Class 3A Section 2 New Brighton 66, Freedom 63 Section 3 Valley at Apollo-Ridge, ppd. Nonsection Mt. Pleasant 45, Greensburg Salem 27 Penn Hills 68, North Catholic 64 Beth-Center at Frazier, ppd. Jefferson-Morgan at Avella, ppd. Yough...
High school roundup for Feb. 1, 2021: Upper St. Clair edges Bethel Park in Class 6A tussle
Paige Dellicarri scored 12 points, including buzzer-beating baskets at the end of the second and third quarters, to lead No. 2 Upper St. Clair to a 49-47 Section 2-6A girls basketball victory over No. 4 Bethel Park in a matchup of ranked teams Monday night. Katelyn Robbins had a team-best...
Florida State covid issues force postponement of Saturday’s game at Pitt
Pitt’s men’s basketball matchup with Florida State scheduled for Saturday at the Petersen Events Center has been postponed, the ACC announced Monday night. Florida State’s next three games have been called off because of a positive coronavirus test within the program and the subsequent quarantining and contact tracing that go...
As Biden and Republicans meet, Democrats prepare to move covid-19 relief aloneVideo
WASHINGTON — As President Joe Biden met with 10 Republican senators Monday to test the waters of bipartisanship on coronavirus relief, Democrats on Capitol Hill took the first step toward fast-tracking the administration’s $1.9 trillion proposal through a legislative procedure that wouldn’t require GOP support. Although the Oval Office meeting,...
Pittsburgh native Jamie Tarses, 1st female TV network entertainment head, dies at 56
Jamie Tarses, who helped bring “Friends” to NBC and broke the glass ceiling in network TV when she became the top entertainment executive at ABC, died Monday after suffering complications from a cardiac event last fall. She was 56. Tarses’ death was confirmed by her family. She was among the...
Man arrested after bomb threat prompts evacuation of Federal Building in Pittsburgh
One person is in custody after a bomb threat prompted police to evacuate the federal building in Downtown Pittsburgh Monday evening, officials said. Albert Henard Morris, 60, was arrested at a house in Homewood and is charged with terroristic threats and a threat to use weapons of mass destruction, according...
Chris Rosselot: Pittsburgh City Council should get more involved with city schools
The covid-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of our social and educational systems, and nowhere is this truer than with Pittsburgh Public Schools. From laptop distribution to district communication, it is an understatement to say intervention is needed. Last week, Pittsburgh Councilman Ricky Burgess introduced (and council passed unanimously) an...
John Dorfman: Value or momentum? How about some of both?
You might think, in the aftermath of Tesla and GameStop’s huge recent gains, that momentum investing has gone crazy. Maybe so, but momentum stocks were popular even before the Reddit “Wall Street Bets” frenzy. There have always been folks who like to jump onto a speeding train, but they have...
Lawsuit alleges bedbugs at East Liberty’s Hotel Indigo
An Indianapolis man is suing Hotel Indigo in East Liberty after he claimed he got bedbugs when he stayed there on a work trip. Christopher Carlson filed the complaint against the hotel in Allegheny County Court on Monday. It also names as defendants the former general manager of the North...
New Trump impeachment lawyers unlikely to push vote fraud claims
WASHINGTON — The two lawyers Donald Trump hired at the last minute to defend him at his Senate impeachment trial on Feb. 9 are no strangers to controversial cases but are generally regarded as straight-shooters who won’t push the former president’s wild claims of election fraud claims. David Schoen and...
School bus service halted as South Allegheny, Sun Coach Lines face off over contract
Late Friday morning, attorneys for South Allegheny School District sent a letter to the attorney representing their bus transportation company, praising progress they had made 10 days earlier in a dispute over $800,000 in back fees. Four hours later, the company, Sun Coach Lines, responded by saying they were terminating...
Caleb Verbois: Trump, originalism and the purpose of impeachment
Donald Trump’s presidency had a powerful warping effect on American politics. The biggest example of this is the way that politically minded evangelicals moved, almost in lockstep, from a longstanding view that “character mattered,” to the belief that only “policy mattered,” to the conclusion that only “loyalty mattered.” Trump similarly...
