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Editorial: Prediction, prevention are critical to natural disaster response
Rising waters threatened. Alerts were issued. Girl Scouts were evacuated. It might sound like the story of the flash floods in Texas, where 27 people were killed at a Christian girls camp by the sudden weather. But it isn’t. It’s the story of 105 people escorted from a Kummer Road...
Asking for a Friend: Are flip flops OK to wear to the office?
Q: A coworker keeps showing up in flip flops — and I’m not sure what’s more unprofessional, the footwear or the fact that I have to see their toes while trying to get my work done. Flip flops just feel too casual (and kind of gross) for the workplace. Is...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of July 13, 2025
Aleppo 79 North Prtfolio Owner LLC sold property at 209 Overlook Drive to 3 Rivers Real Estate LLC for $1,550,000. Bernadette Petrillo sold property at 106 Woodcrest Drive to Sarah Beining for $260,000. Bell Acres John Hess trustee sold property at 135 Woodcock Road to Tim Perks and Elizabeth Manwaring...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of July 13, 2025
Aspinwall Margaret McCague sold property at 200 Tenth St. to Christina Celin for $327,500. Etna Phyllis Hernandez sold property at 11 Christler St. to Ashlee Marshall for $200,000. Timothy Wilkin sold property at 90 Hickory St. to Michael Mueller and Stephanie Harrison for $215,000. Tyler Delorenzo sold property at 21-23...
The Stroller, July 13, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. SpongeBob and pals to...
Butler ‘united and stronger than ever’ year after Trump assassination attempt, Kelly says
A year ago today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly didn’t know what to make of the loud popping sounds he heard. Then, after hearing another burst, he realized they were gunshots. What to that point had been a jubilant campaign rally for Donald Trump at the Butler Farm Show grounds was...
Here’s how weather alerts, warnings make it to the public in Western Pa.
The repercussions of fatal flooding on the Fourth of July in the sun-scorched Texas Hill Country are being felt more than a week later and 1,500 miles away in the similarly hilly terrain of Western Pennsylvania. Those reflecting on the tragedy are not just people shaken by the loss of...
Letter to the editor: Has our humanity disappeared?
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” This powerful line from Emma Lazarus’ poem “The New Colossus” is inscribed on a plaque on the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal. The phrase is often cited as a core element of America’s identity, reflecting this country’s history...
Pirates farm report for July 12, 2025: Billy Cook belts 2 homers in Indianapolis win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 54-37) didn’t give up a hit until the seventh inning and beat Gwinnett (Braves), 6-1. RHP Drake Fellows (6-2, 4.85) started and threw five no-hit innings with three strikeouts. LHP Randy Labaut (4.85) didn’t allow a hit in the sixth. RHP Ryder Ryan (3.89) allowed an infield single...
Latrobe blanks Lower Burrell in 1st game of American Legion District 31 semifinals
Levi Moser threw a two-hit shutout with two walks and three strikeouts as top-seeded Latrobe defeated Lower Burrell, 3-0, in Game 1 of a District 31 American Legion baseball best-of-three semifinal series Saturday. Game 2 is set for 1 p.m. Sunday at ABC Field. Cayden McCune went 2 for 3...
Top Pirates prospect Konnor Griffin survives scare in MLB Futures Game
The Pirates survived a scare in the MLB Futures Game on Saturday afternoon in Atlanta. The team’s top prospect, Konnor Griffin, was hit in the wrist by a 97 mph pitch in the fourth inning and left the game. He returned to the dugout in good spirits, however, and apparently...
Mary Ellen Klas: Want students to thrive? Lock up their phones
There are few things most American politicians seem to agree upon, but banning mobile phones in classrooms seems to be one of them. Based on the experiences of some schools that have required students to prioritize learning over TikTok scrolling, there’s also a welcome side benefit: less conflict and more...
Desirée Cormier Smith, Kelly M. Fay Rodríguez and Beth Van Schaack: A plan to take human rights off the table at the State Department
What a difference eight years make. During President Trump’s first term, then-Sen. Marco Rubio pushed the president to expand his human rights diplomatic agenda. Rubio recognized that promoting human rights abroad is in the national interest. He urged the president to appoint an assistant secretary for the Bureau of Democracy,...
Unexploded firework prompts safety warning at Gettysburg park
Officials with the Gettysburg National Military Park are warning the public about an unexploded commercial grade firework potentially located near Gettysburg Area Recreation Park. The unexploded firework is possibly located in wooded areas and fields west of Gettysburg Area Recreation Park and east of West Confederate Avenue. If you happen...
A. Robert Jaeger: Why sacred places still matter in Pa.
The oldest Catholic church in Scranton, the Nativity of Our Lord Church, recently held its final Mass. For 120 years, it stood as a cornerstone of city’s South Side, a space where generations gathered to worship, connect and create memories. But due to declining attendance and rising maintenance costs, the...
Sheldon H. Jacobson: You cannot ‘restore’ high scientific standards if they are already in place
President Donald Trump’s executive order “Restoring Gold Standard Science” provides a directive to restore a higher standard for scientific research and discovery. Yet despite the concerns it raises, the very standards that it describes already exist and are widely applied. Section one of the order describes why the administration believes...
Letter to the editor: Steelers’ Quiet Riot
The Pittsburgh Steelers will need to earn the respect from the NFL that they are a true contender by their 60 minute play and team synergy. Since we have already used the 60 Minute Men in the past, I am nicknaming the 2025 Pittsburgh Steelers as “Quiet Riot!” Ed Heintz...
Shabbat services, summer camp and more at Sewickley area houses of worship
Antioch Baptist Church 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. 412-741-7688. antiochfwbaptistsewickley.org. Morning worship and praise service is at 10:45 a.m. First Sunday Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. First Friday virtual Bible study is at 7 p.m. A link is available via Pastor Dean’s Facebook page. Beth Samuel Jewish Center 810 Kennedy...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s version of socialism
Woe unto them who cry “socialism” when the poor are fed — but cheer when the rich grow fatter off government largesse. Donald Trump, self-proclaimed champion of capitalism, governed like Pharaoh: hoarding wealth, building monuments to himself and handing out borrowed treasure to his inner court. His new “Big, Beautiful...
Editorial: Should Pennsylvania eliminate sales tax exemptions?
When government needs more money, it has a few options. There are fees: a cost for a driver’s license or a hunting license or a copy of your birth certificate. There are fines, although this should never really be looked at as a revenue source. It’s more about enforcing the...
In brief: Picnic for the Parks, flea market and more in Aspinwall area
Twilight Picnic for the Parks The Great Lawn at the Hartwood Acres Mansion is the setting for the Allegheny County Parks Foundation’s Twilight Picnic for the Parks from 6:30-10:30 p.m. Aug. 16. Guests will be treated to music by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s String Quartet and a seated dinner and...
The Stroller, July 12, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Women’s golf outing scheduled...
Letter to the editor: Republicans a sorry bunch
The 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were well aware they were putting their very lives on the line by adding their signatures to that document. However, they believed so strongly in the path they were taking to be free from the oppression of King George III that they...
Next chapter in OLSH grad Cam Johnson’s stellar NBA career takes him to Denver
DENVER — Mike Rodriguez needed to find 10 hoopers. And fast. It was Easter 2014. Rodriguez was the boys basketball coach at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in Moon Township, and one of his pupils had an unexpected new suitor reaching out: Pitt coach Jamie Dixon. “He just happened...
Ranking Penn State’s best linebackers of the 21st century
Twenty-five years into the century, the Centre Daily Times put together a panel to rank Penn State’s top 10 linebackers since 2000. That panel is made up of Neil Rudel (Altoona Mirror), Rich Scarcella (Reading Eagle), Audrey Snyder (The Nittany Dispatch), Mark Brennan (Lions247), Mark Wogenrich (Penn State on SI),...
