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This letter was signed by nine regional health care leaders, named below. Over the past three months, our organizations have proudly come together in an unprecedented fashion to address the enormous challenges we have faced as a community due to the novel coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic. This public health crisis is...

The Tull Family Theater reopening has been delayed. In light of the Allegheny County Health Department’s encouragement to voluntarily stay at home, the nonprofit decided to delay the originally planned opening that was to occur July 10. A reopening date will be announced this month, according to an email from...

When last I heard, those Taliban fellows are all sworn to kill every one of us Americans. Now there’s a story going ‘round that Putin has offered some of those same Talibans a bounty to “assassinate” American soldiers in Afghanistan. Why would Putin offer to pay some of those thuggy...

Carnegie’s Grab-and-Go free lunch program continues through July. The program is open to anyone 18 and under and provides bagged lunches with wholesome snacks, frozen yogurt and other items. The St. John’s Lutheran Church site, at 601 Washington Ave., distributes lunches from noon to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. Lunches...

Sewickley Public Library is encouraging users to get a glimpse into history — online. The Sewickley Herald digital archive, which spans 1903 to the present, and Sewickley Historic Images and Documents collections are always available. The collection of digitized images and documents come from the Sewickley Library History Room. The...

In response to “Greensburg Salem keeps taxes flat, cuts librarians and band teacher” (June 29, TribLIVE): At the June 29 Greensburg Salem School Board meeting, Superintendent Gary Peiffer and school board President Ron Mellinger assured the public they have tried every possible creative solution to save numerous eliminated positions. If...

As I was watching the July 4 fireworks on TV, I remembered my first night in Vietnam. The company commander told me to report to C Barracks until they formally could give me an assignment. I walked down the hill and was met by a young Black soldier. “Come on...

I feel compelled to respond to the letter “Our leaders must speak out on racism” (June 27, TribLIVE) regarding state Sen. Kim Ward’s warning on the Greensburg rally for George Floyd. I believe these protests are organized by Marxists who are using race as a vehicle to achieve their political...

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham has publicly opposed President Donald Trump five times in the past few weeks, an unusual torrent of dissent from one of the president’s top allies in Washington just months before the South Carolina Republican faces a tough reelection challenge. Since June 20, Graham has blocked...

Republican operative Roger Stone asked a federal appeals court to delay the start of his prison term until Sept. 3 from July 14 because of the coronavirus pandemic, after the trial judge denied his earlier request. Stone, sentenced to 40 months behind bars for lying to Congress during the Russia...

It’s hot out there. Southwestern Pennsylvania is in the middle of a heat wave that will see 90-degree highs all week. Seems like the perfect time to get outside and do something fun, right? But ugh, there it is again. The coronavirus pandemic. Just sitting there, ruining everything. We have...

Both of Allegheny Township’s fire departments are out of service because as many as 45 people may have been exposed to coronavirus at a July 4th gathering, WPXI-TV reported. Township Manager Greg Primm told WPXI that a fire department member tested positive for coronavirus and potentially exposed those at the...

In 2015, one year before he became president, Donald Trump remarked that supermodel Heidi Klum was “sadly, no longer a 10.” Klum good-naturedly responded by wearing a T-shirt marked 9.99. What is always a 10? My Perfect 10 Portfolio. It contains 10 stocks, each of which is priced at 10...

CONNEAUT LAKE — An Erie woman fell into Conneaut Lake from the rear of boat Sunday afternoon and drowned, according to the Crawford County Coroner’s Office. The body of Kourtney Deese, 30, was recovered at 12:05 a.m. today by scuba divers off Oakland Beach/Morning Shores at Conneaut Lake. Deese’s death...

Despite less than three inches of rain having fallen in June and there being none so far for July, local water authorities are not concerned about continuing to supply the region with clean drinking water, and this week’s forecast is giving them plenty of reasons to be happy. While hot...

For weeks now, hundreds of thousands of Americans have taken to the streets to denounce the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the centuries of racism that still haunt our country. Others are struggling to understand what’s going on. For white people who are feeling confused by this movement,...

Sewickley Borough has announced that War Memorial Park is temporarily closed. The decision comes in the wake of Allegheny County’s new guidelines limiting gatherings to 25 people or less. The borough will update the municipality’s website with any changes....

A worker at the Westmoreland County courthouse has tested positive for the new coronavirus, said Amanda Bernard, director of human resources. The finding comes as Allegheny County officials confirmed Monday that six employees tested positive for the virus. Westmoreland officials were notified of the positive test there on Sunday. The...

Pine Showcase Properties Inc. sold property at 159 Alder Drive to Ramesh Raju Venk for $510,419. Alison Faust sold property at 911 Black Oak Ct to Scott Ross for $660,000. Kenneth Krieger sold property at 251 Fox Meadow Drive to Kenneth Krieger and Lori Lane for $166,054. Donald Jenkins sold...

Bellevue Dennis Baker sold property at 469 Lincoln Ave. to W G Holdings LLC for $85,000. Marvin Friedman sold property at 4449 Ohio River Blvd. to 4449 ORB LLC for $185,000. Bradford Woods Lance Markel sold property at 4952 Wexford Run Road to Sunghoon Jung and Jiwon Hyun for $408,000....

Monroeville Jose Rivera sold property at 425 Alpine Village Drive to Katie Rawlings for $134,000. Steven Law sold property at 625 Garden City Drive to Terrance Shallenberger for $152,000. West View Development Group LLC sold property at 2404 Haymaker Road to Karlton Ellies and Annastasia Green for $192,500. Daniel Whigham...

Oakmont Brooks & Blair Waterfront Properties L.P. sold property at 15 Allegheny Ave. to Ana Maria Gomez for $684,900. Plum Marvin Zalevsky sold property at 7712 Aspen Drive to Azizbek Khatamov for $222,000. Joshua Hansen sold property at 725 Blue Ridge Road to Adam Cosley and Daniella Dibernardo for $198,000....