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Massive slaughterhouse closures are driving U.S. consumers to plant-based meat products, as sick workers pay the price. Tyson Foods, JBS USA and Smithfield Foods, the largest meat processors, have closed 17 plants, devastating rural communities and threatening the nation’s meat supply. Production is already down by 25%. In reaction, U.S....

There are people who are saying we are sacrificing people’s lives to open up business too soon. But don’t we send young men off to die in war so others may live in peace? Clem Zahrobsky Delmont...

In response to the letter “Disappointed in Wolf’s veto”: There has be no such anger or vitriol from Democrats in regards to matters related to covid-19. This letter perpetuates a false narrative that Democrats and Gov. Tom Wolf are against working families and want to stifle economic prosperity for Pennsylvanians....

Imbleachment. Injecting with disinfectants is called embalming. That’s what the Egyptians did to the pharaohs. Anybody who defends this indefensible stupidity, including the hydroxychloroquine quackery, is probably a Trump boot licker. During President Obama’s eight years the national debt went from $12 trillion to $19 trillion, mostly due to the...

The Electoral College is just one part of the election process that applies only to the executive branch. Letter-writer Ron Slabe (“Electoral College is archaic,” Feb. 25, TribLIVE) makes the failed assumption that the USA is a democracy. America is a constitutional republic, and the Founding Fathers in their wisdom...

David Wien’s customers are stalking him these days. Wien owns John’s Barbershop, a small-town institution his father-in-law, John Krautbauer, opened 56 years ago across the street from the post office in Delmont. The shop closed in March when Gov. Tom Wolf issued a stay-at-home order designed to limit the spread...

After hearing Rich Fitzgerald’s announcement that Allegheny County would try to send mail-in ballots to every registered voter (“Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald calls for primary election to be conducted by mail”), I heard the backlash of those opposing such a move, mostly those fearing fraudulent voting as a reason....

Letter-writer David Bastl reasonably indicated that “China is our enemy.” I would consider China to be a serious threat to the United States. Consider the following headlines from various sources from 2018 to the present: “With Ships and Missiles, China Is Ready to Challenge U.S. Navy in Pacific” “China Commissions...

Diseases don’t respect borders. If the coronavirus outbreak has taught us anything, it’s that global health security is only as strong as its weakest link. That’s why we need a global strategy to defeat this pandemic. There is no silver bullet to stopping preventable diseases like the coronavirus from spreading,...

Westsylvania was proposed in the 1770s as our nation’s 14th state. It ran along the Allegheny Mountains from Kentucky to southwestern Pennsylvania and included all of West Virginia. Gov. Tom Wolf has exposed his heavy-handed liberal agenda. It is time for southwest Pennsylvania residents to fulfill their destiny and secede...

The Democrats and liberal media excoriate President Trump for his unyielding commitment to strong borders, one tenet of the “Trump doctrine.” They seem to hate that the president, well, puts America first. For most liberals, Trump’s “America First” doctrine is racist, xenophobic and wrong. Obviously, secure borders help keep terrorists...

Regarding the stress of staying home all the time: We spent a lot of money on buying and upgrading our house, so it’s nice to be enjoying it more. Lawrence E. Howard Jr. Plum...

Did your neighbor call and check on you, or bring a face mask or groceries? The Stroller wants to recognize those around us who are performing small acts of kindness for others during this stressful time. Send a short, one-paragraph note highlighting someone and how they helped you, your family...

Bridgeville Keylink Global LLC sold property at 615 Baldwin St. to Purva Mohnot for $14,500. Estate of Lynette Barr sold property at 1001 Grandview Ave. 803 to Geralyn Dremsek for $85,000. Carnegie Estate of Antonio Perri sold property at 409 Arch St. to NSC Properties LLC for $60,000. Terrence Steiner...

Baldwin Borough Estate of Charles Wiedder sold property at 443 Blossom Drive to Bhadrika Phuyel and Guna Subedi for $165,000. Eleanor Popatak trustee sold property at 1122 Edward Drive to Luke Barkhymer for $187,000. Estate of Norene Mears sold property at 615 Jenne Drive to Michael Jugovich and Jacklyn Welage...

Pine Showcase Properties LLC sold property at 219 Abbacy Drive to Brandon Michael and Amber Elizabeth Miller for $583,285. Cavalier Land Partn. L.P. sold property at 2013 Cherry Road to NVR Inc. for $120,000. Gregory Novotny sold property at 614 Fairgate Drive to Mihir Patel for $281,000. Richard Tomicek sold...

Bradford Woods Christopher Passione sold property at 813 Oak Road to James Chi Ming and Tony Hok Tung Chow for $304,000. Etna F. Chester Kletke sold property at 31-33 Walnut St. to Greg Milcic for $90,000. Franklin Park Stephen Demetriadis sold property at 2035 Connecticut Ln to Doris Lapina for...

Oakmont Timothy Galata sold property at 393 Hulton Road to Rushi Homes LLC for $50,000. Edgewater Properties L.P. sold property at 202 Park Pl to Douglas Adam and Courtney Elizabeth Whitcher for $414,099. David Helkenn sold property at 362 Virginia Ave. to Natalie Haller for $198,000. Alojz Kajinic sold property...

Monroeville Elias Peterson sold property at 1000 Brian Ct to Frederick Otti Boateng and Rita Osei Acheampong for $293,500. Thomas Zorn sold property at 138 College Park Drive to Segavepo LLC for $116,000. Central Penn Capital Management LLC sold property at 811 Garden City Drive to Chester Wheeler for $121,500....

Aleppo Angeline Marie Formica sold property at 803 Sewickley Heights Drive to Kimberlee Willis for $184,500. Edgeworth Jory Richman sold property at 17 Way Hollow Road to Westley Scott and Melissa Marie Brooks for $762,000. Leet Joseph Dohar sold property at Camp Meeting Road to Quaker Valley School District for...

It’s a system used for stoplights and preschool behavior charts: red, yellow, green. Apply it to the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns and you have a series of gates that keep Pennsylvanians behind closed doors. Until May 8. On Friday, Gov. Tom Wolf announced a list of 24 counties that will go...

NEW YORK — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisted Saturday that he won’t tolerate rallies that put public health at risk as the coronavirus crisis claimed another 299 people overnight. Asked about a Long Island rally that attracted scores of protesters, Cuomo said everyone has the right to express their...

Left-wing politicians advocate using the pandemic to shape the country with liberal ideology. What would happen if right-wing politicians used the pandemic to shape the country with conservative ideology? Imagine if in addition to spending $2 trillion on a coronavirus emergency response bill, we also placed a one-year moratorium on...

Ever notice that during almost every commercial break on TV, at least one commercial is for a pharmaceutical company’s drug, a drug that only can be provided via a doctors’ prescription? Instead of trying to convince us to talk our doctors into prescribing a drug we think may help us,...