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In brief: New neurology chief at St. Clair, covid-19 relief and more in the South Hills
St. Clair Hospital welcomes new chief of neurology St. Clair Hospital has appointed noted neurologist Maxim D. Hammer, M.D., MBA, as its new chief of neurology. Hammer joins St. Clair from UPMC, where he held numerous titles, including vice chairman, clinical affairs, Department of Neurology; clinical director of neurology; and...
In brief: Road closure, pop-up shop and more around Sewickley
Road closure The southbound lane of Fern Hollow Road at Pink House Road in Sewickley Heights Borough will be closed from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 26 for drilling near Little Sewickley Creek South Branch Bridge No. 1. Pop-up shop Kid’s Closet Connection is hosting a holiday sales event...
Editorial: Registered to vote? Today’s the day
This is your last chance. If you want to vote in the November general election, Monday is the last day to register. Pennsylvania is not one of the handful of states that allow you to just decide that you want to participate in your government with five minutes to spare...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Oct. 19
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Oct. 19....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Oct. 19
Editorial cartoons for the week of Oct. 19....
The Stroller, Oct. 19, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your non-profit organization going to have a fundraiser? Send information to The Stroller at least a week in advance to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Online raffle to benefit HOPE Center The Alle-Kiski HOPE Center is hosting an online raffle online through Friday on its Facebook page...
$462.8 million in bets made in Pennsylvania in September
Pennsylvania’s online and retail sportsbook generated a record $462.8 million in bets in September but failed to bring in record taxable revenue. The commonwealth joins New Jersey and Nevada in surpassing $450 million in wagers in a single month, according to PlayPennsylvania. However, because of heavy promotion and some “unlucky...
Pittsburgh police investigating Hill District shooting
A man is in stable condition after he was shot in the back Sunday in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, authorities said. Police responded about 2:30 p.m. to a ShotSpotter alert near the intersection of Enoch and Granville streets in the city’s Crawford-Roberts neighborhood, police said. As police responded to the alert,...
Ravens avoid late collapse vs. Eagles to move to 5-1 entering off weekVideo
PHILADELPHIA — Quarterback Lamar Jackson had another long rushing touchdown, defensive end Calais Campbell had three sacks, and the Ravens avoided a late collapse Sunday to knock off the Philadelphia Eagles in a sloppy 30-28 win. The Eagles scored the game’s final 14 points, but outside linebacker Matthew Judon and...
Twitter blocks tweet of Trump coronavirus adviser who undermined importance of mask usage during pandemicVideo
Scott Atlas, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, was flagged by Twitter for a tweet that violated the social media site’s “misleading information” policy, a spokesperson confirmed Sunday to the New York Daily News. “Masks work? NO,” Atlas, one of President Donald Trump’s closest medical advisers, tweeted...
Sheldon Jacobson: If playing Big Ten football makes good ‘cents,’ then not playing other sports makes no sense
It took a month, but the Big Ten finally realized the error of its ways and announced that fall football is back on. Next weekend, the Big Ten will join the ACC, SEC and Big 12 among the power conferences who looked at the full gamut of risks and rewards...
For Penn State’s Ciarrocca, new offense all in the details
There will be 11 players on offense, moving as one unit, playing out a barbaric symphony with equal parts precision and brutality. That’s how Kirk Ciarrocca wants it, and how he sees it developing. At some point in time, anyway. Penn State’s offensive coordinator is sure of one thing, though:...
Bob Inglis: Christian conservatives should not let abortion, socialism scare us off Biden
President Donald Trump claims to be the choice of Christian conservatives, but is he really what we want? Very few of us would want our children to grow up to be like him. We cringe at what he says and tweets, remembering that “Out of the overflow of the heart,...
Letter to the editor: Let’s stop rewriting history
Mayor Peduto, this cancel culture is getting way out of hand, and your covering up of the Christopher Columbus statue continues to cower to the vocal minority and borders on embarrassing and hysterical (“Pittsburgh Mayor Peduto recommends removal of Columbus statue from Scheney Park,”). Where and when does this stop?...
Letter to the editor: Distasteful vote may be the right one
This Nov. 3 will present a difficult choice for many folks. And it’s an election that promises to be for all the marbles. The radical left and one-world co-conspirators within the Democratic Party are using every trick in the book, including what I see as blatant video falsification, to prop...
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland ballot delays unacceptable
I am appalled and outraged by the procrastination and delay of the officials of the Westmoreland County Board of Elections in ensuring that the voters of Westmoreland County who have registered to vote by mail receive their ballots in an appropriate and timely fashion (“Westmoreland County confirms that mail-in ballots...
Letter to the editor: Be careful what you wish for with Trump
You who display Trump signs might want to be careful what you wish for. We are in a pandemic, and many are out of work and in fear of losing their homes. Congress and President Trump should be passing a covid-19 relief package, but instead they are intent on jamming...
Letter to the editor: Dems waging war on coal, fossil fuels
The war on coal and fossil fuels continue, in regulations molded by elected left-wing Democrats following progressive global climate change policies. Consider the French international banking group BNP Paribas, the worlds eighth largest by total assets, who said in May it will not accept new customers that derive more than...
Letter to the editor: We should man up instead of whining for help
Yet more letter-writers want to know why we aren’t receiving more help from the government. We are the government. We have borrowed ourselves almost into bankruptcy. The lack of personal and civic responsibility is staggering. We hold out our hands and whine for help. It’s time we man up and...
Letter to the editor: Allegheny County must take action on air quality
One recent morning when I let my dog out at 6:45 a.m., the air quality was so bad I had to shut the door right behind her. And then I thought, “maybe it’s not even safe for her to go out.” Looking at Allegheny County’s air quality website, I can...
Letter to the editor: Democrats’ distracting tricks
The article “Republican fundraiser sparks criticism from candidate in 39th District state Senate race” (Oct. 7, TribLIVE) seems like nothing more than a cheap political stunt. Democrat Tay Waltenbaugh seems to be using the personal health crisis of a county commissioner to try and get his name in the paper,...
Along Mariner East pipelines, secrecy and a patchwork of emergency plans leave many at risk and in the dark
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/the Patriot-News and other news organizations across Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter. Winding through green forested hills, the road to Meadowbrook Mobile Home Park in York County is nestled with brown-paneled trailers...
Letter to the editor: On covid-19, play it safe to secure our future
What part of covid-19 transmission are you not getting? Opening up too soon is increasing the chances of spread. The Big Ten and Pac-12 made the right decision the first time to cancel the season. What changed between that first decision and the second decision? Same goes for municipalities to...
Letter to the editor: We need to vote for Biden/Harris
I grew up near Irwin and although I’ve moved away, I remain interested in the area and am a lifelong Steelers fan. I’m writing from a distance to implore Pennsylvanians to vote for Joe Biden/Kamala Harris. Biden’s central planks are affordable health care, an organized plan to address the covid-19...
Letter to the editor: Don’t depend on press, social media
I am 74 years old, a conservative, a veteran, retired and have studied history most of my life. I am also one of those individuals who wishes President Trump would cut down on his tweets, but that’s another story. What bothers me even more is how blatantly misguiding I find...
