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Letter to the editor: What has Biden accomplished?
Joe Biden has spent 47 years in office and, in my opinion, accomplished nothing except to enrich himself and his family while his masters oversaw the destruction of the American dream for the middle class. Biden watched millions of good U.S. manufacturing jobs moved offshore. The bulk of the jobs...
Pittsburgh woman killed in Etna crash
A woman is dead after a crash Thursday night in Etna, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. Henrietta Barricella, 83, of Pittsburgh died at Allegheny General Hospital shortly after the crash, which happened around 5:10 p.m. at the corner of Crescent Avenue and Butler Street. Further details about...
Man’s shooting death in Mount Oliver ruled homicide
A 19-year-old Pittsburgh man was killed early Friday in Mount Oliver, according to Allegheny County Police. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Tysere Michael Igles and has ruled the death a homicide. Police said the shooting happened around 3:10 a.m. in an apartment building on Arlington...
Letter to the editor: They all knew who Trump was
They all knew who Donald Trump really was. The following is what they said about him before they seem to have buckled under to his bullying and abandoned their last shred of dignity: • Lindsey Graham: “He’s a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. I think he’s a kook. I think he’s...
Millvale police seek person they say vandalized, then burned, house
Millvale police are looking for a person who they say lit a North Avenue house on fire early Wednesday morning. Firefighters and police officers were called to the scene shortly after 4 a.m. Police said witnesses said they had seen someone spray paint the home’s front steps, throw a brick...
The Stroller, Sept. 25, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Valley News Dispatch is compiling a list of autumn events and Halloween parades, parties and trick-or-treat nights. Send an email to cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Bands set to play at outdoor fundraiser in Gilpin A fundraiser to support the Leechburg Pink Day event,“Lingrow Goes Pink,”will be from 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 24, 2020
Field Hockey Thursday’s results WPIAL Class 3A Pine-Richland 5, Peters Township 0 Class 2A Penn-Trafford 8, Woodland Hills 0 Football Thursday’s results WPIAL Class A Tri-County South Avella 21, West Greene 20 Thursday’s summary Avella 21, West Greene 20 Avella 0 6 15 0 —21 West Greene 8 0 6...
High school roundup for Sept. 24, 2020: Kensly Owens powers No. 2 North Allegheny
Kensly Owens scored four goals to lead No. 2 North Allegheny (3-1-1, 2-1-1) to an 8-0 victory over rival North Hills (0-3, 0-3) in a Section 1-4A boys soccer match Thursday night. Belle Vernon 2, Thomas Jefferson 1 (OT) – Nick Nagy scored the game winner in overtime to lead...
Avella stops West Greene to improve to 3-0 in Tri-County South
Coming into this season, the Avella football team had two conference wins in the previous three years. It isn’t October yet and the Eagles have already left that win total in the dust. K.J. Rush threw for 165 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score, and Avella stopped...
Trump promises to protect sick Americans; does his new order do that?Video
WASHINGTON — Less than six weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump traveled to North Carolina on Thursday to announce his commitment to protecting Americans with preexisting medical conditions and to issue another round of executive orders related to health care. “We are delivering better care, with more choice, at...
Pa.’s failure to mandate quicker death reporting before the coronavirus fueled wild data fluctuations, mistrust
Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter. For years, Pennsylvania has had a hard time counting its dead. A new analysis shows that in 2017, Pennsylvania had...
House Democrats drafting $2.4 trillion coronavirus relief bill
WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi has directed House committee leaders to put together a more slender coronavirus relief package than the one that previously passed the chamber, in their latest offer in talks with the White House. The House could vote on that as-yet-unreleased $2.4 trillion bill as soon as...
The Birdie just wants to see live football in the A-K Valley
Last Week: 10-2 (84%) Overall: 18-2 (90%) A strange call came in to the Valley News Dispatch office before last Friday’s high school football games. The Birdie had chained himself to a school’s entrance gate and was holding a sign that read: “Let Me In? I Need High School Football.”...
The Birdie: Prognosticator puts pedal to metal for Week 3 in Westmoreland County
Last week: 10-4 (71.4%) Season: 17-10 (62.9 %) The wordy Birdie regained his form last week. He has some swagger back in his step. While he isn’t allowed to work from the office yet, he has been strutting around his front lawn. (He thought teleworking meant he had to sell...
High school football schedule, broadcasts for Week 3
Thursday WPIAL Class A Tri-County South Avella at West Greene, 7 p.m. Friday WPIAL Class 6A Canon-McMillan at Baldwin, ppd. Hempfield at Mt. Lebanon, 7:30 p.m. (HSSN) North Allegheny vs. Central Catholic at Graham Field, 7 p.m. (HSSN) Norwin at Seneca Valley, 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Allegheny 6 South Fayette...
Chick’s Picks: After demoralizing awards snub, prognosticator forecasts big 5A, 6A battles
This week was one of utmost importance for Chick’s Picks. It was the week of the 72nd Prime Time Emmy Awards. It came as no surprise when Chick’s Picks received a nomination earlier this year for Best Prognosticating Performance. Thanks to the pandemic, awards were presented virtually. Chick’s Picks made...
Truck drivers claim racial discrimination in suit against Giant Eagle’s distribution center
A federal race discrimination lawsuit filed Thursday against Giant Eagle’s OK Grocery Company contends that Black truck drivers were subjected to racial epithets and harassment by their white counterparts with no repercussions. The plaintiffs, Ulysses Robinson, Anthony Hill, Davone Grayson and Showayne Samuels, were all terminated by the company between...
Joe Biden’s Pennsylvania hurdle: Voters who fear a California-style energy planVideo
When US Airways stopped using Pittsburgh’s airport as a global hub in 2004, a billion-dollar renovation project completed in 1992 that was supposed to breathe life into the regional economy became a suffocating financial burden, and local leaders stopped looking to the sky for salvation. Instead, they looked beneath their...
Pa. Supreme Court denies motion to stay ballot decision requested by Republicans
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request by state Republicans to stay its decision allowing for the use of ballot drop boxes and an extended deadline for mail-in ballots. Senate President Pro Tempore Joseph B. Scarnati III, Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, House Speaker Bryan Cutler and House...
Federal probe focuses on discarded Trump ballots in Luzerne County
A federal investigation into irregularities with mail-in ballots at the Luzerne County Bureau of Elections has turned up discarded ballots that were cast for President Donald Trump, U.S. Attorney David J. Freed said Thursday. In a prepared statement, Freed said FBI agents and Pennsylvania State Police who began investigating “potential...
Shaler community hosts Birthday Beep for school board member
A Birthday Beep drive-by event had Shaler Area School Board member Suzanna Donahue feeling like a queen to celebrate her big 5-0. The event doubled as a fundraiser for Donahue, who is battling bile duct cancer. Friends and strangers lined up outside Burchfield Primary School, along with the high school...
Laurels & lances: Involved, closed, rejected
Laurel: To youth involvement. Young people are often painted as being unconcerned with what is going on in the world around them beyond their smartphones, Starbucks and avocado toast. That’s why we should encourage and support when our kids are participating in something bigger than themselves. Abby Rickin-Marks, a Fox...
Student news: National Merit semifinalists, college news and more in Pine, Richland
National Merit semifinalists Pine-Richland High School seniors Brendan Anderson, John Faber, Joshua Pazin, Rebecca Peng and Samuel Stella have been named National Merit Scholarship Corporation semifinalists. The students are among 16,000 semifinalists in the United States. They will have the opportunity to qualify for finalist status and compete for National...
New Kensington woman sues Pittsburgh police for wrongful arrest after mistaken identity
A New Kensington woman who said she was assaulted after being wrongfully arrested last year as a result of mistaken identity is suing the Pittsburgh police and the officer who filed the charges. Desiree Pinkston, 35, said in her federal complaint that Pittsburgh officer Morgan Logan, who was investigating a...
Sewickley students recognized by National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Several local students are being recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Six seniors from Sewickley Academy were recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program for their exceptional academic promise demonstrated by their outstanding performance on the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Prateek Adurty, Simran Bedi, Jacquelyn Jardini,...
