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Weather service: Alle-Kiski Valley hit by 2 tornadoes Wednesday
Two tornadoes touched down early Wednesday in the Alle-Kiski Valley, snapping trees, blowing in windows and ripping shingles off houses, meteorologists with the National Weather Service said. No one was reported injured. The bulk of the damage happened in a wooded area along Days Run Road in Frazer. The first...
Michael Bloomberg: To beat global pandemic, empower local leaders
While many Americans are watching the daily news conferences by President Donald Trump and some governors, the action behind the scenes is being led by the elected officials who are closest to the public, and who are directly managing the crisis in their communities: mayors. As we listen to public...
Letter to the editor: Cared for via church’s livestream
On Sunday mornings I feel comforted, loved and cared for by my church, which livestreams worship services. The Lord finds me at home. I don’t feel as if the church is being attacked at all (“Hempfield church pastor apologizes for open services on Sunday,” March 23, TribLIVE). In fact, many...
Letter to the editor: Hempfield property tax late payment relief
In response to the letter “Leaders must act on property tax relief” (April 2, TribLIVE): Hempfield residents will be happy to hear that at our last public township meeting, I requested our solicitor to prepare the appropriate legislation to abate (eliminate) the property tax late payment penalty of 10% until...
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland County, please stay home
Westmoreland County, please help us help you: Please stay home! Please accept this plea from the physicians, nurses and first responders in our county fighting covid-19 on your behalf. We will be OK and we are doing our part, but all of you have a huge influence on how things...
Letter to the editor: Will Constitution survive coronavirus?
The Democrats tried the Russia investigation, impeachment, then Russia a second time. The American people are getting wise to the Democrats’ tricks. They didn’t create the coronavirus, but they will use it to try to win the election in November. This virus has caused panic on Wall Street and an...
2 tornadoes confirmed in Alle-Kiski Valley as heavy storms ravage regionVideo
The National Weather Service confirmed that two tornadoes struck the Alle-Kiski Valley early Wednesday, and heavy winds caused damage and power outages across the region. The storm ripped roofs off a church and a brewery in New Kensington, destroyed hangars at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity and brought down...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s covid-19 response incompetent
History may judge the handling of the covid-19 pandemic as the greatest failure of an American president in modern times. The Trump administration’s failure to heed warnings of a pandemic in early January allowed 70 days to pass before President Trump admitted how serious this crisis is. He attempted to...
The Stroller, April 8, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Small Acts of Kindness In recent weeks, the Covid19 Virus has impacted everyone’s lives across the Alle-Kiski Valley. Many have and will step up to help family, friends and others they don’t even know. The Stroller wants to recognize those around us who are performing these small acts of kindness...
Collier Township to host virtual meeting
The Collier Township board of commissioners meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. on April 13 will be available virtually to residents. Those who wish can call in or use a link to watch virtually. To encourage public comment on agenda items, the township is asking residents to submit questions or comments...
St. Brendan’s livestreaming services
While public worship is suspended, St. Brendan’s Episcopal Church, 2365 McAleer Road, Franklin Park, is livestreaming Sunday services at 10 a.m., including Easter Sunday. The services will be streamed live on the church’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. Holy Week services will be streamed according to the following schedule: •...
Michael Hiltzik: ‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli wants out of prison to find a cure for coronavirus
One little-noticed consequence of the novel coronavirus crisis might be an outbreak of chutzpah. That’s a possible explanation for an audacious request by Martin Shkreli, the notorious “pharma bro” known for jacking up the price of old drugs to which he had acquired the rights, the better to reap profits...
Editorial: Passover teaches lessons about coronavirus
Passover will not be dimmed by the coronavirus. It cannot. A holiday that remembers biblical plagues cannot be bullied by a pandemic. Starting Wednesday at sundown, Passover is the eight-day Jewish celebration that commemorates the Hebrew slaves winning their freedom in Egypt. It begins with the Seder. It is an...
Jags pass rusher Ngakoue teases Eagles interest
Yannick Ngakoue doesn’t want to go back to the Jacksonville Jaguars. He’s made that clear over the past month or so. But where will the 25-year-old pass rusher end up? The Jaguars placed the franchise tag on Ngakoue, which keeps him in team control, but he has not signed the...
Trump ousts inspector general set to oversee relief spendingVideo
President Donald Trump has removed the head of a team of U.S. auditors that will oversee the $2 trillion in federal coronavirus relief spending, his latest move against inspectors general who are supposed to serve as independent watchdogs. Trump ousted Glenn Fine from his position as acting Defense Department inspector...
Sen. Wayne Fontana: Voting by mail no longer the exception
As this frightening pandemic affects every facet of our lives, more and more citizens are doing what they can to keep safe by staying at home, practicing social distancing and keeping in touch with others as remotely as possible. We don’t know when this nightmare will end, or when we...
Angello’s commitment to Penguins, community recognized by AHL
Community service has been important to Anthony Angello for as long as he can remember and something his mother always preached. Whether it was volunteering at a nursing home, meeting with hospital patients or something as simple as reading a book to children, he has cherished those experiences and is...
Beaver County nursing home presuming all residents, staff have covid-19
A Beaver County nursing home facing the largest covid-19 outbreak in the region is presuming that all of its residents and employees may have the disease. Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center in Brighton Township announced the approach Monday in an unsigned statement. “Thinking about the virus in this way allows...
State police have cited 2, warned 8 for violating stay-at-home order
Pennsylvania State Police have begun enforcing Gov. Tom Wolf’s stay-at-home order now that it has become a statewide mandate, according to Lt. Col. Scott Price, deputy commissioner of operations for state police. So far, troopers have issued two citations and eight warnings to people who allegedly violated the stay-at-home order...
Wayne Campbell: Expanding broadband access a moral mandate
The covid-19 pandemic will long be remembered as a time that upended people’s lives and livelihoods and caused too many family tragedies to count. Each day, there is more depressing news about more cases and more deaths. It creates a shadow of doom over our society and world. Many ways...
From grocery store trips to when the coronavirus lockdown could end: What you need to know today
As the nation braces for what leaders say will be one of the hardest weeks of the coronavirus pandemic , the Tribune-Review reached out to an infectious disease expert to help sort out the issues. Pittsburgh-based Dr. Amesh Adalja, a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, has been...
Letter to the editor: Help our candymakers survive coronavirus
The article “Coronavirus taking big bite out of Easter candy sales for region’s makers” (April 1, TribLIVE) detailed local candy companies’ struggles during this pandemic and how, with Easter sales way down, they fear their companies might not survive. Well, we can do something about that. Let’s all do our...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s inaction on coronavirus
I am enraged to hear our president imply that he is doing a good job since only 100,000 or more American citizens will apparently die from the coronavirus (March 29 news briefing). When he became president in 2017, he was given a pandemic playbook and pandemic director and staff. He...
Living with Children: The problem with ‘parenting’
I am convinced that “parenting” causes otherwise rational people — people whose thought processes are not typically driven by emotion — to lose their minds. If that is not the case, then why, ever since 1970 (or thereabouts), when “parenting” replaced the simple, straightforward process of raising children to adulthood,...
Letter to the editor: We must fight infectious disease globally
At least one county in West Virginia is trying to prevent people from crossing borders by stopping the sale of liquor to out-of-state residents (“West Virginia county bans liquor sales to out-of-state residents including Pennsylvanians,” April 4, TribLIVE). This may be effective to stop the movement of some people, but...
