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A century’s worth of PIAA basketball championship factoids
Suspending the playoff after two rounds was not what the PIAA had in mind on the 100th anniversary of its basketball championships, but the coronavirus outbreak has the tournament on hold. The finals were originally scheduled to start Thursday in Hershey. While the candles are still burning on the state...
Gov. Wolf orders ‘non-life-sustaining’ businesses to close physical locations to halt coronavirus spreadVideo
Gov. Tom Wolf ordered all “non-life-sustaining” businesses in Pennsylvania to close Thursday night in an effort to slow the spread of covid-19. The order took effect at 8 p.m. Businesses that refuse to close down will face “enforcement actions” beginning at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Grocery stores, gas stations, pharmacies, beer...
Laurels (and no lances): Some reminders of goodness
Laurel: To a different kind of greens. It’s nice to know that as some golf courses close down, that doesn’t necessarily mean the landscape will change dramatically — becoming a sea of subdivided homes or vast expanses of pavement. The Timber Ridge Golf Club in East Huntingdon has found new...
Sweetwater turns ‘Three States of Glass’ into online exhibition
As businesses temporarily shut their doors to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, they’ve also gotten creative with how they are using technology to stay afloat during these uncertain times. At Sweetwater Center for the Arts here in Sewickley, the “Three States of Glass” exhibition was originally scheduled to...
‘Like a ghost town,’ Downtown Pittsburgh is empty
Jerry Kennedy has been selling hot dogs on Grant Street in Downtown Pittsburgh for a dozen years. He’s never seen the streets so deserted on a weekday. Kennedy, owner of Newman & Marley’s, who parks his stand outside the Steel Plaza T Station on Grant Street, said his business has...
Life during coronavirus pandemic: How this McCandless 5th-grader stays busy (and safe for her mom)Video
We invite Trib readers to share stories about their lives during coronavirus. Write to Director of Content John Allison at jallison@triblive.com. Please include your full name, neighborhood and phone number. Send photos, too, of what you are doing and seeing. Here’s a story from Jenna Parker of McCandless Township, a...
E.R. Shipp: America has survived other calamities; we can make it through coronavirus, too
Every day in this covid-19 time brings new urgencies, new revelations, new insights. The most stunning for me, believe it or not, was realizing that I am one of those people all the health officials and journalists are talking about when they mention vulnerable populations. When they used the word...
2 confirmed coronavirus cases in Westmoreland County
Westmoreland County has its first two confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, the state Department of Health announced Thursday. The cases were among 52 new confirmed positives reported statewide, bringing the total number of Pennsylvania cases to 185. It’s an increase of 39% over the previous day and comes as...
Doris DelTosto Brogan & Steven Chanenson: Get politics out of public defender system
Recently, Montgomery County, Pa. fired its top two public defenders, Dean Beer and Keisha Hudson, immediately escorting them from their offices with no explanation to their stunned staff or the public. We join the lawyers, academics and other stakeholders who have spoken out because this matters. If the motivation for...
South Hills school districts distribute meals during closure
When Gov. Tom Wolf on March 13 issued a mandate to close Pennsylvania schools for two weeks, school district officials across the region knew that it would impact district students’ ability to get fresh, nutritious breakfasts and lunches. On March 17, Brentwood Borough School District staff and volunteers prepared more...
Waynesburg grad Rachel Rohanna, fellow Symetra Tour competitors concerned for future
When news broke Tuesday that the USGA canceled two of its amateur events and will modify qualifying for the U.S. men’s and women’s opens, Rachel Rohanna took notice. Rohanna, a Waynesburg High School graduate and player on the Symetra Tour, wondered: If the USGA already canceled events set for April...
Susan Crawford: Maybe covid-19 will remind us why government is not the enemy
After the stock market collapsed in late 1929, many people in the United States lost their jobs. By 1932, 1 in 4 Americans was suffering from lack of food. President Hoover, enamored of the efficiency of the private market and suspicious of all foreign countries, raised tariffs and waited, confident...
Heritage Valley scanning all visitors at hospitals, including Sewickley, to help stop spread of coronavirus
Heritage Valley Health System has implemented additional visitation procedures and restrictions at its three hospitals in an effort to combat the spread of coronavirus. The new protocol begins Friday at Heritage Valley Sewickley, Beaver and Kennedy. All visitors will be directed to one entrance at each facility, and scanned for...
Letter to the editor: Who would fall for ‘Russian meddling’?
Warning! “Experts” report that Vladimir Putin is personally crafting the most hypnotic Facebook ad ever created. If Hillary herself even glances in the ad’s general direction, she will become another Trump zombie. In reality, though, I find it maddening that the media and politicians use the words “meddling” and “interference”...
Letter to the editor: Pro-life means protecting all lives
To me, “pro-life” means supporting all aspects of all lives. It’s not enough to merely encourage a child’s birth while ignoring efforts to feed, clothe, educate, provide health care and protect that child throughout life. Since 2016, we’ve seen expanding anti-life policies, including attempts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act...
The Stroller, March 19, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Send cancellations to The Stroller The Stroller will publish news of cancellations and events that will still occur in the upcoming days. If your non-profit has to cancel or change an event or is helping members of the public, please send information to: The Stroller, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood...
What’s essential as businesses heed pleas to close amid coronavirus pandemic
Businesses around Western Pennsylvania have shut their doors, heeding pleas from public health officials and elected leaders from mayors to governors to the president to limit contact between people to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Gov. Tom Wolf this week asked that all nonessential businesses close. Many have. But...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Week ending Mar. 15
In 2016, the Trinity girls basketball team reached the WPIAL Class AAA finals before losing to South Fayette. A year later, after losing to Chartiers Valley in the district semifinals, the Hillers went on a run in the PIAA playoffs that landed them in Hershey and the first Class 5A...
Hampton school board supports charter school reform
The Hampton Township School Board members unanimously voted to support a Charter School Funding Reform Resolution at their March 9 voting meeting. HTSD School Board Member Robert Shages, who is also chair to the district policy and legislative affairs, read the Pennsylvania School Boards Association resolution to fellow board members...
Shaler Area continues to offer breakfast, lunch to students while school is closed
Shaler Area School district is offering free grab-and-go breakfast and lunch between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday through Friday for any Shaler Area students 18 and under. These meals may be picked up at either Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 66 Grant Avenue, Etna, or the Northern Area Boys and Girls...
Pine officials discuss splash pad at meeting while also observing social distancing
Although no decision has been made yet, the Pine Township parks and recreation committee recommended to the board of supervisors on Monday that they charge a $3 flat fee for use of the new splash pad currently under construction in Pine Community Park during the first year of operation. That...
Turkey calls, bike fishing and more outdoors news
Tip of the week There is a place for one-piece fishing rods. A bicycle is not always one of them. Bikes make it possible to access fishing spots like back-country lakes you might not get to otherwise, or at least hit more pools along a river trail than typical in...
How coronavirus is impacting outdoor activities, and how to combat it
The outdoors arena isn’t being spared in this world gone crazy. The coronavirus pandemic that has people all over the world suddenly working from home, treating every sneeze like it’s a hungry lion’s ominous roar and frantically searching for toilet paper and hand sanitizer is hammering outdoor-related events and activities....
Coronavirus prompts changes to Pa. trout stocking, trout season
Opening day of Pennsylvania’s 2020 trout season is going to be unlike any other. There will be trout aplenty at the start. Most than any other opener ever probably, in fact. But things could be sketchy thereafter because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission officials announced...
Caleb Verbois: How to talk to your children about coronavirus
My wife and I homeschool our children, so we did not have to suddenly tell our children “no school for the next month,” as we will still be having it. But we did have to talk to them about why we will not be able to do other normal activities,...
