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Christine Flowers: Big part of being Catholic is speaking out over injustices
My alma mater was wrong. Villanova should have barred a young man from walking at graduation after filming a young woman being sexually assaulted. Instead, he basically skated. No arrest, no charges, no penalties. It took an intrepid journalist with a solid moral compass to bring the story to the...
In brief: Penn Hills and Verona area happenings, week for April 21, 2025
Free paper-shredding event open to households State Reps. Joe McAndrew, D-Penn Hills, and Abigail Salisbury, D-Swissvale, are teaming up for a free document shredding event from 9 a.m. to noon May 3 at the former Westinghouse site, 1310 Beulah Road, Churchill. The event will take place weather permitting. Vehicles should...
Photo gallery: Pope Francis through the years
A look at Pope Francis through the years, a pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change. He was 88....
Federal cuts threaten to close Allegheny County lab that certifies N95s and other respirators in June
Most Americans learned what an N95 mask was during the covid-19 pandemic. But what many still don’t know is that every one of them was certified by a single, government-run lab in Bruceton, in Pittsburgh’s South Hills. It’s called the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory. The name N95 actually comes...
Letter to the editor: Pa.’s gas prices due to high taxes
Regarding the letter “Oil prices vs. gas prices” (April 14, TribLive): Pennsylvania has the third highest gasoline taxes in the country. When the federal levies are added to those imposed by the state, Pennsylvania consumers are paying 77 cents per gallon in taxes. I suspect the 77 cents per gallon...
Letter to the editor: Pecarchik’s hard work, results make her best choice for register of wills
As a critical thinker, I found there to be no logic to the letter “Wian right pick for register of wills” (April 11, TribLive). It appears her support of Jon Wian is based solely on the fact that he wasn’t involved in the mess created under the former register. If...
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area news, events for the week of April 21, 2025
Plum Council approves new batting cages Plum Borough Council unanimously approved an application from the Plum Baseball and Softball Association to build new batting cages at the Plum Creek municipal ballfields. The cages, which can hold up to four batters at a time in addition to a warm-up area for...
In brief: Bridgeville, Carnegie area news and events, week of April 21, 2025 and beyond
Events at Scott Library Scott Township Public Library is hosting fundraising events in the upcoming days. The Spring Vendor Fair is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 26 at the Scott Township Municipal Building, 301 Lindsay Road. The event is free. Raffles, food truck and various vendors will be...
Letter to the editor: Shapiro’s leadership refreshing
Gov. Josh Shapiro’s leadership is a dazzling contrast to the leadership at the federal level. His proposed 2025-26 budget has an emphasis on public service, not aggrandizement. Gratefully, Shapiro is working to counter the mean-spirited approach of the Trump administration that unlawfully terminated the Local Food Purchasing Assistance Program (LFPA),...
‘Very humble and very patient’: W. Pa. Catholics mourn Pope Francis
Meeting Pope Francis made for a memorable, albeit unusual, 25th wedding anniversary celebration for Nat and Melanie Pantalone. The Greensburg couple, about 20 priests and several others celebrating their anniversaries had a private Mass in April 2015 in Rome with the first Latin American pontiff. Nat Pantalone remembered being nervous...
What happens after the pope dies? Here’s how the next pope is elected
VATICAN CITY — The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing of ballots with a needle and thread after they’re counted, and then burning them to produce either the white or black smoke to signal if there’s a...
Editorial: The financial crisis of 2025? Better to be ready
If there’s one thing investors have learned in recent days, it’s that there’s no way to guess what America will do next. With its on-again, off-again tariffs, the administration has demonstrated a willingness to shock markets. Amid such radical uncertainty, a financial crisis isn’t out of the question. Policymakers need...
Letter to the editor: Why we’re protesting Trump’s actions
I attended the recent “Hands Off” rally in Pittsburgh for many reasons: unreasonable tariffs, attacks on science, education, health and health care, voting rights, free speech and freedom of the press, inhumane deportations. We have been living in chaos and attacks on our democratic way of life ever since the...
The Stroller, April 21, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Civil War photos wanted...
Here are some upcoming programs at Penn Hills Library
The Penn Hills Library, 1037 Stotler Road, offers a variety of programs for all ages. For a complete list of offerings, visit pennhillslibrary.org. Note the library will be closed May 26 for Memorial Day. Regular operating hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 10 a.m. to...
Letter to the editor: Making SNAP healthier will save lives
Make America Healthy Again seems to be starting. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making moves to eliminate sugary foods and soda pop/energy drinks from the SNAP program. Numerous Republican-led states also are taking steps to eliminate unhealthy, sugary items from the program. These are...
Westmoreland high school athletes of the week for April 19, 2025: Hempfield’s Allie DeMatt and Mt. Pleasant’s Gage Sowers
Allie DeMatt School: Hempfield Class: Senior Sport: Track and field Claim to fame: DeMatt, a Bucknell commit, recorded three top-three finishes at the 33rd Lady Spartan/22nd Wildcat Invitational at Latrobe. She won the triple jump with a mark of 35 feet, 7 inches, placed second in the long jump (17-3)...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 21
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 21....
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 21
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 21....
High school sports schedules for April 21, 2025
High schools Baseball Monday’s schedule Class 5A Section 2 Upper St. Clair at Peters Township, 7 p.m. Class A Section 2 Rochester at St. Joseph, 4 p.m. City League Obama Academy at Westinghouse, 3:30 p.m. Perry Traditional Academy at Carrick, 3:30 p.m. Nonsection Hundred (W.Va.) at Mapletown, 5 p.m. North...
Pirates farm report for April 20, 2025: Nick Solak’s hitting streak reaches 12 games for Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 10-8) rolled to a 10-6 victory over Toledo (Tigers). 2B Nick Solak (.391) was 3 for 4 with a homer and three RBIs, reached base four times and extended his hitting streak to 12 games. 3B Liover Peguero (.328) was 2 for 5 with a triple and RBI....
Former Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava commits to UCLA
College football’s highest-profile transfer is coming home. After a falling out with Tennessee, Nico Iamaleava has agreed to play for UCLA next season in a move that will generate significant buzz for the Bruins after they added a quarterback who took his previous team to the College Football Playoff. But...
Trump draft proposes radical reshaping of State Department
A draft Trump administration executive order circulating among U.S. diplomats proposes a radical reduction to and restructuring of the State Department, according to a copy of the document seen by Bloomberg. The changes, if implemented, would be one of the biggest reorganizations of the Department since its founding in 1789....
5 takeaways after Abrego Garcia, Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen meet in El SalvadorVideo
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s diplomatic mission to El Salvador culminated in a face-to-face meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the mistakenly deported man whose case has inflamed national immigration debates in recent weeks. Van Hollen, a Democrat, framed the trip as a success, telling the world he did what he...
Westmoreland happenings: Earth Day garden talk, genealogy workshop, fashion show, more
Fundraisers • Lincoln Heights Civic Association will host a Bingo Bonanza April 27 at the Civic Center, 42 Millersdale Road, Hempfield. Doors open at 11 a.m., early birds will begin at 1 p.m., and regular bingo will start at 1:30 p.m. Cost: $25, includes three early bird games, 12 regular...
