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The Stroller, Sept. 6, 2024: 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. Open house and kids...
Laurels & lances: Respect and attack
Laurel: To paying respect. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is the most visited of all the locations on the National Mall offering remembrance of a person or a group of people. More than 5 million visitors make the trip there every year. But that memorial is unique in...
Letter to the editor: Why is CO life expectancy so low?
Most research on the most stressful jobs in the country finds the job of a correctional officer as one of the most stressful. The Department of Justice identifies the constant exposure to the risk of potential violence is what distinguishes the job of the correctional officer from other occupations. The...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County this weekend: Sept. 6-8
How about some music? Or cats? Is it time for a good book? It’s the season for cozy interests to take over — and there are plenty of festivities to celebrate them this weekend around Westmoreland County. Summer concert series We didn’t see the total end of free summer concert...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 5, 2024: Brenden Dixon’s homer lifts Altoona
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 67-65) lost 3-2 to Toledo (Tigers) in a game shortened to eight innings. RHP Thomas Harrington (3.67) started and went six innings, allowing two runs on four hits with no walks and five strikeouts. LHP Michael Plassmeyer (4-10, 7.73) gave up one run on three hits in the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 5, 2024
High schools Field hockey Thursday’s results Class 3A Pine-Richland 6, Norwin 0 Class 2A Penn-Trafford 2, Fox Chapel 0 Class A Aquinas Academy 2, Oakland Catholic 1 Football Thursday’s result City League Allderdice 33, Perry 0 Friday’s schedule WPIAL Nonconference Aliquippa at Avonworth, 7 p.m. Ambridge at Hopewell, 7 p.m....
High school roundup for Sept. 5, 2024: Mars gets past Indiana in overtime
Miles Frazier, Zack Angoff and Sean Scanlon scored to lead Mars (4-0-1, 2-0-1) to a 3-2 overtime victory over Indiana in Section 1-3A boys soccer Thursday. Russell Crane scored twice for Indiana (4-1, 2-1). Avonworth 10, Mohawk 0 – Nathan Kline scored a pair of goals to lead Avonworth (3-1,...
PennDOT reminds motorists of Route 28 lane restrictions from East Deer to O’Hara
PennDOT is reminding motorists of single-lane restrictions on Route 28 in O’Hara, Harmar, Springdale, Frazer and East Deer will continue Friday, weather permitting. Single-lane restrictions will continue in both directions on mainline Route 28: • Northbound: Restrictions from the RIDC Park (Exit 10) interchange to the Russellton/Creighton (Exit 13) interchange...
Carnegie man gets 12-24 years in prison for slaying outside Club Erotica
A judge Thursday took a Carnegie man to task as she sentenced him to prison for a fatal shooting outside a McKees Rocks strip club three years ago following a dispute in the parking lot. Charles Becher, 27, was sentenced to 12 to 24 years in prison by Allegheny County...
79-year-old Hempfield man whose farm tractor overturned into a creek dies
A Hempfield Township man died late Thursday afternoon when a farm tractor he was using to mow grass overturned and fell into a creek, according to Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson. Clifford E. Schweinsburg Jr., 79, was mowing grass in Hempfield along Township Line Run Creek — a tributary of...
Hockey dad sentenced after attack at Monroeville hotel over affair left man severely injured
Jerry McCool’s face was so badly beaten that trauma physicians initially thought he’d been shot. He was placed in a medically induced coma, given a tracheotomy to breathe and a feeding tube to receive sustenance. His family did not know if he would survive the April 14, 2023 assault outside...
Penn State WR Omari Evans’ 55-yard grab a ‘confidence booster’ in Year 3Video
For the second time in the West Virginia game, Omari Evans sprinted on a go route between the hash mark and numbers to quarterback Drew Allar’s left side. The first time, protection broke down and caused the play to go awry. Evans and Allar were on the same page the...
Rev into reading: Pine hosts Touch-a-Truck, library center opening
Get ready for Revving Into Reading. That’s the theme for festivities scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 14, when the grand opening of Northern Tier Regional Library’s Pine Center runs in conjunction with a Touch-a-Truck event. More than 15 trucks and other vehicles will be parked outside the...
Kamala Harris arrives in Pittsburgh, Tim Walz visits Pamela’s DinerVideo
Vice President Kamala Harris might soon be sporting black and gold with how much time she’s spending in Pittsburgh lately. Harris returned to the city Thursday afternoon, having left hardly 72 hours earlier following a quick Labor Day visit. This time, she’s expected to stay in town until her debate...
Through the Years: 50 years ago, Freeport spoiled a Deer Lakes housewarming party
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic legacy. After five seasons at West Deer’s Braves Stadium, Deer Lakes opened Lancers Stadium only to sustain a 30-7 loss against Freeport on Sept....
Letter to the editor: Trump assassination attempt an inside job? Doubtful.
I just read the latest rabbit hole where the ex-president is saying the shooting attempt on him was an inside job. Really? I didn’t think there were that many angry Republicans. In my opinion, it would be better to let him keep his loser status in November. Diane Kotvas West...
Letter to the editor: Trump is a threat
I am 85 years old and on Social Security. I live at home with my son and family. I have voted in every election and this year, I am supporting Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for many reasons, but in particular, for what I see as Donald Trump’s disregard for...
Letter to the editor: A vote for Harris is a vote for destruction
OK, I get it. You hate Donald Trump. You are a “Never Trumper.” You would not vote for him if he were the only person running. Let’s look at the flip side. Kamala Harris and Tim Walz to me are hard- line leftists … socialists. I don’t think Harris has...
Editorial: Trust the math with election integrity
Math is universal. One and one is two, two and two makes four, four and four becomes eight and on and on and on. It doesn’t matter where it happens. It doesn’t matter if you are counting pencils or puppies or people. The math is the math. That is what...
Letter to the editor: Pa. Department of Human Services protects children best
Some politicians may be right about eliminating the Department of Education (DOE), but not for all the right reasons. I think this department should be eliminated in the federal and maybe all state governments or integrated with more effective departments of human services, like the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services...
The Stroller, Sept. 5, 2024: 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. Fall festival on tap...
Letter to the editor: Read beyond the headlines on Harris’ plans
“Pirates win game — could lead to World Series” Thankfully, the gaslighters who have replaced news journalists aren’t writing sports headlines — otherwise, that’s exactly what we might read. An Aug. 17 Associated Press article in the Trib reported: “Harris lays out economic game plan: Proposals could cut food, housing...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 4, 2024: Joshua Palacios belts 4 doubles in Indianapolis win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 67-64) won 9-6 over Toledo (Tigers). RF Matt Gorski (.262) was 3 for 5 with a solo home run, his 21st, and a pair of singles. 2B Nick Yorke (.332) was 3 for 6 with three doubles and scored two runs. DH Joshua Palacios (.248) was 4 for...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 4, 2024
High schools Football Thursday’s schedule City League Allderdice at Perry, 7 p.m. Friday’s schedule WPIAL Nonconference Aliquippa at Avonworth, 7 p.m. Ambridge at Hopewell, 7 p.m. Baldwin at West Mifflin, 7 p.m. Beaver at Imani Christian, 7 p.m. Bentworth at Charleroi, 7 p.m. Bethel Park at Armstrong, 7 p.m. Burgettstown...
High school roundup for Sept. 4, 2024: Moon holds off Bethel Park rally
Lilly Snyder, Lauren Muhana and Julia Shaver scored to lead Moon to a 3-2 victory over Bethel Park in Section 2-3A girls soccer Wednesday night. Kendall Dydek, Ally D’Alesio and Emma Marquis added assists for the Tigers (3-0, 3-0). Callee Dalbon and Keira Mehalko scored as Bethel Park (2-2-1, 1-2)...
