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Editorial: Prison phone calls shouldn’t be source of revenue for counties
The Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act was signed into law in 2023 after passing through Congress with surprising bipartisan support. It amended a 1934 law governing how inmates in an institution can have access to people outside the walls of their jail or prison. It requires the Federal...
Letter to the editor: Only one old guy left standing
Well, it looks like the only old guy left in this race is Donald Trump. What is he, 78? That’s old! OK, no more Sleepy Joe, or Dementia Joe, or whatever childish names the GOP tagged President Biden with. Now all attention is on Trump. New scrutiny will now befall...
The Stroller, Aug. 1, 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. Mt. St. Peter Parish to celebrate 43nd annual Festa Italiana The...
Letter to the editor: Olympics abomination
After the abomination depicting the Last Supper with a drag queen performance, rest assured that no member of our family will watch one second of the Olympics. Let’s see how the advertisers like that. You should be ashamed of yourselves. We notice you did not cover that in the morning...
Pirates farm report for July 31, 2024: Nick Yorke knocks in run in Indy debut
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 47-52) took down Toledo (Tigers), 7-5, for its eighth straight win. 2B Nick Yorke (.311), who was acquired from the Red Sox via a trade on Monday, was 1 for 3 with an RBI while batting cleanup in his debut. SS Liover Peguero (.251), LF Edward Olivares (.237)...
2 Penn State football players placed on interim suspension
Weeks before the start of the new season, two Penn State football players were placed on interim suspension, a program spokesperson said Wednesday. Defensive end Jameial Lyons and linebacker Kaveion Keys are on interim suspension to “deal with a personal matter,” spokesperson Greg Kincaid said. The program will have no...
Penn State receives commitments from 2 defensive line prospects
Make it two more commitments for Penn State and a huge hot streak for the Nittany Lions on the trail. Daniel Jennings, a four-star defensive end in the Class of 2026 from Princeton, W.Va., committed to Penn State over hometown West Virginia on Wednesday. He followed the afternoon commitment of...
Undercover sex-trafficking sting nets 14 arrests, recovery of 10 possible victims at Comic-Con
SAN DIEGO — A three-day human trafficking sting targeting people attending the San Diego Comic-Con Convention last week resulted in 14 arrests and the recovery of 10 potential trafficking victims — including a 16-year-old girl, authorities said. The undercover operation, launched by agencies as part of the San Diego Human...
Mt. Lebanon native Mark Cuban leads venture capitalists group supporting Kamala Harris
DALLAS — Dallas billionaire Mark Cuban is the top signature of a new group of 100-plus venture capitalist investors from prominent tech regions like Silicon Valley supporting Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid for the White House. The group, made up of names such as Cuban, LinkedIn co-founder Reid...
Westmoreland County clothing designer charged in Jan. 6 Capitol attack
A gold lapel pin on his breast pocket. Dark brown sunglasses. Distinctive gray and brown boots. The FBI used those fashion elements to link a Westmoreland County clothing designer to the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol. They filed charges against him this week. On Wednesday morning, an FBI...
Community enjoys Oakmont Street Sale and Classic Car Cruise
More than 60 vendors set up shop as people gathered on Allegheny River Boulevard for Oakmont’s Street Sale and Classic Car Cruise on July 27. Folks enjoyed live music performances, local food vendors and local shops that set up tents along the boulevard. Owners brought their classic cars and put...
Letter to the editor: Missing Sewickley
In 1996, I accepted a job in Pittsburgh. Although my wife and I grew up about 200 miles north, we didn’t know much about the area. Two co-workers asked about the setting my wife and I wanted: “We want a village with Victorian homes and a grade school close enough...
Mark D. Schwartz: Once journalists, now merely jackals
Once again Sen. John Fetterman uniquely spoke the plain truth, criticizing those elected phonies who knifed President Biden in the back one day from reelection and then lauded his legacy the next. Deceitful politicians are nothing new. However, they were aided and abetted by what is falsely labeled as “cable...
Derry Township bans open burning
Derry Township officials have issued a ban on open burning in the township until further notice. Township supervisors said recent dry conditions prompted the ban, which includes recreational fires and fireworks. Rainfall on Tuesday provided some relief, but not enough to lift the ban. A short distance under the ground...
Fire damages planes, hangar at Rostraver Airport
A fire that damaged a privately owned hangar and at least two airplanes Wednesday at Rostraver Airport was quickly extinguished, said Gabe Monzo, Westmoreland County Airport Authority executive director. With other buildings and hangars just feet away from the fire, as well as the potential dangers inside them, the fast...
‘Biggest race to date’: North Park event raises money for scholarship fund
Credit could go to the cause, the course or perhaps the exceptionally cooperative weather. Whatever the reason, the seventh annual KILLIAN5K race through the picturesque surroundings of North Park on the sunny morning of July 27 turned out to be a record-setting occasion, according to members the organizing family, Patrick,...
Former Sewickley Academy director of theatre arts takes on ‘Bandstand’
Many Sewickley Academy alums may spot a familiar name in the playbill at Front Porch Theatricals’ production of “Bandstand,” running Aug. 16-25 at the New Hazlett Theater on the North Side. Joe Jackson, who served as dance teacher and theatre arts director at the academy, returned to the region from...
West Jefferson Hills School District starts school on Aug. 26
The first day of school for students in West Jefferson Hills School District is Aug. 26. They’ll see some new faces that day, including assistant superintendent Dr. William Henderson III, who was appointed to his new role during a special school board meeting May 7. Shannon Feagans will be teaching...
Judge defies appeals court, denies bail to Sewickley torture defendant
An Allegheny County judge on Tuesday refused to follow a state Superior Court order to grant bail to a Sewickley man accused of assault and torture. Common Pleas Judge Edward J. Borkowski instead held a hearing at the request of the prosecution before finding that Noah Storm Sadowski poses a...
Kathryn Anne Edwards: Women are America’s working class now
It’s an election year, which means we’ll be hearing a lot from Democrats and Republicans claiming their party is the one true champion of working-class Americans. Sure, but what does it mean to be part of the working class in America these days? It means being female. If there’s one...
Former President Donald Trump campaigns in Harrisburg
Just over two weeks ago, former President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for president, survived an assassination attempt while campaigning in Pennsylvania. Trump will be back in the state today, his first campaign visit here since the shooting. People were camped out at the rainy Farm Show Complex overnight ahead...
Venezuela’s military holds keys to Maduro’s future in power
The morning after Venezuela’s streets erupted against Nicolás Maduro’s self-declared victory, his defense minister appeared on the airwaves to make clear how the armed forces viewed protests over an allegedly stolen vote. “It’s something truly absurd, it’s something completely improbable,” scoffed Vladimir Padrino López, who has commanded the nation’s military...
Black women, white dudes, crazy cat ladies: Identity groups fuel a groundswell for Harris
Disabled voters for Harris. White dudes for Harris. Crazy cat ladies for Harris. Since Vice President Kamala Harris vaulted into becoming the likely Democratic nominee for president a week ago, a groundswell of identity-based grassroots groups have sprung up online to rally behind her. The nightly calls are raising millions...
Shaler Area School District gears up for 2024-25 school year
Summer is more than half over, which means back to school is on the horizon. Shaler Area School District’s orientation for kindergarten and grades four, seven and nine is Aug. 20. The first day of school for students is Aug. 21. The top two leadership positions have new faces. The...
Harris to campaign with running mate in Philadelphia next Tuesday to kick off swing state tour
PHILADELPHIA — Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Philadelphia next Tuesday for the first campaign stop with her yet-to-be-announced running mate. The Harris campaign confirmed to The Philadelphia Inquirer that the visit will kick off Harris’ tour through swing states with her vice presidential pick. The timing of the...
