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Rev. Erik Hoeke: Climate action is a moral imperative
Climate change is one of many significant moral challenges we face today as a nation, requiring a committed response. The social principles of my own faith tradition, the United Methodist Church, express moral imperatives to address climate change, protect the most vulnerable in society and promote human health. Humans have...
Several Penn State defenders set to play bigger roles this fall
INDIANAPOLIS — Jaylen Reed and Dvon J-Thomas are representing the Penn State defense at Big Ten Media Days inside Lucas Oil Stadium this week. The veteran Lions will also play significant roles in new coordinator Tom Allen’s defense. It’s a unit that should be led by an edge group featuring...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County this weekend: July 26-28
It’s the last week in July. Time to enjoy family friendly activities while school is in recess or a fun night out with friends. Here are five things to do this weekend: Bowling for Soup at the Palace Theatre Relive the early aughts with rock band Bowling for Soup’s “A...
Westmoreland happenings: Hot dog sale, parish festival, golf outing, more
Art • Greensburg Hempfield Area Library, 237 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Greensburg, will host a free exhibit of the works of artists group The Social Butterflies July 26 through Aug. 28. The group of seven local women will display more than 20 works in a variety of mediums. A free opening...
Analysis: Why J.D. Vance might not carry Trump’s MAGA torch into the future
WASHINGTON — It’s too soon to brand Sen. J.D. Vance as the surefire heir to Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” throne. At least that was the consensus of some Republican delegates and lawmakers interviewed as they milled about the Fiserv Forum or the vast space outside last week in...
Letter to the editor: Where is the evidence of Trump’s lies?
The letter “Trump doesn’t have qualities needed to serve common good” (July 19, TribLive) mentions that Donald Trump spread a “litany of lies and distortions“ without offering one example or one fact to back up these claims. Not one. How are we supposed to take the writer of this letter...
Stage AE debuts sober space for non-imbibing concertgoers
A new opportunity is available for live music lovers who want to stay sober. Stage AE recently became the first Pittsburgh concert venue to provide a permanent “sober space” at all of its events. The North Shore entertainment site partnered with local sponsors to make the resource available at its...
2 men arrested in connection with card-skimming devices in Lower Burrell, other communities
Lower Burrell police were called to the Community Supermarket on Leechburg Road on June 28 after reports of an attempted card skimming incident. George Sears, Community Market general manager, said an employee noticed the skimmer just 15 minutes after the device was planted, before anyone’s information could be compromised. Sears...
Editorial: Football season comes early with Steelers training camp
Football season doesn’t mean the same thing in the Latrobe area that it does in Pittsburgh. In Pittsburgh, football season is a fall phenomenon. It is tailgating and Sunday afternoons, Monday nights and powering through games sometimes cold enough to freeze a Terrible Towel. It is months of fans living...
The Stroller, July 25, 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. Free community picnic planned Saturday Fun and Freedom will host a...
Letter to the editor: Democracy or hypocrisy?
If you are a viewer of MSNBC, CNN or one of the other major networks, you have been told ad nauseam that our “democracy” is at stake. On June 27, the first presidential debate was held between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. It was evident that night that what was...
Letter to the editor: Republicans’ violence
In a healthy society, politicians wouldn’t be targeted with violence. No one would. Anyone who openly advocates violence — against protesters, political rivals, his own vice president, a legislature and more — would be ineligible for public office. A party that condemns violence against their candidate and supporters would condemn...
Meet the Pennsylvania athletes who will compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics
The 2024 Olympic Games are set to begin in Paris this week and Pennsylvania has a ton of elite athletes representing Team USA in multiple events. Check out the list below to see where each Olympic athlete is from and what events they will be competing in. Did we miss...
Pirates farm report for July 24, 2024: Grand slams by Liover Peguero, Matt Fraizer lift Indy to victory
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 42-52) crushed Iowa (Cubs), 14-3. LHP Bailey Falter (6.00) made a rehab start and allowed two runs on five hits with three strikeouts in three innings. RHP Isaac Mattson (3-1, 4.01) earned the win after two no-hit innings of relief with one strikeout. LF Matt Fraizer (.278) was...
U.S. men’s soccer team fades in loss to France after 16-year Olympics absenceVideo
MARSEILLE, France — The Paris Olympics don’t officially open until Friday. The games, however, already have begun. That’s not necessarily a good thing for the U.S. men’s soccer team, which returned to the Summer Olympics on Wednesday after a 16-year absence and lost to France, 3-0, before a packed house...
John Mayall, pioneering British blues musician, dies at 90
LOS ANGELES — John Mayall, the musician and bandleader often referred to as the godfather of the British blues — and whose long-running group the Bluesbreakers incubated some of rock music’s biggest talents, including Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor and Mick Fleetwood — died Monday at his home in California, according...
Senate committee signs off on stock trading ban for legislators
WASHINGTON — Legislation that would prohibit members of Congress and their family members from trading stock in individual companies passed its first committee hurdle Wednesday. In remarks during a U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing on the bill, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., said the proposed stock...
Kennywood temporarily closes Racer after coaster photo flap
Kennywood has shut down its iconic Racer after a picture circulating on social media this week showed a part of the nearly century-old wooden roller coaster’s wooden frame propped up on cement blocks. The rust-colored wooden post appears to be resting on a piece of wood set off center atop...
Kamala Harris targets Trump by raising threat of ‘extreme’ Project 2025
In Kamala Harris’ first public remarks as the leading Democratic presidential candidate, she vowed to defeat two enemies: Donald Trump and “his extreme Project 2025 agenda.” Harris’ comment thrusts Project 2025, the 900-page conservative manifesto led by the right-leaning Heritage Foundation, even more forcefully into the spotlight as Democrats use...
Long covid risk has decreased but remains significant, study finds
LOS ANGELES — The risk of developing long covid — enduring, sometimes punishing symptoms that linger well after a coronavirus infection — has decreased since the start of the pandemic, a new study found, with the drop particularly evident among those who are vaccinated. But the dip does not mean...
James Franklin, Penn State embrace high expectations for 2024
James Franklin understands that this year is a little different. Franklin, entering his 11th season as Penn State’s head coach, took the podium at Big Ten media days on Wednesday and answered questions from a crowd of national reporters at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The final question he fielded...
Solomon D. Stevens: When our politics turns apocalyptic, we all lose
The assassination attempt on Donald Trump was terrible and a stain on our republic. In our government, “we the people” are responsible for choosing our leaders. No individual has the right to take that away. But, as wrong as the assassination attempt was (and it was wrong), it is essential...
Jeff Coleman: Trust elections and good neighbors
It was 1986 when a presidential election first captured my imagination — the contest between incumbent Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos and challenger Corazon Aquino. As an 11-year-old American living in the Philippines, for me it was the ultimate master class in democracy. Marcos risked his dictatorship by declaring a snap...
Bands take over Latrobe brewery for annual Jambrewzle concert
The ninth annual Jambrewzle concert will fill the air with music this Saturday in Latrobe. The free all-day music festival will run from noon to 11 p.m. at Four Seasons Brewing Co., 745 Lloyd Ave. Ext. Groups on the bill include the Derek Woods Band with special guests Scott Page,...
Letter to the editor: Harris as president Dems’ death wish
Kamala Harris for president? Does the Democratic Party have a death wish? She has been in charge of President Biden’s disastrous failed border/immigration policy since 2021. ’Nuff said? Gerald Schiller Penn Hills...
