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Lindsay Theater open during park construction
Construction is underway for the new borough park in Sewickley that will be located in front of The Lindsay Theater & Cultural Center. The work is being done by Pittsburgh-based Vermont Stone & Horticulture at a cost of $93,424. The borough owns the land and the lawn that the theater...
Pirates to host Yankees in 2025 home opener
A showdown between Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes and New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge was the talk of the MLB All-Star Game this week. There could be a rematch in the Pirates’ home opener next season. For the first time in franchise history, the Pirates will face the Yankees...
Butler County airport authority denied Trump campaign request because of conflicting event
Donald Trump’s campaign reached out to local officials about holding a rally at Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport but had to find another venue after learning an event was already scheduled there for July 13, according to the Butler County Airport Authority’s chairman. Instead, Trump held his rally at the Butler Farm...
M. Thomas Davis: Determination, experience, wisdom — Joe Biden has it, Donald Trump does not
Winston Churchill once noted that, “There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them.” It is among the many immediate misfortunes that the old Prime Minister is not around to give former president Trump a badly needed lesson in foreign policy. Fortunately, President...
Officials say message posted on gaming platform prior to Trump rally was from fake account
The 20-year-old man authorities said opened fire at a political rally in Butler County had photos and searches of both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on his cellphone, several news outlets reported Thursday citing unnamed sources. Sources told CNN that the gunman’s search history, dating back to...
Letter to the editor: Assassination attempt an outrage
All of the officers, staff and membership of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 92 in Lower Burrell pray for a speedy recovery, physically and mentally, for David “Jake” Dutch, his wife, Sheree, and extended family. Jake is a Marine Corps veteran and an active and valued member of our post....
Claudine Schneider and Susan Molinari: Violence against women takes center stage at the Republican National Convention
Violence against women, like all violence, is never acceptable. While both political parties have “said” we have to bring down the temperature in political discourse, evidently such empty pledges fall short when it comes to the GOP and women. The GOP is not only refusing to rebuke violence, but elevating...
Video reportedly shows Trump rally gunman on grounds an hour before shooting
New video sent to TribLive appears to show Thomas Matthew Crooks, the gunman who killed one person and injured 3 others — including former President Donald Trump — at Saturday’s rally, lurking just outside Butler Farm Show grounds about an hour before he opened fire. Authorities said Crooks, a 20-year-old...
Letter to the editor: Too much hatred of conservatives
The Trump assassination attempt is a blatant warning that too many people in the U.S. possess a mindless hatred of conservatives. With liberal leadership demonizing and misrepresenting conservatism, our society is rife with knee-jerking hostility to necessary opposing views. Conservatives believe in equality, that government is supposed to be for...
Editorial: Trump shooting shows need for hospitals and first responders
The shooting Saturday at the Donald Trump campaign rally in Butler County will be a dark day in American history. But amid the finger-pointing about what went wrong with law enforcement and how the Secret Service should have been better prepared, there are things being neglected. Namely, there should be...
The Stroller, July 18, 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. Fireman’s Festival set Saturday in West Leechburg The West Leechburg Fireman’s...
Letter to the editor: Trump ready for U.S. fascism
Donald Trump now has everything he needs to institute American fascism. The astounding majority opinion in Trump v. United States functions like the Nazi’s Enabling Act of 1933, placing Trump above the rule of law. And Saturday’s assassination attempt in Butler County constitutes Trump’s Reichstag fire, goading the MAGA faithful...
Library’s new digitization station will make analog memories last
Any music lover knows that media formats come and go. Back in the mid-1990s, I was excited to start a collection of cassette tapes when I received a portable cassette player for my 13th birthday. CDs were cutting edge technology then, their shiny holographic surfaces evoking gleaming spaceships and hovercars....
Trial continues for man accused of killing off-duty Oakdale officer
Deena Stipetich doesn’t remember hearing the gunshots. But she does remember seeing her husband stand over her 23-year-old son lying in the street, begging him to live. “‘Stay with me, Chuckie. Stay with me,’” he told him. She doesn’t remember hearing her son respond. But she does remember seeing bubbles...
Police: Man shot in Frazer, in stable condition
A man was shot Wednesday afternoon at a location off of Clarks Pike Road in Frazer, police said. The incident occurred at about 4:50 p.m. in which an unidentified man was shot in the leg. Allegheny County Police said the victim was transported to an area hospital and was listed...
Amtrak raises prices on Northeast Corridor multi-ride tickets
Owen Sahnow, who works at the Delaware Theatre Company, wonders how he’ll commute in the future from Philadelphia to Wilmington now that Amtrak is raising the price of his monthly pass by nearly 70%. He moved to Philadelphia last year for his partner’s work and has been taking a trolley...
Saquon Barkley: ‘Everything I want to accomplish is still there’Video
PHILADELPHIA — Saquon Barkley arrived at his old high school field in Lehigh County with a pair of slippers on his feet, golf clubs in his trunk and the type of levity that comes only from deliverance. The Philadelphia Eagles’ newly signed running back, hosting a youth camp at the...
NASA says meteor fireball was responsible for boom heard over New York and New Jersey. So what exactly is that?
It wasn’t an earthquake this time. The sky isn’t falling either. Instead, it was a meteor that shares a name with the cinnamon whiskey fans shoot outside at Eagles tailgates. Residents in New Jersey and New York reported hearing a loud boom Tuesday morning, with some even saying that they...
Pittsburgh City Council recognizes Woodside Place of Oakmont resident on 100th birthday
Mary Frances Russell celebrated her 100th birthday July 11 at Woodside Place of Oakmont. Born in Alabama, Russell grew up in West Virginia and moved to Pittsburgh after graduating from high school in 1941. She and her husband, James , raised two daughters and a son. Russell graduated from business...
Conor Lamb and Kate Harper: Western Pa. ready to lead hydrogen energy revolution
Western Pennsylvania has abundant natural resources and now it has the opportunity to be at the leading edge of a technological innovation that can change our communities, our economy and the world — all for the better. That’s what we have with the advent of hydrogen as a viable low-carbon...
Letter to the editor: Companies should find courteous humans to answer phones
I recently had a package delivered by FedEx; however, it wasn’t delivered to my house. I called FedEx and got a machine; after going through the drill, it hung up with no answer as to where my package was. I repeated this four or five more times and couldn’t get...
Letter to the editor: Marc Fogel is correctly detained
What’s with everyone determined to spring Americans who trafficked narcotics internationally? As a medical marijuana patient and advocate, I can say that Marc Fogel is actually correctly detained, pursuant to both American federal and Russian laws. Ignorance of the law is no excuse, and I find it hard to believe...
Letter to the editor: The real top issues for voters
The letter “Vote for legislators who listen” (July 12, TribLive) appeared to be an attempt to persuade readers to adopt conclusions set forth by the author. The observations were “supported” by data presented as factual, but not sourced. I would submit that it either cannot be sourced or it came...
Editorial: Rustic Ridge report doesn’t deliver final answer
Investigations give us answers. They do not necessarily make us feel better. On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission delivered an answer to a question lingering since August. Did the Peoples Gas service lines play a part in the Rustic Ridge explosion that claimed six lives, obliterated three homes and...
Letter to the editor: Trump hate stems from promise to drain swamp
MSNBC pundit Joe Scarborough and many Democratic politicians call Pesident Donald Trump an “existential threat to democracy” and cite the importance of keeping Trump out of the White House as their overriding concern, despite the prospect of an 81-year-old man with obviously declining cognitive abilities in the White House and...
