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Pittsburgh motorcycle medic struck, injured Downtown
A city motorcycle medic was injured Saturday when he was struck by a vehicle in Downtown Pittsburgh. The medic was taken to a local hospital in stable condition with leg and shoulder pain, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesperson Cara Cruz. There was some damage to the motorcycle, Cruz said....
Letter to the editor: Drivers should have freedom to choose vehicles
In the article “Thefts of charging cables pose yet another obstacle to appeal of electric vehicles” (June 12, TribLive), the author emphasizes the issues that consumers must weigh when purchasing electric vehicles (EVs), particularly concerning reliability and charging issues. But soon there will not be room for individual preferences. The...
Sewickley area real estate transactions, week of June 30, 2024
Aleppo Estate of Norman Degori sold property at 227 Mccoy Place Road to Nathaniel Sepe and Anne Fecko for $270,000. Franklin Park Timothy Taucher sold property at 2491 Alydar Drive to Meredith Olmstead for $610,000. Carol Sieber sold property at 2570 Barnwood Drive to Julia Repasky for $515,000. Sandra Smailer...
North suburban real estate transactions, week of June 30, 2024
Franklin Park Timothy Taucher sold property at 2491 Alydar Drive to Meredith Olmstead for $610,000. Carol Sieber sold property at 2570 Barnwood Drive to Julia Repasky for $515,000. Sandra Smailer sold property at 1562 Village Drive to Jianheng Wu and Jie Lu for $372,000. Anupama Sharma sold property at 1827...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of June 30, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Chalfant Nedsem Investments LLC sold property at 224 Lynnwood Ave. to EdibertoSepulveda Caraballo for $55,000. Edgewood Estate of Pamela Walker sold property at 107 Lacrosse St. to Lori Ann Heiles and Tara Yaney for $154,000. Justin Meenan sold property at 29 McKelvey Ave. to Mariam Sanogo for $310,000....
Letter to the editor: Strip District should cater to pedestrians
I moved to Pittsburgh for work six years ago, and it was the Strip District that convinced me to stay. It’s a pleasant experience walking to work, walking to get groceries, walking to grab dinner. It’s definitely a massive improvement compared to getting stuck in traffic all day, every day...
Fido-friendly outdoor dining options plentiful in Western Pennsylvania
Sharing meal time with man’s best friend has never been easier as more local establishments roll out dog-friendly outdoor dining options. According to statistics from Yelp, online searches for businesses using “dogs allowed” increased by 58% between 2021 and 2023, and the company noted more than 47,400 U.S. businesses describe...
Editorial: Six months is too long to wait for Hamilton’s resignation
The end of the year is too far away. Westmoreland County Register of Wills Sherry Magretti Hamilton has had a bad year. She’s been held in contempt of court by two judges. Multiple orders have attempted to force her to do her job. There have been hearings. A conservator was...
The Stroller, June 30, 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. Concordia speakers bureau offers presentations The Concordia Lutheran Ministries Speakers Bureau...
Letter to the editor: Help with Pa. voter identification requirements
Pennsylvania requests ID the first time you vote in your precinct. This rule affects first-time voters and anyone who has moved and is voting at a new precinct. Pennsylvania voters also must provide ID information when requesting a mail-in or absentee ballot. The lists of what types of identification are...
Riverhounds’ winless streak hits 9 games with loss in Las Vegas
The misery continued for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds on Saturday night with a 2-0 road loss to Las Vegas Lights FC. Khori Bennett scored a pair of goals and Raiko Arozarena stopped a penalty for Las Vegas (5-7-6). The Riverhounds (3-8-6) have been shut out in five straight games. They’re winless...
Pirates farm report for June 29, 2024: Termarr Johnson collects 4 hits, including 2 in 1 inning, for Greensboro
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 34-44) shellacked Rochester (Nationals), 13-4. DH Malcom Nunez (.248) went 3 for 5 with a grand slam, his eighth homer of the season. 2B Ji Hwan Bae (.362) went 2 for 5 with a double, two runs scored and two RBIs. SS Liover Peguero (.271) went 2 for...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions, week of June 30, 2024
Indiana Kevin McKeegan sold property at 10 Pine Creek Drive to Matthew and Barbara Roe Marvel for $560,000. Breton Fischetti sold property at 80 Summit Drive 9748 to 80 Summit LLC for $123,525. O’Hara Katarina Darya Deramo sold property at 88 Jordan Ave. to Kristin McLain for $135,000. LCRE Holdings...
One year into Pittsburgh police patrol, tide is turning on South SideVideo
While walking down East Carson Street at 12:52 a.m. June 8 in Pittsburgh’s South Side, city police Sgt. Andrew Robinson spotted a man standing outside a shuttered pizza shop, sifting marijuana into brown rolling papers. As Robinson approached, the man quickly ditched the drugs on a window ledge. The two...
Ten Commandments. Multiple variations. Why the Louisiana law raises preferential treatment concerns
Christians and Jews believe in the Ten Commandments — just not necessarily the version that will hang in every public school and state-funded college classroom in Louisiana. The required text prescribed in the new law and used on many monuments across the United States is a condensed version of the...
Ranking the top 10 offensive players in coach James Franklin’s 10 years at Penn State
Coach James Franklin has been at the helm of the Penn State football program for a decade, with plenty of offensive players finding immense success in that time. Here’s a look at the top 10 offensive players of Franklin’s tenure. 1. RB Saquon Barkley There is a pretty clear top...
Commentary: The great powers are itching for another nuclear arms race. Who will stop them?
In early June, the Biden administration announced a more “competitive” nuclear weapons strategy, after Moscow and Beijing reportedly spurned U.S. efforts to discuss arms control. The new approach includes the possibility of increasing America’s deployment of strategic nuclear weapons. The administration’s more muscular stance may be only a small down...
Carl P. Leubsdorf: Expect another closely divided Congress
After two years of bitter congressional conflict, both parties are spending hundreds of millions of dollars in hopes of gaining working majorities in next year’s session. But it’s a long shot — for both. More probably, 2025 will again see divisions in both houses so slender that the party winning...
Nicole Molinaro and Josh Fleitman: Supreme Court gives Pa. way to stop domestic violence killings
Amid a deluge of decisions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court, one recent ruling stands out as good news for those seeking to protect domestic violence survivors and others from fatal shootings. And it also shines as a beacon of hope for even stronger safety protections in the future....
Letter to the editor: God is life, and abortion is death
The writer of the letter “Abortion and the Bible” (June 16, TribLive) has used the Bible to make a fallacious argument concerning the morality of abortion. If he had been careful not to take the sacred text out of context, he would have seen the folly of his argument. The...
Sounding off: Bump stock ban, cyber charters, Trump, Biden among week’s topics
Pa. needs a bump stock ban I am writing regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a federal ban on bump stocks, the lethal device that turns semi-automatic rifles into military-style killing machines. At the Las Vegas music festival in 2017, the shooter used this device to kill more than...
Letter to the editor: Biden must be stopped
So it wasn’t enough that on day one President Biden opened up the floodgates to allow illegal immigrants to trample our borders. Under his watch, students and others were allowed to shut down colleges, and people were allowed to deface the American flag and statues while praising terrorists. He has...
Editorial: Was presidential debate the worst ever?
During the 2024 primary season, neither presidential candidate participated in a debate. That changed Thursday when President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, and former president Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, took the podiums in an audience-free Atlanta event on CNN. For many, it was deemed a disaster. A...
The Stroller, June 29, 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. Independence Day event to feature recitation Nick Triveri will read the...
Letter to the editor: Reflecting on insidiousness of slavery
The op-ed “Juneteenth is about more than the end of slavery” (June 19, TribLive) is one of the most important columns to be printed in any newspaper, and I am most appreciative for it. Historically it is recognized that slavery was the most insidious aspect of the new nation, morally,...
