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Letter to the editor: Rename Offutt Field — Greensburg Salem’s Hall of Fame Field
This month, MLB assimilated all the history and statistics of the Negro Leagues. Josh Gibson leapfrogged to the top past Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb in batting average and home runs. Also playing at Offutt Field were Christy Mathewson, Johnny Lujack and George Blanda — all Hall of Fame members....
Sewickley area real estate transactions, week of June 9, 2024
Franklin Park James McBrier sold property at 1703 Saw Grass Ct to Brian Douglas and Leah Nicole Sharlow for $765,000. Janice Kerestly sold property at 1704 Saw Grass Ct to Catalina Lecacheux for $649,000. Joshua Adamek sold property at 2463 Nicholson Road to Jason Paul and Stephanie Renee Eaton for...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions, week of June 9, 2024
Etna Estate of Gerard Sisca III sold property at 1 Elizabeth St. to Rebecca Diverniero and Jason Lucina for $220,000. Fox Chapel Vincent Merlot Jr. trustee sold property at 101 Wynnwood Drive to Isaac James for $1,260,000. Indiana David Bock sold property at 1706 Burchfield Road to Luke Kocan and...
North suburban real estate transactions, week of June 9, 2024
Bradford Woods Robert Drescher sold property at 716 Woodland Road to James and Kristen Mullen for $1,078,500. Etna Estate of Gerard Sisca III sold property at 1 Elizabeth St. to Rebecca Diverniero and Jason Lucina for $220,000. Franklin Park James McBrier sold property at 1703 Saw Grass Ct to Brian...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of June 9, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. sold property at 2504 Churchill Road to Chang He Lin and Xiuying Jiang for $121,000. Zachary Brannan sold property at 335 Churchill Road to Patrick and Charissa Murray for $153,000. Robyn Coffman sold property at 1711 Jamestown Pl to Justin Kovach for...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s chaos worse than Trump’s
CNN host and Trib columnist S.E. Cupp slams Donald Trump, saying, “Chaos follows him everywhere” (“De Niro isn’t voice voters should hear from,” May 31, TribLive). If creating chaos is one of Cupp’s measures of poor presidential leadership, how chaotic are President Biden’s unsecure southern and northern borders, allowing millions...
Editorial: What do Triangle Tech and Pittsburgh Technical College problems portend for trade education?
Career and technical education is important. It has become part of a growing conversation, as the reality and sustainability of university education are debated because of its cost. The requirement of a college degree for certain jobs also is being questioned. In 2023, Gov. Josh Shapiro removed that hurdle for...
Westmoreland happenings: Chicken dinner, church news, more
Church News • Living Word Congregational Church, 2003 Ridge Road, Jeannette, will have a Second Mile prayer and communion service at 11 a.m. Monday through Saturday at the church. Fundraisers • A drive-thru chicken dinner will begin at 4:30 p.m. June 13 at Union Presbyterian Church, 656 Route 380. Donations...
The Stroller, June 9, 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. ‘Alice in Wonderland’ to be performed at Casino Theatre Armstrong Community...
Letter to the editor: Choose happiness and kindness
If a child asked you, should I be happy or sad, kind or mean, the answers are easy: happy and kind. But for some people, something happens that causes them to choose to be sad and mean. It is tragic that our supposed leaders do not govern but rather spend...
Riverhounds play to scoreless draw in Charleston
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds snapped a two-game losing streak but remain winless in their last six games after a scoreless draw at Charleston on Saturday night. The Riverhounds (3-5-5) are 0-3-3 in their last six games. They haven’t won since May 4. Charleston (8-1-5) has played scoreless draws in three of...
Pirates farm report for June 8, 2024: Gilberto Celestino hits walk-off 2-run double for Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 26-34) scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth for a 4-3 walk-off win over Columbus (Guardians). CF Gilberto Celestino (.287), who went 2 for 4, delivered the game-winning hit, a two-run double. RF Jake Lamb (.320) went 2 for 4 with a run scored and two...
High school sports scores, schedules for June 8, 2024
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Class 6A Semifinals Monday’s schedule LaSalle College (23-3) vs. Hazleton (21-4) at DeSales University, 4 p.m.; Hempfield Landisville (20-5) vs. Downingtown West (20-5) at Muhlenberg, 7 p.m. Class 5A Semifinals Monday’s schedule Selinsgrove (21-2) vs. Governor Mifflin (20-4) at Hershey, 4 p.m.; Monsignor Bonner (19-8)...
High school roundup for June 8, 2024: South Fayette, Mars boys lacrosse advance to PIAA semis
Owen Makar completed a hat trick in the first quarter and finished with four goals to lead South Fayette boys lacrosse to a 10-9 victory over District 3 champion Trinity (21-1) on Saturday, giving the Lions their first trip to the PIAA Class 2A semifinals. Bryce Watkins and Drew Welhorsky...
Woman who fell down steep hill below Bigelow Boulevard rescued by Pittsburgh first responders
Pittsburgh Public Safety personnel rescued a woman on the hillside below Frank Curto Park on Bigelow Boulevard on Saturday afternoon after employees at a car dealership below heard her screaming. The woman, who is in her 30s, likely fell from a concrete retaining wall she had been sitting on, a...
Inside Penn State OC Andy Kotelnicki’s unconventional path from Division III to Happy Valley
STATE COLLEGE — Andy Kotelnicki leaned back in his conference room chair, rubbed his beard and thought long and hard about what he was going to say next. The question was simple yet complicated: How did a former offensive lineman at a Division III school in Wisconsin become one of...
Toxicology reports on the deaths of Mt. Lebanon woman and her daughter, 10, could take weeks
A Mt. Lebanon woman who was found dead along with her 10-year-old daughter Friday in South Park was involved in divorce proceedings and a custody dispute. Serena Keona Guan, 43, and Abigail Neal, 10, were found inside a car at a South Park grove after Mt. Lebanon police were contacted...
Francis Wilkinson: GOP continues to wage war on mail-in votes in Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania, one of the paramount states of our mortal combat electoral system, voting by mail is legal. It’s also safe and readily administered and documented. As in other swing states won by Joe Biden, the 2020 election in Pennsylvania was scrutinized, adjudicated and relentlessly attacked. Despite months of partisan...
Nurse practitioners say they’d ease rural health care shortage with more authority; doctors say it won’t work
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. HARRISBURG — Joyce Knestrick can independently give physical exams, diagnose health conditions, prescribe select medications, and make referrals as a nurse practitioner at a clinic...
Secret opioid cash meetings criticized by Pa. lawmaker after Spotlight PA and WESA reporting
This story first appeared in The Investigator, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA featuring the best investigative and accountability journalism from across Pennsylvania. HARRISBURG — A member of the board overseeing Pennsylvania’s opioid settlement money said he’s concerned the group’s actions don’t comply with the state’s Sunshine Act, echoing transparency...
Counterpoint: Trump’s conviction is an important victory for the rule of law
Former President Donald Trump is a convicted felon. This is the first time in U.S. history that a sitting or former president has been found guilty of committing a crime. It’s a sobering milestone but a victory for accountability and the fundamental principle that, in our democracy, no one is...
Point: Trump verdicts make NYC ‘Venezuela-on-the-Hudson’
It’s hard to describe adequately what happened to Donald Trump in Venezuela-on-the-Hudson. Outrageous? A travesty of justice? A devastating blow to the sanctity of our justice system and its reputation for fairness and nonpartisanship? An American repetition of the Soviet show trials of the 1930s? It’s all of those things....
Letter to the editor: Where are all our flags?
We live in the greatest country in the world, and many men and women have died for our democracy and our freedoms. Yet I saw few flags flying on Memorial Day. Are we imprisoned by our binary views and a they/them mentality? Are we all about the me, me, me’s...
Sounding off: Trump and Biden top readers’ thoughts
Trump, Biden and the justice system The family of President Joe Biden is known to be close-knit and loving. It is difficult to imagine the pain the president feels in having to deal with the trial of son Hunter, which could conceivably land him in prison. It is notable that...
Modest Mouse ‘float on,’ rock unabashedly at Stage AE
Sometimes a band is just better live. That was the case for Modest Mouse, an indie rock outfit best known for their 2004 hit “Float On,” which topped the Billboard Alternative Airplay charts and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. But their catalog is considerably deeper...
