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The Stroller, March 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. Donations welcome for Leechburg PATH program The Leechburg Food Bank and...
Letter to the editor: Respecting our correctional officers
Studies have been done regarding the life expectancy of a correctional officer, and the numbers are staggering, 58 and 59 years of age. For our jail, using the statistics from the last 10 years, our jail correctional officer’s life expectancy is 61. This is 16 years below the national average....
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 25
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 25....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 25
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 25...
High school sports scores, schedules for March 24, 2023
High schools Baseball Monday’s schedule Class 5A Section 1 Penn Hills at Franklin Regional, 4 p.m. Penn-Trafford at Fox Chapel, 4 p.m. Plum at Armstrong, 3:45 p.m. Class 3A Section 1 Quaker Valley at Mohawk, 4 p.m. Riverside at Ellwood City, 4 p.m. Shenango at Beaver Falls, 4 p.m. Section...
Trump’s NYC hush money, fraud cases could reach boiling point
Donald Trump’s New York legal troubles are expected to reach a boiling point Monday in Manhattan, where he’s poised to make a last-ditch attempt to dodge legal jeopardy in the Stormy Daniels hush money saga — and faces the end of a grace period in his separate civil fraud case...
Worm moon to include extra special feature early Monday morning
It might be a little later in the evening for some folks, but the full worm moon will be putting on a show early Monday morning. March’s full moon, referred to as the worm moon by the Farmers’ Almanac because of its proximity to the spring equinox, will be at...
Man’s body recovered in Allegheny River
Pittsburgh River Rescue recovered the body of an adult male from the Allegheny River on Sunday afternoon. According to Pittsburgh police, River Rescue was dispatched to the 9th Street/Rachel Carson Bridge around 2:30 p.m. for reports of a male seen going into the water. Witnesses said the male entered from...
Police investigating death of 9-month-old in Homewood
Pittsburgh police on Sunday were investigating the death of a 9-month-old in Homewood. According to Pittsburgh police, emergency responders were dispatched to the 500 block of North Homewood Avenue just before 9 a.m. for the report of an infant in distress. When they arrived, they found a 9-month-old female unresponsive....
Firefighters quickly knock down blaze at home in New Kensington
A home on the 400 block of 4th Avenue in New Kensington caught fire on Sunday afternoon. Firefighters had the blaze under control by 4:30 p.m. No injuries were reported. Fire Chief Ed Saliba Jr. told TribLive news partner WTAE that the fire is likely to be ruled an accident...
Penn State QB Drew Allar’s desire to improve standing out to new OC Andy Kotelnicki
Drew Allar and new offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki have been working together for a few months. Kotelnicki was hired last December and has been around the Lasch Building ever since. The two have broken down film, discussed the direction of the offense and are now sharing the practice field with...
Why Cael Sanderson’s Penn State wrestling dynasty rolls on — with no end in sight
It wasn’t always easy for Penn State. Aaron Nagao and Tyler Kasak lost in the first round. An agitated Braeden Davis fell in the quarterfinals and showed frustration as his match wound down — eventually joining Nagao as the only two Nittany Lions to earn All-American status. Bernie Truax got...
Scenes from the Valley: Images captured in the Alle-Kiski Valley from March 14-20, 2024
Here is a weekly look at recent images captured throughout the Alle-Kiski Valley. From major news events to routine gatherings, the Tribune-Review’s “Scenes from the Valley” photo package brings to life activities and moments happening in your backyard. To have a photo considered as a “Scenes from the Valley” candidate,...
Gateway notebook: Hunter Raymer earns pair of medals at PIAA swim championships
Gateway junior Hunter Raymer capped the swimming season by earning a pair of medals at the PIAA Class 3A championships March 13-14, at Bucknell. He secured an eighth-place finish in the 200-yard IM in a time of 1 minute, 54.10 seconds in the championship heat. Conestoga’s Jake Wang won the...
Letter to the editor: Be the match, save a life
I read with interest the story of Lucas James and his need for a bone marrow transplant ”Hempfield family fighting son’s leukemia encourages people to join transplant registry,” March 18, TribLive). I am appealing to the community to go to BeTheMatch.org and get on the registry to be a bone...
Bethel Park real estate transactions, week of March 24, 2024
Bethel Park Estate of Lawrence Mitzen sold property at 117 Great Rock Drive to Jeffrey Taylor and Diane Marie Hall for $399,000. Patricia Ann Devine sold property at 3552 Ridgeway Drive to Drake Croushore for $202,000. Braden Christopher sold property at 105 Sandstone Ct to Andrew Eckles Gee for $400,000....
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of March 24, 2024
Baldwin Borough Dolores Krosse sold property at 5256 Adobe Drive to Sam Delucia and Reis Zandier for $200,000. Estate of Patricia Bycura sold property at 738 Agnew Road to Richard Anthony Matschner Jr. for $180,000. Michael Thompson sold property at 3898 Brentwood Road to Brendan Allison and Lauren Stackhouse for...
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of March 24, 2024
Bridgeville Sandra Mekonis sold property at 207 Eisner Ave. to Ryan Snyder and Solomi Anwar for $175,000. Clinton Eric Gastgeb sold property at 165 Pennsylvania Ave. to Dana Martin for $257,000. Lauren Gregory sold property at 1028 Bank St. to Sean and Alyssa Airesman for $260,000. Michelle Shaw sold property...
Sewickley area real estate transactions, week of March 24, 2024
Edgeworth Daniel Grant sold property at 215 Meadow Ln to Ian and Amy McConnell for $792,500. Franklin Park Sandra Artzberger sold property at 1300 Cattail Ln to Zachary and Jamie Mitchell for $392,500. Lynn Pfischner sold property at 1617 Franklin Fields Drive to James David Nabuda and Nicholas Pacellio for...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions, week of March 24, 2024
Blawnox Lorraine Tarasi sold property at 225 Freeport Road to Tania Kannadan and Ranjeet Mullick for $220,000. Harmar Estate of Ann Honkus sold property at 110 Ridge Road to Mary Brangan for $255,000. O’Hara McMasters Miller L.P. sold property at 301 Alpha Drive to Pittsburgh Alpha Drive Real Estate Inc....
East suburban real estate transactions, week of March 24, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill PA Real Estate Development Inc. sold property at 758 Margaretta St. to Oladipupo Olafiranye for $45,000. Roberta Anderson sold property at 444 Woodland Hills Drive to Elizabeth Hughes for $365,000. Forest Hills Ann Chay sold property at 507 Bevington Road to Evan Niznik and Stephanie Stras for...
North suburban real estate transactions, week of March 24, 2024
Bellevue Robert Fink Jr. sold property at 50 S Bryant Ave. to Svetlana Osiyan for $51,137. Franklin Park Sandra Artzberger sold property at 1300 Cattail Ln to Zachary and Jamie Mitchell for $392,500. Lynn Pfischner sold property at 1617 Franklin Fields Drive to James David Nabuda and Nicholas Pacellio for...
Shapiro’s proposed energy policy needs GOP support
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. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — As part of what his administration is calling a “new era” of energy policy, Gov. Josh Shapiro...
Letter to the editor: U.S. should have one primary date
The presidential candidates for the two major parties in the November presidential election are now set. The significant majority of voters in this country don’t like either one of them. We are now, thanks to our primary process, reduced to choosing not whom we like the best, but rather whom...
Editorial: Questions about hydrant in Jeannette fire require answers
You need water every day. We drink it. We cook with it. We bathe in it, wash our clothes with it, brush our teeth with it. But we also tend to take it for granted. We think about it most when it’s in short supply — when tasked with boil-water...
