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Letter to the editor: Will Pittsburgh’s food ban go further?
Regarding the article “Pittsburgh considers banning fur sales, horse-drawn carriage rides, foie gras” (Dec. 6, TribLIVE): Restaurateurs better hope Pittsburgh City Council member Bruce Kraus does not look a chicken or cow in the eye. Gerald Schiller Penn Hills...
Christmas services, Sunday school and more at Sewickley-area houses of worship
Antioch Baptist Church 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. 12-741-7688. antiochfwbaptistsewickley.org. Sunday school is every first Sunday of the month at 9:30 a.m. Morning worship and praise service is weekly at 10:45 a.m. Virtual Bible study is every first Wednesday at 7 p.m. The link is on the church’s website. Beth Samuel...
Letter to the editor: University double standards
Last week’s congressional hearing into the evil antisemitism that exists in our country’s elite universities has shown the blatant double standard there. Pro-Hamas demonstrations and anti-Israel protests are permitted at these schools, allowing Jewish students to be threatened and harassed, and nothing is done by the so-called leaders to protect...
Morning Roundup: Jeannette Rite Aid set to close; stranded sea turtles recovering at Pittsburgh Zoo
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Dec. 15: Jeannette Rite Aid to close The Rite Aid on Clay Avenue in Jeannette is set to close Jan. 11, according to a company spokesperson. The closure will add to others in Westmoreland County and the region...
Laurels & lances: Tips, trips and last-minute gifts
Laurel: To a show of gratitude. Some people leave the bare minimum for a tip. Some people will do 20%, maybe 25%. Some don’t give a dime. But, on Saturday, Kayla Webster got a whole lot more while serving a party of eight a lineup of gingerbread pancakes and eggs...
The Stroller, Dec. 15, 2023: 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. Gift card collection to aid A-K HOPE Center The Alle-Kiski Area...
Wreaths delivered for placement at North Huntingdon, Jeannette cemeteries
The North Huntingdon chapter of Wreaths Across America will place 3,125 wreaths Saturday on the graves of veterans buried in Union Cemetery in Irwin and Penn Lincoln Memorial Park, Long Run Presbyterian Cemetery, Brush Creek Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery and Immaculate Conception Church Cemetery. The wreathes were delivered Friday...
Letter to the editor: What is Lisa Baker doing about gun safety?
An open letter to Sen. Lisa Baker, chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee: Regarding gun safety legislation now pending before your committee, you are quoted in the Tribune-Review saying, “I said we would invite proposals from anyone that represented something of a consensus on approaches deemed constitutional, enforceable and...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 14, 2023
High schools Basketball Boys Thursday’s results Nonsection Aliquippa 49, Obama Academy 48 Central Valley 62, Western Beaver 37 Frazier 55, Jefferson-Morgan 41 Homewood (Ala.) 52, North Allegheny 42 Propel Braddock Hills at Summit Academy, (n) Quaker Valley 67, Union 56 Sewickley Academy 65, Carrick 60 South Park 55, Clairton 45...
Dorseyville Middle School honored as a ‘School to Watch’
Dorseyville Middle School has been designated one of Pennsylvania’s “Don Eichhorn Schools: Schools to Watch.” Dorseyville and 10 other Pennsylvania middle grade schools are being recognized for 2023-24 as part of a program developed by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform. “These schools demonstrate that high-performing middle grade...
New Pennsylvania law targets ‘porch pirates’ with tougher penalties for package heists
December is high season for so-called “porch pirates” stealing people’s Christmas gifts before they make it under the tree. But a bill that Gov. Josh Shapiro signed Thursday creates a new criminal offense specifically targeted at home delivery package thieves. What it does: Creates a “theft by mail” crime that...
High school roundup for Dec. 14, 2023: Rylee Kalocay hits 1,000-point mark for Upper St. Clair
Junior Rylee Kalocay scored 27 points to reach the 1,000-point mark for her career and lead Upper St. Clair (4-2, 1-0) to a 49-42 Section 2-6A girls basketball win over Baldwin on Thursday night. Lynsey Bernotas scored 12 and Laci Bernotas had 11 for the Highlanders (2-2, 0-1). Beth-Center 57,...
Greensburg Night Market wraps up last of the year’s 11 events
The final Greensburg Night Market of the year was held Thursday on three blocks of South Pennsylvania Avenue. The popular event featured music by Chad Toland and The String Theory as well as ice carving, a Letters to Santa station and ornament-making station. The series began in 2019 and has...
For the first time, Pa. will provide counties with funding to help indigent defendants
For the first time in Pennsylvania’s history, the state next year will provide funding to counties for indigent legal defense. While the proposed $7.5 million in funding passed earlier this year with the budget, it wasn’t until Wednesday night that the funding mechanism to allow the money to be allocated...
Jury begins deliberating in Western Pa. federal nursing home fraud case
Federal prosecutors said the criminal case against two nursing care facilities and five people who worked there is about lies and greed. “It’s not complicated,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Gal-Or. “It’s very simple. The defendants lied. They lied about patients … just to squeeze as much money as possible...
FBI responds to North Huntingdon bank robbery
The Key Bank in North Huntingdon was robbed Thursday morning. Catherine Coennen, public relations officer for the FBI’s Pittsburgh office, confirmed the agency is assisting North Huntingdon and state police with investigation of the robbery at 201 Ronda Court. Township police said in a news release the robbery was reported...
Harry Litman: Hunter Biden isn’t being accused of any new wrongdoing. So why was he just indicted again?
It’s not necessarily sinister for a prosecutor to go from offering an attractive plea deal to a defendant to throwing the book at him. Plenty of defendants have seen that happen after they turn down a plea bargain or authorities turn up new evidence. But the reasons for the dramatic...
O’Hara author wins prestigous book award for ‘Blackout Trail’
Linda Naughton, an O’Hara author, is the winner of a Readers’ Favorite International Book Award for her latest novel, “Blackout Trail”. “Blackout Trail” received a Gold Medal for Dystopian Fiction and was also recognized as a finalist for an Eric Hoffer Book Award. “Blackout Trail” is a post-apocalyptic disaster thriller....
Mike Dunleavy and Jackson Morris: Legislators should come to table for Pa.’s energy future
Pennsylvania has long been an energy leader and is poised to lead in the transition to a booming clean energy economy. Our natural resources, strong economic base and skilled workforce have powered our growth and supported generations of Pennsylvanians. We now find ourselves at a critical moment where forward thinking...
Video: WWE’s Grayson Waller focuses on being the best vs. making friendsVideo
Grayson Waller is one of the fastest rising stars in WWE. Joining the company in its developmental system less than 3 years ago, the Australian native has now found himself standing in the ring, verbally jousting with the likes of John Cena and Cody Rhodes. TribLive spoke with Waller about...
Fighting fentanyl trafficking in Pa.
The statistics are alarming, and each and every case is extremely tragic. There are many ripple effects of the country’s ongoing opioid epidemic and the availability of fentanyl and other substances, such as Xylazine and Nitazene, which are extremely dangerous and potentially fatal. Because substances like Xylazine do not respond...
Letter to the editor: Inflation and Social Security COLA
Regarding the letter “The Obama-Trump-Biden numbers” (Dec. 2, TribLive): I want to address inflation. It is a fact that the cost of living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security recipients is tied to cost of living (inflation). The COLA happens in January of each year, which is based upon the previous...
Letter to the editor: Free enterprise is history
Miffed. Vexed. How come no one talks about the economist Milton Friedman? The short, balding, portly Nobel Prize winner is a seriously unpopular subject these days. Milton was a proponent of unregulated free market economics. It’s nutty by today’s need for safety and accountability and all that adult-level stuff. But...
Editorial: Addressing discrimination in Pennsylvania scholarship program is necessary
Does Pennsylvania’s Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit give parents and students more freedom to access the kind of high-quality education available from the state’s private schools? Or does it discriminate against kids from different religions, kids with disabilities or those who may be LGBTQ+? Education Voters of Pennsylvania is a nonprofit...
Wanna get Pitt volleyball fever? Here are 5 things to know about the fast-paced college sportVideo
Women’s volleyball has become one of the most entertaining sports across the college sports universe. ESPN will televise Thursday’s NCAA Division I semifinals in Tampa, Fla., as Pitt takes on Nebraska at 7 p.m., followed by Texas vs. Wisconsin. The championship match will is set for 3 p.m. Sunday on...
