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The headline “Counsel blasts Russia probe” (May 15, TribLIVE), conveys Special Counsel John Durham’s opinion. A more informative headline could have read “No FBI criminality,” which states a fact and not a point of view. Durham’s investigation brought criminal charges against three people. Two cases were thrown out of court....

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. Summer concert series coming to Syria Shrine Center The free Pittsburgh...

The letter “We can’t police ourselves out of opioid crisis” (May 4, TribLIVE) says “making medication-assisted opioid detoxification (MAOD) widely accessible should be the top priority” vs. hiring police to use opioid settlement money to reduce overdose deaths. Additionally, the article states the “CDC recommends evidence-based strategies for preventing opioid...

It has taken four years and seven months, but the man accused of killing 11 people as they gathered to practice their Jewish faith at a Squirrel Hill synagogue is going to trial. Opening statements in the case against Robert Bowers, 50, of Baldwin began Tuesday morning in a relatively...

Editorial cartoons for the week of May 29....

Sophia A. Gledhill was among the Western Pennsylvania Girl Scouts who received her Gold Award on May 7 at the Chadwick in Wexford. Gledhill’s Gold Award project educated her peers and community about the global plastic crisis. She taught classes on how to reduce ecological impact through Eco Bricks, in...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 24-27) beat Toledo (Tigers), 12-6. C Endy Rodriguez (.234) was 4 for 5 with an RBI. 3B Nick Gonzales (.252) was 2 for 5 with a pair of doubles and two RBIs. RF Cal Mitchell (.267) was 2 for 4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. LF...

On a day of remembrance, services and parades took place throughout the region on a warm and sunny Monday to honor those who gave their lives in service of the country. A Memorial Day ceremony in Hempfield paid tribute to those who have fallen. In Leechburg, a Memorial Day parade...

Sunshine and pleasant temperatures graced the 2023 Aspinwall Memorial Day Service and Parade on Monday, May 29. A military fly-over began the Memorial Day commemoration, which included a service at the Aspinwall American Legion Post 77 on Commercial Avenue. Three 50-year members of the post — Robert B. Bursey, Dennis...

Slide repair work on New Texas Road in Plum begins Tuesday. PennDOT announced that New Texas Road, between Old Leechburg Road and Rosemary Hill Drive, will be closed to traffic from 7 a.m. Tuesday until the end of June, according to a posting on the borough’s website. A detour will...

The season didn’t end the way Marist softball pitcher Kiley Myers wanted it to end. But at least it ended in the NCAA Tournament, and it ended with the Latrobe grad throwing a game emblematic of her 2023 season. Though Myers and the Red Foxes were roughed up in a...

Typically, teams that only have two seniors aren’t predicted to get very far because they’re seen as too young. With Greensburg Central Catholic’s softball team, that’s not the case. This year, the Centurions (11-2, 8-2) powered their way into the playoffs with just two seniors and reached the WPIAL Class...

Lock Haven cross country/track and field coach Aaron Russell could tell Mason Ochs just wasn’t himself. There are sophomore slumps, and then there is what Russell perceived in the Riverview grad. “I just felt like he was lost in every event.” Russell said. “He was just kind of floundering, trying...

Milkweed giveaway The Penn Hills Monarch and Milkweed Project plant giveaway will take place from 2-4 p.m. June 10 at the Penn Hills Community Garden, 1162 Jefferson Road. In an effort to help reverse the decline of the monarch butterfly population in North America, seedings of butterfly weed and swamp...

Upcoming meetings Sewickley council will meet at 6 p.m. June 13 at the borough building, 601 Thorn St. Sewickley Hills council will meet at 7:30 p.m. June 13 at the borough building, 349 Magee Road. Sewickley Heights council will meet at 4:30 p.m. June 19 at the borough building, 238...

Ingomar Garden Club The Ingomar Garden Club’s June meeting will be held at 10:30 a.m. June 7 at Northmont Church, 8169 Perry Hgy. in McCandless. The business meeting will be followed by a light luncheon and guest speaker Steve Piskor, Penn State Master Gardener. Piskor will highlight interesting gardening tools/products...

Garden hosts story time Verona Community Garden, in partnership with Oakmont Carnegie Library, is offering summer story time from 11:30 a.m. to noon weekly on Wednesdays from June 7 through July 26 at 246 W. Railroad Ave. Stories will be geared toward children ages 1 to 5. Contact veronagardengrows@gmail.com for...

Juneteenth program at Monroeville library Monroeville Public Library is partnering with the Gateway High School Black Student Union to host a Juneteenth story time at 10:30 a.m. June 3. Juneteenth, a celebration of Black culture, commemorates the enslaved people of Galveston Bay, Texas, receiving news of the Emancipation Proclamation on...

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. Junior drama camp planned June 19 to 23 The Freeport Theatre...

Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of May 29....

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 23-27) dropped a 5-4 decision to Columbus (Guardians). 1B Miguel Andujar (.300) was 2 for 4 with three RBIs, including a solo home run. LF Cal Mitchell (.261) also knocked in a run. DH Nick Gonzales (.247) was 0 for 5 in the leadoff spot. C Endy Rodriguez...

Defender Arturo Ordonez scored with 12 minutes remaining Sunday night to lead the Pittsburgh Riverhounds to a 1-0 victory over Loudoun United FC (3-8-1) at Segra Field in Virginia. The former Pitt center back scored off a set piece corner kick, assisted by Marc Ybarra, for his third career goal....

Aspiring Pennsylvania teachers are due to soon be trained in “culturally relevant” education, under a new state standard requiring teacher preparation programs to incorporate instruction in the subject. The standard, which was adopted last year and also applies to professional development programs, comes as education officials have voiced concern about...

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,...