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Letter to the editor: Don’t give IRS any more personal info
Identity thieves steal Americans’ personal data daily. Instead of going after these criminals or helping victims, the IRS is similarly falling victim to these hackers, failing to protect hundreds of thousands of taxpayers. Last year, the IRS inadvertently released the private information of 112,000 taxpayers, including Social Security numbers and...
Letter to the editor: It’s time to build Quaker Valley High School
After serving on the Quaker Valley School Board from 2007 until 2019, it’s disheartening to read the astonishing level of misinformation about the new high school. When I joined the board, it was our preference to renovate or build a new facility on the site of the present high school....
Letter to the editor: It’s guns, and we must fix the problem
Well over 100 mass shootings so far in 2023. Watching the aftermath brings tears to most of us, whether it happened in a church, at a concert or in a classroom of 6-year-olds. Can you even imagine? Yet nothing changes legislatively. These horrific tragedies may not have affected us all,...
Letter to the editor: Help get PIAA changed back to what works
Congratulations to the Deer Lakes Lancers on their recent public school boys’ basketball championship. Unfortunately, they only received silver medals for their efforts because of the archaic (1972) legislation that allows public, private and charter school to participate in the same state tournament. The reason why this legislation was passed...
Shady Side Academy students named to all-state music ensembles
Four Shady Side Academy Senior School students have earned places in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association All-State Festival music ensembles, the highest level a high school musician can achieve. The following students will perform at the 2023 at the association’s All-State Festival at the Kalahari Resort in The Poconos on...
The Stroller, April 5, 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. Salvation Army accepting summer camp reservations Reservations for summer camp at...
Letter to the editor: Putting profit over people results in disaster
The Norfolk Southern train derailment at the border of Pennsylvania and Ohio brought national/world attention to a disaster that could happen in any community along the railroad’s path. Greensburg, Latrobe, West Newton and Irwin could have exchanged places with East Palestine. The findings of the investigation will go on for...
Pirates farm report for April 4, 2023: Quinn Priester roughed up as Indy drops 4th straight
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 0-4) lost its fourth game in a row to start the season, falling to Louisville (Reds), 7-2. RHP Quinn Priester (14.73) started and was touched up for six runs, all earned, on nine hits and two walks in 3.2 innings. He struck out four. LHP Angel Perdomo (0.00)...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 4, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Butler 5, Pine-Richland 4 Seneca Valley 14, Allderdice 0 Section 2 Baldwin 4, Norwin 3 Canon-McMillan 5, Mt. Lebanon 2 Hempfield 2, Central Catholic 0 Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 13, Gateway 3 Fox Chapel 8, Penn Hills 0...
High school roundup for April 4, 2023: Behind Tyler Skeen, South Fayette rallies for split with Peters Township
Tyler Skeen went 2 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs and was the winning pitcher as South Fayette defeated Peters Township, 7-4, on Tuesday to split a Section 2-5A series. Skeen pitched three scoreless innings, allowing one hit and fanning six, for the Lions (3-1, 1-1), who...
Defense attorneys in synagogue mass shooting again ask to have death penalty option thrown out
Defense attorneys for the man accused of killing 11 people at a Squirrel Hill synagogue said Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Justice is arbitrarily seeking the death penalty against their client but failed to do the same in other attempted mass shooting cases in which Jewish and Latino people...
Court documents: Friend kills 12-year-old boy after making fun of his mom
A 13-year-old boy fatally shot his friend in York County over the weekend after making a joke about his friend’s mother, court documents said. Pennsylvania State Police have not made any arrests in the death of 12-year-old Kain Heiland around 8:30 p.m. Saturday in Red Lion. Troopers have collected photographs,...
Family forgives Braddock man who killed well-known street minister
The Rev. Sheldon Stoudemire would have wanted to help the man who shot him. And he would have forgiven him, too. That’s why on Monday, during an emotional hearing in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, that’s what Stoudemire’s family did on his behalf. Gerald Adams, 22, of Braddock pleaded guilty...
Editorial: Campaign finance reform is part of election security
Tightening rules on elections has been a hot topic in recent years. It’s an idea that has gotten top-down attention. Donald Trump brought heat to it with questions about the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. It has been picked up by leaders in state governments, including state Sen. Doug Mastriano,...
Movie review: Nintendo’s favorite plumbers return in frenetic ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’Video
Thirty years ago, the very first cinematic adaptation of a video game hit theaters. “Super Mario Bros.” based on the 1985 Nintendo game created by Shigeru Miyamoto didn’t exactly bring the game to life as much as it extrapolated a nightmarish cyberpunk world from its characters. “Max Headroom” directors Rocky...
Column: LIV has more to lose than it does to gain at MastersVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Masters should be above all the clamor caused by 18 players from LIV Golf and this feeling of “us versus them” in the first major championship of the year. But just wait until names and numbers start to fill the white scoreboards around Augusta National on...
Supporters hope Pa.’s new legislature will embrace open primaries, but at least one big hurdle remains
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Lawmakers and advocates who support opening Pennsylvania’s primary elections to over a million independent voters hope the legislature will...
Scott R. Hammond: Regressive firing squad move should shock us all
Last month, Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a retrogressive bill that would allow the state’s death-row prisoners to be executed by firing squad. The bill’s proponents believe that a firing squad is a humane method to end a person’s life. Dr. Guillotine once said his procedure should be but a...
KDKA, WTAE anchors welcome new babies
A pair of Pittsburgh television news anchors welcomed new family members in the past few days. KDKA-TV morning anchor Lindsay Ward had a baby girl on Monday. Ward, who joined KDKA as a reporter in 2019, announced on Facebook the birth of Aurora Marie, who weighed in at 8 pounds,...
Former Elizabeth police chief gets federal probation for stealing heroin out of evidence
The former Elizabeth Borough police chief who stole thousands of bags of heroin from his department’s evidence room to feed his addiction was ordered Tuesday to serve four years of federal probation, with 90 days of home detention. Timothy L. Butler, 46, of Finleyville, had already been sentenced in state...
Branson’s rocket-launch firm Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy
Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc. filed for bankruptcy after the satellite launch firm tied to British billionaire Richard Branson failed to secure the funding needed to keep operating and cut about 85% of its staff. The company listed $243 million in assets and $153.5 million for its total debt in a...
Letter to the editor: Aren’t we all equal under the law?
A question I’ve been thinking about lately. What would exonerate a person from prosecution for crimes committed, regardless of past, present or future positions? Think about it: Is the rule of law equal … in all cases? Leonard Mucci Derry Township...
Letter to the editor: Move deer opener back to Monday
If the Pennsylvania Game Commission wants to extend buck season, they should open up both the middle and last Sundays, and get back to opening day on Monday. The commission doesn’t listen to the majority of true hunters. I think their polls and news briefings are fake. They make many...
Sewickley area student achievements for the week of April 4, 2023
Aliana Nicole Floro, Madeline Hess and Alexander Johnson made the dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for the fall 2022 semester. Isabella Bock and Betsy Watters made the dean’s list at Tuft’s University for the fall 2022 semester. Kristy Carlisle graduated from Morningside University in December with a doctor...
Pine-Richland student achievements for the week of April 4, 2023
Baldwin Wallace University winter sports student-athletes Alek Johnson and Robby Palmieri were named to the 2022-23 Winter Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference team. In order to be selected as Academic All-OAC, a student-athlete must be a sophomore or higher in class standing, maintain varsity status and have at least a 3.50...
