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Letter to the editor: Zellers is a lifesaver
I met Leslie Uncapher Zellers about 25 years ago. I was in an abusive relationship for a few years. I wasn’t safe anywhere. My work, my home weren’t safe places. When we finally split up for good with the help of a PFA, I still had problems. I had to...
Editorial: Pennsylvania elections need uniformity
Westmoreland County voters, you have been warned. On Thursday, the county election board set its rules in stone for the May 16 primary. It was spelled out unequivocally: Screw something up on your mail-in ballot, and it will not be counted. Specifically, ballots must be dated and dated correctly. That...
The Stroller, May 6, 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. American Cancer Society seeks volunteers The American Cancer Society is looking...
Letter to the editor: Hempfield’s Reese an excellent leader
I am writing in response to a recent political mailer that is from the desk of current Hempfield Township supervisor and former Chairman Douglas Weimer, implying that I and many others have left their township positions as a result of current Chairman George Reese. In my 26 years as a...
Back the Blue donates $2,000 to Brackenridge police in McIntire’s memory
The Back the Blue fundraising committee again showed its appreciation for local police Thursday with a donation to the Brackenridge Police Department. Ron Balla Jr. of New Kensington, president of the grassroots fundraising group, and other members of Back the Blue appeared before council Thursday evening to present a $2,000...
Familiar faces force Riverhounds to settle for draw at Monterey Bay
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds had to settle for a frustrating 2-2 draw on the road against Monterey Bay FC on Friday night, and a pair of familiar faces were the biggest sources of frustration. Former Pittsburgh players Christian Volesky and Alex Dixon erased both leads the Riverhounds took, with Volesky scoring...
Pirates farm report for May 5, 2023: Endy Rodriguez, Nick Gonzales pound out 3 hits apiece in Indy win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 13-17) doubled up Toledo (Tigers), 6-3. C Endy Rodriguez (.279) went 3 for 4 with two runs scored and two stolen bases, his first of the season. 2B Nick Gonzales (.273) went 3 for 5 and stole his first base. CF Josh Palacios (.432) went 3 for 4...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 6, 2023
High schools WPIAL Baseball Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Seneca Valley 2, Butler 1 Pine-Richland 10, North Allegheny 1 Section 2 Central Catholic 3, Canon-McMillan 1 Mt. Lebanon 3, Baldwin 2 Norwin 6, Hempfield 1 Class 5A Section 1 Armstrong 2, Fox Chapel 1 Plum 8, Franklin Regional 2...
High school roundup for May 5, 2023: Mt. Lebanon knocks off Norwin in walk-off fashion
Kate Borza hit a walk-off RBI single to lift Mt. Lebanon to a 4-3 victory over Norwin on Friday, taking sole possession of fifth place in Section 1-6A. The top six teams in the class make the playoffs.. Mary Langston homered and Brooke Boehmer drove in two runs for the...
Gary Franks: For the banking industry, let’s pray it is not deja vu all over again
How can billions of dollars be lost, and nobody can figure out who got the money or where it all went? Maybe fraud is involved somewhere? In the last banking crisis in 2008 — which led to a crippling recession in America and around the world — a deep-dive investigation...
Proposal to update ailing Pa. rent, property tax rebate program would reverse decade of decline
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 — The number of people getting help from a state program that offsets some housing costs for older and disabled...
Man identified who was found shot to death in Braddock
Authorities are calling the death of a man who was found shot to death Friday in an apartment in Braddock, a homicide. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Malik Sanders, 50. He was dead at the scene. A medical examiner’s news release Saturday called Sander’s death...
Riders get stuck on Cedar Point’s newest roller coaster
The debut of Cedar Point’s newest ride didn’t go as planned Thursday. The Wild Mouse, Cedar Point’s newest ride, malfunctioned and stranded riders, according to the Akron Beacon Journal. During a preview for the media and selected roller coaster enthusiasts, at least two cars stopped, with one at near the...
Proposed Plum school budget holds tax line
Plum Borough School District’s 2023-24 general fund budget does not call for an increase in the real estate tax rate. The proposed spending plan will be presented for adoption as the final budget at a school board meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. May 30 in the high school library. The...
Howard M. Rieger: Allegheny County executive must clean up our air
On May 16, Pittsburghers will go to the polls to elect a new Allegheny County executive. What’s at stake in this election is literally a matter of life and death. The American Lung Association’s (ALA) State of the Air report issued April 18 documents that the Pittsburgh region is the...
13-year-old charged as adult with Pa. murder in sleepover shooting of friend
A 13-year-old has been charged with third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the April 1 shooting death of his 12-year-old friend Kain Heiland. Nolan Grove, who is being charged as an adult, is also facing a felony charge of having a firearm without a license and multiple misdemeanor counts of...
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Who gets the gold and who gets the shaft?
Over the next few weeks, the manufactured crisis over the “debt ceiling” will reach its boiling point. But this is pure melodrama, badly overacted with the outcome already known. The real question is about our priorities — and about who gets the gold and who gets the shaft. On the...
500 pounds of pasta illegally dumped in New Jersey woods
Illegal dumping usually consists of stuff like tires, old appliances and broken furniture. Well, residents in New Jersey discovered something out of the ordinary. Almost 500 pounds of pasta — spaghetti, macaroni, ziti and alphabet pasta — was found late last month near a creek in the woods near Old...
20 years after country music canceled the Chicks, they have no regrets: ‘It set us free’
When the Chicks aren’t working, the three members keep a group text going to stay in touch about band matters and about one another’s families — and to trade jokes, “the more inappropriate the better,” says lead singer Natalie Maines. If people could read what they write, the 48-year-old adds...
Letter to the editor: Zellers will be a fair judge
“The most sacred of the duties of a government (is) to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens,” Thomas Jefferson wrote. I don’t believe this has happened in the magisterial courtroom serving Allegheny Township, Lower Burrell, Upper Burrell, Vandergrift, East Vandergrift, Hyde Park, Oklahoma Borough and West Leechburg....
Half a million at-home covid tests sold at CVS may be contaminated with bacteria, FDA says
More than a half a million covid-19 at-home test kits distributed to CVS Health and on Amazon should not be used because the liquid in the test tubes may be contaminated, according to the FDA. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a safety warning on May 4, 2023, saying...
Letter to the editor: We need write-ins in Leechburg
According to the Armstrong County election website, there are three open borough council seats on the ballot for May 16 in Leechburg, with only one candidate each on the Republican and Democratic sides. The mayor’s position is also up for election, with two Democrats as candidates. It is imperative that...
Tapas Talks hosts John Oliver
Tapas Talks held the second event of its third season at the Allegheny Country Club April 27. The organization welcomed previous subscribers as well as 36 new subscribers. The program featured John Oliver, who discussed “The Importance of Land and Wildlife Conservation for Today and Beyond.” He shared his passion...
Youth services, morning prayer and more at Sewickley area houses of worship
Antioch Baptist Church Sunday service is at 10:45 a.m. Antioch Baptist Church is located at 332 Elizabeth St. For more information, call 412-741-7688 or visit www.antioch fwbaptistsewickley.org. Beth Samuel Jewish Center Beth Samuel Jewish Center meets every Saturday at 10 a.m. in person and on Zoom for Morning Shabbat Services....
Letter to the editor: Another snake will surface at Fox
Rather than Fox hosts having to come clean live on air and tell the Big-Lie-believing faithful that they were repeatedly lied to by them, Rupert Murdoch has paid a $787 million (ouch!) settlement in the defamation case brought by Dominion. I’m reminded of that old movie “A Face in the...
