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Doulas provide physical, emotional and informational support for parents during labor. The care these individuals provide is not usually covered by health insurance. There is movement towards having their services paid for, as well as certifications for all doulas, said Robert Ferguson, chief policy officer for the Jewish Healthcare Foundation...

Their tiny hands will never hold on to their parents. Their small feet will never take a step. Their eyes will never open wide with wonder. The unthinkable death of a baby is a moment that lives on in a parent’s heart forever. The heartache of losing them is infinite....

Quaker Valley High School student Isabella Murano is one of Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania’s inaugural 18 Under Eighteen. Murano is committed to her vision of a greener and more sustainable future. Through partnerships with organizations like Sustainable Sewickley, she works with her peers and Quaker Valley faculty to create...

Women’s Business Network sets February meetings Women’s Business Network is an award-winning business association that supports the success and growth of women in business. WBN provides members with the tools to be successful, including networking, mastermind groups, and ongoing professional education, while expanding her circle of influence in the marketplace....

Olivia died a few hours after birth on Oct. 2, 1999. Her parents Susan and Dan Bevevino wanted to honor their daughter’s memory and legacy. The couple helped establish Olivia’s Angels Perinatal Palliative Care Program at Allegheny Health Network. “When you face tragedy, people often say ‘things happen for a...

A free soup delivery program in Aspinwall has maintained operations, despite ongoing covid conditions. The Aspinwall Neighbors soup program started more than a decade ago, connecting residents and others with fellow Aspinwall neighbors by providing a free quart of homemade soup each month, personally delivered to homes by volunteers. Last...

Art-making opportunity Community members are invited to participate in MadLab work sessions planned for noon to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Feb. 19 at Your Are Here gallery, 406 Clay Ave., Jeannette. MadLab is an art project that creates benches and mosaic planters made of recycled materials to be placed...

No one was hurt in a fire at a Wilkinsburg apartment building Thursday night, according to Pittsburgh police. Police could not say when the fire was first reported. The second alarm came in just after 10:45 p.m., and the third alarm was right before 11 p.m. Firefighters were at the...

A woman is accused of pointed a rifle at her neighbor’s dog and threatening to shoot it before turning the weapon on its owner when he told her killing the animal would land her in jail, according to Leechburg police. Tracey A. Geracia, 53, of Kirkpatrick Avenue, was charged with...

Publicize your events, club meetings and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Shoe collection to benefit Leukemia and Lymphoma Society A used shoe collection to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society will continue through...

Schools across the Pittsburgh area were issuing two-hour delays or moving to remote instruction for Friday because of snow that moved in overnight and was slickening roads for the morning commute. A complete list of delays is available from Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. The snow began overnight ahead of a...

A man reported missing and in need of medical attention has been found and is safe, Pittsburgh police said. Philip Gosnell, 50, is from Zanesville, Ohio. He was last seen at 4 p.m. Thursday near UPMC Presbyterian Hospital before being reported missing. Police did not release further information about how...

Recent clear and frigid nights accelerated ice formation on the Allegheny River stretching from Cheswick north past Kittanning, according to the National Weather Service. With more than 45 river miles iced over, authorities are urging residents to stay off the ice for safety reasons. The ice mass is expected to...

West Deer resident Howard Kirkbride tries to keep his visits to Bull Creek Cemetery to a minimum of once a week, but his passion for it makes that impossible. The 77-year-old has volunteered his time to the cemetery, on Tarentum-Culmerville Road, for more than 28 years. He became president of...

Two teenagers face charges stemming from a fight involving pepper spray at a Pittsburgh high school, district officials said. The incident happened Thursday at Allderdice High School in the city’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood. An 18-year-old was allegedly involved in a fight with five other students, during which the 18-year-old discharged...

The underlying facts in each case are the same. The North Allegheny and Upper Saint Clair school boards voted recently to reverse mandatory masking policies. Medically vulnerable students argued that the reversal put them at risk of contracting covid-19 and the decision violated their rights under the Americans with Disabilities...

A McKees Rocks man pleaded guilty Thursday to causing a crash that killed a woman in 2019 on the McKees Rocks Bridge. Christopher Vuckovich, 42, pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle and related counts stemming from the Feb. 15, 2019 crash. In exchange for the plea, the Allegheny County District...

On Super Bowl Sunday, football won’t be center stage for everyone. Volunteers at Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church are scheduled to host the 8th annual Fill the Truck fundraiser through which several hundred food and nonperishable items are collected for hungry neighbors. “It is a great event for the community,” Deacon...

An Arnold man faces seven felony charges after police raided his home and found more than 4 pounds of marijuana, thousands of dollars in cash and several illegal guns, according to his arrest papers. John Wermlinger, 53, of the 1500 block of Riverside Drive, was charged with five counts of...

A clash over wages and staffing has led to a potential strike by the nursing staff at ACMH Hospital near Kittanning. ACMH Nurses United, which represents 213 staffers at the hospital along Nolte Drive, voted Wednesday to authorize a strike after being what they called “pushed to the brink by...

Westmoreland County Prison brass on Thursday suspended inmate visits as another surge of covid-19 cases has erupted at the lockup in Hempfield. Warden Bryan Kline said more than 100 inmates have the coronavirus and additional cases are expected once pending test results are reported. The outbreak involves about 20% of...

Irwin fire department to hold fundraiser Those attending the Irwin Volunteer Fire Department annual benefit dinner and raffle on March 5 at Antonelli Event Center, 100 Colony Drive, Irwin, have a chance to win $4,000 and other prizes. Doors open at 6 p.m., with bar to open at 6:30 p.m....

On the frigid Jan. 22 morning, Bonnie Wishner noticed as she drove out of her garage the temperature display in her GMC Terrain dropped from 14 degrees to 10 to 4. “I said to my husband, how low will it go?” said Wishner of Strabane. “He told me these vehicles...

A Pittsburgh man said he blacked out on the way home from a South Hills bar before he crashed into a family’s home in Baldwin, according to the charges against him. Michael Deery, 53, faces two counts of driving under the influence and a half-dozen summary citations in connection with...