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A Shaler man who pleaded guilty to vandalizing a Pittsburgh police car during protests May 30 over the death of George Floyd will serve six months in a halfway house. Senior U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab ordered Brian Bartels to spend one day in the custody of the U.S....

A Butler man who served as his company’s controller pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to taking more than $1 million. Paul Harmon, 63, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Nicholas Ranjan. He will be sentenced on May 25. Harmon worked for Fuellgraf Electric...

Regarding Eileen Condie’s letter “Democratic ploy to take down Trump?” (Jan. 19, TribLIVE): Ms. Condie, time to put your pen down and smell the coffee. Leonard Mucci Derry Township...

Prayer breakfast • The Westmoreland County Prayer Breakfast … for Dinner will be at 6:46 p.m. Jan. 28 online on FacebookLive. Phil Koch from the Pittsburgh Foundation/Community Foundation of Westmoreland County will be the speaker. For reservations, visit facebook.com/events/431696631344807. Submissions from nonprofit organizations for Briefly Speaking can be emailed to...

It has been bothering me that letter-writer Sandra Kremer (“Republicans’ legacy of debt,” Dec. 1, TribLIVE) was knocking the Republican president for increasing the national debt. She writes about Democratic presidents with surpluses, like LBJ’s $3.2 billion. Also, Bill Clinton had a surplus. She then states Ronald Reagan added $1.5...

Police in Washington County are searching for a man in connection with a pair of shootings — one fatal — on Tuesday that may be connected. The first shooting occurred shortly before 4:45 p.m. in the parking lot of the Family Dollar store at 130 Highland Ave. in the city...

What does it mean to be eligible? It is the right to do something, the right to get something. If you are looking to fix your daughter up with the perfect guy, you are looking for the most eligible bachelor — the guy who will check all the boxes. To...

I feel compelled to respond to Jeff Hoener’s letter “Reschenthaler and Joyce are patriots.” This was “the most secure election in history.” “We have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election.” Those are quotes from officials in Trump’s own administration. There...

With hundreds of thousands of coronavirus deaths in the United States, and cases still on an upward trend, it is imperative the distribution of the vaccine is faster and more efficient. How can this be done? The key is transportation. If we can transport the vaccine to key areas in...

Despite the loss of revenue for Penn State athletics due to the coronavirus pandemic, athletic director Sandy Barbour said that the university will not cut any of its athletic programs. “That’s not something I’m interested in. It’s not something I’m looking at,” Barbour said Tuesday afternoon, speaking to reporters for...

High schools Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 74, North Hills 65 (OT) Pine-Richland 76, Seneca Valley 60 Class 5A Section 3 McKeesport 52, Kiski Area 40 Franklin Regional at Woodland Hills, ppd. Latrobe at Penn Hills, ppd. Section 4 Highlands 56, Hampton 55 Mars 91,...

Aquinas Academy sophomore Vinnie Cugini scored 52 points, breaking the 50-point barrier for the second time in a week, but this time, it didn’t lead to a victory. Andrew Sullivan scored 39 points to lead St. Joseph to an 85-72 win over Aquinas Academy in Section 3-A boys basketball Tuesday...

The Stroller is compiling a list of fish fries taking place Ash Wednesday and/or Fridays during Lent. To your non-profit’s fish fry listed in the paper and online, send complete information in writing to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084 or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Online job...

Haven’t we been here before? I’m struck by a feeling of déjà vu as February looms, and with it, the second grand reopening of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall in less than a year. Our first reopening was in July of 2020, following four long months of...

West Leechburg is seeking volunteers to fill vacancies on three municipal boards. Positions on the vacancy, recreation and zoning hearing boards opened up in December. Openings on the zoning hearing board include two regular positions and an alternate position. There is one opening on the vacancy board and one or...

Norwin High School will be closed Wednesday, as required by the state when a school has six confirmed covid cases within a 14-day period, the district said. Under the district’s hybrid education model, no students were scheduled to be in the building on Wednesday. From Jan. 18-26, Norwin reported that...

Even as we confront a still-surging covid-19 pandemic in advance of global vaccination, another looming pandemic threatens us. This threat comes from rising numbers of drug-resistant bacteria and fungi. These “superbugs” are immune to most antibiotics. They already kill 700,000 people around the world each year. And they’re evolving faster...

A Bridgeville man who livestreamed himself in the Crypt underneath the U.S. Capitol rotunda during the Jan. 6 attack there was arrested Tuesday morning. Kenneth Grayson, 51, is charged with five federal counts, including knowingly entering a restricted building; disorderly conduct that impedes government business; disruptive conduct in the Capitol...

Penn State has been well-represented in the Super Bowl over the years. This will again be the case when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take on the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., on Feb. 7. For the 50th time in the history...

One man was stabbed and a clerk was injured in an altercation Tuesday morning at an East Liberty gas station, according to Pittsburgh police. The incident happened around 8 a.m. at a Sunoco station on North Highland Avenue, Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said. The station is across the street...

Last year I read Ezra Klein’s book “Why We’re Polarized.” He traced the history of partisanship, explaining the ways parties have evolved, the changing role of the media and the crucial influence of identity politics. The horrifying events on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6 were the culmination of this corrosive...

What kind of serious threats was the Forbes Road pet turkey causing that gave rise for the game warden to kill it (“Forbes Road residents shocked gobbler ‘Butterball’ shot by game warden,” Jan. 16, TribLIVE)? Was it causing serious automobile accidents? Was it transporting Lyme disease-infected ticks into the neighborhood?...

Minor injuries were reported after a Blairsville-Saltsburg School District bus slid off an icy road Tuesday morning and crashed, according to Trooper Cliff Greenfield. The crash was reported at 8:30 a.m. along Chestnut Ridge Road in Burrell Township, Indiana County. Five students were aboard at the time, Greenfield said. The...