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Meetings • The Western Pennsylvania Kidney Support Groups will host an online support group meeting from 2 to 4 p.m. Jan. 24. The group enables anyone with chronic kidney disease, transplant recipients and candidates, and caregivers to meet and share common experiences. Registration is required by Jan. 23. To register,...

This letter is in two parts. The first is allegorical, the second factual. The first part is a parody on the current Democratic assemblage compared to an NFL team. The Washington Fumblers are misfits and scrubs led by a former assistant coach who served under a head coach who never...

A police incident early Wednesday in Elizabeth Township had residents of Narragansett Drive on lockdown but officers have given the all clear. Police posted on social media that the area is safe following an earlier alert that urged residents who live in the area to stay inside. The original post...

America is often described as a great experiment in democracy. We have now spent 233 years operating under the auspices of the U.S. Constitution. The experiment has been under way for long enough that it is less trial and error and more pattern and tradition. In 1796, we wondered if...

Trib Total Media will extend its 2021 Shop Local Marketing Grant program, following a strong response from local businesses that claimed the first allotment of funds. The program was launched in April 2020 in the jaws of the pandemic. It supports locally-owned businesses by matching their advertising purchases — in...

Am I naive to think that the harrowing violence in Washington on Jan. 6 by a mob, one that President-elect Biden correctly characterized as “domestic terrorists,” was the grand finale of agitations to overturn the elections? Or, trusting a more skeptical sense, should I fear that at least some of...

Publicize your non-profit’s meetings, fundraisers and community events in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Drive-through food distribution planned Tuesday at Lernerville Speedway Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank will host a drive-through food distribution for anyone in need...

Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 Pine-Richland 65, Butler 61 North Hills at Seneca Valley, ppd. Section 2 Bethel Park at Baldwin, ppd. Peters Township 54, Canon-McMillan 36 Upper St. Clair at Mt. Lebanon, ppd. Section 3 Fox Chapel 54, Central Catholic 44 Greensburg Salem at Hempfield,...

Luke Shanahan scored 18 points, Andrew Alexander added 15, and Pine-Richland rallied from seven down after the first quarter for a 65-61 Section 1-6A boys basketball win over No. 5 Butler on Tuesday night. Joey Dudkowski had 12 and Joey Petcash 11 for the Rams (2-2, 1-2). Devin Carney led...

Sewickley Public Library, 500 Thorn St., is not open to the public and is offering only remote services and curbside pickup. To schedule curbside pickup, fill out the form online requesting the items you want, select a date and time and pick up the items at the scheduled time. When...

The Northern Tier Library is offering contactless lobby pick-up of materials for patrons and is not currently open for in-person services. Returned items will be quarantined for at least 72 hours, but often longer, before being checked in. A variety of programs and services are being offered remotely. For more...

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the Port Authority of Allegheny County cannot ban its employees from wearing Black Lives Matters masks, finding that a policy banning political speech was “arbitrary and over broad.” U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan said in his 45-page opinion that Port Authority’s argument...

New Kensington police are asking the public for information about a shooting that happened this month at JJ’s Country Tavern. Detective Sgt. Matt Saxman said the shooting was reported at about 8 p.m. Jan. 13 at the Fifth Avenue bar. Saxman said several cars and a couple of buildings were...

The Pittsburgh Penguins and arena management partner ASM Global finished capital and operational improvements at PPG Paints Arena in time for the start of the Penguins season. Though fans are not yet permitted to attend games at PPG Paints Arena, the improvements included ways to improve safety and health protocols,...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro promised to continue working toward justice for all residents on Tuesday as he was officially sworn into his second term in office. Throughout his 15-minute speech from the state Judicial Center in Harrisburg, Shapiro spoke about inequality in race and socioeconomic status and pledged to...

The Crack’d Egg restaurant on Tuesday lost another round of a legal battle in federal bankruptcy court. A decision by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jeffery A. Deller allows the Allegheny County Health Department to continue proceedings against the Brentwood restaurant. It has repeatedly defied state-mandated mitigation orders requiring the wearing of...

To Rep. Guy Reschenthaler: I hope you were happy watching the events transpiring in Washington Jan. 6. I hope you are proud of the uncivilized behavior displayed by President Trump and his supporters. While I hold Trump responsible for the deplorable actions of his supporters, responsibility falls equally on the...

The founder of MyPillow, a vocal and in the past few weeks very visible supporter of President Donald Trump, says a backlash against the company has begun after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol this month. Mike Lindell, the company CEO and also the face of the brand, said major...

Mark Madden’s column on the Steelers problems (“Loyalty to Mike Tomlin leaves Steelers going nowhere,” Jan. 13, TribLIVE) was only partially correct. As usual his critical team analysis left out a major issue, “Hall of Fame” (as Madden always likes to preface) quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. For the last eight years,...

On Wednesday — some 75 days after resoundingly defeating Donald Trump at the ballot box and two weeks after his election was certified by Congress — Joe Biden will take the oath of office and finally become the president of the United States of America. It can’t come soon enough....

Closings are something that are a little too familiar right now. They aren’t new, of course. Too many Southwestern Pennsylvania towns have Main Streets strewn with shuttered storefronts. Many shopping malls are shells of their former selves. The coronavirus pandemic has hastened what might have been a chronic illness, pulling...

The Democrats have finally succeeded. I think it was through voter fraud and inciting a riot and blaming President Trump for it. Don’t believe everything you read or see. You see what the news media chooses to film and edited as the news media chooses to present it. Only those...

Walmart customers will soon be able to use Western Union’s money transfer services at locations across the United States. Walmart announced today that Western Union’s services in its stores will include domestic and international money transfers, bill payments and money orders. Services will be offered at more than 4,700 Walmart...

Monroeville District Court Judge Jeffrey Herbst handled these cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Storm Alexander Howard, 26, of McKeesport on charges of simple assault and harassment....

I believe our government has been lying to us. I am not surprised, but I was surprised when UPMC was truthful about the ineffectiveness of some cloth masks. That should make the national news. Every year, UPMC sends policy-holders its Over-the-Counter Catalog, from which we can order some common health...