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Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 26
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 26....
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 26
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 26....
Man, whose wife stole millions from Pittsburgh firm, gets 18 months for false tax returns
A man who lived a life of luxury off of nearly $13 million his wife embezzled from her Pittsburgh employer over more than a decade will spend 18 months in federal prison. Gary Mills, 61, was found guilty in 2019 of three counts of filing a false tax return following...
White House shifts messaging on inflation as Republicans attack
WASHINGTON — The White House is shifting the way it talks about inflation, as polls show increasing voter concern and Republicans try to use rising prices to kill off President Joe Biden’s sweeping plans to spend trillions of dollars on social programs and infrastructure projects. Out: wonky words such as...
Pirates farm report for July 25, 2021: Matthew Fraizer smacks 18th homer for Greensboro
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 34-36) was beaten by Toledo (Tigers), 7-3. RHP James Marvel (3-3, 5.43) was tagged for seven runs on seven hits and four walks in 4.2 innings. Four relievers – RHP Matt Eckelman, LHP Dillon Peters, LHP Blake Weiman and LHP Braeden Ogle – held Toledo scoreless the rest...
L.A. County sees over 2,000 new coronavirus cases daily because of delta variantVideo
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County health officials reported 2,089 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, with hospitalizations rising as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to spread. There are 716 people currently hospitalized with covid-19, up from 452 on July 16, officials said. The county also reported four new deaths,...
The Stroller, July 26, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, community events 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. Allegheny Valley Association of Churches accepting donations for food bank Donations are welcome for the Allegheny Valley Association of Churches food...
Report: Ex-PSU tight end Adam Breneman placed on administrative leave at Arizona State
Former Penn State tight end Adam Breneman was placed on administrative leave by Arizona State amid an NCAA investigation into recruiting violations during the coronavirus pandemic, Yahoo Sports reported Sunday. Breneman, the Sun Devils tight ends coach, was placed on administrative leave July 16, according to the report. In June,...
Gov. Kay Ivey: Federal-state-local partnership helps tap into Appalachia’s potential
This commentary is part of a series from governors of the 13 states in the Appalachian Regional Commission. ARC is an economic development agency of the federal government and state governments focusing on 420 counties across the Appalachian Region. The hit country song “Mountain Music” by the band Alabama may...
As Florida becomes U.S. epicenter of covid-19, it reports a wrong death countVideo
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Florida recorded more coronavirus cases this week than California, Texas, New York and Illinois combined, a Palm Beach Post analysis of state and federal data shows. The state logged 73,199 more infections in this week’s state Department of Health report. That’s the biggest one-week surge since...
Letter to the Editor: Penn Hills School District’s property tax hike out of line
I write today to express my disappointment that the Penn Hills School Board has voted to raise property taxes yet again on residents of the Penn Hills School District — even though the district is expected to receive millions of dollars in federal covid-19 assistance through the American Rescue Plan...
North Hills area real estate transactions for the week of July 25, 2021
Bellevue William Guess Jr. sold property at 105 Crawford Ave. to Bryent Wagner and Jenny Kalna for $275,000. Michael Neureiter sold property at 121 Meade Ave. to Alexander Sandy and Brittany Zappala for $165,000. Bradford Woods Beverly Jaramillo sold property at 61 Seldom Seen Road to Jay and Alaina Girlardo...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of July 25, 2021
Aspinwall Rachel Misour sold property at 113 Fourth St. to Kyle Misour and Catherine Boyles for $250,000. Dennis Putze trustee sold property at 23 Fourth St. to John and Kelly Krieg for $285,000. Blawnox Terry Haser sold property at 154 Second St. to Sandy Michelin for $176,000. Etna Jesse Burton...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of July 25, 2021
Churchill R. Douglas Neely sold property at 44 Churchill Road to Alexis Sanders and Sho Sugimoto for $424,999. Paul Conkin sold property at 2523 Collins Road to Joshua Holizna for $129,500. Brian Osborne sold property at 47 Garden Terrace to James and Elaina Rosenquist for $189,900. Joseph Vigliotti sold property...
Letter to the editor: Time to repurpose the Trump House
Donald Trump lost the presidential election, so now it’s time to repurpose the Trump House. I think Rep. Leslie Rossi should replace the Trump statue with one of herself made of gold, at least 75 feet tall, and change the name to “Rossi Kingdom.” After all, isn’t it time for...
Letter to the editor: Continued covid awareness important
Though I respect his reasons, I disagree with letter-writer Steve A. Fazekas’s challenge to the Tribune-Review to remove the daily covid count from its publications (“End daily covid case count,” July 14, TribLIVE). With covid cases and hospitalizations increasing in areas with lower percentages of the population getting fully vaccinated...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of July 25, 2021
Aleppo Kathleen Moss trustee sold property at 1206 Sewickley Heights Drive to Jodi Downing for $390,000. Edgeworth Estate of Edwin Clarke Jr. sold property at 629 Academy Ave. to Charles Hammel III and Kristen Hammel for $1,400,000. Matthew Hurray sold property at 601 Poia Road to Barbara Burge for $1,386,623....
Bethel Park real estate transactions for the week of July 25, 2021
Camela Roslie sold property at 348 Allandale Drive to David John and Debra Sue Lafferty for $275,000. Estate of Joel Stewart Spivack sold property at 624 Arkwood Drive to Patricia Scott for $142,000. Frank Meta Jr. sold property at 1241 Berryman Ave. to Ryan Fisher trustee for $115,000. Albert Gediohn...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of July 25, 2021
Baldwin Borough Tiffany Leigh Marie Lazzari sold property at Unknown Address to Pamela and Christine Collins for $135,000. Zachary Seymore sold property at 638 Agnew Road to Donald Yoho and Hilary Nagy for $210,000. Gregory Utzig sold property at 1165 Camarta Drive to Jordon and Kaitlyn Weiland for $390,000. Cathy...
Carnegie, Scott area real estate transactions for the week of July 25, 2021
Bridgeville Michael Mulholland sold property at 716 Chess St. to Ethen Omer and Desiree Mosura for $120,000. Jerilyn Vitelli sold property at 1001 Grandview Ave. Unit 401 to Martin Comini et al. and Eric Comini for $78,000. Natasha Woods sold property at 1241 Vesper St. to Robert McKinley for $147,000....
Letter to the editor: Amazon facility would degrade Churchill
I grew up in Churchill and still have family and friends living there and family members who have passed on are buried near Churchill. I lived right next door to the George Westinghouse Research Park at two different residences and knew that green space nurtured our community’s air and peaceful...
Editorial: Hospitals shouldn’t have to force vaccines on employees
In December 2020, after months of wondering when a vaccine for covid-19 would be finished and when it would be available, bringing the end of the pandemic into view, people watched as trucks left loaded with shipments bound for hospitals across the country. The delivery was highly anticipated. Once in...
The Stroller, July 25, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, community events 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. Free Covid-19 vaccines available Thursday in Natrona park A mobile covid-19 vaccination site will be held from 4 to 6:30 p.m....
Letter to the editor: We must de-politicize our rhetoric, resolutions
Jonah Goldberg’s “Defenders, opponents of critical race theory prone to exaggeration” (July 9, TribLIVE) is probably one of his better columns, but I don’t agree that there is equal exaggeration. However, it is useful in understanding our current racial climate. It is axiomatic and understandable that a proportion of Black...
Letter to the editor: Schools need to plan for student success
There is a reckoning coming in Westmoreland County schools, and we are not prepared for it. The lack of consistent schooling over the past 18 months, combined with the rising levels of racial consciousness in our youth, will bring unprecedented challenges to the public school system. We have a choice:...
