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The Stroller, July 8, 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. Rally on the River food truck rally to benefit Leechburg firemen Leechburg Volunteer Fire Company will sponsor a Rally on the...
Riverhounds rally for draw in Charleston
Tommy Williamson scored in the waning moments of the second half, giving the Pittsburgh Riverhounds a 1-1 draw with the Charleston Battery on Wednesday night in South Carolina. The Riverhounds (6-4-3) are 4-1-1 in their last six games, good for second place in the USL Championship’s Atlantic Division. The game...
Why a funding boost for the office that exposes Pa. puppy mills stalled again
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 — Partisan divides are stymying legislation to boost funding for the Pennsylvania bureau tasked with exposing puppy mills and handling...
Storms spur widespread power outages, downed trees across Western Pa.
Thousands of people remained without power Thursday morning after storms rolled through the region the day before. Duquesne Light reported at 8:15 a.m. that about 3,400 people were still without power, down from more than 25,000 about 12 hours earlier. “Severe storms moved through our region this afternoon, causing widespread...
Robert Downey Sr., filmmaker and actor and father of Robert Downey Jr., dead at 85
NEW YORK — Robert Downey Sr., iconic filmmaker of breakthrough anti-establishment classic films such as “Putney Swope” and “Greaser’s Palace,” died early Wednesday morning in his sleep at his home in New York City, his wife told the Daily News. Downey, who turned 85 last month and had been battling...
Dodgers yank Trevor Bauer bobblehead from promotional schedule
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers have removed a Trevor Bauer bobblehead night from their promotional schedule this season. Bauer is under investigation by Pasadena police after a woman accused him of choking her to the point of losing consciousness during two sexual encounters and injuring her during the second. Bauer,...
Food Podcast: What is causing food insecurity in the Three Rivers region?
On this week’s episode of the Food Podcast presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union, we dive into a topic that impacts our entire community: What is causing people to be food insecure? It’s a topic many food banks have struggled with as they try not only to feed their communities...
Martin W.G. King: Voting rights hard sell for Biden
President Biden is celebrating a potential deal on his infrastructure bill. Unfortunately, Republican lawmakers on the bipartisan committee that came up with the compromise draft insisted on trashing the social measures needed by families and some essential environmental components. Nonetheless, Biden’s all-consuming work on the issue has produced a victory...
With delta variant spreading, how worried should fully vaccinated people be?
If you’re fully vaccinated, how worried should you be about the delta variant of the coronavirus? There is widespread scientific consensus that fully vaccinated people have an excellent chance of being protected from severe illness or death from any coronavirus strain, including delta. In Los Angeles County, 99.8% of people...
Weekend lane restrictions planned along Route 28
Motorists will encounter lane restrictions on Route 28 in the Lower Allegheny Valley over the weekend, PennDOT reported. Crews will be patching concrete and making other repairs between the Millvale interchange in Shaler and the Highland Park Bridge/Aspinwall interchange in Sharpsburg and O’Hara from 7 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m....
Westmoreland news includes concerts, turkey dinner and wine tasting
Church event • Community Church of Hecla, 537 Hecla Road, Mt. Pleasant Township, will have vacation Bible school from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. July 19 to 23 for children age 3 to teenagers. Details: 724-396-8065 or 724-466-2855 Fundraisers • Community Church of Hecla, will host a turkey dinner from...
Letter to the editor: Liberal sources not fair, balanced
Letter-writer James Kvitkovich (“Trib is fair and balanced,” July 2, TribLIVE) said he believes the Tribune-Review and Associated Press are fair and balanced. At one time that was very true about the Trib; it was never true about the AP. He says he gets his news from sources such as...
Letter to the editor: Quaker Valley School District on path to teaching Critical Race Theory
In recent communications with the Quaker Valley school board, the board president stated that the board has “not adopted policies in the past 65 years since the founding of Quaker Valley that ban” materials and “and will not do so at this time.” They further explained, “that a decision not...
Letter to the editor: Why so little coverage of border crisis?
By not enforcing federal immigration laws, the Biden administration is encouraging illegal immigration along our southern border. Mexican cartels dangerously are smuggling children, adults, lethal fentanyl and other drugs into the U.S, overwhelming the U.S. border patrol. U.S. taxpayers are paying to house and process. Neither the president nor the...
State police seek teen runaway from Derry Township facility
State police are searching for a teenage girl who ran away from an Adelphoi Village facility in Derry Township. Police said Kendra Yates, 16, who is Black, was last seen just before 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. She was wearing a gray sweatshirt, black sweatpants and black sandals. Anyone who sees...
The Stroller, July 7, 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. Participants welcome to march in Aug. 7 Westmoreland Co. Firemen’s parade The New Kensington Bureau of Fire will host the 128th...
Editorial: Everyone’s health depends on nurses on call
When it comes to essential employees, there are a lot of positions that come to mind. During the pandemic, people came to realize how much they depend on grocery store stockers and fast food workers. Most parents came to look at teachers with new appreciation. Day care providers, bus drivers,...
Letter to the editor: Questioning police protocols for helping the mentally ill
Pennsylvania State Police shot Christian Hall multiple times Dec. 30, 2020, in East Stroudsburg. Hall, a 19-year-old Chinese adoptee of Filipino and Black Latino parents, was experiencing a mental health crisis and called 911 himself. In late January 2021, third-party footage began circulating on social media showing Hall standing with...
Penn State lands top in-state running back Nicholas Singleton of Governor Mifflin
Penn State football has added one of the top in-state recruits in the 2022 class. Four-star running back Nicholas Singleton committed to the Nittany Lions on Tuesday evening. Singleton was Governor Mifflin’s workhorse running back in 2020. He ran for 1,311 yards and 22 touchdowns on 107 carries in only...
Pirates farm report for July 6, 2021: Mitch Keller throws 5 scoreless for Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 27-27) managed just three hits and lost 1-0 to Columbus (Indians). RHP Mitch Keller made a strong start, giving up two hits and no runs in five innings, striking out four and walking none. Keller has a 1.84 ERA with 16 strikeouts in 14.2 innings since being sent...
Riverhounds game at Charleston bumped up due to Hurricane Elsa
Looking to avoid the brunt of Hurricane Elsa, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds will kick off a few hours earlier than originally scheduled Wednesday. The Riverhounds will play the Charleston Battery at 4 p.m. in a game closed to spectators at Patriots Point Stadium in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. The game was originally...
Column: Mickelson’s diet of coffee, low-hanging fruit showsVideo
Phil Mickelson’s diet these days appears to consist of coffee and low-hanging fruit. And it’s turning into quite a feast. The early summer months on the PGA Tour should be on the sleepy side as players recharge from the U.S. Open during a three-week window before the British Open, and...
Jessica Feil: Illegal gambling machines are a problem. You should care.
If you’ve ever seen someone play three-card monte, you would warn everyone you know not to fall for the scam. The game, usually played on a street corner, involves a “dealer” moving three playing cards around and betting against the player being able to guess which card is the money...
Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks says he can’t be sued for inciting Capitol riot because he is a federal employee
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, an Alabama Republican, claims he can’t be sued over his fiery speech challenging the 2020 election results at a rally just before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot because he’s a federal employee. Brooks made the argument in a July 2 filing responding to a...
Ethics panel closes investigation into former Pa. Victim Advocate Jennifer Storm
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 — After a more than yearlong investigation, state ethics investigators have found that Pennsylvania’s former chief advocate for crime victims...
