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David Zurawik: ‘This Is Us’ is network TV’s greatest family drama, and I am already suffering separation anxiety about it
I have been feeling separation anxiety for weeks, and it is only getting worse. Season five of NBC’s “This Is Us’ ends Tuesday. And the network has also officially announced that the greatest family drama in the history of network TV will conclude after season six next year. That was...
Pa. teachers union demands leadership changes at embattled PSERS pension fund
A union that represents 61,000 schoolteachers statewide called on most of the board of the Pennsylvania Public Employees’ Retirement System to resign amid an ongoing FBI investigation. “Through alleged errors and omissions, and under a shroud of secrecy, this PSERS Board appears to have jeopardized the present and future financial...
Billie Eilish bringing world tour to Pittsburgh in 2022Video
Billie Eilish is bringing her Happier Than Ever, The World Tour to Pittsburgh next year. Eilish, the multiple Grammy Award winner, will play PPG Paints Arena on Feb. 8, 2022. It will be her first time performing in Pittsburgh. In 2020, Eilish won the Grammy for record of the year...
‘Hocus Pocus’ sequel to put a spell on Disney+ next year
They’ll put another spell on you, come 2022. The long-awaited “Hocus Pocus 2” will hit Disney+ in 2022, with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy reprising their roles as the Sanderson sisters, according to a press release Thursday. The sequel to the 1993 Halloween cult classic will center...
Clymer man killed in 3-vehicle crash in Cherryhill Township
A 59-year-old Clymer man was killed in a three-vehicle crash Thursday in Indiana County, according to state police. Police said the man was headed east on Route 286 in Cherryhill Township northeast of Blairsville and was over the fog line when he came up on a disabled box truck on...
Bethel Park Memorial Day Program scheduled
Bethel Park’s Memorial Day Program will honor the fallen on May 31. The event is open to the public and will consist of a ceremony at the Veterans Memorial, parade and cemetery service. The ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Plaza in front of the Bethel Park Municipal Building will begin...
Letter to the editor: Russia and China going green
I’m happy Russia is joining countries signing on to the “green” initiative to reduce carbon emissions. This is good news because in January 2020 they committed the equivalent of $300 billion in incentives for oil and gas developments in the Arctic Ocean. I’m sure Russia’s goal is to protect these...
Letter to the editor: Freedom, passports and guns
Regarding the letter “Expanding, not restricting, our freedoms” (May 4, TribLIVE): I’ll put these “facts” to bed, in order. Vaccine passports? Guess what — I already have the freedom to go into a restaurant or stadium without a passport. If one is required, that is not freedom, that’s privilege. The...
The Stroller, May 21, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, 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 food distribution set Saturday in Lower Burrell Burrell Community Church, Lower Burrell, will host a free drive-thru food distribution from 10...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s hall of criminals
My list for President Trump’s hall of corruption includes Bill Barr, Mike Pompeo, Rudy Giuliani and many others. The following is a list of members of Trump’s hall of criminals. All of these individuals were pardoned, except Rick Gates and Michael Cohen, by Trump. They all lied to the FBI,...
Letter to the editor: Some truths about Trump
What is the “new government” so afraid of? If the President Trump supporters (rioters) had really meant harm, they couldn’t have been stopped. There may have been some “plants” who intended harm, but most were demonstrating against what they felt was an unjust election of a president unfit for the...
Pirates farm report for May 20, 2021: Plum’s Kirilloff homers against Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 9-5) fell 3-2 to St. Paul (Twins) in the resumption of a suspended game from Wednesday and won 7-3 in the scheduled game on Thursday. Plum native Alex Kirilloff, down from Minnesota on a rehab assignment as he recovers from a wrist injury, homered in both games for...
High school roundup for May 20, 2021: North Hills softball knocks off No. 1 Penn-Trafford
Sophia Roncone threw a four-hitter with 13 strikeouts to lead No. 8 North Hills to an upset 6-1 victory over top-seeded Penn-Trafford in a WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinal softball game Thursday, ending the reign of the Warriors, the 2019 PIAA champs. Kassidy Wittig hit a two-run double during a four-run...
Maryland to offer covid-19 vaccine lottery incentive with $2 million in cash prizes
Forty daily drawings for $40,000 each and a $400,000 Fourth of July jackpot. Get at least one jab, and you’ve got a shot. Maryland’s latest effort to encourage people to get vaccinated will shower cash — a total of $2 million — on top of protection against covid-19 for those...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 20, 2021
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Friday’s schedule Upper St. Clair (8-9) vs. Canon-McMillan (8-10) at West Mifflin, 4 p.m. Quarterfinals Saturday’s schedule North Allegheny (17-3) vs. Upper St. Clair/Canon-McMillan winner at Shaler, 2:30 p.m.; Mt. Lebanon (11-7) vs. Butler (13-6) at Shaler, noon; Norwin (13-3) vs....
Southmoreland softball sluggers knock off 2nd-seeded North Catholic
The Southmoreland softball team didn’t waste any time setting the tone for Thursday’s WPIAL Class 3A second-round playoff game. The No. 7 Scotties took a three-run lead in the first inning and held second-seeded North Catholic at bay late in the game to advance with an 11-5 victory at Gateway...
Westmoreland judge approves settlement of Richard Mellon Scaife trust
A $200 million settlement in a long-fought battle over a 1935 trust left to late philanthropist and newspaper publisher Richard Mellon Scaife was approved in Westmoreland County court Thursday. The approval during a brief hearing before Judge Harry Smail closes the book on a legal entanglement dating back to 2014...
Laurels & lances: Doses, closures, alternatives
Laurel: To house calls. To reach the 70% vaccination threshhold that experts say is necessary to fight off the coronavirus pandemic, it is important to get to as many adults as possible. Protecting people with medical conditions that put them at particular risk is even more important. But home care...
Gov. Tom Wolf extends covid-19 disaster declaration, days after votes to curb his powers
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has signed a renewal of the state’s disaster order related to the coronavirus pandemic. The governor announced the renewal Thursday afternoon, just two days after voters approved two measures to curb his powers in disasters. The previous covid-19 disaster order expired Thursday. “Covid-19 vaccinations have increased...
Sewickley’s Nonprofit Corner for the week of May 25, 2021
Editor’s note: The Nonprofit Corner is a new weekly listing of the Sewickley area’s nonprofit events and fundraisers. To have your information listed, email Sewickley Herald editor Katie Green at kgreen@triblive.com. Tull Family Theater 418 Walnut St., Sewickley. 412-259-8542. thetullfamily theater.org. Science on Screen finale June 1 is the 2021 finale...
Photos: Sewickley Music Club 100th Anniversary Luncheon
The Sewickley Music Club celebrated its 100th Anniversary on May 11 with a luncheon at Sewickley Heights Golf Club. Musicians Steven Vance and John Garrick opened with a song recorded by Music Club founder Olive Nevin in 1920, “My Days Have Been So Wonderous Free.” “It is such an honor...
Lou Barletta: Why I’m running for Pa. governor
Thirty-seven years ago, my wife Mary Grace and I started our pavement marking business with $29.95 and a dream to build something for our family, and five years later it was the largest of its kind in Pennsylvania. Along the way we had setbacks, as any business owners will face,...
Editorial: Enhancing high school graduations with a virtual touch
The Class of 2020 didn’t graduate the way the classes that came before them did. For most graduates, the restrictions of the coronavirus pandemic stole the pomp and circumstance from their commencements. There were no auditoriums packed with parents and grandparents snapping pictures and cheering when names were called and...
Pa. closes in on 10 million covid-19 vaccinations
Pennsylvania has given 9.9 million covid-19 vaccinations as of early Thursday, with about half of state residents 18 or older fully vaccinated, the state said in its daily update. Just over 55% of all Pennsylvania residents have received at least one dose, the health department said. The state is averaging...
Covid-19 vaccines don’t cause sudden hearing loss, study finds
When you administer tens of millions of doses of covid-19 vaccine, you’re bound to get reports of all kinds of side effects. That includes accounts of sudden hearing loss. Doctors at Johns Hopkins University treated some of the people whose hearing suffered in the wake of a covid-19 shot, and...
