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Report: Former Florida official has been cooperating with feds since last year in Matt Gaetz sex trafficking probeVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — Joel Greenberg, the disgraced former Seminole County tax collector facing a slew of federal charges, has been cooperating with investigators since last year and has revealed alleged paid sex encounters involving himself and U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Greenberg began talking to...
Jennifer Jo Cobb set to become first woman in a NASCAR Cup race since Danica PatrickVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After nearly two decades of NASCAR starts, Jennifer Jo Cobb is set to make her debut in the sport’s top series. Rick Ware Racing announced Tuesday that Cobb — a 47-year-old from Kansas City, Kan. — will race the No. 15 Chevrolet on April 25 at Talladega....
Hill mourns Capitol Police Officer Billy EvansVideo
When Abigail Evans saw her mom was crying, she draped her arm around her back and scooted closer to her as the two held hands, simultaneously clutching a Capitol Dome toy. Abigail, 7, and her brother Logan Evans, 9, watched as congressional leaders and President Joe Biden lauded their late...
2 red Jeeps shot up in New Kensington, Arnold
Two vehicles, both red Jeep Cherokees, were struck by gunfire in Arnold and New Kensington Tuesday night, New Kensington police Chief Bob Deringer said Thursday. Deringer said there was one shooting incident in New Kensington Tuesday in the 400 block of Fifth Avenue. A later call for a vehicle shot...
Feds file suit over sexual harassment in housing against Oil City landlords
The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday filed a federal lawsuit against an Oil City couple who run a rental property company, alleging sexual harassment and retaliation. Filed under the Fair Housing Act, the lawsuit accuses Allen Woodcock of sexually harassing a female tenant in April 2019 when he arrived...
Baldwin High School seniors leave their mark
When Baldwin High School was completely renovated in 2010, a new tradition was born. Every year in the spring, graduating Baldwin High School students leave their handprints on the wall, emblazoned in the school color. According to the district, students look forward to the chance to leave a piece of...
State police shoot, kill Fayette County domestic suspect who earlier fired at troopersVideo
Two state police troopers narrowly avoided injury Tuesday after a man believed to be involved in a domestic incident inside his Fayette County home fired a shot through a door, according to Trooper Robert Broadwater. The man, however, later was shot and killed by police after coming outside his home...
Crawford County man charged in Capitol riots lectured by judge
A federal judge didn’t mince words Monday in telling a Crawford County man charged in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots that he must cooperate with authorities as part of the conditions of his release from jail. Jeremy J. Vorous of Venango is charged by the FBI with knowingly entering...
Appellate court says man can be retried in deaths of 3 Pittsburgh firefighters
A federal appellate court said Tuesday that prosecutors can retry a man whose conviction in the 1995 deaths of three firefighters in the East Hills was overturned. In a 19-page opinion, the three judge-panel from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the federal retrial of Gregory Brown...
Living with Children: Parents of bullies can (and should) stop the cycle
A sixth-grade teacher recently shared the following story with me: Two girls in her class were making fun of a classmate whose family was struggling financially. The girl was socially awkward and had no friends. The mocking was taking place both at school and on social media. As I read...
150 children from Mexican border expected to be housed in Erie dorm
At least 150 refugee children detained at the U.S.-Mexico border are expected to arrive in Erie late Tuesday or early Wednesday to receive temporary shelter, according to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson. The unaccompanied children, who will range in age from 7-12 years old, will be...
Drug possession, DUIs among charges filed by Monroeville police March 30-April 1, 2021
The following charges were filed March 30 to April 1 with Monroeville District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst. Charges were filed by Monroeville police, unless otherwise noted: • Jared Bellman, 23, of Saltsburg with three counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. Charges were filed March 30 in connection with an incident in...
Assault, harassment, DUI among cases handled in Judge DeLuca’s Penn Hills court for the week of April 5, 2021
Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca handled the following cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Charges were filed by Penn Hills police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Omar Cooper Sr., 37, of Pittsburgh on charges of defiant trespass and...
France suspends all Brazil flights due to virus variants
PARIS — France’s prime minister has announced the suspension of all flights between Brazil and France amid concerns over coronavirus variants. Prime Minister Jean Castex made the announcement Tuesday in parliament. He said: “We note that the situation is getting worse and so we have decided to suspend all flights...
Pennsylvania scores C- for condition of roads, bridges, infrastructure
Just how bad are Pennsylvania’s roads and bridges? According to the federal government’s Infrastructure Report Card, released Monday by the White House, each driver pays $620 a year in costs related to driving on roads in disrepair. That’s in addition to everyday costs — gasoline, routine maintenance — related to...
Letter to the editor: We need competent leaders for vaccine rollout
Today I write to you not as a social worker or as a front-line worker. Today I write to you as a granddaughter who feels powerless in helping her vulnerable grandparents secure appointments for covid vaccines. I am a proud Excela Health employee, and my employer ensured I had quick...
Letter to the editor: We need competent leaders for vaccine rollout
Today I write to you not as a social worker or as a front-line worker. Today I write to you as a granddaughter who feels powerless in helping her vulnerable grandparents secure appointments for covid vaccines. I am a proud Excela Health employee, and my employer ensured I had quick...
It’s a ‘pothole blitz’ in Pittsburgh
Seen a pothole or two in Pittsburgh. Or three? Four? Call the city. Public works employees plan to work 12-hour shifts Wednesday through Friday to patch potholes in Pittsburgh. “We have made record investments into streets citywide the past several years, but after record snowfall this winter our roads still...
Letter to the editor: Producing more vaccines
Come on, now: The president and Congress have the power to get hundreds of millions of the covid-19 vaccine produced faster, but they haven’t, contributing to more deaths. Intellectual property regulations allow Pfizer and Moderna to keep their vaccine processes to themselves. They’re both working at capacity. Well, get them...
Editorial: The region’s airports could fare well as post-pandemic air travel rises
Air travel is getting off the ground again. A year of coronavirus pandemic restrictions and precautions made airports into ghost towns. The 777.9 million people annually who had been taking off their shoes and separating their laptops from their carry-ons at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints slowed to a trickle. On...
The Stroller, April 13, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, events and fundraisers in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. In-store campout to benefit food banks, Salvation Army Sprankle’s Neighborhood Market in Leechburg will host its annual Campout for Community from 6 a.m. to...
Letter to the editor: Look at reasons for reps’ votes before forming opinion
In response to Teri Krause’s letter “Monitor reps’ votes before casting yours” (April 1, TribLIVE): I would suggest that she read the changes made to the Violence Against Women Act, and maybe then she would realize why people would vote against it. It’s obvious the eight GOP representatives she mentions...
Letter to the editor: Biden voters, look what you’ve done
Let me get this straight. Voters who actually have jobs and actually pay taxes voted for this president. Why didn’t you just take most of your money and give it to charity instead of taking the rest of us with you? Now President Biden is going to seriously raise taxes...
Letter to the editor: All the king’s men
President Trump: Paid $750 in federal taxes in 2016 and 2017 and zero in past years. There’s either something seriously wrong with the U.S. tax code or some big-time corruption happened. We’ll see. William Barr: The attorney general is supposed to be the people’s attorney general and not the president’s...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for April 12, 2021
Baseball Monday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 19, Allderdice 2 Butler at Central Catholic, ppd. Pine-Richland at Seneca Valley, ppd. Section 2 Canon-McMillan 6, Upper St. Clair 4 Baldwin at Hempfield, ppd. Mt. Lebanon at Norwin, ppd. Class 5A Section 1 Franklin Regional 14, Latrobe 1 Gateway...
