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Capitol Police chief, sergeant-at-arms acknowledge failures in Jan. 6 siegeVideo
WASHINGTON — Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda D. Pittman on Tuesday apologized to Congress and acknowledged her department’s failure to adequately act on intelligence before a violent mob of pro-Trump insurrectionists infiltrated the Capitol on Jan. 6. Pittman, who took over the force when former Chief Steven Sund resigned Jan....
West Leechburg looks to fill board vacancies
West Leechburg is seeking volunteers to fill vacancies on three municipal boards. Positions on the vacancy, recreation and zoning hearing boards opened up in December. Openings on the zoning hearing board include two regular positions and an alternate position. There is one opening on the vacancy board and one or...
Norwin High School to close Wednesday
Norwin High School will be closed Wednesday, as required by the state when a school has six confirmed covid cases within a 14-day period, the district said. Under the district’s hybrid education model, no students were scheduled to be in the building on Wednesday. From Jan. 18-26, Norwin reported that...
Randall Rutta: Another pandemic is coming — it’s time to prepare
Even as we confront a still-surging covid-19 pandemic in advance of global vaccination, another looming pandemic threatens us. This threat comes from rising numbers of drug-resistant bacteria and fungi. These “superbugs” are immune to most antibiotics. They already kill 700,000 people around the world each year. And they’re evolving faster...
Bridgeville man arrested, charged in riot on U.S. Capitol
A Bridgeville man who livestreamed himself in the Crypt underneath the U.S. Capitol rotunda during the Jan. 6 attack there was arrested Tuesday morning. Kenneth Grayson, 51, is charged with five federal counts, including knowingly entering a restricted building; disorderly conduct that impedes government business; disruptive conduct in the Capitol...
Here’s which former Penn State Nittany Lions will participate in Super Bowl LV
Penn State has been well-represented in the Super Bowl over the years. This will again be the case when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take on the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., on Feb. 7. For the 50th time in the history...
Man stabbed, another injured at East Liberty Sunoco station
One man was stabbed and a clerk was injured in an altercation Tuesday morning at an East Liberty gas station, according to Pittsburgh police. The incident happened around 8 a.m. at a Sunoco station on North Highland Avenue, Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said. The station is across the street...
Sylvia Neely: Bipartisanship crucial for our world’s future
Last year I read Ezra Klein’s book “Why We’re Polarized.” He traced the history of partisanship, explaining the ways parties have evolved, the changing role of the media and the crucial influence of identity politics. The horrifying events on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6 were the culmination of this corrosive...
Letter to the editor: Was Butterball really a threat?
What kind of serious threats was the Forbes Road pet turkey causing that gave rise for the game warden to kill it (“Forbes Road residents shocked gobbler ‘Butterball’ shot by game warden,” Jan. 16, TribLIVE)? Was it causing serious automobile accidents? Was it transporting Lyme disease-infected ticks into the neighborhood?...
Minor injuries reported in Blairsville-Saltsburg school bus crash
Minor injuries were reported after a Blairsville-Saltsburg School District bus slid off an icy road Tuesday morning and crashed, according to Trooper Cliff Greenfield. The crash was reported at 8:30 a.m. along Chestnut Ridge Road in Burrell Township, Indiana County. Five students were aboard at the time, Greenfield said. The...
Letter to the editor: Democrats’ end game is their ‘social justice’
For who knows how long, our country will be run by a single party with a leadership that espouses conspiracies, divisiveness, greed and a lust for power. I believe their path to power is paved by racism, and they will play that card at every opportunity. Their end game is...
Living with Children: The correlation between food and behavior
A headache does not mean one has a brain tumor, but some brain tumors do cause headaches. Likewise, ADHD behaviors do not mean one has a food allergy, albeit some food allergies cause, in some children, behaviors that are on the official list of ADHD symptoms. (Mind you, I believe...
Police log: Careless driving, DUI, drug possession among recent charges filed in Monroeville
Monroeville police filed the following charges Jan. 7 and 13 with District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted: • Julius Carrington, 44, of Pitcairn with defiant trespassing. The charge was filed by Pitcairn police on Jan. 7 in connection with an incident along...
Letter to the editor: New Kensington-Arnold tax hike not right
The New Kensington-Arnold School Board’s latest tax increase proposal is totally unreasonable (“New Kensington-Arnold considers property tax increase to address ‘bleak’ financial picture,” Jan. 21, TribLIVE). You should do your own due diligence on the budget before scaring the public with a 7% increase. A real self-examination of all programs...
Editorial: When recovery houses fail, so does addiction recovery
It is no secret that the coronavirus pandemic isn’t the first health crisis Pennsylvania has faced in recent years. Until a never-before-seen disease started to burn around the world last year, there was another epidemic that was discussed on an almost daily basis. The opioid crisis has killed more than...
Letter to the editor: Focus energy on vaccine rollout
People are outraged by the events at the Capitol on Jan. 6. However, that outrage would be better placed elsewhere. Namely the slow distribution of, and inoculation with, the covid-19 vaccine. What government activity could, or should, have a higher priority? The vaccine was approved for emergency use Dec. 11....
Letter to the editor: Will we work to overcome our losses?
In the winter of 2020, a foreign virus squeezed our lungs and our hearts. It changed our lives. The nation fought it, doubted it, ignored it and defied it. People suffered and died. And so it went. In the spring of 2020, authorities defiantly knelt on the neck of George...
The Stroller, Jan. 26, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Stroller is compiling a list of fish fries taking place Ash Wednesday and/or Fridays during Lent. To your non-profit’s fish fry listed in the paper and online, send complete information in writing to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084 or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Covid-19 testing...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 25, 2021
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s results WPIAL Class 5A Section 1 Albert Gallatin 62, Ringgold 33 Class 4A Section 2 Lincoln Park at Quaker Valley, ppd. Class 2A Section 2 Northgate 44, Chartiers-Houston 39 Section 3 Jeannette 64, Serra Catholic 56 Class A Section 1 Rochester 52, Western Beaver 39...
High school roundup for Jan. 25, 2021: Neshannock girls grab big section win
Neshannock held Sewickley Academy to 11 first-half points and came away with a 49-41 girls basketball victory in an important Section 1-2A matchup Monday night. Neleh Nogay led the Lancers (6-1, 5-1) with 15 points. Desirae Nace scored 14 for No. 4 Sewickley Academy (4-3, 2-2). Avonworth 54, South Allegheny...
As 2nd Trump impeachment trial draws near, Sen. Pat Toomey remains on the fence
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey remained uncommitted Monday on whether he would vote to convict former President Donald Trump even as the House prepared to deliver the impeachment charge to the Senate. Toomey, who has said he will not seek reelection in 2022, has been a harsh critic of Trump in...
Pa. Congressman Scott Perry acknowledges introducing Trump to Justice lawyer
PHILADELPHIA — U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, a Republican from the Harrisburg area, acknowledged Monday that he introduced former President Donald Trump to a Department of Justice attorney sympathetic the president’s false election claims, and who later joined Trump in a plot to pressure Georgia officials to overturn the results in...
Supreme Court set to decide in Feb. whether to hear Rep. Mike Kelly’s election case
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to announce in as soon as a month whether it will hear the election case of U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, who started his legal fight against the results of the presidential race within weeks after fellow Republican Donald Trump lost the White House to...
The January effect is alive and well in 2021
So far, this January looks the way Wall Street folklore says it should. Stock traders talk about the “January effect” and the “January barometer.” The January effect is actually a confluence of three effects. The market in general tends to rise in January. Small stocks usually do better than large....
Department of Justice watchdog to probe if staff tried to alter election outcomeVideo
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s inspector general has opened an investigation into whether department staff members sought to use the agency to alter the outcome of the 2020 election and overturn President Joe Biden’s victory. The department didn’t say what prompted Inspector General Michael Horowitz to open the inquiry, but...
