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Robert Smith: The nature of environmental quality
We have all heard the ongoing allegations of toxic pollution spewing from big business destroying our environment and killing us, cancer rates and respiratory diseases on the increase because of big businesses polluting for profit. These are some of the many emotionally charged allegations leveled by environmental groups. These types...
Editorial: Highlands has no right to hide public info
Highlands School District doesn’t want to release information that should be made public. If this sounds familiar, it should. This is the kind of thing Highlands does regularly. Over the last two years, the Tribune-Review has filed multiple Right to Know Law requests, asking that Highlands do the bare minimum...
Letter to the editor: Value hard work, not handouts
Dear President-elect Biden, Would you consider giving up your salary to be put back in to help pay down the country’s debt? Maybe you could put it into that student loan forgiveness program. I’m really curious about that. I believe that as an adult, when I run up debt, I’m...
Letter to the editor: Small sacrifices would have prevented shutdown
It’s shutdown time again, and one more nail will be placed in the coffin of small businesses that have somehow managed to survive this pandemic. There seems to be some confusion as to why it is again necessary to take this extreme approach. The reason is because some of you...
Letter to the editor: Masks and political control
With the increases in covid-19, it seems to me that wearing masks has failed to halt the spread of this virus. Here is an alternative to mask wearing: Take the temperature of each person entering a store, restaurant, bar, club, stadium, funeral home, sports arena or church, and deny entrance...
Letter to the editor: Political therapy
The facilitator of the political therapy group noted an empty chair and asked, “Where’s Bill?” “He switched positions on election fraud,” said Kayleigh. “Lock him up! Lock him up!” they all shouted. “Show of hands: Who believes the election was stolen?” the facilitator asked. All hands were raised. Rudy raised...
Police seek help to locate missing 78-year-old man
Pittsburgh police are seeking help to find a 78-year-old man missing since Wednesday. Vincent Cardellini was last seen at about 6 p.m. leaving the VA hospital in Oakland, officials said. Cardellini rides Port Authority buses and typically takes the 83 and 61C. He is described as 5-feet, 10-inches tall and...
Letter to the editor: Why aren’t we autonomous?
Autonomous — word of the decade. Politicians and car designers are all aflutter to get autonomous vehicles to make our lives better. And cheaper. Trucks can deliver food from the farm direct to your kitchen 24 hours a day. No messy union rules. Did I mention cheap? But I’m more...
The Stroller, Dec. 17, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your non-profit organization going to have a fundraiser? Send information to The Stroller at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Local volunteer fire companies to escort Santa on Saturday In preparation for his trip around the world on Christmas Eve, Santa Claus...
County considers pulling $30K grant from North Huntingdon for defying state public health mandates
North Huntingdon could lose its $30,000 grant for covid-related expenses because township officials are thumbing their noses at state public health mandates designed to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. County Commissioner Doug Chew said Wednesday during an online forum that the county is bound by contract to distribute federal CARES...
Robert Morris men’s basketball cancels 2 games, adds another
The Robert Morris men’s basketball team canceled two games and added another as coronavirus protocols continued to scramble the Colonials’ schedule in their first season in the Horizon League. Robert Morris was scheduled to play its first conference games against Cleveland State on Saturday and Sunday at home. Those games...
He came to Baltimore from rural Pennsylvania to buy drugs. Now he’s dead and a 13-year-old boy is charged with murder
BALTIMORE — A Pennsylvania man who police said was gunned down by a 13-year-old boy in Southwest Baltimore struggled with addiction and was in the city to buy heroin to bring back home, the man’s family said. Chad Michael Jordan, 40, of Jefferson, Pa., was shot and killed Friday after...
Alaska health care worker hospitalized after receiving covid-19 vaccine
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Juneau health care worker was hospitalized and treated for a serious allergic reaction after receiving the covid-19 vaccine Tuesday, hospital and health officials said Wednesday. The worker felt flush and took an antihistamine around 10 minutes after receiving the vaccine Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. She felt...
Advocates demand virtual access to Allegheny County criminal courts: ‘It’s not difficult’Video
Two advocacy groups called an Allegheny County court policy requiring the public to attend hearings in person even though proceedings are being held virtually “unlawful,” and threatened to file a federal lawsuit. A letter sent Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy...
State police file multiple drug-related charges against 2 men after traffic stop in Monroeville
Two men face charges after Pennsylvania State Police officers found marijuana, drug paraphernalia, two handguns and more than $2,000 in cash during a traffic stop in Monroeville. Matthew Earl Tubbs, 43, of Oroville, Calif., faces charges of dealing in the proceeds of illegal activity, possession with intent to deliver and...
Penn Hills area coronavirus numbers among highest in eastern suburbs
As coronavirus cases continue to surge in Allegheny County and across the country, the Penn Hills area’s numbers remain among the highest in the eastern suburbs. As of Dec. 16, there have been 1,389 total cases of the novel coronavirus in Penn Hills since March, according to the latest information...
Peter Morici: Once vaccines roll out, Biden must get millions back to work
President-elect Joe Biden ran on a platform to address climate change, remedy inequality, resurrect the economy, and implement a more focused covid-19 strategy but he faces some tough challenges delivering. It appears that Pfizer and BioNTech and Moderna should be rolling out vaccines soon, but it will take months to...
Plum area coronavirus numbers continue upward trend
As coronavirus cases continue to surge in Allegheny County and across the country, the Plum area’s numbers remain among the highest in the eastern suburbs. As of Dec. 16, there have been 1,032 total cases of the novel coronavirus in Plum since March, according to the latest information provided by...
Coronavirus cases in South Hills communities continue to rise
As coronavirus cases continue to surge in Allegheny County and across the country, the communities within the South Hills have varying numbers of both positive cases and deaths. As of Dec. 16, there have been 1,321 total cases of the novel coronavirus in Baldwin Borough since March, according to the...
Updated coronavirus numbers show Monroeville still among highest case rate in eastern suburbs
As coronavirus cases continue to surge in Allegheny County and across the country, the Monroeville area’s numbers continue to remain among the highest in the eastern suburbs. As of Dec. 16, there have been 1,209 total cases of the novel coronavirus in Monroeville since March, according to the latest information...
Covid-19 numbers vary across Shaler Journal communities
As coronavirus cases continue to surge in Allegheny County and across the country, the communities within the Shaler Journal area have varying numbers of both positive cases and deaths. As of Dec. 16, there have been 933 total cases of the novel coronavirus in Shaler since March, according to the...
Number of coronavirus cases varies in Signal Item communities
As coronavirus cases continue to surge in Allegheny County and across the country, the communities within the Signal Item coverage area have varying numbers of both positive cases and deaths. As of Dec. 16, there have been 245 total cases of the novel coronavirus in the Borough of Carnegie since...
Sewickley area communities report varying numbers of covid-19
As coronavirus cases continue to surge in Allegheny County and across the country, the Sewickley area’s numbers remain conservative. As of Dec. 16, there have been 79 total cases of the novel coronavirus in the Borough of Sewickley since March, according to the latest information provided by an interactive Allegheny...
Latest covid-19 numbers for Hampton, McCandless as of Dec. 16
As coronavirus cases continue to surge in Allegheny County and across the country, the communities within the Hampton Journal area have varying numbers of both positive cases and deaths. As of Dec. 16, there have been 637 total cases of the novel coronavirus in Hampton since March, according to the...
MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, has given $4.2 billion to charity in 4 months
For many in the U.S. the coronavirus pandemic has brought insurmountable hardship and loss, while others have seen their fortunes soar. CBS News reports that MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, is among those who have seen a substantial increase in their fortunes. Scott, however, has chosen...
