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Laurels & lances: Corks for a cause, bad behavior over masks
Laurel: To passing along good cheer. While working under pandemic restrictions this year, a lot of people have turned to hobbies and crafts. For 16-year-old Noah Long and his mom, Wendy, of West Deer, one outlet has been turning wine corks into Christmas tree ornaments. There’s so much about this...
Fans not allowed at Pitt’s home basketball games under new Pa. covid regulations
Pitt’s basketball programs will not have fans at its upcoming home games at the Petersen Events Center after updated covid-19 safety regulations were announced by Gov. Tom Wolf’s office Thursday. Pitt’s men’s team is scheduled to host Gardner-Webb at 4 p.m. Saturday and the women’s team is set to host...
Gov. Tom Wolf halts indoor dining, suspends school sports as part of new restrictionsVideo
After weeks spent imploring Pennsylvanians to stay home as much as possible, limit their in-person interactions and wear a mask, Gov. Tom Wolf and the state secretary of Health issued new orders shutting down indoor dining, gyms, school sports and more as cases and deaths across the commonwealth continue to...
Watch: Wolf, Levine outline new coronavirus mitigation steps in Pa.
Gov. Tom Wolf and state Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine are addressing the current status of the covid-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania during a 4 p.m. news conference. Watch the livestream of the news conference here. On Wednesday, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said he expected new covid-related restrictions from the...
Some local Pa. judges enjoy light workloads as taxpayers pay millions for salaries, benefits
Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan 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. Greg Johnson has a pretty good job — and even better benefits. The Dauphin County magisterial district judge and his colleagues...
Man admits to killing woman in abandoned house in Homewood
A homeless man pleaded guilty but mentally ill on Thursday to strangling a woman in an abandoned Homewood house in March. James Wilson, 35, pleaded to both third-degree murder and third-degree murder of an unborn child in the death of Brittany Alker, 30, whose body was found in a closet...
Donora resident charged in fatal shooting of alleged home invader
A Donora man is accused of fatally shooting a man who police said forced entry into the defendant’s home early Thursday morning. Bryan Harris, 23, is charged with criminal homicide in the death of Brandon Harrison, 34, of Masontown. State police also have charged Harris with tampering with evidence and...
Browns defensive end Myles Garrett wins team’s Walter Payton Man of the Year award
When NFL teams announced their 2020 Walter Payton Man of the Year award winners Thursdays, the Cleveland Browns made an interesting choice: defensive end Myles Garrett. The award recognizes players for “their performance on the field and their dedication to the community.” On the field, Garrett is one of the...
Pedestrian killed in crash involving Washington County detective
A Washington County detective was “involved in an accident with a pedestrian” Wednesday night, authorities said. Washington County District Attorney Gene Vittone did not identify the detective involved but noted that he was on duty at the time. The incident happened shortly before 8 p.m. along National Pike, or Route...
Kindergarten at Saint Bede Catholic moves online after covid case
The kindergarten class at Saint Bede Catholic School in Point Breeze will move to remote learning following a positive covid-19 case. School administrators discovered Thursday that a person involved with the class tested positive for covid-19. The move to remote learning will be in effect Dec. 10 through Dec. 18,...
Letter to the editor: Trump is not ‘dangerous’
President Obama called my president, Donald Trump, “dangerous.” Trump created so many jobs, the unemployment rate was at an all-time low for Blacks, Hispanics and Asians. Dangerous. He got corporations to return to the United States, enabling more manufacturing jobs. What was it Obama said? Manufacturing jobs will never come...
Letter to the editor: Charge electric cars their fair share
Regarding the letter “We must oppose Pa. electric car fee bill” (Dec. 2, TribLIVE): Why not tax electric cars for using the road? If the next president kills the gas and oil industry, there will be no gas tax to fix the roads. Do you think the roads fix themselves?...
Letter to the editor: If Trump had focused on pandemic, he’d have won
It’s pretty pathetic to think that we are going through a horrible pandemic and all that our “leader” can talk about is an election he says was stolen, even though nearly all bipartisan election officials say it was all legit. Do you think the Democrats would have lost any of...
Editorial: Share your light at Hanukkah
Hanukkah is a holiday that celebrates a miracle. It begins as the sun sets Thursday. Eight candles of the hanukkiah, a special menorah or candle holder used just for the Festival of Lights, represent the eight nights that a single vessel of oil lasted when the Jewish people had to...
Letter to the editor: How can Catholics support Biden?
Regarding the Philadelphia Inquirer article “Biden’s faith makes history without fanfare” (Nov. 29): How can President-elect Joe Biden claim to be a faithful Catholic when he advocates and promotes abortion rights, even for late-term abortions? Biden has stated he would reverse the Mexico City policy, which requires nongovernmental organizations to...
Man dead in St. Clair Township ATV crash
A 69-year-old New Florence man died when his ATV flipped in St. Clair Township Wednesday, according to state police. Joseph Bucceri was pronounced dead at the scene. Bucceri was driving his Yamaha Grizzly ATV on Robb Run Road just before noon when he lost control, according to police. The vehicle...
Letter to the editor: Time to redd up Allegheny County’s air
I recently had a troubling conversation with some of my neighbors in the East End. They described a sulfur smell permeating their homes, giving them headaches, making their throats hurt and even affecting their pets. I knew Allegheny County has an air pollution problem, but it was nonetheless alarming to...
The Stroller, Dec. 10, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your church or organization going to serve free takeout Christmas dinners? Send information to The Stroller at vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Saxonburg church to present Christmas cantata Saxonburg Memorial Presbyterian Church, 100 W. Main St., will present its annual free Christmas cantata in person and online...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Dec. 9, 2020
Hockey Thursday’s schedule Class AAA Cathedral Prep at North Allegheny at Baierl Ice Complex, 9 p.m.; Canon-McMillan at Bethel Park at Spencer Family YMCA, 9 p.m. Class AA Shaler at Armstrong at Belmont Ice Complex, 7 p.m.; West Allegheny at Mars at Baierl Ice Complex, 9:10 p.m. Class A South...
U.S. ranks behind EU, Australia and U.K. in vaccine buys but says it will meet goalVideo
Thirty-one countries around the globe have reserved more covid-19 vaccine per capita than the United States, according to a Bloomberg analysis of country vaccine agreements. The U.S. Operation Warp Speed program is credited with shaving years off the typical development timeline for vaccines that are now on the brink of...
Catherine Rampell: The best way for Biden to save money later
There are two main arguments for Congress to provide generous, immediate fiscal relief. One is based on humanitarian concerns; the other, economic growth. President-elect Joe Biden should use both in his continuing efforts to sway penny-pinching lawmakers. On Friday, in response to a particularly “grim” jobs report, Biden made a...
Former business manager at Upper St. Clair church pleads to federal tax charges
A man already convicted in state court of stealing more than $1 million from the Upper St. Clair church where he previously worked pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to tax charges. David Reiter, 51, will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donetta Ambrose on April 12. He pleaded...
Pa. appellate court delivers another loss to Trump’s GOP allies seeking to void state’s election results
PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania appellate court on Wednesday denied the latest in a string of legal challenges seeking to roll back certification of the election results, ending the last active court battle in the state over the outcome of the race. In a four-page opinion, Commonwealth Court President Judge Mary...
Feds charge 30 as part of investigation into drugs and weapons in Pittsburgh-area Pagans Motorcycle ClubVideo
As part of a long-term investigation into the Pagans Motorcycle Club in Western Pennsylvania, FBI agents got permission to tap 10 phones. Over a period of several weeks, they said they heard members of the Pagans, their suppliers and sources talk about the kind of heroin they were selling; where...
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. 9, there have been 764 total cases of the novel coronavirus in Shaler since March, according to the...
