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New Roth & Rose salon finds beauty in hard times
Two women in South Fayette are proving that there is beauty to be found even in the midst of a global pandemic. Christina Conti and Chelsea Roth, two young entrepreneurial hairdressers, are giving the area some “R and R” with their new salon, Roth & Rose LLC. “It wasn’t time...
Steelers players buy dinner for Allegheny County vote counters
As the vote-counting operation in Allegheny County stepped into the national spotlight Wednesday night, some members of the local football team made sure those doing the heavy lifting were well fed. Pittsburgh Steelers players had meals – chicken, rigatoni, vegetables, rolls, pie and more – delivered from The Goose Express...
Biden has the presidency in his reach, with Pa. in the balance and Trump railing against counting votes
SCRANTON, Pa. — Joe Biden appeared to be on the cusp of winning the presidency Wednesday, even as Pennsylvania’s election results remained uncertain and President Donald Trump made increasingly desperate attempts to stop the vote count. Biden won the critical swing states of Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin, according to The...
Avonworth surges late to defeat Yough in WPIAL semifinals
For nearly 38 minutes, Yough was on its heels but holding its own at Avonworth. However, two late first-half goals propelled the No. 5 Antelopes into the WPIAL Class 2A girls soccer finals with a 3-0 victory Wednesday night at Lenzner Field. Avonworth (14-1-1) will face North Catholic, which was...
Montour knocks off undefeated Plum in WPIAL Class 3A volleyball semifinals
Going into the WPIAL Class 3A girls volleyball semifinals against unbeaten Plum, Montour knew it would have to lean on its diverse offense. The Spartans did, serving well, scoring in a multitude of ways and going on big runs en route to a 3-1 victory to reach their second title...
Aly Kindelberger, Franklin Regional shut down No. 1 Beaver in Class 3A volleyball semifinals
Franklin Regional showed up to Beaver High School with plenty of passion Wednesday night and knocked off previously unbeaten and top-seeded Beaver to advance to the WPIAL Class 3A girls volleyball championship. “Passion, defensive prowess and Aly Kindelberger took away their offense completely,” Franklin Regional coach Mike Feorene said. “They...
The monthslong political saga that guaranteed a long vote count in Pennsylvania
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. HARRISBURG — It didn’t have to be this way in Pennsylvania. Yes, the state’s universal mail voting law is only a...
Shapiro takes lead in attorney general race, but row office contests still up for grabs
Democratic incumbent Josh Shapiro took the lead over Republican challenger Heather Heidelbaugh in the race for Pennsylvania attorney general Thursday morning, reversing the lead held by Heidelbaugh the day before. Republican candidates continue to lead in the races for auditor general and state treasurer. But with mail-in votes, which tend...
‘You killed my son!’ Philly releases bodycam footage and 911 calls in police killing of Walter Wallace Jr.
PHILADELPHIA — In the moments before two Philadelphia police officers fatally shot Walter Wallace Jr. outside his family’s West Philadelphia home last week, the officers repeatedly told Wallace to put down a knife he was holding, while people on the street yelled that Wallace was “mental” and screamed “no” as...
Pennsylvania could be key in Republican legal election challenges
It is likely that Pennsylvania will remain the epicenter of Republican legal challenges to continuing election results in coming days, but whether those challenges will even matter was in doubt Wednesday evening. The state Republican Party on Tuesday filed two lawsuits in Pennsylvania challenging whether counties could follow Secretary of...
Editorial: Pennsylvania is more than 20 electoral votes
Late night humor is often political, frequently gleeful and generally a fluid blend of accurate and exaggerated. That’s comedy. Stephen Colbert may be the reigning king of the savage political snark, but Tuesday, he took a Twitter stab at the Keystone State that might have seemed like humor but could...
Will you trust the election results regardless of the outcome?Video
President Donald Trump’s campaign is filing lawsuits over ballot counting in Michigan and threatening to do so in other states. Similar election-related lawsuits were filed in Pennsylvania over the previous several weeks. All of which leaves voters wondering whether society will accept the results of this year’s presidential election if...
Brandon Arnold: Trump drug rebate gambit rests on shaky legal authority
$7.9 billion might not seem like much money when measured against the trillions of dollars the federal government has spent in response to covid-19 — and the trillions more it might soon spend. But President Trump has a $7.9 billion drug rebate proposal that almost certainly violates his administration’s authority...
Pet Valu plans to close all U.S. stores due to ‘severe impact from covid-19’
Pet Valu Inc., a pet food retailer with several stores in the Pittsburgh region, on Wednesday announced plans to wind down its U.S. operations “due to severe impact from covid-19.” Pet Valu said it expects its 358 U.S. stores and warehouses, scattered throughout the Northeast and Midwest, and its U.S....
Wolf: ‘Every vote is going to count,’ Trump lawsuit is ‘simply wrong’Video
Gov. Tom Wolf reiterated his confidence in the state’s elections process Wednesday night as workers statewide raced to tabulate hundreds of thousands of ballots left to be counted and the Trump administration attempts to block the count. “Pennsylvania has made important progress in counting millions of mail-in ballots. That continues...
How many votes did Kanye West get in the presidential race?Video
The 2020 election results are still rolling in, and it might be days or weeks before the presidential race is decided between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. But Kanye West knows he didn’t win. The rapper admitted defeat after getting just 60,000 votes in 12 states....
Charges filed in Brentwood, South Park district courts from Oct. 29 to Nov. 3.
District court judges in Brentwood and South Park handled these criminal cases from Oct. 28 to Nov. 3. Defendants will have court dates set in the appropriate district courts. Judge Michael Thatcher, South Park • Michael Dean McNeely, 48, of Pittsburgh with home improvement fraud, theft by unlawful taking, theft...
Mark Hendrickson: Why fracking is a big issue
The “paradox of prosperity” is the strange tendency of many people who have benefited from economic advances to denounce and vilify the source of their prosperity, a sort of “bite-the-hand-that-feeds-you” phenomenon. One example of this syndrome is the perplexing (some would say “perverse”) antipathy that many Americans have toward fossil...
Charges recently filed in Bridgeville, Scott, Carnegie district courts
District court judges in Bridgeville, Scott and Carnegie handled these criminal cases from Oct. 28 to Nov. 3. Defendants will have court dates set in the appropriate district courts. Judge Maureen McGraw-Desmet, Bridgeville • Zachary Gonze, 33, of Bridgeville with drug possession, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving under a...
Election Wednesday: 313,000 mail ballots scanned thus far, Allegheny County officials say
The waiting continues. Pennsylvania is in the spotlight, as predicted, but officials are making progress on counting all of the ballots. The Tribune-Review will continue to provide extensive election coverage today. Counting ends for the night, continues Thursday Allegheny County officials reported at 10:55 p.m. that vote counting has ended...
Letter to the editor: Where’s equality, diversity in sports?
BLM, equality, diversity: Baseball, football, basketball — I want to see the same number of white players as there are Black players. I want some Catholics, Muslims, Jews, Chinese, Japanese … . Silly? You bet! Frances Olyarnik Hempfield...
Letter to the editor: Beware masked men in high places
Once upon a time in America, bad men wore masks and robbed people. Today in America, bad men wear masks run for high political office, then use governance to rob people. The eighth Commandment is: “Thou shalt not steal.” David Scandrol Lower Burrell...
Southwestern Pa. counties resume counting votes
Allegheny County has resumed its efforts to count mail-in ballots after a pause early Wednesday morning, according to county spokeswoman Amie Downs. Voters sent in 348,485 mail-in and absentee ballots. As of 3 a.m., 173,068 had been processed and electronically scanned. Another approximately 29,000 ballots had been set aside for...
Watch: Western Pa. voters discuss their hopes for the futureVideo
As Western Pennsylvania voters went to the polls Tuesday, Tribune-Review reporters caught up with them to chat about the country and the region along with their hopes and expectations. Below is a video capturing voter reactions....
Westmoreland events include holiday mask contest, pie sale
Arts • Prime Stage Theater is sponsoring a Create Your Own Holiday Theme Mask contest through Nov. 11. Visit primestage.com/events to register. Create your own holiday artwork and send a JPG or PDF of it to PST@primestage.com by Nov. 11. Fee is $10. Winners will be announced Nov. 15 and...
