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Dollar General opens new location in Penn Township
Dollar General opened a new store in Penn Township, along Harrison City-Export Road. The 9,000-square-foot store is located near the Penn Crossing shopping plaza. “Our customers are at the center of all that we do, and meeting customers’ needs is Dollar General’s top priority when choosing store locations,” spokeswoman Mary...
Allegheny lawsuit claims popular retailers improperly taxed face masks
An Allegheny County man is suing 15 different retailers — which combined have billions of dollars in sales last year — contending they improperly charged sales tax for the face masks they’ve been selling during the covid-19 pandemic. Daniel Garcia, the only named plaintiff, seeks class-action status to apply to...
Gov. Wolf wants to waive liquor license fees for bars, restaurants as pandemic reliefVideo
Gov. Tom Wolf has asked the state Liquor Control Board to waive all licensing fees for bars, restaurants, clubs and hotels next year in an effort to bring some financial relief to an industry slammed by the covid-19 pandemic. “This disease thrives when people get together, and it hits at...
Republican congressional candidates denied tour of Allegheny County election warehouse
Attorneys for two Republican congressional candidates suing Allegheny County want to examine exactly how elections officials are managing nearly 29,000 incorrect ballots sent to voters. The federal lawsuit, filed by Sean Parnell, who is running against U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, D-Mt. Lebanon, and Luke Negron, who is running against U.S....
Pleasant Hills Middle School kicks off annual food drive
Pleasant Hills Middle School staff and students kicked off their annual food drive Oct. 22 in a very colorful way. Last year, the students surpassed their goal of collecting 10,000 pounds of food donations, so staff members followed through with their promise of dying their hair to kick off the...
Laurels & lances: Talk, ticks, signs and sweets
Laurel: To expanding reach. KDKA Radio has been one of the voices of Pittsburgh longer than most people can remember — even if they were alive back when the Harding/Cox presidential election returns were broadcast in 1920. But after 100 years on the AM dial, KDKA is finally making the...
Gibsonia couple opens Spark Wine Company in their home during pandemic
Finding a spark of joy is important, especially during difficult times. For one Pine Township couple, that spark came in the form of starting a winery and building a community in the process. Joe and Lindsey Campisi have turned the sour grapes of the pandemic into delicious wine with their...
Family of Romir Talley sues police over his shooting death in Wilkinsburg
The mother of a man shot and killed by a Wilkinsburg police officer last year filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday against the police department, its leadership and the officers involved. The complaint, filed by LaTasha Talley as administratrix for her son’s estate, includes claims for excessive force, unreasonable seizure...
Letter to the editor: 2 ways to see Trump’s town hall performance
During the NBC Town Hall on Oct. 15, I saw President Trump do a great job answering questions from a combative Savannah Guthrie. She constantly interrupted him, argued with him and questioned him as if she were a Democratic rival. He was polite and engaging. After reading the Trib’s front-page...
Murrysville area happenings Oct. 31- Nov. 14
Basket raffle to benefit kidney transplant patient Export Floral will hold a basket raffle to benefit a former employee, Stacey McKay Campbell, who is in need of a second kidney transplant. The basket is worth more than $275, and the winning ticket will be drawn Oct. 31. Tickets can be...
Letter to the editor: We the people must stop Trump
Donald Trump continues to undermine the democratic process by labeling the press as “the enemy of the people,” encouraging self-appointed militia to “liberate” Democratic states and now what I see as plotting with Republican legislatures to hand him our electoral votes. His condoning of white supremacists and gun-toting militia and...
Letter to the editor: Early tallying of ballots essential
It is common sense that in a crucial presidential election in which an unprecedented number of Pennsylvanians will vote by mail that the General Assembly would enact legislation allowing county elections offices to begin tallying ballots before Nov. 3. (Only Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Mississippi and Alabama prohibit this.) Why is such...
Editorial: Is Purdue Pharma settlement enough?
Every court case that comes to a plea deal is a game of poker. Who has the better hand? Who has the better bluff? Who has the most to lose or everything to win? In the case of Purdue Pharma and the part its massively successful pain medication OxyContin played...
Letter to the editor: Go Wendy Bell, go Trump
Wendy Bell, I’m in your corner all the way. Go Trump! Linda Spiering West Leechburg...
Letter to the editor: Pick your president, pick your system
For the first time in memory, I believe Americans will select the form of government we will be living under for generations. Will it be America’s system of freedom, with its opportunities for all to grow and enjoy the fruits of that freedom? Or will it be socialism, with its...
Letter to the editor: Thanks for postal workers
A big shout-out to the men and women of our U.S. Post Office for helping us to vote safely and securely from our homes. My husband and I received our ballots Oct. 14, mailed them back Oct. 15 and had confirmation of their arrival at our county Election Bureau on...
The Stroller, Oct. 22, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your church or organization going to host a free Thanksgiving Dinner? Send information to The Stroller at least a week in advance to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Leechburg VFD to host Oktoberfest Leechburg Volunteer Fire Department will host Oktoberfest 2020 from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday...
Letter to the editor: QV should take advantage of low costs, low interest rates for new school
Robert Steup’s letter to the editor frames the decision to build a new high school as one of tax impact. What his letter ignores is the reality that tens of millions of taxpayer dollars have arguably been wasted, over several decades, by continually repairing and renovating the almost century-old former...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 21, 2020
Cross country Boys Wednesday’s results WPIAL Tri-State Track Coaches Association Championship White Oak Park, White Oak Class 2A Individual results 1. Ryan Pajak, Ringgold, 16:11.30; 2. Quintin Gatons, Greensburg Salem, 16:21.29; 3. Mike Formica, Knoch, 16:26.38; 4. Lucas Pajak, Ringgold, 16:38.5; 5. Joel Beckwith, Indiana, 16:43.59; 6. Will Lamb, Beaver,...
High school roundup for Oct. 21, 2020: WPIAL girls team tennis finals set
The WPIAL Class AA girls team tennis final is set, and for the fourth year in a row, Knoch and Sewickley Academy will battle for the championship. The match is at 3 p.m. Thursday at Shady Side Academy. The Knights (13-0) punched their ticket to the finals with a 5-0...
Here’s how hydrogen fuel could revolutionize airlines
Environmentally conscious travelers are in a quandary. Global airline travel has grown over the decades, and so have the industry’s carbon emissions. Not everyone has the time to use more eco-friendly travel methods, such as Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg’s famous two-week voyage last year across the Atlantic Ocean on...
Google antitrust lawsuit: 5 key takeaways
WASHINGTON — The lawsuit filed by the Justice Department against Google on Tuesday marks the first major antitrust enforcement case against a technology company since a case against Microsoft began in 1998 and ended in a settlement with the government in 2002. The Justice Department is accusing Google of using...
Crazy Mocha files for bankruptcy, cites pandemic
Crazy Mocha, with 23 coffee shop locations around Allegheny and Beaver counties, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week. The filing cites the covid-19 pandemic as the need for a reorganization of the company. In addition to Crazy Mocha, the company also operates Kiva Han Coffee, a roaster and wholesaler....
Pittsburgh police will move to 12-hour shifts during election week
Pittsburgh Police will move to 12-hour shifts beginning the day before the Nov. 3 election and remain on that schedule for nearly a week, officials said Wednesday. In an email, Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said the department “acknowledges that there is a heightened level of interest” in how police...
Graham Godwin: 2020’s polls aren’t 2016’s polls
The 2016 presidential contest made some people skeptical of polling. But this is perhaps more of the situation where one remembers the emotion more than the facts. Yes, there were a lot of entities doing a lot of polling that year, and some of it was just bad. That’s what...
