TribLive stories, Page 1703
Letter to the editor: Backing Biden for president
I gave up my position as an Allegheny County judge Sept. 4 because I could not sit by as the worst president in history runs for reelection (“Don Walko to resign from Common Pleas Court to pursue political advocacy,” Aug. 25, TribLIVE). Here are what I see as some of...
The Stroller, Sept. 24, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Valley News Dispatch is compiling a list of autumn events and Halloween parades, parties and trick-or-treat nights. Send an email to cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Outdoor concert to benefit Lighthouse Foundation Saxonburg Memorial Presbyterian Church will present opera singer Marianne Cornetti in concert at 4 p.m. Saturday outdoors in Roebling Park, Saxonburg....
Jefferson Hospital opens Healthy Food Center for patients
Jefferson Hospital patients who lack access to food can now receive nutritious food items, education on disease-specific diets and additional resources for other social challenges they may face with the opening of a Healthy Food Center at the hospital. According to a news release from Allegheny Health Network, on Sept. 18,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 23, 2020
Golf Boys Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 3A Section 1 Armstrong 190, Indiana 213 Medalist: Maddox Rearic (A), 33 Norwin 209, Latrobe 220 Medalist: Logan Divald (N), 38 Section 5 Blackhawk 203, New Castle 216 Medalist: Luke Price (BH), 44 Section 8 Fox Chapel 188, Kiski Area 235 Medalist: Eli Yofan...
High school roundup for Sept. 23, 2020: Butler girls soccer knocks off North Allegheny
Chloe Weiland, Gabby Boden and Samantha Miller scored to lead undefeated Butler (4-0, 4-0) to a 3-2 victory over No. 2 North Allegheny (3-1, 2-1) in Section 1-4A girls soccer Wednesday night. Bentworth 2, Chartiers-Houston 1 – Reagan Schreiber scored two goals, both set up by Mallory Schreiber, to lead...
Pittsburgh police: 1 man dead, 2 others injured in Homewood shooting
A man is dead and two others injured Wednesday night in a shooting incident in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the deceased as Anthony E. Williams, 44, of Swissvale. Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert of multiple shots fired around 9:20 p.m. along the 7100...
Editorial: House blew chance to overturn Wolf veto
This time, no one gets to say Gov. Tom Wolf is a dictator. Pointing to the governor as an iron-fisted authoritarian has been common over the six months since schools shuttered and coronavirus lockdowns were instituted. We have seen the Wolf administration’s response as being more of a pinball game...
Ordered to close, Brentwood’s Crack’d Egg restaurant cracks back with lawsuit
A Brentwood restaurant ordered to close for failing to follow the governor’s orders to stop the spread of covid-19 sued Allegheny County and the health department on Wednesday, alleging civil rights violations. The owners of the Crack’d Egg, which opened in 2015 on Brownsville Road, were the subject of an...
Pittsburgh’s Columbus Day Parade canceled this year
There won’t be a Columbus Day Parade in Pittsburgh this year, the city said. A tradition in the city for decades, the parade has been held in Bloomfield nearly every year. Earlier this month organizers said it was uncertain if the parade would be held because of the coronavirus pandemic...
South Park man in prison for stealing $1.2M from church now charged with tax fraud
A man already serving five to 10 years in prison for stealing more than $1 million from an Upper St. Clair church was indicted by the federal government this week on tax fraud charges. David Reiter, 51, formerly of South Park, faces 16 counts of failing to pay taxes and...
Reports: Joseph Laurinaitis, pro wrestling legend known as Road Warrior Animal, has died
Professional wrestling has lost another legend. Joseph Laurinaitis, who wrestled as Road Warrior Animal, has passed away, according to multiple reports as well as a post to his Twitter account. He was 60. The post to his Twitter account said the family is planning on releasing a statement later Wednesday....
Woman who claims Pittsburgh police used excessive force on her up for $40K settlement
Pittsburgh City Council is poised to approve a $40,000 settlement for a Trafford woman who claims she was assaulted by officers in her own home five years ago. Deborah Trzeciak, 60, filed a civil lawsuit against the city and five individual police officers in December, alleging excessive force and failure...
Republicans seek to stay Pa. Supreme Court decision on ballot drop boxes and mail-in ballots
Top Republicans in Harrisburg have asked the state Supreme Court to stay part of its order allowing the use of ballot drop boxes and granting a three-day extension to count mail-in ballots while they appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. In an application filed Tuesday, the Republican lawmakers...
Paving projects slated for 8 Penn Hills roads
Penn Hills Council awarded nearly $316,000 in its federal Community Development Block Grant money to a company that will pave eight roads throughout the municipality. The CDBG money, which became available in August, will fund the repaving of Marlow, Rodilin, Keefer, South Joslyn, Arthur and Gilmore drives and Edwards and...
Murrysville library expands hours starting Sept. 28
In-person appointments will no longer be required beginning Sept. 28 at the Murrysville Community Library, but staff will keep capacity low to maintain health and safety, as they expand the library’s hours. The library will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday; from 10 a.m....
Pennsylvania has 27,000 acres of public land that you may not use
The public owns 27,000 acres in Pennsylvania that the public can’t get to and use, according to a new report from the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership and onX. They are landlocked lands, which the report, The Mid-Atlantic’s Landlocked Public Lands, defines as “public land where there is no permanent, legal...
Pa. Senate passes bill to ensure coroners are told of coronavirus deaths
The day after the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s tally of deaths attributed to covid-19 surpassed 8,000, the state Senate passed a bill to strengthen the role of coroners, who have questioned the accuracy of the counting system. The bill, backed on Tuesday by all Senate Republicans and 10 Democrats, adds...
Dana Siler and Mark Reynolds: Wildfires underscore urgency to rein in climate change
Gentle rain and a cool breeze encourage tomatoes to grow and grass to be lush and green here in Pittsburgh. It is hard to imagine that our friends, relatives and fellow Americans in California, Washington and Oregon are waking up to apocalyptic, orange skies, air so smoky that air quality...
Letter to the editor: Fears for Social Security, Medicare, government
If the Republican candidate is elected president, I believe Social Security will disappear and Medicare with it. I shed tears considering that if the Republican candidate is elected, the last shreds of a three-branch government that we know and believe in will continue to slip into an autocracy with martial...
Thomas Jefferson homecoming parade brings community together
Thomas Jefferson High School kicked off homecoming week Sept. 20 when about 200 students — including members of the TJ homecoming court along with their escorts, senior fall athletes, TJ Jaguar Marching Band and cheerleaders – paraded down the back entrance of the high school, past the gymnasium and ended...
Plum’s Monday Market rolls on at Plum Creek Park
The Monday Market at Plum Creek Park, the site of the Plum baseball field complex, has been bustling with activity each week this summer. The market is held from 3 to 7 p.m. every Monday, with the last week scheduled for Oct. 12. A list of vendors who have sold...
Letter to the editor: Why the Republican rush to replace Ginsburg?
It appears to me that the unseemly rush to appoint a Supreme Court justice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes it apparent that the Republican leadership has no confidence that President Trump is going to be reelected, and that there may even be a loss of Republican seats in both...
Review: ‘Kajillionaire’ shows the pains of growing up a grifterVideo
We’ve been blessed, of late, with excellent movies about families of grifters. There was Hirokazu Kore-eda’s gloriously heartfelt “Shoplifters,” about a makeshift clan of small-time thieves whose familial bonds run at least as deep as DNA. Bong Joon Ho’s diabolical Oscar-winner, “Parasite,” gave us a nuclear family of con artists...
Letter to the editor: Democrats must be stopped
Letter-writer Diana Steck provided a list on “What it means to be a Democrat” (Aug. 30, TribLIVE). If she still believes these things, I think she is living in the past. I used to be a Democrat until the radical progressives hijacked the party and moved it so far to...
Westmoreland events include yoga, chicken dinners, flu shots
Classes • Greensburg Hempfield Area Library will offer free virtual yoga breathing classes with Red Brick Yoga at 9 a.m. Oct. 3, 10, 17 and 24 online at Zoom.us. Registration required. Registration: visit bit.ly/GHALbreathing or call 724-837-5620, ext. 2. Fundraisers • Bushy Run Lions will have a takeout drive-thru barbeque...
