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Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss whether football and baseball should returnVideo
Tim Benz and Mark Madden return for another edition of “Unfiltered” on TribLive’s Facebook page to talk about the return of sports. The guys start off with the several players complaining about the NFL’s procedures to start the season. Madden said that although football had longer then the other sports...
Chadwick Dolgos: Mandatory mask mandates conflict with going back to school
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., argued in a recent tweet that the mandatory mask mandates issued by many state governors directly conflict with the Trump administration’s bold plan to return children back to school by fall. Massie’s tweet echoes the concerns of his constituents who do not believe that children are...
Alyssa Lenhoff Brigg, Alison Slinskey Legg and Veronica Gonzales: Pre-college STEM programs can inform equitable college admissions
As with all sectors of society, the education world has been upended and we are all searching for ways to make sense of what is, what was and what will be. The pandemic, the postponement of college board tests and the growing trend of test results becoming optional for college...
Animal Friends looking for homes for rabbits
Animal Friends in Ohio Township is looking for homes for adoptable rabbits. The nonprofit is open by appointment only and continues to offer some services, including adoptions. According to their website, Animal Friends in May took in more than 20 rabbits, some of whom were pregnant. While many of the...
Letter to the editor: Will law-abiding, God-fearing citizens prevail?
Never in my almost 65 years have I seen our nation in such an absurd and perilous state. We are nothing less than an empire in the final stages of collapse. We have replaced common sense with nonsense. Politics and news media are discredited beyond redemption. I believe we have...
Study says hybrid option for return to school may be safestVideo
When it’s time for schools to reopen, the approach administrators should consider is a mix of in-person and remote teaching, according to a study commissioned by the state Department of Education. The hybrid education modeling simulates interactions among people such as teachers, students and bus drivers and determines what types...
Letter to the editor: Veterans should always count
Regarding the article “Veterans left out of census count” (July 12, TribLIVE): Yes, veterans should be considered, included and counted in every aspect of our country. One problem is there are veterans and there are others who are not really veterans. A veteran who was drafted (years back) was asked...
Letter to the editor: Businesses should respect rules, customers
Many businesses follow the state rules, although not easy, and Pennsylvania has shown a decrease in covid-19 positives and deaths. Responsible businesses have even gone beyond state requirements. Unfortunately, a few businesses choose to disregard guidelines. As the saying goes, a bad apple spoils the whole bunch. Recently I stopped...
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 20
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 20....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 20
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 20....
The Stroller, July 20, 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@tribweb.com or The Stroller, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Food Truck event planned Wednesday in Apollo The Wheel Good...
Florida records another 12,478 covid-19 cases and 89 new deathsVideo
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida’s coronavirus cases continued to soar Sunday, with the state reporting another 12,478 cases. The state and national record for one day is 15,300 cases, reported July 12. At least 350,047 people have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, the Florida Department of...
Editorial: Elected officials should wear masks in public meetings, or stay home
Masks have been a hot-button issue in these pandemic days. Whether it is an online video of a confrontation over wearing a mask in a private business or something closer to home, some people rebel against wearing masks in public settings. Wearing cloth masks, especially indoors, is widely regarded by...
Paul Petrick: Name change would dishonor the original Cleveland Indian
As Northeast Ohio baseball fans anticipate the start of a truncated season of Cleveland Indians baseball, they are suddenly faced with the possible end of their beloved ball club as they know it. On July 3, the Indians released a statement explaining how the team was “committed to engaging our...
Scott Martelle: Federal agents deployed by Trump spirit away protesters. What country is this?
Taking a page from the playbooks of autocrats around the globe, President Donald Trump has deployed federal agents to patrol the streets of Portland, Oregon, where, dressed in camouflage uniforms that identified them only as “police,” they have reportedly used tear gas to dispel protesters — and more darkly, cruised...
Garcetti says Los Angeles reopened too quickly, warns of new stay-at-home orderVideo
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Sunday said L.A. opened too quickly and again warned that the city was close to imposing some type of new stay-at-home order as coronavirus cases continued to spike. Speaking on CNN, Garcetti was asked about a Los Angeles Times editorial that...
Pandemic? What pandemic? Trump reelection ads ignore coronavirus
The death toll keeps rising as covid-19 rages across Florida, Arizona and other campaign battlegrounds, but the television ads President Donald Trump is airing in those states say nothing about the coronavirus pandemic that has upended life for all Americans. It’s a conspicuous omission. Nearly every day, states that could...
Newtown-Sandy Hook foundation, which clashed with victims’ families after massacre, is running out of money
HARTFORD, Conn. — The nonprofit organization that was put in charge of $12.5 million in donations that poured in following the Sandy Hook massacre — and then declined to give it all to the families of the 26 victims — is now quietly seeking more funding because it will run...
Trump calls top virus expert Fauci a ‘little bit of an alarmist’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious-disease expert, is a “little bit of an alarmist” but that the two men have a “great relationship.” Trump made the comments in a lengthy interview on “Fox News Sunday” after members of his administration have criticized Fauci,...
Letter to the editor: How about extra payment for essential workers?
I’m writing to find out where the talk about the essential workers’ hazard pay went. I have worked through this whole pandemic and put my family at risk every time I walk into my home after work. There are people who don’t have jobs who got a stimulus check, and...
Letter to the editor: Student success barometer for country’s health
If you are wondering what is wrong with America lately, just look at “education.” Annually we pay over $600 billion to educate more than 50 million students. So what do we get for our money? Half of our students are not proficient in either mathematics or science and 40% are...
Letter to the editor: Pay cut may help politicians find solutions
As a sign of solidarity and an exercise in empathy and understanding, I propose our elected officials take a 100% pay cut until the current heath and economic crisis is brought under control. The money could be redirected to patients with mounting bills, small businesses and essential workers. Perhaps our...
Letter to the editor: There should be only one ‘race’
Do Black lives matter? Such a question/concern should never even have to be raised. Can hope exist for real social justice and achievable joyful life, unencumbered by divisions innumerable when people have to declare that their lives matter? Yet, there may be hope if we accept that race is a...
Letter to the editor: Pa.’s natural gas industry follows rigorous rules
Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s report on natural gas, as described in the editorial “Grand jury report on fracking indicts the state” (July 7, TribLIVE), is “factually and legally inaccurate.” Those aren’t my words; those are the words from the dedicated Department of Environmental Protection professionals who also described the report...
The Stroller, July 19, 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@tribweb.com or The Stroller, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Oakmont Chamber of Commerce accepting orders for military banners The...
