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Texas coronavirus deaths hit triple digits for second day in a rowVideo
AUSTIN — The death toll from the coronavirus continued to rise Thursday as Texas health officials reported a record 129 new fatalities. It was a daily high for the second consecutive day, after Texas recorded 110 deaths on Wednesday, and marked the third time the daily death count has reached...
Another study shows no hydroxychloroquine benefit in covid-19 fight
MINNEAPOLIS — An anti-malaria drug that doctors hoped would work against covid-19, and that President Donald Trump championed and said he took himself, has failed to show any benefit in a second University of Minnesota trial. Researchers compared outcomes of people with early symptoms of covid-19 — with one group...
Laurels & lances: Working, moving, rewarding, destroying
Laurel: To a change of plans. For some, a youth group trip cancellation would be the end of a very short story. Cornerstone Ministries made it the start. When middle schoolers from the Murrysville church couldn’t go to New York on a mission trip, the trip didn’t happen, but the...
Adam Marles: Time for state lawmakers, Wolf to fund covid-19 testing
As Pennsylvanians enjoy warm summer days, thousands of older adults living in nursing homes, personal care homes and assisted living cannot leave their facilities or receive visits from their loved ones. This has been the reality for many older adults since our commonwealth entered into lockdown four months ago. The...
Florida reports record 156 deaths, plus near-high for new coronavirus cases
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida got a nasty one-two punch of coronavirus news on Thursday: The state reported 156 more deaths and 13,965 more covid-19 cases. The state has never reported more fatalities on a daily pandemic report before, and there’s only been one other day with more infections. Also...
Portion of Saltsburg Road in Plum to be closed for turnpike bridge work
Saltsburg Road, between Monroeville-Trestle Road and Davidson Road, will be closed beginning July 18 for crews to complete the new bridge structure over the Pennsylvania Turnpike at Davidson Road, according to the borough’s website. The Turnpike Commission expects construction to occur around the clock and seven days a week. It...
Sewickley parking enforcement temporarily suspended
Parking enforcement in Sewickley has been suspended until further notice. According to the Parking Authority, the change is due to system maintenance. After a temporary suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic, Zone 1 enforcement took effect June 15. Zone 2 was scheduled to take effect July 15, but was delayed...
Pa. veterans’ clubs try to keep doors open after coronavirus shutdown
Two of Pennsylvania’s largest veterans’ organizations — Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion — say they remain committed to serving their local communities throughout the novel coronavirus pandemic, despite enduring financial strain. The nonprofits are required to spend 60 percent of their small games of chance funds on...
Montour, Penn State grad John Hufnagel elected to Canadian Football Hall of FameVideo
While serving as coach of the Calgary Stampeders, Montour and Penn State grad John Hufnagel had one of the CFL’s most successful tenures. From 2008-15, he went 102-41-1 — the .712 winning percentage being the highest in league history among coaches with at least 100 games — and won two...
Bridgeville, Carnegie area student news for the week of July 16
Olivia Cindrich of Carnegie was one of eight Lebanon Valley College student-athletes to be named to the 2019-20 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Winter Sportsmanship Teams. Cindrich, a graduate of Carlynton Jr-Sr High School, is pursuing a bachelor of science in exercise science and is a member of the women’s ice...
Letter to the editor: God’s supply is limitless
“OK, that’s enough! I’ve had it with your murmuring and complaining!” What child hasn’t heard those words? Now we have a number of people in the country who need to hear those words. In God’s economy, you don’t need to take from those who have to give to those that...
Letter to the editor: Falling coronavirus deaths
With a constant barrage of headlines about “x” number of new cases of covid-19, little is mentioned about how the number of deaths has fallen. A constant focus on cases with very little attention to the few deaths has conditioned people to equate cases with death. Nothing could be further...
Letter to the editor: Wolf, Levine must take the heat
The trouble with politicians is their vision is blurred by political correctness and they can’t see or do what is right for their townships, boroughs, state or nation. Will Rogers once said “a remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.” Trafford Councilman Zach Cole’s comment about Pennsylvania’s health secretary...
Letter to the editor: ‘Left-wing’ labels misused
After seeing letters like “Democratic leaders must speak out, too” and plenty of fearful tweets and Facebook posts, I feel the need to share some thoughts about the threat of left-wing extremist violence. It’s completely overblown. Pundits throw out misused buzzwords — “Marxist, socialist, antifa”— to create a fearsome boogeyman....
Letter to the editor: Covid-19 and the Catholic Church
Covid-19 has become a whipping boy for all ills associated with the failure of ecclesiastics and hierarchs to protect the Catholic Church. Effeminacy has resulted in inept management and cowardly responses to its festering systemic problems. On March 28, the Pittsburgh Diocese capitulated to the civil authorities, thereby abandoning the...
The Stroller, July 16, 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. Apollo Library to open to patrons Apollo Memorial Library, 219...
Editorial: Vaccine volunteers are heroic
In the search for a way out of the coronavirus pandemic, there is a lot of attention on the key players. There are the agencies: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, the Food and Drug Administration, the federal Department of Health and Human Services, the...
Sewickley Bridge to close for 24 days
Long-anticipated work on the Sewickley Bridge is scheduled to begin Friday, resulting in a 24-day closure. About 20,000 commuters daily cross the bridge, which spans the Ohio River from Moon Township to Sewickley Borough. In an effort to minimize the impact on traffic, the bridge will close from 7 a.m....
Texans WR Kenny Stills arrested during Breonna Taylor protestVideo
Houston Texans receiver Kenny Stills was among 87 protesters arrested outside Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s home in Louisville on Tuesday night as they advocated for the arrests of the police officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor in March. According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, Stills was charged...
Masks and gowns in short supply, leaving hospital workers exposed
American health care workers still face dangerous shortages of personal protective equipment as the uncontrolled spread of covid-19 fills hospitals across the nation and threatens patients and workers in long-term care facilities. Dayna James, an emergency department nurse in Miami, said some days she’s had to clean patient rooms with...
Gov. Wolf tightens restrictions on bars, restaurants as covid-19 surge continues
More restrictions on Pennsylvania bars and restaurants become effective Thursday in response to what Gov. Tom Wolf characterized as an “unsettling climb” of covid-19 cases in the state. “We’re already at a tipping point where we have to act now,” Wolf said, later adding, “This virus is saying, ‘I’m back.’...
Charles Dizard: Harrison’s Springhill Road pedestrian/bike lane will benefit community
Allegheny County is in the final public comment stage of the approved Springhill Road project that will reduce the four-lane road in Harrison Township to three lanes — one downhill lane and two uphill lanes. The fourth will be restricted to a safe distinct pedestrian and bicycle shared lane. Details...
Walmart to require customers to wear masks at all its stores
Walmart will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its stores, including Sam’s Club locations, beginning Monday. The move makes it the largest retailer to introduce such a policy that has otherwise proven difficult to enforce without state and federal requirements. The Bentonville, Ark.-based company said that about...
Brentwood High School graduates 91 students
Brentwood High School’s 87th Commencement took place in the school’s auditorium on July 10, recognizing the 91 members of the class of 2020. Brentwood Borough School District said that multiple adjustments were made to ensure social distancing and adhere to the restrictions that are in place. Multiple ceremonies were held,...
Review: ‘A Nice Girl Like You’ a stilted, outdated, unbelievably based-on-a-true-story rom-com
Immature rom-com “A Nice Girl Like You,” about a prudish violinist, Lucy (Lucy Hale), on a quest to loosen up her frigid views on sex means well, I suppose. But it’s woefully, painfully out of touch. The character of Lucy is not a recognizable person but rather a grab bag...
