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Jamie White: How Boy Scouts of America can pick up the pieces
For the Boy Scouts of America, it won’t be a traditional summer filled with badges, campouts and jamborees, but one in which the organization fields hundreds, if not thousands, of sexual abuse claims. Under the shadow of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, the organization has imposed a Nov. 16 deadline...
Letter to the editor: Condemning damage of past, present
We need to be cautious about looking at and condemning 18th-century culture with 21st-century eyes. Two hundred years from now, people may look back at us and condemn us for killing our unborn babies. Lynne Castle Greensburg...
Letter to the editor: Black lives matter, all lives matter
Thanks for bring back Walter Williams’ column to your print edition. In my opinion, he is the best columnist to appear in the paper. Williams acknowledges that Black people need to take more responsibility for Black problems. I am an 80-year-old white male, and I believe that Black lives matter...
McConnell: GOP virus proposal for schools, others out soon
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he’ll begin to roll out details of the new covid-19 relief package to senators as soon as next week and suggested it will include new funding for school reopenings, some unemployment benefits and money for health care providers. Expected to hit $1...
Letter to the editor: Government-controlled schools part of the problem
The new White House press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, is like an unstoppable cyborg from the future. This, along with “Russia, Russia, Russia,” failed impeachment, the end of the virus lockdown, massive city property destruction and the recovering economy make it tough to be a leftist these days. But not to...
Letter to the editor: Commissioners must be transparent on Westmoreland covid-19 funds
Westmoreland County will receive more than $31 million in federal covid-19 relief funds from the state (“Westmoreland to get millions through the CARES Act, but it won’t be enough,” June 1, TribLIVE). Residents from all over the county have a right to know what the commissioners’ spending plan is and...
Letter to the editor: Sacrifice or selfishness
From the time that America entered World War II until its end almost four years later, approximately 407,000 Americans made the ultimate sacrifice. They gave their lives in order to defeat the Axis enemies. While the fighting raged overseas, Americans back home also were asked to sacrifice. Cars and gasoline...
Westmoreland community events: July 15
Sale St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church in Wilpen is holding an ethnic food sale. The event is take-out only and items may be ordered through Aug. 14. Pick-up date is Aug. 30. Items available are: halpuki, $25 for a dozen, $15 for a half dozen; $8 for ethnic platter...
The Stroller, July 15, 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. Women’s golf outing scheduled Aug. 11 A women’s golf outing...
Work to begin in Sewickley park
Culvert replacement work at Sewickley’s War Memorial Park is scheduled to begin July 22. According to the borough website, heavy equipment will be used, and materials will be stored on the ballfield. The park was temporarily closed July 3 due to new guidelines related to the coronavirus pandemic....
Kansas GOP Congressman Steve Watkins charged in illegal voting case
WASHINGTON — Kansas Rep. Steve Watkins was charged Tuesday with three felonies and a misdemeanor related to an investigation into whether he illegally voted in a 2019 municipal election. Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay announced the charges about a half-hour before Watkins, a first-term Topeka Republican, was set to...
Editorial: Safe buses are back-to-school basics
Going back to school doesn’t start with sitting at a desk. It doesn’t start with putting things in a locker or even walking through the door. For many, it starts with stepping onto a school bus. According to the Safe Routes to School Partnership, 55% of American children get to...
West Main Street in Carnegie will be down to a single lane beginning Wednesday
Those who live in Carnegie or travel through it should be prepared for potential traffic delays beginning Wednesday, July 15. Road work to improve Route 3048 (West Main Street) in Carnegie Borough and Collier Township, will resume on Wednesday, weather permitting. According to a news release from PennDOT, West Main...
Philadelphia protesters sue city over tear gas, ‘extraordinary abuses of police power’
PHILADELPHIA — Citing “extraordinary abuses of police power,” more than 140 Philadelphia protesters and residents sued the city Tuesday over the department’s response to the unrest that has gripped the region in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. In three separate federal lawsuits filed Tuesday, 146 plaintiffs...
Advance Leader-area student news for July 14
Izabel Bruno of Verona, a political science major, was named to the Plymouth State University president’s list for the spring 2020 semester. To be named to the president’s list, a student must achieve a grade-point average of 3.7 or better and must have attempted at least 12 credit hours during...
Penn Hills-area student news for July 14
Izabel Bruno of Verona, a political science major, was named to the Plymouth State University president’s list for the spring 2020 semester. To be named to the president’s list, a student must achieve a grade-point average of 3.7 or better and must have attempted at least 12 credit hours during...
Monroeville-area student news for July 14
Alexa Dunn of Monroeville was named to the president’s list at James Madison University for the spring 2020 semester. Students who earn president’s list honors must carry at least 12 graded credit hours and earn a grade-point average of 3.90 or higher. Dunn is a kinesiology major. —- Jamey Baker...
Tommy Thompson: Washington wants to forfeit our best weapon against coronavirus
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and several senior House lawmakers recently announced a plan to impose price controls and seize patents on any covid-19 vaccines and treatments in development. They vowed to strike down any emergency stimulus packages excluding such measures. Those efforts aren’t just misguided — they pose a threat...
Tucker Carlson announces ‘long-planned’ vacation from Fox News show after top writer fired
Fox News host Tucker Carlson announced a conveniently timed vacation Monday night in the same hour that he was forced to address his now former staffer’s racist and sexist message board posts. The controversial commentator closed out his show Monday with a temporary farewell, saying he was going off the...
Marc Stier: Don’t undermine judicial independence in haste
The most important decision any political leader can make is about the constitutional structure of our government. Those decisions are best made calmly, deliberately and with a focus on the long-term good of our political community. Poor ones are most likely to be made in a rush, in anger and...
Letter to the editor: Trump and opponents on ideals vs. men
I might have just gained an insight into what divides America so much. If you read the reactions to President Trump’s speech at Mt. Rushmore, you’ll see The Wall Street Journal claim it was a great speech while others (New York Times, Washington Post and most cable news networks) saw...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s damaging statements on pandemic
When a president misstates something such as the number of people who attended his inauguration or how knowledgeable he is in a field about which he knows nothing, he is exposed as a liar but no physical harm is done to people. It is another matter when a leader makes...
Letter to the editor: How will Westmoreland CARES funding be spent?
Westmoreland County has been awarded $31.5 million in covid-19 CARES Act funds (“Westmoreland to get millions through the CARES Act, but it won’t be enough,” June 1, TribLIVE). How will that money be spent? County residents deserve the opportunity to voice their concerns. We demand oversight, transparency and a fair...
Letter to the editor: Judge by character, not color
I hold these truths to be self-evident: Black lives matter. Brown lives matter. White lives matter. Blue lives matter. All lives matter. If you disagree with any of those short but significant statements, you are prejudiced and thereby part of the disease and not the cure. Judge by character and...
Letter to the editor: Good to find Good Samaritans
One day recently my car sprung a leak in the radiator hose and left me stranded on Harrison City Road facing directly on Route 22. It was too dangerous to push the car across Route 22, so I stood outside the car directing traffic around it while waiting for AAA....
