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Former MLB outfielder Jim Edmonds feeling better after coronavirus diagnosisVideo
Retired Angels and St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Jim Edmonds reported late Wednesday he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. In a video shared on his Instagram profile, Edmonds said he was “doing really well” and no longer exhibited symptoms of the covid-19 disease. He surmised he must have been...
Laurels & lances: Giving, feeding, showing
Laurel: To the right prescription. Match Day is something medical students look forward to from their first day of class. It’s the day they find out the hospitals where they will do their residency years. It’s a celebratory day, with students getting their assignments all together. At Pitt, it’s a...
Joseph Otis Minott: Public policy matters, especially when it comes to our air
As we all stay home and learn to navigate this unprecedented health crisis affecting people not just in Pennsylvania but around the world, coronavirus understandably dominates our public consciousness. The pandemic starkly reminds us all that there is nothing more important than our health and the well-being of the people...
Greensburg Garden Center’s annual May Mart canceled
The annual May Mart Plant Sale, scheduled for May 1-2 at the Greensburg Garden Center, has been canceled, according to organizers. The event is one of the group’s largest fundraisers of the year....
Alicia Santi: Charter schools under attack
My son, like many children in Pennsylvania, is a student with special needs — specifically, developmental disorders requiring him to receive individual tutoring. Like the experiences of many others who have found that the public cyber school option works best for their child, my son would easily get distracted by...
Letter to the editor: Thanks to all who keep our homes safe havens
A big shout-out to all utility workers who keep our gas, electricity, water and sewage operating, and sanitation workers who continue to haul away our garbage. Thanks to all of you for letting us continue to find safe haven in our homes. James A. Bernauer Crafton...
30 reality TV shows that will help you escape realityVideo
It’s clichéd at this point to note that our reality feels like it’s been scripted by the writer of a horror film. But maybe that’s why reality TV has become such a desirable distraction from what’s happening IRL. If you’re looking for shows to keep you glued to your couch...
Letter to the editor: Leaders must act on property tax relief
I have not heard what our local governments and school districts are doing to offer property tax relief to all of us who have been affected by the coronavirus shutdown. It would be unconscionable to have our local government make profits with interest and penalties on property taxes when our...
Letter to the editor: Trump is disastrous
We knew it was coming, but prayed it wouldn’t happen with President Trump in office. To be caught off guard by covid-19 is disastrous, and once again showed Trump’s incompetence. First he called covid-19 a hoax, then declared the virus would be gone by April — after 15 confirmed cases...
AHN turning Pittsburgh auditorium into covid-19 test kit production siteVideo
The Allegheny Health Network is proactively preparing for a local surge in covid-19 cases by producing test kits at its Highmark Health Penn Avenue Place in Downtown Pittsburgh, an AHN official said Thursday. The network aims to produce 20,000 to 30,000 kits in the coming weeks, continuing production through the...
Letter to the editor: Democrats’ ads disrespectful during crisis
With the world gripped in fear of covid-19, can the liberal super PACs take a break from their TV ad blitz attacking President Trump as he tries to guide us through the crisis? In one ad, a “truck driver” claims “In 2016, I voted for Donald Trump” but now tells...
Letter to the editor: Highlands boys’ dedication pays off
The effect the Highlands boys basketball journey has had on the school district and community is profound. Of course, the highlight was winning the WPIAL Class 4A title at the Petersen Events Center on Feb. 29. The community celebration that followed allowed everyone an opportunity to see the culmination of...
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The Stroller, April 2, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Send cancellations to The Stroller The Stroller will publish news of cancellations and events that will still occur in the upcoming days. If your non-profit has to cancel or change an event or is helping members of the public, please send information to The Stroller at vndnews@tribweb.com. Send information of...
Depreciation Lands Museum draws connections between current events and Colonial times
Looking for creative and educational ways for your family to pass the time at home? Depreciation Lands Museum director Karen Parsons realized that there are a number of similarities between our current coronavirus quarantine and Colonial times. So, the museum has begun posting Colonial recipes, activities and games to its...
Pandemic closes Grand Canyon National Park
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Grand Canyon closed indefinitely to visitors Wednesday, joining other national parks seeking to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Staff at the Grand Canyon had been shutting down visitors services piecemeal as the federal government initially rebuffed its request to shutter completely. On Tuesday, visitors had...
U.S. military in Caribbean targets drugs, Maduro regime
The U.S. is expanding its military presence in the Caribbean to fight drug cartels wanting to take advantage of the coronavirus crisis and to deny funds going to the Nicolás Maduro regime in Venezuela, the Trump administration announced late Wednesday. “Today the U.S. is launching an enhanced counternarcotics operation in...
Ravens QB Lamar Jackson works out with Antonio BrownVideo
Last year, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson drew attention for his offseason work with teammates Willie Snead IV and Chris Moore. On Wednesday, his company was a little more famous. In an afternoon session in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — county seat of his native Broward County — the NFL’s reigning MVP...
Editorial: Creativity can save pandemic economy
The Pennsylvania economy is a butterfly in a jar, held in place but still fluttering. The jar is the shutdown ordered by Gov. Tom Wolf in response to the coronavirus pandemic. They’re an effort to mitigate the risk to human life posed by a disease that the latest federal estimates...
Pa. announces extension for firearms permits
The Pennsylvania State Police announced today that Governor Tom Wolf has granted an extension to license to carry firearms permits. Permits that expired on March 19, 2020, or later have been extended to May 30, 2020. The extension is necessary due to the closure of some county courthouses and sheriff’s...
‘Like a battlefield behind your home’: Deaths mount in New York
NEW YORK — New York authorities rushed to bring in an army of medical volunteers Wednesday as the statewide death toll from the coronavirus doubled in 72 hours to more than 1,900 and the wail of ambulances in the otherwise eerily quiet streets of the city became the heartbreaking soundtrack...
Eli Lake: When tracking virus means tracking your citizens
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, some democracies around the world have used technology to avoid having to impose draconian mass quarantines that were common earlier this year in China. That’s reassuring — and it’s also worrying, because the very strategies that can help fight a plague can also...
Free agent Jadeveon Clowney said to be lowering asking priceVideo
Could we be getting closer to some resolution to the future of Seahawks free agent defensive end Jadeveon Clowney? Multiple reports Wednesday seemed to indicate potential movement, though not all of it necessarily good for the chances of Clowney staying in Seattle. Specifically, Tennessee Titans general manager Jon Robinson told...
Man suspected of killing 3, taking child, stopped in Florida
TAMPA, Fla. — Florida state troopers were in a standoff Wednesday afternoon with a Georgia man accused of fatally shooting three people in his child’s mother’s family, and then leaving with the child, authorities said. Caesar Zamien Lamar Crockett Jr., 29, is wanted on three counts of murder and one...
Here’s how much Western Pa. will get of the $170 million in federal coronavirus relief money
Pennsylvania will receive an additional $170 million in federal funding during the coronavirus pandemic from the Community Development Block Grant program and Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey’s office said Wednesday. Local communities will get a significant share. The federal coronavirus relief package includes $27.7 million...
