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Shaler area real estate transactions for the week of March 29
Shaler Estate of Thomas Goodas sold property at 41 Barrington Drive to Shawn Thor for $15,000. Erwin Edward Schweitzer trustee sold property at 212 Mathilda St. to Stephen James Luteran for $79,000. Terrance Shreckengast sold property at 2719 Sapling Drive to Adam Conner and Julie Banyas for $250,000. Derek Trobaugh...
After losing Michael Brockers, Ravens add DE Derek Wolfe on 1-year dealVideo
BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Ravens and defensive end Derek Wolfe agreed to a one-year deal, addressing a position of need one day after a deal fell through for the team’s top free-agent acquisition. The 6-foot-5, 285-pound Wolfe, 30, is coming off a career-best seven-sack season for the Denver Broncos, the...
Sewickley Township man died after being pulled into storm drain
A 38-year-old Sewickley Township man died Saturday evening after being pulled into a storm drain following heavy rains that swept across the region. Rescue crews from several fire departments responded to the incident on Clay Pike in Herminie at about 5:30 p.m., when Nathan D. Roth’s wife called 911, a...
Char Valley grad Christian Kuntz ready for 2nd chance with Steelers after XFL runVideo
Christian Kuntz’s foray into the XFL produced the desired result. Kuntz, a Chartiers Valley and Duquesne graduate, signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Friday, two weeks after the XFL canceled its season after five games because of concerns over the spread of covid-19. Kuntz played long snapper for the Dallas...
Dom Costa: Crime victims deserve more rights
Nobody plans to be a victim of crime. As a 27-year veteran of the Pittsburgh Police department and former chief of police, I’ve seen this firsthand. I’ve sat with women who have been abused and mothers who have lost children, and I’ve seen the terror in their eyes. I know...
For Pennsylvania’s Amish, the coronavirus and the call for social distancing are a challenge
The Amish do their best to keep outside troubles from entering their daily lives. That’s not so easy when the trouble is an invisible virus spreading across the globe. People familiar with the Amish community in Pennsylvania say many are taking the coronavirus and subsequent business closures and calls for...
Editorial: Tracking covid-19 spread in Pennsylvania
It’s up to us all now. The Pennsylvania Department of Health is not untangling the webs that tie one covid-19 infection to another anymore. The disturbing thing is that isn’t just happening now. “Contact tracing stopped last week, as the number of cases alone, without doing follow-up contact, became challenging...
Sounding off: Hoarding is un-American
The coronavirus outbreak has panicked people into hoarding food, paper products and sanitizing compounds. Consumers across the country are conducting binge purchases of these products, and most supermarkets are reporting bare shelves and difficulty in restocking them. The binging activity is very un-American. There is no need for people to...
Letter to the editor: God’s grace & covid-19
Never has our economy and day-to-day life come to a sudden and complete halt. In the coming months, we will see many of our neighbors lose their jobs and businesses. In addition to a very real fear of disease, we soon will be forced to confront the fear of being...
Letter to the editor: Men & women & coronavirus survival
This coronavirus is putting a crimp in my masculine world, and my wife’s from her feminine domain, because we are not free to move about the country. The thing is, I sort of have this illusion of myself as a roaring lion. And with the loudest burps I can conjure,...
Letter to the editor: Climate change the bigger threat
After months of lying, denying and downplaying the threat, President Trump finally admitted on March 16 that the virus is out of control (while giving himself a “10” for his handling of the crisis). He waited until it was no longer possible to deny the problem, instead at one point...
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland County, we will be OK!
My wife always tells my children, “I would jump in front of a bus to save your life.” Westmoreland County, I want you to know that the doctors, nurses and first responders of this county will jump in front of a virus to save your lives! Every day health care...
Letter to the editor: Universities should focus on medicine, not athletics
The onset of the covid-19 virus already has brought our “normal” way of life to an abrupt halt. Our health care inadequacies will result in many more deaths than need be, if we were better prepared. Our economy will be in recession and likely a depression. Covid-19 also brings us...
The Stroller, March 28, 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 organization is helping people or has to cancel or postpone an event, please send information to The Stroller at vndnews@tribweb.com. Feeding Freeport project accepting donations and...
Sewickley-area real estate transactions for the week of March 23
Aleppo Estate of Alfred Lloyd Grimm sold property at 1255 Merriman Road to Christopher Grimm and Teresa Enzerra for $69,500. Bell Acres Roy Lilly Jr. sold property at 182 Camp Meeting Road Ext. to Michael and Jodi Dowling for $425,000. Edgeworth John Pugh sold property at 446 Beaver Road to...
Editorial: $2.2 trillion is coronavirus intensive care
Don’t call it a stimulus. The bill passed by Congress and signed by President Trump will pump $2.2 trillion from Washington into the pockets of Americans and the checkbooks of businesses and the coffers of cities and states. For people who have rent to pay and groceries to buy —...
4 dead on cruise ship heading to Fort Lauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Four people have died aboard a Holland America cruise ship that is making its way to Port Everglades, the liner announced Friday. The news comes three days after the company confirmed 77 crew and passengers aboard the Zaandam were sick with coronavirus symptoms. A Miramar couple...
Mock draft predicts Steelers take DL Gallimore, QB Eason with top 2 picksVideo
I began this mock draft in 2012 (for the 2013 NFL draft), and one of the first things I decided was I wouldn’t do trades. There are just too many variables, and I’m already projecting so much. I make up for it by discussing the possibility within the analysis of...
Lawrence McCullough: Anniversary of 15th Amendment & vigilance for voting rights
March 30 marks the 150th anniversary of the 15th Amendment’s addition to the U.S. Constitution. It’s the amendment that guaranteed the right of African American men to vote, declaring, “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be abridged by the United States or by any...
Heritage Valley opens coronavirus test site in Moon
Heritage Valley Health System is opening a covid-19 drive through test collection site at the Heritage Valley Moon Township Medical Neighborhood, 935 Thorn Run Road, Moon Township. Beginning March 31, the testing location will operate from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This is Heritage Valley’s second...
UPMC experts on coronavirus: ‘We are prepared for a surge we hope never arrives’
Experts at UPMC said Friday they believe community spread of the coronavirus might be less intense locally than in other parts of the country. Dr. Graham Snyder, chief of infection prevention, said that out of 1,743 covid-19 tests done by UPMC facilities, 141 have been positive — about 8%. He...
Mary Schmich: Covid-19 as ‘Boomer Remover’? Let’s talk about that.
Mary Schmich is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune and winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Until the past week or so, I’ve rarely thought of myself as old, at least not in the diminishing way the word is often used. I work a full-time job, walk 5...
Spain reports deadliest day with 769 more coronavirus deathsVideo
Spain reported its deadliest day since the outbreak of the coronavirus, with 769 deaths in the past 24 hours. The total number of fatalities rose to 4,858, from 4,089, and the number of confirmed cases climbed to 64,059, from 56,188 a day earlier, the Health Ministry said. The grim data...
Animal Friends announces layoffs, pay cuts
Animal Friends is one of the latest organizations to announce temporary layoffs, reduction of hours and pay cuts for their employees due to the covid-19 crisis. “This was an incredibly difficult decision to make. And as heartbreaking as it is, we simply have to make these temporary, deep cuts in...
Letter to the editor: God’s protection at Word of Life
I — and I’m sure those at Word of Life Church — believe and hope that letter-writer Dr. Marti Haykin is filled with love, compassion and courage as she attends to her physician duties (“For everyone’s sake, stay home!.” Those of us in attendance March 22 prayed for this nation,...
