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Former Ohio State runner and Winchester Thurston assistant coach Jennifer Bigham of Squirrel Hill has trained diligently for her next big race, Friday’s Fleet Feet Liberty Mile in Pittsburgh. Bigham turned 40, becoming a masters runner, and she recently won the USA Masters Half Marathon and the USA Masters One...

The Elfinwild, Parkwood, and Hampton Presbyterian churches will host a combined worship service outdoors at the Hartwood Acres Park Amphitheatre on Sunday, Aug. 7 at 10 a.m. The service will be led by the pastors of the participating churches. The Hampton praise band and the Parkwood praise members will provide...

The former Elizabeth Borough police chief who admitted to stealing thousands of bags of heroin from his department’s evidence room to feed his own addiction has been indicted by a federal grand jury. Timothy L. Butler Jr., 45, of Finleyville, is charged with a single count of theft of government...

Business owners dream of having a captive audience for their products. But in the mid-18th century, a businessman had the Alle-Kiski Valley and much of Western Pennsylvania to himself. Pierre (Peter) Chartier was a trapper who set up a fur trading post in 1734 near where Chartiers Run empties into...

Sometime late last fall, my husband, two sons and I decided to move. We’d lived for 17 years in Brentwood — front-row seats to the best Fourth of July parade around — but wanted a house with two bathrooms, maybe a game room and a bigger yard for the boys...

The Chicks, the groundbreaking country-music trio formerly known as the Dixie Chicks, have a specific requirement for the members of their new, talent-rich touring band. “We do have a policy,” said violinist and vocalist Martie Maguire. “We have a ‘no a—holes’ policy.” “No a—holes — and no armpit hair!” added...

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As the Rowe v. Wade decision divides the country over the sanctity of life, it makes me wonder what the Supreme Court would do to overturn the death penalty in the United States. It appears that a number of the same folks who are anti-abortion are pro-death penalty. Maybe the...

Women’s rights are not taken away by banning abortion. You still have the right to choose. You just need to choose before conception. There are many options to prevent pregnancy, and they do not interfere with “pleasure,” although pleasure is not what sex was designed for. Casual sex results in...

No injuries were reported in a house fire Wednesday morning in Washington Township. Fire crews responded about 7:30 a.m. to a home in the 100 block of Hope Hollow Road. Clayton Murphy, Washington Township fire chief, confirmed a man and a dog were not at home when the blaze broke...

It’s apparent that letter-writer Katie Forsythe thinks our country should be run based on public opinion polls and that courts, including the Supreme Court, should follow the polls when making their rulings (“Partisan Supreme Court is restricting our freedoms,” July 6, TribLIVE). If our government were to operate according to...

There is no situation that cannot be improved with accountability. In recent years, how many trusted or beloved institutions have been rocked by the knowledge that such trust and love was betrayed? Children have been abused by coaches, teachers, even their own parents. Grand juries have uncovered not only sexual...

This is in response to Mayor Paulene Calabrese’s comments on the Penn Hills website, pennhillspa.gov. Mayor Calabrese stated that she would find out about public affairs on social media and wondered why people don’t bring it up to her and council. Did she ever consider that Penn Hills leaders can...

A 17-year-old was assaulted earlier this month, and her life will never be the same. A Mt. Lebanon school director was charged in the assault, which for me questions the credibility of our school district leaders (“Police: Mt. Lebanon school board member charged in Florida assault of teen,” July 7,...

Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Performers needed for annual Casino Theater Christmas show The Casino Theater in...

Regarding the article “Overdose deaths in Allegheny, Westmoreland counties hit highest level since 2017 peak” (July 8, TribLIVE), on Pennsylvania’s search for drug prevention programs, readers need to know a program is reaching thousands of families in Pennsylvania, without cost to state or local budgets. It can be started by...

Former Steelers wide receiver Charles Johnson has died at the age of 50, a North Carolina television station reported Tuesday night. Johnson was the Steelers’ first-round pick in the 1994 draft. A cause of death was not reported. Johnson played five seasons with the team, catching 247 passes for 3,400...

The popularity of sci-fi series “Stranger Things” helped Netflix fight back against a stream of subscriber cancellations. The Los Gatos, Calif.-based streamer said Tuesday that it lost 970,000 subscribers in the quarter, marking the second consecutive quarter of subscriber declines. Nonetheless, the drop was not nearly as bad as the...

The late-night talk show “Desus & Mero” will not return for a fifth season at Showtime as hosts Desus Nice and the Kid Mero look to pursue separate creative endeavors, a spokesperson for the network told the L.A. Times on Monday. “Desus Nice and The Kid Mero have made a...

During the Original Pittsburgh Vegan Expo and Festival, representatives of Monroeville Public Library were present to support the event and distribute the recipe for a vegan dessert. So if you enjoy baking, you may want to give a plant-based version of peanut butter cookie bars a try: Ingredients½ cup plus...

Memorial Park Church is teaming up with Vitalant to host a blood drive from 2-7 p.m. on Monday, July 25. The blood drive will be hosted in the Clayton Center on the main campus at 8800 Peebles Road in McCandless. Child care will be provided for parents who want to...

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. A week after their June 30 deadline, Pennsylvania lawmakers approved a new state budget. The $45 billion spending plan, which was...

PHILADELPHIA — Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor, is sounding the “fake news” alarm over a Monday article about his disappearing Facebook videos, claiming that they were removed due to a “default Facebook setting” that automatically deleted the videos after 30 days. His campaign did not address why the...