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Pirates farm report for July 23, 2022: Mason Martin’s walk-off single lifts Indy to victory
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 42-47) defeated St. Paul (Twins), 7-6, on a walk-off. DH Mason Martin (.193) singled home 1B Bligh Madris from second base in the bottom of the ninth inning for the winning run. Madris was 2 for 5, including a two-run homer. 3B Rodolfo Castro (.231) was 2 for...
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC stretches unbeaten streak to 5 games with victory at Hartford Athletic
Shane Wiedt scored in the 94th minute during stoppage time to lift Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC past Hartford Athletic, 2-1, on the road Saturday night. The Riverhounds (11-6-4) ran their unbeaten streak to five straight games in the USL Championship. Trailing 1-0, the Hounds’ Russell Cicerone scored on a header, off...
Pro wrestling on display in New Kensington, just ahead of a wrestling school’s opening
Pro wrestling came to the heart of New Kensington on Saturday evening at the Voodoo Brewery along Fifth Avenue. Seven matches were scheduled in an event dubbed MV Young’s Backyard BBQ. Michael Young, 27, a Lower Burrell native, was the main attraction. He’s the organizer and current singles champion for...
Joe Biden continues to improve after covid-19 diagnosisVideo
President Joe Biden continues to improve with mild symptoms as he isolates with covid-19 at the White House. White House physician Kevin O’Connor wrote in a memo Saturday that the president — who is being treated with Pfizer Inc.’s drug Paxlovid — is “responding to therapy as expected.” “His pulse,...
George Guido: Harrison’s Tom Stabile to be inducted into National Italian-American Sports HOF
Congratulations to retired NFL official and Harrison Township resident Tom Stabile, who will be inducted into the Pittsburgh Chapter of the National Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame. The banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 4 at LaMont Restaurant on Mount Washington. It will be the chapter’s 35th induction...
Power companies rush to restore electricity after Saturday’s storms in Southwest Pennsylvania
The storm that blew through the region Saturday afternoon left tens of thousands of households without power, as one of the region’s two major power companies reported significant progress while the other reported more customers were affected. Trees and power lines were down all across the region after high winds...
Fake electors may provide easiest path for DOJ to charge Trump
As Congressional hearings into Jan. 6 pause for an August break, the focus turns to the U.S. Justice Department, which must decide whether to prosecute former President Donald Trump. Although a House committee investigating the assault on the Capitol has laid out an array of potential crimes committed by the...
10 things we learned from Jan. 6 committee hearings on the Capitol attack
The events leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, represent more than just the day when Trump loyalists stormed the U.S. Capitol. In a series of public hearings, the House committee investigating the deadly Capitol attack has laid out the “arc of carnage” that was sparked months earlier on Election Night...
Military aviation crashes are again on the rise. Are ongoing safety and training issues to blame?
A spate of military aircraft crashes over recent months is again raising questions about the Pentagon’s approach to safety and training across military branches. In June, six service members died in two Southern California crashes — a Lemoore, California-based F/A-18E pilot on June 3 in San Bernardino County and five...
Philadelphia’s $500K Harriet Tubman statue controversy gets national attention
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia’s controversy over awarding a direct commission for a permanent Harriet Tubman monument has aroused widespread national interest and a split among the city’s own statue advisory committee. During a June 15 public input meeting, critics denounced city arts officials for giving the $500,000 commission to Wesley Wofford,...
Book review: ‘Winter Work’ an engrossing spy thriller
“Winter Work” by Dan Fesperman; Alfred A. Knopf (352 pages, $28) Many a Berlin-set spy novel comprises a tale of two cities which plays out during the heated tensions of the Cold War. Dan Fesperman’s latest spy thriller, “Winter Work,” offers a refreshing variant on this by immersing its reader...
Letter to the editor: It’s the New Ken Bridge
The George D. Stuart Bridge was completed in 1952. No one calls it anything but the Tarentum Bridge. In various locations are signs directing unfamiliar truckers and motorists to the C.L. Schmitt Bridge, raising the question as to how to get to the New Ken Bridge. Please, sign makers in...
Sounding off: Missing real GOP, parents’ and protesters’ rights, sanctity of life
Missing the real Republican Party As a lifelong Democrat, I never thought I’d say this, but I miss the Republican Party. It seems that most Republicans have transmogrified into Trumplicans. Some against their will, I assume. Trumplicans are in full campaign mode all the time, pointing out what they see...
246-unit housing development gets final approval in West Deer
West Deer is getting a new housing plan that includes 246 units — nearly all single-family houses — to be built off Route 910 at the former Rose Ridge Golf Course property on Gibsonia Road. The plan calls for 234 single-family homes and 12 attached homes on a 176-acre site....
Letter to the editor: We must all help the police keep us safe
Lay a gun on a table. Leave it there for a year. How many people did this gun kill? Guns do not kill people. Guns are not the problem in our society. Watch the news every day. What is being done about all the murders? Nothing, it seems to me....
Editorial: Vaccines work and vaccine waste is a tragedy
In December 2020, the nation breathed a collective sigh of relief when the day that had been awaited for nine months finally arrived. The first covid-19 vaccines were delivered to hospitals across the country. The first vaccines were delivered into the arms of some of the most at risk: front-line...
The Stroller, July 23, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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. Bike ride to raise money for scholarships The Cody Allen Trim Scholarship...
Letter to the editor: 401(k) crypto warning was a public service
There is a dirty secret about 401(k)s. As pensions, they are a mess. Companies love them because they vastly reduced company pension contributions while increasing the amount workers had to pay in. Workers were lured into them because 401(k)s allowed withdrawals. But pensions should not be treated as savings accounts;...
Pirates farm report for July 22, 2022: Jack Suwinski belts 2 homers in Indy’s loss
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 41-47) lost to St. Paul (Twins), 9-8, in 10 innings. St. Paul scored on a sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th. LF Jack Suwinski (.250) was 2 for 4 with two home runs and three RBIs. He also walked once and struck out twice. CF Ji-hwan...
Johnstown Inclined Plane work still on schedule for 2023 reopening
JOHNSTOWN — The Johnstown Inclined Plane, which has been closed and under rehabilitation since early this year, is still on schedule to be running by next summer, CamTran officials said Friday. Almost all the ties have been replaced. Vegetation has been put into place and water redirected to help with...
Pittsburgh youths set to compete at 2022 JCC Maccabi Games
Twin brothers Eli and Zachary Coffey are set to travel across the country, heading to San Diego to compete in the 2022 Jewish Community Center Maccabi Games. The 40th annual Maccabi Games, returning after a two-year hiatus because of the pandemic, will take place July 31 to Aug. 5. Both...
Man convicted in 2018 Penn Hills home invasion
A Penn Hills man charged in a violent home invasion in which he beat a man to death was found guilty Thursday of second-degree murder. Charles Pershing, 40, will be sentenced by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Kelly Bigley on Oct. 18. He faces a mandatory prison term of life...
Judge won’t move Capitol riot trials for ex-Shaler teacher, others
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Friday denied a motion to change venue for the former Shaler substitute teacher charged in the Jan. 6 riot, saying that he believed it was possible to select a fair jury in the nation’s capitol. Defense attorneys for Robert Morss and several of...
John Fetterman inches back onto campaign trail in Philly with 1st fund-raiser appearances since stroke
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, largely absent from the campaign trail for two months, is slowly resuming his campaign following a stroke that nearly killed him. Fetterman, who suffered the stroke four days before the primary election, has mostly remained out of public view but traveled to the Philadelphia area...
Letter to the editor: Republicans seem intent on civil war
The letter from Nicholas S. Haden (“Republicans need to pull together and fight,” July 15, TribLIVE) sounds like a call to arms for Republicans. Considering their party leader could be nearing an indictment for seditious conspiracy, I guess I should consider buying a gun to protect for the coming civil...
