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Santana’s Pittsburgh concert postponed after musician collapses onstage in Michigan
Santana’s Wednesday show at the Pavilion at Star Lake has been postponed after the group’s leader, Carlos Santana, collapsed onstage Tuesday in Michigan. The 74-year-old musician was hospitalized with heat exhaustion and dehydration. A representative told USA Today that Santana is being held for observation and is doing well. The...
Editorial: Hotel tax collection benefits tourism — and room renters
Government always has to wait for innovation to happen before it can catch up with progress. There was no need for automobile registration before there were cars to register, for example. As utilities have changed, so have regulations for them. With the spread of computers, government’s use of them for...
Letter to the editor: Jail death investigation needs oversight
The article “Lawsuit alleges Allegheny County Jail failed to help man who died by suicide last year” (June 28, TribLIVE) articulates the gross errors made by the Allegheny County Jail staff in caring for Martin Bucek, who died by suicide. A most important question is, who is providing oversight to...
The Stroller, July 6, 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. Picnic to benefit pig rescue A Summer Pig-nic to benefit the Pittsburgh...
Letter to the editor: Partisan Supreme Court is restricting our freedoms
For the first time in our history, the Supreme Court is restricting our freedoms and rights rather than expanding them. A ban on abortions would be a dystopian nightmare of state-enforced pregnancies. This abortion ruling, while egregious, is just one of the latest in a series of Supreme Court decisions...
Remember When: Route 56 got its start in 1928 in New Kensington
It certainly doesn’t have the controversial history or glamour the Route 28 Expressway has, but Route 56 is an important artery of the eastern side of the Allegheny River. Route 56 begins its 108-mile trek from New Kensington to Bedford at the foot of the Ninth Street Bridge, officially known...
Big 12 reportedly looking to add Pac-12 schools, could become largest FBS conference
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Just 12 months ago, the Big 12 Conference was rocked by news that Texas and Oklahoma planned to depart the league for the Southeastern Conference in 2025. That left the the prospect of the Big 12 having just eight active members, but the conference moved quickly...
Group files 60-plus misconduct complaints against Allegheny County Judge Mariani
An advocacy group that has spent the last two years observing criminal proceedings in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court and has been highly critical of the overuse of probation in the county, last month filed more than five dozen misconduct complaints against Judge Anthony M. Mariani with the state Judicial...
Passion players picked for All-American Game in Canton
Ten members of the Pittsburgh Passion women’s football team have been picked to play in the 2022 Xenith All-American Game on Sunday at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio. First-team All-Americans are strong safety Devon Peace, defensive back Rebecca Ehrgood, defensive ends Kim Zubovic and Kaitlyn Niedermeyer,...
Allegheny County court error causes postponement of jury trials
An administrative error in the criminal division of Allegheny County Common Pleas Court means that no potential jurors received summonses this week, leading to the postponement of multiple jury trials and frustration among prosecutors and the defense bar. The error didn’t come to light until Friday — leading into a...
Florida teen attacked by shark will have leg amputated, hospital says
ORLANDO, Fla. — A 17-year-old Florida girl who was attacked by a 9-foot shark last week learned she will have her leg amputated Tuesday. Addison Bethea, of Perry, was scalloping Thursday with her brother in Keaton Beach — in Taylor County — when a shark pulled her underwater, according to...
Week in pictures: June 27-July 3
A selection of the most compelling images from Tribune-Review photographers from around the region during the week of June 27-July 3....
Small predator, missing from Pa. for more than a century, might be brought back
The return of the American marten, a larger relative of the weasel and mink, will be up for consideration by the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners when it meets this weekend at the agency’s Harrisburg headquarters. The marten, a tree-climbing predator about 24 to 30 inches long, including the tail,...
Review: A not-so-mighty ‘Thor’ sequel is painless but pointlessVideo
There are a few good things worth singling out in the otherwise not-very-good thing that is “Thor: Love and Thunder.” First up are two large screaming goats, whose digitally amplified screeches are a comic gift that rarely stops giving. Christian Bale delivers a genuinely skin-crawling turn as a zombified villain...
Everything you need to know about UCLA and USC joining the Big Ten
A Southern California native and veteran of several Big Ten winters, Myles Johnson knows the first words likely uttered by former Pac-12 athletes once their new conference smacks them like a midwinter Lake Michigan breeze. “Help! Help!” Johnson, the onetime Rutgers center who spent his final college basketball season at...
Young Township Legion prepares for postseason
Young Township entered this week’s games third out of nine teams in District 31 in the Westmoreland American Legion Baseball League. Team manager and coach Ryan Staats helped put the team together, along with Jason Sowers from Apollo-Ridge, Mike Coleman, who pulled most of the players from Armstrong County, and...
Back at Saint Vincent, coach D.P. Harris says he is a different person after stint in FloridaVideo
Pittsburgh Steelers training camp is woven into the fabric of Saint Vincent College, and after a two-year hiatus caused by the covid-19 pandemic, this longstanding partnership has been revived. The campus is buzzing in anticipation of the team’s arrival in less than a month. Senior associate athletic director D.P. Harris...
Letter to the editor: GOP doesn’t need Republicans who vote Democrat
Regarding Lynne Hughes’ letter “Republicans just want their guns” (June 7, TribLIVE): Dear Liberal Lynne, Go join the Democrats. We Republicans don’t want you in our party. Go enjoy killing all those babies in your pro-abortion liberal love. Signed, a true Republican. Hannelore Miller Hempfield...
Letter to the editor: We need relief from soaring fuel prices
Pennsylvania rarely ranks in the top 10 of states for much of anything positive. Where Pennsylvania does rank higher than most states is our second highest gas tax in the nation (second only to California), a dubious distinction. In 2021, Pennsylvania was handed close to $30 million in covid money from...
After police are shot, Philly mayor says he’ll ‘be happy’ when he’s not mayor anymoreVideo
PHILADELPHIA — An exasperated Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said early Tuesday morning after two police officers were shot that he is so worried about safety at public events that he will “be happy” when he is no longer mayor, prompting national attention and calls for his resignation. Standing alongside police...
Letter to the editor: Time to eliminate state-store system
Here we go again. Voters in Pennsylvania might get another chance to privatize our outdated state store system. The state store system employs several thousand people, has limited hours, is closed on holidays and has some of the most expensive wine and spirits in the nation. The privately owned Total...
Letter to the editor: How about some ‘Thou Shall Not Murder’ signs?
Media reports of mass shootings always generate a liberal knee-jerk reaction to thoughtlessly ban guns, but hypocritical politicians never include their own bodyguards in the gun bans. Wouldn’t it be far more rational to call for more law-abiding citizens to be trained to carry firearms for self-protection? Why the surge...
Editorial: PennDOT needs to find real alternative to tolling
While the U.S. Supreme Court was making all the big news in recent weeks, the justices weren’t the only ones dropping significant decisions. On Thursday, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court decided to make some waves of its own. It did so by putting its judicial foot down when it comes to...
Tull Family Theater hosting premiere of ‘Movers Ultimate’
The Tull Family Theater will host the national red carpet premiere of “Movers Ultimate “on July 16. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the film screens at 7:30 p.m. “Movers Ultimate,” an independent, 1990s-style comedy (NR, 90 minutes) features South Hills native Sé Marie, a triple Telly Award winner who...
Letter to the editor: BOOST grants critical for our youth
Since 1888, Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania has provided our region’s children with safe spaces to learn and grow. Today, youth who walk through our doors have access to innovative programs, including our Artificial Intelligence Pathways Institute that is unlocking opportunities to explore this growing industry, our Career...
