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Allegheny County covid cases fall, county drops to medium transmission zone
Covid-19 cases in Allegheny County have fallen over the past three weeks, and the county dropped in the medium transmission zone as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of new covid cases reported to the county health department from June 2-8 dropped to 2,616 —...
Laurels & lances: Rodeo, resignation and graduation
Laurel: To a wild ride. Westmoreland Mall might not seem like the Wild West, but you wouldn’t have known it over the weekend. The Pro Bulls & Barrels Rodeo and Concert — coordinated by Live! Casino — took place in a makeshift arena in an empty parking lot at the...
Boycott over Martin’s Potato Rolls’ tie to Pa. governor candidate goes nationwide
A central Pennsylvania company and its Dutch brand of potato bread has rolled into a national controversy over its political ties. Martin’s Famous Pastry Shoppe in Franklin County supplies its pillowy bread products to restaurants across the country, including Shake Shack, the international burger chain. Now customers and celebrity chefs...
Republicans rally against Pennsylvania bridge tolling plan
Pennsylvania Republicans rallied on Wednesday to oppose a plan that would add tolls at nine interstate bridges to replace shrinking revenue from gas taxes. The PennDOT proposal has been controversial and is currently on hold thanks to a preliminary injunction issued in May. Legislators argued the tolling plan was unfair...
2 people rescued from tank of chocolate at central Pa. Mars Wrigley factoryVideo
ELIZABETHTOWN — Two people were rescued after they somehow fell into a partially filled chocolate tank while doing maintenance work at a candy factory in Pennsylvania. The incident at the Mars Wrigley plant in Elizabethtown occurred shortly before 2 p.m. Thursday. The two people work for an outside contracting firm,...
Pine-Richland student news for the week of June 8, 2022
Pine-Richland High School junior Elizabeth Shaffer has been selected as a Coolidge Scholar. The Coolidge Scholarship is an annually awarded, full-ride, presidential scholarship that covers a student’s tuition, room, board and expenses for four years of undergraduate study. It is administered by the state estate/foundation of former President Calvin Coolidge....
James Franklin says Penn State has to be more competitive with NIL
UNIVERSITY PARK — James Franklin took a question Wednesday afternoon on the sunny practice field outside the Lasch Building, but did not immediately answer it. Instead, he went back to something asked right before — about NIL and how Penn State can compete. “I can’t get off this,” Franklin said....
Fishing license fee hike on agenda for Pa. Fish and Boat Commission
Fishing license and boat fee increases are up for consideration by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission in a special meeting Friday. The resident fishing license fee — the basic fee paid by most anglers — will climb from $21 per year to $23.50 if commissioners approve the new fees...
Claire Leavitt: How a public hearing is different from an investigation — and what that means for the Jan. 6 committee
Today, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol holds the first of several public hearings. The committee aims to lay out the results of months of investigative work into the involvement of President Donald Trump and his political allies in the 2021...
Monroeville resident celebrates 103rd birthday
Despite having reached a milestone in age, 103-year-old Ruth Clark remains young in mind and spirit as she celebrates her birthday with friends and family. Clark is a resident of the Juniper Village retirement community in Monroeville, where she has lived since 2016. Born on June 12, 1919 in Avalon,...
Sally Pipes: A look under the hood of ‘Medicare for All’
“Medicare for All” is back. For the fifth time in the last decade-plus, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has introduced legislation that would launch a government takeover of the U.S. health insurance system. “Health care is a human right, not a privilege,” he insisted from the Senate floor May 12. But...
‘Enforce the laws’: South Side business owners fear for patron, employee safety after rash of shootings
Back-to-back shootings on and near Pittsburgh’s busy East Carson Street last weekend have prompted at least one business to close its doors permanently and left other owners struggling to understand why authorities cannot seem to keep control of the entertainment district. “One hundred percent of South Side residents and businesses...
Letter to the editor: Taxpayers, not ‘cities,’ bear the costs
The opening paragraph of the story “Pittsburgh police scrap plans for leasing warehouse space in $1M deal” (June 1, TribLIVE) states that “Pittsburgh’s Bureau of Police has scrapped plans to lease new warehouse space in a deal that would have cost the city just more than $1 million through 2031.”...
Penn Hills student news for the week of June 9, 2022
Cameron Griffin of Verona graduated from Thiel College on May 8. Griffin was an exercise science major. Luke Greenway, Suni Missouri, Adiana Nelson and Tim Warner graduated from Grove City College on May 14. Greenway, Nelson and Narrah Amorino, Emily Bauer, Julia Bauer and Jonathan Danley were all named to...
Summer events at Northern Tier Library
Northern Tier Library is gearing up for another Summer Learning Program, which will run through Aug. 5, and end with a celebration on Aug. 6. Ocean of Possibilities is the theme for 2022, and that means lots of ocean-related stories, crafts and activities. The library will offer a wide variety...
Letter to the editor: Look to Ten Commandments for abortion answer
Joe Biden, are you familiar with the Ten Commandments? The fifth commandment is “Thou shall not murder” — translated loosely as “Respect human life.” Unborn babies are human lives. Abortion is the killing of another human being. The unborn baby must be recognized formally as a human life before birth,...
Editorial: Audits are where school districts have to show their work
Hear the word “audit,” and you tend to think about your taxes. It’s that process everyone dreads when filling out the annual return — having the Internal Revenue Service crawl through every number, line by line, to find mistakes. The personal fear makes it seem like a bad word. It...
The Stroller, June 9, 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. Lemonade stand to raise money for Alzheimer’s disease Brody’s Lemonade Stand fundraiser...
Letter to the editor: Arming our schools
After the horrific Uvalde school shooting, Americans demand radical reform. The letter “Solution to school shootings” said, “Make every school a hard target with one entrance with an armed guard and a metal detector; keep all other doors locked. Protect a school like a Tiffany jewelry store. Allow teachers with...
Pirates farm report for June 8, 2022: Mike Burrows throws 5 scoreless for Curve
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 27-27) was humbled by Columbus (Guardians), 11-3. RHP Miguel Yajure (0-1, 5.79) started and gave up one run on two hits in two innings. RHO Osvaldo Bido (4.61) gave up five runs, none of them earned, on two hits and five walks in 1.2 innings. SS Ji-hwan Bae...
Bill that would ask Pa. voters whether to privatize liquor system advances in House
Giving voters the power to decide whether to get the state out of the liquor business in Pennsylvania advanced on Wednesday to the full state House of Representatives for consideration. The House Liquor Control Committee voted 14-10 along party lines to approve a proposed constitutional amendment to privatize the liquor...
Rep. Lauren Boebert’s mileage reimbursements under investigation, Colorado officials say
DENVER — Colorado officials are investigating whether conservative U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert broke any laws by cashing in on large amounts of mileage reimbursements from her own campaign. Boebert, R-Colo., paid herself more than $22,000 from her campaign account in 2020, raising red flags for ethics experts, The Denver Post...
Congratulations to the Riverview High School Class of 2022
Here is the Riverview High School Class of 2022: Xavier M. Bear, Brooke A. Benton, Micah J. Black, Makenna Caroline Cameron, Dean W. Cecere, Alessandra Noelle Ciccone, Julia Gianna Ciorra, Samantha Michele Cooper, Ari Q.H. Crowell, Madeline Steele Deem, Alexander W. Donatelli, Madeline Grace Entwisle, Jordan Alexander Escalera, Silas Wolfe...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for June 8, 2022
High schools Baseball PIAA playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Thursday’s schedule Emmaus (22-5) vs. Hazleton (21-1) at Walter Stump Stadium, 6:30 p.m.; Liberty (24-2) vs. LaSalle College (15-8) at Boyertown, 7 p.m.; Warwick (20-2) vs. Upper St. Clair (13-10) at Mt. Aloysius, noon; West Chester Henderson (21-2) vs. Cumberland Valley (17-6)...
Armed man arrested for threat to kill Justice Brett KavanaughVideo
A California man armed with a handgun, knife and burglary tools was detained near the Maryland home of Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh early Wednesday morning after making threats against Kavanaugh, federal officials said. The man, identified as Nicholas John Roske, 26, of Simi Valley, is being charged with...
