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Miss USA winner Cheslie Kryst jumps to her death from Midtown Manhattan luxury high-rise
NEW YORK — A former Miss USA beauty pageant winner jumped to her death from her luxury Midtown high-rise apartment building Sunday, police said. Cheslie Kryst, who was crowned Miss USA in 2019, jumped from a common area on the 29th floor of the 60-floor building at 350 W. 42nd...
GOP lawmakers call out Trump on pardons for Jan. 6 riotersVideo
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham forcefully disagreed with former President Donald Trump for saying he might pardon people convicted in the U.S. Capitol riot if reelected, saying they should be jailed “and get the book thrown at them.” Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu...
Prince Harry, Meghan express ‘concerns’ over covid-19 misinformation on Spotify
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have “concerns” about how Spotify has allowed and promoted the spread of covid-19 misinformation on its platform. Prince Harry and Meghan, who inked an exclusive multiyear partnership with the service in December 2020, said Sunday that they are pressing Spotify to take more care...
Letter to the editor: The ‘other team’ is not the enemy
Welcome to 2022: We have a national midterm election this year, which I fear will include lots of partisan fighting. Please remember that the other team is not the enemy; they simply see things differently than you. Shawn Mason Trafford...
Letter to the editor: Cops under the microscope
How would you like a job where when you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo? That’s a quote from Jacques Plante, goalie of yore for the Montreal Canadiens. Unfortunately, it’s like that for today’s cops, who are being scrutinized on the way they...
Letter to the editor: Casinos shouldn’t cater to smokers
Regarding the article “Pennsylvania casinos not ready to cut smoking from gambling experience” (Jan. 3, TribLIVE): I’m from Greensburg, and when I left, it was a smoking city. I’m a nonsmoker (actually no bad habits). There are 24 states that outlaw smoking (an addictive habit) in their casinos. A lot...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 30, 2022
Leetsdale Julia DeFrancesco sold property at 41 Ferry St. to Kelsey Persuit for $214,000. Sewickley Pine Road Investments LLC sold property at 716-718 Maple Ln to Daniel Dynys for $380,000. Promise 33 LLC sold property at 223 Melville Ln to Trevor Heck and Marjorie Carlson for $465,000. Sewickley Hills Joseph...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 30, 2022
Bellevue Rashaun Butler sold property at 655 Means Ave. to Salim Bamira and Halima Hassan for $150,000. Ryan Harrold sold property at 638 Tingley Ave. to Mark Yohe for $155,000. Gilliland Laurel Apartments L.P. sold property at 103 Woodlawn Ave. to Gilliland Entropy LLC for $5,200,000. Bradford Woods Michael Locke...
Eastern area real estate transfers for the week of Jan. 30, 2022
Churchill Richard Elliot sold property at 49 Churchill Road to Leon Ford for $210,000. Estate of James Hickey sold property at 1730 Williamsburg Pl to Brittany Lee Calderon for $207,000. Forest Hills Kathryn Rogulin sold property at 301 Avenue A to Vincent Donofrio for $60,000. Matthew Junker sold property at...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 30, 2022
Bellevue Rashaun Butler sold property at 655 Means Ave. to Salim Bamira and Halima Hassan for $150,000. Ryan Harrold sold property at 638 Tingley Ave. to Mark Yohe for $155,000. Gilliland Laurel Apartments L.P. sold property at 103 Woodlawn Ave. to Gilliland Entropy LLC for $5,200,000. Bradford Woods Michael Locke...
Letter to the editor: Reducing violence, starting with schools
This is in response to your editorial “Truth is kids need to be safe from gun violence”. The truth is kids need to be safe from all violence, and schools should use education to try to make it so. We should be using schools to reduce violence throughout life with...
Jerry Weber, founder of Jerry’s Records in Pittsburgh, dies
Jerry Weber, the beloved Pittsburgh purveyor of vinyl, has died. Weber owned Jerry’s Records on Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill — a haven for vinylheads and a kingdom of records. “We are devastated to hear of Jerry’s passing,” the record store wrote Saturday on Facebook. “Our beloved founder and Pittsburgh’s...
Editorial: Logical failings with Act 77 challenge, court ruling
On Friday, Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court narrowly decided that voting by mail without being sick or working isn’t how things should be done. It isn’t just not legal, the court decided. It’s unconstitutional. The five-judge panel that came to that decision split along party lines — three Republicans to two Democrats....
Westmoreland County funds demolition of blighted properties in Vandergrift, New Ken and Arnold
Dangerously deteriorated buildings in three Alle-Kiski Valley communities are among a dozen structures slated for demolition through Westmoreland County’s redevelopment authority. The local buildings are in Vandergrift, New Kensington and Arnold. Jason Rigone, director of the county’s planning division, said the goal is to bring all of the buildings down...
Letter to the editor: Just say no to plastic bags and straws
Here’s why I am happy to refuse plastic bags and straws: I know that I am not responsible for the beached whale that died with its stomach full of plastic trash. I know that the pain of the sea turtle with a plastic straw caught in its nose was not...
The Stroller, Jan. 30, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your events, club meetings and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Highlands High School to present Alumni Cabaret Concert The 10th annual Highlands High School Musical Alumni Cabaret Concert will be at 7...
Game Commission needs public’s help in monitoring wild turkey flocks
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is asking for the public’s help finding turkeys to trap for ongoing and new turkey monitoring projects. People can report the location of turkey flocks they see between now and March 15. Information is being collected online at Visitors to that webpage will be asked...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Jan. 29, 2022
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Class 2A Section 3 Winchester Thurston 70, Serra Catholic 65 PBC Classic At Montour Blackhawk 64, Baldwin 59 Moon 66, Hopewell 45 North Allegheny 50, Penn Hills 40 Quaker Valley 83, Highlands 75 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 81, Shady Side Academy...
High school roundup for Jan. 29, 2022: North Allegheny rallies past Penn Hills
Matt McDonough scored 15 points and North Allegheny used a 17-6 run in the third quarter to pull away for a 50-40 win over Penn Hills at the PBC Classic at Montour on Saturday. Robby Jones added 14 points and Joey Dopirak had 10 for the Tigers (11-6). Noah Barren...
Thiero scores 40, leads undefeated Quaker Valley to comeback win vs. Highlands
Highlands was looking to spill Quaker Valley from the undefeated ranks Saturday afternoon, building up a 19-point lead at one juncture. But the Quakers took the lead for the first time with 3 minutes left in the game and went to 14-0 on the season with an 83-75 victory. Senior...
Mt. Pleasant dominant at WCCA swim/dive meet
It was quite the day for the Mt. Pleasant swim team and freshman Lily King. King set four meet records: individually in the 50- and 100-yard freestyles and as a part of the 200 IM and 400 free relay teams. Those results helped propel the Viking girls team to the...
George Guido: Willie Thrower Award finalists announced
The five finalists for the second annual Willie Thrower Award, recognizing the top quarterback among WPIAL and City League schools, have been determined. The finalists, selected by a panel of two coaches from each conference and various media members, are (listed alphabetically) Brad Birch of Gateway, Jared Brickner of Beaver...
GOP’s Hutchinson tells fellow governors to shun 2020 vote fraud claims
WASHINGTON — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said that elected officials shouldn’t focus on untrue claims about the 2020 election and instead look ahead. Speaking at the National Governors Association winter meeting on Saturday, Hutchinson rejected unsubstantiated claims about widespread fraud in the 2020 election that have been made by former...
Sounding off: Biden hasn’t kept word on covid
Letter-writer Dale Vukovich (“Vaccines and gas prices”) must have missed President Biden, Vice President Harris and many of their Democratic friends last October saying they wouldn’t “trust or take the vaccine that was developed under Trump.” He must have missed Biden during the second presidential debate saying that “anyone who...
Rebecca Saltzman: Covid does harm children, in the short and long term
Our lives changed with a headache. I checked my 10-year-old son Gus’ forehead and found it burning. It was the week before Halloween 2021, and the FDA had not yet approved vaccines for children his age. We had been living with the pandemic for a year and a half by...
