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Letter to the editor: Biden needs to stand up for America
President Biden, I hear you’re upset over the awful signs about you that Americans displayed over the 9/11 weekend. You want them to go away. Easy to fix. Make America great again. Stand up for this wonderful country. Don’t let the world walk all over us. Wendy Miller Harrison...
Letter to the editor: Impeach Biden
In the immortal words of Myron Cope, “Double Yoi”! This administration left Americans and allies behind enemy lines in Afghanistan on purpose. Please send a reporter to ask Reps. Mike Doyle and Conor Lamb if they will push for a vote to impeach President Biden with the same vigor that...
Letter to the editor: RINOs have ruined conservative movement
Regarding the article “Sen. Toomey says it’s ‘completely unacceptable’ for GOP to pick Trump in 2024” (Sept. 3, TribLIVE): What is completely unacceptable to conservatives are Republicans in name only (RINOs) like you who have ruined the conservative movement. Your ilk of Republicanism is a ruse. You do not want...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 19, 2021
Aleppo Robert Patrick Johnson sold property at 202 Timber Ln to Paula Murray for $279,000. Edgeworth Susannah McClain sold property at 209 Quaker Road to Bridget Monahan for $427,500. Leetsdale Edward Plachecki Jr. sold property at 3 Elm Ln to Jonathan Lynn and Katherine Bixby Harper for $366,500. Sewickley Elena...
Letter to the editor: Coming together is only way to end pandemic
By now, most of us know someone who has died from covid-19, among them beloved family and respected community members. So why are so many people so angry about being asked to wear a mask, or to get vaccinated? I believe it’s because so many of our political leaders and...
Letter to the editor: Finishing the job of nation building
I am not a fan of nation building. But after we spent 20 years in Afghanistan doing just that, I wonder what kind of moral obligation, if any, we and NATO had to finish the job. It’s a hard question, but here are some facts to consider. Some reports have...
The Stroller, Sept. 19, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, community events 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. Let us know about your Halloween happenings The Valley News Dispatch is compiling a list of autumn events and Halloween parades,...
Editorial: Senate committee’s intrusive subpoenas betray bedrock values
The push in some corners to review the outcome of the 2020 general election in Pennsylvania took a strange turn in Harrisburg last week. There was a request for an avalanche of information on state voters. First, the state Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee voted 7 to 4 to request emails,...
Some school districts maintain updated covid trackers, others keep counts internally
As the number of covid-19 cases rises in Pennsylvania and the region and vocal groups of parents and students continue to rail against a state mandate to wear masks in public schools, it is hit or miss whether local districts publicly report the number of infections among their students and...
Letter to the editor: Medical issues solved by medical experts, not posturing
Medical problems are best solved by medical guidance and practices; they are seldom solved by political posturing. Political posturing does not heal; it creates deeper hurts and social damages. Watching and reading news stories and letters to the editors, or driving by local schools, allows us to witness the growing...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 18, 2021
High schools Football Saturday’s results WPIAL Nonconference Western Beaver 20, Beaver 14 District 8 City League Westinghouse 41, Allderdice 12 District 10 McDowell 38, Butler 21 Saturday’s summaries Nonconference Western Beaver 20, Beaver 14 Beaver 0 7 7 0 —14 Western Beaver 7 13 0 0 —20 WB: Thad Gray...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 18, 2021: Michael Chavis homers on rehab stint with Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 56-62) outslugged St. Paul (Twins), 9-5. DH Michael Chavis (.263) in Triple-A rehabbing an elbow injury, went 3 for 5 with his 12th homer of the season. 3B Hunter Owen (.224) went 2 for 5 with two long balls, his 18th and 19th, and drove in three runs....
Charlotte snaps Riverhounds’ unbeaten streak
Irvin Parra scored in the 81st minute Saturday night, leading the Charlotte Independence to a 1-0 victory and ending a six-game unbeaten streak for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. The Riverhounds (14-7-5) remain in second place in the USL Championship’s Atlantic Division, five points behind first-place Tampa Bay and five points ahead...
High school roundup for Sept. 18, 2021: LeFebvre leads Western Beaver past Beaver
Quarterback Xander LeFebvre had a 5-yard touchdown run and blocked a punt that Lonnie Craft ran in for a 15-yard score to lead Western Beaver to a 20-14 nonsection win over Beaver on Saturday. Thad Gray scored on a 31-yard run for the Golden Beavers (3-1). Wyatt Ringer had a...
George Guido: Valley’s ‘Dirty 30’ 1996 football team to be honored
Usually, being called the “Dirty 30” is anything but complimentary. But for Valley’s 1996 football team, it was a tag of which to be proud. The only Vikings team to post an undefeated regular season (9-0) in the school’s 55-year history will be remembered Oct. 1 at Valley Memorial Stadium...
Arnold man charged in shooting 3 at Lower Burrell baby shower for his unborn child, police say
An Arnold man at a baby shower for his expected child is accused of shooting three people with a 9 mm handgun Saturday night at the Kinloch Fire Hall in Lower Burrell during an argument over whether he would transport gifts, authorities said. The suspect, Isiah J. Hampton, 25, of...
District college roundup: Seton Hill offense struggles in 1st loss of season
Eric Nickel threw for 196 yards and two touchdowns as Kutztown topped previously unbeaten Seton Hill, 14-3, on Saturday. Logan Wiland paced the Griffins (2-1) with 72 rushing yards. Luke Hauger accounted for Seton Hill’s only points with a 31-yard field goal at the end of the first half. Kaden...
Counterpoint: Scrap gerrymandering, adopt ranked choice
Partisan gerrymandering of legislative districts has been a uniquely American problem since our founding: As long as we’ve had politicians, they’ve exploited the power to pick their own voters before the voters get to pick them. It’s wrong, and it’s getting worse. Politicians have fancier tools and greater incentives to...
Point: Gerrymandering is inevitable in a democracy
With the Census Bureau finally releasing its population data to the states, they will now begin the process of redrawing political boundaries for local, state and congressional seats. Anyone who believes that there is some magic way of keeping politics out of the redistricting process must still believe in the...
Bats in Laos caves harbor closest relatives to covid-19 virus
Bats dwelling in limestone caves in northern Laos were found to carry coronaviruses that share a key feature with SARS-CoV-2, moving scientists closer to pinpointing the cause of covid-19. Researchers at France’s Pasteur Institute and the University of Laos looked for viruses similar to the one that causes covid-19 among...
Pennsylvania’s looming dementia care crisis, by the numbers
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. Pennsylvania is headed for a profound eldercare crisis, experts warn, as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia rates continue to climb, the state’s...
Trudy Rubin: After Afghanistan failure, what is America prepared to fight for now?
As the news shifts, many Americans may think the war in Afghanistan is over. Not so. The searing scenes of Kabul’s fall are having a powerful impact on America’s global image, including the abandonment of Afghan allies. Chinese and Russian propaganda outlets are gleefully trumpeting scenes of America’s “defeat.” NATO...
Sounding off: There’s no ‘choice’ when others are threatened
“Covid is not fatal to children.” Let the shamefulness of that statement, which appeared in the letter “Penn Hills mask ruling decried” sink in for a moment. To back this claim up, the writer noted that deaths among children aged 0-18 were 423 as of late August (it’s now 470,...
Why four-star center Kebba Njie chose to commit to Penn State men’s basketball
Penn State men’s basketball added its fourth commitment of its 2022 recruiting class Saturday afternoon, and its second four-star recruit. Four-star center Kebba Njie committed to the Nittany Lions and head coach Micah Shrewsberry via his personal Twitter and Instagram accounts. Njie chose Penn State over Butler and Kansas State...
Fox Chapel Area students named 2022 National Merit semifinalists/commended students
Nine Fox Chapel Area High School seniors have been designated as National Merit semifinalists and 13 have been named commended students in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program. The program is conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). The semifinalists from Fox Chapel Area are Noah Bradley, Zhiyi Chen,...
