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New research from Michigan State University suggests that natural selection, famous for rewarding advantageous differences in organisms, can also preserve similarities. Reporting in the journals New Phytologist and Evolution, the researchers worked with a plant called wild radish and its stamens, or pollen-producing parts, two of which are short and four are long. Roughly 55 million years ago, wild radish ancestors had stamens of equal length. The team selectively bred — or artificially select...

By MELINDA WILLIAMS melinda@southwesttimes.com   A Pulaski woman has been charged with arson in connection with a July 31 fire that destroyed a house on Walnut Avenue in Pulaski. According to New River Valley Regional Jail records, Gladys Ann Tallant, 58, was arrested the day of the fire and is being held without bond.

By MELINDA WILLIAMS melinda@southwesttimes.com Fire destroyed a southeast Pulaski home Monday. Pulaski Fire Department was dispatched to 602 Walnut Ave. just after 11 a.m. The first units to arrive on the scene two minutes after the call found heavy smoke coming from all four sides of the structure, according to Chief Jeff Conner.

The grandfather of pop culture conventions is a somewhat scaled-down affair this year, for a variety of reasons.

Titan Comics announces its SDCC schedule, including an exclusive look at Mother Nature by Jamie Lee Curtis, Russell Goldman and Karl Stevens.

Titan Comics has announced their full signings, panels, merch and giveaways for San Diego Comic-Con 2023 next week.

Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Volunteers needed to aid seniors Open Your Heart to a Senior

Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Hartwood Acres to host rhythm and blues concert The Allegheny County

Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Allegheny Township to celebrate Community Day Allegheny Township Community Day will

Jeff Conner had the idea to teach gymnastics out of a school bus nearly 40 years ago and started Gymnastics Express in 1989.