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Allegheny

• Delayed decision on drilling at parks risks losing Allegheny County millions, County Executive Fitzgerald says 12:01 a.m.

• Reserve woman found shot to death in home

• Allegheny County judges sign order regarding procedures to maintain evidence

• Andy Warhol Bridge to be covered in knitted blankets in August

• Sentencing postponed in Pitt online threats case

• Grand jury continues investigation in meeting with former Ravenstahl bodyguard

• Lawmakers approve bill to alter Port Authority’s board of directors

• Sewickley church can repurpose ‘pink house’ to fellowship center 12:01 a.m.

• East McKeesport code enforcement officer gets probation for taking bribe

Westmoreland

• Crews working on roads in Mt. Pleasant Township 12:39 a.m.

• Franklin Regional ends decade of tax increases 12:01 a.m.

• Laurel Highlands performance group adds flames to pack crowds for fun shows

• Library aide quits in wake of charges 12:01 a.m.

• Former president of Derry Area Football Boosters Club charged with stealing $27,000 from group 12:01 a.m.

• Franklin Regional board to weigh reporters’ objections to meeting 12:01 a.m.

• Pagan’s lawyer seeks info 12:25 a.m.

• Vandergrift man’s insufficient-evidence argument rejected in death of infant 12:01 a.m.

• Latrobe officials OK $60K project aimed at allowing creek to flow freely 12:25 a.m.

Fayette

• Hearing continued for party stabbing suspect 12:39 a.m.

• Everson council working on new garbage contract 12:39 a.m.

• Dunbar library wants children to ‘dig’ reading for summer fun June to August 12:21 a.m.

• Connellsville up for fix-up money 12:21 a.m.

• 1 killed,  2 hurt in Bullskin crash 12:21 a.m.

Armstrong

• Apollo-Ridge, teachers lock up 5-year contract

• Deer’s visit could force changes at Apollo-Ridge High School

• Suspect cites heroin addiction in Perry Township gun thefts

Beaver

• Inspectors examining cause of CO2 buildup at Shippingport nuclear power plant

• Fire breaks out in new Brighton apartment building

• 500 River Sweep volunteers clean up region’s waterways

Butler

• Carnivals are big attractions in Saxonburg, Seven Fields

• Photo Gallery: Harmony Museum’s Herb and Garden Fair

• Butler County Sheriff’s Office joins state police’s intel network

Indiana

• Ultralight plane pilot killed in Indiana County crash

• Indiana Borough man charged with rape

• Local reenactors to provide an important communications role in Gettysburg ‘battle’

Somerset

• Somerset jail guard accused of assaults on female officers

• Visits expected to resume at Somerset prison

• Route 219 south project clears hurdle

Washington

• Police release photo of South Strabane homicide, robbery suspect

• Gunman kills man outside South Strabane Giant Eagle after robbing bank

• Atlatl hurlers harken to prehistoric times in Washington competition

Education

• Fox Chapel superintendent to retire

• Allegheny Valley to leave Colfax open for another year

• Western Pennsylvania students fear higher payments for school loans

Pennsylvania

• Penn State scandal defendants lose second appeal

• New law ensures crime victims and families can speak up during parole process 12:38 a.m.

• PennDOT withholds funding plan from public

• Lawmakers approve bill to alter Port Authority’s board of directors

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Obituaries

• Historian uncovered looting of Jews’ assets

• Banker split time between career, kids

• Businessman was stickler for tradition

• Passion for outdoors led to ‘dream job’

• Acclaimed jazz guitarist wrote ‘Walk, Don’t Run’