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Both lanes of I-79 northbound near Cranberry now open

By Tribune-Review
Both northbound lanes on Interstate 79 are open after a crash north of Cranberry tied up traffic earlier in the afternoon, officials said about 2:45 p.m. Further information about the crash was not immediately available. …

Postcards bring the world to Connoquenessing classroom

By Dona S. Dreeland
For first-graders, the word geography is as big as they are small. So to help them find a comfortable place for themselves in this great …

Cranberry Township’s Miracle League kicks off season in style

By Natalie Beneviat
Ready with bat, ball and a determination to score are the players of the Miracle League of Southwestern PA, who are now tackling their fifth …

Connoquenessing third grader’s art represents event

By Tribune-Review
Last month, the gallery at the Pew Fine Arts Gallery of Grove City College was crowded with young artists, their families, teachers and friends who …

Seneca Valley video students named award winners

By Tribune-Review
Students in Seneca Valley’s video production classes returned from Robert Morris University’s Annual TVT Student Video Festival last week. Senior Mike Lancy won first place …

Mine Safety Appliances donates land for planned connecting road near Route 228

By Bill Vidonic
Cranberry-based Mine Safety Appliances Co. could have sold about six acres of land along Route 228 to a developer for another restaurant or hotel along the rapidly growing business corridor, said Dennis Zeitler, the company’s chief financial officer and senior …

Wreck halts turnpike traffic in Cranberry

By Tribune-Review
First responders had to halt traffic on the eastbound section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Cranberry so that helicopters could fly patients from a traffic accident to hospitals. Three people suffered injuries around 11:30 a.m., when a vehicle went off …

Zelienople nonprofit helps provide healing through horses, nature

By Natalie Beneviat
Therapy goes way beyond four walls at Glade Run Adventures in Zelienople. For children living with social, physical and mental challenges, the program offers nature-themed …

Cranberry knitters work to cover Pittsburgh bridge with crocheted masterpiece

By Dona S. Dreeland
By late-summer, one of Pittsburgh’s Sister Bridges could sport some fancy fashions that might drive its siblings to jealousy. Participants in the Knit the Bridge …

Cranberry motorcycle crash kills Bellevue man

By Bill Vidonic
Cranberry police said speed might have been a factor in a motorcycle crash that killed a Bellevue man Monday evening. Police on Tuesday identified the motorist as Roger Haynes, 31. Haynes and another motorcyclist were driving north on Freshcorn Road …

It’s been a long, hard road back for Cranberry police officer injured on job

By Chris Togneri
When the fleeing suspect jumped an interstate guardrail, Cranberry police Cpl. Dan Hahn leapt after him. He had no idea that a 24-foot drop-off awaited. …

Cranberry family an inspiration to many

By Sandra Fischione Donovan
Divorced mother of three Kimberly Long had been working nearly a year at a job with benefits when she fell ill in June with Hodgkins …

Students from Haine Middle School prepare for 16th annual public art show

By Dona S. Dreeland
Haine Middle School teacher Noele Reynolds didn’t learn her artful ways by using coloring books when she was a child. “I never stayed inside the …

Seneca Valley grad earns National Science Foundation fellowship

By Tribune-Review
Ashley Biernesser, a graduate student at Boston College, has received a National Science Foundation graduate research fellowship. Awarded to senior undergraduates and first or second …

Fire damages Cranberry warehouse

By Tribune-Review
A fire Sunday morning at a warehouse in Cranberry was brought under control in 45 minutes, according to a Butler County emergency dispatcher. The fire at a building near Boundary and Marshall roads was reported at 7:08 a.m. by US …

Cranberry family strikes gold in AAA photo contest

By Natalie Beneviat
A local busy traveler won a AAA book’s cover shot for his furry and family-friendly vacation views. Cody Bear, the golden retriever of Kathy and …

'Art of Recycling' show proves one man’s junk can be another man’s work of art

By Dona S. Dreeland
Alex Fuellgraf of Penn Township, Butler County, likes to weld for fun. “I love welding. I do it whenever I’m bored,” he said. Fuellgraf creates …

Connoquenessing Valley Elementary science fair challenges students to ‘think outside the box’

By Dona S. Dreeland
There was a bit of botany involved in Connoquenessing Valley Elementary School’s sixth annual science fair. “We’re planting little seeds in their heads that science …