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More Pennsylvanians will vote in person than by mail in the November election, but there are strong partisan differences when it comes to the two choices, a new poll shows. A Franklin & Marshall College poll released Thursday said 62% of voters expect to cast their ballot in person, while...

Federal and state officials have eased up on some of their guidelines for coronavirus-related travel restrictions. On Monday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health removed Arizona from its list of travel restrictions originally announced on July 2. No new states were added. The states that remain on Pennsylvania’s travel restriction list...

Youth sports teams that play at West Deer’s Bairdford Park will now pay for any electricity they use while there, township Manager Dan Mator said. The agreement ends a dispute of almost 20 years over who pays for what at the 94-acre township park — the taxpayers or the youth...

A West Deer nanny and five children are raising money for a store that gives free items to those in need. A “Snack Shack” fundraiser to benefit the Russellton Free Store will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday on Woodlake Drive in West Deer. The group will...

West Deer Supervisors are considering imposing harsher fines on people who own or maintain alarm systems that accidentally go off three or more times a year. At a meeting last week, Supervisor Brandon Forbes suggested updating the existing ordinance to increase the fine for multiple false alarms to $100. “You...

Got milk? If you don’t, you may be in luck this week. The American Dairy Association North East is working with Schneider’s Dairy, AMI Food Group and four Western Pennsylvania community organizations to distribute more than 4,000 gallons of milk and food boxes through drive-thru pickup events. Each vehicle will...

Running up to a burning house to check for potentially trapped occupants is just a normal part of the job for West Deer police officer and volunteer firefighter Edward Newman. Newman had been on routine patrol last Saturday when he spotted smoke coming from the 250 block of Little Deer...

A man and a woman were injured while trying to defend their dog at an Allegheny County dog park on Saturday. Allegheny County spokeswoman Amie Downs said police and medics were called to North Park Dog Park because of a dog fight and reported bites shortly after 10:15 a.m. Saturday....

West Deer’s leaders are considering new rules that could stop low-income residents and senior citizens from having to pay increased real estate taxes. Township Supervisor Brandon Forbes is pitching an idea that would add any township real estate tax increase as a lien on a person’s property. It would not...

West Deer Supervisors approved a zoning change that could enable a developer to build up to 18 homes in the township. Supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to rezone a property at 4391 Bakerstown-Culmerville Road from rural estate to rural residential. More homes can be built on properties that are zoned rural...

Authorities are searching for a man who police said nearly hit an officer with a car as he sped away from a traffic stop in Kiski Township over the weekend. Police said Jacob Matthew Hoover, 26, of no known address, led the officer on a high-speed chase through Armstrong and...

It’s the end of an era in Leechburg. For the first time in its roughly 100 years of existence, Leechburg Public Library will no longer be located inside Leechburg Middle/Senior High School. “It’s a bittersweet thing. It truly is,” said Doreen Smeal, the library board’s secretary and treasurer. “There’s two...

A man accused of breaking into a Gilpin woman’s home last week told police after his arrest that he would kill the woman after being released, and he also threatened the woman in a series of text messages, according to a criminal complaint. Jamison Eugene Rush, 43, of Gilpin, faces...

An Indiana Township man is homeless after a fire destroyed his home Saturday night, officials said. Chief Adam Siemianowski of Rural Ridge Volunteer Fire Company said a West Deer police officer spotted smoke around 10:30 p.m. coming from the home in the 250 block of Little Deer Creek Valley Road....

Deer Lakes School District will welcome students back with a mix of blended learning and fully online classes. The updated plan gives students the ability to attend in-person classes twice a week and work remotely the remaining three days, or choose between two online learning tracks. Classes are scheduled to...

Orders are still being accepted for Leechburg’s “Hometown Hero” banner program. Mayor Wayne Dobos, a member of the three-member committee working on the program, said 133 banners honoring veterans and active military service members had been created and were ready to be hung as of Wednesday. “I think for a...

Leechburg Area School District will offer online classes only for at least the first month of the school year, reversing a previous decision that gave children the option of returning to school for full-time, in-person instruction. The school board voted 8-0 on Wednesday to modify its back-to-school plan and push...

A nonprofit dedicated to conserving and rehabilitating natural resources is doing its part to clean up litter and debris that could potentially get into the Kiski River. The Kiski Watershed Association will hold a highway cleanup along River Road and Market Street in Leechburg and Gilpin at 9 a.m. Saturday....

Leechburg Area School District will discuss modifying its back-to-school plan Wednesday based on new recommendations from the state Department of Education, according to district officials. The school board in June approved a back-to-school plan that gave students the option of returning to school for full-time, in-person instruction. But the state...