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Former Pitcairn council member Cammeo Farally topped all other candidates in Tuesday’s election in the race for four seats. Farally, a Democrat, took 24% of 1,843 votes cast. Incumbent Democrats Thomas Dick (22%) and William Kornrumph (21%) followed, along with Democrat George Burkhardt, who made his way onto the ballot...

Democrats John Washington and Allison Ramsey will join Monroeville council, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s election. Ramsey ran unopposed. Washington bested Republican challenger Gary DeLorenzo, taking just under 55% of 1,533 votes cast. Washington is a self-employed contractor who has lived in Monroeville for the past three decades. “I’m...

Delmont council will see one new face in 2026, along with two from the past according to Tuesday’s unofficial election results. The borough had four council seats up for election, each with a four-year term. Incumbent Pamela Simpson, who did not file for reelection but made it onto the ballot...

Republican Darren Miller came away with the most votes in the race for four open Murrysville council seats, taking nearly 23% of more than 20,000 votes in Tuesday’s election. He will be joined by incumbent Republican Jason Lemak (21%), newcomer and Republican Michael Korns (20%) and incumbent Republican Jamie Lingg...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025: 6 injured in Greene County mine incident Six people were taken to the hospital late Monday night after an incident at a Greene County mine. TribLive news partner WTAE reports that first responders were called...

Tuesday is Election Day, and in addition to finding some time to cast their ballots, Western Pennsylvania families will also be looking to occupy the kids, as many schools also serve as polling places and are closed. Here are some of the activities taking place across the region on Election...

A Westmoreland County convenience store sold a Pennsylvania Lottery Match 6 ticket worth more than $1 million on Saturday. The $1.2 million winning ticket matched all six numbers drawn, 17-20-21-30-37-38, and was sold at the Smithton Truck and Auto Plaza in South Huntingdon. The store will earn a $10,000 bonus...

Allegheny County Police are investigating a fatal shooting early Monday morning in Duquesne. Police responded to a call for shots fired at a home on the 1000 block of Crawford Avenue shortly before 1 a.m. They said they arrived to find a man dead from gunshot wounds. The Allegheny County...

Some Pittsburgh Steelers fans held a makeshift funeral for the team’s defense Sunday outside Acrisure Stadium. As it turns out, the eulogy was a little premature — as the defense posted six takeaways and five sacks on the way to rattling the Colts’ offense and a 27-20 win. Indianapolis Star...

Franklin Regional School District has a chance to become the first public education system to earn a $1 million prize for educators who exemplify outstanding, transformational innovation in learning. The district is among 23 contenders for the Yass Prize, a national award created by Pennsylvania billionaire Jeff Yass and his...

Allegheny County Police are seeking information after a woman was shot Sunday morning in a McKeesport apartment. Police said the shooting took place around 6 a.m. Sunday in an apartment at Crawford Village, just off Brownlee Street. The woman was shot in the abdomen, according to police, and was taken...

A man is in stable condition after being slashed on the jaw and back with a knife during a fight in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police were called to the 2600 block of California Avenue around 12:45 a.m. Police said several individuals who’d begun...

The former Bantam Jeep factory administration building in Butler’s Lyndora neighborhood was gutted by fire early Sunday morning. Fire crews were called to the former factory, on Bantam Avenue behind Pullman Square, at 1:41 a.m., according to a Butler County 911 supervisor. The fire was so intense it required the...

Crews tearing down a fire-damaged building in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood Sunday afternoon found a man’s body inside. The fire started just after midnight Saturday in the building in the 700 block of Hillsboro Street. Fire crews arrived to find flames coming from the second floor. The building is a commercial...

The eastbound lanes of Route 30 have reopened in Jeannette following a multi-car crash Saturday morning. Westmoreland County 911 officials said the crash was reported at 10:55 a.m. along Route 30 near the DeLallo’s Italian market. One female patient was tranported by ambulance to Westmoreland Hospital, according to Mutual Aid...

Dutch health technology giant Philips Respironics has notified state officials it plans to lay off nearly 200 people at three Westmoreland County locations beginning in early 2026. Philips issued a WARN notice to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, part of a move the company initially announced in June...

Church pumpkin patch Monroeville United Methodist Church will have pumpkins available through Oct. 31 at its pumpkin patch, 219 Center Road in Monroeville. The pumpkin patch is open from 11 a.m to 7 p.m. daily. For more, call the church at 412-372-7474. Fall Swing Bingo Monroeville Baseball & Softball Association...

Costumes and candy are about to collide with high school football playoffs Friday, and some communities either playing host or traveling to games have tweaked traditional holiday schedules in response. Halloween last fell on a Friday in 2014, and it won’t do so again until 2031. In Harrison, township officials...

What’s the first rule when choreographing a sword battle between high-school freshmen? “No improvising,” said Shelby Hostetler, English teacher and co-director for the Franklin Regional Thespian Club. Hostetler is choreographing not one but multiple battles as the club prepares to stage a production of “The Lion, the Witch and the...

The Rev. Bill Carter remembers the story his mother told him about attending a Louis Armstrong concert in Venango County as a teenager in the early 1950s. It was an all-white audience gathered to hear a racially mixed band. “As a Black man, Armstrong could not get a hotel room...

Murrysville council opted to reject a request to rezone property at the corner of Wilson and Manor roads, part of a group of properties slated for a corporate campus for medical business Dedicated Nursing Associates along with other commercial, retail and residential aspects. The first phase of the development is...

Murrysville doesn’t have a big problem with vacant, blighted properties. But when one does make its way onto the municipality’s radar, they’d like to be able to address it sooner than later. Chief Administrator Michael Nestico provided council with a proposal for a new ordinance that would create a registry...

Delmont had to rely on write-in votes to garner enough candidates for council in the Nov. 4 election, and five candidates will compete for four open seats in the borough. Write-in votes propelled Delmont couple and former council members Julie and Bob Walczer both onto the ballot. Incumbent Republican Pamela...