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Monroeville District Judge Jeffrey Herbst handled these cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted. Waived preliminary hearings • Monica McCann, 64, of Trafford on charges of driving under the influence and careless...

Literacy will be celebrated at “Hampton Reads,” coming to the Hampton Community Center on March 5, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. All of Hampton’s school district libraries are joining with the Hampton Community Library to offer the all-inclusive, free event geared for children from kindergarten to 12th grade, according to...

Late in the fourth quarter of Monday’s WPIAL Class 5A first-round game, seventh-seeded Shaler Area’s 14-point halftime lead was gone, erased by upset-minded, 10th-seeded Gateway. With the score tied at 42, and the Titans reeling, senior Mekhi Reynolds saw an opening to the basket and wasn’t going to miss. Reynolds’...

Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A First round Tuesday’s schedule Hempfield (12-10) vs. Peters Township (13-9) at Mt. Lebanon, 8 p.m. Pine-Richland (14-8) vs. Connellsville (8-14) at Fox Chapel, 8 p.m. Central Catholic (12-10) vs. Penn-Trafford (14-8) at Norwin, 8 p.m. Bethel Park (13-8) vs. North Allegheny (11-11) at North...

Thanks to a first-round victory Monday night, Laurel Highlands will find itself in an intriguing WPIAL boys basketball quarterfinals matchup on Friday. Tim Smith scored 20 points, including six 3-pointers, as eighth-seeded Laurel Highlands got off to a quick start and held off ninth-seeded Hampton, 52-46, in Class 5A. Laurel...

After three hotly-contested quarters, Freeport was looking for players to come up big in the fourth quarter. And seniors Sidney Shemanski and Madeline Clark did as the No. 7-seeded Yellowjackets held off No. 10 Belle Vernon, 44-38, in an WPIAL Class 4A first-round game at North Hills Middle School. Leading...

Ask and ye shall receive. It’s a nice thought, but it doesn’t always work out. Sometimes, though, it does, like it did with Sto-Rox School District last week. On Friday, guidance counselor Katie Couch looked at the total lack of copy paper in the district and the months left in...

If you want a stock market bet that’s 74% likely to lose money, try investing in high-flying stock that sells for 100 times revenue or more. I call such investments “near insanity,” because in the vast majority of cases, these stocks crash back to earth. How dizzying is 100 times...

NEW YORK — Rudy Giuliani may not be out of the woods yet. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are considering more charges against criminally indicted associates of the former New York mayor in connection with a company that gave him a lucrative business deal, according to a report Monday. The charges...

Pittsburgh’s police union on Monday voted against accepting a minor pay bump offer from Mayor Bill Peduto’s administration, sending the contract dispute to an arbitration panel, officials said. Of 655 officers who voted, ranging from fledgling officers to lieutenants to recent retirees, 55% chose to reject Peduto’s offer in favor...

Coming into the 2019-20 season, Penn-Trafford first-year wrestling coach AJ Brentzel knew it might be a tough winter as he tried to rebuild the program’s winning culture. He knew it would take more than one season. The Warriors are 2-4 and did not qualify for the playoffs in Section 1-AAA,...

Allegheny County police are investigating after they said a man was found shot dead in his Baldwin home. Officials said they were called shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday to the 3300 block of Vernon Avenue, where they found the 28-year-old man identified as Jeremy Dentel, according to the Allegheny County...

Criticism of President Obama isn’t racist, just well-deserved. His signature accomplishment was a cleverly named tax that didn’t save Americans $2,500 a year as promised and didn’t allow everyone to keep their health care providers or even always retain preferred doctors. Worse yet, rather than maximize a historic chance to...

President Trump’s critics consider him to be crude, self-centered, pathologically dishonest and childishly vindictive. Of course he is, but for some reason nearly half of the country doesn’t care. And I don’t believe there is any way to make those folks care. So how do we make Trump a one-term...

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When John Kreider makes a decision, he has one thing in mind: “Whatever is good for kids.” Krieder, 52, who took the reins Feb. 3 as Carlynton’s new superintendent, said he always keeps students at the forefront. “You have to. Because why are we here? We’re here for the kids,”...

Plans are being made for two new shale gas well pads at the Arconic property in Upper Burrell and two natural gas pipelines that would cross through the township. The township supervisors have accepted a recommendation from the planning commission on a pre-application meeting with Brian Dillemuth of Olympia Energy....

The Leechburg Area School Board on Tuesday will present its plan for the Veterans Memorial Stadium renovations to Leechburg Council. Council members Chuck Pascal, Ruth Bender and Lorrie Bazella attended Wednesday’s school board meeting seeking information on the project. The borough owns the property where the field and adjoining practice...

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100 years ago Truck seized by U.S. carrying liquor An automobile truck with $2,000 of whisky and wine headed from New York City to Vandergrift was seized by federal authorities when the vehicle stalled near Greensburg. The incident occurred weeks after the nationwide prohibition of liquor was underway. 75 years...

Back-to-back mild winters have caused a backlog of road salt for some communities, forcing them to scramble to find space to store incoming shipments for next year. A number of communities have not used as much road salt as they thought they would, said Tom Benecki, executive director of the...