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Allegheny Technologies Inc. and the United Steelworkers continue to levy accusations at each other as they remain unable to agree on the key issue of health benefits and a strike drags on. Negotiators for ATI and the USW met Wednesday with the help of a federal mediator. No further talks...

Here is the Freeport Area Class of 2021: Colton Patrick Abbott, John E.J. Abellana, John Jamie Lee Albaugh, Jerin Marie Anderson, Autumn Paige Anthony, Eli James Asay, Alec Michael Asti, Robert Allen Bair, Shivani V. Bandaru, Levi Eric Bargerstock, Logan Michael Bargerstock, Madison Michelle Beer, Brandon Michael Bennett, Elizabeth Ann...

A Pittsburgh animal control officer dragged a dog through a parking garage on a control pole so violently that one witness said it looked like he was “mopping the floor” with the dog, according to charges filed Thursday. James Genco III, 46, is charged with one felony count of aggravated...

A Uniontown man was convicted of first-degree murder on Thursday for a 2017 fatal shooting in a Hill District housing community. Tevin Patterson, 27, will be sentenced by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Edward J. Borkowski on Oct. 7. First-degree murder carries a mandatory life prison term in Pennsylvania. According...

The proposed redevelopment of part of the former Civic Arena site in Pittsburgh’s Lower Hill District cleared another hurdle Thursday, when the city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority approved a series of actions that will allow the first part of the project to move forward. But the URA board, which includes city...

The former chief operating officer for Butler Health System, and her husband, a former detective, are going to federal prison on charges that they embezzled more than $1.3 million from her employer over a period of six years. The money taken by Stephanie J. Roskovski, 51, and her husband, Scott...

A bevy of organizations and businesses made their initial pitch Thursday to college students in the Pittsburgh region to encourage them to stay here. The pitch was part of the kickoff the third year of the Pittsburgh Passport program, led by the Allegheny Conference on Community Development. The program provides...

A rainbow after a storm is a sign of hope. At Irwin’s Feathers Artist Market and Gifts, owner Tracy Alaia is hoping to spread some peace, love and joy through the second annual Project Rainbow art show and auction. People are invited to purchase a canvas for $2 at the...

Wreaths Across American to hold craft fair A craft and vendor show featuring handmade crafts for sale, homemade treats and an ice cream truck will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 26 at the J.Howard Snyder Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 781 at 100 Billot Ave., North...

Drivers in the Alle-Kiski Valley area have one less detour to deal with. Coxcomb Hill Road in Plum reopened Thursday afternoon, PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said. That is a day earlier than had been expected earlier in the week. Coxcomb Hill had been closed to traffic between Logans Ferry and...

Here are just some of the things happening in the Star’s coverage area in the coming weeks. To submit an event or a news brief, email pvarine@triblive.com. Delmont shifts council meetings back to borough building Delmont officials will move the monthly council meetings back to the borough building, after a...

Allegheny County’s only coal-fired power plant is set to permanently close in September. Houston-based GenOn Holdings LLC said Thursday it plans to close Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale by Sept. 15. The company said it also plans to close coal-fired power plants in Avon Lake, Ohio, and Newburg, Md. In...

A new school is set to move into the former St. Rosalia School and convent in Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood – the Yeshiva School’s boys’ campus. Yeshiva School leaders announced the purchase and move Thursday, noting that the renewed campus will be ready for the fall school year. The boys’ school...

Property owners in the Norwin School District will not pay more in taxes for the 2021-2022 fiscal year under a budget that maintains the same rate for the first time since 2011 without cutting programs, services or furloughing staff, the district said. The $80.5 million budget the school board unanimously...

Willa Cather wrote about this historic home in Edgeworth. The celebrated novelist used the elegant home — known as “Braeface,” Gaelic for “the brow of the hill” — as a setting for her 1925 story “Uncle Valentine.” She was a frequent guest there of the Slack family when she lived...

A day after Milton Raiford, who is embroiled in a public dispute with Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr., refused to represent his client in court, the defense attorney changed his mind. On Thursday, Raiford asked the court if he could return to Vanessa Williams’ case — telling...

Quaker Valley School Board voted unanimously to hire BSHM and Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects to design the new Quaker Valley High School on June 8 during a committee meeting. “This is a major step forward for this project, which has been decades in the making,” school board president Jonathan Kuzma...

Lady Warrior basketball camp slated The Lady Warrior Basketball Camp, which focuses on skills training for girls in second through sixth grades, will be held at Penn-Trafford High School in Harrison City from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. June 30 and from 9 a.m. to noon July 1 and 2. Registration...

Ross Township residents who live near the construction site of the new BJ’s Wholesale Club store need not worry about getting jarred out of bed by loud equipment earlier than do now. Developers of the store — a membership-only warehouse club chain similar to Sam’s Club and Costco — were...

Pennsylvania State Police reported a 17% drop in DUI arrests in 2020, a year that saw weeks of stay-at-home orders and months of business shutdowns. According to a report released Thursday, state troopers made 18,412 arrests for driving under the influence in 2020. That’s down from 22,139 in 2019. Those...

A 48-year-old East Liberty man who works as a benefits consultant will be announcing an independent run for Pittsburgh mayor Thursday evening. “Leadership is my product and I believe in it,” Marlin Woods said in an interview before his campaign kickoff, which is set for 6 p.m. at Highland Park...