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Volunteers at a Plum fire department hope a fall fish fry will help recoup some funds lost due to the covid-19 pandemic. A new kitchen was revealed in February at Holiday Park fire hall along Old Abers Creek Road. Volunteers said the remodeling was done primarily to double the hall’s...

Two male victims are in stable condition after being shot on Mt. Washington on Friday night, according to Pittsburgh police. Responding just after 8 p.m. to a report of possible gunshot victims, officers found the pair inside a vehicle in the 300 block of Birmingham Avenue in Carrick. Police said...

Eighteen volunteer fire and ambulance companies in the Alle-Kiski Valley and western Westmoreland County will share in $386,000 in newly announced state grants. State Rep. Rob Brooks, R-Murrysville, said the grants are being doled out from the Fire Company and Emergency Medical Service Grant Program. “These volunteers put themselves in...

A Braddock man accused of fatally shooting a Monroeville Mall worker outside the retail hub was taken into custody Friday. Lawrence Murphy, 20, turned himself in to Allegheny County Police, according to Monroeville Police Chief Doug Cole. An Allegheny County Police spokesman said that occurred around 5 p.m. Murphy is...

A tractor-trailer truck knocked down a utility pole in Oklahoma Borough along Route 66 near Naser Foods on Friday night, knocking out power for a short time. Westmoreland County dispatchers said no injuries were reported in connection with the crash around 8:15 p.m. The road closed from Sheridan Road to...

Some covid-19 mitigation strategies at the University of Pittsburgh will loosen Monday, as the Pittsburgh campus moves into a “guarded” risk posture. Up to this point, Pitt has been in “elevated” risk posture, which calls for most classes to be held remotely, limits gatherings to 25 people and other restrictions....

An educator who works with children at two South Butler public schools has tested positive for covid-19, the district reports. The district learned of the employee’s test results late Thursday afternoon, according to Superintendent David Foley. The person now isolating at home rotates between South Butler Primary School and South...

Two Republican congressional candidates in Western Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit in federal court Friday seeking permission to post poll watchers at seven satellite election offices that were approved last month in Allegheny County. The complaint contends that poll watchers in the satellite offices are necessary to preserve the integrity of...

Latrobe’s municipal building was closed to the public for part of the day on Thursday following a worker’s possible exposure to the coronavirus. City Manager Michael Gray said a company arrived Thursday evening to disinfect the building, which reopened for normal business on Friday. Latrobe-GLSD Parks and Recreation Commission, which...

The Deer Lakes School Board could not ignore the message brought by district parents Tuesday night: Open the schools five days a week. “You need to quit holding these kids hostage,” parent Traci Stotler told the board during a virtual meeting. “They want to be in the classroom with their...

The state Department of Labor & Industry reported Friday that Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.1% in September, down 2.3 percentage points from August. The current figure is nearly double the unemployment rate of September 2019, which was 4.6%. Still, Chris Briem, a regional economist at the University of Pittsburgh...

A Washington County man caught selling fentanyl to a police informant will spend 10 years behind bars, federal prosecutors said Friday. Romone Barnes, 34, of the city of Washington pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing large quantities of fentanyl in Western Pennsylvania during summer 2017, U.S. Attorney Scott Brady said....

• Collinsburg: Collinsburg Volunteer Fire Company will host a free party for children 12 and younger from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at the firehall, 514 Hickory Drive. Children must be accompanied by an adult. There will be a costume contest, food, drinks and prizes. • Export: The borough...

Conditions were on the breezy side for launching model rockets Thursday at Youngstown’s ball field, but area high school students enrolled in the Young Engineers program had the right stuff. “The wind was a little bit challenging, but out of 28 launches, we only lost three rockets,” said Kennametal staffer...

A Burrell High School student has tested positive for covid-19 and some students in the district have been asked to quarantine, said Shannon Wagner, superintendent for Burrell School District. Wagner sent a letter to parents Friday, saying, “We are following the Health Department recommendations and have notified families that need...

A longtime administrator at California University of Pennsylvania will serve as interim president upon the retirement of current President Geraldine Jones. The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governors appointed Robert Thorn, vice president for administration and finance, to serve as head of the school effective Jan. 29,...

Westmoreland County has made some strides in introducing programs aimed at helping those with a drug addiction. Drug treatment court started in 2014. The Westmoreland County Drug Overdose Task Force has enacted a Recovery Friendly Workplace program. Scores of naloxone doses have been handed out by the task force and...

Norwin school officials said that the district still is planning to resume the five-day in-person instruction on Nov. 4, even though the number of covid-19 cases are rising in the North Huntingdon-Irwin area and Westmoreland County. School Superintendent Jeff Taylor said in an email statement this week that the district...

The same ideas that propelled companies like the Westinghouse Air Brake Company to flourish during the Gilded Age are being used more than a century later by the company’s successor, Wabtec Corp., in its latest venture near Pittsburgh International Airport. In the 1880s, Westinghouse pioneered the railway airbrake and its...

The Paiano family of Murrysville knows a bit about firefighting. Before spending 28 of his 35 firefighting years as president at Sardis Volunteer Fire Company No. 1, Joseph Paiano Sr. learned about the long hours and sacrifice of the job through his father. When Paiano is at the station these...

The Women’s Board of Pittsburgh will remotely host its largest annual fundraiser while upping the ante and announcing two beneficiaries of the January event. “While our fundraising efforts will depart from brick-and-mortar events of the past, we are discovering creative and exciting ways to involve guests in this year’s special...

For about a decade, animal enthusiasts have gathered the first Sunday of the month at Tractor Supply in Delmont for the chicken swap. The agriculture chain has held the swaps at locations across the country for years. But when the coronavirus pandemic hit, they slowly began dwindling. “Since covid hit,...

Westmoreland County on Friday reported 109 new cases of covid-19 after the previous day’s record high of 148. The county’s 7-day average is at a high of 90 cases. The 7-day total of 630 cases is also a record since the coronavirus outbreak began in March. One new death was...