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A Harrison man impaired by marijuana drove his car off Springhill Road and into a parking lot at the municipal building, crashing into a parked public works dump truck, according to township police. Harrison police charged Daniel J. Abbott, 30, with driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled...

Another road in Plum will be closed because of work on a new bridge over the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Unity Trestle Road will be closed between Universal Road and Old Leechburg Road/Millers Lane from Oct. 19 until Nov. 15, Jeff Ronosky, a project manager with Mosites Construction, said Wednesday. Work will...

Level Green and Sunrise elementary schools in the Penn-Trafford School District are closed as the number of district students and staff who have tested positive for the coronavirus increased on Wednesday. Superintendent Matt Harris notified parents and staff on Wednesday that five additional coronavirus cases had been reported at Penn-Trafford....

A Baldwin High School special education teacher is competing to become the statewide champion for Best Buddies by promising a student a chance to shave his long beard. Eric Jankoski, 38, of Scott, helped launch a chapter of Best Buddies – a global organization that focuses on inclusion for people...

A teen who was reported missing last week in Indiana County has been found safe the state police reported Tuesday. The State Police Indiana Station thanked the public for its help....

Longtime WDVE disc jockey Sean McDowell has no doubts about guitar virtuoso Eddie Van Halen’s place in rock history. “I’ve always had him at number five on my list of the greatest rock guitarists ever,” said McDowell. “I’ve always had him there, at least since 1978, along with (Jimi) Hendrix,...

Church service • New Hope Presbyterian Church, North Huntingdon, will offer Blessings of the Pets from noon-2 p.m. Oct. 11 in the church pavilion, 12727 Lincoln Way. Donations of food and toys for animals will be accepted to benefit Pet Friends Inc. of Irwin. Fundraisers • Manor Lions will host...

A man killed Tuesday in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln Lemington section has been identified. Naekwon Nieem Wright, 24, of Pittsburgh, died after suffering gunshot wounds just before midnight Tuesday, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Police responded at about 11:40 p.m. to the 6400 block of Clifford Street after a...

The Valley News Dispatch is compiling a list of autumn events and Halloween parades, parties and trick-or-treat nights. Send information to cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Fall for Animals Festival planned Saturday and Sunday The sixth annual Fall for Animals Festival to benefit local animal shelters and rescues will be from 11 a.m. to...

The Sweetwater Center for the Arts is taking its annual festival that showcases Black art and culture online and outside. The center’s 24th annual MAVUNO Festival of African American Arts and Culture, which runs from Oct. 10 to Nov. 7, will offer a self-guided walking tour of African Americans’ role...

A man shot in the head in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill on Saturday morning has died. Francisco Sanchez, 31, died Tuesday afternoon at Allegheny General Hospital , according to an Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s report. Sanchez was shot along the 1400 block of Tinsbury Street in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill neighborhood shortly...

Export officials gave their forestry consultant the go-ahead Tuesday night to have herbicide applied to the understory of borough property off Borland Farm Road as they begin a timber management program. “We got good feedback from lumber companies, and we’re ready to move forward,” forestry consultant Dave O’Barto told council....

If an earthquake happens and nobody feels it, did it really occur? Not if it turns out to be a mine collapse. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 2.9-magnitude tremor early Tuesday, centered in an area east of Gray Station Road in Derry Township, was actually the collapse of...

Penn Hills School District received a $650,000 state grant to help pay for security. District business manager Eileen Navish said the grant, which came through the state Department of Community & Economic Development, was part of $3.3 million in state funds accounted for last year in lieu of a tax...

Tarentum officials are set to consider a proposed comprehensive plan that will be used to guide the future of the borough along with neighbors Brackenridge and Harrison. The borough’s planning commission will discuss the draft of the multi-municipal comprehensive plan when it meets at 6 p.m. Nov. 17 at the...

With anything flavored with pumpkin popular in autumn, a local dairy is now offering pumpkin pie flavored milk. Whitehall-based Schneider’s Dairy is selling the flavored milk for a limited time as similar milk products gain in popularity. Sales of flavored whole milk jumped 36% from 2015 to the end of...

Two women told jurors Tuesday that a former part-time Mt. Pleasant police officer overpowered them when he attempted to have sex with them in separate incidents in 2014 and 2015. John Brown, 47, of Mt. Lebanon is accused of sexually assaulting four women in three counties over two years. “This...

The saga of Lawrenceville’s Ewalt House will come to an end Wednesday, when the 186-year-old structure is set to be demolished after a failed effort to designate it as a landmark over owners’ objections. “Tomorrow when it’s on the ground and not a moment before that, I will probably breathe...

Pennsylvania’s easing of restrictions on large gatherings provides some breathing room to event organizers during the pandemic — but don’t expect to see the likes of concerts, Broadway shows, parades and other crowd-drawing entertainment to resume in force anytime soon. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, one of the region’s largest nonprofit...

Westbound motorists looking to leave Interstate 70 at the Yukon exit will have to jump off earlier, at the neighboring Madison exit, when reconstruction of the Yukon off-ramp begins Monday . The ramp in South Huntingdon is slated to close at 12:01 a.m. and is expected to remain closed through...

A Wilkinsburg woman well known for her writing about race, gender, parenting and culture is now receiving national recognition for her fiction. Deesha Philyaw is among five finalists in the fiction category of the National Book Awards for her story collection “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies,” her first book...

A politically embattled coronavirus relief bill would expand food stamp benefits, which officials at Western Pennsylvania food banks say is vital to support those affected by the economic crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. “When we look at the (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and how much it helps people...