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Western Pennsylvania’s LGBTQ community praised Monday’s Supreme Court decision to protect gay and transgender worker rights. “We are beyond proud to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court ruling protecting LGBTQ people from workplace discrimination in America. It is long overdue, and it is the result of years of activism and sacrifice...

An 80-year-old Somerset County man is being held without bond for allegedly shooting and killing his grandson who was attempting to break up a domestic argument between his grandparents late Sunday. Ray Edward Supanick of Jenner Township was arraigned on charges of criminal homicide, aggravated assault, harassment, possessing instruments of...

Authorities are asking for the public’s help identifying a man suspected of striking a police horse during a protest in Pittsburgh. The Damage Assessment and Accountability Taskforce said they believe the man struck and pushed a horse from the Pittsburgh Police Mounted Unit during a demonstration that took place Downtown...

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto on Monday promoted Sarah Kinter to director of the Permits, Licenses and Inspections Department. Kinter, 32, of Pittsburgh’s Stanton Heights neighborhood, had served as acting director since November following the resignation of Maura Kennedy, who left to take a job with Amazon in Washington, D.C. The...

The district office of state Rep. Mike Turzai, who formally resigned Monday from the House of Representatives, will remain open until a successor is elected in November, according to a top-ranking member of the legislature. Turzai, who served as Speaker of the House, creates a vacancy in the 28th House...

Community events scheduled for summer have been canceled by South Fayette Township. The fireworks scheduled for July 4, Touch-a-Truck scheduled for July 26 and Community Day scheduled for Aug. 22 have all been canceled. According to the municipality’s website, the events were axed because of state requirements, including the 250-person...

Beginning July 12, the Depreciation Lands Museum in Allison Park will once again offer visitors a chance to experience life during the Colonial era. The museum at 4743 South Pioneer Road in Hampton will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. every Sunday through October, with several fall events already...

A 26-year-old Youngwood man who led state troopers on an 11-mile chase at speeds over 100 mph was arrested Sunday after his motorcycle broke down. William D. Rettinger was riding his motorcycle into oncoming traffic when he passed the intersection of Pine Drive and South Center Avenue in Hempfield at...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Monday reported two new covid-19 cases and no additional deaths in Westmoreland County. The countywide case total is now 492 with 38 deaths, according to the department County Coroner Kenneth Bacha reported 32 coronavirus deaths, less than the state’s number, but Bacha’s office has...

A 40-year-old woman who state police said was left for dead along Jacobs Creek survived a violent attack at the hands of a Mt. Pleasant man, according to court papers. Charles Paul Etling, 39, told investigators he dragged the woman off the side of White Bridge Road near the creek...

Richland Township officials have decided to cancel the annual Community Day celebration planned for Aug. 8 due to the coronavirus pandemic. “This difficult decision was made in an effort to maintain the safety of our residents, vendors and visitors,” township officials wrote in a notice posted on the municipality’s website....

Curb and sidewalk repairs in Etna were scheduled to begin today and last for several months. Work will target Butler Street where traffic will be limited to single lanes at the Freeport Street and High Street intersections. This week, the project bill begin near Elm Street. Crews from Costa Contracting...

The following programs are hosted virtually by Cooper-Siegel and Sharpsburg Community libraries. For a Zoom link or other information, call 412-828-9520 or 412-781-0783 or visit coopersiegelcommunitylibrary.org. • Let’s Talk Photos and Memories, 7 to 8 p.m. June 16. Have a few photos on hand to share on camera and chat...

To reduce impact on local traffic, contractors working along a stretch of Brandt School Road in Franklin Park will begin around-the-clock shifts starting Monday night, according to the Allegheny County Department of Public Works. Work between Corporate Drive and Wexford Bayne Road already is being done between 6 a.m. to...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is asking for the public’s help to identify a man who agents said spray-painted several buildings in Pittsburgh during a May 31 protest. Investigators in Pittsburgh released images of the man Monday. He is suspected of spray-painting “Free Us” and “BLM” on the federal courthouse...

The Summer Rams, a team consisting of players from the Highlands High School baseball team, earned a top-five finish at the seventh annual Atlantic Coast Baseball Open this past weekend at Wild Things Park in Washington. “We hadn’t practiced much,” coach Jeff Campbell said. “We had gotten on the field...

Allegheny County health officials reported seven new covid-19 cases, no new hospitalizations and no new deaths on Monday. The county’s coronavirus total now stands at 2,086, which includes 1,953 confirmed cases and 133 probable cases. Health care workers account for 14% of the county’s total cases. The total number of...

Allegheny County Parks will host a series of science exploration programs for kids 10 and older in North Park. The organization also is offering summer yoga classes and ongoing, individualized bike-riding instruction. The Outside the Box Labs include: • Rockets and Gravity, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday. Participants will design, build...

The Monroeville Foundation plans on hosting a virtual run to replace the annual 5K fundraiser typically held at the municipality’s Community Park. The July 25 fundraising event, CommUNITY Days, was canceled because of the covid-19 pandemic. But “this is the time to get creative and think outside the box,” said...

Plans to level an old Eat’n Park to make room for a new one in Hampton are moving forward. Council held a public hearing June 10 to discuss the company’s conditional use application for the proposed restaurant at 5143 Route 8. It went pretty quick with no council members or...

A man was cut on his neck during a robbery in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood early Monday, according to Pittsburgh police. Police responded to the robbery in the 500 block of North Highland Avenue around 5:50 a.m. A man told officers he had been assaulted and robbed by an unknown...

Gasoline prices in the Pittsburgh area and across the nation continue to rise as demand has risen to its highest level in three months, according to the price-tracking service GasBuddy. The national average has now risen for seven straight weeks, said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy....

Hotels in Westmoreland County are expected to stray from national numbers depicting a ravaged travel industry following the coronavirus pandemic, making way for close to a full recovery and leaving room for future growth, local leaders said. Nationally, occupancy rates could plummet by 28% this year, a drop that is...