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A Penn Township employment agency is giving job seekers the chance to drop off their resumes Thursday without ever leaving their car, thus maintaining safe social distancing while enhancing their chances for a new job. The drive-through job fair at Express Employment Professionals will give those who are laid off...

Sixty-one Catholic parishes in Allegheny and Washington counties will merge into one of 15 newly created parishes, Bishop David Zubik said Wednesday. The mergers — which don’t yet call for any church building closures — advance a years-long restructuring effort by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh to make the...

Andrew Capets’ initial interest in World War I was finding out more about his grandfather’s unit, the 313th Machine Gun Battalion. That research led the North Huntingdon resident and amateur historian to write “Good War, Great Men,” which focused on his grandfather’s battalion and its exploits, including fighting in the...

The Friends of Dormont Pool organization is donating $25,000 to the borough in the hope the money can be used to open the community’s popular swimming pool this summer, which would mark its 100th anniversary. It remained unclear this week whether the financial contribution would prompt borough officials to reconsider...

Allegheny County officials are not yet aware of any cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in the county, a severe condition that has been spotted in areas that have been hot spots of the coronavirus. “Which is a great relief, but we are watching this closely,” Allegheny County Health Department Director...

Mt. Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department has canceled its week-long June street fair out of concern about holding large gatherings during the covid-19 pandemic. It’s just the second time the annual tradition has been sidelined. The first time was in 1972, with the arrival of Hurricane Agnes. “It was a big...

Property owners in Kiski Area School District could owe slightly more in property taxes next school year. In the preliminary budget the board discussed last week, Westmoreland County residents would see an increase of 1.46 mills to 92.06 mills. At that rate, the owner of a property assessed at $16,492...

Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday released new guidelines for outdoor dining during the yellow phase, as well as general guidelines for the green phase as counties gradually reopen. Restaurants and retail food services in yellow counties, including Allegheny andWestmoreland, can begin outdoor dining services June 5, with some restrictions. Indoor...

Nearly half of the 475 Westmoreland County government employees furloughed in early April will be recalled to work by mid-June, officials said while making plans to increase courthouse office staff while meeting social distancing guidelines. “We hope everybody is back sometime in June,” Commissioner Sean Kertes said Wednesday. Furloughs came...

Cheswick Council passed a resolution Wednesday to hold its public meetings in person at the spacious Cheswick Volunteer Fire Co. hall. Council met at the fire hall Wednesday night, with borough officials and two members of the public attending. The vote retroactively authorized that meeting and future ones to be...

Pittsburgh is seeking to recover more than $250,000 it mistakenly provided police officers for 2019 uniform costs, but a union official on Wednesday said the city should first reimburse officers “millions” it has overcharged since 2017 in co-pays for medical benefits. On Tuesday, the city reported its Human Resources Department...

Editor’s note: The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office withdrew the charges Aug. 19. West Deer police have charged a Kiski man with inappropriately touching a young girl several years ago. Police said Scott Goedicke, 46, touched the girl when she was 5 or 6 years old. The girl, now 12,...

Pittsburgh is finally filling the sinkhole that swallowed a bus and nearly ate a vehicle last year. Contractors for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority were on the job Wednesday working on the hole that has closed 10th Street, Downtown, between Penn and Liberty avenues since October. The city and...

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will again grant an extension for the expiration of driver’s licenses, identification cards and learner’s permits because of the continuing covid-19 restrictions. Driver’s licenses, photo ID cards and learner’s permits set to expire on March 16 or after have been extended until June 30. Gov....

A federal judge Wednesday signed an order green-lighting Mt. Pleasant native Robert Levin’s plan to begin reviving the century-old family furniture chain he sold three years ago. Judge Christopher Sontchi’s order filed in U.S. District Bankruptcy Court in Delaware approved Levin’s $25.7 million bid to buy back the Levin brand...

A Leechburg man was found not guilty of aggravated assault on Wednesday after he was accused of shooting his girlfriend in the face during a drunken attempt to play Russian roulette. Roy Edward Berry Jr., 50, was convicted in a nonjury trial before Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court Judge Meagan...

The northern goshawk is an agile, secretive type of hawk with a long tail, gray and white body and intense orange to red eyes. With its population declining, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is asking anyone who catches the rare glimpse of these large raptors or knows where they nest to...

A thousand motorists left the Westmoreland Fairgrounds on Wednesday each with more than 20 pounds of fresh produce and a box of dairy products. It was the first of planned twice-monthly distributions of perishable food bought by the federal government. Joy Bryson of Irwin, who hasn’t worked at her job...

A Duquesne University administrator has been named to Pennsylvania’s Judicial Conduct Board. A spokesman for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said the court has appointed the Rev. James P. McCloskey to a four-year term on the 12-member board. McCloskey is a senior adviserto Duquesne University President Ken Gormley. The Judicial Conduct...

Pizzeria Davide plans a June opening in Robinson Town Centre. It’s the sister restaurant to the Strip District-based DiAnoia’s Eatery. A third location is expected in Carnegie this fall, according to a news release. The Robinson Town Centre pizzeria will offer take-out only, in accordance with Pennsylvania’s covid-19 guidelines. Order...

A motorcyclist died Wednesday when his vehicle collided with a car along Route 380, about one-quarter mile west of the Route 366 intersection in northern Murrysville, police said. The Westmoreland County coroner’s office identified the motorcyclist as Gregg A. Leipertz Jr., 24, of Lower Burrell. Leipertz was pronounced dead at...

New Kensington-Arnold School Board approved a $37.9 million proposed budget Tuesday that includes a 3-mill increase in property taxes. The board went back and forth before the vote on whether to propose an increase of 2 or 3 mills, but opted for the higher increase to provide the cash-strapped district...

At least seven lawsuits have been filed against Giant Eagle claiming the grocery store chain’s mask policy during the coronavirus pandemic is discriminatory toward disabled shoppers who cannot wear them. The customers filed the lawsuits in federal court under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In a statement Wednesday, Giant Eagle...

Build it and they will come. Fortunately for patrons using Webb’s World of Fitness in Penn Hills, the gym is already built. All its owners had to do was open its doors. Earlier in May, that’s what owners Linda and Monty Webb did. And their members, and more, came. “I’m...

Part of Prospect Road to close Prospect Road in Baldwin Borough will close from Streets Run Road to about 400 feet north of Streets Run Road beginning 7 a.m. June 8. The closure, which is expected to last about one week, will occur between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. on...