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An experiment to turn discipline into a learning opportunity is having some early success in the Highlands School District, according to administrators. Samantha Perlik, principal of Highlands Early Childhood Center and former elementary school principal, and middle school Principal Kimberly Price gave a presentation to the school board Monday on...

Armstrong Trails was among a handful of winners from 170 applicants nationally for a Rails-to-Trails Conservancy grant of $35,000. The grant will go toward the reconstruction of the southern sluice on the Brady Tunnel in Clarion County. Work in the tunnel needs to be completed to link a disjointed 4.5-mile...

The tenure of the mayor’s cousin serving as Latrobe city manager didn’t last beyond the honeymoon. City council this week officially accepted the resignation of John Antinori, who served less than three months after the board unanimously hired him in November. On Monday, council again voted unanimously — this time...

Beer and wine could be coming soon to the Sheetz on Harvey Avenue in Greensburg. City council Monday unanimously approved a liquor license transfer from Hempfield, completing the first step in the process. Sheetz now has to seek approval from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, which usually takes several months,...

Irwin Borough hired a part-time code enforcement officer. Joseph Volpe of Penn Hills was hired by borough council last week to work 20 hours a week, at a rate of $15 an hour, said council President Rick Burdelski. Volpe will be responsible for enforcing the borough’s Quality of Life ordinance...

Children with an interest in singing, dancing and acting can get a taste of theatrical life when the Alabaster Performing Arts group hosts a one-day “Moana” workshop Feb. 22 in Murrysville. “The workshop gives kids an experience and a quick one-day lesson on performing,” Duquesne University music school alum and...

While fears over the coronavirus contributed to another drop in the national average price of gasoline, prices in the Pittsburgh area remained unchanged, according to the price-tracking service GasBuddy. Coronavirus fears have put a choke-hold on oil prices, leading to the fourth straight weekly decline in the national average, said...

At least two people were injured Monday in a crash involving multiple vehicles on Route 28 near the Highland Park Bridge, officials said. The crash prompted officials to shut down the southbound lanes of Route 28 between Aspinwall and Fox Chapel, snarling traffic from Etna through Blawnox for more than...

More than 300 West Penn Power customers were left in the dark Monday morning after a dump truck took out multiple utility poles in Harmar, officials said. West Penn Power spokesman Todd Meyers said the incident happened shortly after 6:20 a.m. in the 1200 block of Russellton Road. Meyers said...

The scene is indelibly etched into the minds of Pittsburghers. In the aftermath of the Oct. 27, 2018, attack on the Tree of Life synagogue, people left a steady stream of items anonymously at a makeshift memorial along the sidewalk at Wilkins and Shady in Squirrel Hill. The immediate and...

Lawyers in a class action suit trying to force the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh to open its clergy abuse archives expanded their campaign to include the Greensburg, Harrisburg and Altoona-Johnstown dioceses as well as the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The move comes one month after Allegheny County Common Pleas Court Judge...

A new special response team made up of officers from several police departments in the Alle-Kiski Valley is up and running and has been deployed twice this year. The team’s first dispatch was a high-risk search warrant in New Kensington in early January, said Thomas Seefeld, chief of the Murrysville...

In the absence of gubernatorial action, Pennsylvania Secretary of Corrections John Wetzel on Monday signed a notice of execution for an Allegheny County man convicted of capital murder in the Jan. 2012 slaying of his estranged girlfriend, Karissa Kunco. Jordan Alexander Clemons, 31, formerly of Mt. Washington, was convicted of...

An Allegheny County man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for running a fentanyl trafficking organization two years ago, prosecutors said. Cameron Basking, 28, who had addresses in Wilkinsburg and Pittsburgh, was convicted of multiple federal drug and firearm offenses after a weeklong jury trial, U.S. Attorney Scott...

A man was hospitalized after being shot Monday afternoon in Wilkinsburg, police said. Allegheny County Police said the 18-year-old was conscious and alert when found at Ross Avenue and Coal Street around 3:30 p.m. The victim was taken to an area hospital. No further information about the victim or possible...

The Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation is accepting applications for its annual scholarship program. Students of Hispanic ancestry living in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Westmoreland or Washington county can apply through the chamber website or or via e-mail at scholarships@pmahcc.org. The application deadline is April 30....

A Youngwood man will await trial in jail on a charge he provided a fatal dose of fentanyl-laced heroin used by a woman whose body was found in a Greensburg apartment last summer. In court Monday, Westmoreland County prosecutors said that, while on bail and house arrest in January, Matthew...

The county spent nearly $24,000 to combat Legionella bacteria since late January, after it was discovered in the water system of Westmoreland Manor. Officials said Monday a private company was hired to flush the water systems at the county-owned nursing home in Hempfield with chlorine, while additional expenses included the...

Home sales in the Greater Pittsburgh market rose in 2019 and set a record for average sale price, West Penn Multi-List Inc. said in its year-end report. “It is a great time for people that have ever considered selling to get on the market because there is a lot of...

Primanti Bros. and East End Brewing are pairing for another beer just in time for Valentine’s Day. The new brew, “Almost in Love,” is to be released Tuesday morning at the Primanti Bros. restaurant in Market Square. Diners will be able to crack open cans of the chocolate-cherry stout flavored...

A 15-year-boy died after accidentally shooting himself at a Harrison residence in November, according to a ruling issued Monday by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Machi Douthett was pronounced dead at 8:50 p.m. Nov. 10 at a house on Spruce Street, the medical examiner’s office said. An obituary for...

The Allegheny County Health Department and U.S. Steel have finalized the terms of a June 2019 settlement agreement that required improvements at the Clairton Coke Works and created a Community Benefit Trust, the health department announced Monday. The final agreement includes naming Pittsburgh-based Smithfield Trust Company as the administrator of...