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Some Norwin School Board members ripped a budget proposal Monday that would cut nine teaching positions, scrap plans to fill five proposed ones and eliminate two administrative jobs in the 2023-24 school year to help balance the 2023-24 budget without raising property taxes. “We’re hurting the reason we are up...

The backlash brewing from a movement to boycott Bud Light because of its partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney has drastically cut sales of the top-selling brand at numerous Pittsburgh-area beer distributors. But the sharp dip since Mulvaney’s Instagram post April 1 to promote Bud Light’s March Madness contest does...

A former Plum High School baseball player is giving back to the program that gave so much to him. Nick Frazetta, a 2015 graduate, donated new cleats to each member of this year’s varsity team. He presented the cleats in person to the team in March, an experience that both...

The son of a Jeannette man accused in the execution-style slaying of a friend testified Tuesday that he watched his father point a gun at the man just seconds before the fatal shots were fired on a Jeannette street two years ago. Taqua Ali, 22, told jurors he spent the...

Homelessness is increasing in Allegheny County, according to Allegheny County Department of Human Services Director Erin Dalton. “We’ve seen increases in both sheltered and unsheltered homelessness,” Dalton said, explaining that people in transitional housing also count toward the number of sheltered homeless. In total, she said, there are about 900...

A 23-year-old Jeannette woman who pretended to be on the road to graduating from Penn State instead found herself behind bars Tuesday night for concocting what state police allege was a coverup of her disappearance. Chloe Stein claimed in a text to her boyfriend late Monday night that she had...

Plum’s latest Little Free Library comes courtesy of a former teacher with a simple mission: “I want to see people reading.” In other words, Janice Murphy would like to encourage folks to share her interest. “I just love to read,” she said. “If I don’t have a book going, I...

The federal judge presiding over the trial of the man accused of killing 11 people at a Squirrel Hill synagogue denied a motion by the defense requesting to stop the government from seeking the death penalty against their client. Defense attorneys for Robert Bowers, 50, of Baldwin, accused the U.S....

Kelly Ferraro was outside warming up her car on a snowy morning in December 2020 when she spotted her neighbor’s live-in boyfriend yelling on the steps outside of his Trafford home. She instantly knew something as wrong, she told a Westmoreland County jury Tuesday. “Her boyfriend was standing on the...

Seventy-degree days in February and 40-degree days in May. While the weather around these parts has been topsy-turvy of late, there’s one thing that home gardeners can depend on — plant sales will start popping up in May. “As cold as it’s been, people are ready to plant something warm...

Allegheny County Police said they are looking for a woman whose apartment was the scene of a homicide Monday. Police said Lindsey Jackson, 37, may own or rent the apartment in the 600 block of McKeesport’s Evans Avenue where a man was shot around 9 p.m. Police said they would...

Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday approved new appointments to the city’s planning and art commissions. Pedro Quintanilla, of Squirrel Hill, and Monica Ruiz, of Brookline, will serve on the Planning Commission. Ali R. Abdullah will sit on the Civic Design Committee of the Art Commission. Abdullah is the disability compliance...

Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers is offering a $5,000 reward for information about the death of a 14-year-old Fayette County teen nearly 50 years after he was fatally shot. John David Watson originally was reported as missing when he failed to return home after bicycling to purchase cigarettes for his mother around...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct that Friez’s resignation announcement was made May 1. The North Allegheny school superintendent announced May 1 that she is resigning to become school superintendent for the Mt. Lebanon School District. Dr. Melissa Friez announced in a districtwide email sent to North...

Aspinwall will commemorate Memorial Day 2023 with a service and parade on Monday, May 29. A flyover will take place at 11 a.m. followed by speeches on Luke & Mike’s Front Porch. There will be color guard and a 21 gun salute. William Jackovac, former commander of American Legion Post...

Greensburg plans to draw upon federal Community Development Block Grant funding to resurface three city streets during this year’s construction season. The city also is looking to tap liquid fuels dollars it receives through the state gasoline tax to update the pavement on several additional streets. City council next week...

A man arrested on charges that he broke into an auto repair shop was accused of burglarizing two nearby businesses on the same day after his DNA matched droplets of blood found at all three scenes, according to Harrison police. Mark Bauer, 61, of the 200 block of Summit Drive...

Giant Eagle is listening. That’s the message the O’Hara-based chain wants to make clear to customers. Whether it’s about the printed weekly circular (reappearing soon because of high demand) or price reductions on items (starting this week), Giant Eagle wants your feedback. It’s been about six weeks since Bill Artman,...

More than 400 motorists a day will be impacted when a Fawn road is closed long term May 15. Thompson Road will be shut down between Hemphill and Sun Mine roads to accommodate the replacement of Bull Creek Bridge No. 7, according to Allegheny County officials. Work is expected to...

Traffic on a 5-mile section of Interstate 70 will be stopped intermittently Thursday in Rostraver as part of a $120.6 million construction project to revamp the interchange with Route 51. Rolling stoppages are planned in both directions between the Arnold City and Smithton exits from 10 a.m. to noon. The...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, May 2, 2023: $1 million lottery winner from Robinson Giant Eagle A $1 million winning ticket was sold in Robinson through the Pennsylvania Lottery’s “$1 Million? Seriously?” scratch-off game. The ticket was sold at the Giant Eagle on...

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The Westmoreland County Housing Authority will soon be able to gauge interest from seniors who want to live in the 50-unit apartment building set to open in Irwin next year. Senior citizens age 62 and older will have the opportunity to learn about living in Grand View Senior Residences, a...

A person was killed in a shooting Monday night in McKeesport, authorities said. The shooting was reported to Allegheny County 911 at about 9:05 p.m. at an apartment in the 600 block of Evans Ave. Police didn’t release details about who was found dead, but the Allegheny County Police Department’s...

Allegheny County police are searching for two people after an armed robbery Monday evening at a KFC restaurant in Braddock Hills. No injuries were reported in the incident logged by Allegheny County 911 dispatchers at about 6 p.m. on Yost Boulevard and Brinton Road, near the Braddock Hills Shopping Center....