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The region’s longstanding support of veterans and active-duty military personnel will be on display again this Veterans Day as businesses, restaurants and fraternal groups offer discounted meals and services. Veterans Day is Nov. 11, in recognition of the day the armistice was reached to end the fighting in World War...

A 14-year-old Indiana County youth was charged with making terroristic threats and disorderly conduct Monday for allegedly posting a threatening message on social media that he planned to bring firearms to Marion Center Junior-Senior High School and target classmates, according to state police. Police said the student, who attends the...

Election Day in Western Pennsylvania is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. To get information on the local races, candidates and issues that are on your ballot, see the list below. For more information on polling places, go to the official election pages for...

Firefighters in Brownsville, Fayette County, spent hours early Monday morning extinguishing a blaze in a building under renovation. The fire started around 2 a.m., according to Fayette County 911. Firefighters told Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV that the fire started because of an electrical problem. The building was undergoing renovation, with...

A Michigan man was sentenced last week to 10 years in federal prison for selling an elephant-tranquilizer drug that killed one Beaver County resident and seriously injured another roughly three years ago. Reginald Davis, 32, of Detroit, was convicted of distributing carfentanil, a synthetic opioid that is used on elephants...

The westbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike will be closed early Sunday between the Pittsburgh and Allegheny Valley exits to allow crews to work on the Saltsburg Road bridge. Weather permitting, the closure will begin at 11:59 p.m. Saturday and is expected to last until 5 a.m. Sunday, turnpike officials...

Wawona Frozen Foods has recalled frozen berries sold at Aldi and Raley’s Family of Fine Stores because the products might be contaminated with Hepatitis A. The company announced the voluntary recall this week for frozen berries imported from Chile. Recalled items include: 12-ounce bags of Season’s Choice raspberries with 2021...

Record rainfall and damaging winds Thursday night into Friday morning have left nearly 8,000 homes and businesses in the Pittsburgh region without power. The 1.97 inches of rain that drenched the region set a daily record, according to the National Weather Service. The previous record for Oct. 31 was set...

Halloween’s yucky forecast featuring wind and heavy rains didn’t deter the annual candy hustle for trick-or-treaters around the region Thursday evening. Beaming smiles, wide eyes and creative costumes filled neighborhood streets in anticipation for the spooky, but chilly candy grab. Some youngsters (and parents) rocked ponchos atop their outfits, while...

The occupants of a Washington County home were able to escape unharmed after a fire broke out early Thursday morning, according to authorities. Multiple fire departments responded to the blaze along Windermere Court in Peters Township shortly before 4 a.m., according to a 911 dispatcher. The home that caught fire...

About 150 cats, kittens, dogs — even chickens — were rescued from homes in Monessen and Donora on Wednesday morning in what the humane society is calling “a large-scale alleged neglect situation.” The animals were living in filthy conditions typically seen in severe neglect situations and appeared to lack veterinary...

After months of painstaking work and reaching out to stakeholders across Pennsylvania, State Rep. Dan Frankel, D-Squirrel Hill, Wednesday introduced a package of four hate crimes bills. The bills, said Frankel, are designed to increase penalties, provide better reporting and police training and protect the rights of hate crimes victims....

TOLEDO, Ohio — President Donald Trump once promised that coal and steel would be the beating heart of a revived U.S. economy — a nostalgic vision that helped carry him to victory three years ago in the industrial Midwest. But a year away from Election Day, that promised renaissance is...

A teenager was injured Tuesday night when she fell while jumping between the rooftops of buildings along Main Street in downtown Butler, according to authorities. The girl fell about 20 feet and suffered leg and back injuries, first responders said. She was unable to move in the roughly 2-foot wide...

Paramedics responding to a medical call overnight in Washington County were taken to a hospital to be examined after they were exposed to an unknown substance, according to a 911 supervisor. The incident occurred around 2:15 a.m. in the 1000 block of Garfield Avenue in Roscoe. A hazardous materials team...

The Pittsburgh region’s unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.0 % in September, the first time it’s been that high since February, the state said Tuesday. With 600 fewer people employed in the seven-county region in September, the jobless rate increased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.0% in September,...

A drug charge filed in an Ohio court against Pittsburgh Steelers running back Benny Snell was withdrawn, but the rookie could still face consequences under the NFL’s code of conduct. Snell, who the Steelers selected in the fourth round of the NFL draft, admitted to smoking marijuana about 20 minutes...

CLEVELAND — A bishop who formerly led the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland has died at the age of 72. The diocese said in a statement that the Most Rev. Richard Lennon died Tuesday morning. It didn’t give a cause of death. The statement says the bishop emeritus was installed as...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A major U.S. coal mining company is seeking bankruptcy protection, joining a growing list of struggling coal operations as communities switch away from fossil fuel to less-polluting renewable energy or natural gas. Ohio-based Murray Energy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization Tuesday. Several other major coal producers...

The controversy over whether taxpayers in the region should provide funding for the arenas, stadiums and ballparks for Pittsburgh’s professional teams was played out in the 1990s, but a West Virginia University professor is revisiting the controversial topic in a speech at Saint Vincent College near Latrobe. WVU economics professor...