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The annual joint meeting between Peters council and the school board on Monday focused on Rolling Hills Park and the new Peters high school.

“It’s so bad.” That’s Omarosa Manigault Newman’s take on the Trump administration.

A Westmoreland County man flew into a rage when his girlfriend woke him up one Saturday night in 2015, attacked her and then fatally shot the first police officer who showed up, the local district attorney said Thursday during opening statements in the first-degree murder trial against Ray A. Shetler Jr.

A working farm in Sewickley Heights might have to stop giving classes and hosting weddings after receiving notice it is in violation of local zoning laws.

Allegheny County will benefit from the latest round of PennDOT's Multimodal Transportation Fund spending, according to a release Thursday from the governor's office.

Pirates catcher Elias Diaz’s mother has been kidnapped in Venezuela. The news was first reported by several media outlets in Venezuela.

On his way to go fishing back in 2005, Keith DiMarco came upon Glassport’s new skateboard/BMX park, located off Harrison Street.

Four years ago, Jenevieve Woods learned that doctors had misdiagnosed the condition that makes her stutter and stumble. Instead, she has mitochondrial disease, a rare and possibly deadly genetic illness that saps the energy in her cells.

After a state audit revealed close to $250,000 in undocumented expenses for the Castle Shannon Volunteer Fireman’s Relief Association, Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said he will withhold future state funding to the association.

WASHINGTON — A Carnegie Mellon University professor’s controversial nomination to the Federal Reserve Board narrowly advanced this morning on the Senate Banking Committee’s vote down party lines Thursday.

Last offseason, the Steelers attempted to sign the top inside linebacker in free agency. Dont’a Hightower signed a long-term contract to remain with New England, and the Steelers didn’t sign another inside linebacker or draft one.

Mike Tomlin made another change in his coaching staff Thursday when he hired Karl Dunbar to coach the Steelers’ defensive line.

The owners of the Mount Airy Casino Resort in the Pocono Mountains have won the rights to build a mini-casino in Lawrence County.

A federal race discrimination lawsuit brought by former WTAE-TV anchor Wendy Bell against the station appears to have been settled, although no terms are available and the lawyers are not commenting.

Temperatures will climb steadily into the low 40s Friday, lending the hope that the blanket of snow in our yards will begin to melt.

Temperatures will climb steadily into the low 40s Friday, lending the hope that the blanket of snow in our yards will begin to melt.

DALLAS — The NHL standings Thursday morning showed the Penguins in a familiar, advantageous spot: second place in the Metropolitan Division, four points out of first and five clear of the playoff cutline.

DALLAS — The NHL standings Thursday morning showed the Penguins in a familiar, advantageous spot: second place of the Metropolitan Division, four points out of first and five clear of the playoff cutline.

Since the country’s early days, Americans have enjoyed a good beer, hard cider and strong spirits. Soldiers fighting in the American Revolution got a daily ration of whiskey.

Twenty-five years ago this week, Americans got the right to leave their job for up to 12 weeks for life-altering medical and family reasons: a cancer diagnosis, the birth of a child, caring for an elderly parent.

A pedestrian from McKeesport was struck and killed by a vehicle Wednesday night in Fayette County.

After a one-year break, the Parrothead Party is coming back to Pittsburgh.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The ground shook when Gregory Polanco thundered past, pulling a metal sled piled with weights. As he ran across the grass, with twigs and leaves crackling under his sneakers, Polanco huffed through a high-elevation training mask designed to restrict oxygen intake and, in the case of this particular mask, to look like Darth Vader’s helmet.

As we prepare for Saturday’s last game of our 10-year-old’s regular hockey season, it’s a good time to look back and reflect on some of the lifelong memories we’ve made with the other families.

Two suspects fleeing following a home burglary on Semple Street in Oakland were apprehended by police early Thursday.