WASHINGTON -- A Carnegie construction company fraudulently received $39.4 million in federal funds meant for firms owned and operated by disabled veterans, according to a government audit. (Today)

Despite pleas from several residents to allow the new school board that takes office next month to select the next superintendent of the West Mifflin Area School District, the board last night voted to award Assistant Superintendent Janet Sardon the job. (Today)

A Greene County woman was killed early Wednesday when her pickup truck was struck by a dump truck in Dunkard. (Yesterday)

It is a measure of Sarah Palin's popularity that her appearance Saturday at a Sam's Club in South Strabane needs no advertising. (11/19/2009)

Whitehall officials advised motorists to avoid several streets in the borough from 9:30 a.m. until early afternoon because of a Duquesne Light Company project to replace a power transformer. (11/19/2009)