http://www.post-gazette.com/neighborhoods/ Neighborhood news from the City, East, West, North, South, West, Washington, Westmoreland; My Homewood Journal en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:32:44 -0400 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043869-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml William Page finished his testimony this morning in his death penalty trial, undergoing two hours of cross-examination punctuated by multiple outbursts and several testy exchanges with the county's prosecutor Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:24:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043449-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Fandom, in the age of Facebook, doesn't necessarily mean you like the public works department, the library collection or the police force. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043859-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml County police and the medical examiner's office have determined that bones found in a Churchill park Wednesday are those of a man. But further information about the bones might have to wait until a University of Pittsburgh anthropologist examines them. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:57:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043801-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Rankin police officer responding to a call was injured after another car hit his police cruiser around 9 p.m. Wednesday on the Rankin Bridge. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:28:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043755-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Just how did farm chickens end up inside campus buildings at Carnegie Mellon University last weekend? And who decided to paint them? Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:35:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043702-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml McGuffey School District teachers have notified the school district they intend to go on strike Monday unless an agreement is reached. A negotiation session is scheduled for Friday night. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:29:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043524-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The penalty that the Imperial Landfill in Findlay received from the state DEP for violations related to malodors imposes a $650,000 fine but does not require the landfill to correct problems. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:27:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043849-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Snow makeup days are pushing back graduation day and shortening spring break in the West Allegheny School District. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:27:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043863-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Thanks to early negotiations between the police department and municipality, Murrysville's police officers have a three-year extension of their contract Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:26:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043862-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Fund for Excellence for Pittsburgh Public Schools has announced grants totaling about $1.7 million, of which $1.5 million will be used to try to improve teacher effectiveness. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043560-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Mt. Lebanon School District's $113.3 million renovation of its high school has, in effect, been halted after the municipality's zoning board denied two variances. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:55:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043855-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Two men have been ordered to stand trial in the stabbing death of a neighbor last month Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:47:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043513-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A travel expenditure school board approved March 8 has been the subject of criticism from teachers, who have been working without a contract since Aug. 31, as well as community members. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:38:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043605-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml When World War II veteran George Yochem went to his mailbox a few months ago, he expected the usual assortment of bills and sales fliers. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:12:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043462-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml When she was a student at Thomas Jefferson High School a half century ago, Ruth Burkett Daerr was a member of the history club. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:05:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043853-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml State police in Lawrence County are investigating a fatal traffic accident that occurred late Wednesday. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:03:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043852-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml East suburban news at a glance: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:02:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043548-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Tom Stewart of Crafton is an active, fit high school sophomore, but he didn't get that way from football, basketball, swimming or any other traditional sport. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:51:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043523-291.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml For the second year in a row, the small university that calls Moon its home has earned a date in The Big Dance. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:49:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043586-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Josie King had healed well enough from an accidental scalding that she was about to be released from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:46:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043576-59.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Incorporated: As a township in 1882 Location: Eastern Westmoreland County, 55 miles southeast of Downtown Pittsburgh; Ligonier Township covers 92.1 square miles. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:44:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043581-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml On Saturday, Michael McInerney, a Pittsburgh eighth-grader, helped his uncle, John McInerney, lay a wreath on the grave of President John F. Kennedy. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:43:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043579-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Blackridge neighborhood, which lies at the juncture of Churchill, Penn Hills and Wilkinsburg, is known as one of most attractive and close-knit areas in the eastern suburbs. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:40:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043514-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Ever wonder as an adult what it would be like to be in high school and possess the knowledge and wisdom you now have? Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:39:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043457-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml As concern ebbed with the receding waters of the Allegheny River this week, those who helped residents of Etna prepare for a possible disaster were left with feelings of kinship, mixed with relief. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:36:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043529-114.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml UPMC Passavant on Monday unveiled a new seven-story Patient Pavilion, a 220,000-square-foot addition that has been four years in the making. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:31:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043452-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml In days gone by, "knitting clubs" were the purview of older women who sat chatting as they made afghans and booties. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:28:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043507-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Instead of soaking up sunshine at oceanfront resorts, six women and three men, students at the University of Vermont, spent their spring break last week working on the future Millvale Community Library. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:26:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043850-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml North suburban news at a glance: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:23:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043559-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Draft ordinances to be unveiled The City of Monongahela and the Borough of New Eagle will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:42:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043621-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Here's a call to put all of your eggs in one basket. The Dormont Recreation Department is sponsoring its annual Easter Egg Hunt from 10 a.m. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:38:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043561-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml I considered myself fortunate to be the secretary at Park Elementary School in the Steel Valley School District when Terry Kinavey was the principal. I never worked for a harder working principal. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:36:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043603-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml What was built as a barn and blacksmith shop and then served for 83 years as Holy Souls Catholic Church and rectory in Carnegie will be transformed again into the Karma Cultural Center. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:35:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043563-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Last Monday, Brenna O'Leary of Peters never envisioned her day would include some time spent holding a check made out to her for $107,392. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:33:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043454-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Is the price of gasoline getting you down? Are you resolved to be a better steward of the environment? Perhaps you yearn for company on your way to work? Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:32:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043648-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Eight more distinguished alumni -- including two sisters -- have been elected to the Brentwood High School Hall of Fame. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:31:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043610-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A streetscape revitalization plan for 1.5 miles of Route 50 through Heidelberg, Scott and Carnegie is progressing. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:29:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043609-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Emily Albeck of Elizabeth Borough came to learn about laws relating to a health care power of attorney. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:28:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043638-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Whatever side you take on the issue of health insurance reform, the folks at Washington County Health Partners have an idea that will not only help keep medical costs down but also shape up bodies. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:27:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043625-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml What a difference a generation or two makes. During the 1960s and early 1970s, America's perception of Vietnam was of a guerrilla war zone. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:26:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043562-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Munhall Municipal Sanitary Sewer Authority would like to award a contract for work to repair its aging sewer lines, but a lack of communication between the authority and its engineer is a problem. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:25:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043606-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml When Joanne Gump married her husband 38 years ago, she thought he was the bravest person she'd ever met. Soon, the rest of the world will know that, too. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:24:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043636-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml For more than 100 years, the Steel Valley region of Allegheny County was the epicenter of this country's steel and heavy industry enterprise. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:24:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043624-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Thomas Hajzus has had his ups and downs with the Peters Township School District, but it was nothing compared to the dangerous fluctuations in blood sugar levels he began experiencing last month. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:22:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043646-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Despite the fears of advocates of mental health care, a state official says no attempt is being made to take the Mayview State Hospital sale underground. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:20:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043580-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Sorrel King experienced a parent's most excruciating nightmare nine years ago when her daughter, Josie, died. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:15:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043848-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml In about a month, Joe Pocsatko will likely join an exclusive group: men who have been named police chief of Irwin. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:14:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043588-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Norwin school board on Monday night awarded a $527,159 contract to Texas-based Sportexe to install artificial turf and resurface the all-weather track in Knights Stadium. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:13:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043587-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Thanks to Mother Nature's February wrath, students in the Franklin Regional School District will lose two days of spring break, but will not attend classes deep into June. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:12:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043600-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Police news from the West suburban area: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:03:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043572-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The spring musical "The Wedding Singer" will be on stage at 7:30 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday in the high school auditorium, Kings Highway, Robinson. A matinee will be at 2 p.m. Sunday. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:01:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043628-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Geneva College Chemistry Society will test up to 100 lawn and garden soil samples for pH (acidity/alkalinity), potassium content and phosphorous content through March 26. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043847-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Plans for transit-oriented economic development in the neighborhoods adjacent to the Sheraden and Carnegie West Busway stations will be discussed next week. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:59:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043549-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The situation with the Presston Volunteer Fire Department ("Presston Volunteer Fire Department joins McKees Rocks," March 20) is a win-win for McKees Rocks. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:55:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043570-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml What may have sounded last Thursday like more bad news -- another delay in the interminable $45 million renovation planning at Montour High School -- is part of the new accelerated construction plan. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:53:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043846-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The question occupying the most brain space for Montour students and parents may get at least a partial answer on Tuesday. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:52:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043568-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml When faced with having two superintendents for their newly merged school district, the Monaca and Center Area school boards let the two men work out the roles for themselves. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:49:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043569-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml With the school terms at Center Area and Monaca high schools entering the last quarter, signs of their pending merger into Central Valley High School are cropping up everywhere. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:49:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043602-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The West Allegheny Food Pantry and Thrift Store in North Fayette will begin moving next week to Findlay. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:47:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043618-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml n Antonio Caruso, English teacher at North Allegheny Senior High School, has been selected by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, part of the U.S. Department of State. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:41:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043453-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A team of eight students from Butler Area High School has advanced to the 27th Annual Pennsylvania Bar Association Statewide Mock Trial Championships at the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:40:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043456-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Middle school Principal Thomas Ralston has received the Pennsylvania Middle School Association Administrator's Award, presented annually to one principal in the state. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:40:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043614-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Tomorrow is the last day to register for the Easter egg hunt at Pine Community Park. It will be held March 27. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:38:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043455-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Perrysville's July 4th parade and a summer fishing derby are back on the Ross community calendar. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:37:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043553-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml In a recent three-month period, Butler County's seven district judges were awakened 35 times in the middle of the night for defendant arraignments -- and for no good reason, says the county's Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:37:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043552-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Dan Cardone is a bona fide member of a club that includes cyclist Lance Armstrong, Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and soccer star Mia Hamm. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:34:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043530-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml When the North Hills School District school board unanimously agreed to redistrict according to its own plans, it did more than redraw attendance lines. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:32:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043443-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Bellevue - Bellevue Christian Church, 680 Lincoln Ave., will hold the following programs: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043444-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Beaver Falls - Geneva College, 3200 College Ave., will host a performance by singer/songwriter Tyrone Wells at 8 tonight in the John White Chapel in the Old Main building. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043445-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Bethel Park - "Prelude to Spring," an exhibit of painting, sculpture and photography, will be held through March 27 at the Historic Schoolhouse, 2600 South Park Road. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043508-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Coraopolis: William Kirby, 23, was hired March 10 as a part-time police dispatcher. The vote was 7-0. Shelley Jones was absent. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043515-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Environmental organizations are saying the Turtle Creek watershed faces little risk of contamination following a train accident that killed one man and spilled materials onto its banks this week. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043518-59.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Rankin - The Educational Board of Mount Olive Baptist Church, 330 Fourth St., will hold an international holiday from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday. Donation is $10. Call 412-271-0303. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043531-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Two of the three school superintendents that West Jefferson Hills Superintendent Terry Kinavey is accused of plagiarizing said they have never met her and did not give her permission to use their work. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043684-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A panel of parking experts recommended Wednesday that any plan to turn over Pittsburgh parking garages and meters to the private sector have inducements -- such as free parking for religious services and special supports for retailers -- to win broad community support. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043691-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Plans to close Pittsburgh Rooney 6-8 in Brighton Heights at the end of the school year were presented again to the city board of education Wednesday night before a final vote next Wednesday. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043695-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml William Page told the jury Wednesday in his death penalty trial that he gave a false confession because he wanted to protect his fiance and mother. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043698-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml James Gambrell delivers mail in Pittsburgh's Polish Hill neighborhood and, nearly every day, he knocks on the window of Lucille Zolkoski's house to check on her. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043700-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Suspects in a fake kidnapping and extortion scheme wondered about the small, black box they found inside a canvas bag along with $10,000, a partial payment on the $50,000 ransom they sought. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043701-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A New Castle police officer who was accused in 2008 of sexually assaulting two teenage girls pleaded guilty Monday to two counts each of indecent assault and corruption of minors. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043703-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The locomotive engineer who was killed Tuesday in the crash of two freight trains in North Versailles died from compression and blunt force trauma, the Allegheny County medical examiner's office determined. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043704-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A man walking along state Route 764 was struck and killed by a motorist Tuesday. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043706-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Police charged a Garfield man with animal cruelty Wednesday after they found dead and dying dogs in kennels in his backyard. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043707-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Narcotics detectives found 1,000 stamp bags of heroin and arrested two people after searching a Carrick home on Tuesday. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043708-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Mount Washington man was sleeping in his apartment early Wednesday when he felt someone get into bed with him. Figuring it was his girlfriend, he called out her name. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043709-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Police Tuesday confiscated 500 stamp bags of suspected heroin from a car driven by a North Side man. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043710-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml All charges were dropped Wednesday against Alonzo Cotton, a Pitcairn man who had been accused in a hit-and-run incident Feb. 21 that severely injured a woman in Homewood. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043712-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Alaskan officials shot and killed two wolves that are believed to have attacked and killed a Slippery Rock native in a remote corner of the state last week. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043720-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A year after facing a $117.8 million shortfall and possible shutdown, the North Shore Connector project is alive and well. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043723-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Pittsburgh Councilman Doug Shields Wednesday fleshed out his demands for an overhaul of towing practices, saying he wants to fine or ban companies that don't comply with new regulations and tighten requirements for towing illegally parked vehicles from privately owned lots. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043727-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml State police arrested a Somerset County man Tuesday and charged him with sexually assaulting a 20-year-old woman and a 9-month-old girl. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043729-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml An 83-year-old Somerset County woman was killed when she turned into the path of a truck on Route 30 in Somerset County Wednesday morning. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043746-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said Wednesday that Pittsburgh would build on the pioneering legacy of George Westinghouse and Jonas Salk by luring a super-fast Internet system to the city, and he urged residents to help him make the case with Google. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043760-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Department of Justice Wednesday confirmed that its civil rights division has opened an investigation into the Jan. 12 arrest and beating of Pittsburgh high school student Jordan Miles. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043796-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml County homicide detectives are investigating what appears to be skeletal human remains that were found Wednesday in Bullock Pens Park in Churchill. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043697-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Allegheny County homicide detectives are investigating after bones were found in Bullock Pens Park in Churchill. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:08:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043667-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Several local police departments and the Pennsylvania State Police have surrounded a house in Butler County where a man has refused to come out and has fired at least one shot, a Butler County dispatcher said. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:22:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043641-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Police charged a Garfield man with animal cruelty today after they found dead and dying dogs in kennels in his backyard. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:54:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043660-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml McGuffey School District teachers have notified the school district they intend to go on strike Monday unless an agreement is reached. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:42:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043643-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The West Pittsburgh Partnership kicked off a state-funded $150,000 master plan process today to reinvigorate the West End under a new brand, the West End Village. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:45:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043642-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Public Parking Authority of Pittsburgh announced today that half of the Mon Wharf parking spaces will be available for parking Thursday Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:42:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043573-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml All charges were dropped today against Alonzo Cotton, a Pitcairn man who had been accused in a hit-and-run that severely injured a woman in Homewood Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:31:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043631-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A structure that was being demolished in Cheswick this afternoon fell into a nearby building, prompting an evacuation. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:20:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043340-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A man whose arrest during Saturday's rowdy St. Patrick's Day revelry was captured on YouTube made his first court appearance on a string of criminal charges Tuesday, his face bruised. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:30:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043527-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A federal grand jury has subpoenaed interview records for seven people, including five city police officers, as part of a look into complaints of police brutality in the beating of a city high school student Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:30:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043520-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The locomotive engineer who was killed Tuesday in the crash of two freight trains in North Versailles died of compression and blunt force trauma, the Allegheny County medical examiner's office determined Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:15:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043471-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl this morning sought the public's help in persuading Google to select Pittsburgh as a test city for a new, superfast Internet network. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:33:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043509-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Tasha2, the female peregrine falcon at the Gulf Tower, Downtown, has laid her first egg of the season Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:24:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043459-113.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Legislation that would define a green roof and establish zoning height allowances for rooftop gardens was considered and postponed until March 30 at a city Planning Commission hearing Tuesday Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:55:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043448-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A man was injured when pieces of metal fell on him at a plant in Westmoreland County. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:47:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043467-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Mount Washington man was sleeping in his apartment early this morning when he felt someone get into bed with him Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:15:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043468-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The beacon atop the Gulf Tower in Downtown Pittsburgh will be glowing green tonight to mark St. Patrick's Day Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:35:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043458-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Narcotics detectives found 1,000 stamp bags of heroin and arrested two people after searching a Carrick home on Tuesday Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:57:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043446-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A man walking along state Route 764 was struck and killed by a motorist Tuesday. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:04:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043440-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Several residents from the North Fields neighborhood in Adams asked the Mars Area school board Wednesday night to send school buses into their plan. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:41:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043401-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Federal Railroad Administration is investigating the collision of two freight trains near U.S. Steel's Edgar Thomson Plant in North Braddock early Tuesday. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:22:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043352-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml It seemed to police like a high-stakes kidnapping, complete with a missing son, a distraught father and suspects whose ransom demands grew increasingly desperate. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:15:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043309-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Significant gains in student achievement have garnered a national award for Propel McKeesport charter school, along with $100,000 in cash for its staff. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043314-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Lane markings on the newly repaved Parkway East inbound from the Pennsylvania Turnpike to Churchill were decimated by snow plows over the winter and must be replaced. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043315-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Washington County coroner has scheduled an inquest in the death of a man who was shocked by a Taser during an altercation with police in November. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043316-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Port Authority board committee will hear a proposal today to hire a private contractor to operate and manage the South Hills Village parking garage. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043317-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Pittsburgh City Council will hold a public hearing on the city's response to the Feb. 5 and 6 snowstorm. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043318-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml City and school police were at Pittsburgh Carrick High School Tuesday afternoon as a precaution, officials said, after a student fight Monday triggered text-message rumors of a potential gunfight. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043319-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A man ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison for a 1975 slaying lost his appeal to the state Superior Court on Tuesday. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043321-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Forest Hills man pleaded no contest Tuesday to several charges in connection with his work with the voter registration group ACORN. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043322-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Stanton Heights woman was arrested Tuesday after she left her two young children in her sport utility vehicle at an East Liberty shopping center for at least a half-hour while she got her nails done, police said. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043338-114.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml If Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has his way, sales of sugary drinks one day might be refreshing the city treasury. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043354-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml HARRISBURG -- A state legislator from the State College area has some words of warning for teenagers regarding the people they date. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043361-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Four people, including three firefighters, were injured in a fire early Tuesday in the city's Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043363-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A compromise between Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and City Council keeps a trio of parking-for-pensions plans alive, at least until a June showdown that could decide the price of a space and Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043393-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Pittsburgh City Councilman Ricky Burgess on Tuesday introduced two more bills that he said are designed to improve public safety and boost public confidence in the police department. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10076/1043397-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml She's been going on shopping trips to Victoria's Secret while she's supposed to be under house arrest. She still has at least two horses registered in her name. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043283-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml His face bruised and bandaged, a man whose arrest during this weekend's rowdy St. Patrick's Day revelry was captured on YouTube made his first court appearance today on a string of charges. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:26:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043259-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl today expressed support for Philadelphia's proposal to enact a tax on sugary drinks Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:17:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043271-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml City and school police were at Carrick High School this afternoon as a precaution, officials said, after a student fight Monday triggered text-message rumors of a potential gunfight today Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:24:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043260-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Washington County coroner has scheduled an inquest in the death of a man who was shocked by a Taser during an altercation with police in November. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:53:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043220-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Two trains operated by a U.S. Steel subsidiary crashed this morning near the Edgar Thomson Plant, killing a railroad employee. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:26:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043258-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml PennDOT reminds drivers that East Carson Street (on the South Side will be closed in both directions tonight and Wednesday and Thursday nights Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:15:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043221-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Three people, including two firefighters, were injured in a fire this morning on Shadeland Avenue. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:02:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043243-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The woman who ran what she called a cat sanctuary, where hundreds of dead animals were found after an undercover investigation, faces having her probation revoked. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:28:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043090-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Sidewalks installed less than two years ago as part of a $7 million renovation of Point State Park are already starting to crumble. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:53:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043233-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml As residents continued to complain about police conduct in the Jordan Miles case, Pittsburgh City Councilman Ricky Burgess this morning introduced legislation that would require the police department to make an annual public report on its activities and problems. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:45:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043230-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml U.S. Steel said today it plans to sell $500 million in senior, unsecured notes and will use proceeds from the debt issue for general corporate purposes. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:17:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043222-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The North Hills School Board gave unanimous approval during Monday night's regular legislative meeting to an elementary redistricting plan that will go into effect for the 2010-11 school year. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:09:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043224-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Mt. Lebanon School District's $113.3 million renovation of its high school has effectively been halted, after the municipality's zoning board denied two variances the school district had requested. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:07:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043225-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A new subdivision of estate homes on a 42-acre wooded site in Pine received preliminary approval Monday from the board of supervisors Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:44:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043223-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The fate of the Mayview State Hospital property will be discussed at a meeting in Harrisburg Thursday, but South Fayette officials are pushing for a public meeting at the former hospital so more interested parties can attend Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:37:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043076-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Get ready for Big Six, big rolls and lots of poker and blackjack. The Rivers Casino is revving up its table games operation. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043089-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A trio of legal opinions on Monday boosted Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's argument that leasing parking authority garages to a private entity is the best plan for infusing cash into the troubled city pension fund. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043091-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml When Chris Pollock was trapped alone in a farm field two years ago, his hands caught in a grinding, mechanized corn picker, "I asked God three times to let me die." Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043093-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml During a geology field trip in 2004, the professor told his students that a road-cut featuring rock formations near Pittsburgh International Airport was a great place to find plant fossils. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043097-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A former project manager for UPMC pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing $250,000 over a seven-year period. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043098-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A maintenance worker found the body of a Squirrel Hill man, bound and shot, on a hillside behind a North Side recreation center on Monday morning, police said. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043099-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Duquesne University plans to brief the city planning commission today on a proposed change to the school's master plan to allow a residence hall to be built with 12 stories instead of eight. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043100-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The University of Pittsburgh trustees' budget committee gave its blessing on Monday to several construction projects, including a $28.2 million upgrade to physics and astronomy department laboratories. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043101-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Residents at a low-income housing development in Stowe now have free wireless access to websites designed to help them in job-hunting and education efforts. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043152-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Concerned citizens attend a public hearing held by city council Monday on the proposed strip club along West Carson Street. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043153-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Two Catholic elementary schools in McKees Rocks and Coraopolis are on the endangered list because a private foundation is unable to continue donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to each next school year. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043155-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Just after daybreak, Lt. John Sharpe lowered the American flags outside Engine Co. 38 to half-staff, but even as night fell he was still struggling with why. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043156-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml In his opening statement to jurors last week, William Page's defense attorney told them they should disregard the recorded statement his client made to police in which he admitted to leaving his nearly 2-year-old daughter in sub-freezing temperatures to die. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1043158-114.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Two dozen toga-wearing protesters retold the story of the assassination of Julius Caesar outside UPMC's Downtown headquarters on Monday. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042969-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The body of a Squirrel Hill man was found bound and shot this morning on a hillside in the 100 block of Hazlett Street on the North Side Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:59:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1043033-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Rivers Casino filed a petition today seeking authorization from the state gaming control board to operate 86 table games at the North Shore venue Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:55:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042933-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml City police are investigating the fatal shooting of a retired firefighter Sunday in Marshall-Shadeland. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:46:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042856-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml June 13, 1943. Co-pilot Ralph S. Ziegler's tour of duty with the 95th Bomb Group was about to end. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:16:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1043018-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Two dozen toga-wearing protesters retold the story of the assassination of Julius Caesar today, with several of the region's community hospitals given the role of victims Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:05:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042968-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The 10th Street Bypass opened in time for the morning rush hour. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042901-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml "Dodged a bullet" was the operative phrase among flood watchers on Sunday, as a predicted deluge produced only isolated puddles of trouble. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:40:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042970-100.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The University of Pittsburgh trustees' budget committee gave its blessing today to several construction projects, including a $28.2 million upgrade to physics and astronomy department laboratories Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:34:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042852-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Nas has produced No. 1 albums, performed in front of cheering crowds and had a doll made in his likeness in Japan, but he never received his high school diploma. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042853-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Councilman Bruce Kraus took to the streets of his district with aide Matt Hogue and a list of complaints about abandoned cars. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10074/1042868-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A Washington County man has been sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh to 15 years in jail and five years of supervised release for unlawfully possessing a firearm. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400