13+ hour, 37+ min ago   (111+ words) Two people were taken to hospitals from the scene of a crash in Harrison on Saturday afternoon. The collision at Freeport and Saxonburg roads was reported to Allegheny County 911 shortly before 4:15 p.m., a dispatcher said. The crash involved a small car…...

20+ hour, 41+ min ago   (330+ words) At Jackson Hole, Wyo., last month, all eyes were on Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh in his first speech at the Fed’s annual conference. But all thoughts were about the Fed’s rate decision next week. But playing politics to preserve…...

1+ day, 40+ min ago   (1380+ words) Matt Obernauer realized he wanted to resurrect his family’s business when his grandfather told him a story as a 12-year-old boy. “He kind of took me aside and he gave me a little elbow in the ribs and said, ‘Hey,…...

22+ hour, 41+ min ago   (246+ words) If the restrictions demanded by those opposed to the data center in Upper Burrell had been in effect when the original Alcoa Technical Center was proposed, I doubt if the Alcoa Technical Center would have been built in the first…...

20+ hour, 26+ min ago   (133+ words) Motorists who travel through the Liberty Tunnel at night will need to plan extra time this week. The inbound tunnel lanes will close overnight Tuesday through Thursday, according to PennDOT. Traffic will be diverted from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. It is the third…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (876+ words) Buster Burnham is a one-man barbecue force to be reckoned with. He owns and operates Truk-In BBQ, a food trailer decked out with patriotic colors and American flags parked in front of the former train station along Washington Avenue in…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1726+ words) Senior expo to offer information, drug takeback A free Senior Expo will be from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday at Lower Burrell Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1601 Wildlife Lodge Road. The event is sponsored by Sen. Joe Pittman and Reps. Jill Cooper and…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (142+ words) A Greensburg man has died in a motorcycle crash in Unity Township, according to the Westmoreland County coroner. The crash occurred shortly before 3:45 p.m. Friday near the intersection of Route 981 and Indian Street. The coroner’s office identified the deceased as Patrick…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (353+ words) PennDOT has released plans to replace a degrading century-old bridge in Chartiers, Washington County, within the next two years. The one-lane Brevard Bridge opened in 1913 and carries Ullom Road over Westland Run, roughly two miles from Canonsburg. PennDOT described the…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1436+ words) Gordon Felt refuses to forget. The retired camp manager lost his older brother — Edward Porter Felt, computer whiz and perennial problem-solver — when he and 39 others on United Flight 93 thwarted hijackers’ plans on Sept. 11, 2001. Their plane crashed in a empty field…...