http://www.post-gazette.com/ Local/regional news and features, Latest news, Education, Transportation, Mining Safety, Weather, Capitol Notes, Casino News, Casino Journal, News Obituaries, Morning File en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:40:00 -0500 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/12047/1210370-57-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Police news from the West suburban area: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210578-455-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Elvis is alive. The embattled elk that wandered off a Greene County farm last year now has a permanent home in West Virginia. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:15:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210195-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml These websites provide information that helps consumers learn more about their higher education choices: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:12:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210579-511-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A prominent chef and popular Dormont hot dog shop owner told detectives he robbed a pair of banks this week because he was deep in debt, Pittsburgh police said. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210627-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml An 83-year-old woman died when her Clarion County home caught fire Wednesday night. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:57:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210592-53-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Bob Bonivich was as upset about paying $20 to park Downtown as he was about the jaw-dropping assessment increase for a 2-acre tract adjoining his home in Jefferson Hills. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:49:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210449-56-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Kurt Salmon, who has owned the Winchester Room since 2001, said he plans to rebuild. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:46:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210580-53-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml With a service debut a little more than five weeks away, Port Authority is running trains through the North Shore Connector and hustling to complete more than 1,000 separate systems tests in the 1.2-mile subway extension. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:45:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210501-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Penn Hills barn was built in 1834, but it's been the Penn Hebron Garden Club for as long as most people can remember. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:44:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210506-56-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Franklin Regional school board member Paul Scheinert has always had a passion for seafaring vessels. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210480-54-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Ron Gooden, an assistant football coach at Hampton, slept through Thanksgiving last year, but this year promises to be different. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:35:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210482-54-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Village at Pine has brought employment and tax revenue to Pine, but so far it has not resulted in the crime or traffic. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210468-54-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A cat named Hope greeted visitors to the Steel City Kitties cat show last weekend at The Shoppes at Northway. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:31:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210537-294-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml I left Springfield, Va., on Feb. 6 after showing my iPod Touch to my grandkids. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210481-54-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The college is using federal grant money to link displaced workers with jobs in the booming Marcellus Shale industry. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:28:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210416-54-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Since October, students have been spending time at a station stocked with a variety of healthy alternatives for lunch. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210414-54-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Eden Christian Academy will have a new head of school in July. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:57:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210402-55-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml They are as much part of the Pittsburgh culture as the Terrible Towel, a cold 'Arn and cookie tables. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:52:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210509-56-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml This form of worship at the church started two decades ago and is thriving in a number of suburban churches of various denominations. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:50:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210432-57-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Coraopolis artist Harry Demel -- known by the nickname Hawkeye -- spent last summer admiring a roadside sunflower garden. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:43:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210488-57-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A seed planted 23 years ago may finally sprout in October. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:41:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210427-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Students were attentive and enthusiastic at an assembly Friday in Carnegie Elementary School. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:39:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210441-57-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml David D. Anderson recently returned to his alma mater to receive the 2011 Penn State Beaver Outstanding Alumnus Award. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:36:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210429-57-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A fourth-grade class sat in the Ingram Elementary School library, reviewing for a math test without calculators, pencils or paper. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:35:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210655-57-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml News briefs from the West suburban area: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:31:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210659-55-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml News briefs from the South suburban area: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210658-54-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml News briefs from the North suburban area: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210660-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml News briefs from the East suburban area: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210664-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Officials said the township has received two offers to buy 2.6 acres in front of the former Star City Cinemas. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210654-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Pittsburgh police said a man pulled a gun on the woman he lived, shooting her in the hip before turning the gun on himself. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:18:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210623-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A woman accused of kidnapping her 2-year-old son surrendered Wednesday to authorities in Michigan. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:16:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210470-54-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Barbara Werner, a teacher at Marshall Elementary School, has been honored as a National Board Certified Teacher. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:10:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210472-54-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Some North Hills Junior High School students may be coming to school extremely hungry on Mondays, the staff has noticed. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210415-54-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml As commissioners move forward with a referendum to approve a library tax, two residents urged support for the library. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:05:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210413-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Mars Area School District officials want more information on the adults who volunteer in the schools. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210471-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Two new communication transmitters and generators may soon be erected at the KDKA communications site off of Clearview Road. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:03:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210476-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Dean Ingold, who had served 11 years on the Shaler Area school board, has returned to the board to represent Region 1. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210412-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Funding is being pursued for two projects that would bring affordable housing for senior citizens to the southern end of Butler Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:59:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210474-54-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Representatives of Provident Charter School said they will appeal the decision of the North Hills school board. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:57:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210417-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Seneca Valley administrators say the disruption and competition over birthday treats and reward foods in the classroom needs to end. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210475-54-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml An effort to build a monument in Cranberry to commemorate 100 years of Scouting has garnered money and attention. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210477-54-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Hampton High School student council is accepting nominations for the 2012 Distinguished Alumnus Award. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210663-54-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Hampton Presbyterian Church will hold Lenten study from 6:45 to 8 p.m. Wednesday nights, Feb. 29 through March 28. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:52:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210396-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml During summer, Sarah Milcarek, 10, operates a lemonade stand; in winter the young entrepreneur shovels snow from driveways. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:45:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210395-55-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Each Father's Day, youngsters here can experience the adrenaline rush of competing in a soapbox derby. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:44:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210490-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Sometimes it pitted brother against brother, family against family, countryman against countryman. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:44:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210401-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A group that works to educateabout the importance of early detection of breast cancer will be the major beneficiary of Toast of the Town. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:43:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210496-55-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Facing a nearly $2 million budget gap, Mt. Lebanon school directors Monday night talked numbers -- and people. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:42:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210498-55-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Pitcher Park Memorial Skate Park has divided the community before ground has even been broken for it. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:41:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210497-55-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Several municipalities in Washington County began bracing for a potential court challenge. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210487-55-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Traditions and themes distinguish local Christian churches in the observance of the Lenten season, which, in Western Christianity, Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210492-55-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Before the start of his senior year at Mt. Lebanon High School, Aaron Steinberg enlisted in the Army Reserves. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210662-56-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church will hold a Shrove Tuesday pancake dinner and Mardi Gras celebration at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:35:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210504-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The McKeesport solicitor says he has no indication that his job is in jeopardy after charges were filed against him in connection Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:31:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210447-56-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Last month, the team, called the Diamonds, placed first at Jamfest, a national cheering event in Indianapolis. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210502-56-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml After months of discussion surrounding the 2012 budget and potential tax increases, Braddock council voted Tuesday night to approve Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:26:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210508-56-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml An ad hoc committee tasked with determining a 12-year plan of action for the district made its recommendations to the school board. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:26:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210500-56-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml It started out as a Black History Month event aimed at introducing students in the Penn Hills School District to the real-life stories Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:22:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210448-56-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Westmoreland County libraries once again are bracing for the pain of state budget cuts. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210656-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Ambridge -- Good Samaritan Catholic Parish, Eighth and Melrose avenues, will hold the following events. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:15:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210442-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Kindergarten registration will be the week of March 26-30 at Sharon Community Presbyterian Church, 522 Carnot Road, Moon. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210657-57-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Municipal news briefs from the West suburban area: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:07:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210430-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Library is nearing its goal of purchasing a new facility for patrons in the West Allegheny School District. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210486-57-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Stowe ordinance officer has issued 158 citations to residents for failing to pay their quarterly Valley Waste Service Inc. bill. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210431-57-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Pine Hollow Run Stream Removal Project is in its final days of construction while officials in Kennedy and Stowe are still hashing Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210484-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Moon Area school directors implemented a few changes this week, including instituting quarterly "State of the District" updates, as Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210423-57-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Commercial developers are recognizing Findlay for its role in attracting business parks to areas around Pittsburgh International Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210196-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Today more numbers are available than ever for making decisions about postsecondary education, including how much an education boosts pay on average. This special section shows how you can use the numbers to make decisions about higher education. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:52:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1209199-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Many of the roughly 20 million students enrolled in postsecondary education hope a degree or certificate will advance them to the next step. However, when applying to a school, many may have little idea how students fared after graduation and what role the institution played in their success. What they do know is that times are tough. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:14:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1209201-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml When high school students think about prospective careers, they usually look at salaries, typical workdays and possible employers. Such things are important, of course. But to realize their dreams, first many must earn a degree or certificate and possibly pass a credentialing exam. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:14:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1209197-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml West Mifflin Area High School senior Caitlin Hawthorn is having a busy year: three Advanced Placement courses, captain of the silks, school musical, track and other activities -- and she is spending a good deal of time documenting her hectic life on 10 college applications. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1209198-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The college green is lush and sunny, conjuring daydreams of Walt Whitman and pick-up football. For more than 100 years, the red brick buildings have housed the higher mysteries of calculus, chemistry and Coriolanus. Your daughter, your son loves the place. And the cost after four years? More than your house is worth. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1209547-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Your checklist in the hunt for resources for college. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1209196-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Nearly every college is ranked in something. But does rank matter? The answer varies widely depending on whom you ask. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:12:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1209200-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml For students focused more on earning a degree amid competing demands than on enjoying the camaraderie of campus life, online higher education has become an increasingly popular option. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:11:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210628-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Penn State University filed a lawsuit Wednesday saying its insurer should have to pay for defense costs in a lawsuit over alleged child sex abuse by former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:09:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210626-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml State police said an Indiana County drilling company employee arrested Monday on a charge of embezzling nearly a million dollars may face federal charges. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210625-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The state Superior Court on Wednesday upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a former Pennsylvania state trooper who killed an Indiana County dentist. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210624-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Pennsylvania Superior Court will hear arguments March 28 over whether a Lawrence County boy charged with killing his father's pregnant fiancee should be released from detention while the same court decides whether to allow his juvenile trial to be open to the public. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:03:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210372-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Baldwin Borough -- Irish harpist Trish NicGabhain will perform traditional and contemporary Irish and folk music at a free concert Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210546-122.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml For some, a college degree simply represents what they have studied over the past four years. For Raymond E. Haynes, it kick-started a way of life. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210596-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Pittsburgh City Council is considering minor expansions to three residential permit parking areas -- an issue driven by residents' complaints about parking shortages near busy commercial areas. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210597-178.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A flurry of pretrial motions Wednesday afternoon delayed the start of former Democratic state Rep. Mike Veon's trial on public corruption charges, which is now scheduled to begin this morning. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210599-454.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A bill fast-tracking through the General Assembly aims to send a tough message to local governments in Pennsylvania: Pass gun-control measures at your own financial peril. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210620-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Ross Park Mall was evacuated Wednesday morning after an employee found a bomb threat. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210622-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Allegheny County medical examiner's office has identified a man killed in a fire Feb. 8 in Friendship as Affo Doungbe. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210334-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml This has been a particularly mild winter, yet many residents of Western Pennsylvania are waiting for what feels like an extended fall to turn into full-blown spring. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210547-122.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml W. Gunther Plaut, a rabbi whose vast, scholarly and ardently contemporary edition of the Torah has helped define Reform Judaism in late-20th-century North America, died last Wednesday in Toronto. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210548-122.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Jenny Tomasin, a British actress forever known to television viewers as the clumsy, disheveled, Valentino-obsessed kitchen maid Ruby Finch in "Upstairs, Downstairs," died Jan. 3 at her home in London. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210591-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A small contingent of South Side residents and business owners gathered on Wharton Street on Wednesday night to discuss ways to promote a possible new neighborhood tax. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210594-114.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Neil Alexander has been given a bad break. In June, the 46-year-old husband and father of two young children from O'Hara was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALS is a neurodegenerative disease that leads to the "glass coffin." The mind remains intact, but a person with ALS loses use of his hands, arms and legs, then has trouble swallowing and breathing. Most die from suffocation three to five years after diagnosis. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210619-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A North Versailles man was found guilty of third-degree murder Wednesday in the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210649-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Obama administration will propose a $5 billion competitive grant program to encourage states to overhaul the teaching profession, federal education officials said Tuesday, using its Race to the Top school improvement competition as a model. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210519-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml An elderly woman died when her Clarion County home caught fire tonight. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:41:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210287-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A woman accused of kidnapping her 2-year-old son surrendered to authorities in Michigan today. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:41:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210358-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Pittsburgh police have charged the owner of a Dormont hot dog shop with a pair of bank robberies, including one this morning at the Citizens Bank inside the Giant Eagle on the South Side. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:31:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210512-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml HARRISBURG -- A flurry of pre-trial motions today delayed the start of former Democratic state Rep. Mike Veon's trial on public corruption charges, which is now scheduled to begin Thursday morning. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210463-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Pittsburgh police are seeking a young man who robbed a Spring Garden restaurant last month. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:12:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210392-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Komen Pittsburgh Race for the Cure has lost two sponsors over the national organization's management of issues regarding the funding of Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screening, Jeremy Hartzell, president-elect of the local affiliate, confirmed today. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:34:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210230-294-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A mournful whistle on the midnight train out of Erie, headed for New York City, made the dark passenger car a lonesome place. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:36:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210357-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Options discussed Monday for closing a $2 million Mt. Lebanon School District budget gap include increasing the property tax rate, dipping into discretionary cash and cutting programs and staff. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210355-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Pennsylvania's jails were built with men in mind, and policies governing healthcare for female inmates are scattershot, according to a report released today by the American Civil Liberties Union. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:28:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210330-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Ross Park Mall is slated to open at 11 a.m. after being shut down by a bomb threat this morning. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210333-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office has identified a man killed in a fire Feb. 8 in Friendship as Affo Doungbe. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210279-143-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml If financial prognosticators somewhere deep inside Penn State University have even a rough idea of what the child sex scandal ultimately will cost the school, campus leaders were mum about it Tuesday. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:59:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210327-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml McKees Rocks Mayor Jack Muhr said a permit has been issued to demolish the vacant Foodland building, making way for a new Bottom Dollar Store to be constructed on the site. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:20:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210329-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml North Fayette supervisors voted 3-0 Tuesday night to give the Western Allegheny Community Library about $357,600 to help purchase a building. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210328-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Mars Area school board last night approved the district's 2012-13 calendar that sets the first day of school for students Aug. 27. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:36:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210326-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Shaler commissioners unanimously agreed to grant a conditional use permit to Hearth Benedictine Housing to turn the former Zoar Home site into apartments for single mothers. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:26:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210214-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A Westmoreland County man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 3-month-old girl. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210325-100-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Tempers flared Tuesday night as a group of South Side residents and business owners discussed the possibility of creating a Neighborhood Improvement District. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:57:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210229-28-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml PeoplExpress, the no-frills carrier that failed in the 1980s, is preparing a comeback and is counting on Pittsburgh Int'l to help. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:48:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210198-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml State police said a fire at a Mercer County home that killed an 88-year-old man Monday night likely was accidental. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210202-59.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A Westmoreland County man was in jail Tuesday night on charges that he sexually assaulted a 3-month-old girl. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210203-58.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Federal and state agents on Tuesday raided a doctor's office in Peters where the Drug Enforcement Administration served an order barring the doctor from prescribing controlled substances. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210206-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Lane closures are possible on Interstate 79 near the Bridgeville interchange today and Thursday, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210208-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Pittsburgh City Council gave final approval Tuesday to a one-year, $700,000 contract with Ceridian, a company that provides payroll services to the city. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210275-122.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Wynn Kenyon, whose ordination by Pittsburgh Presbytery was rejected by the national church in 1974 because he wouldn't ordain women, died Monday after suffering a heart attack at the university where he had been a beloved philosophy professor for 31 years. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210284-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml When Allegheny County officials decided to close down their deteriorating parking garage on Fourth Avenue about a week ago, they quickly found a nearby space to use as an open-air lot. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210197-454.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A former Penn State vice president wants a judge to throw out charges he lied to a grand jury investigating former football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky and didn't properly report suspected child abuse. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210199-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml An Amish man who was injured in a January house fire that killed his 4-year-old son died Sunday, the Allegheny County medical examiner's office reported. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210205-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A Monaca financial planner who promised to invest seniors' savings then gambled with the money, was sentenced Tuesday to eight years and one month in prison. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210215-59.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A Westmoreland County man has been ordered to stand trial on a charge that he beat his girlfriend to death after she refused to clean up a dropped bowl of noodles. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210225-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The eastbound ramp from Route 30 to Electric Avenue in Chalfant and North Braddock will be closed for two months starting Monday, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210227-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Larry D. Winckler of Falcon Drilling came back for money again and again, until he was siphoning off about $150,000 a month. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210233-454.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Former Democratic state Rep. Mike Veon and an ex-aide are poised to stand trial beginning today for the second time. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210236-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml An international computer hacker network claimed Tuesday to have shut down the website of a Mercer County company. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210277-454.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Justice Department has asked a federal appellate court to keep Amish sect leader Sam Mullet behind bars, saying he arranged a series of beard-cutting attacks on other Amish in Ohio, concealed evidence from law enforcement and maintains "unquestionable" control over his followers, almost all of whom are related to him. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210200-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A Westmoreland County man was in jail tonight on charges that he sexually assaulted a 3-month-old girl. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:22:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210121-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Allegheny County medical examiner's office will wait until it receives additional test results before it determines the cause and manner of death for a man found dead this morning in the doorway of a Wilkinsburg home. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:32:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210146-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Corinthian Colleges Inc. has given the National Urban League $1 million to expand GED programs in Pittsburgh and Orlando. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210171-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A Pittsburgh man died when he rear-ended a PennDOT truck spreading salt on Interstate 376 East this morning and then his disabled vehicle was hit by a tractor-trailer. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:42:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210172-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A Monaca financial planner who promised to invest seniors' savings but gambled with the money was sentenced today to eight years and one month in prison. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:42:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210133-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Federal and state agents raided a doctor's office in Peters today where the Drug Enforcement Administration served an order barring the doctor from prescribing controlled substances. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:02:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210131-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The McKeesport solicitor who was badly hurt in a car crash following the mayor's inaugural ball declined comment today after being charged Friday with driving under the influence in connection with the accident. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210114-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Fire crews worked late into the night to clean up after a fire that left one person dead in Mercer County Monday. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:20:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210076-294.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml For many years, I would be on Western Avenue in Allegheny West thinking, "This street has so much potential." Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210120-44-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml News from the world of independent book sellers: Awesome Books has opened a new shop Downtown that will stay open until midnight on weekends, while Mystery Lovers Bookshop in Oakmont is looking for new owners to take over the local institution. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:57:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210124-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Computer hackers associated with the international network Anonymous claim to have shut down the website of a Mercer County company that has been supplying the tear gas used by Egyptian forces to quell protests in that country. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:43:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210058-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Catharine Murray Ryan, a Pittsburgh philanthropist, academic and former chaplain, will be awarded Seton Hill University's highest honor this spring. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:35:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210125-388.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Avett Brothers, who played a sold-out show last spring during the premiere season of Stage AE's outdoor concerts, will return to the venue May 20. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:44:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210123-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml State police arrested an Indiana County man Monday and charged him with multiple counts of theft after they said he embezzled nearly a million dollars -- and possibly as much as $5 million -- from a drilling company over a half dozen years. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210119-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Firefighters were back at the scene of a Fayette County church that caught fire Monday night after the fire rekindled this morning. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210113-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A Fayette County church caught on fire shortly before midnight Monday night. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210009-454.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Marcellus Shale impact fee and regulatory measure that passed the General Assembly last week is now law, after Republican Gov. Tom Corbett signed it on Monday evening. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210118-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Developers and homebuilders in Peters told council members that an ongoing dispute is costing them "hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of jobs." Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210117-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A rash of vehicles break-ins in Bridgeville have ceased since a suspect was arrested for burglarizing unlocked vehicles in South Fayette. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:15:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210116-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The developers of a planned power plant in Robinson, Washington County, have accepted the conditions that township supervisors placed on the project's development. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:05:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210115-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Administrators had proposed the changes, along with the adoption of a food allergy management policy at last week's meeting. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1209972-28-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml West Penn Hospital's emergency room department reopens at 8 a.m. today, featuring a renovated entry, 23 patient beds, a fast-track triage system and several technology upgrades, including a state-of-the-art CT scanner coming next month. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:10:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210079-454-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Penn State University said it has paid $3.2 million for legal fees, consultants and public relations firms to address the scandal that exploded with former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky's Nov. 5 arrest on child sex abuse charges. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:09:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1209997-57.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Jury selection is under way in a state corruption case against a former top Democratic lawmaker in Harrisburg and his one-time aide. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1209967-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Old arenas die hard. Or at least this one does. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1209994-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A Glassport man was arrested last week on theft charges after investigators said he failed to complete several projects for the borough. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1209995-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Harry Davis & Co. announced plans Monday to auction off the assets of Maglev Inc., a McKeesport-based high-speed rail developer that filed for bankruptcy in July. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1209996-55.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml D. Raja, the Republican candidate for Allegheny County executive last year, is poised to join the run for state Sen. John Pippy's seat south of Pittsburgh. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210013-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Allegheny County's president judge on Monday invited public comment on the realignment of five magisterial district courts as part of a mandated statewide process. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210016-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A former Leetsdale administrative assistant whose post was eliminated after her husband lost his bid for re-election to council sued the borough Friday, saying she lost her job for political reasons. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210018-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The city bomb squad was dispatched to a Brookline bank where a robbery was reported Monday. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210019-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A total of 70 Duquesne University employees -- 50 staff and 20 faculty -- have taken the voluntary buyout that the school offered in December as a hedge against an enrollment slide and declining revenue, the school said Monday. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210022-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The defense attorney for state Sen. Jane Orie, R-McCandless, is asking for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate alleged leaks from the grand jury. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210052-122.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Theatergoers around Pittsburgh might have seen Mary Alice Nicholas Bialock in any number of productions from the 1940s to 1980s, ranging from the serious drama of Tennessee Williams to the frothier musical entertainment of the Civic Light Opera. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210055-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Several Pittsburgh students are in Harrisburg for Valentine's Day, but it's not so they can deliver chocolate and flowers to Gov. Tom Corbett. Instead, it's so they can send him a message: that the governor's proposed education budget is breaking students' hearts. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210057-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will assume growing responsibility for a refurbished Point State Park in coming years, eventually taking over all maintenance and security from the city. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210063-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml One person was killed when a four-alarm fire began in Mercer County Monday night. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210064-53.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A 5-year-old boy who watched as his older brother was beaten to death has been placed in the care of his aunt, who said she is concerned for the child's mental health. Crystal McKee said she will seek counseling for Vincere McKee, who confided some of what he witnessed to his 10-year-old cousin as the children struggled to grasp the death of 11-year-old Donovan McKee. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210080-454.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Former Penn State University defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky will get a jury of his Centre County peers to hear his criminal trial. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210087-84.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml An $8 billion fund to train workers at community colleges was a major plank of President Barack Obama's proposed budget, and the president of Community College of Allegheny County praised the measure as a job creator. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210100-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml As part of his budget, President Obama on Monday proposed an $8 billion Community College to Career Fund, with the goal of training two million workers for well-paying jobs in high-demand industries. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1210028-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml State police have released the name of a woman who died in a crash Sunday afternoon in Bedford County. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:31:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1210060-54.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml One person was killed when a four-alarm fire began in Mercer County tonight. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:22:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209934-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml State police have released the name of a woman who died in a crash Sunday afternoon in Bedford County. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209930-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml An overnight fire destroyed the ski lodge at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:16:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209942-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Community College of Allegheny County President Alex Johnson said today he will donate a $20,000 performance bonus awarded him last week to scholarships and other education charities, given the financial challenges CCAC faces due to a weak economy. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:46:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209941-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Harry Davis & Company announced plans today to auction off the assets of Maglev Inc., a McKeesport-based high-speed rail developer that filed for bankruptcy in July. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209939-100-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml HARRISBURG -- A judge rejected a request that the jury for former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky be chosen from outside Centre County, and also ruled that Mr. Sandusky will be able to visit with most of his grandchildren and some adult friends in his home as he awaits trial. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209935-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml All lanes of the Parkway West outbound have reopened after a multi-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer was cleared in Carnegie, state Department of Transportation spokesman Jim Struzzi said. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:07:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209838-294-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml I know where you were at 11:22 p.m. Saturday. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209932-100.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Thiel College announced it will use the $25 million bequest from the late businessman William S. Dietrich II to fund an honors program named for his parents, who graduated from the school in the 1930s. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209872-505.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Declining commercial assessments and the lack of a county-wide reassessment this year are two major contributors to a $3.5 million Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:16:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209895-53-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml For the Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency Coalition, 2011 was a thrilling year. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:10:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209896-503-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether specific Marcellus Shale drilling and compressor station Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209854-454-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml House Republicans and Democrats united last week to pass a bill that supporters say could reduce how much taxpayers must contribute toward the costs of pensions for future Allegheny County employees. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:59:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209864-122-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Raymond L. Casper believed in second chances. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209873-122-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Fred Yee was 20-something and wasn't exactly enthralled working in the business world. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209868-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Jaunna Cobb, 11, thought she lost her chance to play basketball this season when she was cut from the fourth and fifth grade co-ed Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:57:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209871-147-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml Like many drivers who arrive at crowded Port Authority park-n-ride lots after all the spaces are taken, Michelle Kotlinski of Richland sometimes makes one up, leaving her car at the end of a row outside of the marked spots in the lot on Perrysville Avenue in Ross. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209869-53-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml A Knoxville man left to watch over his girlfriend's 11-year-old son while she was at work beat the boy to death over a span of nine hours on Saturday, according to Pittsburgh police. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:50:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209853-454-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml HARRISBURG -- The odds are against a state-licensed slots casino being built near the Gettysburg National Military Park, but state Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209845-454-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml HARRISBURG -- The horse racing industry is protesting a proposal by Gov. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:10:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209851-455.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml The Community College of Allegheny County is entering the public phase of its fundraising campaign and has increased the overall goal to $40 million, up from $30 million. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209914-298.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- Sixty educators from across the nation roamed the halls and ringed the rooms of East Mooresville Intermediate School, searching for the secret formula. They found it in Erin Holsinger's fifth-grade math class. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500