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  • [27-05-2012] Friends present as Westmoreland County teen drowns in Yough River
    A teen drowned Friday night while swimming between the shore and pier in a Fayette County river. Scott Jeffries, 17, jumped from an area called "Flat Rock" into the Yough River, attempting to swim to a nearby pier....

  • [13-05-2012] Green students step back in time to 1885 for history lessons
    GREEN: The 28 students in Jill Baughman’s third-grade class were stumped when asked why there was a perfectly round hole in the top of each of their desks.A receptacle for flags and pencils seemed a perfectly reasonable answer to...

  • [09-05-2012] Suspect surrenders after SWAT teams surround Spring Garden housing project
    SWAT teams surrounded a housing project in Pittsburgh’s Spring Garden neighborhood Tuesday night as they looked for a suspected gunman. According to police, a suspect ran into the Northview Heights housing project on Mount...

  • [08-05-2012] Local news briefs — May 7
    AKRONPostal resolutionAKRON: The Akron City Council approved a resolution Monday urging the U.S. Postal Service to hold off on closing distribution centers, including the one in Akron, until Congress decides on legislation that would...

  • [01-05-2012] DA to seek death penalty against man accused in Baldwin woman's slaying
    The Washington County district attorney announced Tuesday that he will seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend earlier this year. More than a dozen family members and friends of Karissa Kunco were...