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An area couple is facing criminal charges for allegedly causing upward of $13,000 in damage to parking meters in Monessen.Police said Samantha L. Walters, 27, of Johnstown and Randy W. Kimmel Jr., 30, of Donora either drilled into the locks or removed the heads of 67 meters between Nov. 17 and ...

WEST NEWTON – Even before the outcome of a vote this week by Democratic committeemen and women, a blue and white yard sign supporting the special-election candidacy of Robert Prah Jr. was planted in front of a house on Venables Street in this Westmoreland County borough.It’s not that the ...

After slow progress around the holidays, construction crews are back to work on the Southern Beltway project, which is on schedule to open to traffic in fall 2021.The $800 million Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission project will stretch 13 miles from Route 22 near the Pittsburgh International ...

Local legislators back hand-held phone ban

A majority of local representatives in the state House backed legislation that made it illegal to drive while holding a cellphone to talk, albeit as a secondary offense.The proposal, which passed the state House in a 120-74 vote, also changed texting while driving to a secondary offense, ...

Impact fee revenue predicted to drop

Counties, towns and agencies, beware: Impact fees are projected to plummet 21% across the commonwealth.Pennsylvania is expected to collect $198.2 million in impact fees from unconventional natural gas operations in the Marcellus and Utica shales last year, the state’s Independent Fiscal ...

They gave peace a chance, but one couple has given up trying to live with the wild turkey that roams a Chartiers Township intersection.Once more, Homer the turkey has returned to the corner of Allison Hollow and McGovern roads. He certainly has his fans – a Facebook fan page has more than ...