http://www.post-gazette.com/ Local and regional news as it develops during the day en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:03:15 -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/09324/1015058-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Two Pittsburgh school board members have set up their own citywide meeting for Monday so the public can comment on a school closing proposal and any other issues facing Pittsburgh Public Schools. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015063-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml At least nine people were arrested on drug charges today during a sweep of homes in the Penn Hills area, according to the Allegheny County District attorney???s office. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015079-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Defenseman Brooks Orpik, who has not played since Nov. 10 because of an unspecified injury, plans to return to the Penguins' lineup when they face Atlanta at Philips Arena Saturday night. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015073-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Goodwill Industries of Southwestern Pennsylvania is moving from the South Side to Lawrenceville next year. It announced its purchase and sale agreements today. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:07:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015072-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Avonworth School District will dedicate a bench and area for reflection in memory of Jacob Snively at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the middle school. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015067-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The city plans to meet with St. Louis-based Save-A-Lot to gauge its interest in building a store in the Hill District, now that Kuhn's Market has pulled out. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015066-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml HARRISBURG -- State House committee assignments are being shuffled in the aftermath of last week's arrest of former House Speaker John Perzel, who has been stripped of his post as top Republican on the Urban Affairs Committee. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:09:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015059-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml After 23 months of negotiations, teachers in the South Allegheny School District have reached a contract settlement with the school board that will give teachers annual raises that average 2 percent. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:31:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015064-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A Shaler man remained free on bond after he was ordered today to stand trial, charged with having been drunk last May when he drove the wrong way onto a Fort Duquesne Bridge ramp where his car collided with another, killing the other driver and permanently disabling that driver???s passenger. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:18:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015056-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Three men were held for trial this morning in the fatal shooting of a Beltzhoover man during a robbery in October. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015057-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Housing sales in Allegheny County made a dramatic turnaround in October in response to buyers trying to cash in on the $8,000 tax credit that had been set to expire in November. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:43:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015053-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A man was killed in one-car crash this morning on Route 286 in Westmoreland County. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:49:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015055-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Pittsburgh homicide detectives are investigating the stabbing of a man on the South Side early this morning. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015054-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A Venango County man, injured in a one-vehicle crash in October in Mercer County, died this week in an Ohio Hospital, state police said. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:41:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015052-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The proposal would have allowed a correctional organization to house more than 100 adult ex-offenders in a Penn Avenue building that currently houses a program for adolescent females. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:53:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014924-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml OTTAWA -- Ottawa defeated the Penguins, 6-2, at Scotiabank Place tonight. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:02:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1015002-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Jared Mintz scored 24 points on nearly-perfect shooting to lead Lafayette to an 88-77 win over St. Francis tonight. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1015013-169.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Angela Pace scored 20 points and led the Robert Morris women's basketball team to a 74-67 home win against Akron tonight. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:34:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1015008-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Chad Tomko scored 21 points and North Carolina-Wilmington held Penn State to 32.3 percent shooting to knock off the Nittany Lions,80-69, tonight. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:22:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014914-142.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Ashton Gibbs scored 20 points to lead Pitt past Eastern Kentucky, 71-60, tonight at the Petersen Events Center. It was the second consecutive game that Gibbs scored 20 points or more. He scored 22 against Binghamton Tuesday night. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:53:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014832-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A few hundred people gathered in front of UPMC Braddock this afternoon to rally the medical giant to keep the hospital open. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:10:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014856-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Two brothers from Bellevue have been charged with vandalizing about 150 cars in five North Hills communities Wednesday night. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:17:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014831-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Common Pleas Judge Kevin J. Sasinoski today set bond for Jason Kasper, who has been ordered to stand trial on charges of homicide and homicide by vehicle in the love-triangle death Nov. 1 of John Pavlick. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014785-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml HARRISBURG -- When you're trying to build a $425 million racetrack/casino, using the B word -- as in bankruptcy -- is often seen as a negative, Centaur Racing's Jeffrey Smith admitted yesterday. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:39:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014777-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The state Public Utility Commission has approved the sale of Dominion Peoples, Pittsburgh's largest natural gas utility, to Peoples Hope Gas companies LLC, a subsidiary of SteelRiver Infrastructure Fund North America LP. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:10:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014775-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The tuition tax has the votes to win approval. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:02:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014823-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry reported this afternoon that Pennsylvania's unemployment rate held steady from September to October, remaining at 8.8 percent. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:52:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014793-66.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Steelers linebacker James Harrison told the Post-Gazette today he was fined $5,000 by the NFL for punching Cincinnati offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth Sunday. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014791-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml City police kicked off a holiday safety campaign today intended to keep Pittsburgh residents from falling prey to thieves and scammers who take advantage of the season. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014770-147.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Whitehall officials advised motorists to avoid several streets in the borough from 9:30 a.m. until early afternoon because of a Duquesne Light Company project to replace a power transformer. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014783-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A local architect today took his battle to save Mellon Arena from the wrecking ball to its owner, the city-Allegheny County Sports & Exhibition Authority. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:12:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014780-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml An armed robber is being sought after the holdup yesterday of a PNC Bank branch in North Huntingdon, police said Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014782-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml OTTAWA -- The Penguins will get a couple of injured players back when they face Ottawa tonight at 7:38 at Scotiabank Place, but might lose another. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:03:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014771-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A Greene County woman was killed early yesterday when her pickup truck was struck by a dump truck in Dunkard. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:07:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014773-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A half-mile missing link on the North Shore Trail will be filled by a $5 million elevated structure stretching from near Washington's Landing to the Three Rivers Rowing Association's near Millvale. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:50:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014772-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Sales of cold weather gear helped Dick's Sporting Goods beat analysts expectations for the third quarter and the Findley retailer said it is raising its earnings projections for the full fiscal year as a result. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:14:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014769-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A student representative last night asked the Shaler Area school board to address shrinking class funds. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014768-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml While Franklin Park's preliminary 2010 budget includes no property tax increase, it does include, for the first time, a $52 local services tax. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014726-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A woman's body was found in a wooded area of East Hills yesterday afternoon, police said. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014767-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml An airline passenger suffered a slight injury while coming down an escape slide when a charter plane made an emergency landing in Kansas after losing an engine. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1015011-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml No. 3 Ohio State dominated the first 4 minutes and West Virginia never came close to recovering over the last 36. Samantha Prahalis had 14 points and 12 assists, and the Buckeyes scored the first 17 points to roll past the Mountaineers 92-69 tonight in the semifinals of the Preseason WNIT. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500