Fox Chapel News

The book is closed on Monaca after its 27-0 loss to Avonworth in the opening round of the WPIAL playoffs, but Center still has a chance to make history.

Three Rivers Film Festival offers a wide range of screenings, from major directors and stars - like Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp and Emily Blunt - to lesser known, local filmmakers.

With the memory of Halloween still haunting us, Gregory Miller couldn't have picked a more appropriate time for the launch of his latest book, "Scaring the Crows: 21 Tales for Noon or Midnight." The Monroeville resident said the stories run the gamut from fantasy, horror, mystery, thriller and ghost story to mainstream tales and quiet character ...

Step inside Gail Gilliland's Fox Chapel Road home, and it's clear she's an artist.

By Mary Ann Thomas , VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Last updated: 9:08 am The Army Corps of Engineers is moving on a plan for a proposed $1.8 million project to reroute stormwater that floods Aspinwall's sewage system.

While 325,000 education jobs nationwide have been reported created or saved because of the economic stimulus so far, Pennsylvania is reporting just 531 such jobs.

New Kensington businessman and philanthropist Charles H. Booth Jr. is suing the estate of his dead attorney for alleged errors made in documents intended to protect Booth's estate from federal taxes.

Ruth and James Weir stand in front of the Greek Revival farmhouse where they reared five children while Mr.

The Allegheny Health and Rehabilitation Center hopes to make Saturday's Make a Difference Day fundraiser an ongoing project.

If the Penn-Trafford golf team wins a WPIAL Division I Team Championship today, then it might want to thank Max Palinski.

Once Janet Burke made up her mind, she succeeded - whether it dealt with raising five sons or working as a do-everything newspaper editor at a time when such jobs were the province of men.

Today and tomorrow : Feathers, the Shadyside fine linens and down store, will have a trunk show of Peacock Alley's exclusive Couture Bedding Collection with a personal appearance by company founder Mary Ella Gabler from 1 to 6 p.m. today.

The body of Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, was shot into space. The ashes of writer Hunter Thompson were blasted out of a cannon with fireworks.

Visitors to Harrison Hills Park soon will have a dedicated place to climb, make music, paint trees, run up and down hills and gaze into a wooded canopy.

The Fox Chapel School District was supposed to spray school grounds with a weed killer over the weekend, but when parents expressed concerns about the chemicals they agreed not to do it.

Jennifer McCalla's 5-year-old daughter Ashley enjoys attending kindergarten at Propel McKeesport so much that she gets mad when her mom picks her up after school.

The Fox Chapel Area School District, spurred by parents' concerns, yesterday postponed the planned spraying of a potentially dangerous herbicide this weekend.

The Fox Chapel Area High School Homecoming Parade scheduled for Friday, Oct. 9, has been canceled, school officials announced.

The head of Allegheny County's Republican Party says Pittsburgh-based U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan is mulling a run for Congress.

Fox Chapel junior Nadia Luttner repeated today as WPIAL girls golf champion, shooting a 6-over-par 78 to win by one stroke at South Hills Country Club.