Harrison City News

Westminster College students earned top honors for oral presentation and honorable mention recognition at the Student Symposium on the Environment Dec.

When several families in the Penn-Trafford area give thanks during their Thanksgiving dinners, they'll make sure to show their gratitude to local church volunteers for making their meal possible.

Presented by: Stage Right When: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday Admission: $18 and $22; $12 and $18 for students Details: 724-832-7464, 724-836-8000 or Web site Christmas comes early for Palace Theatre audiences when Stage Right reprises its musical version of a beloved Charles Dickens' tale this weekend.

A Harrison City man broke into Penn Middle School early Wednesday morning and damaged about 30 computers, police said.

On Saturday November 7th, Slacker's Backyard Caf in Murrysville will be donating all proceeds, including waitresses' tips, to the food banks of Harrison City and the Trafford Area.

The fourth annual Walk of the Dead and Zombie Fest will take place Oct. 11 at the Monroeville Mall on Business Route 22, the site where director George Romero filmed his classic "Dawn of the Dead." The event features a zombie walk with accompanying food drive to benefit the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.

Penn Township commissioners are holding out for more money before selling a gas line right of way along old railroad tracks in Harrison City.

Baubles, bangles, bright shiny beads... Lillian DeDomenic/Tribune-Review News Service Benefit sale The trunk show and Freedom Boutique will be held at St.

A 21-year-old Allegheny County woman is in the Westmoreland County Prison on $50,000 bond for her alleged role in a home invasion Friday in Penn Township.

Tickets: Can be purchased for $8 online at www.urockus.org or for $12 at the door.

Paul Shick found musical inspiration in Matthew Fischerkeller. "I always looked up to Matthew and thought he was a good guitar player.

Paul Shick found musical inspiration in Matthew Fischerkeller. "I always looked up to Matthew and thought he was a good guitar player.

The groundhogs haven't gone away. Neither have the responses to a recent column detailing my ongoing problem with an extended family of the destructive rodents that has nested underneath my backyard tool shed.

Zion's Lutheran Church in Harrison City will hold a "Christmas in July" fair-trade sale Saturday.

The Victorian High Tea and Paper and Lace Victorian Fashions show will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Social Hall at St.

Two of the things that Pittsburgh is known for -- fireworks and a spirit of competition -- played out in the sky last night as Pyrotecnico presented the city's annual Fourth of July display over Point State Park, replacing longtime fireworks company Zambelli.

A head-on car crash killed a Jeannette couple Thursday afternoon in Penn Township, Westmoreland County.

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. Two people were killed in a head-on collision on Route 130 in Penn Township this afternoon, emergency officials said.

A former Penn-Trafford High School student claims he was needlessly subdued by a Taser during a 2007 incident at the high school and has filed a federal lawsuit against Penn Township police, the school district and school officials.

Calvin Furfari of Penn Township liked to boast that he had three careers: He was a retired lieutenant colonel for the Air Force, he worked 38 years as an engineer with Westinghouse Electric and 16 years with the Penn Township Planning and Zoning Commission.