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In the wake of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission's third attempt to toll Interstate 80, Alliance to Stop I-80 Tolling members today reiterated that this is a flawed regional solution to a statewide problem; tolling I-80 will cripple the entire Commonwealth economy; there are better road and bridge funding options; giving I-80 to the Turnpike ...

Share + Oct 29, 2009 11:05 pm US/Eastern Is your pet at risk for H1N1 flu? According to a local veterinarian, most pet owners don't need to worry, but it depends on what kind of pet you have.

Frank Sever says he feels there is a definite need for a police force in Sewickley Township.

One day after a gunman took his life at the altar of First United Methodist Church, Pottsville, the congregation began its healing process with a Saturday night prayer service.

Police say a man killed himself inside a church after fatally shooting his girlfriend outside an eastern Pennsylvania Social Security office.

Founding members of Greensburg's bloodhound team were honored by a national organization and others during a recent banquet at Hidden Valley Four Seasons Resort in Somerset County.

BENSALEM, Pa. - September 24, 2009 -- Traffic is up at the Philadelphia Park Casino where remnants of a recession are nowhere to be found.

Volunteer fire companies and social clubs, called the "heart and soul" of Western Pennsylvania communities, would face a 20 percent tax on the profits of punch boards, raffles and other small games of chance under a budget agreement that could be voted on by the Legislature later this week.

Paul Paterra can be reached via e-mail or at 724-836-6220. The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County has sold the last of its former satellite offices.

Amy Crawford can be reached via e-mail or at 724-850-2856. Westmoreland County's last original covered bridge, a nationally recognized historic structure that dates to 1850, was damaged in a fire Monday afternoon.

Amy Crawford can be reached via e-mail or at 724-850-2856. A quick-thinking teenager may have saved Westmoreland County's last original covered bridge.

Richard Gazarik can be reached via e-mail or at 724-830-6292. Four guards were fired Monday by the Westmoreland County Prison Board and two others were allowed to resign in the wake of an investigation into the alleged beating of an inmate last month.

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. The death of a truck driver from Verona in a crash on the Amos K. Hutchinson Bypass/Toll Route 66 in Westmoreland County has been ruled an accident, the Westmoreland County Coroner's Office said Wednesday.

Jennifer Reeger can be reached via e-mail or at 724-836-6155. When vandals damaged and opened three dozen fire hydrants throughout Sewickley Township early Monday morning, the results could have been disastrous.

Welcome to this week's edition of the GantDaily Weekly Reload. This week the news team brought you stories regarding election news in Glen Hope Borough, a woman posing as a CYS worker and a Karthas man's court date.

With two weeks to go, the Salvation Army is about a third of the way toward its goal of raising $150,000 through its annual Westmoreland County Red Shield Campaign.