Jefferson Hills News

Moon Patrolman Joe Brace squeezes between the wheels of a semi-trailer to make brake measurements during a truck inspection by 17 commercial truck inspectors from seven police agencies set up along Interstate 376 in Findlay.

Jefferson Hills council last night adopted a preliminary $12.2 million budget for that contains no tax increase for 2010 the sixth consecutive year.

The I-CAR Education Foundation has named Steel Center Area Vocational Technical School in Jefferson Hills, Pa., as the winner of the Ultimate Collision Education Makeover grant.

Walter F. Roche Jr. can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7894. Jefferson Regional Medical Center's attempts to convert to electronic medical records have some doctors concerned about patient safety.

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Jefferson Hills' three fire volunteer companies must show documentation that members of each company have met training requirements before council will dispense state funding.

Officials of Jefferson Hills' largest volunteer fire company asked council last night for a larger portion of the roughly $60,000 state allocation based on their claim that firefighters of the other two companies do not meet minimum training standards adopted by the municipality.

Fred Cullen wore many hats - educator, musician, Army intelligence officer, community activist, Sunday school teacher and humanitarian.

The preliminary hearing for a man suspected of causing a hit-and-run accident in Oakland that killed a bicyclist continued Tuesday.

A lawyer representing the suspended West Jefferson Hills school superintendent called the school board's decision to place her on administrative leave "highly unorthodox" and said she plans to legally contest the board's actions.

PITTSBURGH a ' Allegheny County Public Works today announced that Cochrans Mill Road in Jefferson Hills Borough will be closed between Stilley Road and West Bruceton Road beginning at 6:00 a.m. on Mon., Oct.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission says motorists on its northbound Route 43 toll road in western Pennsylvania can expect some delays Tuesday and Wednesday.

As a survivor of the brutal Bataan Death March of World War II and Japanese prisoner of war camps, John Emerick never lost his concern for the welfare of the men who were with him through those ordeals.

The West Jefferson Hills school board put the district's superintendent on paid administrative leave because of a "lack of candor" about why she blocked the hiring of a teacher.

West Jefferson Hills Superintendent Dr. Terry Kinavey was placed on paid administrative leave last night amid findings that she overrode the hiring process for a high school English teacher.

Police investigating a South Park man's report that his apartment was robbed found evidence of underage parties there that allegedly involved illegal drinking and indecent assault against two 15-year-old girls.

Two men -- one a school custodian and both volunteer firefighters -- were arrested on allegations of giving alcohol to minors and paying teenage girls to strip and fondling them in South Park.

A crash injured as many as four people Sunday near the Elizabeth Bridge in Jefferson Hills.

Construction services company dck worldwide LLC said its dck/TtEC LLC joint venture team was among four contractors to secure a global multiple-award construction contract with the Navy valued at $900 million.

Stacy Lee can be reached at slee@dailynewsemail.com or 412-664-9161. Seven municipalities are working together under the leadership of state Rep.