Leetsdale News

More than two months after Sewickley received a $6.6 million loan to upgrade its sewage treatment plant, Leetsdale officials are expressing an interest in merging the area's two waste centers.

The West Hills DUI Task Force has released results of a sobriety checkpoint that was held over the weekend on Ohio River Boulevard in Leetsdale.

The commander of Pennsylvania's Region 4 Emergency Medical Services Strike Team who is also an assistant fire chief in Leetsdale has been ordered to stand trial in connection with a year-old rape charge filed by a Bucks County woman.

Team 4 has learned that the commander of Pennsylvania's Region 4 EMS Strike Team and an assistant fire chief in Leetsdale, Allegheny County, was recently charged with rape of an unconscious person in connection with a hotel incident that happened one year ago.

Team 4 has learned that the commander of Pennsylvania's Region 4 EMS Strike Team and an assistant fire chief in Leetsdale, Allegheny County, was recently charged with rape of an unconscious person in connection with a hotel incident that happened one year ago.

Throughout his life, Gene Fialkovich let his actions speak louder than his words.

This time, there are no gushers spilling oil everywhere. No farm villages that become boom towns overnight, only to empty out as wells start running dry.

Matthew Santoni can be reached via e-mail or at 412-380-5625. To some, fly ash is an environmental nuisance bordering on a hazard, a metal-laden byproduct of burning coal that authorities stash away in empty mines, gravel pits and ponds.

Pittsburgh construction activity picked up in April with 199 permits valued at $54.88 million issued.

The West Hills DUI Task Force will be conducting enforcement operations this weekend in the form of sobriety checkpoints.

As the mother of three adopted children, Helen Jean Elliott understood what children meant to families who wanted to adopt, and she willingly helped them.

Plastibec, Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada, announces that Sunteca, Leetsdale, PA, the manufacturer of the Decomatic vertical headrail, will be exclusively distributing Plastibec's Providence Collection for companies interested in fabricating decorative verticals.

''He thinks they're all here to see him,'' owner Craig Rader said with a grin. Watson, a 6-year-old Portuguese water dog, is the pappy of America's first puppy.

A man was injured when he was hit by a train Sunday night. The man, whose name was not available, was hit near the Ferry Street railroad crossing in Leetsdale, an emergency dispatcher said.

Historic Harmony donated preservation easements on these properties to Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation: * Harmony Museum Building, Mercer Street, built in 1809 with 1816 addition; part of Harmony Historic District.

Gov. Ed Rendell on Tuesday announced nearly $30 million in state funding for 12 projects in the Pittsburgh region, including a YMCA in the Hill District and a massive industrial park in the Pittsburgh International Airport corridor.

A woman and her teenage son escaped an early-morning fire that destroyed their Leetsdale home and killed their pet dog, authorities said.

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A woman and her teenage son fled an overnight fire that destroyed their house in Leetsdale.