Loyalhanna News

Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board Wednesday finalized a 2008-09 budget of $28.8 million that calls for property tax hikes of 5.59 mills in Indiana County and 3.82 mills in Loyalhanna Township, Westmoreland ...

When Derry Area School District first talked about renovating Grandview Elementary in 2003 to bring in students from the since-closed Bradenville Elementary, Kelly Tatone felt torn about how it might affect her ...

Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland County honored what executive director Alex Graziani called its "key implementers" at the 2008 awards dinner held Wednesday at the University of Pittsburgh at ...

Property owners in Derry Area School District will pay a higher real estate tax based on a tentative 2008-09 budget approved 5-1 by the board at a special meeting Thursday, but they likely will get even more ...

“What they found was the diversity of Nine Mile Run is just not there”

A virtually dead zone in an otherwise fishable creek will benefit from a restoration project that was conceived, designed, permitted, coordinated and funded by students at Greater Latrobe Junior-Senior High ... via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“We called the dive team as a precaution”

The Greensburg Dive Team searched Loyalhanna Lake Dam in Loyalhanna for more than four hours Thursday after someone spotted a boat without any occupants floating on the lake. via Pittsburgh Tribune

Three people from the region were killed in separate crashes. * Dexter Kennedy, 68, of Monroeville died shortly after 5 p.m. Friday when the pickup truck he was driving was involved in a collision with another ... via PittsburghLIVE.com

Fort Ligonier almost wasn't built. Which means the borough of Ligonier might never had been settled. via North Hills News Record

A Saltsburg man was killed early this morning in a one-vehicle accident in Loyalhanna, Westmoreland County. via Leader-Times

“It's happening because of all of the very specific work you're doing in partnership and with partnership with us at the state.”

It's a story that's been and will continue to be told and retold -- how a blend of leadership, investment, know-how and location turned around a city that lost its major employer. via Easton Express-Times

“We supply everything from stringing material to clasps”

After successfully operating a sheet metal business with her husband, Linda Pence of Irwin has gone into what could be considered a more feminine line of work -- running a bead shop. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“If it was a slam dunk, don't you think they would have answered those questions and sent it back in a hurry?”

When Act 44 was passed in July, providing for the increase of toll prices on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and creation of tolls on Interstate 80, proponents said it was going to be a slam dunk for federal ... via Dailyitem.com

“All three were awake and alert. It's pretty safe to say there were no critical injuries”

Five people, including two children, sustained injuries in a one-vehicle crash Wednesday night in Derry Township. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“It's been a very difficult time for me”

A Mt. Pleasant attorney has been suspended from practicing law after an investigation in which state officials received evidence that at least $200,000 was allegedly misappropriated from clients. via Pittsburgh Tribune

“While [the work] will be intrusive, we don't want road rage.”

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will decide on Thursday afternoons this year whether to close three miles of the Parkway East/Interstate 376 each weekend for rehabilitation between the ... via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“It's one of the strangest cases I've ever worked”

The world was his oyster, and Northeastern Pennsylvania apparently his litter box. via Dailyitem.com

“But the percentages are still the same.”

As the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America in 2010 draws near, local and nationwide Boy Scouts and Scout leaders are celebrating their rich tradition of making the community a better place. via PittsburghLIVE.com

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced that construction will begin Thursday afternoon to replace the damaged 15-foot-high, steel-reinforced concrete column under Interstate 95 near the ... via NBC Channel 10

The American Cancer Society Daffodil Days Campaign is celebrating 35th anniversary in Pennsylvania and although more than 15,000 orders have been placed, volunteers are preparing for sales during Daffodils Days ... via PAHomepage.com

“There will be a jack put on top of it that will lift the structure up to take the pressure off the column”

Road crews have been working uninterrupted to repair what officials called the busiest stretch of roadway in Pennsylvania after an inspector found extensive damage to an Interstate 95 support pillar Monday ... via NBC 10