McKeesport News

John W. Downey, 83, Warren, PA., died Friday morning, March 7, 2014 after an illness of the past year and a half.

Students in the McKeesport Area School District are mourning the death of a 14-year-old girl who died Thursday night after she was hit by a dump truck earlier in the day outside her school.

"I wrote a message saying I hope she rests in peace with her dad," Alyson Higdon's friend said Friday in McKeesport.

A shortage of road salt in southwestern Pennsylvania has caused a state of emergency in McKeesport and slowed Pittsburgh's ability to treat some of its less-traveled roads.

The city of McKeesport declared a state of emergency as drivers were dealing with slick conditions on icy, snow-covered roads Monday morning after a weekend snowstorm.

Two UPMC McKeesport Hospital employees have sued their employer, claiming the hospital and corporate parent failed to protect the personal security information of its workers.

Florence was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania and graduated from McKeesport Hospital School of Nursing in 1940.

A fabulous loft downtown, a home in the suburbs, a luxury townhouse on the slopes - what do these locations all have in common? "They have listed this place and people fall for it because everyone wants to get a good deal in the rental market," said Alex Deacon.

A western Pennsylvania heroin addict has been ordered to stand trial on charges she murdered her mother by hitting the woman with a hammer and strangling her after the victim refused to let the suspect borrow her car to go and buy drugs.

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Two bids were received. C&R Directional Boring Inc. of Clearfield bid $24,966 and Glenn Johnston Inc. of McKeesport bid $65,208.

A former armored truck guard who killed his co-worker, stole $2.3 million and holed up in a Florida beach house with drugs and hookers is scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday in an Allegheny County courtroom.

Where you grew up and went to high school: I was born in McKeesport, Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh, and lived there until I was 11. It was a neighborhood with parents who were mostly themselves the children of immigrants.

The workers at Simonetta's Body Shop in McKeesport, PA, found out that the Affordable Care Act insurance plans aren't affordable.