Oakdale News

Severe storms pounded the Pittsburgh area Sunday evening with winds exceeding the speed limit on many area highways.

“The explosion came down the valley, broke windows out and everything.”

There were no World War I battles in Western Pennsylvania, yet about 200 people lost their lives in South Fayette nearly 90 years ago during a wartime effort. via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

“By identifying those people in advance and getting to them we can help them rework their deals to put them into a good mortgage product that will keep them safe and out of foreclosure”

Reporting Andy Sheehan Foreclosure is a scourge, not just for the people involved, but for entire neighborhoods and towns. via Kdka.com

“Today we have that approval, so it's no longer a question of if, it's a question of when and how”

A Pentagon board gave approval Monday for a new military commissary to be built in the Pittsburgh area. via ThePittsburghChannel.com

“We were training Iraqi soldiers.”

Coming home Friday from seven months' service in Iraq, Master Gunnery Sgt. Bob Bono of Ebensburg also is ending his 28-year career in the Marine Corps and Reserves. via The Tribune-Democrat

An 18-year-old man was injured when his pickup truck overturned on Sunday. The accident happened at the intersection of Clinton Avenue and Noblestown Road in Oakdale. via ThePittsburghChannel.com

“I was taken aback by the demeaning remarks Sen. Obama made about people in small town America”

Pittsburghers are reacting tonight to some controversial comments made recently by Democratic Presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama. via Kdka.com

An Oakdale man was killed Tuesday in Hanover Township when the motorcycle he was driving went off Old Steubenville Pike and crashed into a tree. via O-R Online

A tiny elastomeric bearing seal was key to helping Jayhawk Motorsports, the racecar team from the University of Kansas , build a formula-style racecar that handles easily. via Machine Design

An Oakdale man who was on the list of Allegheny County's 10 most wanted fugitives was arrested Thursday when county sheriff's deputies received a tip from a viewer who saw his picture on the "Fugitive Files on ... via PittsburghLIVE.com

“I will put a moratorium on taking down any of these buildings”

Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato promised Saturday to halt moving or tearing down any of the hundreds of buildings in county parks. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“Citizens have long questioned the missteps associated with the Beech Hollow project: missteps we believe could ultimately harm our health. We have been left to wonder why the PA DEP consistently favors industry instead of enforcing the laws.”

The Environmental Integrity Project and the Sierra Club are among those seeking to halt construction of the new waste coal plant until plans for the plant are altered to meet state and federal pollution ... via TurboMachinery International

Today is one of the rare events in human time-space history, a catch-up day, February 29th. via Cryptomundo

“The Undergraduate Research Initiative provides funding for students to conduct research and to present their research at regional and national conferences. So far this year 64 students have been awarded grants to conduct and present research.”

The Westminster College Drinko Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning awarded an undergraduate research grant to Cristen Chiri , a senior psychology major, to present her research at the Midwestern ... via Westminster College

“I couldn't ... I was ... I was just speechless”

Helen Myers is still trying to find the words to describe that moment. The Red Lion resident was onstage with her granddaughter, a brand new red Volkswagen Beetle convertible and world-famous talk show host, ... via York Dispatch

“It was bleeding and she made it bleed more”

Bold and the Beautiful 1:30PM - 2:00PM Stephanie believes Eric will move back in with her and end his relationship with Donna; Taylor tells Nick and James she is recovering well. via WHP-TV Harrisburg

As the World Turns 2:00PM - 3:00PM The randy residents of Oakdale fire up this hour of small-town scandals and big-league betrayals, especially among the Hughes and Snyder families. via WHP-TV Harrisburg

This week's "Cool Stuff Being Made" video visits Industrial Scientific Corp. of Oakdale, Penn., a company devoted to employee health and safety -- not just for its own workers but for the industrial customers ... via Manufacturers Blog

“American Eagle really went one step further”

Draftsman Mike Egger and his co-workers at Somerset Steel Erection in Boswell know how to do big projects. via The Tribune-Democrat

“These businesses collected millions of dollars in taxes from their customers and employees and failed to send the money to the state”

The 213 businesses listed on the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue's Internet list of tax delinquents owe the state more than $6.4 million, according to Secretary of Revenue Tom Wolf. via GantDaily.com