Plum News

A Martinsburg man was arrested by West Virginia State Police early Saturday morning following a pursuit on Interstate 81 that ended at the welcome center near the Maryland state line, police said.

Karen Zapf can be reached via e-mail or at 412-380-8522. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is developing a plan to repair what the state is calling a "major" landslide on Leechburg Road near the Plum post office.

Karen Zapf can be reached via e-mail or at 412-380-8522. For more than 20 years, Ginger Vannucci has blocked off several days in the summer to work at the St.

Bonnie Pfister can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7886. By Bonnie Pfister TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, July 2, 2009 Dick Hughes is staying close to home this summer.

What : Spaghetti dinner and bike run to benefit research of Loeys-Dietz Syndrome and the family of Jake Knighton When : 3 p.m. July 11 Where : Renton Volunteer Fire Department social hall, 222 Renton Ave., Plum Donations : For information, contact Kathy Neace, event chairwoman, 7065 Leechburg Ave., No.

A slow-moving thunderstorm that flooded many parts of the Pittsburgh region and prompted a tornado warning at one point also produced a lightning strike that burned a house in Plum.

A group of teenagers recently took a simple plea to Trafford Borough Council - for a place to hang out in the borough.

The social justice committee of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Plum is sponsoring a forum on capital punishment in the judicial system beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday in meeting room B at the William E. Anderson Library of Penn Hills, 1037 Stotler Road.

When the Penn Hills school board voted in mid-February to move forward with $100 million worth of construction, it was well aware of the governor's proposal to cut the number of school districts in the state by up to 80 percent.

As fundraising continues for a coal miner's memorial, Plum council continues to brainstorm about how to make the memorial better.

Oakmont police said they arrested an intoxicated man early Sunday as he attempted to enter a house in which the owner had armed himself.

A Pittsburgh man tried to hide a heroin stash under a child's car seat in a van stopped along Coxcomb Hill on Thursday afternoon, police allege.

Authorities in Plum said a house fire was sparked by a lightning strike on Wednesday.

What : Spaghetti dinner fundraiser for Christen Belin, seriously injured in a fall in Oakland in the early-morning hours of May 3 Where : Clover Commons, off Abers Creek Road in Plum When : 1-5 p.m. June 7 Tickets : $8 for adults and $4 for children 12 and younger.

Plum police today found 400 bags of suspected heroin under a car seat occupied by an 18-month-old child.

Flames shot out of the roof of a home on Kellywood Court in Plum Boro Wednesday night after it was struck by lightning.

Plum High School's Air Force JROTC has been honored with the Air Force's Distinguished Unit Award for the third time in its three years of existence.

The man emerged from the bag room at one of the private clubs in Western Pennsylvania -- I will not say which club -- and barked, "Hey, next time you do a list about the most annoying things on the golf course, make sure you mention these." He pointed to one of those oversized head covers for drivers that can be anything from an animal to a school ...

As an amateur boxer, Brian Dankis knows what it takes to stay in shape. Dankis, 33, a paramedic with Plum Emergency Medical Service, intensified his training during the past six months.

Martin Joseph Franciscus, of Pittsburgh, was arrested on Wednesday after being identified in the photo lineup by witnesses police said.