Verona News

U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire on Tuesday presented an additional $500,000 to study a proposed commuter train between Pittsburgh and the Alle-Kiski Valley.

In 1999, Freeport's Sean Michael O'Donnell and Todd Collar started a community theater quite a stretch distant from Pittsburgh's Cultural District.

A soldier who was killed in Iraq four years ago is being honored by Allegheny County.

A young peregrine falcon, banded last month atop the Cathedral of Learning in Oakland, died yesterday when it slammed into a Rand Building window and broke its neck.

Lisa Ashbaugh of Verona is the newest member of Riverview School Board. The board appointed her at Monday's meeting to replace Glenn Armocida, who announced his resignation earlier this year.

The family of a Sharpsburg man who died while in police custody in 2006 filed a federal lawsuit Friday against five municipalities and police departments involved in a car chase shortly before his death.

Wily like a coyote, Wylie the beagle-sheperd mix has eluded capture for two months.

Shaler police said that between April 2 and April 10, McManus stole a man's wallet from his Lederer Avenue home where she once lived and made 13 unauthorized withdrawals totaling $1,943.50 from the man's bank ...

John A. Verone, 75, of Ellwood City, died Sunday, June 1, 2008, at his residence.

A fatal car accident in Verona is under investigation. It happened along Allegheny River Boulevard near the Riverside Shopping Plaza.

A 57-year-old Penn Hills man died following a single-vehicle accident in Verona, the Allegheny County medical examiner's office said today.

A gust of wind sweeps the cold rain over the hill at Verona Cemetery, painting all the graves a grayish color.

A September groundbreaking is scheduled for Steel City Rowing Club's new boathouse.

Curbs might as well be the edge of the world. That's the first thing you learn while spending an afternoon scooting Downtown in a wheelchair.

The following is a partial list of criminal cases handled by judges in the most recent term of Westmoreland County criminal court. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“They can do the work of four, eight, 12 cameras, depending on who is running it”

Council members are considering installation of several state-of-the-art security cameras to serve as watchful eyes on the community. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“If you're going to make a statement like that, it should be both EMS and firefighters”

Two lawmakers want to buy volunteer firefighters a round. Or at least pay for a dip. via Pittsburgh Tribune

Harrisburg, Pa. Two western Pennsylvania stopped for speeding on Interstate 81 on Thursday face charges for what state police call one the largest heroin busts ever in Dauphin County. via WHTM-TV Harrisburg

“Dad wanted to remain in England to study law”

George Kress spent a term at Oxford University in England on a scholarship offered to American GIs at the end of World War II. via Pittsburgh Tribune

Penn Hills police said Rabarre approached a woman in the parking lot of a supermarket and tried to steal her purse. via PittsburghLIVE.com