West Homestead News

W. HOMESTEAD, Pa. -- An electrical short is being blamed for a fire at a steel plant in West Homestead early Monday morning.

Fire crews were called to a business in West Homestead at about 3 a.m. Monday because of reports of smoke.

A McKeesport man accused of fatally shooting a Damon's restaurant worker at The Waterfront during a robbery will stand trial on homicide and other charges, a district judge ruled Wednesday.

Four people were injured when the car they were driving knocked over a utility pole and then slammed into a garage in West Homestead.

Police have arrested a man who they said shot and killed a Damon's Grill restaurant worker following a robbery in July 2008.

An arrest has been made in a fatal 2008 shooting at a Pittsburgh-area restaurant.

Bonnie Critchlow surprised her husband, the Rev. Robert Critchlow, better known as "Pastor Bob," with a celebration in honor of his 50th year as a minister but found it tough to keep it a secret from him.

A dream that began in 1975 with the abandonment of 87 miles of railroad line from Cumberland, Md., to Connellsville -- a biking/hiking trail that would connect Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C. -- is on the verge of coming true.

Nikita Khrushchev meets steelworkers at Mesta Machine in West Homestead in 1959.

The Steel Valley School District will cancel classes for two days because of the G-20 summit, district officials announced Wednesday.

Michael DiVittorio can be reached at mdivitorio@dailynewsemail.com or 412-664-9161. Homestead officials are making sure those who show up to meetings get paid and those who do not attend receive no funds.

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Emergency crews in Allegheny County responded to the scene of an industrial accident on Tuesday.

An early morning police chase that began in West Homestead ended in Baldwin when the car that was being pursued crashed into a pole.

An early morning police chase that began in West Homestead ended in Baldwin when the car that was being pursued crashed into a pole.

An early morning police chase that began in West Homestead ended in Baldwin when the car that was being pursued crashed into a pole.

An early morning police chase that began in West Homestead ended in Baldwin when the car that was being pursued crashed into a pole.

A man who was convicted of murder at his West Homestead tanning salon and then helped lead Allegheny County police to his young victim's remains after denying he knew their location is being sentenced today at the courthouse downtown.

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A West Homestead man wanted on a body warrant by Monessen police escaped capture Wednesday afternoon and remains at large.