Aliquippa News

Charges are pending against an Aliquippa woman who tried to smuggle synthetic marijuana to her incarcerated boyfriend, state police said.

A battle between donut shops is developing in Aliquippa, where a 50-year-old shop is dealing with competition from a new Dunkin' Donuts The Beaver County Times explores the competition between Dunkin' Donuts and Mac's Donut Shop on Brodhead Road, and how Mac's Donut Shop is using Facebook and Twitter to get a leg up on the national franchise.

Two African-American brothers, who'd never run for office before, ousting a veteran incumbent mayor and councilwoman? Many said it was impossible.

The Beaver County Times has an update on Pennsylvania's efforts to get the Shell Oil Co.

When J&L Steel hummed round the clock in Aliquippa, 10,000 steelworkers would spend their pay in the restaurants and taverns along Franklin Avenue.

The Beaver Countian has petitioned a Beaver County Judge for a copy of evidence presented at a trial conducted over the past several days.

Tom Fontaine is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 412-320-7847 or via e-mail. "I can practically see my house from the office," said Strawser, 34, of Ambridge, an administrative assistant at Aliquippa's BakerCorp.

State police at Beaver said Mark Frankenberry, 22, of New Brighton, was cited for driving at an unsafe speed following the 4:40 p.m. crash on Route 18 in Big Beaver.

The Ambridge-Aliquippa Bridge is expected to close nearly eight months beginning at 7 a.m. March 3 as part of a $16.6 million repair project, PennDOT announced Friday.

Adam Brandolph is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 412-320-7886, via e-mail or on Twitter.

A Sewickley Police responded to the following. Each incident reflects police records and is not an indication of guilt.

I teared up when I read this piece ["When it's cold, we make sausage" by Gretchen McKay, Food & Flavor, Jan.

Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia are trying to top each other with the sweetest package of tax breaks for Shell Oil Co., which plans to build a huge new petrochemical refinery in the region.

Running back Rushel Shell signed with the Panthers on Wednesday, following through on his verbal commitment to the school even after the Panthers hired Paul Chryst to replace Todd Graham, who left the school after less than a year on the job.

Democratic state Rep. Eugene DePasquale proposed legislation this morning that would direct $30 million to 18 academically and fiscally distressed school districts to be used for research-based methods of improving academic achievement.

The inflatable orange piggy bank was flying high Thursday as Bottom Dollar Foods opened seven new discount grocery stores around Pittsburgh.

Police say a western Pennsylvania man attempted to steal several hundred feet of railroad track to sell as scrap metal.

The inflatable orange piggy bank was flying high Thursday as Bottom Dollar Foods opened seven new discount grocery stores around Pittsburgh.

The North Carolina-based discount grocery chain Bottom Dollar Food made its debut in the Pittsburgh market on Thursday morning.

Fredrik Edmond scored 11 of his 19 points during a 19-6 first-half run that increased a one-point... Terry Denbow is retired vice president for university relations at Michigan State University; he once worked at Pennsylvania State University.