Castle Shannon News

The drumbeat of bad economic news for the Pittsburgh region continued in May with the unemployment rate rising to the highest level in nearly 17 years, the state said Tuesday.

A fired employee of a Strip District trucking company sued his former employer Thursday over allegations he was terminated after blowing the whistle on the selling of spoiled meat.

Jerry Vondas can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7823. Whether he was treating wounded GIs in Korea or patients in his practice in Mt.

A tiny country church in Washington County has been transformed into a retirement home for a former nurse.

After nearly 10 years on the drawing board, construction could start in less than a year on a residential and commercial development above the parking lot at the Castle Shannon T station.

A 22-year-old Castle Shannon man who worked with Cub Scouts at a local summer camp is facing charges of possessing child porn.

The aquatics director for a summer Cub Scouts camping program has been arrested for possessing child pornography.

Brookline resident Bob Beiler says UPMC is holding the community "hostage," stalling plans for a new grocery store by not moving a medical practice.

Geralyn Sneath and the gas well that sits in the street in front of her home on Brookdale Drive in Upper St.

Bill Zlatos can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7828. Graduates of the former St.

Eric Heyl is a Tribune-Review staff writer. He can be reached via e-mail or 412-320-7857. View Heyl's Archive Marcie Weaver doesn't expect her light-rail vehicle stop to be spotless.

MT. LEBANON, Pa. -- A Mt. Lebanon crossing guard was struck and injured Wednesday morning at the intersection of Cedar Boulevard and Salem Drive.

Frank Hall has been a positive influence on countless numbers of students during his 45 years as a teacher at Seton-LaSalle High School in Mount Lebanon.

Bruce R. Baker, president of Semanic Compaction Systems in Castle Shannon, with the Unity language software for augmentive communication behind him.

Toting her violin case, Pittsburgh Symphony musician Linda Fischer was among the early birds at an open house yesterday on the Port Authority's plans to overhaul bus and rail service.

Stacy Innerst is the artist. You are the caption writer. Send up to three entries to page2@post-gazette.com or mail to: Caption Contest, Portfolio, PG, 34 Blvd.

An overflow crowd of more than 80 residents attended a hearing last night in Mt.

Police are investigating two smash-and-grab robberies at a bicycle stores in the South Hills.

The Pittsburgh region lost 28,000 jobs in April compared with the same month a year ago -- another indication that the local economy is being dragged down by the national and global recession, experts said Tuesday.

The Mt. Lebanon Area DUI Task Force will conduct roving checkpoints this weekend to find people driving under the influence.