Connoquenessing News

Police in Butler have charged a man who they said tried to lure a 10-year-old boy into his vehicle.

A committee planning water use in western Pennsylvania heard unanimous support Wednesday for designating three watersheds in Westmoreland, Fayette, Somerset and Butler counties for possible conservation measures, although no funding is yet available.

No one was injured Thursday night after an apparent lightning strike set ablaze four interconnected condominiums in Brandywine Village.

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Heavy machinery tore through dams in Harmony Junction on Tuesday, freeing Connoquenessing Creek from blockages after 200 years.

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. State Police in Butler County are seeking information about someone who threw a smoke bomb into a vehicle in Connoquenessing.

Former Maryland Department of Agriculture plant pathologist Anne Sindermann stands next a giant hogweed plant in Acadia, Maine.

Alecia Flood, a mother of two Connoquenessing Valley Elementary School students, has helped the school collect tens of thousands of coins in a fundraising drive for improvements to Zelienople's pool.

State police believe a man arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence also stole more than 200 items from vehicles in the last two months in Butler County.

State police returned Alexandra DiMartino's stolen prom dress to her before Friday night's prom, but she was unable to wear it because "it smelled like smoke.

State police believe a man arrested for driving under the influence of marijuana also stole more than 200 items from vehicles in the last two months in a county north of Pittsburgh.

Last year, thousands of people in Southwestern Pennsylvania counties worked on local projects together.