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As a 12-year-old immigrant from Czechoslovakia, Steve Kapustik found America to be a land of opportunity.

For Ed Stabile, when the smoking stops, the protesting begins. Stabile, 62, of Tarentum and his friends spend hours at a time at the counter of Kings Family Restaurant on Leechburg Road in New Kensington.

Residents in townships with more than 10,000 people should be assessed $100 each annually if the townships use state police services rather than a local police department, a lawmaker said Thursday.

When Anna Piroch of West Deer died, she wasn't rich. But the fun-loving 28-year-old had touched so many lives with her kindness that by the end of her short life, she was a little bit famous.

PennDOT planned to start making highway travel safer for thousands of suburban drivers this week by installing the first of several highway safety barriers.

A driver was killed when his cement truck skidded off a Shaler road and landed in Pine Creek on Tuesday afternoon.

The state Department of Transportation plans to install a new safety barrier on Route 28 between the Tarentum and East Deer exits starting Monday.

With the state Senate's approval of a compromise bill Tuesday to ban smoking in most public places and workplaces, some local bar and restaurant employees wish the state would butt out.

The following is a partial list of criminal cases involving Alle-Kiski Valley handled by judges in the most recent term of Westmoreland County Criminal Court. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“I look at that as something that changed the character of PPG”

Growth in its coatings business will keep the Springdale coatings and resin plant in PPG Industries' future, according to Chairman and CEO Chuck Bunch. via Pittsburgh Tribune

Obviously, the Route 28 Expressway has to be resurfaced. And that requires a lot of pain since it is our major artery. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“It creates quite a traffic conundrum. "Traffic flows better with one lane.”

One lane, apparently, is better than two. With around-the-clock lane restrictions having begun Monday along Route 28 northbound, commuters might have noticed stretches where two lanes are blocked off for no ... via PittsburghLIVE.com

“We haven't set any records. This was a nice little storm.”

Alle-Kiski Valley residents shoveled their way out of February with nearly a half foot of snow Friday. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“Our intent is to remove deteriorated rock and create a durable rock slope to minimize rock slides and improve public safety in this area.”

Too bad for Route 28 drivers that winter can't last longer. PennDOT plans to get an early start on the final year of its $35.8 million Route 28 rehabilitation project -- this time switching to the outbound side ... via Pittsburgh Tribune

“Our engineers are very confident that this is a long-term solution to this very problematic rock fall area”

Drivers along Route 28 in the months ahead occasionally will be asked to stop and patiently wait -- and they might want to cover their ears -- as crews blast rocks from the hillside as part of a project aimed ... via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Those buildings that were in eight feet of water in 1936 are still standing today. It shows people helping others as they are being brought to dry ground. It also shows some things that were lost forever, such as the three houses in the landslide.”

Although it took place 72 years ago, it remains etched in the minds of those who lived through it. via PittsburghLIVE.com

The collision on Interstate 279 on that killed 13-month-old Judah Scrutchins during the sudden snowstorm Tuesday morning touched many, and some are asking how to stop future accidents like it. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette