Duquesne News

The Wiktionary defines the term urban legend as: "A widely circulated story that is untrue or apocryphal, often having elements of humor or horror." There is an urban legend that is in wide circulation these days and it goes something like "Soaring electric prices are looming in Pennsylvania.

Several anti-hunger organizations in the region offer help to the hungry during the holiday season: * Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank -- collects and distributes food throughout 11 counties, 412-460-4663 * Hunger Services at the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh -- provides assistance with applying for food stamps and emergency food pantry ...

By Daveen Rae Kurutz , For The Valley Independent Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Last updated: 1:29 pm Christmas was looking to be pretty bleak for Deborah Sheffey.

Thursday, 17 December 2009 12:38 Richard Egerton has worked at Subway on Lyle Boulevard in McKeesport for four years.

Woe to us. Our beloved Steelers have dropped five games in a row, and Pittsburgh has fallen into a collective funk the likes of which we haven't experienced since the "real" steelers - those who manufactured steel - lost everything.

Duquesne City School District teachers are filing an unfair labor practice complaint against the Allegheny Intermediate Unit for back wages.

Allegheny County police are searching for a 24-year-old man in connection with a March fatal shooting in Clairton.

Abington Heights Waverly Elementary student Amelia Burgoyne labored over her Christmas tree card, adding sparkles and a handwritten greeting in crayon.

Growing up in Jeannette, Michelle Hudson rarely knew a Christmas when stockings weren't stuffed with toys and presents didn't spill from underneath her family's tree.

A Duquesne University chemistry and biochemistry professor won a $550,000 National Science Foundation grant to study a copper and vitamin C catalyst method he developed to reduce cost and waste materials in processes common to the pharmaceutical and industrial chemical industries.

Church buildings currently listed for sale around Pittsburgh: Refuge Temple Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Homewood - $175,000 Mt.

Snowfall on Saturday led to several accidents throughout southwestern Pennsylvania all afternoon as conditions on bridges and overpasses froze.

A suspect in a homicide case was spotted in Duquesne and caught after a car and foot chase early Thursday evening.

The Allegheny County Sheriff's Fugitive Squad this afternoon arrested a McKeesport teenager who was wanted for murder, police said.

Duquesne Emergency Services Chief Harry Moore died Sunday night while responding to a three-car crash on Thompson Run Bridge, Duquesne police said.

The Duquesne community is in shock following the death of the chief of their EMS over the weekend while he responded to a car accident.

Two people were injured after multiple vehicles were involved in a crash near Kennywood on Sunday night.

State police are searching for three men who savagely beat a sleeping homeless man living in woods behind the Lynch Field athletic complex in Greensburg.

As crews continue to work against fall deadlines, several familiar projects will restrict traffic this weekend.

Larry Deklinski/Staff Photo A woman runs on a treadmill Monday at Star Physical Therapy and Fitness, Marion Heights.