Economy News

Once again the state of the economy has forced the Mifflin County Commissioners to make some tough decisions.

"Our core mission of educating women," says Dr. Esther Barazzone, Chatham Unversity president, "both undergraduate and graduate, is extremely important for the economic development of the region." Leaning forward in her well appointed office in Andrew Mellon's former home, a large, faux-Tudor structure that once housed the Secretary of the Treasury ...

A little history never hurts. So for this Great Date, we will be heading north from Pittsburgh on the trail of one of the more interesting, but obscure, migrations to Western Pennsylvania.

Backers of a casino proposal on the fall ballot are counting on Ohio's abysmal economy to shift the winds in one of the nation's most stubborn antigambling states.

Three local businesses that want to showcase two wind turbines and one solar panel array on property in Bell Acres will have to wait at least a month before learning whether the controversial project can move forward.

It's now official: Palmyra's fourth elementary school will be called Lingle Avenue Elementary.

On Oct. 17, Old Economy Village will host Scherenschnitte, a holiday paper-cutting workshop that aims to teach participants how to create holiday artwork through scissor cutting.

One way you could describe Butler County is "just north of Pittsburgh," but that really doesn't do it justice.

A Beaver County flight attendant aboard US Airways Flight 1549 hasn't returned to work or made any plans to.

More than 100 pounds of potatoes have to be peeled by volunteers from St. John's Lutheran Church in Ambridge to feed the hundreds of visitors expected for the Erntefest harvest celebration Saturday.

A man suspected of robbing a bank in Beaver County and his alleged accomplice were arrested a short time after Thursday's holdup because of information provided by an alert bystander.

Dave DeSimone is a member of the American Wine Society. He can be heard daily on KQV Radio with the Wine Cellar reports.

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Kellie B. Gormly can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7824. Great Race videos Are you a runner, training for the upcoming Pittsburgh Great Race? Or, are you just curious about the race? Click here to watch a series of videos from Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporter and veteran runner William Loeffler.

Gov. Ed Rendell delivered good economic news in Franklin County Wednesday: the region is getting a second major rail terminal.

Good times: Eileen Blowers, center, director of the Sunbeam camp at Roxbury Holiness Camp, shares a laugh Wednesday with Yesenia Martinez, 7, and Ilsy Garcia, 11.

Good times: Eileen Blowers, center, director of the Sunbeam camp at Roxbury Holiness Camp, shares a laugh Wednesday with Yesenia Martinez, 7, and Ilsy Garcia, 11.

When custom homebuilder Bob Liddell started seeing the decline in the housing market more than three years ago, he decided to supplement his business with home remodeling.

Kellie B. Gormly can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7824. Read the Trib on your Kindle They might not have had rocky road, butter pecan or cookies and cream, but members of the Harmony Society, a group of German immigrants, had their own 19th-century ice cream.

An Industry man's decision to carry a gun to a campaign rally for President Obama was "foolish and stupid, but not a crime," a judge said Friday.