Emsworth News

An Emsworth woman convicted of killing her husband was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with no parole.

Where : Avalon Elementary School, 721 California Ave., continuing to Bayne Park along California and Lincoln avenues Note : The Bayne Library's Fall Festival follows from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Bayne Park.

The West Hills DUI Task Force has released results of a sobriety checkpoint that was held over the weekend on Ohio River Boulevard in Emsworth.

Two busy riverside boulevards still have bits of their beauty. OK. It's just after dusk, and you're driving from Oakmont toward town, and on the western end of Verona, you see the old roadside stone pylons with metal-stencil signs that light up from inside! Wow! Stately, rounded art-deco-style monuments, with brightly backlit yellow letters telling ...

Share + Aug 18, 2009 10:16 pm US/Eastern Reporting Harold Hayes BELLEVUE A protest in Bellevue focused on cuts to the Child Care Partnership Program during Pennsylvania's budget crisis.

Bobby Kerlik can be reached via e-mail or at 412-391-0927. An Allegheny County jury convicted an Emsworth woman Tuesday of first-degree murder for killing her husband as he slept next to her in bed.

An Emsworth woman waited until her husband fell asleep before loading a pistol and firing three shots that killed him, a prosecutor told an Allegheny County jury Monday.

Share + Jul 20, 2009 9:04 pm US/Eastern CLEVELAND He's never thrown for a touchdown or shot a puck into the net, but he's as big a hometown hero as they come.

The Port of Pittsburgh Commission Executive Director, James R. McCarville, praised the announcement from Senators Specter and Casey that additional funding was included for the locks and dams in the Port of Pittsburgh District.

A scant two years after its formation, robot manufacturer Sepro America LLC made NPE2009 its coming-out party.

Except for a hiatus during World War II, fireworks have lit up the sky over the Avalon Athletic Fields every year since 1911 for the Fourth of July.

Hours: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Fridays, 3-10 p.m. Saturdays, closed Sundays and Mondays Entree price range: $13.95-$14.95 Notes: BYOB with $2 corkage fee per person.

The Army Corps of Engineers recommends that recreational boaters avoid the section of the Ohio River between the Emsworth and Dashields locks and dams from July 6-24. The main chambers for both locks will be closed for maintenance, and all commercial traffic will be using the smaller adjacent chambers.