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A state police helicopter was in the skies above Route 19 in North Strabane Township Friday evening as local police combed a wooded area looking for one of two West Virginia teenagers suspected of burglarizing a home in Canonsburg earlier in the day.

Edward Bujakowski's Santa Claus-like laugh always made others in his family smile.

Eric Williams said he is alive today thanks to the pair of Charles Barkley-branded Nike tennis shoes he was wearing when fire swept through his home in Chartiers Township's Midland section early Sunday.

Police in Washington County are looking for two men who they say are showing up at people's homes and demanding money in what they describe as a driveway scheme.

The number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people killed in bias-motivated incidents increased by 28 percent in 2008 compared to a year ago, according to a national coalition of advocacy groups.

Crossing the Ohio River to McKees Rocks will be a bit more difficult after Wednesday night, when PennDOT closes all but one lane of the McKees Rocks Bridge for reconstruction.

When the biggest disasters hit the Pittsburgh region, the Red Cross needs four hours to mobilize volunteers, officials said.

Baldwin Borough council last night awarded this year's road-paving program to Amity Asphalt Paving Inc.

A 16-mile police pursuit Friday on Interstate 79 reached speeds of 110 mph before the motorcyclist crashed into a cruiser near the Racetrack Road exit, ejecting the cycle's driver and passenger.

Car dealers descended on Washington, DC today, upset about plans to close 3,400 General Motors and Chrysler dealerships as part of the Obama administration auto bailouts.

Five fire departments responded to the scene of Tatino Wire & Steel in Houston, Washington County, Monday night.

Crews were battling a fire in Washington County. It reportedly happened at a commercial building on McNary Street in Houston.

A manufacturing plant in Houston ignited Monday evening in Washington County. Home video showed flames burning through Tatano Wire and Steel on East Jackson Street, and heavy smoke filled the streets.

A state police fire marshal is investigating a blaze that destroyed a Washington County wire and steel factory.

A fire heavily damaged the idle Tatano Wire and Steel factory in Houston last evening and sent large clouds of smoke over the Washington County community.

The closing of the 800,000-square-foot GM Stamping Plant in West Mifflin helped bump the region's industrial market vacancy rate to 8.4 percent, from the 7.1 percent reported at the end of 2008.

In this Oct. 29, 2008 file photo, the drilling rig for a natural gas well into the Marcellus Shale is seen behind a foundation for equipment that remains on site after the well is tapped in Houston, Pa.

The 60 million American homes that rely on natural gas for heat can expect substantially lower bills next winter thanks to a glut in supply and the weak economy.

The 60 million American homes that rely on natural gas for heat can expect substantially lower bills next winter thanks to a glut in supply and the weak economy.

The first floor of the Washington County Courthouse was filled with camouflage Wednesday as almost 80 coonhound enthusiasts waited for a hearing for two Chartiers Township brothers accused of shooting three ...