Larimer News

Long before "swine flu" made people sick, dog lovers were hitting the panic button because canine influenza was killing dogs at greyhound racing tracks.

"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 ...

Ben Fox, of the volunteer group Everybody's Kitchen, stands by the group's bus under the Bloomfield Bridge, ready to cook and hand out free meals, before police ordered the group to move on Monday.

A complaint was filed Monday night accusing Pittsburgh police of harassing would-be G-20 protesters.

The Pine Grove Beautification Committee held a fall planning meeting on Sept. 10. Donations were received from Pine Grove Lions Club; 4L's Club for a memorial brick for Dory Spicer; from Cindy Strausser in memory of Steven Harris and Anne Sherman; Ray Shield and family in memory of Steven Harris; and Ann Swanson for a memorial brick for Gladys ...

Four pit bulls attacked and injured two men Monday evening in Larimer, Pittsburgh police said.

Share + Sep 8, 2009 6:20 pm US/Eastern LARIMER One of the men attacked by pit bulls in Larimer has returned to the hospital.

Pittsburgh police found at least a dozen pit bulls last night in a house in Larimer where there was evidence that dogfights had been held.

Authorities are warning residents of one Westmoreland County neighborhood that thieves are targeting the area.

Police in North Huntingdon are asking the public for help in solving a string of burglaries plaguing the Westmoreland County township.

After a half-century in borough government, North Irwin Mayor Leonard Santimyer has decided against running in another election.

Campaign donations to a state senator did not help a Shadyside real estate company acquire a multimillion-dollar state grant for a Larimer development, both sides said Thursday.

Jury deliberations are scheduled to continue today in the case of a Penn Hills man on trial for homicide for the second time.

Lillian Lantford pauses during the tedious cleanup of her muddy home on Larimer Avenue in Turtle Creek yesterday afternoon.

The Student Philanthropy Project at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs recently awarded grants to 10 nonprofit organizations that provide services in southwestern Pennsylvania, during an April 16 reception at the University Club in Oakland.

Pittsburgh is often described as an open place in Hip Hop circles. West coast funk, Midwest swing, southern bounce, and east coast grit all converge in the west Pennsylvania city.