Leetsdale News

This time, there are no gushers spilling oil everywhere. No farm villages that become boom towns overnight, only to empty out as wells start running dry.

Matthew Santoni can be reached via e-mail or at 412-380-5625. To some, fly ash is an environmental nuisance bordering on a hazard, a metal-laden byproduct of burning coal that authorities stash away in empty mines, gravel pits and ponds.

Pittsburgh construction activity picked up in April with 199 permits valued at $54.88 million issued.

The West Hills DUI Task Force will be conducting enforcement operations this weekend in the form of sobriety checkpoints.

As the mother of three adopted children, Helen Jean Elliott understood what children meant to families who wanted to adopt, and she willingly helped them.

Plastibec, Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada, announces that Sunteca, Leetsdale, PA, the manufacturer of the Decomatic vertical headrail, will be exclusively distributing Plastibec's Providence Collection for companies interested in fabricating decorative verticals.

''He thinks they're all here to see him,'' owner Craig Rader said with a grin. Watson, a 6-year-old Portuguese water dog, is the pappy of America's first puppy.

A man was injured when he was hit by a train Sunday night. The man, whose name was not available, was hit near the Ferry Street railroad crossing in Leetsdale, an emergency dispatcher said.

Historic Harmony donated preservation easements on these properties to Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation: * Harmony Museum Building, Mercer Street, built in 1809 with 1816 addition; part of Harmony Historic District.

Gov. Ed Rendell on Tuesday announced nearly $30 million in state funding for 12 projects in the Pittsburgh region, including a YMCA in the Hill District and a massive industrial park in the Pittsburgh International Airport corridor.

A woman and her teenage son escaped an early-morning fire that destroyed their Leetsdale home and killed their pet dog, authorities said.

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A woman and her teenage son fled an overnight fire that destroyed their house in Leetsdale.

As Lent begins, many members of the Presbyterian Church will spend the weekend fasting for an end to global hunger, especially in Sudan.

Often when we think of highways we think metaphorically: the "highway of life," or the road "less traveled by" that poet Robert Frost took, or that one of yellow bricks that led to Oz.

Some regard cemeteries as tranquil anterooms to the afterlife. Others see them as hazardous-waste sites, full of chemically treated wood and steel caskets, formaldehyde embalming fluid and concrete burial ...

Pittsburgh Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of a man wanted in the sexual assault of a woman in Leetsdale.

The disappearance of cars in Leetsdale is a good thing, said Mayor Pete Poninsky.

Email this page to your friend: Enlarge Photo It's safe to say that American automakers didn't get into their current predicament because of one Titanic -sized iceberg.

One of the oldest bridges in Allegheny County -- built before cars were invented -- will be replaced in 2009 unless a group wishing to preserve the Collier span is successful.