Liberty News

A White Plains, N.Y.-based firm is the fifth electricity retailer to announce plans to compete for residential customers in PPL's service territory.

A glittering ribbon of winking red and blue lights atop white police cars gathered along Linden Street as the Liberty High School Grenadiers bagpipers, flanked by enormous, three-story high American flags, played "Amazing Grace" on the school's front steps.

Firefighters from five companies this morning battled a fast-moving fire in a vacant building at 1508 Packer Street in McKeesport that spread to other wood frame homes closely constructed on either side, one of which was occupied.

A 15-year-old boy was wounded this afternoon in a hunting accident in Lincoln, borough police and Allegheny County emergency dispatchers said.

Thursday, 10 December 2009 11:52 The last time the Pittsburgh Public Schools closed some of its schools, East End community members objected and tried to create their own plan.

Allegheny County's regulation on air toxics was adopted in 1988 -- when Ronald Reagan was in the White House, the Soviets left Afghanistan and the Steelers had only a mere four Super Bowl rings.

Snowfall on Saturday led to several accidents throughout southwestern Pennsylvania all afternoon as conditions on bridges and overpasses froze.

Pittsburgh property developers are scrambling to get their hands around the prevailing wage ordinance introduced by Councilman Doug Shields last week, which they say could halt or truncate their plans for the city.

There was one thing that gave me pause when considering a move to Pittsburgh two years ago: air quality.

Manufacturers Resource Center to hold energy summit The Manufacturers Resource Center will host an energy summit from 7:30 a.m. to noon Dec.

Port Authority of Allegheny County is seeking $80.7 million in federal stimulus money to pay for several proposed projects, including a bike-sharing program, "smart parking" systems and a new type of bus service that planners hope will run as quickly and efficiently as light rail.

The next time Katrina Antill is stressed out, she can reach for her bracelet of worry beads.

An East Liberty native was sentenced today to six to 12 years in prison for trying to hire a hit man to kill his wife.

Teachers are some of the most influential people in people's lives. They shape children's minds, teaching them the skills they need for the rest of their lives.

Thousands of people, mostly families, lined up in Allegheny County on Saturday in hopes of getting the H1N1 flu vaccine.

Allegheny County sheriff's deputies continued Thursday to search for a Wilkinsburg man who is accused of raping a child.

LEHIGH COUNTY ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, 40 S. Second St., Slatington, is holding a bread filling and seafood bisque sale.

They are conversion of the Highland Building into a 100-room hotel; renovation or demolition for a structure of the Wallace Building at Centre and Highland avenues; and development of the PNC Bank building site.

Jerry Kraynick repaired more than 400 donated bikes for his Bike Before Christmas program last year.

"The Air We Breathe" was the focus of a Team 4 investigation this week that exposed high levels of cancer-causing toxins in the air and local leaders' lack of a plan to do something about it.