McDonald News

" Gov. Ed Rendell defended his position on increasing the state income tax to balance the state budget before a group of about 30 people at Fort Cherry High School Saturday.

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A western Pennsylvania university student will serve five to 23 months in jail for grabbing a police officer's Taser gun and shooting her with it while she was trying to arrest him.

A Seton Hill University student, who was convicted of stunning a Greensburg police officer with her own Taser during an investigation last year of an alleged burglary in the city, will serve at least five months in jail.

A fired employee of a Strip District trucking company sued his former employer Thursday over allegations he was terminated after blowing the whistle on the selling of spoiled meat.

A Strip District transportation company this afternoon entered a no-contest plea to charges that it sold spoiled meat to a Washington County grocery store in September 2005.

Richard Gazarik can be reached via e-mail or at 724-830-6292. The union representing teachers in the Hempfield Area School District says it will file a grievance against the school board after directors voted Monday to make a change in the way health care claims are paid.

Having cable TV gives Donna the early lead as she and Eric compete for their friends' loyalty; Kitty beams at Red's new friendship with Pastor Dave .

Communications minister Lord Carter to step down once Digital Britain plans fully in place, confirms government Lord Carter: will step down 'as originally intended'. Photograph: Maurice McDonald/PA The communications minister, Lord Carter, is to leave his job in the summer after next week's Digital Britain report is published, the government ...

A year after winning his first track points championship at Lernerville Speedway, Kittanning native Bob Egley is again near the top of the standings at the Sarver track.

McDonald council president Tim Thomassy said last night he is concerned a $500,000 grant may not cover the cost of fixing damaged bridges on Arabella Street and School Street.

A coroner and police are trying to figure out what killed a man found dead in the back seat of a parked car in southwestern Pennsylvania.

What : "Rock The Quarry IX, " a music festival featuring more than a dozen bands, including the blues-rock Bill Ali Band and country group BucWyld When : Aug.

The Hempfield Area school board adopted a preliminary 2009-10 budget Monday that would raise property taxes by 1.1 mills to help offset a projected $1.2 million deficit.

Three incumbents and one newcomer won the Democratic and Republican nominations for the four spots on the Hempfield Area School Board in Tuesday's primary, according to unofficial election results.

Tensions in the primary-election campaign for Hempfield Area school board surfaced this week as directors publicly accused each other of conflicts of interest.

There were at least two developments on the property tax reassessment front Wednesday, a week after the state Supreme Court weighed in on a case from Allegheny County.

McDonald council voted 5-0 last night to appoint Michael C. Schaal, of West Lincoln Avenue, to replace Loretta Kendall, who resigned last month.

A federal grand jury Tuesday indicted a McDonald woman for embezzling from a labor union.

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. A Washington County man died Saturday when the Winnebago he was staying in caught fire, the Washington County coroner said.