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Jeff Pikulsky can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2635. When Charleroi resident and Relay for Life volunteer Jody Cheplic heard of a cancer fundraising event involving dogs, she was not immediately a believer.

The City of Bridges is drawing preservationists, engineers and historians who worry that many of the region's bridges are in danger of being lost forever.

When one thinks of pizza, one thinks of the tomatoes that serve as the base for the sauce, the herbs that flavor it and toppings like green pepper that add zest.

Jeff Oliver can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2666. With the July 4 weekend fast approaching, area police departments are bracing for an explosion - an explosion of fireworks complaints.

The state has failed to adopt a 2009-10 spending plan. The current fiscal year ends tonight.

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PennDOT said Monday that it is moving forward with a plan to replace the deteriorating Charleroi-Monessen Bridge but has not formally decided whether to demolish the historic structure.

Jeff Oliver can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2666. While the state continues to trudge its way toward a budget, the lack of a spending plan for 2009-10 has drawn light away from a key item on Gov.

To the outside world, the Mid-Mon Valley is all about unemployment, poverty, vacant storefronts and, lately, shootouts involving young men from Donora and Monessen.

Washington County Assistant District Attorney Michael Lucas on Wednesday said the prosecution will seek a first-degree homicide conviction against Nathaniel L. Jones in the shooting death of another man outside a Canton Township bar.

State transportation officials are moving too quickly on replacing the historic Charleroi-Monessen Bridge, without fully considering preserving the span, the statea s preservation director claims.

The state budget, which likely won't be finalized by the June 30 deadline, probably won't be adopted without some increase in fees, at least two local state legislators believe.

Jeff Oliver can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2666. Most people who go through a long career working look forward to retirement.

Paul Paterra can be reached via e-mail or at 724-836-6220. A Penn Township police officer will work in the Penn-Trafford School District each day of the upcoming school year.

Jeff Oliver can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2666. A Fallowfield Township woman is suing First Federal Savings Bank of Monesses in a sex and age discrimination case.

One of several noteworthy traditions that will continue during the Mid-Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame Banquet and Induction Ceremony is the honoring of senior student-athletes from eight local high schools.

Chris Buckley can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2642. The West Newton Veterans of Foreign Wars post has its share of members who served during the Vietnam War.

The last of three men arrested in February 2008 as part of a large-scale drug investigation in the Mon Valley pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to drug and money laundering charges.

The Monessen bar that local authorities contend is a den of criminal activity was ordered to be closed for one year.

And Carl was a prince of a fellow. Wednesday, June 03, 2009 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Carl Gasper Sr.