New Kensington News

The condition of a Hermitage man who was injured by an explosion in his house while he made a firework has improved to serious, said a hospital spokeswoman for UPMC Mercy, Pittsburgh.

Penn State's trustees approved two plans to raise tuition Friday, and the final state budget will determine which hike students will have to pay.

Penn State trustees are expected to vote on a tuition increase for the 2009-10, but state budget uncertainty makes it unclear just how large the hike will be.

A Westmoreland County Prison inmate was taken out of his cell, punched, choked, kicked and threatened with death as punishment for talking back to a guard, according to a statement given by a corrections officer who said he witnessed the incident.

Scott Ryan spent 2003 in Iraq but he doesn't expect that experience to make his upcoming deployment any easier.

Four guards were fired Monday by the Westmoreland County Prison Board and two others were allowed to resign in the wake of an investigation into the alleged beating of an inmate last month.

The Penn State University Board of Trustees will meet Thursday and Friday at the Upper Burrell campus for the first time in 30 years.

Walking some 300 miles between Philadelphia and New Kensington left Annette Gorgoglione with more than sore feet.

Several dozen Alle-Kiski Valley Army Reservists are headed for Iraq so they can train police there and maintain order in the Iraqi national election.

Liz Hayes can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4680. After years of undercover work, Detective Lt.

The investigation is continuing into a fire that caused $200,000 in damages to a corner bar early yesterday afternoon.

In the 2009-10 budget year, Penn State might receive a nearly 13-percent cut in funding if Gov.

A state police fire marshal is investigating the cause of a Tuesday afternoon blaze that gutted a popular Arnold bar.

Liz Hayes can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4680. It wasn't discordant when nearby church bells sounded Saturday between rap songs at JFK Playground.

When: Ends today, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Memorial Park, Route 56 at Route 366, New Kensington Cost: $1; free for children younger than 11 years Parking: There is no parking at Memorial Park.

Steel grocery shopping carts - hundreds of them - were scoured and power washed, reconditioned, repaired and re-wheeled Wednesday morning outside the Sanatoga Thriftway, 2190 E. High St.

George Guido can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4689. Usually, the news that a school district won't raise taxes is met with elation from the public.

Rex Rutkoski can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4664. Bill Kropinak isn't exactly a one-man show.

Liz Hayes can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4680. Supporters of retiring New Kensington Police Chief Chuck Korman were determined to drown out his lone detractor at Monday night's special council meeting.

A Frazer boater enjoying the Allegheny River on Monday afternoon was startled when he saw a man and three boys float past clinging to a log.