North Versailles News

A black Labrador retriever puppy perished in a house fire in North Versailles Township.

Allegheny County fire marshals will spend part of today attempting to figure out what started the fire that destroyed the popular North Versailles restaurant, the Winchester Room.

The meeting of east and west is something called "Integrative Medicine" and for many people, it's the best of both worlds.

Federal marshals this afternoon captured a Wilmerding man accused of hitting his wife in the head with a gun and pointing it at his 11-year-old stepdaughter.

"Special attention may be paid in the North Versailles and North Huntingdon areas , as witnesses believe they saw Angel in a gas station in January," police said in a written statement on Friday.

Police have made an arrest in connection with the shooting death of a man in Pittsburgh's Greenfield neighborhood last month.

Police are searching for a Wilmerding man who they say struck his wife in the head with a gun and pointed it at his 11-year-old stepdaughter early this morning in an incident that drew county SWAT officers.

Sugar Cafe and Full Pint Brewing Company are pairing up for a food and beer tasting at Albert's Lounge in Dormont on Thursday night.

Jan. 20 Police responded to a report of two school age children walking down Greendale.

New Commissioner Russell Saula said during a meeting last Thursday that state law doesn't require volunteer firefighters to get criminal background checks, so firefighters from nearby communities, such as Turtle Creek, who help to fight fires in North Versailles, don't have such clearances.

Tory N. Parrish is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 412-380-5662 or via e-mail. A Navy Reserve unit's move from North Versailles to a new building at the Pittsburgh International Airport will expand the military presence there.

Mary Pickels is a Tribune-review staff writer and can be reached at 724-836-5401 or via e-mail. A story by a North Versailles man who said he was picking up an employment application from a personal care home at 10:30 p.m. Saturday did not ring true to an Irwin police officer.

Carl Prine is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 412-320-7826 or via e-mail. A robber led police on an 11-mile chase through North Versailles, White Oak and North Huntingdon, shrugging off Taser jolts and a police dog before officers finally subdued him, police said.