Penn Hills News

A Pittsburgh-area woman has sued state Rep. Anthony DeLuca and the state Department of Revenue saying she was fired after she testified before a grand jury investigating the lawmaker.

Three police officers were hurt and one man is under arrest after a high-speed chase through Westmoreland County.

Speak Out...Does the mother play a role in street violence? Written by Courier Newsroom Thursday, 05 November 2009 11:52 At the Women's March for Peace, Bev Smith challenged mothers to take more responsibility for their children.

Voters on Tuesday ousted two well-known suburban Democrats. Republican C.F. "Chuck" Hammer won the Green Tree mayor's race with 60 percent of the vote, with 99 percent of precincts reporting, defeating incumbent Vincent J. Abbato, a Democrat.

Paige Fletcher, 16, of Penn Hills receives a relaxer treatment to her hair Tuesday from Stephanie Moye, hair stylist and owner of Moye Hair Etc! in Penn Hills.

Family : Parents, Greg and Kolleen Ferraco; sister, Nicole 16; brother, Nate, 12.

A New Kensington man has avoided a possible life prison sentence by pleading guilty to third-degree murder in a love-triangle death in exchange for a 25- to 50-year prison sentence.

A Clarion University freshman from Penn Hills was stabbed in the leg during a fight last night in a university dining hall.

Two Republican candidates seeking to unseat Democratic incumbents on Penn Hills council are asking voters to give them the opportunity to break the lockstep march down what they consider the wrong path for the community's future.

Despite a dozen or more negotiation meetings since January, the Penn Hills School District and its teachers are at an impasse over a new contract.

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This year's Common Pleas Court election poses an unusual question: Why should voters cast their ballot in favor of a candidate who isn't even asking them to do it? Read more about the candidates here .

A man was shot three times Tuesday morning, but investigators are not sure where it all happened, police said.

This two-story house in Penn Hills is constructed around a log cabin built in 1775.

Two people managed to escape a fire this morning that all but destroyed a Penn Hills home, said borough fire Chief Joe McMeekin.

Penn Hills council this week cut its quarterly surcharge for sewer customers from $30 to $20 by reworking some of the more than $90 million the municipality owes for federally mandated improvements to its sewage system.

Bridge work will close lanes on both sides of the Parkway East this weekend, including a full closure of the outbound side for four nights in Monroeville, PennDOT officials said.

Penn Hills council voted unanimously last night to grant conditional use approval to the Penn Hills School District to start construction on its new high school.

Penn Hills council Monday gave the school district the go-ahead to proceed with construction of a new high school on the site of its current administration building.

Lane closures and temporary traffic stops are on tap this week as contractors work on the Parkway East.