Pitcairn News

Flying enthusiasts now have the chance to get an up-close look at a 29,000-pound piece of vital wartime aircraft.

Bill Moutz of Penn Hills said it "blows me out of the water that people actually want to be police officers in this day and age." Moutz and his wife Maureen are part of a group of adult students in the Citizens Police Academy organized by the Monroeville and Penn Hills police departments.

County police are investigating an armed robbery at the Pitcairn Mini Market, located on the 400 block of Wall Avenue.

With all the nice weather we've been having, you probably have been cleaning up around your house or apartment.

Patrick Cloonan is a McKeesport Daily News staff writer and can be reached at 412-664-9161 or via e-mail. That changed on Tuesday when they used a net to scoop 13 koi from a decorative pond after a Pitcairn man drove his pickup truck into a house.