Rochester News

A western Pennsylvania man is trying to use data from his GPS to prove he wasn't speeding.

A western Pennsylvania man is using a global positioning device in his company vehicle to fight a speeding ticket.

Joshua Stowe giggled nonstop from the oversized blue chair as music vibrated beneath him.

"Pennsylvania's Coal and Iron Police: Patch Town Law Enforcement" was presented Wednesday in a lecture by Spencer Sadler in McVitty Auditorium in Sprowls Hall.

"Life and Times in the Pennsylvania Coal Swamp: The Origin of Pennsylvania's Coal Deposits" was presented in a lecture by John Taylor Wednesday at Weyandt Hall This was part two in the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Show Lecture Series.

ROCHESTER, Pa. - Police say a fire that destroyed an eight-unit apartment building near Pittsburgh is suspicious.

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A state police fire marshal has been summoned to the scene of a suspicious blaze that destroyed an eight-unit apartment building this morning in Beaver County.

A sinkhole off of Ohio River Boulevard in East Rochester that threatened to swallow a Pizza Hut restaurant as it continued to expand will finally be fixed.

A man suspected of robbing a bank in Beaver County and his alleged accomplice were arrested a short time after Thursday's holdup because of information provided by an alert bystander.

"A Walk Through Time: Pennsylvania Coal Culture," an exhibit that features the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company Collection, opened Tuesday at the University Museum, located in Sutton Hall.

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A Beaver County man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly beating and holding his roommate captive in their apartment for four days.

After an hour of shunting railcars aside, a 1964-vintage locomotive nudges six hopper-loads of flour down an embankment into a pasta factory here.

James P. Sullivan, 64, of 39130 Grant St. died at 1:15 p.m. Monday at Salem Community Hospital, following a lengthy illness.

"After a state crackdown forbidding the sale of homemade pies, members of St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Rochester, Pa., proceeded with their annual Lenten fish fries anyway.

Shirley Simon, 67, of 150 S. Pleasant Drive, died late Wednesday evening, Aug. 5, at the home of her son.

Bids for renovation of the Mercer County Career Center came in 22 percent lower than estimated.

Music has always been a major part of life for Karen L. Summers. That fact is certainly emphasized in the Monessen native's multiple roles with church choirs in Rochester, N.Y. "As a young girl, I took piano lessons from Clara Hart Miller in Monessen," said Summers, a retired educator.

Music has always been a major part of life for Karen L. Summers. That fact is certainly emphasized in the Monessen native's multiple roles with church choirs in Rochester, N.Y. "As a young girl, I took piano lessons from Clara Hart Miller in Monessen," said Summers, a retired educator.