Turtle Creek News

Elected officials in two east suburban communities approved formal resolutions opposing a plan by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to close its hospital in Braddock.

A 35-year-old Turtle Creek woman was charged with prostitution after an undercover sting revealed she was charging men for sex in her parents' Churchill home.

Three performers who have been recording at Treelady Studios in Turtle Creek will perform Friday at the Rex Theater.

Allegheny County police said today they are seeking a McKeesport teenager for the fatal shooting of a Turtle Creek man last week.

A taxi driver this week sued an Ohio man who he said vomited in his cab in June and then assaulted him after calling him a " terrorist." Syed Raza, a Yellow Cab driver from Turtle Creek, filed suit yesterday in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court against Brady P. Roth, 22, of Martins Ferry, Ohio.

A 19-year-old Turtle Creek man visiting family in McKeesport on Monday was shot and killed.

The Pennsylvania Charter School Appeal board voted today to allow Propel Schools to open a second charter school within the Woodland Hills School District.

A former Farrell man is hoping a federal judge will suppress evidence and gut a charge that is punishable by a sentence of 5 to 40 years behind bars.

When the going gets tough, try haunting a castle. Steel City Planners, a group of former hotel employees laid off during the recent economic times, have partnered with Wilmerding Renewed Inc.

Two men wanted by the U.S. Marshal's Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force for failure to appear for hearings on unrelated charges have been found in other states.

Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania said the Bank of New York Mellon and three other employers across the region will receive its 2009 Power of Work Awards for helping people with special needs overcome barriers to employment.

The South Allegheny School District is proceeding with a lawsuit it filed against four companies that performed design and construction work on the elementary school.

Longtime North Versailles police Officer Ron Masula patrolled the community's roads for years and understood the trauma experienced by those involved in crashes.

Mike Bosco thought his student was taking a breather. The sophomore, Bosco learned, was experiencing a cardiac emergency.

For Michael Bosco Jr., George Verbanic and George Lantzy, it was a split-second reaction.

The front steps at Lisa Olsakovsky's red-brick home are crumbling. Her family is in a constant fight to scrub away mold in a musty-smelling basement.

The Army Corps of Engineers will likely delay the start of flood control work in the Turtle Creek Valley until mid-October, its spokesman said.

It's an overcast day at the Addison Terrace farm stand in the Hill District, but the heady aroma of sauteing garlic and greens fills the air.

Harmony-pop vocal group the Vogues were formed in 1960 by lead baritone Bill Burkette, baritone Don Miller, first tenor Hugh Geyer, and second tenor Chuck Blasko, who were all high school friends from Turtle Creek, PA.

Share + Sep 5, 2009 12:24 am US/Eastern SHADYSIDE Members of the Pennsylvania National Guard have returned home from Iraq.