West Mifflin News

A new shop on Potomac Avenue is bringing gourmet tastes to Dormont shoppers. Deb's Gourmet Shop opened in April, and owner Deb Bell said her goal is to bring shoppers those things people see in magazines, but have a hard time finding in stores.

Gov. Tom Corbett is putting a new face on his often-unpopular education policies -- nominating a new secretary of education -- while keeping the current secretary in a newly created position as a special adviser on higher education.

Spring Revival MAY 16-St. James AME Church, 444 Lincoln Ave., East Liberty, will host its Kingdom 1st Spring Revival at 7 p.m. The three-day revival will feature Rev.

Democrats voting in the May 21 primary have an easy choice for nomination to Allegheny County Council in District 9. A serious incumbent, Bob Macey, is running against an unserious challenger, Arlene Jabbour.

According to police, 18-year-old Tyrone Coleman and 29-year-old Lawrence Short were both shot on Crawford Avenue Monday night.

Traffic signal safety improvements on Lebanon Church Road in nearby West Mifflin Borough will begin on Wednesday, May 8, weather permitting, according to a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation District 11-0 news release.

An Allegheny County councilman says tourism agency VisitPittsburgh spends too much on salaries and bonuses, questioning whether hotel-tax dollars would be better spent elsewhere.

Tara Marie Duffy, 35, of Mount Washington faces a charge of felony retail theft after she attempted to steal $230 in merchandise from the Kohl's Department Store on Steubenville Pike on April 26.

She was born April 14, 1931 in West Mifflin, Pa., the daughter of the late John and Rose Davis Sotak.

A local woman said West Mifflin police used excessive force against her son after they arrested him on Wednesday.

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin has $190,000 set aside, and the way he sees it, it will either go toward policing the Mifflin Street Block Party or to summer youth programs.

For two years, Cornelia Brierly studied architecture at Carnegie Institute of Technology, working diligently at a drafting table.

As apprentices to architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Cornelia Brierly and Peter Berndtson learned how to design homes that were in harmony with nature.