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4 hrs ago | Business Journal

3 Alle-Kiski chambers plan to merge

The Allegheny Valley Chamber of Commerce, Armstrong County Chamber of Commerce and the StrongLand Chamber of Commerce will merge into a single organization known as the Allegheny Kiski Regional Chamber of Commerce.

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Related Topix: Allegheny County, PA

Sat Jun 15, 2013

The News Item

Judge seals Best settlement details

A federal judge has approved a request to seal the settlement agreement reached by former Northumberland County chief clerk and solicitor Kymberley Best in a lawsuit against the county over her firing.

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Related Topix: Northumberland County, PA, Williamsport, PA

Fri Jun 14, 2013

CBS Local

Local Municipality Planning Out How To Use Gas Drilling Impact Fee Money

The gas drilling big rigs have made many people angry, but not the people who are reaping the big bucks that Marcellus Shale is bringing.

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Related Topix: Washington County, PA, Allegheny County, PA, Sports

Thu Jun 13, 2013

CBS Local

Local Residents Preparing For Strong Storms

It's been a day of storm preps across the region from Westmoreland County to Allegheny County and everywhere in between.

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Related Topix: Allegheny County, PA, Sports

Wed Jun 12, 2013

WTAE-TV Pittsburgh

Special Westmoreland County park accomodates those with unique needs

George O'Donnell said when his son Georgie was just hours old, doctors told him and his wife the boy would have too many health problems, and he would be better off living in a group home where trained professionals could care for him.

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Related Topix: Murrysville, PA, Export, PA

Tue Jun 11, 2013

WTAE-TV Pittsburgh

Man killed in lawnmower accident at golf course

A man was run over and killed by a lawnmower at a golf course on Tuesday afternoon, according to emergency dispatchers in Westmoreland County.

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Mon Jun 10, 2013

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Eaglet leaves nest on Hays hillside

Comes a time for all parents when the children grow up and move out. Pittsburgh's newest empty nesters are the eagles of Hays, whose lone offspring left the nest Saturday.

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Related Topix: Penn Hills, PA

Evening Sun

Deal cut for former W. Pa. deputy in heroin case

A former deputy sheriff from southwestern Pennsylvania has entered a probation-without-verdict program that has resulted in heroin possession charges being dropped against her.

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Related Topix: Greensburg, PA

Sun Jun 09, 2013

O-R Online

Theft reports lead to drug charges in South Strabane

A former Westmoreland County man was arrested Saturday night on drug charges after South Strabane Township police stopped a suspicious car reportedly involved in thefts at Home Depot earlier in the day.

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Related Topix: Hyde Park, PA

Sat Jun 08, 2013

The Tribune-Democrat

In Brief | Police say woman tried to steal air conditioners

A Johnstown woman faces charges after police said she tried to steal three air conditioners from the Wal-Mart store in Somerset Township.

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Related Topix: Johnstown, PA, Indiana County, PA, Westmont, PA

Erie Times News

Pet pony shot in western Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania State Police are asking for the public's help in finding the person responsible for shooting a Shetland pony with a high-powered rifle this week in Westmoreland County.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Fairfield, PA, Greensburg, PA

Fri Jun 07, 2013

CBS Local

Family's Pet Shetland Pony Shot, Killed

Police in Westmoreland County are investigating after a family's Shetland pony was shot in the neck and died from its injuries.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Trooper, PA

Business Journal

S&T appoints Kline senior vice president

S&T Bank, among the largest financial institutions serving Pittsburgh, has appointed John Kline as senior vice president, commercial lending.

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Related Topix: Aspect Communications, Software, Greensburg, PA

Thu Jun 06, 2013

WPXI

Police searching for Westmoreland Co. man after finding car, cellphone

Police are searching for a Westmoreland County man after finding his car and cellphone near the Avonmore Bridge between Avonmore and Kiski Township Thursday morning.

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Related Topix: Avonmore, PA

FireHouse.com

Sixth Man Admits to Pa. Arsons, Released from Jail

June 06--The last of six men accused of setting fires throughout the city of Jeannette pleaded guilty to arson charges on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Jeannette, PA, Fire

Wed Jun 05, 2013

WTAE-TV Pittsburgh

County Animal Response Team is there for pets when disaster strikes

When the unthinkable happens with little or no warning like a fire or flooding, the American Red Cross will be there to help you, but not your pets.

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CBS Local

Police: Missing N. Huntingdon Girl May Be With Biological Mother

Police in Westmoreland County are asking for help from the public in the search for a missing 14-year-old girl last seen this morning.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

New Kings of Fourth Avenue unveiled in Downtown Pittsburgh

Descendants of Max Kohler, who carved the original Dollar Bank lions, with one of the new lions carved by Nicholas Fairplay.

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Related Topix: Adamsburg, PA

Penn State

'Four Seasons' by Bud Gibbons on display through July 28 in campus art gallery

A collection of Bud Gibbons paintings, on loan from the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, is on display during June and July in the Art Gallery at Penn State New Kensington.

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Related Topix: New Kensington, PA, Penn State New Kensington, Painting, Arts

Post-gazette.com

Pa. block grant program uncertain

The future of a controversial pilot program that combines seven different types of human services funding into one block grant to counties is unclear after a Senate committee voted Tuesday to expand the program, while a House committee voted to curtail it.

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Related Topix: Cumberland County, PA