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Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Nov. 23Harrison's Ashley Griffin said she will be devastated if the Highlands Family Center in Tarentum is forced to cut programs. The East Fourth Avenue facility is [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Nov. 22More than a year after it was approved, Tarentum's second megawatt billboard is finally expected to light up the borough's western side. Weleski Transfer along West [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Nov. 15Part gallery, part toy shop is the best description for the Illustrious Order of Makesmiths, a quirky new addition to Blawnox. Opened by West Deer residents [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Nov. 14Choices and their infinite trajectories are explored in Riverfront Theater Company's fall production of 'Constellations.' The two-person show takes the audience on a spellbinding, romantic journey [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Aug. 27Fix the potholes or end up in court. That's the message Frazer officials gave the owner of the Pittsburgh Mills mall, saying the condition of the [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jul. 12As a kid, Brianna Thorpe spent a lot of time visiting family in Natrona. 'There was a bakery on the corner, and it was kind of [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jul. 8When Anna Mayhood and Kristen Farringer couldn't find styles to suit their size, they did something better they opened their own boutique. 'Everyone should love themselves, [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jun. 19Allegheny County Police describe a shooting Monday in Harrison's Sheldon Park plan as a botched drug deal. According to court documents, Albert Pittman, 15, of Harrison [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Apr. 20Legendary Pittsburgh radio host Larry O'Brien, who comprised half of the wildly popular morning duo 'O'Brien & Garry' for 20 years, has died. 'He was a [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Mar. 31Two teens were killed Sunday in a motor bike crash in North Huntingdon, according to the Westmoreland County Coroner's Office. The victims were Adam J. Bilinsky, [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Mar. 21Tarentum officials are promising Dreshar Stadium, or at least the property that houses the 85-year-old venue, will be the jewel of a newly designed borough riverfront. [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Feb. 14Sunday hunting could finally happen in Pennsylvania more than just three days a year. Members of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, an association of the state's farmers [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jan. 22Upgrades to Hilltop Hose in Harrison won't just boost safety, they'll provide a station ready to house the next generation of firefighters, officials said. Chief Jeff [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jan. 21Three more well pads are expected to be constructed in Fawn this year along Sun Mine Road. Supervisors in December approved a conditional use application by [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jan. 21Upgraded tennis courts and more curb cuts will come to O'Hara after the township landed more than $130,000 in state grants. Accessibility and recreation will get [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jan. 17Teens now have their own place to hang out, learn something new or just chill at the Sharpsburg Community Library. The dedicated Teen Space will celebrate [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jan. 17Property that once housed about 20 Penn Salt company homes in Natrona continues to be upgraded by a group of volunteers. About a dozen people braved [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jan. 15Thieves made off with hundreds of scratch-off lottery tickets during an overnight burglary at Asay's News Stand in Tarentum, but they didn't get any winners. Owner [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jan. 13In an ongoing bid to thwart the nationwide trend of dwindling first responders, the Allegheny-Kiski Health Foundation has announced its fourth round of free emergency medical [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jan. 13Injured Citizens Hose emergency medical technician Kelly Jackson is coming home or at least closer to it. After nearly a week in a Pittsburgh hospital, the [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jan. 12A Polish newspaper detailing the death of Pope Leo XIII in 1903 was among the treasures in a time capsule unearthed Wednesday at St. Ladislaus Church [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jan. 10Conrad Zylinski was in the middle of cleaning his oven Wednesday when the power to his Spruce Street home in Harrison's Natrona neighborhood went out. He [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jan. 10Conrad Zylinski was in the middle of cleaning his oven Wednesday when the power to his Spruce Street home in Harrison's Natrona neighborhood went out. He [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jan. 9Tarentum officials are working to resolve an arcing transformer. The malfunctioning equipment is near Third and Bridge streets. The borough's Redcat Power staff are on the [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jan. 9Harrison police are warning residents to be aware of attempted vehicle thefts, particularly those targeting Kias and Hyundais. Chief Brian Turack said there has been an [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jan. 5Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Jan. 5: Two-alarm fire in Elizabeth Borough Crews battled a two-alarm structure fire early [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jan. 5Meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh are debunking social media posts that have predicted a foot of snow to be dumped across Pittsburgh early [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jan. 4Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, Jan. 4: Police say gunfire ends in vehicle crash in Penn Hills Penn Hills [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jan. 2The Women's Board of Pittsburgh has brought in more than $1.4 million for children's charities since its inception in 1992, but the constant need is never [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jan. 2Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Jan. 2: Corvette crashes in Pittsburgh's Chateau section Two people were injured after a [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jan. 2For the second time in recent weeks, a child traveling alone by air wound up in the wrong destination. A Florida teen on Dec. 22 was [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Dec. 28Public infrastructure in New Kensington will get a boost after $1 million in grants was awarded last week to the city's municipal authority. The funding was [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Dec. 24It's Christmas Eve in America but Santa's journey has already begun across the globe. Guided by his nine reindeer, Santa was heading toward Iwo Jima, Japan [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Dec. 24Police are investigating a shooting in Edgewood early Sunday. Emergency crews were called just before 3:30 a.m. to the GetGo on South Braddock Avenue. First responders [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Dec. 23Police are searching for a Pittsburgh man they said is responsible for stabbing a woman overnight in Carnegie. Joshua Meyer, 41, is described as 6-feet, 2-inches [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Dec. 23One of two teens killed in a single-vehicle wreck early Saturday in McCandless has been identified. Taylor Orlowski, 18, of Baden, died at the scene, according [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Dec. 23Two teens were killed in a single-vehicle wreck early Saturday in McCandless. First responders were called at about 3:20 a.m. to Irwin Road near Babcock Boulevard. [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Dec. 23Police are investigating after a woman was stabbed in Carnegie overnight. Emergency crews were called just about midnight to the 400 block of Third Avenue. There, [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Dec. 23Columbia Gas lines do not appear to have been involved in the Dec. 12 cottage explosion in Sewickley Heights, the state Public Utility Commission said Friday. [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Dec. 23A 2-year-old boy was found dead in Oil City, Venango County, stuffed inside a bag in a basement. The body of toddler Keaton Morrison was found [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Dec. 20Tarentum officials were praying for a miracle to salvage the borough's failing water distribution system. On Tuesday, they got one. The borough is among 15 Alle-Kiski [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Dec. 20A Clairton man on Wednesday waived to court charges of attempted homicide after being accused of shooting a Monroeville police officer during a November car chase [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Dec. 20Tarentum officials were praying for a miracle to salvage the borough's failing water distribution system. On Tuesday, they got one. The borough is among 15 Alle-Kiski [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Dec. 17Highlands junior Carter Anderson admits he was a bit nervous stepping into the arena at the Villanova Fall Festival, a three-day competition that is the largest [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Dec. 11A major sewer project is finally moving forward in Tarentum, four years after council first started eyeing the work. Manager Dwight Boddorf said work near East [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Dec. 10Organizers of an after-school program for Highlands teens peg it as a home away from home. But The Teen Spot, geared toward students in grades six [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Dec. 9The basketball court at Tarentum's 'Hoops on Sixth' park was barely usable before a local business owner stepped up to assist. Eric Hashim, owner of Tripak [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Dec. 9Ten-year-old Nastya Shytnikova has a short Christmas list. She didn't ask for an iPhone or a doll. 'I'd really like Legos, candies and cookies, and a [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Dec. 8From its early days as sacred salt-gathering grounds for Native Americans to the manufacturing of the pesticide DDT for war efforts in the 1900s to today's [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Dec. 4A failing water distribution system in Tarentum coupled with an impractical contract for wholesale water costs to East Deer will spur a rate increase this spring [...]