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07/19/11 Merger and acquisition activity involving Western Pennsylvania companies remained at a healthy level in the April-June quarter despite dropping 9 percent compared with the first quarter and falling 24 percent below last year, according to a report released Tuesday.
07/18/11 The arrival of hot, humid weather in Western Pennsylvania combined with an unstable air mass spawned a series of strong thunderstorms Monday afternoon and evening, flooding roadways and creating a nightmare for rush-hour motorists.
07/15/11 One of the hallmarks of Western Pennsylvania real estate is good, solid, affordable housing. A great example of that is 522 N. Sixth St. in Jeannette. The three-bedroom, 1 1/2-bath home is on the market for $99,000.
07/15/11 SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - A man killed his father and stepmother in Western Pennsylvania, then tried to cover up the slayings with a story claiming they had perished in a fiery New Jersey car crash, prosecutors said Thursday.
07/13/11 A report raises the possibility that New Kensington-Arnold and 10 other Western Pennsylvania school districts cheated on a state assessment test used to determine whether schools are meeting standards under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
07/13/11 The nonprofit Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania last week acquired the Succop Conservancy -- a former 50 acre farm that includes a 180-year-old mansion and historic barn in Butler -- from the Butler County Community College Education Foundation.
07/10/11 We don't usually put Philadelphia politicians up on a pedestal. They're often even worse, believe it or not, than Western Pennsylvania politicians. But we applaud the grandstanding, populist approach of Philadelphia state Sen.
07/09/11 Cheap, highly addictive and readily available, heroin is the illegal drug of choice in Western Pennsylvania, according to police, medical examiners, doctors, addicts and rehabilitators.
07/06/11 Residents of Western Pennsylvania have a variety of opportunities available to them to learn about the wonders of the night sky. Stargazers can attend a live star identification show at Carnegie Science Center's Buhl Digital Planetarium to become skilled at locating constellations.
07/06/11 The Sewickley man at the head of a $2 million Arizona-to-Western Pennsylvania marijuana ring will spend the next six to 12 years in prison, a Beaver County judge ruled on Wednesday.
07/06/11 One of the best basketball players from Western Pennsylvania has died. Bethel Park native Armen Gilliam died Tuesday night while playing basketball at the L.A. Fitness in Bridgeville.
07/06/11 Like pool parties and Pirates baseball, Amateur Athletic Union basketball has been a longtime summer staple in Western Pennsylvania. One of the region's top boys teams is the Drill 4 Skill Wildcats, a 17-under team coached by Rick Klimchock, the boys basketball coach at Jeannette High for 14 years who now coaches girls basketball at Franklin Regional.
07/04/11 Duffy recently was named director of operations for the Spina Bifida Association of Western Pennsylvania, which is the lead management position in the nonprofit organization.
07/04/11 A jobs curriculum funded by the Marcellus shale industry could be in Western Pennsylvania middle schools as early as fall.
07/04/11 Metals producers are growing bolder about putting the cash on their balance sheets to work, sparking a new round of merger and acquisition activity involving Western Pennsylvania companies. Carpenter Technology is acquiring Latrobe Specialty Metals in an all-stock deal valued at $558 million when it was announced June 20.
07/03/11 History buffs don't need to drive 300 miles to Philadelphia to follow the first steps of freedom this Independence Day: The musket shots that led to the American Revolution 20 years later were fired during a small skirmish in the foothills of Western Pennsylvania.
07/03/11 Members of the Dick Tady Orchestra are like the royal family of polka in Western Pennsylvania, a popular and enduring group that has won many awards over the years and the hearts of polka music loving people for generations.
06/30/11 A weekly look at where the fish are biting around Western Pennsylvania.
06/30/11 The Pagans motorcycle gang has a long history in Western Pennsylvania.
06/30/11 As the Fourth of July arrives, gasoline prices in Western Pennsylvania are down 41.6 cents per gallon from a month ago -- but the average price nationally is still about 86 cents higher per gallon than it was at this time last year.
06/30/11 Butler, PA The Butler County Community College Education Foundation, Inc. announced today that it is transferring ownership and operations of the Succop Conservancy to Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania ASWP. The agreement is effective on July 1, 2011.We are pleased to convey the Conservancy to ASWP, an organization with expertise and experience in environmental education and programming,... | 
