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  • Candidates make last-minute push before Tuesday’s primary

    Tuesday is the Pennsylvania primary, and candidates for Pittsburgh mayor were out Sunday trying to gather last-minute support.According to a poll by Channel 11's news exchange partners at TribLIVE, City Councilman Bill Peduto grabbed the front-runner status he once claimed to have in the Pittsburgh mayoral race, seizing on growing disapproval of chief opponent Jack Wagner in the ...

  • 2 women rescued from burning home in Perry South

    Two women were rescued from a porch roof after escaping a house fire Sunday night in the city's Perry South neighborhood.Officials said the fire started inside a three-story home on Maywood Street about 7 p.m.Michelle Greer told Channel 11 News that she awoke from a nap after thick black smoke filled her bedroom.Greer said her sister and niece had to be rescued from the roof of a back porch ...

  • Driver arrested after train hits car on tracks

    The arresting police officer identified the suspect as David Roberts, and said the 24-year-old man is suspected of being drunk when his car got stuck on the train tracks. Roberts was able to get out of the car and was found roughly 800 feet away, police ...

  • Bicycle corridor plan gets Connellsville’s OK

    Connellsville City Council decided to take him up on his offer, passing a resolution last week approving a bicycle network corridor plan submitted by Aspect Planning. Council members also authorized Aspect to map out and identify corridors throughout the city for bicycle infrastructure ...

  • Frazier board to hold hearing on school projects

    The Frazier School Board will hold a public hearing at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Frazier High School auditorium to discuss renovation and construction projects at schools within the ...


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Knocked Up

Knocked Up

Writer/director Judd Apatow has a special comedic gift: He can mix bawdiness and tenderness with such a surprisingly deft touch that you can't sense the point at which one ends and the other begins. His two features, 2005's The 40-Year-Old Virgin and his most ... ...

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  • Catholic Churches of Connellsville hosts first Feast of All Nations

    Walking through the cafeteria area of Geibel Catholic Junior-Senior High School on Sunday, one could hear snippets of languages intermingled in a gathering of culture as members of varying ethnic backgrounds gathered for a day of ...

  • Low turnout expected in Tuesday’s primary

    About 8,500,000 residents in the commonwealth are registered to vote, yet only a fraction of them are expected to turn out to cast their ballots in Tuesday's primary election, according to the Pennsylvania Department of ...

  • 3 seeking Fallowfield Township supervisor seat have different priorities

    After nearly a decade as a Fallowfield Township supervisor and a career of public service that dates back to 1970, Olga Woodward will step down at the end of the ...

  • Vacant house fire in New Castle threatens nearby homes

    Firefighters battled a massive blaze at a vacant home early Monday morning in New Castle.Officials said the two-story wooden structure on Galbreath Street was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived just after 12:30 a.m.The flames were so intense that crews directed their hoses at nearby homes to prevent the flames and sparks from setting them on fire as well.The fire marshal is investigating ...

  • Police Suspected drunken driver leaves car in path of oncoming train

    A man was arrested early Monday morning after police said he left his car in the path of an oncoming train in East Deer Township.According to police, the driver was drunk when he somehow drove his car onto the railroad tracks near Freeport Road and got stuck.Investigators said the man, whose name hasn't been released, managed to escape from the car moments before a train crashed into it. ...

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