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  • Election director predicts light turnout at polls

    Countywide, Wolosik projected 35 percent of 530,197 registered Democrats and 25 percent of 238,368 registered Republicans would turn out before polls close at 8 ...

  • McKeesport bank robbed again

    Police Chief Bryan J. Washowich said officers spotted a man running from the bank shortly after 10 a.m. He was apprehended about a quarter of a mile away in the area of Pirl Street and E. Fifth ...

  • Okla. Medical examiner expects more bodies

    The vicious tornado that tore across central Oklahoma on Monday has killed at least 51 people -- with about 40 more bodies expected to arrive at the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office, Amy Elliott of the coroner's office said. The official death toll will gradually rise as the bodies are ...

  • Pleasant Hills sets weight limits

    Council approved an ordinance on Monday setting a 10-ton limit on W. Bruceton Road and 5-ton limits on E. Bruceton as well as Arbor and Dutch lanes and Mowry ...

  • Slight tax increase proposed in Norwin

    The district's 2013-14 $61.4 million preliminary budget, which the board unanimously approved on Monday, requires an increase of .65 of a mill, and approximately $554,000 from the district's general fund, to be considered balanced, according to John Wilson, director of business ...


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Moonrise Kingdom [Blu-Ray]

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Moonrise Kingdom is Wes Andersons best work in a decade, as he returns to the nimble territory precariously balanced between fairy-tale whimsy and genuine emotion that made Rushmore (1998) and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) such unique treats. His most recent l ... ...

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  • Ordinance to restrict lions tigers and bears in White Oak

    "We're (defining better) what exotic, wild and farm animals are," borough Solicitor Jessica Crown said. "Lions and tigers and bears were not in the original ordinance. Really you could have maintained a lion on your property So they're going to be banned within the borough unless they're in a zoo property. One of the other issues with farm animals, they're ...

  • Commissioners sanitary authority remain at odds

    Elizabeth Township commissioners are continuing to deal with legal issues related to their efforts to terminate the township's sanitary ...

  • Highlands School Board member to remain as coach

    Beale asked board Solicitor Lisa Colautti if the extension conflicted with a court ruling in the West Mifflin School District that prohibited a board member from being an assistant ...

  • P. Hills promotes officers honors others for service

    Each has various roles with the force. Frankenfeld and Lauso are Drug Abuse Resistance Education teachers, respectively, at Pleasant Hills Middle and McClellan Elementary ...

  • Kiski Area School District focuses on security

    The school board Monday approved nearly $225,000 in contracts for installation of such an entryway at Kiski Area North Primary School, formerly Allegheny-Hyde ...

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