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  • 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 ...

  • Voters have plethora of hopefuls to pick from

    In Wayne, voters will be asked to consider whether they are in favor of the granting of liquor licenses for privately-owned public golf courses for the sale of liquor by White Oak Farms Inc., 1009 State Route 839, ...

  • Plum assault suspect back in jail

    A Plum man accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and crashing his car into a Washington Township gas station in April is back in Westmoreland County ...


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Movie Review

The World According to Garp

For all the weird events that transpire during its 131 minutes, "The World According to Garp" is a strangely unaffecting movie. Interesting, yes. Original, yes. Often hilarious, yes. But, despite the fact that it sets itself up as a tragicomic social satire striking several specific targets, not much of it really stays with you after it's over. Instead, it just seems to waver between almost sitcom ... ...

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  • Steelers OTAs get underway today

    The Steelers offseason program moves into its final stage today when Phase Three kicks off with 10 days of organized team activities (OTAs) that take place over three weeks, and then leads into the team's minicamp June 11-13. This will be the first time that the majority of the team will gather for workouts, with veterans and rookies all taking part."It's a chance for the guys to ...

  • Police Search For Dog That Attacked Man

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The search is on for a dog that attacked a man on Diehl Avenue in Carrick Sunday night. Pittsburgh Police say 35-year-old Josh King was viciously attacked by a dog while he was walking through a cemetery. King had been hanging out at a friend's house for an outdoor barbeque before the dog bit him multiple times. Linda Cramer who called 911 for the victim said, ...

  • Andrew Says Singing Unfamiliar National Anthems Can Be Tough

    PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – Earlier in the evening, Andrew and Sports Anchor Jon Phillips discussed the embarrassingly horrendous rendition of the United States National Anthem by a Canadian singer before the 2013 Memorial Cup hockey game this past weekend. To prove how difficult it can be to perform a national anthem from a country you do not reside in, Andrew asks Jon to regale the ...

  • CMU Professor Takes DNA Testing To New Levels

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — He’s not your typical Sherlock Holmes, but this CMU professor is in demand by police around the world. He’s putting bad guys in jail with a DNA analysis technology he invented called True Allele. "True Allele is the most advanced and most powerful system for commercial DNA evidence interpretation that exists," said Mark Perlin of Cybergenetics. ...

  • Mt. Lebanon School District to charge for sports extracurriculars

    The Mt. Lebanon School Board passed an $83.16 million budget on Monday night, instituting fees ranging from $5 to $40 per year for students participating in sports and extracurricular ...

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