Fayette City
PERRY TWP., Pa. (EYT) — Members of the Perry Township Volunteer Fire Company recently came to the rescue of an elderly dog that found herself in a difficult situation after sliding approximately 40 feet down a steep embankment over the weekend. According to the fire company, Station 12 was...
An underground fire fueled by coal and insulated by glass has been burning near the former Westmoreland Glass plant in Hempfield Township since March. Firefighters and township officials are monitoring the site daily to prevent the blaze from spreading.
In some parts of Western Pennsylvania, homeowners could have to pay more than $10,000 when trying to sell.
A weekend flea market now fills the shell of an old movie theater, and the shopping covers about 100,000 square feet. That’s a lot of room for trinkets, toys, and treasures that used to share space with popcorn. I love the idea of hunting for vintage finds where people...
All the content on this site is created 100% by a human who has actually visited all these places. You can trust it's first-hand information and never AI generated or assisted. If hiking somewhere with ruins, natural beauty, and creepy ghost stories sounds exciting, Dead Man’s Hollow Conservation Area in...
In the wake of this week's tragedy in Mt. Lebanon, mental health is top of mind, including for first responders.
A routine drive can end with flashing lights in your mirror. Pittsburgh-area TV news once tracked where tickets were most common for Pennsylvania drivers. Here’s where drivers around Pittsburgh got caught. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Traffic laws, fines and enforcement rules are subject to change,...
The Westmoreland County Industrial Development Authority is moving ahead with assisting a proposed asphalt plant in East Huntingdon get $10 million in bond financing. The board voted unanimously Thursday to approve entering into an agreement with Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, Inc. at the request of Sand Hill Materials. Authority solicitor...
The mythical Krampus will descend on Pittsburgh this winter for a special event.
A barn that once belonged to a Ross family relative has completed its slow crawl down Route 519 to Ross Farm in Glyde, Washington County, giving the farm a new home for its sheep after fire destroyed the original structure in February. Crews steered the 70-foot-wide barn using remote-controlled equipment and a joystick, guiding it along the route to its new foundation.
The safety initiative comes as local leaders work to address a history of traffic casualties across the region.
Washington County officials are keeping polls open an extra two hours and urging the 23 people who voted by emergency ballot this morning at the Miraculous Medal Banquet Hall to return and cast a provisional ballot. The precinct will remain open until 10 p.m.
Washington County Court of Common Pleas — Reported Site of Poll Worker Removal. Twenty-three people who cast emergency ballots at a Washington County precinct Tuesday may find their votes in jeopardy after an electronic poll book failure meant none of them were ever recorded in a required backup paper ledger. The problem, discovered at the Miraculous Medal Banquet Hall precinct known as Chartiers-3, triggered a scramble by county officials to track the voters down before polls closed and led a judge to pull the precinct's election chief from his post mid-Election Day.
Autonomous vehicles could begin speeding around a $39 million test track in East Huntingdon this spring. Construction on the ambitious Pennsylvania Safety, Transportation and Research Track — or PennSTART project, a 2-mile high-speed loop that will host vehicle testing and safety training for first responders — is expected to be complete as early as April.
A proposed homeless shelter in Pittsburgh’s Polish Hill neighborhood is drawing both support and opposition from residents.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission will open the first two sections of the southern half of the Mon/Fayette Expressway PA Route 51 to I-376 Project on Nov. 20. Sections 53A1 & 53A2 will expand the current 54-mile expressway by nearly five miles north of the existing northern terminus of the Mon/Fayette Expressway at the PA Route […] The post Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to open sections of Mon/Fayette Expressway appeared first on Transportation Today .
Like many of his school friends, lifelong Shaler resident Chuck Perry was drafted during the Vietnam War. But after being run through a hearing test three or four times, he was rejected for service because of a hearing impairment that ran in his family. “A lot of my friends I...
As of Thursday morning, Pittsburgh has a new permanent fire chief. Mat Davis took his oath as the next leader of the city’s Bureau of Fire at a ceremony in City Council chambers. Davis was named to the position by Mayor Corey O’Connor at the beginning of October, after serving four months as acting chief.
