PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's owners announced Wednesday the paper will be shutting down in a few months, citing financial losses. Block Communications Inc. announced it will cease publication on May 3. The paper is printed on Thursdays and Sundays and says on its website ...
The northbound lanes of Interstate 79 reopened around 8:45 a.m. Wednesday after being closed due to rocks spilling into the roadway from the hillside. The state Department of Transportation said I-79 had been closed between Exit 43 (519 Houston/Eighty Four) and Exit 45 (Route 980/Canonsburg) ...
By Richard Robbins It's all well and good for state Sen. Pat Stefano to criticize Penn State University for abandoning its Fayette County branch campus, as he did last Monday on this page, but the question is: what's next in store for the Route 119 campus, with its dozens of fine buildings and ...
A South Strabane Township teenager was killed early Tuesday morning after his vehicle collided with another, catching both on fire and shutting down Route 40 in North Bethlehem Township for four hours. A report from Washington County Coroner Timothy Warco identified the deceased as 18-year-old ...
Penn State Fayette will be one of seven branch campuses closing after the university’s board of trustees voted 25 to 8 to do so during a Thursday evening virtual session. Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi said the decision was “deeply emotional” but ultimately the right thing to do ...
A portion of Interstate 70 in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, will be restricted to a single lane on Monday. PennDOT announced Friday that I-70 East will be reduced to a single lane between the Smithton and Route 51 exits. The restriction will be in effect between 9 a.m. and 3 ...
