Blawnox officials plan to hold the line on real estate taxes in next year’s budget.

When Rita Ruscetti moved to O’Hara in the mid-1980s, she connected with new friends in no time.

At first, Ariana Caltagarone wasn’t sure if she wanted to take on painting a 459-square-foot mural on the wall leading up to the Springdale Free Public Library.

After months of discussion, the committee exploring a merger of Leechburg and nearby police departments is in what one committee member called “the last mile” of deciding the future of policing there.

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Mike Korns spent about 10 minutes Monday night making his case against a resolution that would limit the ability of citizens and his fellow Allegheny Township supervisors to speak at monthly meetings.

Harbor Freight’s store in New Kensington will open in late January, a company spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Burrell School District officials are grappling with one of the oldest questions in public education.

By the end of the year, patrons at Sharpsburg Community Library will be able to order a book for remote pickup, much like they order clothes or other items for delivery to Amazon lockers.

In a divisive political atmosphere both locally and nationally, Democrat Davon Magwood is proud to be running a race against incumbent state Rep. Jill Cooper that puts negativity aside.