Lake Fong
Coast Guard Cmdr. Richard Timme, right, presents the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Thomas A. Vitale, 90, at the American Legion hall in Belle Vernon on Friday.
The passing of 69 years has faded most of his memories. But when asked what he remembers of that night, Feb. 3, 1943, aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Comanche in the icy water of the North Atlantic, Thomas A. Vitale has the answer ready. (Today)
Robert Tomasic says the only way he could get $60,000 for his house in North Braddock would be if he put in $10,000 to $15,000 worth of renovations first. (Today)
Darrell Sapp
Smoke emanates from Sarris Candies in Canonsburg around 7 a.m. Friday after a fire broke out above the part of the building that houses the ice cream parlor.
Firefighters slipped on floors slick with melted chocolate, ultimately calling hazardous-materials teams to scrub the sweet goo from their gear during a fire Friday that caused little structural damage to the popular Sarris Candy store and factory in Canonsburg. (Today)
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A partial settlement to be put before city council Tuesday would dismiss the city and its officials from a police brutality lawsuit filed by Jordan Miles, pictured at left at a June 15, 2011, news conference with Tim Stevens, chairman of the Black Political Empowerment Project.
The city of Pittsburgh would pay $75,000 and Jordan Miles would drop parts of his federal police brutality lawsuit under a partial settlement to be put before city council Tuesday. City solicitor Daniel Regan declined comment because council members had not yet been briefed on the proposal. (Today)
Robin Rombach
Bridgewater Councilman Gregory S. Hopkins, 65, charged in the 1979 slaying of a Monaca woman, is taken back to jail by a Beaver County sheriff's deputy after his hearing Friday at Beaver County Courthouse.
A Bridgewater councilman charged in the 1979 homicide of a Monaca woman will remain in jail for now, a Beaver County judge ruled Friday. (Today)