http://www.post-gazette.com/ Local and regional news as it develops during the day en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:47:18 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042353-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml HARRISBURG -- Five years ago, Mike Veon was one of the Harrisburg's prolific power brokers, a wheeler dealer who claimed one of the highest positions in state government. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:34:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042342-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Inside linebacker Larry Foote will visit the Steelers offices Monday and, if he passes a physical, could reach an agreement to rejoin his former team, the Post-Gazette has learned. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:28:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042306-66.stm?cmpid=latest.xml MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. -- Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger posed for photos with some of the officers who conducted a sexual assault complaint investigation about an hour before the incident allegedly occurred Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:51:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042316-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The National Weather Service today issued a flood warning for the Youghiogheny River at Sutersville, affecting Allegheny and Westmoreland counties Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042299-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Four city Catholic schools supported through the Extra Mile Education Foundation will be merged into two schools over the next several years, according to a news release from the Diocese of Pittsburgh today Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:07:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042340-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Pirates' game with the Atlanta Braves was called after three innings by heavy, steady rain Friday at Champion Stadium. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042335-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The St. Patrick's Day Parade will follow a new route this year, and Miss Smiling Irish Eyes, who will help preside over the event, was named today Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042304-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Jordan Brown, the 12-year-old Lawrence County boy charged with killing his father's pregnant fiancee, is "a juvenile with significant personality problems" who tends to "minimize, deny and shift blame," a psychiatrist who examined him told a judge this morning Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042296-147.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The city has reopened McArdle Roadway from the Liberty Bridge to Grandview Avenue in Mount Washington. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042311-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A Beaver County couple were found dead in their home this morning, possibly the result of a murder-suicide, investigators said Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042332-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Two people are charged with intimidating alleged victims and witnesses in the criminal case against a police officer Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:05:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042318-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A routine traffic stop in Carnegie today turned up nearly $10,000, a handgun, and approximately 76 grams of suspected cocaine Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042320-147.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Pennsylvania Turnpike will be closed in both directions between Donegal and Somerset starting at 11:45 p.m. Saturday through 6 a.m. Sunday, weather permitting Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042315-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority board today created a task force to contend with the agency's leaky system and perhaps reconsider giveaways to several nonprofit institutions Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:50:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042313-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A Monroeville man was released from jail Thursday after homicide charges against him were withdrawn Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042312-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Delta Air Lines nonstop Pittsburgh to Paris flight is not meeting its revenue targets, likely triggering subsidies from the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and state taxpayers this year Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:32:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042310-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A North Versailles man today was ordered to trial on charges he beat to death his infant son last month Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:17:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042303-147.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Pittsburgh Police Chief Nate Harper joined representatives of the insurance industry and AAA this morning in calling for additional restrictions on towing companies Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042305-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Dorothy, the female peregrine falcon at the Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh campus, has laid her first egg of the season Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:45:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042300-147.stm?cmpid=latest.xml PennDOT has postponed the weekend closure of Route 30 in North Versailles because of expected bad weather Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:09:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042295-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Montour school board is pushing the bid date for its high school renovation project to March 30 and will delay its official meeting until March 31. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:44:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042294-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Central Valley school board is set to solve its two-principals-for-one-high-school problem by splitting the job in two. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042042-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory for the Ohio and Monongahela rivers at the Point in Downtown Pittsburgh, saying the rivers will crest at 26.5 feet on Sunday afternoon, two feet above flood stage. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042154-142.stm?cmpid=latest.xml NEW YORK -- For the second consecutive season Pitt is one-and-done at the Big East tournament. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:11:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042162-84.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Republicans tonight selected a political newcomer who has never sought elected office as their nominee in the special election to succeed the late U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:45:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042164-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml RALEIGH, N.C. -- Carolina defenseman Brian Pothier scored from the right dot 23 seconds into overtime to give the Hurricanes a 4-3 victory against the Penguins at the RBC Center tonight. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042153-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Alaska State Medical Examiner concluded today that a Slippery Rock woman whose body was found in the woods of a remote Alaskan village likely died from being attacked by wolves. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042129-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Andy Warhol Museum has announced the appointment of Pittsburgh native Bethany L. Tucke as deputy director. She began her affiliation with the museum Dec. 1, 2009. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:50:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042104-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml BRADENTON, Fla. -- Kevin Hart turned in another ugly line in the Pirates' 16-15 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays this afternoon at McKechnie Field. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042047-147.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The city has closed McArdle Roadway and part of Greentree Road because of landslides Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:42:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042098-147.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A multi-vehicle crash has occurred on the westbound Parkway East in the bathtub area (under Stanwix Street) approaching the Fort Pitt Bridge. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042095-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, will host a memorial service for Chancellor Emmanuel I. Osagie, and has named an interim chancellor Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042094-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml ERIE, Pa. -- An Erie woman charged with masterminding a bank robbery plot that ended with a pizza deliveryman being killed by a bomb locked around his neck wants her federal trial moved from northwestern Pennsylvania Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042090-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Peters Township High School principal Dr. Thomas Hajzus said he is taking a paid medical leave until this summer due to a "severe" case of diabetes Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:53:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042083-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml At a Pittsburgh City Council meeting this afternoon, a Chicago alderman outlined a raft of problems with her city's lease of on-street parking rights to a private consortium for 75 years. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:32:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042051-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:20:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042050-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- A federal court jury has found a central Pennsylvania man not guilty of possessing illegal explosive devices that prosecutors suggested were linked to the man's anti-government views Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:02:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042048-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia Supreme Court has rejected requests by a bankrupt coal company and its president to reconsider a decision stripping them of a $50 million jury verdict against Massey Energy Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:51:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042043-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The arrest of a North-Central Pennsylvania man on Internet child pornography charges spurred dozens of more arrests from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, state police said. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:05:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042037-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml RALEIGH, N.C. -- Penguins center Sidney Crosby is thrilled that the gloves and stick he was using when he scored the overtime goal that won an Olympic gold medal for Canada have been recovered Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:18:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042036-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml RALEIGH, N.C. -- Penguins left winger Matt Cooke said he wasn't surprised that the league didn't suspend him for his hit to the head of Boston center Marc Savard Sunday Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:12:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041995-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A Hill District man has been charged in connection with the shooting Wednesday evening of another man on the Reed-Robert section ofthe Hill District Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:11:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042035-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A handful of community groups lined up this morning to support Pittsburgh City Councilman Ricky Burgess' efforts to enact a "living wage" for all city employees and companies that contract with the city Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042029-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml An arrest warrant has been obtained by Castle Shannon police for the arrest of a borough woman already in jail on charges connected to a door-to-door fund-raising operation there and in nearby towns Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:44:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042034-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Louisiana Municipal Police Employees Retirement System wants a federal judge in Pittsburgh to stop FirstEnergy's proposed $4.7 billion takeover of a western Pennsylvania electric company Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042033-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml HARRISBURG -- Bill George is retiring as president of Pennsylvania's AFL-CIO after 20 years as one of the state's most visible organized labor leaders Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:26:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042032-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml HARRISBURG -- Steve Keefer is an ordinary man, not a hero. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042031-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml EQT Corp. has priced a new public offering of its common stock at $44 a share. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:18:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042030-84.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Traffic fatalities for last year fell by nearly 9 percent, reaching their lowest level since 1954, the U.S. Department of Transportation reported today. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:15:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042028-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The victim, James Gamble, 60, was pronounced dead in the emergency room at Excela Health Latrobe Hospital, the Westmoreland County coroner said. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042026-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml West Jefferson Hills solicitor Ira Weiss testified he advised Superintendent Terry Kinavey that the district could face legal action if it did not hire Denise Breisinger. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:05:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042025-147.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Two brief road closures are scheduled for next week in the Clinton area of Findlay. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042183-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml INDIANAPOLIS -- Minnesota knows it would greatly enhance its NCAA tournament resume by beating Michigan State Friday. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:11:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1042250-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml NEW YORK -- Da'Sean Butler took an inbounds pass and banked in a 3-pointer from the head of the key at the buzzer to give No. 7 West Virginia a 54-51 victory against Cincinnati Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:28:00 -0500