HARRISBURG -- State Sen. Jay Costa, D-Forest Hills, was elected yesterday as minority party chairman of the influential Senate Appropriations Committee, which oversees expenditures in the $28 billion state budget. (Today)
The Parkway East/I-376 will be limited to a single lane outbound this weekend from the Edgewood-Swissvale Interchange to the Monroeville/Business Route 22 exit. (Today)
A North Huntingdon man won more than $1 million in a malpractice lawsuit in which he contended his laser eye surgery was botched. (Today)
Seven more people have been charged by police in connection with the unruly fan celebration that followed Penn State's win over Ohio State last month. (Today)
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Board members of the McKeesport Neighborhood Initiatives, from left, Waliyyuddin Muhammad; Sheryl Ward, consultant for McKeesport Weed and Seed; Lani Temple, MNI executive director; and Sheryl Sears, treasurer, stand in front of one of the four new homes on the old site of the McKeesport Reservoir.
Shannon Battle says that the McKeesport rental house she shares with her two sons is in such disrepair, it might be fit for condemnation. (Yesterday)