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 08:02:18 -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/10071/1042296-147.stm?cmpid=latest.xml McArdle Roadway will remain closed between the Liberty Bridge and Grandview Avenue in Mount Washington through the morning rush hour. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:01:00 -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