It took a high-speed chase, a pursuit on foot, and a scuffle, but two McKees Rocks police officers on routine patrol spotted a car jacking in progress and arrested a suspect. (Today)
Firefighters battled a blaze in Bridgeville this morning that destroyed an apartment building and spread to a neighboring structure. (Today)
Two Beaver County residents were hurt Saturday in a car crash blamed on speed. (Today)
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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. (Yesterday)
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A portion of the United States Air Force Air Reserve Station at the Pittsburgh International Airport is seen from across the highway. The Air Force said in a statement Friday it plans to retire or transfer all seven C-130 aircraft from the base over the next two years.
WASHINGTON -- Area senators and congressmen vowed Friday to fight the Air Force's plans to close the 911th Airlift Wing in Moon within the next two years, moving two of its seven C-130 transport planes to other bases and retiring the rest. It isn't yet clear whether the base's troops would be transferred to other bases. (Yesterday)