http://www.post-gazette.com/ Local and regional news as it develops during the day en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 08:39:34 -0400 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/10251/1085881-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Officials investigating a gas well fire in Washington County say a lightning strike may be to blame. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 08:17:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10251/1085880-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A woman was killed and two people were injured in an overnight stabbing in the city's Perry North neighborhood. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 06:42:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10251/1085878-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Mars Area school board is considering hiring a construction manager to shepherd its latest building project. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 05:33:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10251/1085879-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Hampton school board said Tuesday night it may need to hire several teachers and paraprofessionals because of an unexpected influx of students. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 05:46:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10251/1085836-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml State police have arrested a Mercer County man in the shooting of a 24-year-old man, critically wounding him, after an argument Tuesday morning. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085769-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml It takes a performance approaching perfection for a team like the Pirates to keep up with a contender, but that is precisely what they found in thoroughly beating the Atlanta Braves, 5-0, tonight at PNC Park. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 22:20:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085691-135.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Duquesne Dukes' 2010-11 men's basketball schedule was released this afternoon and it is highlighted by three home games at the CONSOL Energy Center. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 15:02:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085712-455.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A two-vehicle crash in New Stanton left one person dead this afternoon, state police said. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 18:53:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085706-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A 17-year-old boy who said he was high on drugs tumbled over a cliff in an O'Hara park this afternoon and suffered a head injury, a county dispatch supervisor said. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 18:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085689-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The trial of the woman accused of killing an FBI special agent almost two years ago has been continued until March. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 14:50:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085699-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Linda Lane, deputy superintendent of Pittsburgh Public Schools, was offered a job to head the Iowa Department of Education, but she turned it down last week, due to bad timing. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 16:19:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085690-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Before he made a speech today in his ongoing push for a "significant" natural gas severance tax, Gov. Ed Rendell told a group of protestors worried about Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling that a moratorium on drilling like New York state has enacted will never happen here. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 14:58:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085687-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The trial for two men accused of killing a 12-year-old North Side girl has been moved to November so that one of the defendants can receive a mental health evaluation at Torrance State Hospital. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 14:36:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085686-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Rep. Joe Sestak reinforced his populist portrayal of Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race Tuesday as he told Carnegie Mellon students that his Republican opponent "seems to miss the human cost of his callous policies. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 14:32:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085685-142.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Penn State and West Virginia moved up in the college football polls that were released today while Pitt fell out of favor among the voters. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 14:27:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085684-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Pittsburgh school board spends a lot of time talking but not much time making significant policy decisions, according to a board-watch report card released today by the advocacy group A+ Schools. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 14:17:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085660-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather caution because fires could result from the warm, dry, windy conditions for much of the Tri-state region. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 09:45:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085664-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A Marshall University program that offers children free dental care at school says more than 43 percent of the children it saw last year had untreated dental decay. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:59:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085663-113.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Experts are set to testify in a federal lawsuit in Chicago, where five states -- including Pennsylvania -- are asking a judge to close Illinois shipping locks to prevent Asian carp from overrunning the Great Lakes. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:56:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085623-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A man from Beaver was killed Sunday when he was dragged underneath a tractor. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085662-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The owner of the Hilton Pittsburgh filed for bankruptcy this morning, in essence blocking its lender from foreclosing on the Downtown hotel for the time being. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 10:43:00 -0400