http://www.post-gazette.com/neighborhoods/ Neighborhood news from the City, East, West, North, South, West, Washington, Westmoreland; My Homewood Journal en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:07:29 -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/12345/1283012-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Pittsburgh water workers this week will begin installing pipes for a backup pump system in Highland Park that will help keep water flowing. Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12345/1283013-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml City homicide detectives are investigating a possible drowning victim found in the Monongahela River shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday. Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12345/1283014-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A woman who was shot in Beaver Falls Saturday died two hours later and an autopsy was to be performed Sunday. Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12345/1283015-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Inbound Route 28 will close overnight and traffic will be detoured via the 40th Street Bridge starting at 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12345/1283043-298.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Sharene Shealey, the new school board president, says she is committed to quality schools for her children and others. Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12345/1283082-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The first data from research into the food decisions of 1,372 households in the Hill District and Homewood were recently presented. Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12345/1283084-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml This week's 12th annual Southwestern Pennsylvania Smart Growth Conference will focus on three issues. Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12345/1283096-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Cranberry police Cpl. Dan Hahn has returned to work nearly two years after line-of-duty injuries. Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12344/1282567-67.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml His latest film, "25 Things I Like About Pittsburgh," delivers stories about people, places, history and human nature. Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12344/1282630-323.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Since 1994, the Reese sisters of Point Breeze have adopted and raised six children with special needs. Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12344/1282927-455.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Craig Loughrey was killed when a gun his father had just tried to sell went off. Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12344/1282929-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Run/walk for arthritis is short on length but long on fun and fundraising. Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12344/1282930-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml No one is injured after a driver loses control of a van and plows into a jewelry store in Marshall while holiday shoppers are inside. Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12344/1282965-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A former Pennsylvania judge who went on to become a state worker in Alaska has suddenly resigned. Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12344/1282984-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Two Butler County men were injured in a vehicle accident Saturday night. Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12344/1282987-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A passerby spotted the body of an adult white male in the river at Station Square near the Gateway Clipper Fleet docks. Sun, 9 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282700-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml An Indiana County man was sentenced to life in prison Friday after he pleaded guilty to stabbing his estranged wife and daughters to death. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282701-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml One person was killed early Friday morning when a car crashed after leaving a road in Robinson. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282702-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml An accused North Side gang member was found guilty this week on a gun possession charge after his first trial ended in a mistrial. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282703-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A police officer who faced criminal charges in 2009 has sued Washington County and others for malicious prosecution. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282704-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Vincentian Regency nursing home will stop running its traditional nursing operations and give patients seven months to move. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282706-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A former Slippery Rock Borough police chief sued three of that municipality's officials, claiming that he was fired for political reasons. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282715-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Planned closures of the ramps this weekend have been scrapped because of bad weather, PennDOT has announced. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282716-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A New Jersey man has been arrested after police said he left a backpack with 2,000 stamp bags of heroin in the Downtown Greyhound station. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282733-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A man died and a woman was wounded when three people barged into a Spring Hill apartment Friday night. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282769-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Gas service to the condo portion of the remodeled building, which was shut off Nov. 29 due to a leak, hasn't been restored, affecting 50 res Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282771-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml It is likely insurance will pay the jury award, which could be reduced in a settlement. Even if not, customers won't pay the cost. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282774-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Developers have a plan to reuse the property as a multi-use complex but neighborhood stakeholders say the plan is premature. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282782-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Highmark Stadium, on the South Side, will provide play for youth and adult hockey and public skating through Jan. 13. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282790-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Cybersecurity threats are made real to students participating in an international summit at Baldwin High School. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282791-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A state appellate court ordered a county court to consider hearing arguments to unseal records in a case claiming harm from gas drilling. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282828-147.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The signature garb for the 5K race is bells on the runners' shoes, although the winners stuck to standard gear. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282834-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Mercer County Coroner has ruled the death of a 7-year-old boy who was shot by his father Saturday at Twig's Reloading Den as accidental. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282855-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The driver of a van was injured after she lost control as she was trying to park and rammed the vehicle through the side of the store. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282856-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Beaver County dispatchers said around 3:17 p.m. a woman had been shot in the chest at an address in the 500 block of 13th Street. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282878-58.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A man suffering from dementia who went missing in Washington Friday has been found safe tonight, police said. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282889-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Rylee Littleben, of Indiana, was hit after running behind a vehicle driven by his father at about 2:35 p.m. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12343/1282960-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A woman who was shot in Beaver Falls Saturday has died from her injuries. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282351-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Police charged a man with gun violations and reckless endangerment after he accidently shot his friend in the head in McKees Rocks Tuesday. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282352-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A section of Pittsburgh International Airport was shut down Thursday for about three hours because of smoke and a suspicious bag. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282353-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A judge on has denied a request for a change of venue in the trial of a man accused of killing a Penn Hills police officer three years ago. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282354-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A local man and a senior citizen from California have been accused in an indictment of conspiring to sell methamphetamine. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282355-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A woman has sued North Versailles officials, claiming she was fired as a result of gender discrimination from her job as a police officer. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282358-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A former city of Pittsburgh employee accused of working with a local entrepreneur to rig a city contracting process has pleaded guilty. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282359-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml City council has given preliminary approval to a reapportionment plan that keeps voting districts intact in Beechview and Schenley Farms. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282360-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Construction of the Tower at PNC Plaza will cause parts of Wood Street, Downtown, to be closed to traffic through 6 a.m. Tuesday. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282361-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A section of Noblestown Road closed since Nov. 4 will reopen at 3 p.m today, the city public works department said. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282362-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A section of Emerson Street in Shadyside is closed for a repair project. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282363-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The museum has a new artifact that it hopes will help visitors connect directly with Pearl Harbor: A ship's clock from the USS Oklahoma. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282365-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml James F. Lee, whose mother, Doris, was married to Pearl Harbor victim Andrew Marze, has pieced some of the Pittsburgher's history together. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282366-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Art Nagy of McKeesport died last month at age 90, and the Mon-Yough chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association died with him. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282368-59.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Jury cites 'epidemic' of failures by West Penn Power in awarding large verdict to young woman's family. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282400-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Members of Pittsburgh Presbytery expressed grief and frustration with three churches that recently voted to leave the Presbyterian Church. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282406-115.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The university will use nearly $11.5 million in grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282451-56.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Allegheny County homicide detectives are investigating after a man was shot in the chest in McKeesport late Thursday night. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282454-57.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The crash occured shortly after 4 a.m. in the 5900 block of Steubenville Pike near the intersection with Tidball Road. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282455-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The crash occurred at about 7:20 a.m. about a quarter-mile south of the bridge and left the truck partially atop a car. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282459-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml A federal court jury on Wednesday convicted Akeem Caldwell, 27, of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282460-55.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The shooting occurred about 11 p.m. outside Apartment 307 of Building 733 of the Hi View Garden Apartments in the 700 block of Sixth Street. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282462-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Elderly man crashes near the intersection of Ross Street and Second Avenue. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282463-54.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml Jon Lang, of Industry, is accused of using a long-handled pool skimmer to drown his wife, Debbie, in the pool at their home in Patterson. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282483-388.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Grammy-winning artist known for breaking genre barriers will be accompanied by the PSO at Heinz Hall on Saturday. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12342/1282592-53.stm?cmpid=neighborhoods.xml The Heinz campus includes a nursing home which may be the origination point of several Legionnaires cases that the VA is investigating. Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500