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State police are investigating a shooting that left one person dead at a Walmart in Jefferson County. The shooting happened at a store in Young Township, according to a press release issued by police shortly after noon on Monday. Police said a dispute between two brothers led to a physical

Pittsburgh police are seeking the public’s help in locating an 11-year-old girl who is missing from the city’s Homewood North neighborhood. Alayna Hines was last seen at about 3:30 p.m. Friday at her home in the 1300 block of Collier Street, police said. She is 4 feet, 10 inches tall,

JEFFERSON TWP — Knoch has the type of defense that wears an opponent out. Just ask Freeport. “Their full-court press was very good to start the game,” Yellowjackets girls hoops coach Mallory Ketterer ...

Knoch outscored Derry Area 20-2 in the third quarter to break the game open, then cruised to a 60-34 girls basketball win on the road Monday night. Karlee Buterbaugh scored a season-high 19 points for...

A Westmoreland County school district is doubling down on using drones for its agriculture and horticulture program. Derry Area already has a drone that students use to gather data during flyovers of farmland, and it plans to buy a second one. “You can look from above the Earth at areas

The popular Italian pastime of bocce is also a PIAA-sanctioned sport.

Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art is continuing its tradition of recognizing the area’s youth with “Artists of the 21st Century,” the museum’s annual student exhibition.

JEFFERSON TWP — With the fixtures on the girls hoops schedule steadily dwindling, Shane McGraw’s team knows his team can’t afford to replicate past lapses. “They came in focused,” the Knoch coach said...

Dolly Parton was otherwise engaged, but the country singer-songwriter’s persona was evoked Wednesday at Derry Area High School as 74 area students crafted fragrant centerpieces they imagined would be welcomed at the table of the legendary artist. “Dinner With Dolly” was the theme of the school’s inaugural floral design invitational

Nearly 30 middle and high school students with hearing loss and visual impairments toured the Westmoreland County Community College’s Advanced Technology Center in East Huntingdon recently to experience the classrooms and labs. Burrell, Derry Area, Greater Latrobe, Greensburg Salem, Hempfield Area, Kiski Area, Ligonier Valley, New Kensington-Arnold, Norwin, Southmoreland and