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A New Kensington business owner wants to build housing for college students and others on Fifth Avenue. Jake Lydick, owner of Eye-bot Aerial Solutions and Patriot Technology Holdings, has a plan to build residential units in existing buildings at 713, 715 and 717 Fifth Ave. The addresses are among nine

Bridge preservation work will restrict traffic on three roads in New Kensington and one in Upper Burrell next week, PennDOT announced Thursday. The affected roads are: • Route 366 (Greensburg Road) between Albee Drive and Dutch Run Road in Upper Burrell, nighttime single-lane restrictions between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 6

Voters will go to the polls Tuesday with a slew of political races on the ballot. Allegheny County will be picking a Democratic nominee in a six-candidate race for county executive, while the county’s longtime district attorney is facing possibly his toughest primary challenge in more than two decades. There

North Shore-based aerospace parts maker Arconic is being purchased by private-equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc., the company announced Thursday. The cash transaction values Arconic at an enterprise value of about $5.2 billion, according to a press release from the company. Under the agreement, Arconic shareholders will receive $30 per

A senior citizen is displaced and her cat is missing after a Monday morning fire at a duplex in Allegheny Township. A fire broke out around 8:49 a.m. in the kitchen area of a patio home in the 600 block of Cedar Ridge Drive, according to Allegheny Township police Chief

Lower Burrell police accused a man of stealing $100 from a customer at a convenience store as the cash came out of an ATM — and then losing the money while fleeing out the back door. The man’s accomplice, who was waiting outside, picked up the pile of scattered $20

Murrysville Medic One staff members responded to more than 15,000 calls in 2022, an average of more than 40 a day. To continue that level of service, they are hoping for a good response to their annual fundraising drive. “Many residents believe in a mistaken way that they may never

Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series in the race for judge in Magisterial District 10-1-04. Leslie Uncapher Zellers, a longtime lawyer in the Alle-Kiski Valley, announced she is running for district judge. “It is time for change in this office,” she said in a news release.

An investigation that stretched over four years and across the country resulted in the arrests of 57 people, the seizure of more than 673 pounds of fentanyl-laced faked prescription pills and more than 400 pounds of methamphetamine, the acting U.S. Attorney in Pittsburgh announced Friday. “Nearly every family in Western

Arconic Corp, the North Shore-based aerospace-parts maker with roots in the Allegheny Valley, is in talks about a potential acquisition. The Wall Street Journal reported that private-equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc. is looking into buying Arconic Corp. Apollo submitted a bid in February and has debt financing in place.