Valley News Dispatch

Career-life choices, lack of executive leadership slow improvements for Western Pennsylvania women, experts say. Full Story »

"Right now, we can't say that they layoffs will be permanent, but we can't say they will be temporary," company president Dan Lucovich said yesterday. Full Story »

Council on Monday unanimously passed a tentative 2010 budget that sets property taxes at 20.25 mills, an increase of 2 mills or 11 percent over this year's rate. Full Story »

The banner was last seen at Apollo-Ridge's last home game on Oct. 23 — a 14-13 upset victory over visiting Valley High School. Full Story »

Othniel Lavelle Lineburg II, 33, was arrested last week at Pittsburgh International Airport. He has been wanted since January 2008 when he failed to attend a sentencing hearing. Full Story »

The pair allegedly stole a purse from an 81-year-old woman in Pittsburgh's Bloomfield section Saturday morning and, a short while later, led authorities on a car chase. Full Story »

The Alle-Kiski Medical Center is performing in the top 1 percent of hospitals nationwide based on an independent review of mortality and complication rates. Full Story »

Charles Moore of East Huntingdon, the long-time right-hand man to Westmoreland County Sheriff Chris Scherer, is poised to become interim sheriff next year. Full Story »

It took the Roaring Run Watershed Association more than a decade of fundraising and volunteer work to complete the first four miles of gravel trails along the Kiski River Full Story »

At age 80 and coming from a family of military veterans, Helen Stevenson worries that the importance of remembering the sacrifice of American soldiers is lost on today's younger generations. Full Story »

Plans are in the works for three Plum elementary schools. Full Story »

Warmer than usual temperatures and sunshine has led to more than a half dozen brush fires over the weekend. Full Story »

Pediatrician Richard Lace had such an impact on his young patients that even after they grew up, they remembered the better aspects of visiting his office, such as receiving a piece of Juicy Fruit gum before walking out the door. Full Story »

O'Hara Council is trying to put behind the turmoil, threats and apprehension that went hand in hand this year with the topic of fire service funding. Full Story »

Joe Grillo said the hillside behind his house ignited so quickly on Saturday that there was little he could do to stop the brush fire he accidentally started from spreading. Full Story »

The borough's proposed budget calls for two big items -- instituting a tax to fund the ambulance service and closing the police dispatch center. Full Story »

Major reconstruction work on the nortbound lanes of Route 366 from the former Parnassus Triangle to the cloverleaf near Memorial Park is nearing completion, but that doesn't mean traveling that main artery is going to get any easier. Full Story »

Someone opened fire Saturday on an occupied vehicle at Moore Street and Constitution Boulevard in Arnold but police said no one was injured. Full Story »

Council agreed to eliminate its monthly pay of $20 per member, for an annual savings of $1,680. Full Story »

Two Freeport floral shop owners said the telephone order sounded too good to be true. And it was. Full Story »

Family members managed to speak to Cpl. Matt Sokolowski, 22, of Harrison, and Spc. Jacob Polka, 23, of Bethel Township. Both are said to be fine. Full Story »

One subject that was not discussed last night was a property tax increase, although officials have said that's a possibility. Full Story »

The visit is part of a partnership between New Kensington-Arnold School District and the Jillin City Educational Bureau. Full Story »

So far, though, police have charged Brett Hartshorn with just one burglary, which occurred Oct. 23 in the 400 block of Leasureville Road. Full Story »

Both sides must submit their "final" best offers to a neutral mediator by Nov. 13, according to school board President Jim Jones. Full Story »