A 50-year-old man was killed yesterday when his motorcycle struck a deer on Route 31 in Somerset County, state police said.

Pitt is considering buying a building on Oakland Avenue to construct more dorms.

The University of Pittsburgh is weighing construction of new residence hall space for up to 900 students to further the school's aim to offer housing to a larger share of its main-campus population.

A neighbor of Jeanine Downing testified Tuesday that she heard her screaming "help," and the murder defendant yelling "I'll shoot you" just minutes before Downing was shot and killed.

A borough policeman testified Monday that Bruce Emerick confessed - just minutes after his fiancee was shot to death on Dec.

In the new book a oeThen There Was Niva , author Janice Blair conveys a message of hope and inspiration as she takes readers through a journey of the fictitious land of Niv.

Franco Harris, left, Rocky Bleier and Jerome Bettis, right, hosted the 9/11 dinner along with Art Rooney II, not pictured, at Heinz Field to raise money for the Flight 93 National Memorial in honor of those on the plane that crashed in Shanksville, Somerset County, during the Sept.

The eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, crash of United Airlines Flight 93 into a field in Somerset County will be marked tomorrow with a speech by former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell.

One of 24 patrons who won $500 in credit during a 12-hour promotional contest at the Rivers Casino, gives the thumbs up.

Share + Aug 11, 2009 10:02 pm US/Eastern 1 of 1 The Flight 93 Hero Flag is prepared at United Flight 93 crash site during sunrise remembrance for five year anniversary of September 11th terrorist attacks, Shanksville, Pa., Sept.

Share + Jul 11, 2009 2:37 pm US/Eastern SOMERSET, Pa. Defense attorneys are seeking bail for a 75-year-old western Pennsylvania man accused of killing the 73-year-old woman he had married just a few weeks earlier.

Do seemingly distant communities such as Windber and Waynesburg share common challenges? Could ideas developed in Somerset also be useful in Steubenville, Ohio? Would planning for growth in Johnstown or Jerome be meaningful in Mercer or Monessen? For Allen Kukovich and others involved with the Regional Visioning Project, the answer to all of those ...

Former NBA player Jerome "Pooh" Richardson passed along a tip from a police officer friend that federal agents were about to raid the home his half-sister shared with a drug kingpin, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday.

A family of six escaped their burning home early Tuesday after an electric blanket malfunctioned and started a fire in a bedroom, authorities said.

By July, the Conemaugh Township Area school board is expected to approve a plan that calls for closing its early grades elementary school in Jerome and paves the way for $25 million in capital spending.