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Pa. company wants to build second fracking waste injection well in Pittsburgh suburb

A Westmoreland County company is asking the EPA to approve a second fracking waste injection well in the Pittsburgh suburb of Plum. It would be a few hundred feet from a controversial injection well the company began operating last year.

Katie Sheehan lives across the street from her parents. In the summer of 2021, a few months after Penneco Environmental Resources began injecting natural gas waste nearby, her parents noticed a change to their water.

“My parents noticed a different odor, taste and smell to their wate ... Read more

Jamaican Wedding Trip Lands Felon Back in Prison

PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood and current resident of the suburb of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months in prison for violating his federal supervised release, United St ... Read more

Von Maur department store coming to South Hills Village

After years of working to pivot to new uses and plans to its major malls in Pittsburgh, Indianapolis-based mall giant Simon Property Group is now ready to plug a tried and true department store into one of its anchor vacancies at South Hills Village. ... Read more

Penn Hills Cocaine Dealer Sentenced to 5 Years

PITTSBURGH, PA – On February 18, 2022, a resident of suburban Pittsburgh, was sentenced in federal court to five years’ (60 months’) imprisonment and four years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United St ... Read more

Penn Hills Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Fentanyl

PITTSBURGH - A resident of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

Herbert Lee Walker, 27, pleaded guilty to one count before Senior United States District Judge Arthur J. Schwab.

In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that on October 25, 2019, detectives with the Allegheny County Homicide Unit went to the residence Walker shared with his paramour. ... Read more

Pittsburgh is the Best City to Raise a Family, According to

OAK PARK, Calif., April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dwellics, the authority in U.S. City Data and personalized advice on where to move, today unveils the 2022 Report, Top 100: Best Cities to Raise a Family in the Northeast.

The Report analy ... Read more

Charah Solutions adds PA power plant to its demo list

Louisville, Kentucky-based Charah Solutions Inc. says it has completed the acquisition of the coal-fired Cheswick Generating Station near Pittsburgh, along with the Lefever Ash Landfill and the Monarch Wastewater Treatment Facility.

The ... Read more

Pittsburgh’s Matt Conway headlines “Winter Mayhem” on

Pittsburgh favorite Matt “Sweet Child” Conway (20-2, 8 KOs) will fight for the vacant International Boxing Association (IBA) Super Featherweight Championship, headlining Gionta Management’s “Winter Mayhem,” January 15th at Pittsburgh Shrine ... Read more