http://www.post-gazette.com/ Local and regional news as it develops during the day en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 04:09:15 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12038/1208651-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Allegheny County fire marshals will spend part of today attempting to figure out what started the fire that destroyed the popular North Versailles restaurant, the Winchester Room. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:28:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208536-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Police in Butler County said a bank robbery suspect surrendered today after officers from multiple agencies tracked his getaway car. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 20:46:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208522-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml A convicted sex offender from Wilkinsburg has been arrested on charges that he indecently assaulted a 10-year-old boy following a Christmas Eve party in White Oak. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 19:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208511-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Supporters of public transit fanned out across Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle today to seek support from riders for increased state aid. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208510-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Pitt running backs coach Eddie Faulkner has resigned and will become the tight ends coach at Wisconsin. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:10:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208489-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Sarris Candies' landmark retail store in Canonsburg will remain closed for about a month after last week's fire, but candy orders and deliveries to outside sellers continue uninterrupted. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:10:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208501-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Dormont Council President Bill McCartney confirmed today that borough manager Gino Rizza and solicitor Deron Gabriel have resigned. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:46:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208498-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The driver of an SUV that struck a city sanitation worker this morning in East Liberty told police she didn't see the man due to sun glare in her eyes. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:36:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208500-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml HARRISBURG -- The Marcellus Shale legislation expected to come up for a vote this week is projected to raise more than $190 million in its first year, rising to $333 million by 2015. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 15:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208497-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Pittsburgh police are warning food delivery drivers to use caution and be alert after two drivers were robbed at gunpoint in as many days on the North Side. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:32:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208494-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml An Allegheny County Common Pleas Court judge has issued a supplemental order compelling the county sheriff to oust all Occupy Pittsburgh protesters and tents from Mellon Green. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 15:14:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208487-100-0.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Jurors have found Democratic state Rep. Bill DeWeese, the onetime House speaker from Waynesburg, guilty on five of six felony counts. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:18:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208493-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Downtown-based Education Management Corp. has filed a muscularly written defense of the recruiter compensation practices for which it has been sued by the federal government and several states, in an effort to get that lawsuit dismissed. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208499-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Fire crews are on the scene of a North Versailles restaurant fire this afternoon that has been burning for over an hour. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208490-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Port Authority has reopened the Wood Street station on the T, which had been closed because of a ventilation problem. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:41:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208495-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will push ahead with 168 construction projects in Allegheny, Beaver and Lawrence counties this year, including the start of a $49.5 million rehabilitation of the Squirrel Hill Tunnels. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208496-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Just a day after Super Bowl XLVI, two Pittsburgh-area residents and two Floridians today filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court accusing the National Football League of selling them tickets for unfinished seats at last year???s Super Bowl XLV. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:03:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208492-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml Carlow University has received the largest gift in its history: $5 million from Rita M. McGinley, a 1940 alumna, honorary degree recipient and a Carlow Woman of Spirit. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:12:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208488-100.stm?cmpid=latest.xml C. Fred Fetterolf, a longtime civic leader who was the retired president of Alcoa, died Sunday from complications due to a stroke. He was 83. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:53:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12037/1208484-42.stm?cmpid=latest.xml PHILADELPHIA -- The public viewing is set for the former spiritual leader of Philadelphia's 1.5 million Catholics. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 09:47:00 -0500