Brian Rudovsky, 40, blows air through a train whistle he's made from hand-sanded birch and sassafras wood, cleaning out sawdust and testing the whistle's sound.

A crash along Interstate 70 eastbound between Charleroi and the Speers exit caused a section of the road to be shut down Friday afternoon.

Borough council approved a tentative budget Thursday that would require a 1.31-mill increase in tax rate.

Although he may have trouble remembering some of the dates and the names of the towns, Joe Cocchiara thinks about his military service and the men he fought with, though most are now gone.

A run on natural gas is leading to a run on water, and that's got the state's fisheries officials concerned.