Shaler Area School District has sent out and posted updates regarding the start of school. They include:

1. Students in K-8 - No change to the start of school. Your first day is still Monday, September 8, 2008.

2. High School Students (Grades 9-12) - Your first day has been pushed back a couple days.
a. Grades 11-12 will now have their orientation on Wednesday, September 10 and not Friday, Sept. 5.
b. Grades 9-10 will now have their orientation on Thursday, September 11 and not Monday, Sept. 8.
c. Friday, September 12th will now be the first full day for Grades 9-12 and not Wednesday, Sept. 10.  read more »

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Long-time Ross manager Tom Lavorini was fired Monday night. The Ross Board of Commissioners approved the move by a 5-3 vote, the Pittsburgh Trib reports.  read more »

Despite community protest, a 2-acre lot in McCandless will be rezoned to allow an auto dealer to unload and park vehicles hundreds of feet from several homes. McCandless Council approved the rezoning Monday night by a vote of 5-2, with Cynthia Potter and Gerald Aufman Jr. dissenting.  read more »

The driver of a pickup truck that rolled down a hill in Etna earlier this month will stand trial for the death of a motorcyclist crushed by a tree on a street below, a judge ruled this morning. The Pittsburgh Trib reports.

Budgets will be stretched thin and road salt may be put down thinner in North Hills communities facing a significant increase in the cost of the winter commodity. Communities using the contract let by the North Hills Council of Governments will see the cost for road salt increase by 156 percent, from $40.56 per ton to $104.01 per ton, said Marshall Manager Neil McFadden. The Pittsburgh Trib has more details.  read more »

Four men who escaped from a jail in Ohio were captured Monday afternoon after a brief chase and manhunt in Bellevue. The four inmates -- who escaped sometime after midnight Sunday from the Columbiana County Jail near East Liverpool -- were spotted in a stolen car at 1:40 p.m. near Crawford and Kendell avenues, Bellevue police Sgt. Matthew Lucas said. The Pittsburgh Trib has more details.

Here are some recent local headlines from the Pittsburgh Trib:

Communities see signs in building tourism
Bellevue's landmark sign on Ohio River Boulevard is so simple, so kitschy and so iconic that even though it doesn't exactly point visitors to the borough's downtown, Michele Smith thinks it's the perfect community welcome.  read more »

From the Pittsburgh Trib:

I-279 off-ramp in Ross to close for repairs
The off-ramp from southbound Interstate 279 to Bellevue/West View in Ross will be closed beginning at 8 p.m. Sunday for pavement patching and bridge rehabilitation work, the state Department of Transportation said.  read more »