Here are some recent South Hills-area headlines from the Pittsburgh Trib:

Public works union on job in Upper St. Clair -- for now
Upper St. Clair's public works employees, who had threatened to strike because of a contract dispute, will be on the job today, the union attorney said.

Mt. Lebanon oral surgeon turns self in
Charges that an oral surgeon sexually assaulted four female patients while they were under anesthesia are "ridiculous," said the attorney representing Dr. Robert John Boyda Jr.

Threat at Thomas Jefferson school passes
George Galiyas didn't mind that his daughter wasn't allowed to bring her backpack to Thomas Jefferson High School on Thursday. He views such precautions as necessary evils when schools are threatened.