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New items, vendors at Plum’s Monday Market
Plum’s Monday Market continues with new produce and items from familiar vendors. The weekly event is scheduled from 3 to 7 p.m. Mondays through October at Plum Creek Park along New Texas Road. Bridge’s Farm and Greenhouse, one of the major participants, brought peaches, zucchini, honey, tomatoes and more this...
Dispatch: Coroner called to scene of shooting in Beaver Falls
The Beaver County coroner was called to the scene of a shooting Monday night in which at least three people were injured, according to a Beaver County 911 dispatcher. Crews responded to the 900 block of 10th Avenue in Beaver Falls shortly before 9:30 p.m. for reports of the shooting....
Bethel Park’s Coverdale 100th anniversary celebration and Miner’s Memorial Park grand reopening set for Saturday
A celebration a century in the making is set for Saturday in Bethel Park. Coverdale’s 100th anniversary and Miner’s Memorial Park grand reopening is set for 10 a.m. Festivities start with a historical exhibit at Bethel Baptist Church reviewing Coverdale from its mining origins to present day. A formal program...
Bethel Park to get new security cameras in parks
Bethel Park officials plan to install new security cameras at all of its major parks within the next few years. They started that effort this month with the purchase of seven from Dagostinio Electronic Services of Pittsburgh. Council unanimously voted Monday night to add four cameras at Simmons Park and...
Dispatch: Crews rescue person ejected after crash on Turnpike
One person was treated by EMS after they were ejected from a vehicle in a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and became stuck in a tree, according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatcher. Crews responded to the eastbound lanes of the Turnpike near mile marker 82.5 in Mount Pleasant Township around...
The Stroller, July 13, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, community events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Free concert planned at Concordia Lutheran Ministries The summer concert series at Concordia at Cabot will feature the Penn Trafford Community...
Kiski Township police charge Apollo man for drugs, fleeing
Police say a traffic stop Monday along River Road in Kiski Township turned up drugs and other items in an Apollo man’s car. Kiski Township Police say they found a switchblade, methamphetamine, crack cocaine and assorted drug paraphernalia in a vehicle driven by Korry Reese, 35, of Apollo. He is...
Brackenridge man accused of abusing 9-year-old boy avoids jail, gets probation
An Allegheny County judge reluctantly accepted a plea agreement Monday that calls for no jail time for a Brackenridge man accused of sexually touching a 9-year-old boy and having naked photos of the boy and a 17-year-old girl he’d previously assaulted. John Patrick Godfrey, 43, pleaded guilty to two counts...
Westmoreland jail to house former Pagan leader and his accused attacker
The former Pagan’s Motorcycle Club leader who police said was a target of a North Huntingdon man now awaiting trial for two murders and shooting at three local homes will be under the same roof at the end of July. An amended court order signed July 9 by Westmoreland County...
Jeannette man pleads guilty to Sutersville robbery,shooting; police suspect foul play in disappearance of woman linked to plot
A Jeannette man will serve up to 10 years in prison for his role in the gunpoint robbery and shooting of two men at a Sutersville home almost three years ago. Aaron Devaugntae Brown, 29, pleaded guilty Monday to four counts of aggravated assault, two robbery charges and single burglary...
Apollo Trust Bank robbed; suspect from Vandergrift apprehended
Kiski Township police charged a Vandergrift man with robbing the Apollo Trust bank along River Road in North Apollo just before 2:30 p.m. on Monday. Police said Bradley Mondi, 33, was charged with robbery, theft and related charges. Officers apprehended Mondi approximately a half mile away behind a business along...
‘It broke all our hearts’: Franklin Regional grad dies in Derry Township crash
Jackie Bearley said the support her family received after the death of her 18-year-old son, Damian, has been overwhelming. Damian Bearley died in a crash early Saturday morning after his car hit a deer in Derry Township, according to the Westmoreland County coroner. The Murrysville teen was driving south on...
Tots bring home the bacon at Derry Township Agricultural FairVideo
Three-year-olds Kyler Bishop and Sofia Cline went home with blue ribbons Monday from the Derry Township Agricultural Fair. It was their first time showing pigs and they went head-to-head in the ring, guiding their animals around with a small whip while judge Sean Gallagher watched closely. He gave both of...
Murrysville officials examine how federal covid relief funds can be spent
Murrysville will be eligible for about $2 million in federal funds from the American Rescue Plan, meant to help offset the financial strain of the covid-19 pandemic on local and state governments. Murrysville Chief Administrator Jim Morrison said half the funding should arrive by the end of July, with the...
Judge compares attack on Saint Vincent student to horror film, imposes 10-year sentence
A Westmoreland County judge on Monday compared the September 2017 attack on a Saint Vincent College student to a horror movie as she imposed a 10-year prison sentence against the former Somerset County man convicted in April of attempted rape. “This type of offense is truly the kind of things...
Firefighters called to blaze at abandoned home in East Huntingdon
Multiple fire departments were called to the scene of a blaze at an abandoned home outside of Tarrs in East Huntingdon Monday afternoon, according to Westmoreland County dispatchers. The fire was reported before 2:30 p.m. at a vacant home in a remote location off of Johnny Love Road, the dispatcher...
Former Pittsburgh woman among victims of Miami condo collapse
A former Pittsburgh woman is among a growing list of victims found in the rubble of the Miami condo collapse, officials said Monday,. The body of Nicole Dawn Doran, 43, formerly of Brentwood, was recovered from the rubble on Friday, according to Miami-Dade police. She was one of nine additional...
Troopers say fleeing motorcyclist drove 107 mph in Hempfield
State police used security video from a Hempfield casino to catch a motorcyclist who escaped arrest during a brief chase early Saturday that was called off when speeds reached 107 mph, according to court documents. Cameron S. Ulery, 25, of Melcroft, Fayette County, was arrested about 5 a.m. Saturday. It...
Gamblers light up in Pennsylvania casinos with lifting of smoking ban
They’re smoking again in Pennsylvania casinos after a temporary ban during the pandemic left them smoke-free for about a year. When the state’s mask mandate lifted June 28, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, which oversees casinos, allowed the gaming sites to once again permit its guests to smoke. The temporary...
West Deer man rescued from Allegheny River near New Kensington
A 36-year-old male was reunited with his family after being rescued from the Allegheny River in New Kensington on Monday afternoon. The rescue happened near Logans Ferry Road. Plum Police Sgt. Jay Kapusta said the West Deer resident walked from New Kensington to Plum before getting into the water to...
Harrison police charge man with stealing 2 vehicles, burglarizing dealership
A Harrison man is in the Allegheny County Jail after township police charged him with stealing two vehicles and burglarizing a used car dealership. Harrison police said they identified Mark A. Bauer, 60, as the person responsible for taking a GMC Sierra from Ekas Auto, at 2115 Freeport Road, and...
Israeli man extradited to Pittsburgh on rape charges, sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison
For the first 15 years after her rape, Andrea Mantia struggled. At first, the teen’s grades fell, school attendance dropped off, she struggled to know who she was. As she got older, her turmoil turned into alcohol abuse, self-harm and suicide attempts. “I was emotionless to the act itself,” she...
Feds: Lego set found in Capitol attack suspect’s Glenshaw home wasn’t ‘fully constructed’
The Lego model of the U.S. Capitol found in the home of a Glenshaw man charged in the Jan. 6 attack in Washington was not “fully constructed” as federal prosecutors initially described it. “Please note that after a review of the photographs from the search, there appears to have been...
Unity man accused of domestic assault, firing at troopers during 7-hour standoff
A Unity man is accused of twice firing a 9 mm handgun during a seven-hour standoff with state troopers after a domestic assault at his home last week, according to court documents. Gregory S. Dorough, 48, was arrested about 5 p.m. Friday inside his residence along Arnold Palmer Drive. He...
Monroeville Rotary awards $5,000 in scholarships to 5 recent Gateway High School graduates
Five recent Gateway High School graduates received $1,000 scholarships on July 8 during a meeting held in the Doubletree Hilton Hotel in Monroeville. Srilekha Sapram, who will be attending the University of Pittsburgh, received the Bill Segar Academic scholarship. The scholarship is named in honor of Bill Segar who was...
