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Gilpin police are investigating whether the shooting of three dogs Sunday was justified after one of them bit a neighbor. Police Chief Christopher Fabec said the dogs were shot after one of them bit a woman from a neighboring property multiple times on the leg and thigh. She was treated...

A car struck a telephone pole and rolled over early Monday in the 1300 block of Route 56 in Kiski Township. Armstrong County 911 confirmed the accident and said one person was transported to an area hospital. The condition of the accident victim was not available Monday morning. State police...

Not a lot of gyms can say they are taking five female boxers to a national tournament, but Sanctuary Boxing Club in New Kensington accomplished that feat. Rich Cantolina, a professional boxer and the coach of Sanctuary Boxing, sees the potential in his gym and in his boxers. “These girls...

A Brackenridge police officer used a Taser to subdue a man who tried running back into his house when the officer attempted to place him under arrest on assault charges Sunday, a criminal complaint states. Frederick Joseph Leeman Jr., 47, of Hazlett Avenue is charged with simple assault, resisting arrest...

Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Concert planned Thursday in Tarentum’s Riverview Memorial Park Let’s Duet will be...

When Jeanne Roenigk is asked about retirement, she responds with a simple question. “What else would I do?” Roenigk, 90, runs the Buffalo Township-based bus company founded by her late husband, William Roenigk Sr., in 1945. Her longevity with W.L. Roenigk is the reason the family-run bus company continues to...

Rosemary Musolino retired in 2009 after 30 years working as a reading specialist at New Ken-Arnold School District. Within three weeks, she had a new gig volunteering a couple of times a week at Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison, a role she called “totally outside her comfort zone.” “I always...

A decade-long project is making headway as officials from Allegheny County, Cheswick, East Deer and Tarentum are connecting trails to extend the 33-mile Three Rivers Heritage Trail. Residents can explore a rough draft of the East Deer-Tarentum trail through a virtual tour on the Friends of the Riverfront website. The...

The children of Lower Burrell won’t have to wait for Santa in December with the city’s Christmas in July farmers market July 23. Adults won’t have to wait either to buy holiday gifts from local artisans who will be on-hand showcasing jewelry, clothing, beef jerky, wood products and more. The...

A Tarentum minister is inviting people to worship in Riverview Memorial Park on four Sundays this summer. The Rev. Val Schubert from BridgePoint Church, an Assemblies of God ministry along East Ninth Avenue, said services will be combined with children’s crafts, music and food in hopes of drawing people to...

Understanding suffering was part of the message the Rev. John (Ivan) Chirovsky brought Saturday to an audience in the social hall of St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church in Arnold. Chirovsky, director of spiritual formation at the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Pittsburgh’s Perry North neighborhood, appeared...

Two administrators at St. Joseph High School in Harrison will lead with new titles but in familiar roles. Beverly Kaniecki and Kimberly Minick were named president and principal, respectively, the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh announced Friday. The work is something the pair has shared for more than a decade. “God...

Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Bike run planned Aug. 29 by Ashley’s Angels Ashley’s Angels will sponsor...

Organizers in Vandergrift are going down the rabbit hole for the 2022 Artfest celebration. Artfest chairperson and organizer Lisa Dormire said this year’s theme pays tribute to the classic film “Alice in Wonderland.” More than 100 vendors and artists will occupy a closed-off Grant Avenue for a festival that draws...

State police say a Vandergrift man who was a passenger in a car that was pulled over for speeding admitted to dealing drugs after the trooper found narcotics in his possession. Donald Charles Riggle, 37, of Franklin Avenue was charged with a felony count of possession with the intent to...

Finding it too cool for the pool on Saturday, Brielle Lander brought her 3-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter to the Frazer No. 2 fire department’s second annual Touch-A-Truck. While there were fire trucks, police cars, and ambulances, and big equipment such as a dump truck, tanker truck and tow truck,...

A truck caught fire on Route 28 on Saturday morning at the Harmar-O’Hara border, shutting down the southbound lanes for a time. The mishap occurred a little after 10 a.m. Police turned southbound traffic around at an emergency vehicle crossover, as northbound traffic slowed to a crawl. Emergency vehicles were...

Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Sportsmen’s association plans youth Sportsfest Vandergrift Sportsmen’s Association will host a free...

The Leechburg Area School District will have a couple closures this summer because of construction projects. Superintendent Tiffany Nix sent out a letter Friday morning informing families the school district’s playground will be closed starting Monday until the David Leech Elementary School’s roof is completed. The playground will be closed...

Volunteers who don’t mind getting their hands dirty will have a unique opportunity to clean typically inaccessible banks of the Allegheny River between Aspinwall and Verona during an event on July 23. Hosted by Allegheny CleanWays, Friends of the Riverfront and 3 Rivers Outdoor Company (3ROC), the shoreline clean-up is...

West Leechburg officials issued a warning online Friday to residents about recent tampering with outbound mail and stolen checks. In a post made Friday around noon to the West Leechburg Borough Facebook page, officials asked residents to monitor their bank accounts for what they said is suspicious activity regarding multiple...

The Vandergrift Police Department has made history. Ada Vega, 22, is the first full-time female police officer in the borough. Her hiring was approved by Vandergrift Council in April and, prior to her full-time status, Vega was hired at age 18 as a part-time officer in 2018, making her the...

An Arnold woman is accused of assaulting two young girls and the mother of one of them while meeting to discuss a previous assault. Leeda Marie Settle, 33, of the 1700 block of Leishman Avenue was charged with two felony counts of aggravated assault on a person under the age...

One of Lower Burrell’s longtime fire chiefs will be the city’s new code enforcement and ordinance officer, replacing Michael Nedley, who retired after a 32-year tenure. City Council recently approved Mark Marmo, the fire chief of Lower Burrell Volunteer Fire Company No. 3, with a unanimous vote. Marmo will enforce...

Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Picnic to benefit pig rescue A Summer Pig-nic to benefit the Pittsburgh...