Valley News Dispatch category, Page 364

A hive of bees has to travel a combined 55,000 miles and visit 2 million flowers to produce 1 pound of honey. According to beekeeper Bill Kopar of Fawn, the insects enjoy the work — a weighty prospect that requires them to pack wet pollen into the hair of their...

Following the death of Kelly Steele on Saturday, family members are remembering the Apollo resident as a kind-hearted person and devoted mother and grandmother. “She was loved by many. So many,” said Ean Steele, 23, her son and oldest child. “All she did was love back. I loved her so...

A man from Washington Township was sentenced to 12 to 24 years in state prison after pleading no contest to accusations that he hit his ex-fiancee with a hatchet, which was still sticking out of her head when emergency responders arrived at her home in Butler County. Dean Jay Law,...

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. Please include a daytime telephone number. Dynamo soccer reunion accepting registrations Dynamo Education Foundation will sponsor soccer reunion June 25 at the high school athletic fields, Butler...

Sandwiched between the road paving report and a Memorial Day parade update, Nikki Watson took out her cellphone to record Lower Burrell Mayor John Andrejcik reading a proclamation for Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) Week during a recent council meeting. Also known as brittle bone disease, OI is a rare gene mutation...

A physical education teacher is raising $5,000 to buy bikes and helmets for a proposed bicycling class for kindergarten and first grade students at South Buffalo Elementary School in the Freeport Area School District. The money will pay for a fleet of 24 Strider balance bikes, helmets, pedal conversion kits,...

The Pittsburgh Buddhist Center in West Deer on Sunday celebrated Vesak, a holiday that commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha. “The belief is that all of these events happened on a full moon in May,” said Bhante Pemaratana, chief abbot at the temple, explaining Sunday is May’s...

Tarentum Council is carrying its fight against blight into 2022 by eyeing nine structures to be demolished by year’s end. Council on Tuesday authorized the homes — four on the east side of town and five on the west — to be designated for condemnation. They are: • 520 E....

Using Bee Bots, Puzzlets and Snap Circuits, Highlands students of all ages will be showing off their science savvy during a free event Tuesday. The Technology Showcase highlights innovative lessons that students experience each day in the classroom through technology, engineering and computer science, said organizer Andrew Lynch, a teacher...

An Apollo man is charged with fatally shooting his wife at a Lower Burrell U-Haul storage facility after accusing her of cheating on him, authorities said. Alfred Keith Steele, 42, had blood on his shoes and pants when he turned himself in to state police at the Kiski Valley barracks...

New Kensington police arrested a man after a woman accused him of forcing his way into her apartment and trying to suffocate her with a blanket when she began screaming. Lee Williams, 19, of Linden Avenue in McKees Rocks was charged with a felony count of burglary along with strangulation...

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. Please include a daytime telephone number. Vaccine, microchip clinic planned Saturday in New Kensington Animal Protectors of Allegheny Valley will host a vaccine and microchip clinic from...

Police have charged an Arnold man with 15 felonies after a teenage girl reported that he sexually assaulted her multiple times starting when she was 12 years old. Scott Ellis Selinger, 36, of the 1500 block of Victoria Avenue, faces a preliminary hearing before District Judge Carolyn Bengel on May...

A man is charged with homicide after an Apollo woman was found dead Saturday morning at the U-Haul storage facility in Lower Burrell. The Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Kelly R. Steele, 41, of North Ninth Street. Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli identified the suspect as...

Upper Burrell police filed felony charges against a man after his girlfriend told them she needed surgery to remove her spleen after he stomped on her during an argument. Marcus Lamont Obey, 41, of the 400 block of 11th Street in New Kensington, was charged with felony counts of aggravated...

Two community markets in New Kensington held less than a block apart, at Voodoo Brewing and Knead Community Cafe, on Saturday gave local vendors an opportunity to showcase their wares and attract new customers. Michelle Thom, who owns Voodoo Brewing, and Jamie Parker, who owns a New Kensington bakery called...

With PennDOT’s revamping of Route 356 in full swing, Allegheny Township will shift its focus to another key artery. The township supervisors on Monday night awarded a contract of nearly $297,000 to Derry Construction to repave Shearsburg Road. The project will be from the Five Points intersection to Weinels Crossroads....

Community Watch meetings are returning to Vandergrift. Councilwoman Marilee Kessler announced the news on social media this week. The group cancelled its monthly meetings in 2019 because of winter storms. With the onset of the pandemic in 2020, the meetings stayed on hiatus. The first monthly meeting this year is...

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. Please include a daytime telephone number. Drive-thru vaccine clinic for cats and dogs scheduled Frankie’s Friends Cat Rescue will host a drive-thru vaccine clinic for cats and...

An Arnold man’s arrest Tuesday capped off a two-month drug investigation, police Chief Eric Doutt said. Doutt said police seized drugs worth more than $4,000 and about $1,600 in cash when they arrested Don Carter Jr., 27. Agents with the state Attorney General’s Bureau of Narcotics Investigation along with the...

Authorities were hoping to make an impact with Valley High School students about how one decision can change many lives — and even end them. Juniors and seniors watched Friday morning as real police officers, firefighters, paramedics and the county coroner responded to a mock crash in the parking lot...

Heavy rains last weekend triggered a large landslide covering a 40-foot section of the Butler-Freeport Community Trail near the border of Buffalo and South Buffalo townships. The slide occurred about a mile from the trail’s Laneville entrance. The 21-mile recreational trail stretches from Freeport to Butler. “It’s a very big...

The Springdale Cemetery Board of Directors is starting the celebration early for the cemetery’s 200th anniversary — in 2027. Cub Scouts from Pack 554 and their parents volunteered their time Tuesday evening to begin the work of preparing for the occasion. They dug up dirt and planted about 500 daffodils...

New Kensington’s planning commission has recommended approval of proposed new “design guidelines” and “overlay districts” for the city. Only about a half-dozen people attended the commission’s meeting Tuesday, during which consultant Barb Ciampini of Your Towne gave an overview of the proposal. Many of the questions and comments that followed,...

Thursdays are heating up again in Tarentum. The borough’s Night Markets will return May 19, kicking off a season of shopping and socializing along the business corridors of Sixth Avenue and Corbet Street. “We’re excited about Night Markets returning,” organizer David Rankin said. “The events seem to be very well...