Valley News Dispatch category, Page 2

If Allie Voss liked running her fingers through her boyfriend’s hair, she’s gonna be out of luck for a while. Her guy is Marko Rudek, 19, a 2024 Penn-Trafford graduate who’s now a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh. He was among those who got their hair buzzed Sunday in...

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A Frazer man is dead after a car accident Saturday night in Fawn. Scott Bajack, 27, was pronounced dead on the scene in the 1300 block of Millerstown Road, according to a report from the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. The incident occurred shortly after 9:15 p.m., the report said....

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Armstrong County Senior Centers The Senior Centers in Apollo, Leechburg and Freeport are closed until further notice. ^ Avonmore Center for Active Adults Tuesdays and Thursdays: 10 a.m., cards and games. The center is on Railroad Avenue. Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Details: 724-697-4014. East Vandergrift Center for...

The shooting death of Brackenridge police Chief Justin McIntire in 2023 continues to shape the way local emergency personnel operate. Eureka Community Ambulance in Tarentum and Citizens Hose EMS in Harrison are ramping up ballistic protection as a direct result of the McIntire ambush, Eureka Chief Brad James said. “It’s...

Free Thanksgiving dinners are planned in several communities in the Alle-Kiski Valley. Please note the dates and reservation deadlines. Arnold A free Thanksgiving meal will be served from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 25 at The Tomb, 1821 Fifth Ave. Brackenridge The Allegheny Valley Corps of the Salvation Army will...

The Springdale Township commissioners have delayed action on a proposed ordinance to regulate on-street parking. The commissioners discussed the ordinance Thursday but agreed to hold off further action to give them more to study it. “The whole issue is to limit street parking, not to be onerous, but to allow...

A Brackenridge woman leapt into action after finding racist flyers in front of her home and up and down her street Saturday morning. Morgan Huey, 25, said she discovered the flyers with Ku Klux Klan messaging around 8:30 a.m. upon returning to her home in the 900 block of Ninth...

Veterans, their spouses and families were honored Saturday with breakfasts in New Kensington and Harrison. Volunteers at Aluminum City Terrace served breakfast to veterans and their spouses at the housing complex originally built to house Alcoa workers during World War II. It’s been at least eight years since the last...

Indiana Township residents are not likely to see a property tax increase next year. The proposed $8.7 million budget maintains a tax rate of 3.47 mills — 2.99 mills for the township and 0.48-mill for the fire departments. The owner of a home assessed at the township’s median value of...

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For about a month, Madalyn Smith has been heating water she collects in jugs at a nearby spring on her stove to quickly rinse off in her shower. That’s because Smith — and all of her neighbors at Bernie’s Mobile Home Park in Winfield — have been without usable water...

A New Kensington woman was ordered to serve one year on house arrest for the assault of her 83-year-old grandmother last year in Lower Burrell. Nicole Patricia Smith, 29, pleaded guilty in October to aggravated and simple assault in connection to a violent confrontation as the older woman cared for...

McKenna Miller, a junior on Burrell High School’s soccer team, admits that this season had its share of ups and downs. Some of the downs included some mid-season losses and injuries. But the biggest up was Friday — for the first time in school history, the team is playing in...

The fate of the once thriving and longest continually operating restaurant, bar and hotel in Saxonburg remains unclear. Hotel Saxonburg closed abruptly after the owners posted the news in a social media post March 5. An online sheriff’s sale for the property is scheduled for 11 a.m. Jan. 16, according...

The Brackenridge Salvation Army is kicking off its Red Kettle Campaign Saturday, a week earlier than the agency’s national start. Captain Selah Bender said she is trying to make up for several bell-ringing locations lost in the Alle-Kiski Valley over the past couple of years. “Big Lots closed in Heights...

Penn State administration will hold a virtual meeting Dec. 9 to provide updates on the seven Commonwealth Campuses that will close in two years, and also the 13 campuses that will remain open. Fotis Sotiropoulos, Penn State’s executive vice president and provost, and Renata Engel, vice president for Commonwealth Campuses...

An Arnold man is in custody in connection to a shooting Monday night along Third Avenue. Nile Rodgers, 33, faces attempted homicide and two aggravated assault charges. Arnold police allege Rodgers shot a man in his 30s at around 9 p.m. Monday in the 1400 block of Third Avenue. When...

Savanna Scholl’s first stop after returning from deployment in the Middle East was Sheetz. “It was 3 in the morning, and I really missed the food in the U.S.,” she said, laughing. “I got mac-and-cheese bites and a milkshake. It was great.” Scholl, a paramedic at Eureka Fire-Rescue in Tarentum,...

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Story-tellers are success-builders, according to a group of Fox Chapel Area residents helping to battle the country’s literary crisis. Through the simple task of turning pages in a book, the volunteers are helping to build successful foundations for children. “We are igniting passions,” said Kyle Fahsel, director of mentoring at...

Former Arnold police Chief Eric Doutt is accused of selling cocaine in Armstrong County and previously stealing an assault-style rifle from the Arnold Police Department evidence room, according to charges filed by the state Attorney General’s Office. Doutt, 56, of Arnold, a former Arnold police chief and New Kensington-Arnold School...

Fire crews rushed to the scene of a blaze at an unoccupied home on Peter Street in Verona on Thursday afternoon. The fire, which began just after 4 p.m., seems to have ignited in a bathroom, according to Verona Volunteer Fire Company Capt. Andy Tihey. Though renovations had been ongoing...

Plum Police say they soon plan to hire four new patrol officers. Department spokesman Det. Joe Little said the department is hiring in anticipation of retirements to bring the force up to its “typical compliment of officers.” The borough’s website states the department has 29 officers, including the chief and...