Valley News Dispatch category, Page 436

About 100 people and dozens of dogs turned out Saturday for a stroll through Northmoreland Park to raise money for the New Kensington-based Animal Protectors of Allegheny Valley. Saturday was the 12th year for the fundraiser and the second year it’s been held in Northmoreland Park in Allegheny Township. “It’s...

The Valley News Dispatch is compiling a list of autumn events and Halloween parades, parties and trick-or-treat nights. Send an email to cpinto-smith@triblive.com. 5K run and 1-mile walk to benefit Roaring Run Watershed Association The Roaring Run Watershed Association Howl at the Moon 5K run and 1-mile Fun Walk will...

Several restrooms at Highlands Middle School are off-limits to help administrators curb the “Devious Licks” TikTok challenge, a national social media trend that dares students to steal soap dispensers and unhinge stall doors as part of a prank. The items, or “licks,” are then posted to social media. Videos of...

A mistrial was declared Friday in the cases against an Allegheny Township man accused of rape and sexual assaults by five women and a teen. Jurors deliberated nearly 14 hours over two days and reported they were at an impasse and unable to reach verdicts on all 24 counts in...

A hearing has been scheduled for next month in the case of an Armstrong County-based state trooper who is accused of harassing a 15-year-old boy. Trooper Nickolas R. Elliott, 30, pleaded not guilty to a charge of harassment by physical contact filed against him Wednesday. Elliott, who is assigned to...

The Regional Industrial Development Corp. of Southwestern Pennsylvania is stepping in to help market 115 acres of undeveloped land at South Buffalo’s Northpointe Industrial Park. Owned by the Armstrong County Industrial Development Council, the industrial park covers more than 800 acres. While it is home to tenants that include universities,...

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. NK Salvation Army to offer holiday assistance, coats The New Kensington Salvation Army will accept applications for assistance for holiday food...

A 34-year-old man is expected to survive after being shot three times in Arnold late Thursday, police Chief Eric Doutt said. The shooting happened shortly before midnight in the 1500 block of Fourth Avenue. The man was outside a house when someone shot him with a handgun in an arm,...

A Westmoreland County jury will continue deliberations Friday morning in the rape and sexual assault trial of an Allegheny Township man. Jurors in the cases against Eric Alan Wright, 49, deliberated more than eight hours Thursday before they were sent home for the night by Westmoreland County Common Pleas Judge...

A state trooper stationed in Armstrong County has been suspended without pay after being charged with harassing a 15-year-old boy, according to authorities. Charges were filed by state police against Trooper Nickolas R. Elliott, 30, of Butler following an investigation into the incident by the state police Internal Affairs Division,...

At a time when many school boards are being confronted by yelling parents irate over mask mandates, Burrell School District is offering up private meetings with students’ parents to work through the mask issues. Two lawsuits are pending in Pennsylvania challenging the legality of the recent mask mandate at schools....

Here we go! Chances are the Highlands football stadium will be rockin’ Friday night with enough black and gold to look more like Heinz Field than RamLand. The 4-0 Golden Rams were selected as the Steelers High School Football Showcase Game of the Week, winning a visit from Steely McBeam...

With the help of a quick scan of a QR code, a stroll down New Kensington’s Fifth Avenue can offer a glimpse of the city’s past along with its present. Signs for a “Sustainability Stroll” recently went up along Fifth Avenue from The Corner at Seventh Street to Westmoreland County...

After protest from neighbors, the Dollar General along Route 780 and Dewey Drive in Upper Burrell has cleared all township hurdles, and development of the site has begun. The store is tentatively slated to open in late fall, said Katie Ellison, spokeswoman for Dollar General Corp. Although the store, along...

On Friday, Oct. 15, they wear pink. Highlands High School cheerleaders are hosting a districtwide Pink Out fundraiser that will culminate Oct. 15 when the Golden Rams football team takes on the Armstrong River Hawks. The squad is teaming up with Change for Cancer, a nonprofit founded by Burrell High...

Allegheny Health Network said Thursday it will move its outpatient center from the former Citizens General Hospital to Kensington Square in New Kensington later this year. The new location at 1B Kensington Square is on Eighth Street, across from Central City Plaza. “After an exhaustive search and assessment of available...

The vacant Creighton Hotel building along Freeport Road is home to a day care center. Raney Day Learning Center opened in August. The day care previously was a block away on 879 Freeport Road. It recently celebrated 16 years in business. Judy Raney, owner of the day care, frequented the...

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. Festival scheduled Saturday in West Leechburg West Leechburg Volunteer Fire Department will host a festival from 2 to 7 p.m. Saturday...

The Allegheny Valley School Board has appointed Glenna Renaldi to an open school director’s seat. The board named Renaldi to replace James Gaschler Jr., who stepped down earlier this month. In a 5-3 vote Tuesday night, the board chose Renaldi over three other candidates. Renaldi is no stranger to the...

Two more women told a Westmoreland County jury on Wednesday they were raped by an Allegheny Township man. Their testimony came during the third day in the trial of Eric Wright, 49, who prosecutors claim sexually assaulted and raped three juveniles and three adult women, dating back to the early...

Fox Chapel on Monday became one of the first municipalities in the state that will power its borough buildings with solar energy, officials said. Council voted unanimously on the proposal, which begins with the installation of solar panels in the borough’s new public works buildings. Project costs are expected to...

A woman accused of leading police on a chase from Springdale until she crossed the New Kensington Bridge and wrecked has been charged with multiple felonies. Rachel M. Mautino, 43, of New Kensington was charged by Springdale police with felony counts of fleeing to avoid apprehension, fleeing from police and...

Police used a Taser on an East Vandergrift man charged with stealing a motorcycle after he tried to wrestle the weapon away from an officer, according to authorities. Vandergrift officers went to John William Ebner’s McKinley Avenue home around 8 p.m. on Sept. 16 to execute a warrant for his...