Valley News Dispatch category, Page 461
The Stroller, Aug. 28, 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. Allegheny Valley Association of Churches accepting donations for food bank Donations are welcome for the Allegheny Valley Association of Churches food...
Leechburg Area to look at whether teacher contract should be amended because of pandemic
Leechburg Area School Board plans to enter into discussions with the teachers union to determine how much additional work the pandemic has created for teachers and whether they deserve more pay. The board unanimously approved an agreement this week that clears the way for those discussions to begin with the...
Crowds flock to New Kensington for monthly Fridays on Fifth
Throngs of people made their way to downtown New Kensington on Friday evening for the city’s second Fridays on Fifth event. Once devoid of cars and people, Fifth Avenue was closed to traffic and instead filled with people from curb-to-curb, from Ninth Street to 11th Street, and on 10th Street...
The dangerous life of young bald eagles: McKeesport bird electrocuted, Harmar bird injury healsVideo
Young bald eagles live dangerously with different outcomes — a Harmar bald eagle’s leg healed recently while a young eagle was electrocuted on a power pole near McKeesport. Although bald eagles continue to thrive in the region, young eagles throughout the state lead perilous lives. Only about 50% of them...
Police charge Lower Burrell man with threatening woman, baby with knife
Police have charged a Lower Burrell man with threatening a woman, a man and a baby with a 4-inch knife. Christian J. Duvall, 25, of Lower Burrell is charged with endangering the welfare of children, aggravated assault of a victim less than 13 years old, attempt to cause bodily injury...
Police: West Deer woman hit man with car during argument in driveway
West Deer police say a township woman tried to drive away from a house in the township with a man on the hood of her SUV Thursday morning after hitting him with it. Police Chief Robert Loper said Pamela Wagner, 58, fled the scene of the incident in the 100...
The Stroller, Aug. 27, 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. Salvation Army seeking help at food pantry The New Kensington Salvation Army, 255 Third St., is looking for volunteers to assist...
Oakmont Carnegie Library requiring visitors to wear masks
People wanting to visit the Oakmont Carnegie Library must mask up before entering. Library officials made the announcement Aug. 26 via Facebook. “This is non-negotiable,” the post read. It also indicated the move was in conjunction with Riverview School District’s health and safety plan to mandate masks for everyone to...
Deer Lakes School District excited to be back in-person for the school year
Deer Lakes students returning to school will be recognized in a big way this school year when they walk in the school’s entrance. A new “High Honors” display wall will be used to highlight students’ accomplishments including student of the month, athlete of the month, honor students and other accolades....
Kiski Area begins school year with dual focus on academics, building relationships
Kiski Area High School math teacher Zach Jankowski said teachers took a different approach Thursday on the district’s first day of classes. “We did not talk about math, English and science. We worked on building relationships with our students to make them feel loved and welcomed back into the building,”...
K-9 Officer Derek Kotecki golf outing Saturday likely last one; public craft show offered
The K-9 Officer Derek Kotecki golf outing is sold out Saturday at the Hill Crest Country Club but a large vendor craft show with high-end raffle baskets will be open to the public at the club. Kotecki was a Lower Burrell patrolman and K-9 officer who was ambushed and murdered...
Students return to classes in Highlands School District
The new school year started Thursday for students in the Highlands School District. While students are required to wear face masks on buses, the district has made them optional in schools. The school board stood by that decision at its most recent meeting Aug. 16. “I wish we were returning...
Attorney for demoted Highlands principal says client was targeted by superintendent
A Highlands School District principal demoted to the teacher ranks last year has requested that personnel hearings on the demotion be held in public, her attorney said. Samantha Perlik’s first hearing before the school board is scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m. Monday at the district administration center in Highlands...
New Kensington businesses gearing up for 2nd ‘Fridays on Fifth’
Going into the first Fridays on Fifth in New Kensington in July, Sweet Tillies baklava bakery owner Amy Johnson was worried she had made too much and wouldn’t know what to do with it. Instead, Johnson said, “Within 20 minutes, I was like, ‘Holy crap, I didn’t make enough.’” Jamie...
Treasure Hunt ticket sold in Arnold wins $43K from jackpot share
One of three winning Treasure Hunt tickets splitting a $130,000 jackpot from Wednesday’s drawing was sold in Arnold, the Pennsylvania Lottery announced Thursday. The winning ticket for just over $43,000 before withholdings was sold at the 7-Eleven store at 2033 Freeport Road. The other winning tickets were sold at a...
Signature Dishes: Hefty fish sandwiches a staple at Snyder’s Bonfire in Allegheny TownshipVideo
This is part of an ongoing series highlighting Signature Dishes at locally owned restaurants in the region. See Trib Total Media’s online directory of restaurants, Dine Local, at dinelocal.triblive.com. It’s a fish dish that keeps the customers coming back to Snyder’s Bonfire Restaurant and Lounge in Allegheny Township. Cod is...
The Stroller, Aug. 26, 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. Family fun day planned Saturday at Vandergrift church First United Methodist Church, Vandergrift, will sponsor a free family fun day from...
Best friends organize A-K Valley photo shoot to help women feel comfortable in bathing suits
Lucille Gearhart walked with a cane as she made her way down the steps to the Vandergrift pool in Veterans Memorial Park. The 91-year-old donned a green, black and white tankini top and black, skirted bottom. It was time for the bathing suit photo shoot. “I’m doing this for my...
Lower Burrell woman ordered to stand trial on charges stemming from fiery Tarentum Bridge crash
An attorney representing a Lower Burrell woman who crashed her car in a work zone on the closed Tarentum Bridge in June tried to argue Wednesday there was no proof she was drunk at the time of the crash. Brackenridge District Judge Carolyn Bengel didn’t buy defense attorney Tom McKinley’s...
Leechburg Area opens school year, masks optional, with all but a handful of students attending classes in person
Leechburg Area High School Superintendent Tiffany Nix stood outside on campus Wednesday morning, greeting students on the first day of school. “It’s so exciting,” Nix said. “Our students need to be face-to-face, and our teachers need to be with our students.” The district enrolls about 750 students. Nix said only...
Minor fire at apartment building on Freeport Road in Harrison shuts down several busy streets
Firefighters responded en masse Wednesday afternoon when a fire was reported at a two-story apartment building along Freeport Road in Harrison. Sean Jones, fire chief of Citizens Hose Fire Rescue and EMS, said crews initially were called out shortly after 4 p.m. for smoke in an apartment. Firefighters found heavy...
Fugitive wanted on sexual assault charges nabbed in Sharpsburg
A man wanted on two charges of sexually assaulting a minor was apprehended in Sharpsburg on Wednesday, authorities said. Travis Gladish, 38, of Wellsburg, W.Va., was arrested just after 11:15 a.m. after deputies from the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office were tipped of to his location in the borough. Gladish was...
Police: Arnold man wanted on child endangerment, animal cruelty charges arrested after foot chase
An Arnold man wanted on warrants in connection with child endangerment and animal cruelty cases was arrested Tuesday morning after a foot chase that ended when he stepped on a nail, police said. Court records show Trever Lamar Cue, 27, was charged with child endangerment in April after, police said,...
The Stroller, Aug. 25, 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. Tarentum fire departments to host music, arts and craft beer fest The Tarentum Music, Arts and Craft Beer Fest will be...
Man killed in Pa. Turnpike crash in Monroeville identified by state police
A Fayette County man died Wednesday in a tractor-trailer crash that closed the Pennsylvania Turnpike eastbound for several hours Wednesday in Monroeville, according to state police. David J. Paull, 60, of Uniontown, who was a passenger in the truck, died in the 1:30 p.m. crash that occurred at milepost 54.4...
