Valley News Dispatch category, Page 477
Traffic restrictions scheduled to resume on Tarentum Bridge
While the Tarentum Bridge has reopened after a closure in June, ongoing work will require traffic restrictions that could cause backups and delays. Restrictions are scheduled to resume Tuesday and continue through late September, PennDOT announced. Traffic will be restricted to a single lane in each direction as needed between...
Screams alert Harrison fire chief to blaze in his own neighborhood
Hilltop Hose Fire Chief Mike Krzeminski is usually notified of a fire call with a page. On Friday evening, the alert came in the form of a scream. The fire was in Krzeminski’s own Campton neighborhood in Harrison. “I heard the young man who lived there screaming his house was...
Harmar eaglets take first flights; young Crescent Township eagle collides with car
A Fox Chapel photographer documented the first flights of the two young bald eagles from a nest above Route 28 in Harmar this week. The bald eagle couple, which is in its eighth year of nesting on the same hillside, has produced 13 young birds in total that have successfully...
Crash closes Route 422 in both directions in East Franklin
A section of Route 422 in Armstrong County is closed in both directions because of a crash, according to state police. The road was closed in the area of Glade Run Road in East Franklin Township around 2 p.m. Saturday. It remained closed as of about 4:30 p.m. No information...
Steelworkers union says it achieved its goals in proposed pact with ATI
The United Steelworkers union is scheduling meetings to explain a tentative, four-year contract agreement with Allegheny Technologies, Inc. to its members and for them to vote on ratifying it. ATI and the union announced Friday that they had reached the tentative agreement. If approved, it would end a strike that...
The Stroller, July 3, 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. HOPE Center offers shelter for families and pets The Alle-Kiski HOPE Center offers a Sheltering Animals and Families Together (SAF-T) Kennel...
Harrison family displaced by fire; kids’ fears of trapped mom unfoundedVideo
As fire engulfed their Fourth Street house Friday, Antoine and Alyssa McDaniel of Harrison thought their mother was trapped in her bedroom. “We were freaking out and screaming,” said Alyssa McDaniel, 20. “But we couldn’t go in her bedroom. It was all in flames.” It turns out their mother, Dana...
ATI, Steelworkers reach tentative pact
Specialty steelmaker Allegheny Technologies Inc. reached a tentative contract Friday with its striking steelworkers, which could end a walkout that began March 30, if ratified by those on strike. The tentative contract with the United Steelworkers and the 1,300 ATI employees at nine plants was reached after three days of...
Virtual format for St. Margaret Foundation 5K brings in record-breaking proceeds
In the 33 years since the St. Margaret Foundation started its spring 5K fundraiser, a team of “Couch Potatoes” has brought in a staggering $200,000 to help needy hospital patients. Board Member Bill Simpson laughed that his wife named the team after his penchant for falling asleep on the couch,...
Leechburg Area School District students will return to the classroom 5 days a week
Leechburg Area School District students will return to a pre-pandemic schedule this fall. The school board voted unanimously last month to return to in-person learning five days per week, eliminating previous virtual Wednesdays. “As of now, we are planning a return to school that will look the same as it...
Game Commission seeking help to locate turkey poacher in O’Hara’s RIDC Park
A man shooting a crossbow at a flock of turkeys in O’Hara’s RIDC Park could have caused catastrophic results, Game Commission authorities said Friday. “This is a highly populated area, and the fact that someone would do this is shocking,” said Northern Allegheny County Game Warden Madison Kyle. She said...
New Blawnox cafe to offer meal plans, grab-and-go options for health-conscious customers
A new cafe in Blawnox will offer health-conscious meals prepared for people with appetites for wings, nachos and burgers. Clean Eatz is a national franchise moving into a new retail plaza at 175 Freeport Road. “I was looking to start a business that also had the opportunity to make a...
The Stroller, July 2, 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. Operation Gratitude to benefit troops, first responders The fourth annual Operation Gratitude Collection drive will take place through July 31. The...
Career and technical schools cope with pandemic, share optimism about future
Like other high school seniors forced into some remote learning this school year, Logan Rybarick wasn’t happy learning online. However, he had a special, urgent need to be in a classroom. For Rybarick, 18, of Templeton, who recently graduated from Armstrong School District and Lenape Technical School in Manor Township,...
1 flown by helicopter following Lower Burrell motorcycle crash
A motorcyclist was airlifted by medical helicopter Thursday night after crashing into a tree along Route 780 in Lower Burrell, according to emergency officials. Emergency crews responded to the 2600 block of Seventh Street Road shortly after 10 p.m.. One patient was flown from the scene, according to a Westmoreland...
Rachel Carson Hall residents can decide if they want to return after fire damage is fixed
While work continues to repair the top two floors of a fire-damaged Tarentum apartment building, whether or not the people who called it home return will be up to them. Residents of the seventh and eighth floors of Rachel Carson Hall have been relocated to other Allegheny County Housing Authority...
Woman accused of crashing on closed Tarentum Bridge charged with drunken driving, causing $200K damage
A Lower Burrell woman who police say drove past blinking signs onto the closed Tarentum Bridge, plowed into construction equipment, limped from the scene to a nearby gas station before police arrived and then fled an emergency room has been charged with driving under the influence. Allison Plusquellic, 39, also...
Armstrong woman to serve jail sentence for 2017 New Kensington crash
An Armstrong County woman police said was drunk when she caused a vehicle crash in New Kensington that seriously injured two women will serve almost two years in jail. Victoria Fink, 60, of Dayton, was sentenced Thursday to serve one year, less a day, to two years less two days...
Section of Route 356 in Allegheny Township to close for 7 weeks
A section of Route 356 in Allegheny Township that is used by about 10,000 motorists daily will be closed for nearly seven weeks as a $15.9 million project continues along the state road. “This will be a pain, but to fix a major highway like this you have to be...
State’s Level Up funding supplement helps 3 of Westmoreland’s least wealthy school districts
Administrators at three Westmoreland County school districts are glad to accept supplemental state funding approved this year for Pennsylvania’s least wealthy districts. But, it may take a little while to decide how best to spend the extra money, which Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday as part of a $300 million...
Mom of liver transplant recipient Lucas Goeller recalls ‘miracle’ donation with mom of Nebraska girl who died
Indiana Township’s Lucas Goeller had days to live. At 2 years old, he was laid up in UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh with a serious liver infection. It was June 2015. At the time, he was diagnosed with a rare liver disease called biliary atresia. His only shot at survival...
Pharmacy plans to tear down long vacant, dilapidated former church in Tarentum
Blackburn’s Physicians Pharmacy has acquired another building in Tarentum it plans to tear down to make room for its growth. Randy Prunty, business development manager for Blackburn’s, said the company bought a former church at the corner of East Fourth Avenue and Lock Street to get rid of the rundown...
Lower Burrell man accused of twice stealing guns from home as well as items from Woodpeckers bar
Police have charged a Lower Burrell man and accused him of breaking into a Lower Burrell home twice to steal guns, blank checks and a credit card. Jordan Bradley Keibler, 27, also is accused of stealing items from cars and the employee lockers at Woodpeckers Pub & Grub in Upper...
Arnold man facing drug charges dies after arrest
An Arnold man died Tuesday after being arrested on drug charges the previous day. Khalies Khorhid Lewis, 39, died Tuesday afternoon at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg, the Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office said. Although an autopsy has been completed, no information on the cause or manner of Lewis’ death...
Carjacking, kidnapping outside Westmoreland prison nets Jeannette man up to 30 years
A Jeannette man will serve up to 30 years in prison for carjacking a West Leechburg woman parked in front of the Westmoreland County Prison as her 13-month-old grandson was in the vehicle, which later crashed two miles from the lockup. Thomas Lee Williams, 38, formerly of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty...
