Valley News Dispatch category, Page 490
Leechburg paramedic for Allegheny Health Network featured in Marvel comic bookVideo
If you ask Gary Cockroft, he’s about as far from a superhero as you could get. “I’m really quiet. I don’t like the camera; I like to stay in the background,” said Cockroft, 64, a Leechburg resident and paramedic with A-K Pulser. Marvel Comics and the Allegheny Health Network, however,...
Apollo Council VP loses in primary; still wants to be involved
Apollo Council Vice-President Mark Tarle lost in a tight, four-way contest on the Democratic ticket for three seats on Apollo Council. Two of the Democrats who won are incumbents, along with current Mayor Cindee Virostek. Unofficial results from the Armstrong County Elections Department for the Democratic nomination for three, four-year...
Primary election winnows crowded Plum School Board field; Plum Council slates set
Two incumbents and several newcomers out of 12 candidates seeking Democratic and Republican nods for four Plum School Board seats were each successful in getting single party nominations, according to complete but unofficial returns from the Allegheny County Elections Division. Board member Joe Tommarello was among four candidates selected on...
Voters will see 2 candidates for Fox Chapel Area School Board Region 2
Fox Chapel Area School District voters will decide between two candidates this fall to represent Region 2. Greg Dolan and Ariel Zych each secured a nomination on the fall ballot. Both were cross-filed in the May primary. According to unofficial results from the Allegheny County Office of Elections, Zych handily...
2 incumbents, 2 newcomers win nominations in Freeport Area School Board primaries
Two incumbents and two newcomers seem to have secured nominations Tuesday to appear on the November ballot for seats on the Freeport Area School Board, based on unofficial primary results. The unofficial results from Armstrong and Butler counties Wednesday afternoon showed Melanie Zembrzuski (723 votes), Gary Risch Jr. (661 votes),...
Newcomer Erb wins Republican nomination for commissioner’s seat in Harrison’s 4th Ward
The result of Democratic write-in votes yet to be announced will decide whether the winner of Tuesday’s Republican primary for Harrison’s 4th Ward commissioner will take the seat or whether a Democraic challenger will emerge. Commissioners Chairman Bill Heasley served two four-year terms. But he said he chose not to...
Incumbent Jeremy Smail wins GOP nomination for Gilpin supervisors
Incumbent Gilpin Supervisor Jeremy Smail won his Republican primary race Tuesday by a wide margin, unofficial results showed. Smail, 38, was appointed to the board about 18 months ago. On Tuesday, he received 153 votes, according to unofficial Armstrong County election results. That amounted to about 73% of the ballots...
Incumbent Beverly Jordan wins West Deer supervisors race
Incumbent Beverly Jordan won the Republican nomination for an at-large seat on the West Deer Board of Supervisors in Tuesday’s primary race. Her challenger, former Supervisor Gerry Vaerewyck, said he conceded the race. Vaerewyck and Jordan previously served on the board together in 2016. Unofficial primary election results showed Jordan...
6 candidates will face off for 4 Fox Chapel council seats this fall
A Fox Chapel council incumbent appears to have been ousted in the May primary election. According to unofficial results from the Allegheny County Office of Elections, council member Fred Leech did not earn enough votes to secure a spot on the Republican ballot in November. There were seven nominees vying...
Aaron Epps ousted as Springdale boys basketball coach
After leading the Springdale boys basketball team to three straight playoff appearances, its first section championship since 1993, and 42 total wins, Aaron Epps was informed Wednesday the Allegheny Valley School District was opening his position. Springdale athletic director Pete Simpson confirmed the decision. In three years at the helm,...
Vandergrift Farmer’s Market set to open June 3; local vendors needed
Farm fresh foods are returning to downtown Vandergrift, but organizers are seeking vendors for the weekly event that runs through mid-October. The annual Vandergrift Farmers Market is set to open June 3. “We only have two vendors registered right now,” said Julia Martin, chairwoman of the Vandergrift Improvement Project (VIP)....
The Stroller, May 19, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, 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. Exhibit to honor Armstrong County men who served in Civil War The Armstrong County Historical Museum and Genealogical Society will present, “Armstrong...
Abby Major wins former boss Jeff Pyle’s seat in State House special election
Abby Major, Jeff Pyle’s former chief of staff, handily won her ex-boss’ seat in a special election Tuesday. The state’s 60th House District covers parts of Armstrong, Butler and Indiana counties. Pyle stepped down in March for health reasons at the start of his ninth, two-year term. Major will finish...
Political newcomer leads longtime incumbent in Allegheny Township supervisors’ race
A political newcomer led a longtime incumbent by 42 votes in the Republican primary race for Allegheny Township Supervisor, according to unofficial tallies. James Morabito collected 52% of the votes counted, or 540 votes, compared to incumbent Supervisor Kathy Starr’s 47.9% (498), unofficial tallies showed with all of the township’s...
Lenny Collini squeaks by Vandergrift Mayor Barbara Turiak in Democratic primary
Incumbent Vandergrift Mayor Barbara Turiak has been defeated by a familiar face, if unofficial results from Tuesday’s Democratic primary hold up. Councilman Lenny Collini had a 12-vote advantage over Turiak in the Democratic primary race for mayor, according to the tally from all five precincts. Collini collected 166 Democratic votes...
2 Republican challengers leading incumbent in GOP primary race for Fawn supervisors
The three Republican candidates for Fawn’s board of supervisors were separated by just 20 votes as of Wednesday, with two GOP nominations up for grabs, according to unofficial primary election results. The unofficial tally shows challenger Daniel Selfridge Jr. as the top vote-getter with 123 votes, or 30.2% of the...
Councilwoman Carrie Fox wins Democratic nomination in Tarentum mayoral race
Tarentum Councilwoman Carrie Fox won the Democratic nomination to run for mayor in November, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s primary. The winner of the Republican nomination could not immediately be determined because there were so many write-in votes. On the Democratic side, Fox collected 160 of the votes counted...
Mike Hammill appears to secure Republican nomination for O’Hara Ward 3
Political newcomer Mike Hammill appears to have won the Republican nomination for O’Hara council in Ward 3. According to unofficial results from the Allegheny County Office of Elections, Hammill earned 105 votes. His opponent, Greg Caprara, received 39 votes. The pair sought the Republican nomination for the fall ballot; there...
PennDOT prepares for Coxcomb Hill Road closure in Plum
PennDOT officials are preparing for a drainage improvement and shoulder reconstruction project in Plum that will close a 1-mile stretch of Coxcomb Hill Road beginning Monday, May 24. Work between Kerr Road and Logans Ferry Road is anticipated to begin next week, according to PennDOT District 11 spokesman Steve Cowan....
Sparse voter turnout for Pennsylvania primary election; votes start being countedVideo
Voter turnout for Pennsylvania’s primary Tuesday was sparse compared to November’s election, but officials say it was bolstered by mail-in voting and statewide ballot questions drawing out third-party voters. Results are slowing coming in for Allegheny County and Westmoreland County races. In Allegheny County, voters requested 124,813 mail-in ballots —...
The Stroller, May 18, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Information about Memorial Day events should be sent as soon as possible to: Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084; e-mail cpinto-smith@triblive.com or fax 724-226-4677. Free fishing derby scheduled for Northmoreland Park A free fishing derby will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at...
No injuries as truck crashes into ditch on Route 366 in Washington Township
No one was injured Monday afternoon when a tractor-trailer cab ran off Route 366 and landed in a ditch in Washington Township. The crash was reported shortly after 2:45 p.m., according to a Westmoreland County 911 supervisor. The truck, which was not hauling a load, broke through a guardrail and...
Freeport man convicted of threatening 2 women with a gun in 2019
A Freeport man was convicted of multiple criminal charges relating to an incident in which he threatened two women with a gun in 2019. Michael Rivera, 30, of Freeport, was convicted last week for carrying a firearm without a license — a third degree felony — and five misdemeanors, including...
Braddock man pleads to 2019 Arnold homicide
A Braddock man will spend at least 18 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to killing another in Arnold nearly two years ago. Allen Duwayne Herring, 34, admitted that he killed Gregory Ray Wynkoop, 35, of East Franklin, on June 28, 2019, in an attempted robbery. Wynkoop, a heavy...
3 vying for GOP nomination in Gilpin supervisors race
Three Republican candidates are vying for one nomination in the GOP primary race for the Gilpin Board of Supervisors. Incumbent Jeremy Smail faces challengers Renee E. Hileman and Justin Rishel in the May 18 primary. Smail, 38, has served on the board since being appointed to fill a vacant seat...
