Valley News Dispatch category, Page 495

The Stroller is compiling a list of fish fries taking place Ash Wednesday and/or Fridays during Lent. To your non-profit’s fish fry listed in the paper and online, send complete information in writing to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084 or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Children’s outdoor...

A Pittsburgh man was sentenced Wednesday to serve a year on probation after he pleaded guilty to charges of escape and that he vandalized a holding cell following his arrest last summer in New Kensington. Daevar Lamont Stevens, 21, will remain behind bars, though, to answer a new set of...

Highlands School District said Wednesday it is closing its high school for the rest of the week because of an outbreak of covid-19 cases. The announcement comes about a week after students were brought back to buildings under the district’s hybrid schedule Jan. 19, after moving all students to remote...

Eight local school districts are among those awarded more than $875,000 in grant money to help upgrade food service equipment in their cafeterias. In all, 59 elementary, middle and high schools will benefit from the funds, awarded to schools participating in the National School Lunch Program, a federally assisted meal...

Butler County Community College’s announcement of $2.2 million from public and private sources for a new site in Ford City increases its sites to five Western Pennsylvania counties. The college’s new location in Ford City, known as “BC3 @ Armstrong,” will cost $4.5 million to construct. School officials say it...

The volunteer committee that has overseen the renovation of Harrison’s World War II memorial will continue working this year to improve the site. The Harrison Commissioners have authorized the Honor Roll Restoration Committee to continue its fundraising efforts. The memorial, at Freeport and Springhill roads, was rededicated Oct. 29 after...

Plum School District officials plan to gradually allow students to come back to school five days a week with a goal of having all learners back full-time in March. The announcement was made via the district’s notification system and by board members Tuesday night. Students who need intense intervention and...

Fox Chapel residents who live along some private lanes in the borough will be getting new street names this spring. Council’s move to rename Squaw Run and Squaw Run East will affect about 10 properties, in addition to those housed on the Heinz Estate. “Much of Squaw Run and Squaw...

A historic former bank building in Leechburg is for sale. The former drive-thru location of First Commonwealth Bank, at 200 Market St., was listed for $55,000 several months ago. Two First Commonwealth bank locations in Leechburg closed in December, the result of an increase in online banking and continuing challenges...

The Stroller is compiling a list of fish fries taking place Ash Wednesday and/or Fridays during Lent. To your non-profit’s fish fry listed in the paper and online, send complete information in writing to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084 or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Online job...

Most Riverview School District elementary students are expected to move from hybrid learning to in-school classes four days a week starting Monday. Officials recently made the announcement via the district’s website and a letter to families. Students currently learn through a hybrid model, meaning they are split into two groups...

Westmoreland County has created a page on its website with a list of vaccine providers, how to contact them and a link to the state health department’s interactive map of vaccine providers. Information on how to register for the covid vaccine and a quiz to determine when a person is...

An Allegheny Township man is accused of choking a nursing assistant at Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison. Alexander Paul Demarco, 27, was arrested Monday on charges filed by Highmark Health Police in the alleged attack in the hospital’s behavioral health unit Jan. 16, according to court records. Demarco did not...

Two hours after announcing additional covid-19 vaccination appointments for people age 65 and older in Allegheny County, the registration had been filled to capacity. The newest appointments were made available on Feb. 9 and 13 by the county Health Department. But at around 7 p.m., a Trib reporter logged into...

West Leechburg is seeking volunteers to fill vacancies on three municipal boards. Positions on the vacancy, recreation and zoning hearing boards opened up in December. Openings on the zoning hearing board include two regular positions and an alternate position. There is one opening on the vacancy board and one or...

A Kiski Township man is accused of driving under the influence of drugs with two children in the back seat of his car. Kiski Township police charged Kevin William Zetler, 34, with DUI, child endangerment and traffic violations in a traffic stop at North Second and North 11th streets about...

A McKeesport man will serve up to another 12 years in prison after he pleaded guilty Tuesday in Westmoreland County court for failure to register as a convicted sex offender. Eric Michael Britt, 53, was originally convicted in 2007 of sexual assault and was sentenced to serve three to six...

New Kensington police said DNA test results led them to file additional gun and drug charges against a city man accused of fatally shooting an Arnold man last January and firing shots at four people the month before that. The new charges against Letresse Tareke Williams, 30, stem from his...

The Stroller is compiling a list of fish fries taking place Ash Wednesday and/or Fridays during Lent. To your non-profit’s fish fry listed in the paper and online, send complete information in writing to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084 or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Covid-19 testing...

New Kensington Council has approved the transfer of a liquor license into the city for a recently opened restaurant on Craigdell Road. The license for Crossbar Grill is coming into New Kensington from Murrysville. It was unanimously approved by council after a public hearing, but the state Liquor Control Board...

Publicize your non-profit’s meetings, fundraisers and community events in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Lenten fish fry listings wanted Ash Wednesday is Feb. 17. The Stroller is compiling a list of fish fries taking place Ash Wednesday...

The federal headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released $750,000 in its work plan to the Pittsburgh District to fix sinkholes on the grounds of its Natrona lock and dam on the Allegheny River in Harrison. The money is part of an additional $57.4 million disbursement for the...

A Freeport Area School District senior will sing in the prestigious National Association for Music Education (NAfME) All-Eastern Honors Chorus. Madison Beer is one of 320 singers comprising the chorus. Singers represent 12 states, as well as regions from Europe. She said she was shocked to learn she’d earned a...

The West Deer Supervisors on Wednesday tabled an ordinance prohibiting parking on certain township streets in order to re-evaluate language and procedure. Supervisors last month approved advertising the ordinance, which was drafted to address safety hazards in the township’s Cedar Ridge; Grouse Run; Fawn Haven II and III; Oakwood Circle;...

Organizers of the largest job fair in the Alle-Kiski Valley say there are jobs to be had for those job seekers not spooked by the pandemic. “There have been jobs here the whole time, and there will continue to be openings in the Alle-Kiski Valley,” said Rick O’Domes, CareerLink Alle-Kiski...