Valley News Dispatch category, Page 522

A West Deer woman wanted to give a shout-out to a Family Dollar employee for being friendly and having a knack for customer service. Sonya Dembowski took to Facebook to offer the praise to Collin Slack, manager at the Family Dollar store in West Deer’s Russellton section. “Big shout out...

Is your church or organization going to host a community holiday event? Send information to The Stroller as soon as possible to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Free online science, technology program for middle school students offered Penn State New Kensington will offer the COMETS program, a free...

A Leechburg woman unintentionally gave a Kiski Township police officer a bag of methamphetamine during a traffic stop Friday night, township police said. It was one of two drug arrests police made that night. Kiski police said an officer stopped Bobbie Bernat, 42, for driving erratically about 11:40 p.m. on...

Verona officials recently hired three part-time officers and added a new vehicle to the police department. The additions bring the borough force to three full-timers, including Chief Ron McLemore, and six part-time officers. “They’re good assets to this department,” McLemore said. “We’re excited to have them.” The new hires include...

Is your church or organization going to host a community holiday event? Send information to The Stroller as soon as possible to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Applications being accepted from veterans for free Christmas groceries Westmoreland County Marines will provide Christmas groceries to local veterans’ families in...

The show will go on after all. Leechburg Area High School students will perform their postponed spring musical “Godspell” after the school board unanimously gave their blessing Wednesday night. The musical was canceled hours before opening night in March just as covid-19 pandemic restrictions and statewide school closures were imposed....

The number of covid-19 cases among residents of a Washington Township nursing home has more than doubled since Monday, climbing from 30 cases to at least 75, facility officials said. There are also at least 37 cases among the staff at Quality Life Services, for a total of 112 cases....

It’s lights, camera, action for three Leechburg Area High School students. Video Club members Eli and Nick Sherbondy and Tucker Spiering have been volunteering their time, broadcasting games on the district’s YouTube sports channel, in response to there being limited or no spectators allowed due to covid-19 restrictions. “We are...

Kiski Area High School will move to fully remote learning next week, following reports of seven cases of covid-19 among students and staff. The district said the school would follow a remote learning schedule from Monday through next Friday. Career Center Students will still report on days they’re scheduled to...

A Freeport woman said she wasn’t going to let the covid-19 pandemic stand in the way of her dream to open her own store. Nicole Saville plans to open the Emma + Jane Shoppe, a boutique on South Pike Road in Buffalo Township, on Saturday. “I had always wanted to...

The Republican candidate for state Senate running against incumbent Sen. Jim Brewster has filed a petition in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court to set aside 2,349 undated mail-in ballots. Unofficial vote totals Friday morning from Allegheny and Westmoreland counties showed Brewster, D-McKeesport, leading by 44 votes. Attorney Matthew Haverstick, who...

Apollo-Ridge School District closed its high school Thursday after two staff members and a student tested positive for covid-19. The district learned of the positive cases on Monday, said Superintendent Matthew Curci. The day before, the district was alerted to a staff member at the elementary school who tested positive....

Registered Republicans in O’Hara have a chance to fill an open seat on council, at least for the next year. The township needs a representative to serve the 3rd Ward after Scott Frankowski resigned this week. Frankowski was hired by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, which has a policy that...

Is your church or organization going to host a community holiday event? Send information to The Stroller as soon as possible to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Plum HS to sponsor toy drive Plum Senior High School will sponsor its sixth annual Toys For Tots toy drive beginning...

Churches and organizations are serving free Thanksgiving dinners throughout the Valley. Not all dinners are on Thanksgiving. Note the date and reservation deadlines. Arnold Lazarus Tomb - Sheep Inc., 1821 Fifth Ave, will serve free takeout dinners from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Nov. 26 at the church. Pickup will be...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday night that resuming the $500 million cleanup of the nuclear waste dump in Parks Township is a top priority and they are getting ready. “The time is right for it,” U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Col. Andrew J. “Coby” Short said in...

Ken Kubistek is no stranger to making history. He has been teaching the subject at Riverview High School for the past 23 years. The social studies chairman founded the school’s history club two decades ago with retired teacher Janeice Calfe. Both were among 100 teachers honored in March 2004 by...

Motorists may want to allocate extra time when driving along the Turnpike between the Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh exists tonight and tomorrow. Officials said travelers may experience delays due to intermittent, 15-minute traffic paces in both directions from 11 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday as crews work to run...

A Parks Township man who was riding in a pickup pulled over for a suspended registration in Kiski Township on Tuesday was charged after police say he admitted to having a smorgasbord of drugs in the truck. Kiski Township police said Thomas William Brydon III, 37, was in possession of...

The family of slain New Kensington police Officer Brian Shaw attended the introduction of the Allegheny Valley Regional Police Department’s new police dog. Carr was introduced to the public Tuesday night outside of the Springdale Township office. The Officer Brian Shaw Foundation provided $15,000 for the dog and its police...

Fawn supervisors voted Tuesday to fire suspended police officer Keith Lazaron II for alleged willful misconduct. Lazaron, 35, of Allegheny Township, has denied any wrongdoing and leveled his own allegations against township officials in a pending federal lawsuit. Lazaron was suspended June 1, with the township alleging Lazaron changed a...

Is your church or organization going to host a community holiday event? Send information to The Stroller as soon as possible to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Annual West Deer toy drive underway West Deer Police Department is sponsoring its 24rd annual Toys for Children drive to benefit...