Valley News Dispatch category, Page 567
The Stroller, Aug. 30, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Harrison woman killed after being struck by vehicle
A 65-year-old woman was killed after being struck by a vehicle driven by her husband Sunday in Harrison, police said. The victim was identified as Shirley Anne Jump, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. The incident happened just before 9 a.m. in the 300 block of Village Green Drive,...
Car crashes at shooting scene in New Kensington, 2 days after another daylight street shooting in Arnold
Officials were investigating a shooting in New Kensington on Saturday, two days after a similar incident in the same area just over the border in Arnold. A Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher said the incident occurred at about 4:30 p.m. in the 1300 block of Leishman Avenue, near Catalpa Street and...
New Kensington man rescued after falling 60 feet over steep hillside
The New Kensington Fire Department and EMS crews rescued a man who fell from a hillside Saturday afternoon. The man fell over a hillside in the 300 block of Fernledge Drive. He was doing yard work when he lost his balance and fell about 60 feet, according to New Kensington...
Black bear ‘poses’ for photographer for Kittanning and Pittsburgh Mills exhibits
Yes, Joyce Shellhammer likes nature and to photograph it. But talk about serendipity: A rather large black bear stumbled into her Parks Township yard earlier this month to make off with her bird suet feeder. That photo and others of local wildlife, landscapes and the sky will be featured in...
The Stroller, Aug. 29, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Pa. Turnpike stretch will close early Sunday morning for bridge work in Plum
The Pennsylvania Turnpike will be closed between the Allegheny Valley (Exit 48) and Pittsburgh (Exit 57) interchanges from midnight through 5 a.m. on Sunday. Drivers will not be permitted to continue through the area after 11 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29. The five-hour closure is necessary so work crews can...
PennDOT to close Ekastown Road in Buffalo Township on Wednesday for pipe replacement
Ekastown Road in Buffalo Township will close during the day Wednesday, Sept. 2, PennDOT officials announced . The closures, from 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., will allow work crews to replace a failing pipe by Palko’s Tavern, between Obringer Lane and Fleming Road. A posted detour will take motorists to...
PennDOT postpones Route 28 restrictions between Millvale, Highland Park Bridge that were set for weekend
Nighttime roadwork on Route 28 that was set for the weekend has been postponed. PennDOT had scheduled work between the Millvale and the Highland Park Bridge interchanges, but it has been postponed as the result of rain that is forecast. The work is part of an $11.5 million improvement project,...
Kiski Township’s Bill Kerr receives distinguished educator award from Pitt
The University of Pittsburgh honored alumnus Bill Kerr of Kiski Township with the Distinguished PreK-12 Educator Award. An awards ceremony at which Kerr was to be honored in March was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, but he received the actual award — an engraved University of Pittsburgh crystal bowl...
Judge rejects bid to return $2,500 to witness in cop killer investigation
A Westmoreland County judge on Friday denied a Braddock man’s request to return money seized from him during the investigation into the murder of a New Kensington police officer. Tavon Harper, 30, who testified at the 2019 trial of Rahmael Holt, the man convicted of killing New Kensington Officer Brian...
New Kensington-Arnold hires wife of acting superintendent as teacher
The same day Jon Banko was named acting superintendent of New Kensington-Arnold School District, his wife was hired as an elementary teacher in the district. Banko conceded the hiring of his wife, Nicole Banko, could appear inappropriate to some. But he said he was not involved in her interview nor...
Lower Burrell man awaiting trial in illegal used car scheme avoids return to jail
A Lower Burrell man awaiting trial on 67 criminal counts of using fake identities to sell cars as a licensed dealer avoided having his bond revoked Friday for allegedly “brokering” another car sale last month in Delmont, but was instead admonished by a judge. “From here on out, you are...
$900K car wash proposed for Tarentum Bridge Road in New Kensington
A car wash has been proposed to replace a building housing a pizza shop and cellphone store on Tarentum Bridge Road in New Kensington. For that to happen, the proposed project will need a variance from the city’s zoning, which does not allow a car wash at that location, said...
New Kensington to award contract for demolition of former bar, hotel buildings
A woman living across from a rundown New Kensington building that was once a bar is happy it will soon be gone, while a business owner whose garage is across from an empty former hotel in the city wonders how it got so bad that tearing it down is all...
The Stroller, Aug. 28, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your non-profit organization going to have a fundraiser? Send information to The Stroller at least a week in advance to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on Twitter @VNDStroller for a daily link to The Stroller. Concert scheduled Sunday in Brackenridge A concert featuring Two...
Tarentum woman, 19, becoming 3rd owner of Merle Norman Cosmetics studioVideo
Mary Lee Naccarato first learned of Olivia Grace Fertig from a newspaper story. She was so impressed by the young woman that Naccarato offered her a job at her New Kensington Merle Norman Cosmetics studio. Just over a year later, Naccarato, 73, of Washington Township is retiring, and Fertig, 19,...
More than a dozen shots fired in Arnold shooting, man hit in foot
A man was shot in the foot Thursday afternoon in Arnold in a shooting in which more than a dozen rounds were fired. The shooting was reported to 911 at 1:10 p.m., a Westmoreland County dispatcher said. Shell casings were found in the 1500 block of Kenneth Avenue, just on...
Twisted Thistle, Lingrow Farm to host farm-to-table dinner in Gilpin
Two Leechburg-area businesses are partnering to present a rural farm fresh dining experience. The Twisted Thistle in Leechburg and Lingrow Farm in Gilpin will host Farm 2 Table, an al fresco supper event on the grounds of Lingrow Farm on Saturday. “The primary reason that Twisted Thistle ever opened was...
Police: Speed a factor in fatal Route 28 crash in Harrison
A Harrison man was speeding on Route 28 before a crash that claimed his life Tuesday, according to state police. Charles A. Crowe Jr., 48, of Harrison, died at the scene of the one-vehicle crash shortly after 7:30 p.m. near Exit 15 in Harrison. Police said Crowe had been traveling...
The Stroller, Aug. 27, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your non-profit organization going to have a fundraiser? Send information to The Stroller at least a week in advance to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on Twitter @VNDStroller for a daily link to The Stroller. Western Pa. toy run to benefit children’s charities The...
Plum EMS earns silver award from American Heart Association
Plum EMS recently received recognition from the American Heart Association for its efforts to improve the treatment of patients with severe heart attacks. The ambulance company was given the AHA’s Mission: Lifeline EMS Silver Plus Award. The program is designed to showcase EMS organizations across the nation for excellent STEMI...
Union members join industry groups to rally against state caps on power plant emissions
Union workers — seeking a voice at the table in fossil fuel policies at the state and national level — rallied Wednesday at the coal-fired Cheswick Generating Station. Organized by the Power PA Jobs Alliance, a coalition of labor and business groups spanning Southwestern Pennsylvania, the event targeted the negative...
Police suspect medical issue behind fatal Harmar crash at Route 28 exit
A medical condition is suspected in a crash that killed one man and seriously injured another in Harmar on Tuesday night, according to township police. Robert Burkardt, 68, of Penn Hills was the driver in the crash on Route 910 at the southbound Route 28 exit that was reported to...
Sports teams will pay to use lights at West Deer’s Bairdford Park
Youth sports teams that play at West Deer’s Bairdford Park will now pay for any electricity they use while there, township Manager Dan Mator said. The agreement ends a dispute of almost 20 years over who pays for what at the 94-acre township park — the taxpayers or the youth...
