Valley News Dispatch category, Page 620

A teenager who was reported missing from Lower Burrell since Tuesday night has been found, according to police. Joslyn Rankin, 15, was found around 1 p.m. Thursday at a friend’s residence in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood, Lower Burrell Detective Brandon Nedley said. Nedley said Rankin’s friend called Allegheny County Children, Youth...

For weeks, artist Alison Zapata hung two stories above a Fourth Avenue building in Ford City, meticulously bringing the borough’s past to life. The Aspinwall painter was commissioned to refurbish a “ghost sign” more than a 100 years old that sprawls 40 feet wide. The iconic Mail Pouch tobacco ad...

For weeks, artist Alison Zapata hung two stories above a Fourth Avenue building in Ford City, meticulously bringing the borough’s past to life. The Aspinwall painter was commissioned to refurbish a “ghost sign” more than 100 years old that sprawls 40 feet wide. The iconic Mail Pouch tobacco ad was...

The Allegheny County Health Department has closed two Women, Infants, and Children offices without explanation until at least the end of the year. The Health Department did not provide specifics Wednesday to the Tribune-Review, on its website or in a letter to program participants on why it closed the offices....

After a high-octane day at South Buffalo’s fire hall filled with tractor-pulling, face-painting and cheeseburger-munching, just before Ella Conroy went to bed Saturday night, the 6-year-old girl told her dad that she felt loved. That moment of gratitude from the typically shy girl would have been enough to delight Ella’s...

A Route 910 bridge in West Deer that closed in mid-August has reopened. The old bridge, over a branch of Deer Creek between Oak Road and Frontier Drive, was demolished and replaced. A majority of the work was completed ahead of the original mid-October projection for completion. Officials said minor...

A hearing to determine whether a self-storage business can be established in Frazer will be continued in early November. Officials heard testimony Tuesday night on a proposal by Sam and Rachel Sack to construct a four-building, 70-unit facility along Peachtree Lane off Butler-Logan Road. Tentatively to be known as Frazer...

The memory of young Tiffany Miller will remain strong. In just a week, enough money was raised to make sure New Kensington’s newest park will have a memorial to Tiffany, who was 5 when she was murdered 40 years ago. “I was surprised it only took a week,” said Aaron...

One of two men found dead in a Fifth Avenue house early last month died from a drug overdose. Michael Joseph Hans, 42, of Arnold, died from acute drug toxicity, according to the Westmoreland County Corner’s Office. His death was ruled accidental. Hans and Paul Anthony Mistrick III, 64, also...

Tarentum may hire multiple contractors for the first phase of a building demolition project this year. The borough will begin seeking bids Tuesday for the demolition of up to 26 properties, Borough Manager Michael Nestico said. Bids are due by 2 p.m. Oct. 18, when they’ll be publicly opened. The...

The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday recommended not filing charges against anyone involved in a fight where two men stabbed each other. The fight at the Valley Motel on Freeport Road in Harmar was reported shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday, according to Allegheny County Police. None of the...

Trials for the father and a cousin of the Harrison man accused in the fatal shooting death two years ago of New Kensington police Officer Brian Shaw were postponed until December. Westmoreland County prosecutors said Tuesday a scheduling conflict made it impossible to try the case against Gregory Baucum Jr....

A 42-year-old Lower Burrell man accused in multiple cases of fleeing police at high speed will stand trial in the latest alleged chase. Chad Ebel of Falcon Park Road is accused of leading police on a short, high-speed chase on June 7 from Shearsburg Road to Route 56, Route 356...

Members of the Kiski Area High School Marching Band are once again regional champions. For the second consecutive year, the band placed first in the annual Music for All’s Bands of America Central Ohio Regional Championship. This year’s competition took place Saturday at Fortress Obetz in Obetz, Ohio. “To say...

A bomb threat made Tuesday morning to Highlands Middle School was not a credible, the school’s principal said in a statement. Middle School Principal Kimberly Price said in a statement that police swept the school after the call was received and found no dangers. “Police escorted students back to the...

A Harrison couple didn’t wait for township police to arrive to deal with an attempted burglary at their home Saturday night, according to a criminal complaint. Police said one of the homeowners held the suspect at gunpoint until officers arrived. Casey Hill, 30, of Buffalo Township, is charged with burglary,...

A 24-year-old Plum man died early Saturday after a crash on Unity Center Road. Allegheny County Police said Brandon Hugh Patton was on a motorcycle that slid across the road into a Nissan SUV driven by a 25-year-old woman, who was not identified, in the 1000 block of Unity Center...