Valley News Dispatch category, Page 639
Route 366 in Lower Burrell to re-open to 2 lanes Friday or early next week
PennDOT could reopen the Route 366 bridge near Millers Lane in Lower Burrell to two-lane traffic as early as Friday or early next week, according to Valerie Petersen, PennDOT spokeswoman. Route 366, also known as Greensburg Road in Lower Burrell, has been limited to one-lane of traffic regulated by a...
New Kensington Bridge inspection planned
A traffic restriction on the New Kensington Bridge begins Saturday in East Deer and New Kensington, weather permitting. A routine inspection will restrict traffic to a single, alternating lane on the bridge. Crews from the Markosky Engineering Group will perform the inspection. The traffic restriction will be in place from...
Bullet casings found at Brian Shaw shooting came from .40-caliber gun, detective testifies
Slain New Kensington police Officer Brian Shaw died primarily from blood loss caused by two gunshot wounds, a forensic pathologist testified Thursday, the fourth day of the trial of his accused killer, Rahmael Holt. Shaw was hit by three bullets the night of Nov. 17, 2017, after he tried to...
Leechburg Road reopened after morning crash
A pickup truck was bent into a V on Thursday morning in a crash on Leechburg Road in Allegheny Township. The crash happened at about 8:45 a.m. Thursday when a driver ahead of the pickup was making a left turn into Sevic Landscaping along the 4000 block of Leechburg Road,...
Apollo-Ridge Elementary evacuated during bomb threat
Apollo-Ridge Elementary School was evacuated Wednesday as officers responded to a bomb threat, according to a statement from district Superintendent Matthew Curci. The threat was found in the school Wednesday morning, Curci said. Officials notified law enforcement and took students to the nearby high school while police and bomb dogs...
The Stroller, Nov. 7, 2019: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Valley High School to present murder-mystery comedy The Valley High School Drama Club will present the comedy, ”Madam’s Been Murdered, Tea Will Be Late,” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the high school auditorium, Stevenson Blvd., New Kensington. Tickets are $5. For tickets, visit vhsdrama.org/boxoffice/ or at the door....
Riverfront Theater Company takes comedic look at sibling rivalry
Riverfront Theater Company is gearing up for its 2020 season by treating audiences to a special production of Christopher Durang’s comedy, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” for two weekends in November. The comedy, which won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play, is being presented Nov. 7-9 and...
Super Bowl champion Lower Burrell Flyers, Recruits honored by city councilVideo
An overflow crowd gathered Monday in council chambers at Lower Burrell City Hall, but it wasn’t a hot topic or controversial that packed the room. Instead, double Super Bowl wins by the city’s youth football teams — the Lower Burrell Flyers and Recruits — drew the crowd. City council and...
2 newcomers, 1 incumbent elected to Vandergrift Council
Two newcomers will join Vandergrift Council, and incumbent Kathy Chvala will return for another term, according to unofficial Westmoreland County election results. Five candidates ran for three open council seats. John Uskuraitis, who cross-filed as both Democrat and Republican, got the most support, collecting 27.4% of the vote. Republican Karen...
Freeport Area School Board adds 2 newcomers, returns 3
Two political newcomers led voting to win seats on the nine-member Freeport Area School Board, according to unofficial election results. Republican Greg Selinger, 40, and cross-filed candidate Adam Toncini, 36, will join cross-filed incumbents Frank Prazenica Jr., 72, and Melanie Bolinger, 48, and Michael Huth, 68, on the board for...
Newcomer wins 6-way race for Allegheny Valley School Board
The prospect of revisiting the fate of Colfax Elementary ranked among the top issues for five candidates elected Tuesday to Allegheny Valley School Board. The five winners included two newcomers, a former board member and two incumbents, according to unofficial results. The winners included Paula J. Moretti, a cross-registered newcomer...
3 incumbents, 2 newcomers claim victories in Deer Lakes School Board race
Three incumbents and two political newcomers won seats on Deer Lakes School Board in Tuesday’s election, knocking a fourth incumbent out of office, according to unofficial election results. Cross-filed newcomer Cristy McCloskey, 46, of West Deer, emerged as the top vote-getter with 19.9% of the votes counted, the results showed....
Republican Michael Korns unseats Democrat Joseph Ferguson in Allegheny Township
An Indiana University of Pennsylvania professor will represent Allegheny Township as supervisor after beating out a longtime elected official for an open seat in Tuesday’s election. Republican Mike Korns collected 58.7% of the votes counted compared to Democrat Joe Ferguson’s 41%, according to the county’s unofficial election results. There were...
Man remains hospitalized after Vandergrift shooting
Authorities are investigating a shooting that happened Tuesday in Vandergrift. A 20-year-old man was recovering Wednesday after being shot once in the leg, according to Vandergrift police Chief Joe Caporali. Caporali said the shooting was reported around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Franklin Park. The 20-year-old man was found a short...
Day 3: Witness testifies he twice saw Rahmael Holt with a gun
A man who shared a house with accused New Kensington cop killer Rahmael Holt testified Wednesday that he twice saw Holt with a gun. Michael Luffey, 35, was the lead witness to testify for the prosecution on the third day of Holt’s capital murder trial before Westmoreland County President Judge...
Man says in lawsuit that Arnold police beat him up, violated civil rights
A Verona man contends in a federal lawsuit that two Arnold officers beat him up after responding to a burglary call that he had nothing to do with in 2018. Matthew Heyl, 28, and his attorneys filed the lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh against the officers, the...
The Stroller, Nov. 6, 2019: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Apollo-Ridge Area Food Bank seeks donations November is Turkey Month at Apollo-Ridge Area Food Bank. The food bank is seeking donations to help provide grocery gift certificates for Christmas dinner for Apollo-area families in need. Donations of any amount are appreciated. If you would like to help, send donations to:...
Schrock, Doutt win contested seats on New Kensington-Arnold School Board
An incumbent won his fourth term on the New Kensington-Arnold School Board in Tuesday’s election, and four members of a group that banded together to bring change to the board also claimed victories, according to unofficial results. Cross-filed challenger Terry Schrock collected 39.9% of the votes cast and incumbent Eric...
Fabry, Albanese win council seats in Lower Burrell
A cross-filed incumbent and Republican challenger were the top two vote-getters Tuesday in a race for Lower Burrell Council, leaving the city’s former longtime solicitor as the odd candidate out, according to unofficial election results. Chris Fabry, the incumbent, was the top vote-getter with 41.7% of the votes cast, while...
Sentencing delayed in Armstrong County sex assault case involving former fire chief
New evidence that a police officer may have improperly questioned a witness before the trial of a former East Franklin fire chief and Applewold councilman accused of sexually assaulting a child prompted the defense attorney on the case to ask for an acquittal. Attorney Marc Daffner said he suspected a...
Homeless man accused of Tarentum burglary
Police accused a homeless man of stealing about 30 pieces of mostly gold jewelry from a residence along Tarentum’s Third Avenue last month. Mark Bachman, 51, was arraigned Monday night. Police say Bachman once lived near the house that was burglarized. Officers found that someone had broken a basement window...
Freeport officials hope South Buffalo can shoulder some sewage plant costs
Freeport Borough is hoping to bring in a partner to share the burgeoning costs of its new sewage treatment plant. Borough officials will contact South Buffalo supervisors to ask if that township would be interested in having its sewage treated at the new plant. Freeport officials found out last week...
Lower Burrell holds the line on taxes for 2020
Lower Burrell council unanimously agreed to no real estate tax increase in the city’s 2020 preliminary budget of $10.97 million during city council’s Monday night meeting. A Lower Burrell homeowner assessed at $18,210 would continue to pay $414 in real estate taxes to the city in 2020. Councilman Chris Fabry,...
Your CBD Store opens in Harrison with mission to educate
Humans aren’t the only ones using CBD — a compound found in the cannabis plant — to help relieve pain and other problems. Dogs and cats are, too. That’s one thing Wade Timmerson and Mark McCloud learned when they opened Your CBD Store in Harrison. “Dogs are afraid of lightning,...
$7M Lower Burrell pump station upgrade could lead to sewage rate increases
The Chartiers pump station upgrade project in Lower Burrell is expected to cost about $7 million causing a rate increase for city residents at some point in the future. Exactly when and how much of a rate increase is not yet known, according to city officials. The Lower Burrell Municipal...
