Valley News Dispatch category, Page 681
Relay for Life of Apollo marks 24 years of fighting for cancer cure
They’re old pros at the Relay for Life of Apollo. Too windy to keep the purple-and-white inflatable arch up at the track? Take it down. The T-shirts belong here, the luminarias over there. The signs and banners lined the fence around the Apollo-Ridge High School track Saturday in Kiski Township...
Riverview Class of 2019 members earn their diplomas
Here is the Riverview High School Class of 2019: Rachel A. Aber, Yasmeen M.G. Al-Khawaja; Mirjana M. Balkovec, Devon C. Binz, Noah D. Black, Benjamin P. Blacksmith, Carter C. Alexander Cameron, Michael J. Condron II, Devlin S. Costello, Angeleque S. Y’vonne Craighead, Katelyn N. Davis, Nathan M. Davis, Cassandra G....
All things jeep celebrated at Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival in Butler County
Jeep owners and those who enjoy the storied history behind them are flocking to Butler County this weekend for the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival, which runs through Sunday at Cooper’s Lake Campground in Worth Township, near Slippery Rock. The festival is organized by the Friends of the Bantam Jeep Association...
Springdale High School Class of 2019 is one for the ages
Here is the Springdale High School Class of 2019: Andrew Alese, Logan Baur, Timothy Bellin, Madison Beyer, Laurel Black, Morgan Blanchflower, Leann Brannock, Alexis Byrd, Erica Crail, Gavin Densmore Jaden Domaratz, Deserai Duncan, Gianna Foglia, Jocelyn Folmer, Jacob Garmong, Julia Garmong, Christina Gaschler, Kaitlyn Hails, Rachel Halapchuk, Rachel Hayes Autumn...
Cheswick Christian Academy’s close-knit class of 10 students celebrate 2019 commencement
Here is the Cheswick Christian Academy Class of 2019: Sterling James Coles, Warren Eugene Godleski, Rebekah Emily Grant, Josiah Vladimirovich Ivanov, Natalie Ann Jones, Bethany Rose Kosor, Jada Rose Kress, Journee Renee Kress, Deanna Marie Ormesher, Anna Kimmarie Visk....
Highlands High School Class of 2019 set for the future
Here is the Highlands High School Class of 2019: Alyssa Nicole Adamovits, Guillermo Jose Alcantar, Jake Michael Arvay, Bailey Renee Ayers, Cameron Jeffrey Babinsack, Isabella Baker, Ryan Michael Baker, Anthony Joseph Balog, Bailey G. Beacom, Cole Nickolas Bergquist Daneasha Berry, Nicholas D. Bigenho, Karick Matthew Bigley, Richard Marcel Blake, Julia...
Apollo-Ridge seniors share their final high school moments
Here is the Apollo-Ridge High School Class of 2019: Marley Renae Altman, Trent Michael Arduino, Curtis Michael Arner, Carlos Daniel Baines, Emilee Lynn Barber, Audrey Lana Barnes, Travis Ray Baylor, Cheyenne Mycal Benemann, Owen T. Bernard, Parker J. Berry Jeremy Alexander Birch, Angelo Benjamin Bonnoni, Michael Elijah Booker, Jessica Dawn...
Gilpin native promoted to lead state police training academy
A Gilpin native is directing the Pennsylvania State Police Academy, where he graduated 32 years ago. Thomas Dubovi was promoted to major and director of the state police bureau of training and education. His promotion ceremony was Friday at the academy at Hershey. “I thought, if I made sergeant, I...
Man allegedly hits East Deer police officer in the face, runs away
A Tarentum man is accused of hitting an East Deer police officer in the face Thursday night when the officer tried to arrest him, according to court documents. Zeya Icquise Dixon, 21, faces charges of aggravated assault, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and loitering and prowling at night in connection with...
Volunteers raising money for Upper Burrell’s Clark family
Upper Burrell volunteer firefighters are planning a benefit dinner to help a family known for helping others that was displaced by a fire last month. The Clark family’s house at 205 Rocky Lane house was damaged by an accidental fire on May 18. Nine fire departments fought the blaze. It...
New Kensington Subway damaged in December crash to reopen soon
The Subway restaurant in New Kensington’s Parnassus neighborhood, closed since a car heavily damaged the building in December, is expected to reopen in two weeks, the building’s owner and franchise holder said. “I’m happy to say they’re coming back to New Kensington and we’re glad they’re coming back,” said Jay...
Kids ‘want to be loved,’ retiring Highlands 1st-grade teacher says
Rita Youell was just settling into a discussion of her more than two decade teaching career when one of her former students walked through her door Thursday. Bobby Reesman was just a little boy when Youell had him for first grade 15 years ago in the 2003-04 school year. He...
Deer Lakes High School seniors collect their diplomas
Here is the Deer Lakes High School Class of 2019: Ethan Christopher Adamiak, Hannah Nicholle Allman, Richard Alexander Amy, Sydney Caroline Arbuthnot, William Milford Bailey IV, Holly Ann Baker, Armond Ballanca, Hunter Joseph Bauman, Shawn Collin Beacom, Ethan Bender Amanda Katherine Bialas, Alexandra Paige Bowser, Mikayla Lee Bridges, Kendall Delaney...
Introducing the 2019 Plum Senior High School Class of 2019
The Plum Senior High School Class of 2019: Nicole Abrams, Anthony Adamski, Hailey Ahsmann, Jonah Albert, Nicolas Albert, Matthew Allman, Arik Ankers, Cooper Aubele, Tallon Auth, Jonah Babusci, Shane Bacasa, Serena Badali, Elena Banta, Colin Barrett, Jarrett Bellotti, Daniel Benson, Joseph Benton, Skyler Bisceglia, Allison Blackwell, Katherine Bodnar, Tyler Boehm,...
Fawn, Ligonier artists recognized in ‘Art of the State’ exhibitVideo
This tea pot holds more than water. It contains the hours of blood, sweat and tears it took to make it. Known as the “Blue Bunny Tea Pot,” it was chosen to be showcased in the “Art of the State 2019 Exhibition,” held June 23-Sept. 8 at The State Museum...
Popular Cheswick six-pack shop bows out to larger competitors
Cheswick’s only six-pack beer store is closing. Allegheny 6 Pack and Doghouse at 1301 Pittsburgh St. opened in 2009 and will close Saturday. “My lease is up and I see what the future of the beer industry is becoming — it’s sliding, and Pennsylvania changing its beer sales laws are...
Leechburg police seek help to add camerasVideo
Leechburg police say they are at a dangerous disadvantage. Officers in their basement office can’t see who is ringing a bell or knocking on the locked entrance door upstairs. The door doesn’t have a window so they can’t see out even when on the stairway. But technology can fix that...
U.S. authorities monitoring probes into American deaths in Dominican Republic
Travel agencies and the U.S. State Department are monitoring the situation in the Dominican Republic after three Americans, including a Pennsylvania woman, died while vacationing there. The Caribbean nation is a top travel destination for Liberty Travel customers, according to Allison Wallace, a spokeswoman for Flight Centre Travel Group, Liberty’s...
Jury convicts Hyde Park man, 40, of sexually assaulting teen girl
A Westmoreland County jury has convicted a Hyde Park man of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. Jurors deliberated more than two hours late Wednesday before returning guilty verdicts against 40-year-old Larry Lee Redmond on felony counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, child endangerment and corruption of minors...
Man accused of threatening woman with pistol in Vandergrift
A West Virginia man put a pistol in a woman’s mouth during a fight Wednesday night in Vandergrift for “disrespecting him,” police said. Henry Cherro McFadden, 44, of Barrackville, W.Va., is accused of arguing with the woman about 10:30 p.m. at a home along Spruce Street, police said. Police said...
Family of slain New Ken delivery driver frustrated with lack of answers
Jeanne Smith said her family is frustrated that New Kensington police have no updates in the shooting death of her brother-in-law, newspaper delivery driver Gregory Lee Smith. But they’re happy police haven’t given up on the case. “I just wish they would find out what happened,” Jeanne Smith told the...
Vandergrift officials pondering options for abandoned structure
Officials in Vandergrift are looking to Westmoreland County to begin the process of getting rid of a deteriorated structure. On Monday, Melissa Adams, who lives near the deteriorated property at 113 East Adams Ave., asked council if there is something more that can be done about it. She said although...
National Weather Service to lift Pittsburgh boating advisory this weekend
Boating season might begin after all. The Allegheny and Kiski rivers are expected to clear and settle down this weekend as the National Weather Service lifts a weeklong recreational boating advisory in Pittsburgh. More than 3 inches of rain soaked the region within three days last week and the significant...
Inner Groove Brewing in Verona promises suds and sounds
A new brewhouse in Verona promises to be the place for sounds and suds. Inner Groove Brewing along East Railroad Avenue is expected to open at noon on June 15 with eight beers on tap. It’s located in a former interior design shop near the borough building and owned by...
Tarentum Farmers Market nearing opening date
The Tarentum Farmers Market returns for the 2019 season beginning next week. The market’s opening is set for 9 a.m. on Wednesday, June 12, in the upper parking lot of First United Presbyterian Church at the corner of Lock Street and East 10th Avenue. The market will be open from...
