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Fish Bowl Too celebrates 20 years as a dad and daughter pet shop 
For fish distributor Matt Cowger, getting hugged once a week is standard practice. It’s not that Fish Bowl Too pet shop owner Brenda Troup is overly affectionate. It’s because it has been 20 years now that Cowger, of American Aqua Culture of Akron, Ohio, has been making his weekly deliveries...
Pop-up cat cafe coming to New Kensington Arts Center
A pop-up cat cafe is planned Saturday at the New Kensington Arts Center to help raise funds for the center and the charitable New Kensington-based pet foundation Frankie’s Friends. Arts Center board member Autumn Walker said the event will feature some of Frankie’s Friends more personable cats inside the center,...
Tarentum police investigating thefts from vehicles
Tarentum police are asking residents in one part of the borough to check their cars. On Facebook, the police department said it has received several reports of vehicles that had been entered in the area behind Duster Funeral Home, which is at 347 E. 10th Ave. Police were asking residents...
Paramedic, policeman rush into burning Washington Township home trying to save man 
Darrick Gerano rushed into a burning Washington Township home Thursday to rescue a man still inside. He and Washington Township police officer Ken Hollis got James Indovina out, but were unable to save him. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office. “It’s heartbreaking,”...
Amazon awards grant of curriculum and class materials to Apollo-Ridge
Apollo-Ridge High School received an Amazon grant for instructional materials for two computer classes. Amy Guido, Apollo-Ridge’s business and computer teacher, applied to the Amazon Future Engineers program in 2018 for curriculum and class materials for a computer class. Guido had been using a curriculum supplied by Amazon and students...
Kittanning woman drops state Supreme Court appeal regarding charity restitution
A woman whose appeal was accepted for review by the state Supreme Court on Wednesday has changed her mind and asked her attorney to drop the appeal of her paying restitution to three Armstrong County charities. Beverly Kaye Steffey, 65, of Kittanning, has “decided that she does not want the...
North Apollo woman, 64, dies in 1-car crash in Apollo 
A North Apollo woman was killed Wednesday night after the car she was driving hit a utility pole in Apollo and flipped over several times. Coroner Brian Myers identified the woman as Jacqueline C. Hellein, 64. She was traveling alone and died at the scene. She was not wearing a...
Kiski Township's Staff Sgt. Booker to receive second-highest military honor for 2003 battle
Sixteen years to the day after he died defending fellow soldiers in Iraq, Army Staff Sgt. Stevon Booker will posthumously be presented the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation’s second highest military award for bravery. A special Army ceremony will be held starting at 10 a.m. April 5 in Soldiers &...
Trial for Rahmael Holt, charged with killing Officer Brian Shaw, postponed until August
The capital murder trial of a Harrison man charged with the November 2017 shooting death of a New Kensington police officer has been postponed until August. The attorney for Rahmael Sal Holt, 30, said in court Wednesday that he needed more time to prepare for trial, which had been scheduled...
Egg watch is on for the Harmar bald eagles
Egg-ticipation is in full swing at the Harmar bald eagle nest, although there is no webcam to confirm the details. The Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania is expected to confirm any day that the eagles have at least one egg based upon their behavior at the nest. This is the...
Prosecutors want John Kunco's attorneys to turn over evidence in rape retrial
Westmoreland County prosecutors want defense lawyers for a former Harrison man accused of a brutal rape in New Kensington nearly three decades ago to turn over evidence that could be used during a retrial. Assistant District Attorneys Barbara Jollie and James Hopson filed court documents Wednesday seeking reports and mental...
Feral cat found in Frazer tests positive for rabies, fifth this year in Allegheny County
A feral cat found in Frazer has become the fifth animal to test positive for rabies in Allegheny County this year, the Allegheny County Health Department said. The cat was captured near the 2300 block of Dellenbaugh Road and brought to one of the health department’s facilities. In addition to...
Freeport Road reopens after landslide in Springdale Township
A section of Freeport Road in Springdale Township reopened Wednesday morning after a landslide shut down the road Friday. The road had been closed between the New Kensington Bridge and Riddle Run Road. About 11,000 vehicles use that section of road daily. Motorists had to use detours while the road...
Auction set for former district court offices in Washington Township
A vacant modular home owned by Westmoreland County will be auctioned off next month. The building previously housed the offices of District Judge Jason Buczak next to the Washington Township Fire Department. A new $1.25 million district court office opened in January on Beaver Run Road. The auction will take...
Highlands families sought to host exchange students in April
Host families are being sought for foreign exchange students in the Highlands School District. Families are needed to host visiting AFS foreign exchange students the nights of April 3 and 4 for “International Days” at the district’s schools on April 4 and 5, district spokeswoman Jennifer Goldberg said . “This...
St. Joseph High School names 2019 'Spirit of Saint Joseph Award' recipients
St. Joseph High School is honoring seven people this year with its Spirit of St. Joseph Award. Those being recognized are the Rev. Paul G. Henne; Thomas Octave; John W. Regoli Jr; Jane Thimons; and the Scott sisters, Eileen, Jeanne and Rosaleen. Three of the seven — Henne, Regoli and...
State Supreme Court to hear Armstrong County woman's restitution appeal
The state Supreme Court will consider an appeal by an Armstrong County woman who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $200,000 from three nonprofits but is fighting an order to pay restitution because the victims were organizations, not people. Beverly Kaye Steffey’s attorney, Chuck Pascal of Leechburg, said a 2016...
Vandergrift to vote on 'Quality of Life' tickets next month
Vandergrift Council will vote next week on a “Quality of Life” ordinance that would allow the borough to ticket residents for code violations such as junked cars, high grass and other property violations. Issuing a ticket instead of a citation wouldn’t require the involvement of a district judge, and could...
Gilpin supervisors ask Diebold to resign as constable
Gilpin supervisors want former Leechburg police Chief Michael Diebold to resign as the township’s constable. “This is due to his felony status. We don’t feel he is fit for constable,” said Supervisors Chairman Charles Stull. Diebold, 41, was sentenced to nine to 23 months in jail after pleading guilty in...
Allegheny Township provides water buffalo for residents without power
Allegheny Township provided a water buffalo Tuesday for residents with well water service who still don’t have power from Sunday’s wind storm. “Although most of the township is on public water, we still have homes that rely on well water and for them, this is their third day without electricity,”...
Generator sparked blaze that destroyed South Buffalo home 
A woman was able to escape her South Buffalo home when it went up in flames Tuesday morning. Firefighters said a generator was responsible for the blaze that destroyed the home at 266 White Rock Road. “The residents had a generator running,” Freeport fire Chief 1 Tom Sweeny Jr. said....
Fetterman: Pennsylvanians mixed on legalizing recreational pot 
Pennsylvanians have differing opinions on legalizing recreational marijuana, but Lt. Gov. John Fetterman said Monday he’s heard no opposition to the state legalizing medical marijuana. “I have gone down to many different counties and have had hundreds of conversations with Pennsylvanians all across this great commonwealth, and I have not...
Wind storm a 'hectic' boon to tree removal services 
It was a literal logjam Monday, especially for those in the business of cleaning up downed trees. “I’ve probably given 17, 18 bids already today,” said Kevin Kasavage of CLC Tree Service in Lower Burrell. “I’ve had people call me from Murrysville, Bellevue.” “This is the most my phone’s rang,”...
Non-invasive migraine treatment provides 'instant' relief for Plum woman 
Tracey Zalenski has suffered from migraines most of her life, but the condition became almost unbearable last year, when she experienced migraines up to 20 times a month. “It’s really just ruined my quality of life,” she said. “I hated to make plans because I didn’t want to be that...
Man accused in New Kensington YMCA assault facing new felony charges
A New Kensington man is facing new felony assault charges in an attack on three people at the Valley Points YMCA last summer. New Kensington police allege Brian Johnathan Rebold, 33, shoved a man down a flight of steps and punched two other people in the face and head after...


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