Teghan Simonton stories, Page 30

Fourth-graders swarmed around police officers at the lunch tables in a loud, pizza-scented cafeteria at Roy A. Hunt Elementary School on Wednesday, pointing to their badges and asking to see their handcuffs. The students have never eaten their vegetables so enthusiastically, said JoAnne Stramaski, a food service worker. Officers from...

Five Alle-Kiski Valley communities have changed trick-or-treat plans this Halloween due to a stormy weather forecast. Lower Burrell, Avonmore, Kiski Township, Saxonburg and North Apollo have all rescheduled trick-or-treating for Saturday, Nov. 2, from 6 to 8 p.m. Other Alle-Kiski Valley communities have not rescheduled trick-or-treating yet and many are...

Few municipalities are altering their community Halloween plans despite a worsening weather forecast for Thursday evening. Several boroughs and townships have trick-or-treating scheduled for Halloween with no adjustments in place for thunder and lightning. “If it rains, it rains,” said Barb Jones, office clerk for Brackenridge. Jones said police and...

Traffic restrictions have been lifted on a bridge that crosses Pucketa Creek at the border of Plum and Lower Burrell. A $1.1 million construction project on the Logans Ferry Road bridge began about five months ago. Work included replacing the span over the creek and improving guardrails, sidewalks, barriers and...