Valley News Dispatch category, Page 426
Police: Ford City area man charged with felony, accused of selling meth to undercover informant
State police have accused an Armstrong County man with an extensive criminal history of being a drug dealer more than two years after an informant bought methamphetamine from him during a sting operation. Delton Michael Ion, 38, of Manor Township was charged Jan. 12 with a felony count of possession...
Greensburg man not guilty in shooting at New Kensington police
A Greensburg man was acquitted Wednesday of the attempted murder and assaults of three New Kensington police officers who were shot at as they rode in an unmarked surveillance van during a search for a suspect in an unrelated criminal case two years ago. After nearly three hours of deliberations,...
Injury reported in rollover wreck along Melwood Road in Allegheny Township
Fire, police and medics responded to the scene of a rollover crash in Allegheny Township early Wednesday afternoon, according to authorities. The crash was reported at 12:43 p.m. along Melwood Road near Pounds Turkey Farm, according to a Westmoreland County 911 supervisor. The driver reportedly suffered an injury but did...
The Stroller, Jan. 26, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your events, club meetings and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Salvation Army needs volunteers for food service canteens The Salvation Army in New Kensington is looking for volunteers to work at its...
Pittsburgh man charged with mid-December shooting at Waterworks mall
A Pittsburgh man has been charged in a Dec. 14 shooting that caused panic at The Waterworks mall and damaged an occupied car parked outside Walmart. John Hayden, 21, is charged by Pittsburgh police with aggravated assault, propulsion of missiles, criminal mischief, a firearms violation and two counts each of...
Fists fly at ‘Winter Mayhem’ boxing card in Harmar
In the perpetual cross-state rivalry between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, the City of Brotherly Love came out on top over the weekend, as Philly boxer Avery Sparrow bested the Steel City’s Matt “Sweet Child” Conway to win the International Boxing Association Super Featherweight and Pennsylvania state title. Sparrow (11-3, 4 KOs)...
Butler family promotes the joys of hosting foreign exchange students, seeks more hosts
It didn’t take long for Kathryn Smail and her family to decide to be a host family for a high school foreign exchange student — four days, in fact. And before long, they were taking in one student after another. Now the Smails, who live in Butler, are spreading the...
Police: New Kensington man charged with dealing drugs after crack cocaine found during traffic stop
Police are accusing a New Kensington man of being a drug dealer after officers said they found more than half an ounce of crack cocaine while he was being searched following a traffic stop. John Lavell Hawkins, 34, of Ridge Avenue was charged by New Kensington police with a felony...
Witness: Man fired pistol at twins from barstool at Woodpecker’s in Upper Burrell
A bartender testified Tuesday that Daniel Moles sipped bourbon at Woodpeckers Pub and Grub in Upper Burrell for several hours on the evening of Nov. 13 and chatted with customers before aiming a pistol at twin brothers seated across the bar and firing two shots, killing one of them. District...
Ringer’s get first-step in dog daycare approval, more permitting necessary
Harrison business owner Kim Ringer got first-step approval from the township commissioners on Monday in her pursuit to operate a dog day care and boarding service from her Freeport Road retail space. The commissioners voted 5-0 to rezone the property from B-1 to S-1, allowing pet day care services. Ringer...
The Stroller, Jan. 25, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your events, club meetings and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Free tax preparation available for seniors AARP Tax volunteers will provide free tax preparation services for senior citizens Wednesdays Feb. 9 through...
Fawn resident opens lash, brow business in Harrison
In her 14 years of being a licensed cosmetologist, Megan Keener never imagined she would open her own business. That was until an opportunity presented itself when the owner of SEK Accounting, where Keener gets her taxes done, told her a space was available in the building where the business...
1 person taken to hospital with head injury following 2-vehicle crash in Springdale
One person was taken to the hospital following a two-vehicle crash Monday morning in Springdale Borough, according to police. The crash was reported shortly before 11:30 a.m. near the intersection of Pittsburgh and James streets, police said. The driver of one of the vehicles was transported to a local hospital...
Trial begins for Greensburg man charged with attempted murder of New Kensington cops
New Kensington detective Sam Long told a Westmoreland County jury the shots came suddenly as he and two other investigators circled a block in an unmarked white van on the lookout for man wanted for attempted murder. “We circled again and were on Kenneth Avenue when I saw legs, then...
Cops add felony witness intimidation charge to Butler County man accused of beating, strangling woman
A Butler County man is accused of sending threatening text messages to a woman while he was awaiting a preliminary hearing on felony charges that he punched and strangled her, according to Buffalo Township police. Bradley Borg, 32, of Bessemer Avenue, Butler Township, initially was charged with two felony counts...
Famed Replacements, Guns N’ Roses bassist Tommy Stinson coming to Tarentum
A small venue in a small town like Tarentum is not necessarily the place where you would expect to find a musician of Tommy Stinson’s stature making a tour stop. But on Tuesday night, the former Replacements and Guns N’ Roses bassist will play an intimate, acoustic show at Dry...
Police: Allegheny Township woman teamed up with man from Ghana to bilk $7K from couple
An Allegheny Township woman is accused of stealing $7,000 from a Texas couple using a fake credit card she got from a man in Africa she met on an internet dating site, according to investigators with the state Attorney General’s Office. Julie Marie Williams, 35, of Sandalwood Drive, was charged...
Armstrong County humane officer helps create ‘action network’ of shelters to deal with animal hoarding
Chris O’Donnell was only two months into her job as a state humane officer for Armstrong County before she realized that none of the local rescue shelters were equipped to handle a case of abuse or neglect involving a large number of animals. A specific case she responded to on...
Leechburg police charge man with drunken driving with kid in car
Leechburg police charged a man with drunken driving while his 10-year-old daughter was in the car. Jared K. Koeller, 43, of McKean Street in Kittanning, faces a felony charge of endangering the welfare of a child along with five other charges, including reckless endangerment, driving under the influence and traffic...
Southbound Route 28 reopens in Harmar following crash
Southbound Route 28 is open again after being closed for about two hours because of a crash. A multi-vehicle crash was reported around 7:50 a.m., an Allegheny County 911 dispatcher said. The number of vehicles involved was not immediately known. The crash location was just after the southbound on-ramp from...
The Stroller, Jan. 24, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your events, club meetings and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Knead Community Café welcomes donations Knead Community Café, New Kensington, is accepting donations to help the daily operation of the café, 1011...
Pandemic pushes innovation for student registration at Burrell
When multiple families attended in-person registration for kindergarten at Burrell School District every January, the process took several days. That was pre-pandemic. Now, it takes 10 minutes of in-person time at the school. Before the pandemic, parents met with the principal, school nurse and district employees handling the registration paperwork....
Hot Topic closes Pittsburgh Mills store
The Hot Topic store at the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills welcomed customers for a final day of shopping before permanently closing on Sunday. The closure was announced Jan. 14 on the store’s Facebook page. According to the announcement, the store was not conducting “any deep sales or all-must-go sale and...
Valley High alumni volunteers sought to be career coaches to today’s students
Ron Eckman Jr. took off from New Kensington and 25 years later landed in Las Vegas. Eckman, 48, enlisted in the Air Force after graduating from Valley High School in 1991. He was an aircraft electrician, working on fighter jets at bases around the world and even traveled with the...
Historical cemetery in Westmoreland, where Revolutionary War hero rests, launches effort to restore fallen tombstones
At St. James Lutheran Cemetery, one of Bell Township’s oldest graveyards, more than 40 tombstones have fallen over. The patina and names have faded. The cursive writing engraved on some of the oldest stones is there but barely visible. Some stones are so old, they have been wiped clean of...
