Faces of the Valley: Buffalo Township teen earns prize in World War II essay contest
Logan Smith, 13, said he didn’t know much about the Battle of Midway in World War II before he began to pen an essay about it earlier this year. But the Buffalo Township teen said he read up on the fight and submitted his text to the American Battle Monuments...
Hope and doubt mingle as Leechburg Area announces taxation solution
Madeline Kilgore has lived in West Leechburg since January 2019. “When we first moved in, our taxes were high,” said Kilgore, 29. “As the years went on, they went up and up and up.” “From the time we moved here to now, we’ve had a $1,000 increase (in property taxes),”...
The Stroller, Oct. 12, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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CMU expert on AI: There’s a constant battle between disinformation and those thwarting it
Artificial intelligence helped U.S. Treasury officials recover about
$1 billion from check fraudsters in 2024. It also is the latest tool in the disinformation toolbox, used to create false stories, images and video. Kathleen Carley, a professor in Carnegie Mellon University’s Software and Societal Systems Department, laid out the good...
Public welcome at meeting on future of Agan Park, Riddle Run area
The Agan Park Joint Recreation Board and Rachel Carson Trails Conservancy want the public’s thoughts on the future of the Riddle Run woodlands. The two groups plan to hold their first meeting Thursday, Oct. 23, to solicit ideas for potential outdoor recreation opportunities and small-scale development. Riddle Run is small...
State senator: Don’t let Monroeville Mall become Century III
State Sen. Nick Pisciottano is happy to see Walmart’s plans for the Monroeville Mall property because it’s not the only mall in his district to face tough times. The 45th Senatorial District also included Century III Mall in West Mifflin. That mall’s last tenant closed its doors in 2020 and...
Plans to raze Monroeville Mall surprise industry leaders
Monroeville Mall has inspired a book and is featured in movies, including George Romero’s “Dawn of the Dead.” That prominence may not spare it from demolition. A state funding request made public last week indicates its owner, Walmart, plans to tear down and rebuild on the property it bought in...
Westmoreland County marriage licenses
These marriage licenses were issued by the Westmoreland County Register of Wills Office: • Cody James Dovicsak of Trafford and Lily Jane Ekis of Butler. • Trevor Charles Renfro and Rachel Lee Caldwell, both of Phoenix. • Taylor Chase Hoffman and Ashley Nicole Edmondson, both of Irwin. • Gregory Sage...
Westmoreland happenings: Pancake breakfasts, support group, Oktoberfest dinner, more
Church News • Christ Lutheran Church, 302 Vine St., West Newton, will sponsor “Kids of the Kingdom of Christ,” a free program for children in prekindergarten through fourth grade from noon to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 18 at the church. Children must be accompanied by an adult. There will be a...
2 killed in St. Clair Township crash
Two people died after a crash Saturday in St. Clair Township, authorities said. The crash in the area of Route 711 and Robb Road, east of New Florence, was reported around 4:15 p.m. State police said Ronald R. Drylie, 73, of Bolivar was driving a GMC Sierra north on Route...
Allegheny County 911 operators credited with saving 2 drivers from fiery crash
Multiple Allegheny County 911 dispatchers who had just ended their shifts were credited with saving two drivers from a fiery crash on eastbound Interstate 376 in Robinson early Saturday. The crash on the inbound highway, between the Summit Park Drive bridge and the interchange for Routes 22/30 and 60, Exit...
Apartment fire displaces 21 in Pittsburgh’s Banksville neighborhood
Nearly two dozen people are out of their homes after a fire Saturday morning in Pittsburgh’s Banksville neighborhood, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. Firefighters responded around 10:50 a.m. to the fire in the 400 block of Mapleview Drive. The fire, believed to have started in an apartment bedroom, produced heavy...
Fort Ligonier Days parade: ‘Family tradition’ for generations
Ligonier native Debbie Castellan was watching the Fort Ligonier Days parade Saturday with her daughter, granddaughter and great-grandson, while reminiscing what the parade was like growing up in the 1950s and 1960s. “It was, like, 15 minutes long. We’d walk down the street and come back home,” said Castellan, a...
Potato slingshot adds new fun for kids, adults at Leechburg’s Fall Festival
A homemade slingshot and 200 pounds of potatoes made for a good time for young and old alike at Leechburg’s Fall Festival on Saturday. “Amazing. Loved it,” said Gretchen Bailey, of Parks Township, after she fired some spuds into the Kiski River. “I never launched potatoes into a river.” This...
Hunter dies after fall from tree stand in Washington Township
A hunter died after falling from a tree stand Friday in Washington Township, authorities said. Kent David Horrell, 64, died early Friday afternoon, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said Saturday. Horrell was a resident of Washington Township. He died at AHN Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, according to his obituary...
New airport terminal ‘built by Pittsburghers, for Pittsburghers’Video
The Pittsburgh region has a new front door. A ceremony to unveil the new terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport was held Saturday. Local, state and federal officials joined airport leadership to the celebrate the $1.7 billion modernization project at the facility in Findlay. “The building design was always aspirational,” said...
Pittsburgh officer hit by vehicle during police pursuit involving stolen car, 4 suspects in custody
A Pittsburgh police officer suffered head injuries Saturday after being hit by a car that had been reported stolen, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. According to police, reports of the stolen vehicle were received around 10 a.m. A license plate reader detected it entering the department’s Zone 1, which covers...
Man killed in crash on Darlington Road, Ligonier Township
A man was killed in a Saturday morning crash on Darlington Road in Ligonier Township. Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson identified the man as Mark Maley, 65. The crash was reported around 11 a.m., a Westmoreland County Public Safety supervisor said. According to Darlington fire Chief Kurt Rose, Maley was...
Bridge preservation, inspection to trigger traffic restrictions on Routes 30, 136 in Westmoreland
Eastbound motorists on Route 30 in Hempfield will be subject to a nightly single-lane restriction beginning Monday, Oct. 13 as a PennDOT contractor works on the Route 130 bridge over the highway. The traffic restriction will be in place from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. between the eastbound exit ramp...
Woman arrested after Pittsburgh carjacking, police chase and crash into a Downtown hotel
A woman who allegedly carjacked a vehicle in Pittsburgh’s North Side was arrested Friday after fleeing from Pittsburgh police in the stolen vehicle, traveling across the Allegheny River and hitting the exterior of the Omni William Penn Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh, police said. The incident began when police received a...
Haunted Guyasuta kicks off Halloween season with thrills and chills
The wooded grounds of Camp Guyasuta in O’Hara will be the setting for hair-raising Halloween frights. Zombies, ghosts and goblins will fill the 175-acre campus for the 16th annual Haunted Guyasuta celebration, with family-friendly fun followed by spine-chilling scares later in the night. “Every year we look forward to sharing...
The Stroller, Oct. 11, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Police say Unity man arrested after incident at personal care home
A Unity man was arrested this week after state police said he broke into a personal care home, threatened a worker and demanded she perform a sex act, according to court papers. The worker told police she heard footsteps around 2 a.m. Sept. 25 inside Kelly’s II Personal Care Home...
Fugitive taken into custody in Penn Hills as part of FBI drug trafficking investigation Thursday
FBI agents took a fugitive into custody as they were executing a search warrant at a Penn Hills home Thursday. Sean Daniels was the target of an investigation into drug trafficking in Allegheny County, according to federal court documents. Investigators executed the search warrant at about 12:45 p.m. at a...
Burrell holds successful Pink Out game to raise money, awareness to battle breast cancer
The Burrell School District community held a special event Friday that went well beyond playing a football game. The district called for a Pink Out game, in which fans were encouraged to wear pink in support of the Change for Cancer campaign. The campaign raises money for research and awareness...
