Ford City News

A Westmoreland County man is in jail awaiting a preliminary hearing on charges that he solicited sex last month from a 12-year-old girl after he first posed as a female in text messages to the child.

Ford City group sponsors Meadows trip The Ford City Senior Center is sponsoring a trip to the Meadows on Aug.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. That's how Jim Solak, the race director of the Ford City Heritage Days 5K Run/Walk, feels about the event he's been running for more than two decades.

As a precautionary measure, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced that Crooked Creek Lake Tunnelville Swim Beach is temporarily closed and will remain closed for the remainder of June.

Mitch Fryer can be reached via e-mail or at 724-543-1303, ext. 1342. ndrea Kaczor's phone never stops ringing.

The Indiana Pops Concert Band will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. Sunday in Mack Park near the ice rink.

Applications are still available for Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program, and the deadline has been extended to Dec.

Red Cross seeks more volunteers The American Red Cross, Armstrong County Chapter, needs volunteers to help victims during local disasters such as flooding and house fires.

Mitch Fryer can be reached via e-mail or at 724-543-1303, ext. 1342. There will soon be a lot more elbow room in District Judge Gary DeComo's Ford City courtroom.

Rex Rutkoski can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4664. As a musician, Joe Riskosky says, there are certain places you play that just give you a good feeling -- "it's just fun." The Waves of Thunder motorcycle show in Kittanning definitely is one of those places says The Remedy guitarist.

West Kittanning fire department, along with Kittanning Hose Company 6 ambulance, responded to a report of a vehicle accident with entrapment at 316 First Ave.

USDA Farm Service Agency Armstrong County Executive Director Edward O. Huston II has announced that farmer and rancher candidate nominations will begin on Monday for local Farm Service Agency county committees.

Dayton farmer Joe Hooks has seen a lot of senior citizens stretch their dollars by combining vouchers provided by the state for locally grown fruits and vegetables.

Cooper Cabin hosts June programs Cooper Cabin Pioneer Homestead will be open 1-4 p.m. Sunday and again June 28 for a program and docent-led tours of the cabin and grounds.

A year after winning his first track points championship at Lernerville Speedway, Kittanning native Bob Egley is again near the top of the standings at the Sarver track.

United States Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan announced today, June 4, 2009, that on June 2, 2009, John Joseph Burke a resident of Ford City, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh to 168 months imprisonment followed by supervised release for life on his conviction of violating federal child pornography laws.

It all happened in a second. Ford City junior Haley Gabor released the swinging arm of a trebuchet and a small wooden ball was launched from a sling, hitting a bullseye in her physics classroom.

Borough council is on the verge of having an ordinance for governing the maintenance of rental properties within the community.

Jennings Center marks hiking week Jennings Environmental Education Center, Slippery Rock, celebrates Hiking Week with an invitation to venture into the early morning dew at 6 a.m. Friday.

Nationally recognized evangelist, author and inspirational speaker Mark Cahill says he is coming to Ford City next week to teach people how to get into conversations about their faith.