Ford Cliff News

A woodburning stove ignited a fire which damaged a trailer on Pony Farm Road around noon Monday.

Peter Robert Pastoria, 53, of Sarver was pronounced dead from blunt force trauma after he apparently jumped off the northbound bridge over Buffalo Creek along Route 28 between 6:30 and 7 a.m. Friday.

Manor Township, Ford City and Ford Cliff fire departments responded to a vehicle accident at the intersection of Pleasantview Drive and Rose St.

Matthew Franklin Faulkner, 37, of 121 Church Road, Kittanning, was arrested and jailed after he assaulted Jennifer Faulkner, 33, of the same address, at 4:48 p.m. Monday.

Warmer than usual temperatures and sunshine has led to more than a half dozen brush fires over the weekend.

Armstrong YMCA plans fall race The Armstrong County YMCA hosts the 10K Fall Classic Race and a 5K Run/Walk at 9 a.m. Nov.

Those wishing to participate are asked to leave their porch lights on. * North Buffalo trick or treat will be held 6-8 p.m. Wednesday.

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Fire officials are trying to figure out what sparked a fire Sunday morning in the garage of a building at Crooked Creek Park.

Fire destroyed a 30-foot by 50-foot wooden structure at the former Boylstein's Kennels along Route 66 at 4:48 a.m. Monday.

Apollo Hose Cos. 2 and 3 responded to a vehicle accident along North Warren Avenue at 11:26 a.m. Thursday.

Great Race videos Testimony is expected to continue at an undetermined date in the preliminary hearing of a Westmoreland County man accused of sending sexually explicit messages to a 12-year-old Ford Cliff girl.

The following people were committed to the Armstrong County Jail on Thursday, according to jail records: * Jesse Allen Nolder, 22, of 316 Ferndale St., Ford Cliff, by the probation office, on a probation violation.

Cacurak continues studies abroad Julie Ann Cacurak, daughter of Jim and Jane Cacurak, granddaughter of Mary Cacurak, all of Ford Cliff, and the late Joseph Cacurak and the late Barbara and George Yount, is advancing her collegiate education in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and Paris, France, for the duration of the summer.

U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha, , will host a telephone town hall from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday for 40,000 households in Allegheny, Armstrong, Indiana, and Westmoreland counties.

A retail theft charge is pending against April M. Linnen, 29, of Rural Valley, after she took $47.88 in merchandise from Wal-Mart at 2:38 p.m. Friday.

Renatta Signorini can be reached via e-mail or at 724-543-1303, ext. 1319. Town and Country Transit will start the 2009-10 fiscal year about $30,000 in the hole.

A South Huntingdon man was jailed Wednesday after he allegedly attempted to lure a 12-year-old girl for sex via text messages over his cell phone.

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.

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.