Kittanning News

Downtown Indiana and the Jimmy Stewart Museum will inaugurate new pedestrian crossing announcements featuring the voice of Rich Little as Jimmy Stewart at noon Thursday at Renda Broadcasting Headquarters at the corner of Ninth and Philadelphia streets.

South Buffalo and Freeport fire departments responded to a brush fire near the intersection of Sipes and McVille roads at 2:29 p.m. Wednesday.

Kittanning will move from Class AA to AAA for the 2010 football season, according to the PIAA's new enrollment parameters, which were released Monday.

Hundreds of rotting deer carcasses in a southwestern Pennsylvania yard are causing a stink among the neighbors.

The following people were committed to the Armstrong County Jail on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, according to jail records: * Jonathan Matthew Rearick, 18, of 366 Second St., Leechburg, by the court on a bench warrant for failure to appear.

Share + Nov 14, 2009 6:05 pm US/Eastern KITTANNING State police in Armstrong County are searching for a suspect following a bank robbery Friday.

The McCain House in Kittanning, home of the Armstrong County Historical Museum, is getting an overhaul.

Kittanning and Ford City police departments were among 82 police departments recognized by AAA for their community traffic safety efforts, according to a news release issued Thursday.

Share + Nov 13, 2009 1:27 am US/Eastern KITTATANNING New statistics have been released that show the number of Americans who have died from H1N1 is about four times higher than originally thought.

Christmas is arriving early all over Kittanning, as a local churches prepare to serve as a collection points for Operation Christmas Child.

Drivers using Route 268 and Butler Road in West Kittanning are being asked to be aware of nighttime work that will occur at that intersection Thursday night.

The following reports were issued by the Kittanning Borough Police Department: * Bryant Yeaples, 18, of 403 N. McKean St., was cited for criminal trespass and criminal mischief after he damaged a door at 907 Johnston Ave.

John Marty MS, DPM, FACFAS was named as one of the awardees of Temple University Gallery of Success Awards on Oct.

The second annual Kittanning Junior High School fall fest will be held 5:30-8:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Kittanning Junior High School gymnasium, 210 N. McKean St., Kittanning.

What: 'Radio T.B.S. ' When: 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday Admission: $10; $8 for age 12 and younger, and 65 and older Details: 724-763-3680; online Tickets on sale at the door and at Quality Inn Royle, Butler Road, West Kittanning, and Baer Beauty, Fourth Ave., Ford City Directions: Route 422 West toward Butler.

Borough council tabled its current annual contribution of $9,817.50 to Town and Country Transit and requested a meeting with the general manager to air concerns regarding the agency's operations.

Armstrong School District H1N1 vaccine clinics will be open from 5-8 p.m. at the following locations: Tuesday -- Ford City High School, for Lenape, Kittanning Township and Ford City students Wednesday -- West Shamokin High School, for West Shamokin, Shannock Valley, Elderton and Dayton students Thursday -- Kittanning High School, for Kittanning and ...

Renatta Signorini can be reached via e-mail or at 724-543-1303, ext. 1319. Learning about Kittanning's past and people was the most interesting part of putting together a photographic timeline of the borough's beginnings for writer Diane Acerni.

Higher than average accident statistics and less-than-perfect lines of sight have led PennDOT to come up with three options for fixing a two-mile stretch of Route 422.

Armstrong School District administrators are looking at ways to recoup a $543,000 shortfall they had planned on receiving this year.