Kittanning News

The need for free Thanksgiving dinners may be up this year -- volunteers at the New Life Center Church on Monday night saw about 40 more diners than last year.

Kittanning police are investigating several incidents that occurred within blocks of Kittanning Junior High School on Wednesday while students were walking to class between 7 and 7:20 a.m. Principal Timothy Sedgwick reported to police that a male in an older model small red Chevy pickup approached several students and asked "inappropriate questions ...

The Kittanning Senior High School Gymnasium will now be known as "Lt. Charles T. Hutchison Memorial Gymnasium." Armstrong School District directors voted unanimously Monday night to name the gym after Lt.

A hospital should be able to ban unhealthy practices on its premises, Armstrong County Memorial Hospital contends in a federal lawsuit filed Monday.

U.S. Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper, D-Erie, announced that Kittanning Hose Company 6 received a $57,286 general equipment and personal protective equipment grant from the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant.

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.