Tarentum News

Olivia Phillips has been suspicious for years about how the couple who adopted her grandchildren spent the orphans' $1 million trust.

Police in Allegheny County said they've arrested a woman in connection with a Tarentum arson case that sent her, and her two children, to the hospital.

Share + Nov 3, 2009 5:43 pm US/Eastern TARENTUM A woman has been charged after a fire broke out at a home in Tarentum that sent her and two children to the hospital early Monday morning.

Two Nov. 3 election winners will not be taking office in January. Mayor James Wolfe won re-election in Tarentum and long-time Freeport Mayor Bob Ravotti also won Tuesday night.

A woman rescued from her burning Tarentum duplex told detectives she started the blaze herself, pouring gasoline throughout the home while her children slept inside.

Share + Nov 4, 2009 8:14 am US/Eastern TARENTUM, Pa. A woman rescued from a burning duplex near Pittsburgh has been charged with setting the fire in an attempt to kill herself and two children.

Two likely winners in Tuesday's municipal elections will not take office in January.

Allegheny County police have charged a Tarentum mother with setting her Bakerstown Road home on fire early Monday morning in an attempt to kill herself and two young children.

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A fire in Tarentum sent three people to the hospital early Monday morning. The fire broke out at about 12:30 a.m. at a duplex on the 1100 block of Bakerstown Road.

PennDOT will close the northbound Route 28 ramps leading into and out of Tarentum for two weeks next month.

By George Guido , FOR THE VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Last updated: 8:26 am The comprehensive Natrona Revitalization Plan is nearly ready for publication.

An Armstrong County man today was arrested after he crashed his car in Tarentum during a police chase that started after a robbery in Harrison.

The seat for 1st Ward council member is the lone council race being contested in the Nov.

A police chase ended with a car crashing into a popular Tarentum business Thursday.

Share + Oct 21, 2009 9:49 pm US/Eastern TARENTUM Some people have been seeing lots of ladybugs around their homes lately.

By Brian C. Rittmeyer , VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Last updated: 9:15 am It's getting cold out there, and people aren't the only ones looking for a place to keep warm.

A woman and her three dogs escaped uninjured in a fast-moving blaze Tuesday morning that destroyed her Brackenridge Avenue home.

Many drivers and bus riders face major changes in Downtown traffic patterns starting this morning.

The township will be signing on to a regional brownfields assessment program. Commissioners on Tuesday night agreed to become the eighth Alle-Kiski Valley municipality to take part in a toxic waste study of riverfront towns.