Templeton News

Simple assault: A township man was charged Friday after he allegedly threatened several adults with a loaded .357-caliber revolver.

BCCC lists spring graduates The following area students graduated from Butler County Community College on May 19.

An Ohio man was scheduled to be arraigned today on charges of robbery, simple assault, retail theft and harassment after he allegedly used pepper spray on Wal-Mart employees and a customer Friday during an attempt to steal cameras from the Hilltop Plaza store.

''Dragonflies' author to visit Jennnings Center Cynthia Berger, author of "Wild Guide: Dragonflies," will visit Jennings Environmental Education Center in Slippery Rock at 2 p.m. Sunday.

Renatta Signorini can be reached via e-mail or at 724-543-1303, ext. 1319. Almost five new families sign up each month to get help at a Ford City food pantry, said coordinator Grace Woodside.

The following people were committed to the Armstrong County Jail on Sunday and Monday, according to jail records: * Randy Dean McGuire Jr., 19, of 321 Third St., Leechburg, by District Judge Michael Gerheim, on charges of simple assault and harassment.

The following were committed to the Armstrong County Jail on Wednesday and Thursday, according to jail records: * Richard Elwood Myers Jr., 50, of 227 Allegheny Ave., Templeton, by District Judge Gary DeComo on a charge of receiving stolen property.

Pennsylvania Youth Theatre presents one of its most enchanting productions ever with ''Charlotte's Web,'' the musical version of E.B. White's classic story about the friendship between a spider and a pig.

Karen Bowser, personal care aide, was named 'Helpmates Inc. 2008 Employee of the Year on Feb.

East Franklin Fire Department responded for a fire hydrant that had been hit and was spraying water on Cherry Orchard Avenue at 11:33 a.m. Friday.

West Kittanning Fire Department responded to wires down at 1135 Freeport Road at 8:26 a.m. Thursday.

The following people were committed to the Armstrong County Jail on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, according to jail records: * Allen Michael Kimmel, 27, 352 Grant St., Indiana, by the court; held for court.

A 15-year-old Bruin male, not otherwise identified by police was cited for disorderly conduct after he caused numerous problems while being transported on a school bus between Adelphoi School in Kittanning to ...

Jarid Huth, 31, of Kittanning was committed to the Armstrong County jail by District Judge J. Gary DeComo in lieu of $20,000 bond after he fought with police at the scene of a two-car accident Sunday.

A mailbox, owned by Clyde R. Kinney, was damaged at 429 Elbow Run Road between 4 p.m. Tuesday and 4 p.m. Wednesday.

A Pennsylvania bar association panel is giving favorable recommendations to seven prospective candidates for the state appellate courts in this year's judicial races.

A 78-year-old Kittanning man faces aggravated assault charges after he opened fire on two government employees who tried to clean up his property today, chasing them down a hill as he tried to fire more rounds, ...

When Detective Donald E. Hopple Jr. looks at two recent fires, he sees a lot of similarities: both were in garages, began in the early morning and occurred in Windsor Township.

Kittanning police and Hose Company 6 ambulance crew members were called to a Johnston Avenue residence at 3:45 p.m. Sunday where a person was reported to have accidentally shot himself while cleaning a gun.

Police are investigating an early morning fire that leveled an old wooden barn in Windsor Township.