Vandergrift News

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.

The following people were committed to the Armstrong County Jail on Saturday and Sunday, according to jail records: * Eric Tyrone Whiting, 27, of 1153 Laurel Drive, Vandergrift, by the probation office on a probation violation for failure to abstain from alcohol.

Sometime around 10 tonight, an escape hatch from the stress and problems of the real world will close for good in the Allegheny Valley.

A memorial marks the short-cut where Sheila Singer and her son, John, died Friday.

The Cheswick Theatre has been a mainstay in entertaining Alle-Kiski Valley residents through six decades.

Boosting Vandergrift's LaBelle Vue Road sewage project costs by adding a 5 percent contingency fee will not happen until borough officials confer with Allegheny Township officials.

The following people were committed to the Armstrong County Jail on Monday and Tuesday, according to jail records: * Richard Lee Little, 27, of 304 Northern Ave., Kittanning, by District Judge James Owen, on charges of simple assault and harassment.

Two men have been sentenced for their role in a ring that distributed steroids in western Pennsylvania and elsewhere.

Lawrence Christopher Clemons Jr., 38, of 1108 Fifth Ave., Ford City, was charged this week in connection with an armed robbery at the Famous Footwear store in the Hilltop Plaza just before 8 p.m. Sept.

Kiski Valley residents used to traveling to Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison for services such as X-rays and blood work will soon have a shorter trip.

In an unrelated police call, Allegheny Township police were called to investigate a possibly rabid raccoon.

Charlie Ban is a freelance writer for the Valley News Dispatch. While the NAACP prepares to celebrate its 100th birthday, the Alle-Kiski branch of the storied organization is focusing on youth.

Cyberhomes employed two factors in determining where in the country buyers can find good homes and good schools.

The last of three men wanted for a Sept. 4 carjacking and kidnapping in Vandergrift is in custody.

Borough police are charging a Ford City man with robbing a Vandergrift convenience store after they found clothes he allegedly wore discarded in the trash outside of the house where he was staying.

Following two more arrests, the Lawrence Township Police Department reported today that they have concluded their investigation into a Sept.

Police are searching for a man who robbed a Vandergrift convenience store early Monday morning.

Armed Robbery. Armed Robbery, BMA w/small handgun took cigs in garbage bag. LS on Sherman Ave.

A search is under way for an armed robber in one Westmoreland County community. Police said just after 2:30 a.m. a man robbed the B-Z Mart on Sarragut Avenue in Vandergrift.

Lance: The Regional Asset District Board. Reason No. 4,781 of why we hate the RAD Board -- kowtowing to wealthy communities.