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The Stroller, May 7, 2024: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Open house Wednesday at Apollo library. First-timers and regular patrons...
Building the Valley: Simply Sisters Bakery making Vandergrift a little sweeter
When they were growing up, sisters Karen Johnston and Paula Cunningham would bake cookies in their Easy Bake Oven. In November, after getting family members hooked on their cookie trays, they bought a shoebox space in Vandergrift and went after their dream. Simply Sisters Bakery opened on April 3. Each...
Expect fog in part of Pennsylvania Monday morning
The National Weather Service issued a weather alert at 6:30 a.m. on Monday for fog until 9 a.m. for Westmoreland Ridges and Higher Elevations of Indiana as well as Mercer, Venango, Forest, Lawrence, Butler, Clarion, Beaver, Allegheny, Armstrong, Washington, Westmoreland and Indiana counties. "Areas of fog that have developed across...
PSP: Indiana County man led police on chase, caught with drugs
INDIANA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Blairsville man was arrested after leading troopers on a vehicle and foot pursuit and was then caught with a large amount of suspected methamphetamine. Jacob Isaiah Hankinson, 24, was charged with a felony count of manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture and deliver after he was allegedly […]
DNA leads to arrest of Pennsylvania man 14 years after gas station robbery
INDIANA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — DNA led to the arrest of a Pennsylvania man nearly 14 years after a gas station robbery in Indiana County. Alexander Theodule Pelletier, 32, of Williamsport, was charged April 30 for a robbery that happened Sept. 17, 2010 thanks to DNA evidence, according to state police out of the county. […]
These are the top Southwestern Indiana high school athletes for May 6-11
The Courier & Press will highlight the top high school performances each night this spring. Here are the best from the week of May 6-11. Do you have an athlete in mind from our coverage area? Send nominees, with stats, to Kyle Sokeland and Treasure Washington by email at ksokeland@gannett.com and twashington@gannett.com, or on...
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