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Highland Hose firefighters mark 50 years of service
Dave Torrence vividly remembers his first fire call in 1974 with the Highland Hose Volunteer Fire Company — it was the night he joined the Tarentum department. “I got in bed and the whistle blew,” said Torrence, 72, a lifelong borough resident. “I just thought, ‘Here we go.’ ”
Search of Vandergrift home results in 2 arrests, police say narcotics recovered
A pair of Vandergrift residents face several drug charges after borough police and Westmoreland County detectives raided their Delaware Avenue home early Thursday. Kaeona Booker, 26, and Eugene Iagnemma, 54, were taken into custody after law enforcement executed a search warrant and seized “several items related to drug activity,” according to the police report.
Westmoreland high school notebook: Softball tripleheader on tap at Gateway
Local softball fans will get a treat Wednesday if they make a trip to Monroeville. There will be a playoff tripleheader at Gateway. Penn-Trafford will play Thomas Jefferson at 3 p.m. in one WPIAL 5A semifinal, followed by Hempfield and Norwin at 5 in a 6A semifinals, and Latrobe faces Thomas Jefferson at 7 in the other 5A semifinal.
Plum foundation honoring junior firefighter awards scholarship
A foundation created to remember a teen from Plum has awarded its first scholarship to a junior firefighter graduating from the borough’s school district. Jennifer Martinez created The Mark Matesic Memorial Foundation shortly after her 16-year-old son died by suicide in March 2022. Fascinated with trucks, especially firetrucks, since...
Video captures funnel cloud forming in Harrison City
HARRISON CITY, Pa. — New video from a viewer in Harrison City shows a funnel cloud forming during a Tornado Warning Friday. The video from Pat Regan shows dark clouds beginning to swirl into a funnel near Hyland Road. Warnings began to come in from the National Weather Service...
The Stroller, May 20, 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. Anniversary celebration set at Concordia at Rebecca. Concordia at Rebecca...
Indiana softball's bats go quiet in season-ending NCAA tournament loss to Missouri
Indiana softball went into the NCAA tournament with an imposing lineup featuring seven hitters with a .300 or better batting average. Those bats went silent on Saturday night in a 5-1 loss to Missouri that ended the Hoosiers (40-20) season in the Columbia Regional. Missouri ace Laurin Krings only allowed four hits over six-plus...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week for May 18, 2024
Trib HSSN softball team of the week – Latrobe Wildcats. Coach: Bob Kovalcin (fourth season in second term, 13th season overall) #Earned: Latrobe did not have a lot of momentum coming into the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. The Wildcats finished in third place in Section 2-5A behind Armstrong and Penn-Trafford, lost their final two games and were 3-5 to close out the regular season. But the team kicked it into gear big time last week as the tournament’s No. 11 seed. On Monday, Latrobe eliminated the defending champions, No. 6 Trinity, 5-1. Up next on Wednesday, the Wildcats had to deal with No. 3 West Allegheny, a team that was the only school in the classification to score over 200 runs. The Indians were held to only four runs in the quarterfinals as Latrobe pulled off its second eyebrow-raiser of the postseason, 5-4. The wins lifted the Wildcats over .500 at 11-10 overall.
It's all love for Kiski Area High School's new tennis courts
After dealing with a web of cracks and faded lines for years, Kiski Area High School tennis players have a home court they can be proud of. The Kiski Area School District unveiled five restored tennis courts May 8 with a U.S. Open-style blue and green color palette. The courts are open to the public.
Chartiers Valley still looking for superintendent as candidate withdraws name
Deanna Fink and Michelle Jesko drove to the Chartiers Valley School Board meeting Tuesday from Saltsburg to watch the CV board consider action on hiring its superintendent, Philip Martell of the River Valley School District. “We were excited he was going to move on from (River Valley),” Jesko said.
Seton Hill baseball team earns berth in Atlantic Super Regional against IUP
A team from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West Division will be heading to the NCAA Division II World Series. Will it be West Division champion Seton Hill or runner-up Indiana?. The teams will square off in a best-of-three series at the Atlantic Super Regional beginning Friday at either Seton...
Burrell baseball team seeks another playoff upset
Being a double-digit seed and winning in the playoffs has become a theme for Burrell this school year. The Bucs boys basketball team made a run to the WPIAL finals as an 11 seed, and after pulling off an upset over No. 3 Mt. Pleasant in the first round, the 14th-seeded Burrell baseball team will look to make a similar journey.
Penn Hills notebook: Hurdler gets redemption with WPIAL gold
Achan Green’s redemption story happened right at Slippery Rock University on May 15. Green missed out on qualifying for states last year due to an injury he suffered at the WPIAL Class 3A track championships. But Green was healthy this year and took advantage while competing at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.
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