A woman crashed her car into a house while fleeing from police early Thursday in New Kensington, police said in a criminal complaint. Her young son was in the back seat of the car, which caught fire after the crash. The boy, whose age was not given, suffered a bloody...

Sarah Zimmerman Tuthill calls them gathering boards. They are more than meats and cheese and fruits and vegetables artistically arranged on a wooden board. Charcuterie boards are the vehicle which brings people together to share food but more importantly to gather for celebrations of sharing special life moments. Charcuterie is...

Foxwall EMS, the main ambulance company of Fox Chapel and Aspinwall, has launched its annual subscription drive. Mailers were sent out this month to homes and apartments in both boroughs. The company saw a 22% return on the thousands of subscription forms that were sent out last year. The drive...

Aspinwall will honor military personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice with a parade and service on Memorial Day. Festivities will begin with a flyover and service at 11 a.m. May 27 outside American Legion Post 77 along Commercial Avenue. There will be a color guard and a 21-gun salute along...

The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh is applauding the capture of a Lower Burrell man accused of disrupting church services across the region, including at churches in New Kensington and Freeport. Wendell Hissrich, the diocese’s director of safety and security and former Pittsburgh public safety director, said that, given the climate...

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. Free picnic planned Saturday by Fun and Freedom Fun and Freedom...

New tennis courts and a revamped track are among the projects in the tentative Highlands School District budget, but the $1 million worth of work isn’t expected to cause a tax increase. The proposed $53 million spending plan would maintain the property tax rate at 25.13 mills. If approved, the...

The Kiski Valley is missing one of its most dogged, outspoken voices. Longtime environmental activist and Kiski Valley resident Patty Ameno has died. Ameno, 72, of Hyde Park died Friday, according to friends, who are flooding social media sites with expressions of grief and condolences. Ameno was known by friends,...

Take any sports event, emergency scene or community gathering in Springdale over the past 50-some years, and there’s a good chance Michael “Mick” Werries photographed it. A devoted documentarian and diehard Dynamo, Werries started capturing football games after graduating from Springdale Jr.-Sr. High School in 1969 and never looked back....

Plum School Board’s president called for fellow board member Ronald Sakolsky’s resignation late Tuesday following a vote to censure him. The resolution to censure Sakolsky, approved in a 7-2 vote, accused him of publicly sharing confidential or false information about the school district and its superintendent. “Time that should have...

Gary Hines didn’t want to lose his hair. The Harrison resident, diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2021, worried about looking his best for his son’s wedding. “I was all worked up,” said Hines, 60, retired after 30 years with the Harrison Township Water Authority. “Turns out, I never lost one...

What Peter Troxell remembers most about the August day when a house exploded in Plum’s Rustic Ridge neighborhood is that it was hot. As a fire police officer with the Holiday Park Volunteer Fire Department, it was Troxell’s job to make sure the first responders who needed to get to...

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. Local food shuttle expands hours, service areas The Fresh Food Shuttle...

A Leechburg woman died Tuesday morning in a fire at her home. Armstrong County Coroner Brian Myers identified the victim as 60-year-old Betty Bail. The state police fire marshal’s office said pets also perished in the fire in the 300 block of Logan Avenue. In a release, Myers said the...

Riverview School District taxpayers could see a 5.3% tax increase next year under the district’s proposed budget. The 1.279 mill real estate tax hike in a proposed 2024-25 budget will be used to cover expenses associated with rising health insurance rates, updated curriculum, two new teacher positions and hiring a...

New computers at Cooper-Siegel Community Library and its branch site in Sharpsburg are expected to provide a smoother experience for patrons. The project also will provide a boost to the library budget because the computers were upgraded for free. The purchase by the Allegheny Regional Asset District was part of...

One person was injured after two vehicles crashed head-on Tuesday morning in Lower Burrell. The wreck happened around 6 a.m. at the intersection of Greensburg Road and Dutchman Run Road, according to a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher. One person was flown to the hospital from the scene, the dispatcher said....

A man was critically wounded Monday night after a vehicle crashed into a dirt bike on Saxonburg Boulevard in West Deer, Allegheny County police said. The vehicle involved in the collision drove away and the man driving the dirt bike was flown to a hospital for treatment. Both vehicles were...

One of four contractors chosen for Kiski Area School District’s $25 million middle school renovation project has drawn opposition from two school board members. School board members Amy Halter and Dawn Mellinger voted against paying $14.6 million to general contractor Liokareas Construction. The company served in the same role for...

Fifth grade students in the New Kensington-Arnold School District enjoyed a morning of fishing Monday at Valley High School. Little Pucketa Creek was stocked with trout just before students began casting their lines, with the help of high school students. The fifth graders are students at Roy A. Hunt Elementary...