Avonmore News

State police say an Avonmore woman led state police on a high speed chase through Manor and Plumcreek townships on Tuesday night before kicking three troopers after she was finally stopped just after 9 p.m. Ford City District Judge J. Gary DeComo arraigned Mcafoose early Wednesday and ordered her held in the Armstrong County Jail in lieu of ... (more)

Two state liquor stores in the Alle-Kiski Valley -- in Apollo and Avonmore -- ranked in the top 10 of those that lost money last year.

R.A. Monti is a Valley News Dispatch staff writer and can be reached at 724-226-4691 or via e-mail. For the last seven years, Maxine Cunningham, 84, and Arleen Gordish, 69, have taken it upon themselves to get folks in shape by teaching exercise programs at the Avonmore Senior Center.

District magisterial judges, who serve six-year terms, preside over the arraignment and preliminary hearings of criminal suspects, such as those for drunken driving, burglary and robbery or even murder, in their district unless these people waive their right to a preliminary hearing.