Leechburg News

Tom Yerace is a Valley News Dispatch staff writer and can be reached at 724-226-4675 or via e-mail. Alle-Kiski motorists who regularly use the Leechburg Bridge may find it will take longer to cross starting April 1. Traffic restrictions will remain in effect from April 1 until the project is completed Nov.

Tom Yerace is a Valley News Dispatch staff writer and can be reached at 724-226-4675 or via e-mail. The case in question involves Travis Lasko of Main Street, Leechburg, who was convicted on drug charges in 2008 and served 16 months in a state prison.

Ford City Fire Department reported for pumping detail at 222 Third Ave. at 11:04 a.m. Saturday.

Liz Hayes is a Valley News Dispatch staff writer and can be reached at 724-226-4680 or via e-mail. A combination of luck -- good and bad -- led to the quick rescue of a bicyclist who nearly fell about 30 feet from a walking bridge into the Kiski River on Saturday.

An Armstrong County man is accused of hurling a cement block onto the windshield of a parked police car on Friday before calmly sitting down on the steps of the Leechburg police station and telling officers he wanted to go to jail.

A woman on probation for identity theft is now accused of improperly transferring about $4,300 from the account of the hotel and restaurant where she was employed, Leechburg police say.

A spaghetti dinner benefit will be held for Darl Dinger of NuMIne, due to health reasons, from 2 to 9 p.m. Jan.