Natrona Heights News

New works by Alle-Kiski Valley authors offer up a range of local history, self-help and fiction.

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Highlands School District will provide grief counseling at the high school from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today.

A Harrison teen was killed last night when the car in which he was riding crashed into a truck on Freeport Road in the township, police said.

A huge collection of photographs was on display last night as part of the Alle-Kiski Medical Center's 100th Anniversary Party.

Westmoreland County District Attorney John Peck said he is reviewing a report of an internal investigation into the alleged beating of an inmate in the county prison this month before deciding whether a criminal probe is warranted.

These suspects were taken into custody Monday in Tarentum, unless otherwise noted.

Paul Kogut can be reached via e-mail . Funded by donations, St. Joseph High School opened its new gymnasium in December.

A Catholic pastor has been placed on leave from a Charleroi parish due to an accusation that he sexually abused a minor more than a decade ago.

Friends of Harrison Hills Park will sponsor a Wilderness Safety and Survival Class from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Environmental Learning Center at Harrison Hills Park, Natrona Heights.

Most local libraries will participate in the national summer-reading program, "Be Creative." Here's a list with starting dates and registration phone numbers/Web addresses: * Apollo Memorial Library, 219 North Pennsylvania Ave., 724-478-4214; 7-12-year-olds start Tuesday, 3-6 year-olds start Thursday.

Starting at 6 tonight, all northbound traffic on Route 28 will detour at Exit 5A in Etna and turn right onto the 62nd Street Bridge.

A routine weekend camping trip became memorable for a local Boy Scout troop when it caught a fish rarely seen in southwestern Pennsylvania waters.

A former teacher's aide at Highlands High School accepted a 3- to 6-year jail term Tuesday in a plea bargain on charges of having sex with a teenage boy and related crimes.

Worthington-Kittanning won its Tri-County North Palomino league opener Wednesday night, cruising past Freeport, 10-0, at Worthington West Franklin Field.

Emmett Nury, of Harmar, left, a coal miner, chats with John Graznak, of Culmerville, at the Mining Memories ribbon cutting for a new memorial for coal miners.

State prosecutors next week plan to refile criminal charges against former Rep. Mike Veon and an aide for allegedly misusing a nonprofit, a move Veon's lawyer said would be "a waste of taxpayers' money when resources are scarce." "It's unconscionable conduct by a man who wants to be governor," Pittsburgh attorney Joel Sansone, who is representing ...

As an amateur boxer, Brian Dankis knows what it takes to stay in shape. Dankis, 33, a paramedic with Plum Emergency Medical Service, intensified his training during the past six months.

The Allegheny County Health Department has scheduled a special weekend clinic in Natrona Heights on Saturday, May 30, to help families get their children vaccinated for the 2009-2010 school year.

Former UConn basketball coach and special adviser for athletics, Dee Rowe, right, with, former UConn center Jeff Carr, was one of the featured speakers at The Open Hearth's third annual Overcomer Breakfast Thursday.