Saltsburg News

Jeff Himler can be reached via e-mail or at 724-459-6100, ext. 13. Blairsville-Saltsburg School District is beginning the search for a new business manager after finalizing a 2009-10 budget that holds the line on property taxes.

A husband-and-wife team convicted of stealing more than $2 million in scrap silver from a Murrysville factory were sentenced Monday to serve up to nearly two years in jail.

Demolition of an unoccupied house that was in the way marked the recent commencement of work on a PennDOT project to improve sight distances at the Rt.

Blairsville-Saltsburg School District is beginning the search for a new business manager after finalizing a 2009-10 budget that holds the line on property taxes.

Burrell Township's supervisors plan to confer with their solicitor on a proposed water tap-in ordinance and a tentative settlement with Chestnut Ridge Golf L.P. over property tax credits claimed retroactively to 2005.

Additional information about local plans for the PA Hero Walk come via Jennifer Varrato, aide to state Rep.

Liz Hayes can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4680. Veteran Dan McGregor of Saltsburg suggests Americans do more than just fly Old Glory on Flag Day.

Saltsburg Council Monday narrowly passed by a 4-3 vote an ordinance banning smoking or other tobacco use on any property owned by the borough, including buildings, parks and recreational areas.

The Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board Wednesday hired a new overseer for construction of an expanded K-12 Saltsburg school facility while preparing to break ground for the project Saturday morning.

Saltsburg, for its 28th annual Canal Days Festival today through Sunday. * How far: * What for: The annual Saltsburg Canal Days event is a weekend of food, crafts and entertainment, including fireworks over the Kiskiminetas River tomorrow night at 10.

A basketball coach recently hired to improve the program at the private Kiski School claimed in a federal lawsuit yesterday that he was forced to quit because the administration did not want him to recruit black players.

A former western Pennsylvania basketball coach says he effectively was fired after complaining when a small preparatory school told him he was recruiting too many blacks.

An Indiana County woman faces charges after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase early Sunday.

The words are those of the late John A. Pidgeon, the legendary headmaster of the Kiski School in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania.

Some people in Indiana County are outraged after someone stole markers off of veterans' graves.

Gina Delfavero can be reached via e-mail or at 724-459-6100. Spring's transition to the warmer weather of summer is marked by both the thoughtful pause of Memorial Day and the call of the open road.

Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board Wednesday approved a tentative 2009-10 budget of about $28.7 million that will hold the line on property taxes.

A man who was released from jail last fall after a conviction on sex assault charges has been jailed on charges that he violated his parole and its conditions under Megan's Law, and because sexually explicit pictures of teenage girls were found on his cell phone.

Fresh off a weekend of canoeing much of Armstrong County, Faith Watson has one idea for improving the Alle-Kiski-Connie Rivers Sojourn: Have it more often.

Gina Delfavero can be reached via e-mail or at 724-459-6100. Raising triplets can seem like an overwhelming task, filled with plenty of ups and downs, wonders and grief, frustration and satisfaction.