Sarver News

It was hard to determine Friday who enjoyed the gift-giving at Concordia Lutheran Ministries the most - the residents, the volunteers or the donors.

A property line dispute between Greene Township neighbors has a now-incapacitated 85-year-old woman in jail, while her next-door neighbors have become personal friends with the investigating officer in the case.

A boy, Mason Gage Bundy, to Jerry and Kelly Bundy, 509 Leasureville Road, Cabot.

Westminster College students earned top honors for oral presentation and honorable mention recognition at the Student Symposium on the Environment Dec.

By Jessica Turnbull , VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Saturday, November 28, 2009 Last updated: 11:27 am Shoppers in the Alle-Kiski Valley fell into two categories on Black Friday: the casual shoppers and the avid sales seekers on marathon trips that started in the early morning.

Peter Robert Pastoria, 53, of Sarver was pronounced dead from blunt force trauma after he apparently jumped off the northbound bridge over Buffalo Creek along Route 28 between 6:30 and 7 a.m. Friday.

Mary Jane Kuffner, 59, of Pittsburgh was not injured when her car struck a deer along Route 28 at 10:22 a.m. Thursday.

"Who rode the bus to school today?" Esther Ulery asked. The Grandview Elementary fourth-graders raised their hands.

A fire Monday afternoon in Letterkenny Township gutted a house and left a family homeless.

Geospatial Holdings Inc. CEO Mark Smith said he converted his $2 million loan to the company into $2 million in common stock at a price of $1 a share.

W L Roenigk bus company, based in Sarver, isn't taking any chances when it comes to germs and swine flu.

A drunken man who police said harassed trick-or-treaters and their parents in Indiana on Halloween night allegedly became belligerent, threatening and disruptive at an Indiana County hospital, police said.

Renatta Signorini can be reached via e-mail or at 724-543-1303, ext. 1319. Learning about Kittanning's past and people was the most interesting part of putting together a photographic timeline of the borough's beginnings for writer Diane Acerni.

Concordia Lutheran Ministries on Monday formally inked a deal to buy Covenant at South Hills, a continuing care retirement community located in Mt.

A 49-year-old South Buffalo man died Saturday afternoon of a single self-inflicted gunshot to the chest and falling from the Buffalo Bridge along Route 28, one mile north of Route 356 and the Freeport and Sarver exit.

A Winfield Township resident remains in a Pittsburgh hospital's burn unit following a fire at his residence early Sunday.

Borough council voted Monday to increase sewage rates in 2010. The minimum monthly rate will jump from $24 to $30 while a separate usage fee will increase from $2.65 to $2.75 for each thousand gallons above 3,000 gallons used per quarter.

Eleanor 'Dolly' Barrett celebrated 100 years of life Monday surrounded by family and friends at a dinner party in her honor at Assisted Living at Rosebrook in Sarver.

The operator of a cat shelter who previously pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges was ordered to jail yesterday after a judge learned that the woman had violated the terms of her bond.

The following people were committed to the Armstrong County Jail on Wednesday, according to jail records: * Randal Lee Shondelmyer, 40, of Apollo, by the probation office on a probation violation for failure to abstain from controlled substances.