Sarver News

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.

Vendors can still sign up for market A flea market will be held 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct.

September 23, 2009--Following up a very exciting Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup Twin 30's at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pennsylvania back in July, the World of Outlaws will return to the high-banked four-tenths mile this weekend for the Commonwealth Clash on Saturday, September 26.

Inspiration can be found anywhere: in a dream, along a riverbank, even in something as ordinary as a plastic water pistol.

Here is a partial list of criminal cases handled by Judge Kenneth G. Valasek at a sentencing court on Sept.

Fire was set: The lone remaining building of the former tannery in Mercersburg burned Monday.