Sarver News

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.

When the final checkered flag falls tonight at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, there could be as many as four new champions celebrating in Victory Lane ... or not.

Metz honored at Grove City Joel Metz, son of David and Cynthia Metz of Kittanning, was selected for membership and elected vice president of the Alpha Theta Mu Chapter of Mortar Board at Grove City College.

James Scalo of Burns & Scalo Real Estate Advisory Services and Chester R. "Chip" Babst, managing shareholder of Babst Celland, Clements & Zomnir PC, received the Outstanding Supporter of Women in Commercial Real Estate Award.