Slippery Rock News

A preliminary hearing has been set for Tuesday, July 7, in Slippery Rock, for a former municipal secretary charged with stealing more than $100,000 from government coffers.

Jessica Turnbull can be reached via e-mail. Butler County will get a boost in tourism dollars, plus light shows in the sky, when it welcomes a five-day fireworks convention in 2013.

The fight to stop Slippery Rock's Madison Grove development is over. Area residents who had been fighting to stop the 50-unit apartment complex from being built in their backyards withdrew their case against the developer this week.

Rick Wills can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7944. Residence: Volant Age: 53 Family: Wife, Pam; children, Laura, Benjamin, Jill and Nicholas Occupation: Professor of exercise and rehabilitative sciences at Slippery Rock University Education: Bachelor's degree in health and physical education, Temple University; master's degree in adapted ...

The public is invited to stop in to see the alpacas and take a look in the farm store at Highland Alpaca, located on Millbrook Road off of Route 173 north, from noon to 4 p.m. today.

With the start of a new fiscal year less than a week away, Gov. Ed Rendell has proposed $500 million more in budget cuts in an effort to get his budget through the state Legislature.

Bishop David Zubik will ordain four men to the priesthood at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 27, at St.

Teen-run bake sales will benefit Grove City library Members of the Teen Literary Club of the Grove City Community Library will host their annual summer bake sale from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday on the front lawn of the library.

Kellie L. Carden joined Metz Lewis LLC as an associate in its intellectual property and technology group.

When Fitore Shllaku, of Gjakove, Kosovo, learned to play the penny whistle, she never dreamed it would lead to traveling to the United States.

Tom Yerace can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4675. An assistant superintendent with the Shaler Area School District is now Highlands superintendent-in-waiting. Joseph Latess, 52, of Cranberry was hired as Highlands' assistant superintendent Monday night, which means he will become the superintendent when acting Superintendent Louis ...

Items include all things birds - houses, feeders, food, binoculars, etc. Info: 724-794-2473. * Vincent Methodist Church, Walnut Street, Jackson Center, will host a ham loaf and scalloped potato dinner at noon Sunday.

For the fifth year, Sarah Cook took a deep breath and started to pedal. With her thoughts on her journey and her destination 150 miles away in Conneaut, Sarah Cook continued a 15-year family tradition with the two-day, The Escape to the Lake Multiple Sclerosis 150 Bike Tour.

Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2009/06/05 - 07:14. Baroness Angelique d'Herisson, Pennsic Blood Drive Liaison, requests the attention of Pennsic attendees for an announcement regarding this year's Pennsic Blood Drive.

There will be a herp hunt hike beginning at 10 a.m. June 13 at the Jennings Environmental Education Center, Slippery Rock, to search for herps of Pennsylvania.

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School won a court battle Thursday with the Slippery Rock Area School District over state funds.

The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation charged six suspected drug dealers in connection with a half-million dollar drug ring that distributed marijuana mainly in Erie and on the campus of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

In addition to new buildings, Chapman State Park just got a new park manager. Jim McCorkle, a native of Butler, Pa., replaces Ryan Borcz, who took an assistance park manager position at Pymatuning State Park in April.

Joe Napsha can be reached via e-mail or at 724-836-5252. Kenneth J. Calhoun loved to explore the world with his wife and traveling companion, Daneen.

A Butler County woman who was burned outside her home last month died Monday in UPMC Mercy, Uptown, a spokeswoman for the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office said.