West Hills News

Ford City class sets monthly event The Ford City High School Class of 1962 hold its monthly get together beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Crooked Creek Park.

Community Development Block Grants for community projects are being beefed up with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act money and Armstrong County and some of its municipalities will share in the federal stimulus funds.

An East Conemaugh Borough police captain was charged Monday with simple assault and harassment in connection with a domestic dispute.

Pittsburgh Technical Institute President Greg DeFeo at the new student apartment building on the North Fayette campus.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2009 Armstrong County Camp Cadet Programs sponsored by the Kittanning Station of the Pennsylvania State Police.

The Community College of Allegheny County and Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato today announced the establishment of the Green Institute, which will launch this fall with a broad range of topics related to both green technology and energy conservation.

Child Check screening set Saturday, Monday Lifesteps' Child Check, is a free screening service for all children, from birth to age 5. The Lifesteps' Child Check team will be conducting free screenings from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. tomorrow at Wow Wee Children's Consignment Sale, 205 Northern Ave., Kittanning; and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday at Rural Valley WIC, ...

The East Winds Symphonic Band on Saturday again will be part of the Three Rivers Community Band Festival, but this year it also will receive a national award at the event.

Armstrong County officials are seeking an extension of Keystone Opportunity Zone status on many of the county's undeveloped industrial properties.

Now that the Apollo-Ridge School District has formed a committee to explore consolidation of the Elderton attendance area with its district, the efforts of HERO have gained the attention of the Armstrong School Board.

NORTH FAYETTE TWP., Pa. - Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato today thanked U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis for $8.1 million from the Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant program, which will fund energy efficiency and conservation projects in Allegheny County.

Environmental center to hold program on sap Discover how sap taken from trees becomes syrup at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Jennings Environmental Education Center.

Armstrong County Commissioners are hoping to expand existing tax-free zones, as well as create a new one, and they asked the Armstrong School District to join their efforts.

A former television weatherman from Cambria County who fled after being convicted of sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl has been captured in Ukraine.

A Canadian woman who has been living in Johnstown for more than a year and now facing crack cocaine charges will be able to get out of the Cambria County Prison only if released by a federal court or ...

Preliminary hearings have been postponed for two Johnstown women involved in a Jan.

Several organizations have announced application information for annual scholarship awards for students.

In response to the economic downturn, Community College of Allegheny County is introducing its own stimulus package for Western Pennsylvania, offering free tuition for laid-off workers and transition programs ...

Ford City choruses hold winter concert The Ford City Junior and Senior High Choruses will put all in the holiday spirit with a winter concert at West Hills Intermediate School at 7 p.m. Wednesday.