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News of the past 30 days...

  • [01-06-2012] Police: Cow and Bull in middle of Route 28
    State Police say a cow and a bull are blocking traffic along Route 28 in Armstrong County....

  • [01-06-2012] Area deaths
    MEDINALoesch, Thomas A., 76, of Medina. Died Tuesday. Bauer, Valley City.Fejes, Margaret F., 92 of Seville. Died Wednesday. Waite & Son, Medina.STARKSwonger, Daniel P., 38, of Louisville. Died Tuesday....

  • [30-05-2012] Doctors say mild winter could lead to more cases of Lyme disease in Western Pa.
    Doctors fear the mild winter will lead to a boom in the tick population and even more cases of Lyme disease in Western Pennsylvania. Beth Fleming, 13, of Sewickley, was diagnosed this spring. Doctors think a camping trip last summer...

  • [29-05-2012] Deadly accident involving 2 coal trucks, car shuts down Route 422
    Police in Armstrong County said at least one person was killed in an accident along Route 422 early Tuesday morning. State police in Kittanning said the accident involved two coal trucks and a passenger vehicle. Investigators said...

  • [29-05-2012] Fatal accident involving coal truck along Route 422 in Armstrong County
    Route 422 in Armstrong County was shut down Tuesday morning after a fatal head-on crash involving two coal trucks and another vehicle....

  • [27-05-2012] Police blotter for Sunday, May 27
    Summit CountyAkronArrestsA West Cedar Street man, 21, and a 12th Street Southwest man, 21, were charged with aggravated robbery after two men entered a Circle K on South Hawkins Avenue through a rear door and pulled a shotgun on a...

  • [22-05-2012] 2 Armstrong Co. boys rushed to hospital after bike crashes into car
    Emergency crews responded to a bike accident involving two boys who were hit by a car Monday night in New Brighton. Two boys were both on the same bike Monday night. Police said the crash happened around 9 p,m at the intersection of Fifth...

  • [22-05-2012] Survivor, 19, charged in triple-fatal DUI crash in Wayne Township
    A 19-year-old man survives a high-speed crash in Armstrong County and is charged with DUI and vehicular homicide in the deaths of three friends. They all graduated from Punxsutawney Area High School last year....

  • [15-05-2012] Target 11 investigates high radon levels
    A Target 11 investigation has uncovered thousands of homes filled with unsafe levels of a gas that causes cancer. We're talking about radon, a colorless, odorless radioactive gas. Target 11 Consumer Investigator Robin Taylor...

  • [14-05-2012] Fire victim grateful for community support
    Kelly Coppinger has been on a nonstop emotional roller coaster since the Kenmore home she shared with her husband and four children went up in flames the night of April 30. They lost everything.“I’ve been going crazy and trying...

  • [13-05-2012] Green students step back in time to 1885 for history lessons
    GREEN: The 28 students in Jill Baughman’s third-grade class were stumped when asked why there was a perfectly round hole in the top of each of their desks.A receptacle for flags and pencils seemed a perfectly reasonable answer to...

  • [12-05-2012] Area deaths — May 12
    MEDINAMudrock, Sandra, 73, of Wadsworth. Died Friday. Hilliard-Rospert.Winkler, Hazel S., 93, of Seville. Died Thursday. Armstrong.STARKAdams, John Q. “Jack,” 91, of Alliance. Died Thursday....

  • [11-05-2012] Police needed to get overdue library books back from 4-year-old
    An Armstrong County library has to get police involved to get four overdue books back from a 4-year-old girl....

  • [10-05-2012] Charges threatened against girl, 4, for unreturned library books
    A 4-year-old girl in Armstrong County was threatened with charges after her mother failed to return library books taken out in her name. Katelyn Jageman's mother, Erica Jageman, said police showed up to her home and told her that...

  • [09-05-2012] Braddock man, 34, admits to meeting several minors through social media site
    A Braddock man is facing a list of charges after police said he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl he met through a social media website. According to police, Joshua Patterson, 34, drove to Armstrong County to meet two...

  • [04-05-2012] Fire Rips Through Home Overnight
    Flames tore through a home in Ford City, Armstrong County late Thursday night....