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Volunteer Cyndi Penman of Leechburg informs people arriving Saturday for a food giveaway at Kiski Valley Community Church that the distribution was again cancelled.
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For the second Saturday in a row, people who showed up to receive food from churches in Leechburg and New Kensington went home empty handed.
The pastors of Kiski Valley Community Church and The River church in New Kensington were forced to cancel the drive-thru food distributions because the food delivery truck didn’t arrive on time.
The Catholic Diocese of Greensburg announced two new key leadership appointments. Bishop Larry Kulick, who was installed last week, revealed Thursday a new vicar general and director of Catholic Charities. Both men are longtime figures in the diocese. Msgr. Raymond E. Riffle, 68, rector of Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Greensburg,
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State police say a Penn Borough man assaulted two people during a fight about who was going to use the bathroom at an apartment Monday, according to court documents.
Dakota Scheetz, 24, was arraigned Tuesday on two counts each of harassment and simple assault filed by troopers after the 5 p.m. brawl that injured a 49-year-old woman and a Penn man who interceded on her behalf.
Trooper Charles Huss said troopers were dispatched to the apartment on the 700 block of Railroad Street in the borough for a reported domestic disturbance.
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While many jobless Pennsylvanians have struggled to get unemployment benefits during the covid pandemic, the state has paid out at least $2.5 million in fraudulent claims, state officials said Tuesday.
That might be just the tip of the iceberg, the officials said.
The $2.5 million was siphoned off by just 29 people arrested in August for their alleged involvement in six criminal rings, said officials from the state Attorney General’s office and Department of Labor & Industry.
“We anticipate making several more arrests in the coming months,” said Brian Zallaro, chief deputy attorney general.